Insights on PHM Stock – Analyst Recommendations for Investors

By Chris Stiles • Friday, July 04 15:25 • Permanent Link

Pulte logged a -1.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $109.36 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. PHM's trading volume is 1,616,063 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,007,878.

Pulte trades -11.48% away from its average analyst target price of $123.54 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $98.0 to $165.0, and on average have given Pulte a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying PHM should be aware of the facts below:

Pulte's current price is -20.9% below its Graham number of $138.18, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Pulte has moved 5.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 14.16, Pulte has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
PHM has a forward P/E ratio of 8.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $13.5 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.78 compared to its sector average of 2.93
PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding business in the United States.
Based in Atlanta, the company has 6,793 full time employees and a market cap of $21.92 Billion. Pulte currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.8%.

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