Century Communities - CCS Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Century Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CCS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Century Communities' stock. Their CCS share price forecasts range from $48.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $56.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%.
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Century Communities' stock was trading at $50.01 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CCS stock has increased by 17.2% and is now trading at $58.62.
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Century Communities saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,850,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the February 13th total of 1,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 311,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 6.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE:CCS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 1st. The construction company reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.39 by $0.32. The construction company had revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. Century Communities had a net margin of 11.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.64%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.78 EPS.

Century Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction ETF (PKB), Amplify Inflation Fighter ETF (IWIN), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) and Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3x Shares (NAIL).

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.56%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 5.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CCS will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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74 employees have rated Century Communities Chief Executive Officer Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon on Glassdoor.com. Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Century Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCS."

Century Communities' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.77%), Jennison Associates LLC (3.10%), Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC (1.89%), Forager Capital Management LLC (1.87%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.63%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.51%). Insiders that own company stock include David L Messenger, John Scott Dixon and Robert J Francescon.
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Shares of CCS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.62.

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion and generates $4.51 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $525.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $15.89 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,537 workers across the globe.

Century Communities' mailing address is 8390 E. CRESCENT PKWY. SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO, 80111. The official website for the company is www.centurycommunities.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (303) 770-8300, via email at investorrelations@centurycommunities.com, or via fax at 877-869-6748.