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Century Communities vs Installed Building Products

Century Communities is the larger business, with $4.12bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.97bn for Installed Building Products (1.4 times as much). Installed Building Products grew faster (1.0% against -6.4%). Installed Building Products kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of 8.9% against 3.6%. Century Communities carries less debt relative to equity (56.0% against 124.9%).

Latest fiscal yearCentury CommunitiesCCS, 2025Installed Building ProductsIBP, 2025
Revenue $4.12bn $2.97bn
Revenue growth -6.4% 1.0%
Net income $148m $265m
Operating margin — 13.0%
Net margin 3.6% 8.9%
Return on equity 5.7% 37.5%
Free cash flow $124m $301m
Cash $109m $322m
Total debt $1.45bn $887m
Debt to equity 56.0% 124.9%
Dividend per share — $3.18
Dividend yield 2.3% 1.5%
Share buybacks $144m $173m
Employees — 10,400
Market value $1.49bn $5.64bn
Price vs our value range — Within our value range
Moat score 48 (Moderate) 69 (Moderate)
Insider trades, 12 months 0 buys, 2 sales 27 buys, 7 sales

Each figure is from the company's latest annual report and links to the page it comes from. Fiscal years can end on different dates. Market value and the value verdict use the delayed price shown on the stock pages. Not a recommendation.

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Figures from each company's latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K or 20-F), as reported, with the fiscal year shown. Not investment advice. How we read filings: methodology.