Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE: BLDR) is -8.26% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $119.65 and a high of $210.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BLDR stock was last observed hovering at around $125.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.51%.
Currently trading at $131.12, the stock is 1.72% and -8.62% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.41 million and changing 4.39% at the moment leaves the stock -18.94% off its SMA200. BLDR registered -36.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -32.36%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $143.4922 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $161.76315.
The stock witnessed a 0.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.54%, and is 1.65% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.98% over the week and 3.53% over the month.
Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR) has around 29000 employees, a market worth around $14.90B and $16.40B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.50 and Fwd P/E is 11.45. Profit margin for the company is 6.57%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.59% and -37.56% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.65%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.63% this year
1138.0 institutions hold shares in Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR), with institutional investors hold 99.86% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 113.58M, and float is at 111.07M with Short Float at 4.44%. Institutions hold 97.87% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.55 million shares valued at $2.01 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.928 of the BLDR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 11.34 million shares valued at $1.57 billion to account for 9.5104 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 6.97 million shares representing 5.8462 and valued at over $964.89 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.6393 of the shares totaling 5.53 million with a market value of $765.7 million.
Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Rush David E, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Rush David E sold 18,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $140.82 per share for a total of $2.53 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 15 ’24, Beckmann Pete (EVP & CFO) disposed off 2,889 shares at an average price of $178.28 for $0.52 million. The insider now directly holds 38,598 shares of Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR).
