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PulteGroup Inc (NYSE: PHM) closed the day trading at $102.77 up 0.70% from the previous closing price of $102.06. In other words, the price has increased by $0.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.8 million shares were traded. PHM stock price reached its highest trading level at $102.845 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $100.05.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PHM, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.14 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.45 and its Current Ratio is at 4.97. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.18 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.14.
UBS Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 08, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $154 to $148.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 13 ’25 when O’Meara Brien P. sold 3,500 shares for $106.40 per share. The transaction valued at 372,386 led to the insider holds 11,372 shares of the business.
Sheldon Todd N sold 15,191 shares of PHM for $1,617,842 on Feb 13 ’25. The EVP, Gen Counsel, Corp Sec’y now owns 74,758 shares after completing the transaction at $106.50 per share. On Feb 13 ’25, another insider, O’Meara Brien P., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 3,500 shares for $106.40 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PHM now has a Market Capitalization of 20597882880 and an Enterprise Value of 21547620352. As of this moment, PulteGroup’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.51. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.68. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.204 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.593.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PHM is 1.32, which has changed by -0.13689429 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11571348 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PHM has reached a high of $149.47, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $88.07. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.08%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.59%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PHM traded about 2.23M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PHM traded about 1683660 shares per day. A total of 200.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 199.10M. Insiders hold about 0.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.88% stake in the company. Shares short for PHM as of 1745971200 were 6667411 with a Short Ratio of 2.99, compared to 1743379200 on 5736107. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6667411 and a Short% of Float of 4.36.
Dividends & Splits
PHM’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.84, up from 0.84 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.008230452The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.99. The current Payout Ratio is 5.58% for PHM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1750118400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-09-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
