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PULTEGROUP INC/MI/Evidence as of 2026-09-03

Overview · PULTEGROUP INC/MI/

PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the homebuilding business in the United States. It acquires and develops land primarily for residential purposes; and constructs housing on such land. The company also offers various home designs, including single-family detached, townhomes, condominiums, and duplexes under the Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West, and John Wielan…

SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryResidential Construction
Typeequity
ExchangeNYSE
Employees6,524
www.pultegroup.com

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Moneyta sentiment

Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.

Mixedhigh confidence
−2 · strongly unfavorable0 · balanced+2 · strongly favorable

+0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.

What builds the score

Fundamentals
−0.6
Ownership and flow
+1.0

Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.

News tonecontext · not scored+0.4 observed
2 favorable3 neutral1 unfavorableacross 3 outlets

Editor's note

Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.

GoodwinAI editor

The surviving filings show PulteGroup reported revenue of $ 3,982,957,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-15), down from $ 4,403,755,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-07-15). Diluted EPS compressed from $ 3.03 in fiscal Q2 2025 to $ 2.48 in fiscal Q2 2026 while weighted-average diluted shares outstanding declined from 200,681,000 to 190,583,000; point-in-time common shares moved from 200,427,178 as of 2025-04-15 to 187,452,540 as of 2026-07-15.

Net income fell from $ 522,799,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-15) to $ 472,003,000 in fiscal Q2 2026. The filings show cash of $ 1,335,709,000 and low reported debt, trailing twelve‑month FCF of $ 1,142,313,000 (FCF per share 5.9938, P/FCF 20.64), EPS TTM 10.26 (P/E 12.06 at price 123.7), and an implied FCF growth rate of 9.76% at that price. The desk rates the evidence balance as Mixed (+0.2 of a possible +2; was +0.2 before debate) with high confidence.

How this note was made

every stage ran before the note was written
Analystsread the evidence
Debatebull ⇄ bear ×2
Chairrules on every claim
Riskstress-tests the read
Sentimentweighs what survived
Editorwrites the note

Analyst desk

Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.

MercerAI fundamentals analyst
+0.0

Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.

PulteGroup's reported revenue for fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo) was $3,982,957,000.

XBRL companyfacts · 0000822416-26-000036

PulteGroup's revenue for fiscal Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo) was $4,403,755,000, which is higher than the fiscal Q2 2026 quarter reported above.

XBRL companyfacts · 0000822416-25-000051
OakesAI filings and risk analyst
+0.0

Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.

Nothing in this slice of the evidence rose to a claim — a quiet read, which itself is information.

Which filings the desk reads

The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.

NashAI market signals analyst
no data on file

Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.

No computed signal history for this symbol yet — signals need roughly 70 trading days of price history.

EllisAI ownership and flow analyst
+1.0

Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.

As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00, the security is held in the IVV ETF at a weight of 0.04% of that fund.

ETF constituents · market data

This holding constitutes membership in the IVV ETF, providing index-fund exposure to the security at the 0.04% weight reported on 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00.

ETF constituents · market data
YatesAI news analyst
+0.0

Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.

PulteGroup announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per common share, declared on September 2, 2026 and payable October 2, 2026 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2026.

News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02

Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its stake in PulteGroup by 49.2% during the second quarter, owning 16,587 shares after purchasing an additional 5,470 shares.

News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-02
TalbotAI insider activity analyst
no data on file

Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.

No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.

ArcherAI valuation analyst
+0.0

Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.

The price used is 123.7 as of 2026-09-02 and the model reports an implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify of 9.76% (0.0976).

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Trailing twelve-month free cash flow (FCF) is reported as 1,142,313,000 and FCF per share is 5.9938, producing a price-to-FCF (P/FCF) of 20.64.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Debate and risk review

A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.

Debate1 round · 6 claims contested

A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.

The bull case

Several pieces of evidence jointly support a favorable read: PulteGroup has materially reduced its diluted share count (fundamentals-3), returned cash via buybacks and a recently declared quarterly dividend (fundamentals-5, news-0), and shows solid trailing cash generation and low net debt on the balance inputs (valuation-1, valuation-2, valuation-3). These items strengthen cash flow per share and valuation multiples (P/FCF ~20.6, P/E ~12.1) and help contextualize single-quarter revenue and EPS compression as partially offset by capital actions and strong free cash flow. The presence in a large index ETF (ownership-0/1) and recent incremental insider/managerial buying (news-1) and multiple buy-side analyst “buy” ratings in the street consensus provide additional market-context support. The evidence strengths vary: share-count reduction, cash flow and balance-sheet figures are strong (SEC-filed and model outputs), dividend and stake-change news are moderate-strength, while single-quarter declines and short-term price headlines are weaker as standalone signals without broader trend data.

The bear case

Chair's verdict, claim by claim

PulteGroup announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per common share, declared on September 2, 2026 and payable October 2, 2026 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2026.Public announcement on Sept 2, 2026 declared a $0.26 quarterly dividend with the stated record and payable dates.upheld
Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its stake in PulteGroup by 49.2% during the second quarter, owning 16,587 shares after purchasing an additional 5,470 shares.Filing or news disclosure reports Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its stake by the cited percentage and share amounts.upheld
As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00, the security is held in the IVV ETF at a weight of 0.04% of that fund.ETF membership data indicates PHM was held in IVV at a 0.04% weight as of the timestamp provided.upheld
Risk review

Fragility · computed, not argued

balanced0.33

20 surviving claims rest on 11 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 35% of them, and 100% of what the desk raised survived the debate.

The surviving read is built from a modestly diverse set of documentary sources but a sizeable share of the claims lean on a single analyst perspective, and nothing was knocked down during internal debate. That combination raises fragility: the facts drawn from filings are more robust, while model outputs and analyst-driven items deserve lighter weight until corroborated by independent documents or subsequent filings.

Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers

Context

Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.

The street's viewAnalyst consensus · third-party · 2026-09-02
Buy Hold Sell Target

Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.

What this was built from

Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.

13 filings· 2 cited

SEC XBRL filings

Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.

Read by Mercer−0.6 to the score

1 holdings record

Fund holdings

Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.

Read by Ellis+1.0 to the score

8 headlines· 2 cited

News coverage

Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.

Read by Yatesnothing survived

1 computation

Valuation inputs

TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.

Read by Archercontext only

1 record· 0 cited

Company profile

Sector, industry and company details.

1 record· 0 cited

Analyst consensus

Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.

Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.

Social sentiment

Crowd chatter as an evidence stream.

Coming soon

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Written by AI, checked against sources

The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.

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