PulteGroup Inc (PHM): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard
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) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, PulteGroup fell 27 cents (-2%) to $13.24 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.8 million shares of PulteGroup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $13.15-$13.66 after having opened the day at $13.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.51. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
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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 $4.64 billion and is part of the
sector. Shares are up 114.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are six analysts that rate PulteGroup a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates PulteGroup as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.
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