B. Riley Initiates Coverage on Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH)

Equities researchers at B. Riley started coverage on shares of Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) in a research report issued on Monday. The firm set a “neutral” rating and a $23.00 price target on the construction company’s stock. B. Riley’s target price would suggest a potential downside of 1.44% from the stock’s previous close. B. Riley also issued estimates for Beazer Homes USA’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $41.00 target price (down from $45.00) on shares of Beazer Homes USA in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $33.00 price objective (down from $37.00) on shares of Beazer Homes USA in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $32.33.

Beazer Homes USA Stock Performance

Shares of Beazer Homes USA stock opened at $23.34 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $21.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $707.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.55, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.09. Beazer Homes USA has a 12 month low of $17.37 and a 12 month high of $38.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 13.07 and a quick ratio of 0.96.

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The construction company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.16. The business had revenue of $565.34 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $543.60 million. Beazer Homes USA had a net margin of 3.91% and a return on equity of 7.81%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.26 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Beazer Homes USA will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Beazer Homes USA

In other Beazer Homes USA news, Director John J. Kelley III acquired 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $21.50 per share, for a total transaction of $215,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 15,917 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $342,215.50. This represents a 169.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 6.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Beazer Homes USA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Belpointe Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 11.0% in the 1st quarter. Belpointe Asset Management LLC now owns 10,319 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $210,000 after buying an additional 1,021 shares in the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA in the 1st quarter worth about $643,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 17,314 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $353,000 after buying an additional 734 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 35.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 198,855 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $4,055,000 after buying an additional 52,062 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 73,915 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,507,000 after buying an additional 1,279 shares in the last quarter. 85.65% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.