Q1 EPS Estimates for Beazer Homes USA Increased by Wedbush

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) – Equities researchers at Wedbush raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Beazer Homes USA in a report released on Wednesday, November 13th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the construction company will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.23. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $45.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Beazer Homes USA’s current full-year earnings is $4.70 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Beazer Homes USA’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.09 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.65 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.85 EPS.

BZH has been the topic of several other reports. Zelman & Associates reaffirmed an “underperform” rating on shares of Beazer Homes USA in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. B. Riley lowered their price objective on Beazer Homes USA from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Beazer Homes USA from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Beazer Homes USA currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.67.

Beazer Homes USA Price Performance

Shares of Beazer Homes USA stock opened at $32.63 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 14.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 2.18. Beazer Homes USA has a twelve month low of $25.48 and a twelve month high of $38.22. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $30.34.

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 13th. The construction company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.34. Beazer Homes USA had a return on equity of 11.95% and a net margin of 6.02%. The company had revenue of $806.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $775.42 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.80 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO David I. Goldberg sold 6,057 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.06, for a total value of $194,187.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 131,004 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,199,988.24. This represents a 4.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 6.99% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Beazer Homes USA

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Marshall Wace LLP grew its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 91.9% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 57,769 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,587,000 after buying an additional 27,666 shares during the last quarter. Koss Olinger Consulting LLC acquired a new position in Beazer Homes USA in the 2nd quarter worth about $447,000. Boston Partners bought a new position in Beazer Homes USA in the first quarter valued at about $15,411,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 25.0% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 88,817 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $2,441,000 after purchasing an additional 17,790 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning bought a new stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA during the third quarter worth about $286,000. 85.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Beazer Homes USA Company Profile

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.