PulteGroup Inc (NYSE: PHM) is -4.39% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $88.07 and a high of $149.47 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 PHM stock was last observed hovering at around $121.17 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.89%.
Currently trading at $119.28, the stock is 8.09% and 13.55% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.79 million and changing -1.56% at the moment leaves the stock 5.85% off its SMA200. PHM registered 9.53% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 3.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $105.0422 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $112.68385.
The stock witnessed a 13.76% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 18.23%, and is 9.14% 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 2.83% over the week and 3.10% over the month.
PulteGroup Inc (PHM) has around 6793 employees, a market worth around $23.91B and $17.69B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.92 and Fwd P/E is 10.32. Profit margin for the company is 15.50%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.44% and -20.20% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.16%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -22.67% this year
1347.0 institutions hold shares in PulteGroup Inc (PHM), with institutional investors hold 95.67% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 200.43M, and float is at 199.09M with Short Float at 3.93%. Institutions hold 95.04% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 24.13 million shares valued at $2.66 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5151 of the PHM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 21.86 million shares valued at $2.41 billion to account for 10.4308 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC which holds 10.67 million shares representing 5.0912 and valued at over $1.17 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.0283 of the shares totaling 10.54 million with a market value of $1.16 billion.
PulteGroup Inc (PHM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by O’Meara Brien P., the company’s Vice President & Controller. SEC filings show that O’Meara Brien P. sold 3,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 13 ’25 at a price of $106.40 per share for a total of $0.37 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11372.0 shares.
PulteGroup Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 13 ’25 that Sheldon Todd N (EVP, Gen Counsel, Corp Sec’y) sold a total of 15,191 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 13 ’25 and was made at $106.50 per share for $1.62 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 74758.0 shares of the PHM stock.
