Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for BZH Q1 Earnings

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) – Analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Beazer Homes USA in a research report issued on Thursday, November 14th. B. Riley analyst A. Rygiel forecasts that the construction company will earn $0.30 per share for the quarter. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $37.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Beazer Homes USA’s current full-year earnings is $4.72 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Beazer Homes USA’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.25 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Zelman & Associates reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of Beazer Homes USA in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Beazer Homes USA from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, August 5th. Finally, Wedbush raised shares of Beazer Homes USA from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $41.00 to $45.00 in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $39.67.

Beazer Homes USA Stock Performance

Shares of BZH opened at $33.30 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 12.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 2.18. Beazer Homes USA has a 52-week low of $25.48 and a 52-week high of $38.22. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $32.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.31.

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 13th. The construction company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.34. Beazer Homes USA had a net margin of 6.02% and a return on equity of 12.15%. The business had revenue of $806.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $775.42 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.80 EPS. Beazer Homes USA’s revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO David I. Goldberg sold 6,057 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.06, for a total value of $194,187.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 131,004 shares in the company, valued at $4,199,988.24. The trade was a 4.42 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 6.99% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Beazer Homes USA

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in BZH. Donald Smith & CO. Inc. lifted its position in Beazer Homes USA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Donald Smith & CO. Inc. now owns 3,132,427 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $107,035,000 after purchasing an additional 45,553 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in Beazer Homes USA by 52.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 545,983 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $18,656,000 after buying an additional 188,084 shares during the last quarter. Winslow Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Beazer Homes USA by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Winslow Asset Management Inc. now owns 491,330 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $16,789,000 after buying an additional 1,717 shares during the period. Boston Partners purchased a new stake in Beazer Homes USA during the 1st quarter valued at $15,411,000. Finally, First Eagle Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Beazer Homes USA by 27.8% in the 2nd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 459,645 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $12,631,000 after acquiring an additional 99,959 shares during the last quarter. 85.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Beazer Homes USA

Beazer Homes USA, Inc operates as a homebuilder in the United States. It designs, constructs, and sells single-family and multi-family homes under the Beazer Homes, Gatherings, and Choice Plans names. The company also sells its homes through commissioned new home sales counselors and independent brokers in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Indiana, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.