Short Interest in Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) Increases By 6.5%

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH - Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,150,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the February 29th total of 1,080,000 shares. Currently, 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 320,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days.

Beazer Homes USA Price Performance

NYSE BZH traded down $1.01 on Tuesday, hitting $31.43. 290,156 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 315,791. Beazer Homes USA has a 52 week low of $15.47 and a 52 week high of $35.93. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $30.67 and a 200-day moving average of $28.95. The company has a current ratio of 13.95, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87. The stock has a market cap of $991.62 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.22 and a beta of 2.24.

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 1st. The construction company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $386.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $420.71 million. Beazer Homes USA had a return on equity of 14.09% and a net margin of 7.26%. The firm's revenue was down 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.80 EPS. Analysts expect that Beazer Homes USA will post 4.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on BZH shares. StockNews.com raised shares of Beazer Homes USA from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday. Wedbush raised their price target on Beazer Homes USA from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, February 2nd.

Institutional Trading of Beazer Homes USA

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BZH. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 20,387 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $324,000 after acquiring an additional 489 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 1.7% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 33,188 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $827,000 after purchasing an additional 559 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank grew its holdings in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 1.0% during the third quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 62,100 shares of the construction company's stock worth $1,547,000 after purchasing an additional 600 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 84.4% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,623 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 743 shares during the period. Finally, Jump Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Beazer Homes USA by 1.6% in the third quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 49,277 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $1,227,000 after buying an additional 776 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.65% of the company's stock.

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.