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Cavco Industries, Inc.

Rank #172Capital Return

CVCO · Nasdaq · Consumer Cyclical

Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO) — Rank #172 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.34) · ROE 17.2% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-28 · CIK 0000278166 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

About

Cavco Industries, Inc. designs, produces, and retails factory-built homes primarily in the United States.

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It operates in two segments: Factory-Built Housing and Financial Services. The company produces park model RVs; vacation cabins; and factory-built commercial structures, including apartment buildings, condominiums, hotels, workforce housing, schools, and housing for the United States military troops. It also produces various modular homes, which include single and multi-section ranch, split-level, and Cape Cod style homes, as well as two- and three-story homes, and multi-family units. In addition, the company provides conforming and non-conforming mortgages and home-only loans to purchasers of various brands of factory-built homes sold by company-owned retail stores, as well as various independent distributors, builders, communities, and developers. Further, it offers property and casualty insurance to owners of manufactured housing industry. The company distributes its products through a network of independent and company-owned retailers, planned community operators, and residential developers.

The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Industry
Residential Construction
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
State
DE
Filer Category
Large accelerated filer
Fiscal Year End
March 28

Company Snapshot

P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.

Market Cap

—

P/E (annual)

—

P/S (annual)

—

P/B

—

P/OCF (annual)

—

Shareholder Yield

—

Employees

7,700

Industry

Residential Construction

Exchange

Nasdaq

Signal Flags

3 green
Operating leverage expandingOperating income growing faster than revenue
Deferred revenue growingRevenue and deferred revenue both growing — retention signal
Sequential beat (rev + EPS)Both revenue and EPS exceeded prior quarter — 1-quarter streak

Quality Profile

Profitability

1/1 pass
GP / assets
0.34
Return on equity
17.2%
Gross margin trend
PASS

Safety

1/1 pass
Balance-sheet safety
PASS
Debt / equity
0.39
Current ratio
2.23×
Net cash
$301.13M

Cash Flow

3/3 pass
Positive FCF
PASS
Cash-backed earnings
PASS
Accruals healthy
PASS
SBC / revenue
0.6%

Growth

2/2 pass
Revenue growth
11.4%
Piotroski F-Score
7 / 9
Share dilution
-3.8%

Terry Smith quality gate

Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds

1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.

FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.

Profitability

Gross profitability (GP / assets)

0.34

Primary signal (Novy-Marx).

Return on equity

17.2%

Gross margin

23.5%

Revenue growth (YoY)

11.4%

Gross margin improving

Margin trend vs prior year.

PASS

Operating Leverage

2023202420252026
Revenue vs COGS
Revenue vs OpEx
Op. Income vs Revenue

Growth

Revenue CAGR (3Y)

1.6%

Revenue CAGR (5Y)

15.2%

Earnings CAGR (3Y)

-7.5%

FCF CAGR (3Y)

3.1%

Anti-fragile safety

Balance-sheet safety

Composite anti-fragile check.

PASS

Debt / equity

0.39

Current ratio

2.23×

Quick ratio

1.00×

Net cash

$301.13M

Cash & equivalents minus total debt.

Recession resistance

Revenue through recessions

Worst single-year YoY revenue decline, 17 years of history

Strong
2008-2009 (GFC)
N/AN/A
2020 (COVID)
10.3%Grew through it
Worst year on record(any fiscal year, not recession-limited)
-16.2%Significant decline

Cash-flow health

Free cash flow

$232.09M

Operating cash flow minus capex.

Positive free cash flow

PASS

FCF / net income

0.22

Cash-backing of earnings.

FCF/NI divergence

Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).

PASS

Accruals healthy

Cash-backed earnings.

PASS

SBC / revenue

0.6%

Stock-based comp intensity.

Piotroski F-Score

F-Score

7 / 9

Fundamental-strength score (0-9).

Lifecycle Phase History

20212026
Value
Hypergrowth
Decline
Capital Return