Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE: BLDR): Can A Stock Be -18.84% Lower Year-To-Date And Still Be A Loser?

Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE:BLDR)’s traded shares stood at 1.05 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.79. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $116.00, to imply a decrease of -3.03% or -$3.63 in intraday trading. The BLDR share’s 52-week high remains $203.14, putting it -75.12% down since that peak but still an impressive 4.45% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $110.84. The company has a valuation of $13.19B, with an average of 1.4 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 1.71 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR), translating to a mean rating of 1.60. Of 6 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give BLDR a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 1 advise Hold as 5 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at 2.8.

Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE:BLDR) trade information

After registering a -3.03% downside in the latest session, Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -4.06%, and -7.65% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -18.84%. Short interest in Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE:BLDR) saw shorts transact 3.9 million shares and set a 2.25 days time to cover.

The extremes give us $175 and $220 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, BLDR has been trading -89.66% off suggested target high and -50.86% from its likely low.

Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR) estimates and forecasts

The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 1.87% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 18 analysts is 4.45B. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 18 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 4.51B.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in 4.46B and 4.23B respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -0.13% before jumping 6.65% in the following quarter.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 36.74% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a -21.21% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 3.99% annually.

BLDR Dividends

Builders Firstsource Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Feb-19. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too.

Builders Firstsource Inc (NYSE:BLDR)’s Major holders

Builders Firstsource Inc insiders hold 2.09% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 97.57% of the shares at 99.64% float percentage. In total, 97.57% institutions holds shares in the company, led by VANGUARD GROUP INC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 14.55 million shares (or 12.2009% of shares), all amounting to roughly $2.01 billion.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is BLACKROCK INC. with 11.34 million shares, or about 9.5104% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $1.57 billion.

We also have Fidelity Advisor Series I-Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Builders Firstsource Inc (BLDR) shares. Going by data provided on Feb 28, 2025 , Fidelity Advisor Series I-Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund holds roughly 4.04 shares. This is just over 3.56% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $469.66 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 3.61, or 3.18% of the shares, all valued at about 419.5 million.