CCS
Century Communities, Inc.
CCS trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID has the edge over CCS overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger valuation.
CCS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable |
CCS's profitability and balance sheet are currently stable, but its revenue and cash flow are under pressure.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
CCS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 4.2x | $15.75 | -70% |
| Fair | 8x | $29.98 | -42% |
| Expensive | 11x | $39.91 | -23% |
| Current | 14x | $51.92 | — |
| Forward | 27x | $51.92 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CCS's PE is in its expensive range at 14x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 27x next year's earnings.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CCS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect CCS's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
CCS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.89 | -50% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.75 | -45% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.56 | -44% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.44 | -54% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.86 | -53% |
| Q3 2025 | $6.85 | -32% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.19 | -18% |
| Q1 2025 | $9.66 | +7.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $10.40 | +29% |
CCS has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
CCS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $864.5M | -12% |
| Q2 2026 | $927.2M | -7.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $789.7M | -13% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.2B | -3.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $980.3M | -14% |
| Q2 2025 | $1B | -3.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $903.2M | -4.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.3B | +5.6% |
CCS's revenue has slid since its 2024 peak: $864M last quarter, down 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.8% | -3 points |
| Q2 2026 | 5.3% | +0.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 4.2% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3.8% | -6.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 4.9% | -4.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.7% | -5.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.8% | -3.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 11% | +0.2 points |
CCS has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over CCS on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
CCS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$142.4M | -$121.6M |
| Q2 2026 | -$89.6M | -$72.1M |
| Q1 2026 | -$57.1M | -$17.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $202.6M | -30% |
| Q3 2025 | -$20.8M | +$81.1M |
| Q2 2025 | -$17.6M | +$100.1M |
| Q1 2025 | -$40M | -355% |
| Q4 2024 | $290.6M | +$310.6M |
CCS has the edge over LCID on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
CCS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.6% | -177K shares |
| 1 year | -5.1% | -1.5M shares |
| 3 years | -12% | -3.8M shares |
| 5 years | -17% | -6M shares |
| Available history | -8.7% | -2.7M shares |
CCS has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $11.6M |
| Q2 2026 | $19.6M |
| Q1 2026 | $40M |
| Q4 2025 | $20M |
| Q3 2025 | $20M |
| Q2 2025 | $48M |
| Q1 2025 | $55.6M |
| Q4 2024 | $30.7M |
CCS spent $91M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 41% from the year before.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
CCS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
CCS's net debt is about 2.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago.
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
CCS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 12.1 | Oversold |
CCS's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
CCS PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | CCS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 14x | 18x | 23% below |
| PE % | 95 | 47 | 48 pts above |
CCS is trading at 14x earnings, a 23% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CCS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $56.3 | 7.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $62.7 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $61.8 | 16% below |
| 100 week MA | $62.7 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $70.9 | 27% below |
CCS is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 27% below its 200-week average.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
CCS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $27.3 | $47.5 | +74% |
| 2021 | $47.5 | $79.5 | +67% |
| 2022 | $79.5 | $51.4 | -35% |
| 2023 | $51.4 | $91.1 | +77% |
| 2024 | $91.1 | $73.6 | -19% |
| 2025 | $73.6 | $59.0 | -20% |
| 2026 YTD | $59.0 | $51.9 | -12% |
CCS has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.