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CCS Century Communities, Inc.

Last updated: Mar 17, 2026

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Execution Consistency

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $37M, Q1 2024: $16M, Q1 2025: $16M

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Execution Acceleration

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $23M (-100%)

Buyback vs FCF

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Missing buyback or cash flow data

Buyback Intensity

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 249,000 shares = 0.8% of 30,961,227 outstanding (annualized)

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Insider Buying

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

4 open-market purchases by 1 insiders

  • Ramirez Elisa Z () bought 400 shares at $55.74 on 2025-05-12
  • Ramirez Elisa Z () bought 500 shares at $54.68 on 2025-05-09
  • Ramirez Elisa Z () bought 500 shares at $54.68 on 2025-05-09
  • Ramirez Elisa Z () bought 1,500 shares at $53.86 on 2025-04-28
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Insider-Buyback Convergence

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters

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Insider Net Direction

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $88M (net selling)

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Red Flag

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 558.3x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers

  • Francescon Robert J (Co-CEO and President) sold 50,000 shares on 2024-08-16
  • Francescon Dale (Chairman and Co-CEO) sold 50,000 shares on 2024-08-16
  • MESSENGER DAVID L (CFO and Secretary) sold 45,000 shares on 2023-06-08
  • DIXON JOHN SCOTT (Assistant CFO) sold 3,173 shares on 2023-05-01
  • Francescon Robert J (Co-CEO, President) sold 25,000 shares on 2023-02-14
  • Francescon Robert J (Co-CEO, President) sold 75,000 shares on 2023-02-15
  • Francescon Dale (Chairman and Co-CEO) sold 25,000 shares on 2023-02-14
  • Francescon Dale (Chairman and Co-CEO) sold 75,000 shares on 2023-02-15
  • DIXON JOHN SCOTT (Assistant CFO) sold 3,558 shares on 2022-12-13
  • Francescon Robert J (Co-CEO, President) sold 90,000 shares on 2021-08-11