Coverage of the shares of this home builder were just initiated at Citigroup with a ‘Buy’ rating. The current dividend yield is 1.97%, paid quarterly.
PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM)
From AlphaProfit Sector Investors’ Newsletter
Shares of PulteGroup are down over 45% from their 2020 high. The homebuilder was performing well before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Pulte’s fourth-quarter 2019 EPS topped analysts’ estimate by 3% while the value of new orders grew 33%.
Although Pulte has to bear shocks to housing demand and its supply chain from COVID-19, it benefits from low-interest rates and falling raw material prices. Its shares interest growth-at-a-reasonable-price investors.
They yield almost 2% and trade at 6.9X-2020 EPS estimate versus prospects for 20% EPS growth in two years. (Next earnings: April 23). Nancy’s Note: Estimated EPS is $0.70 per share on revenues of $2.32 billion.
Sam Subramanian, PhD, AlphaProfit Sector Investors’ Newsletter, www.alphaprofit.com, 281-565-6963, April 2020