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In the latest session, Bread Financial Holdings Inc (NYSE: BFH) closed at $51.26 down -0.37% from its previous closing price of $51.45. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. BFH stock price reached its highest trading level at $51.715 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $50.425.
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 1.86 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.80.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Morgan Stanley on December 19, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Overweight and sets its target price to $76 from $35 previously.
On August 09, 2024, BofA Securities Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $54.
On July 16, 2024, Compass Point started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $54.Compass Point initiated its Buy rating on July 16, 2024, with a $54 target price.
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 2525800448 and an Enterprise Value of 4522473984. As of this moment, Bread’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.28, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.53 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.853.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BFH is 1.58, which has changed by 0.42468035 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 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 $32.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.48%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.82%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BFH has traded an average of 796.12K shares per day and 983760 over the past ten days. A total of 49.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 47.75M. Insiders hold about 2.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.62% stake in the company. Shares short for BFH as of 1741910400 were 3877880 with a Short Ratio of 4.87, compared to 1739491200 on 2106648. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3877880 and a Short% of Float of 8.979999.
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 0.01632653The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.19. The current Payout Ratio is 15.28% for BFH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1739491200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2021-11-08 when the company split stock in a 1253:1000 ratio.
