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As of close of business last night, Bread Financial Holdings Inc’s stock clocked out at $48.91, up 2.17% from its previous closing price of $47.87. In other words, the price has increased by $2.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.89 million shares were traded. BFH stock price reached its highest trading level at $51.595 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $48.01.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of BFH’s stock, we examine its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.86 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.80.
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:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. 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 2354620416 and an Enterprise Value of 4407107072. As of this moment, Bread’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.86, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.42. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.86. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.50 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.805.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BFH is 1.31, which has changed by 0.32296455 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07545352 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 $33.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.08%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.79%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that BFH traded 1.04M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1257760 shares per day 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 100.63% stake in the company. Shares short for BFH as of 1743379200 were 4164033 with a Short Ratio of 3.99, compared to 1740700800 on 3743507. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4164033 and a Short% of Float of 11.1999996.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.84, BFH has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.84. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.017547524The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.09. The current Payout Ratio is 15.28% for BFH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 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.
