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Bread Financial Holdings Inc (NYSE: BFH) closed the day trading at $47.79 up 0.72% from the previous closing price of $47.45. In other words, the price has increased by $0.72 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. BFH stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.37 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $46.92.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BFH, let’s look at its different 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:
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.
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 2222235136 and an Enterprise Value of 3133585408. As of this moment, Bread’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.52, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.28. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.83. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.47 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.74. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.282.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BFH is 1.33, which has changed by 0.17103648 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092895746 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 $36.31. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.90%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BFH traded about 1.07M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BFH traded about 1069660 shares per day. A total of 49.09M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 47.75M. Insiders hold about 2.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.51% stake in the company. Shares short for BFH as of 1744675200 were 3141623 with a Short Ratio of 2.92, compared to 1741910400 on 3877880. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3141623 and a Short% of Float of 8.57.
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 0.017702844The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.04. 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.
