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Bread Financial Holdings Inc (NYSE: BFH) closed the day trading at $60.47 down -0.97% from the previous closing price of $61.06. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.62 million shares were traded. BFH stock price reached its highest trading level at $61.71 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $60.1001.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BFH, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.47.
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:
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 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. On Jan 29 ’24, another insider, Turtle Creek Asset Management , who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, sold 45,000 shares for $35.67 each. As a result, the insider received 1,605,247 and left with 293,092 shares of the company.
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 3006272256 and an Enterprise Value of 4139269888. As of this moment, Bread’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.67, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.83. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.678.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, BFH has reached a high of $66.71, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $28.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 24.56%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BFH traded about 698.06K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BFH traded about 603720 shares per day. A total of 49.70M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.52M. Insiders hold about 2.40% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 103.04% stake in the company. Shares short for BFH as of 1734048000 were 2214828 with a Short Ratio of 3.17, compared to 1731628800 on 3142473. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2214828 and a Short% of Float of 5.050000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
BFH’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.84, up from 0.84 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01375696The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.23.
