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In the latest session, Bread Financial Holdings Inc (NYSE: BFH) closed at $60.4 up 0.87% from its previous closing price of $59.88. In other words, the price has increased by $0.87 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.35 million shares were traded. BFH stock price reached its highest trading level at $60.92 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $59.99.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Bread Financial Holdings Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.67 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.67.
On December 19, 2024, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $35 to $76.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on August 09, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $54.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 28 ’24 when Fawcett John J. bought 1,000 shares for $51.02 per share. The transaction valued at 51,020 led to the insider holds 6,473 shares of the business.
Fawcett John J. bought 2,000 shares of BFH for $99,644 on Aug 12 ’24. The Director now owns 5,473 shares after completing the transaction at $49.82 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BFH now has a Market Capitalization of 2808600064 and an Enterprise Value of 3567889152. As of this moment, Bread’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.77, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.67. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.94. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.459.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BFH is 1.40, which has changed by 0.34491205 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BFH has reached a high of $66.71, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $38.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 15.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.07%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BFH has traded an average of 963.33K shares per day and 795090 over the past ten days. A total of 47.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 45.25M. Insiders hold about 2.79% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 105.94% stake in the company. Shares short for BFH as of 1749772800 were 3938999 with a Short Ratio of 4.09, compared to 1747267200 on 4230847. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3938999 and a Short% of Float of 11.08.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for BFH is 0.84, from 0.84 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014028056The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.94. The current Payout Ratio is 15.28% for BFH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1746748800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2021-11-08 when the company split stock in a 1253:1000 ratio.
