Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

16. Stockholders’ Equity

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 100.0 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 50.0 million shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, there were 31.8 million and 31.8 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding, respectively, and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

On May 4, 2022, the stockholders approved the adoption of the Century Communities, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (which we refer to as the “2022 Incentive Plan”), which replaced the Century Communities, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (which we refer to as our “2017 Incentive Plan”). Under the 2022 Incentive Plan, 3.1 million shares of common stock are available for issuance to eligible participants, plus 51.2 thousand shares of our common stock that remained available for issuance under the 2017 Incentive Plan and any shares subject to awards outstanding under the 2017 Incentive Plan that are subsequently forfeited, cancelled, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of such shares. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we issued 0.5 million and 0.5 million shares of common stock, respectively, related to the vesting and settlement of RSUs, PSUs, and stock awards. As of December 31, 2023, approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock remained available for issuance under the 2022 Incentive Plan.

We are party to a Distribution Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and Fifth Third Securities, Inc. (which we refer to as the “Distribution Agreement”), as sales agents pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million from time to time through any of the sales agents party thereto in “at-the-market” offerings, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Distribution Agreement. The Distribution Agreement will remain in full force and effect until terminated by either party pursuant to the terms of the agreement or such date that the maximum offering amount has been sold in accordance with the terms of the agreement. We did not sell or issue any shares of our common stock during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and as of December 31, 2023, all $100.0 million remained available for sale.

We authorized a stock repurchase program in 2018, under which we may repurchase up to 4.5 million shares of our outstanding common stock. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, an aggregate of 278.2 thousand and 2.3 million shares, respectively, were repurchased for a total purchase price of approximately $19.2 million and $120.6 million, respectively, at a weighted average price of $69.09 and $52.32 per share, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we did not repurchase any shares of common stock. The maximum number of shares available to be purchased under the stock repurchase program as of December 31, 2023 was 1,230,010 shares.

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, shares of common stock at a total cost of $10.7 million and $12.7 million, respectively, were netted and surrendered as payment for minimum statutory withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of outstanding stock-based compensation awards. Shares surrendered by the participants in accordance with the applicable award agreements and plan are deemed repurchased and retired by us but are not part of our publicly announced share repurchase programs.

The following table sets forth cash dividends declared by our Board of Directors to holders of record of our common stock during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively (in thousands, except per share information):

			Year Ended December 31, 2023
			Cash Dividends Declared and Paid
Declaration Date	Record Date	Paid Date	Per Share		Amount
February 8, 2023	March 1, 2023	March 15, 2023	$	0.23	$	7,365
May 17, 2023	May 31, 2023	June 14, 2023	$	0.23	$	7,368
August 16, 2023	August 30, 2023	September 13, 2023	$	0.23	$	7,341
November 8, 2023	November 29, 2023	December 13, 2023	$	0.23	$	7,307
			Year Ended December 31, 2022
			Cash Dividends Declared and Paid
Declaration Date	Record Date	Paid Date	Per Share		Amount
February 16, 2022	March 2, 2022	March 16, 2022	$	0.20	$	6,657
May 18, 2022	June 1, 2022	June 15, 2022	$	0.20	$	6,568
August 17, 2022	August 31, 2022	September 14, 2022	$	0.20	$	6,455
November 9, 2022	November 30, 2022	December 14, 2022	$	0.20	$	6,354

Under the 2022 Incentive Plan and the previous 2017 Incentive Plan, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, RSUs and PSUs granted under the plan have the right to earn dividend equivalents, which entitles the holders of such RSUs and PSUs to additional RSUs and PSUs equal to the same dividend value per share as holders of common stock. Dividend equivalents are subject to the same vesting and other terms and conditions as the underlying RSUs and PSUs.