Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Residential Construction
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. BZH
$33.40 +0.03% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $912.9M
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 10.0% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 93 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.08B, down 12.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 21%
- Gross marginBottom 7%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 50%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.4% | -12.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 12.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.9% | -1.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -2.5% | -7.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -12.8% | -13.4% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 16.1% | ↓ | Bottom 7% |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | 2.9% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 2.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -7.4% | -2.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.3% | — | Bottom 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.8% | — | Bottom 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +37.2 pp
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.25%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.25%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +16.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $41.00
- Target vs current price
- +22.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | +19.9% | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +95.8% | +2.0% | -10.7% | +18.9% | +56.1% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | -83.7% | +2.7% | +4.1% | +9.6% | -4.8% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +34.1% | -1.7% | -9.0% | +4.6% | +22.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -38.1% | +0.3% | -0.5% | +8.4% | +2.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +61.5% | -0.2% | +7.5% | +5.1% | +25.9% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | -67.7% | +2.8% | -18.7% | -16.7% | -28.5% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | +24.3% | -0.3% | +2.7% | -0.5% | -25.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | -$0.29 | -$0.36 | +19.9% | $516.3M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.72 | +95.8% | $409.8M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | -$0.90 | -$0.49 | -83.7% | $363.5M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $1.07 | $0.80 | +34.1% | $791.9M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.42 | -38.1% | $545.4M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.26 | +61.5% | $565.3M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.31 | -67.7% | $469.0M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $1.69 | $1.36 | +24.3% | $806.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.07× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -16.80% | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Earnings yield | -0.91% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.8× – 81.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 101
- Days above the 200-day average
- 93
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +26.9%
- RSI (14)
- 63.5
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 15.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.03
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -61.8% | 353 days | 185 days (Jun 28, 2023) |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Apr 16, 2025 | -49.8% | 96 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 | -36.8% | 59 days | 276 days (Nov 25, 2024) |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -17.2% | 5 days | 27 days (Mar 10, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -15.8% | 11 days | 16 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $912.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.08B
- 52-week range
- $17.83 – $34.54
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.14B | $2.32B | $2.21B | $2.33B | $2.37B |
| Gross profit | $404.3M | $537.5M | $442.7M | $424.3M | $337.5M |
| Operating income | $146.9M | $272.5M | $177.3M | $143.0M | $36.6M |
| Net income | $122.0M | $220.7M | $158.6M | $140.2M | $45.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.01 | $7.17 | $5.16 | $4.53 | $1.52 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $806.2M | $469.0M | $565.3M | $545.4M | $791.9M | $363.5M | $409.8M | $516.3M |
| Net income | $52.1M | $3.1M | $12.8M | -$324,000 | $30.0M | -$32.6M | -$904,000 | -$4.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.85 | $0.10 | $0.42 | -$0.01 | $1.02 | -$1.13 | -$0.03 | -$0.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $31.7M | $81.1M | $178.1M | -$137.5M | $32.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.6M | -$15.0M | -$20.3M | -$22.4M | -$28.5M |
| Free cash flow | $17.0M | $66.0M | $157.7M | -$159.9M | $3.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$8.2M | $0 | -$12.9M | -$33.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $124.6M
- Total assets
- $2.90B
- Total liabilities
- $1.76B
- Total debt
- $1.44B
- Net debt
- $1.31B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.15B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2007 | $0.10 | Sep 21, 2007 |
| Jun 7, 2007 | $0.10 | Jun 22, 2007 |
| Mar 7, 2007 | $0.10 | Mar 22, 2007 |
| Dec 7, 2006 | $0.10 | Dec 22, 2006 |
| Sep 7, 2006 | $0.10 | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Jun 8, 2006 | $0.10 | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Mar 8, 2006 | $0.10 | Mar 22, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | $0.10 | Dec 21, 2005 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,993,917
- Days to cover
- 2.69
- Change vs previous report
- -7.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 12, 2012
- 1-for-5
- Mar 23, 2005
- 3-for-1