Wedbush Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE:CCS)

Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE:CCS) – Equities researchers at Wedbush upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Century Communities in a research report issued on Thursday, April 25th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings per share of $2.31 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.85. Wedbush has a “Underperform” rating and a $82.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Century Communities’ current full-year earnings is $10.36 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Century Communities’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.66 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $3.72 EPS.

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 24th. The construction company reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.55 by $0.67. The company had revenue of $948.54 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $791.67 million. Century Communities had a net margin of 7.47% and a return on equity of 12.90%.

Separately, B. Riley boosted their price objective on shares of Century Communities from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 1st.

Century Communities Price Performance

NYSE CCS opened at $78.82 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $86.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $81.26. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Century Communities has a 12-month low of $58.01 and a 12-month high of $97.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.75 and a beta of 1.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in Century Communities during the 3rd quarter valued at about $33,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Century Communities during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new stake in Century Communities during the 4th quarter valued at about $55,000. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in Century Communities during the 3rd quarter valued at about $59,000. Finally, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new stake in Century Communities during the 4th quarter valued at about $107,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.54% of the company’s stock.

Century Communities Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 28th were given a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 27th. This is an increase from Century Communities’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Century Communities’s dividend payout ratio is 11.54%.

Century Communities Company Profile

Century Communities, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, construction, marketing, and sale of single-family attached and detached homes. It is also involved in the entitlement and development of the underlying land; and provision of mortgage, title, and insurance services to its homebuyers.