Persimmon (PSMMY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Persimmon plc is a United Kingdom-based housebuilder that develops and sells new homes for private buyers, first-time purchasers and affordable-housing customers. Its operations include land acquisition, residential planning, construction and home sales, as well as customer support following completion.

The company markets homes primarily through the Persimmon Homes, Charles Church and Westbury Partnerships brands. Its developments range from entry-level and family housing to larger, higher-specification properties, while Westbury Partnerships works with housing associations and other organizations to deliver affordable homes.

Persimmon traces its origins to 1972 and serves communities across England, Scotland and Wales through a network of regional operating businesses. In addition to building homes, the company is involved in the associated development of infrastructure and community facilities required for its residential projects.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.15 to $35.46
• 50-Day Range: $27.98 to $32.60
• 52-Week Range: $26.71 to $41.84
• Volume: 5,076 shs
• Average Volume: 27,860 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.69%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Persimmon Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Persimmon scored higher than 39% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Persimmon has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Persimmon has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -1.48%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Persimmon are expected to decrease by -1.48% in the coming year, from $2.70 to $2.66 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Persimmon has a PEG Ratio of 3.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Persimmon has a P/B Ratio of 1.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Persimmon has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Persimmon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.17, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Persimmon has recently decreased by 81.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Persimmon is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.53%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Persimmon does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Persimmon will have a dividend payout ratio of 75.56% in the coming year. This indicates that Persimmon may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.75

News Sentiment

Persimmon has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Persimmon this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Persimmon insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.61% of the stock of Persimmon is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Persimmon has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Household Durables
• Sub-Industry: Homebuilding
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:PSMMY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PSMMY
• CIK: 1439580
• Web: www.persimmonhomes.com
• Phone: 441904642199
• Fax: 44-19-0461-0014
• Employees: 4,605
• Year Founded: 1972

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.02
• P/E Growth: 3.37
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.07
• Current Ratio: 4.21
• Quick Ratio: 0.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.95 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.14
• Cash Flow: $3.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.86
• Book Value: $29.72 per share
• Price / Book: 1.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 160,650,000
• Free Float: 159,668,000
• Market Cap: $5.65 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.16