Century Communities (CCS) reported $980.28 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 13.8%. EPS of $1.52 for the same period compares to $2.72 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $972.9 million, representing a surprise of +0.76%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +76.74%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.86.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Century Communities performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net New Home Contracts: 2,386 versus 2,378 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Home Deliveries - Average Sales Price: $384.20 versus $377.50 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Backlog - Homes: 1,117 compared to the 1,194 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Home Deliveries - Homes: 2,486 compared to the 2,400 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- Financial services revenues: $19.36 million versus $18.38 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.7% change.
- Revenues- Total homebuilding revenues: $960.93 million compared to the $954.53 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -14% year over year.
- Revenues- Home sales revenues: $955.16 million versus $977.7 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -14.4% change.
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Shares of Century Communities have returned -3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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