PulteGroup Inc (PHM): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner

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PulteGroup (PHM) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, PulteGroup rose 20 cents (1.2%) to $17.03 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4.2 million shares of PulteGroup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $16.66-$17.15 after having opened the day at $16.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.83. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were: Goldfield (GV), up 7.6%, Griffon Corporation (GFF), up 3.4%, Guanwei Recycling (GPRC), up 3.4%, and Foster Wheeler (FWLT), up 3.3%.

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PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding and financial services businesses primarily in the United States. PulteGroup has a market cap of $6.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 40.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 166.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate PulteGroup a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates PulteGroup as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, premium valuation and poor profit margins.

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