In the past week, CCS stock has gone down by -6.68%, with a monthly decline of -22.34% and a quarterly plunge of -30.31%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.54%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.26% for Century Communities Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -12.65% for CCS’s stock, with a -35.66% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Century Communities Inc (NYSE: CCS) Right Now?
Century Communities Inc (NYSE: CCS) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 5.20x compared to its average ratio. CCS has 36-month beta value of 1.56. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CCS is 27.05M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.43% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CCS on April 24, 2025 was 482.55K shares.
CCS) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Century Communities Inc (NYSE: CCS) has decreased by -9.97 when compared to last closing price of 60.07.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -6.68% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-04-24 that Investors need to pay close attention to Century Communities (CCS) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
Analysts’ Opinion of CCS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CCS stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for CCS by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CCS in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $97 based on the research report published on December 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wedbush gave a rating of “Neutral” to CCS, setting the target price at $82 in the report published on May 31st of the previous year.
CCS Trading at -19.42% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CCS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -50.12% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.26%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.54%, as shares sank -21.82% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -26.27% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CCS fell by -6.24%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -31.77% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $61.92. In addition, Century Communities Inc saw -26.28% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CCS starting from Box John P, who sale 11,282 shares at the price of $100.07 back on Aug 30 ’24. After this action, Box John P now owns 45,127 shares of Century Communities Inc, valued at $1,128,990 using the latest closing price.
Francescon Robert J, the Co-CEO and President of Century Communities Inc, sale 50,000 shares at $92.64 during a trade that took place back on Aug 16 ’24, which means that Francescon Robert J is holding 477,931 shares at $4,632,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CCS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.22 for the gross margin
The net margin for Century Communities Inc stands at 0.07. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 13.33, with 7.64 for asset returns.
Based on Century Communities Inc (CCS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.3 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.02.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 470.56 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.28. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.61. The receivables turnover for the company is 99.38for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.96. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.49.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Century Communities Inc (CCS) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
