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    PulteGroup (PHM) Is Up 8.0% After Capital Plan, 2025 Results, Active Adult Push – Has The Bull Case Changed?

    Simply Wall St·02/07/2026 05:05:17
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    • PulteGroup recently filed an omnibus shelf registration covering a range of securities, affirmed a quarterly US$0.26 dividend, reported full-year 2025 revenue of US$17.31 billion and net income of US$2.22 billion, and updated investors on its completed multi-year share repurchase program.
    • Alongside these capital markets moves, the company is leaning further into the active adult segment through new Del Webb communities in Texas and Ohio, while also funding construction-skills scholarships to support its longer-term labor pipeline.
    • Next, we will examine how this mix of diversified regional demand and expanding active adult communities shapes PulteGroup’s broader investment narrative.

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    What Is PulteGroup's Investment Narrative?

    To own PulteGroup today, you have to be comfortable with a builder that is still profitable and returning cash, but operating through a period of softer earnings and tighter margins. The recent US$17.31 billion revenue and US$2.22 billion net income show the business remains sizeable, even as profits declined year on year. Management’s decision to keep buying back stock, affirm the US$0.26 dividend and file an omnibus shelf registration underlines a willingness to stay active in capital markets, without obviously changing the near term catalysts that still center on order trends, pricing power and build costs. The push into Del Webb active adult communities adds another demand pillar, but does not remove core risks around housing cycles, slower forecast earnings and questions over whether current market optimism and boardroom pay are fully aligned with that outlook.

    However, investors should not ignore the risk that earnings are forecast to soften further. PulteGroup's shares are on the way up, but they could be overextended by 31%. Uncover the fair value now.

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    Eight Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates span about US$93 to just under US$141, reflecting wide disagreement. Set against softening earnings and margin pressure, that spread underlines why it helps to weigh multiple viewpoints on PulteGroup’s prospects.

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