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Century Communities (Century Communities) Graham Number : $124.69 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Century Communities Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-05), the stock price of Century Communities is $83.27. Century Communities's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $124.69. Therefore, Century Communities's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.67.

The historical rank and industry rank for Century Communities's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

CCS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.26   Med: 0.64   Max: 1.28
Current: 0.67

During the past 12 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Century Communities was 1.28. The lowest was 0.26. And the median was 0.64.

CCS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
74.36% of 78 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 0.835 vs CCS: 0.67

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Century Communities Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Century Communities's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Century Communities Graham Number Chart

Century Communities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.31 72.43 130.27 154.86 115.42

Century Communities Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 138.90 122.04 111.95 115.85 124.69

Competitive Comparison of Century Communities's Graham Number

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Century Communities's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Century Communities's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Century Communities's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Century Communities's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Century Communities Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Century Communities's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*73.191*8.09)
=115.42

Century Communities's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*74.062*9.33)
=124.69

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Century Communities  (NYSE:CCS) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Century Communities's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=83.27/124.69
=0.67

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Century Communities (Century Communities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 650, Greenwood Village, CO, USA, 80111
Century Communities Inc is a construction company that focuses on the residential market. It has five homebuilding segments: West, Mountain, Texas, Southeast, and Century Complete. Its sixth reportable segment is financial services operations, which provides mortgage, title, and insurance services to homebuyers. It has acquired land for homebuilding operations with the primary intent to develop and construct single-family detached or attached homes for sale on the acquired land. The company sells homes through its own sales representatives and independent real estate brokers. It also advertises directly to potential homebuyers through the Internet, newspapers, and trade publications. The company generates the most revenue from the Mountain segment.
Executives
Elisa Z Ramirez director 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 2600, DENVER CO 80202
David L Messenger officer: Chief Financial Officer
John Scott Dixon officer: Chief Accounting Officer CENTURY COMMUNITIES, INC., 8390 E. CRESCENT PARKWAY, STE. 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Dale Francescon director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Robert J Francescon director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Patricia L. Arvielo director 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Bennett Wesley Allen Arthur other: General Counsel C/O CENTURY COMMUNITIES, INC., 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Dustin L. Bogue other: Regional President - West UCP, INC., 99 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, SUITE 400, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Stewart Hugh Parker other: Regional President C/O CENTURY COMMUNITIES, INC., 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Richard A Carruthers other: Regional President C/O CENTURY COMMUNITIES, INC., 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Liesel W Cooper other: Regional President C/O CENTURY COMMUNITIES, INC., 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Keith R Guericke director C/O ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, 1100 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
John P Box director 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
James A Lippman director 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Kenneth J Rabel officer: Division President-Colorado 8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111