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PulteGroup Inc (PHM) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — PulteGroup Inc

PHM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
PulteGroup builds and sells homes across the United States under several brands, including Pulte Homes, Centex and Del Webb, covering entry-level, move-up and active-adult buyers. It buys and develops land, then constructs single-family and attached homes such as townhomes and condominiums. The company also runs mortgage, title and insurance units that support its own home sales.
Where it sits in the stack
PulteGroup carries no seat in our AI build-out index, Rubin, and sits instead in the residential construction sleeve of the wider market universe the diary follows, alongside other US homebuilders.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other large US homebuilders such as Lennar.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but no Rubin or Halo seat, and no Closelook score has been built for it yet; the diary notes it mainly through the index reading rather than through quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether mortgage rates and buyer demand shift enough to move the stock away from its recent distance below the 50- and 200-day levels, and whether analysts keep trimming price targets.

PulteGroup Inc (PHM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PHM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-09-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PHM from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 136 from 145 Target cut to $136 from $145 (+13.8% to spot) 2026-09-16
  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 145 from 150 Target cut to $145 from $150 (+24.6% to spot) 2026-09-11

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Residential Construction · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Residential Construction · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PHM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.88%, quarterly · last 0.26 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What PHM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.04 USD per share · a 0.88% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +18.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.88 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.26 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.20 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.82 USD · 2025: 0.92 USD · 2026: 0.78 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-18

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is PulteGroup Inc (PHM)?

PulteGroup Inc trades as PHM on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is PHM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — PulteGroup Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does PHM trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6% vs the 50-day and -4.9% vs the 200-day average, 17.6% below the 52-week high and +9.5% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 37 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does PulteGroup Inc do?

PulteGroup builds and sells homes across the United States under several brands, including Pulte Homes, Centex and Del Webb, covering entry-level, move-up and active-adult buyers. It buys and develops land, then constructs single-family and attached homes such as townhomes and condominiums. The company also runs mortgage, title and insurance units that support its own home sales. Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other large US homebuilders such as Lennar.

Where does PulteGroup Inc sit in the AI build-out?

PulteGroup carries no seat in our AI build-out index, Rubin, and sits instead in the residential construction sleeve of the wider market universe the diary follows, alongside other US homebuilders. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but no Rubin or Halo seat, and no Closelook score has been built for it yet; the diary notes it mainly through the index reading rather than through quotes.

Does PulteGroup Inc pay a dividend?

PulteGroup Inc has paid 1.04 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.88% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.26 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on PulteGroup Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on PulteGroup Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-09-16 (target 136 from 145). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PHM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Residential Construction, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.