PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) earnings on July 22, 2026
More PulteGroup, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
PulteGroup shares rose 1.8% after strong quarterly earnings, reaching an intraday high of nearly 4%.
PHM price around the earnings
126.75
Change: +2.1%
2026-07-22, 20:00 UTC
End of the measured window
120.17
122.99
125.81
128.63
124.14
July 22, 2026
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- Market open
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
- Results released
Analysts optimistic despite negative growth and housing headwinds; recent selloff creates conditions after a strong recent drop.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Volatile, with a recent strong positive shift from after a strong recent drop conditions, but fundamental uncertainty persists.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.2
- Analysts covering the stock
- 13
- Average price target
- 139.77
- Lowest price target
- 100
- Highest price target
- 162
- Upside to price target
- 12.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -33.6%
- Revenue growth
- -12.4%
- Forward EPS
- 11.09
- Trailing EPS
- 10.43
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 2
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 1
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 6
- Hold
- 6
- Sell
- 1
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 14, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- July 6, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Cautious
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (2)
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on PulteGroup, Raises Price Target to $123 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on PulteGroup, Raises Price Target to $150 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -12.5%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -4.3%
- 30-day change (33d)
- -2.1%
- 30-day relative strength
- -2.3%
- SPY change (33d)
- +0.2%
- Nearest support
- 124.16
- Nearest resistance
- 125.53
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.82
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +1.5%
- April 23, 2026: actual EPS 1.79 vs estimate 1.81 (surprise -1.1%)
- January 29, 2026: actual EPS 2.88 vs estimate 2.81 (surprise +2.6%)
- October 21, 2025: actual EPS 2.96 vs estimate 2.89 (surprise +2.5%)
- July 22, 2025: actual EPS 3.03 vs estimate 2.97 (surprise +2.1%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 3.7%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.6%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.5%
- Up / down moves
- 16 / 4
- Average up move
- +4.0%
- Average down move
- -3.5%
Monitoring and close
What PulteGroup, Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 2.48 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 2.38 |
| EPS surprise | +4.2% |
| Revenue | $3,983 million |
| Revenue estimate | $3,929 million |
| Revenue surprise | +1.4% |
PulteGroup beat Q2 earnings estimates with $2.48 per share, though profit fell from a year ago. Shares rose and new orders climbed 6%. The company maintained its 2026 outlook.
Sources (22)
- PulteGroup Inc (PHM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Market Challenges with ... (opens in a new tab) — GuruFocus.com
- PulteGroup (PHM) Posted Weaker Q2 Earnings, Is The Stock Still Undervalued? (opens in a new tab) — Simply Wall St.
- PulteGroup, Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary (opens in a new tab) — Moby
- PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- PulteGroup Shares Rise on Strong Q2 Earnings, Despite Market Challenges (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Why Oil Prices Could Make Your House More Expensive, According to PulteGroup (opens in a new tab) — Barrons.com
- PulteGroup Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- PulteGroup Q2 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates, New Orders Up Y/Y (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- PulteGroup Q2 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- PulteGroup (PHM) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- PulteGroup Ekes Out an Earnings Beat, and Juices the Stock (opens in a new tab) — Barrons.com
- America's Housing Market Is Cooling, But PulteGroup Just Beat Anyway (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- PulteGroup (PHM) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- PulteGroup Profit Falls on Declining Revenue (opens in a new tab) — The Wall Street Journal
- PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) Q2 Results Show Modest Beat but Revenue Slide Pressures Quality Stock Status (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- PulteGroup shares decline despite second-quarter earnings beat (NYSE:PHM) (opens in a new tab) — InvestorsHub
- Why PulteGroup Stock Is Falling After Earnings Beat (opens in a new tab) — Barrons.com
- PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) Beats Q2 CY2026 Sales Expectations (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- PulteGroup Q2 EPS $2.48 Beats $2.38 Estimate, Sales $3.983B Beat $3.929B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- PulteGroup Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Alphabet, IBM, Tesla Earnings: What to Watch the Rest of the Week (opens in a new tab) — The Wall Street Journal
- PulteGroup reported earnings of $2.48 per share, beating the $2.38 estimate, and revenue of $3.983B, above the $3.929B expected. — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, the figures don't clearly confirm the prior scenario. In past cases, 1571 instances (75.5%) showed a similar outcome.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- +1.8%
- Max move
- +4.0%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.