How to buy Beazer Homes USA stock | $16.01

Beazer Homes USA, Inc is a residential construction business based in the US. Beazer Homes USA shares (BZH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Beazer Homes USA employs 1,063 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.1 billion.

How to buy shares in Beazer Homes USA

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Beazer Homes USA. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BZH. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Beazer Homes USA reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$16.01, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Beazer Homes USA, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Beazer Homes USA. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Beazer Homes USA share price

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Beazer Homes USA shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$16.01
52-week range	USD$4.3863 - USD$17.23
50-day moving average	USD$14.8047
200-day moving average	USD$12.6186
Wall St. target price	USD$18.5
PE ratio	9.2833
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.744

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Is it a good time to buy Beazer Homes USA stock?

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Beazer Homes USA price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $16.01 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-11)	6.73%
1 month (2020-12-18)	16.01
3 months (2020-10-16)	14.03%
6 months (2020-07-17)	44.63%

1 year (2020-01-17)	4.57%
2 years (2019-01-18)	37.78%
3 years (2018-01-18)	20.36
5 years (2016-01-15)	73.46%

Is Beazer Homes USA under- or over-valued?

Valuing Beazer Homes USA stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Beazer Homes USA's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Beazer Homes USA's P/E ratio

Beazer Homes USA's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Beazer Homes USA shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Beazer Homes USA's PEG ratio

Beazer Homes USA's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.17. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Beazer Homes USA's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Beazer Homes USA's EBITDA

Beazer Homes USA's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$97.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Beazer Homes USA's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Beazer Homes USA financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.86%
Gross profit TTM	USD$350.5 million
Return on assets TTM	2.59%
Return on equity TTM	9.42%
Profit margin	2.45%
Book value	$20.035
Market capitalisation	USD$506 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Beazer Homes USA shares

There are currently 1.1 million Beazer Homes USA shares held short by investors – that's known as Beazer Homes USA's "short interest". This figure is 22.6% down from 1.5 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Beazer Homes USA shares can be evaluated.

Beazer Homes USA's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Beazer Homes USA's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Beazer Homes USA shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Beazer Homes USA shares traded daily (recently around 411577.0609319). Beazer Homes USA's SIR currently stands at 2.79. In other words for every 100,000 Beazer Homes USA shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2790 shares are currently held short.

However Beazer Homes USA's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Beazer Homes USA shares, or, against the total number of tradable Beazer Homes USA shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Beazer Homes USA's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Beazer Homes USA shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0395% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Beazer Homes USA shares, roughly 40 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Beazer Homes USA.

Find out more about how you can short Beazer Homes USA stock.

Beazer Homes USA share dividends

We're not expecting Beazer Homes USA to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Beazer Homes USA's shares ever split?

Beazer Homes USA's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 12 October 2012. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Beazer Homes USA shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Beazer Homes USA shares which in turn could have impacted Beazer Homes USA's share price.

Beazer Homes USA share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Beazer Homes USA's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.3863 up to $17.23. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Beazer Homes USA's is 2.3181. This would suggest that Beazer Homes USA's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Beazer Homes USA overview

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 sells its homes through commissioned new home sales counselors and independent brokers in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Beazer Homes USA is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.882% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders and 77.379% by institutions.

• How many people work for Beazer Homes USA?

  Latest data suggests 1,063 work at Beazer Homes USA.

• When does the fiscal year end for Beazer Homes USA?

  Beazer Homes USA's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Beazer Homes USA based?

  Beazer Homes USA's address is: 1000 Abernathy Road, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30328

• What is Beazer Homes USA's ISIN number?

  Beazer Homes USA's international securities identification number is: US07556Q8814

• What is Beazer Homes USA's CUSIP number?

  Beazer Homes USA's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 07556Q105