With 0.87 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.37 million shares. During the session, the Engineering & Construction company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $381.14 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $359.46. The 52-week range on BLD shows that it touched its highest point at $495.68 and its lowest point at $266.26 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $365.55. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.62.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BLD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.38%, but this was up by 27.48% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 31.93% while six-month performance rose 19.68%. The stock gained 21.67% in the past year, while it has gained 0.51% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BLD yields 19.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 21.87. For the next quarter, that number is 5.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of -4.38% for this year and 8.75% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.47% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 29.57%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 28.71 million BLD shares are outstanding with a float of 28.42 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 1.36 million, which was 475.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Robert M. Buck as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Robert M. Kuhns CPA serves as its CFO & VP.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.0162101 of BLD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, BLD reported revenue of $1233278000.0 and operating income of $177489000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $218366000.0 and diluted EPS was $4.23.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BLD since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BLD analysts setting a high price target of 395.0 and a low target of 310.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 349.72726. Based on these targets, BLD could surge 4.28% to reach the target high and fall by -18.16% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -7.67% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $21.11541 being high and $20.77613 being low. For BLD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $20.92581. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $5.7 and the low estimate is $5.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $5.38.
