PulteGroup

PulteGroup, Inc. is an American residential home-construction company based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. As of 2023, the company is the third-largest home-construction company in the United States based on the number of homes closed.^[3][4] In total, the company has built over 775,000 homes.^[1]

PulteGroup, Inc.

Formerly	Pulte Homes, Inc.
Company type	Public company
Traded as	NYSE: PHM S&P 500 component
Industry	Home construction
Founded	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Founder	William J. Pulte
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Key people	Ryan R. Marshall, CEO & President Robert T. O'Shaughnessy, EVP James L. Ossowski, CFO
Production output	28,894 new home deliveries
Revenue	US$13.927 billion (2021)
Net income	US$1.93 billion (2021)
Total assets	US$13.353 billion (2021)
Total equity	US$7.49 billion (2021)
Number of employees	6,182 (2021)
Website	pultegroupinc.com
Footnotes / references [1][2]

The company operates in 44 markets in 23 states.^[1] In 2021, it ranked 284th on the Fortune 500.^[5] The company was founded by William J. Pulte in Michigan, and moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 2014. Since 2016, Ryan Marshall has been the president and CEO of the company.^[6]

History

Early history

In 1950, at the age of 18 years, William J. Pulte, began building and selling houses.^[7] In 1956, he formed the company, Pulte Homes, Inc which was based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.^[7][1] In 1972, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.^[8] In 1998, the company acquired Divosta for an estimated $150 million,^[9] and it also acquired Radnor Homes for an undisclosed amount.^[10]

Since 2000

In 2001, Pulte Homes, Inc acquired Del E. Webb Construction Company, founded by Del Webb, for $1.8 billion.^[11] In 2003, the company acquired Sivage-Thomas Homes.^[12] In 2009, the company acquired Centex for $1.3 billion in stock.^[13][14] In August 2014, the company acquired the real-estate assets of Dominion Homes for $82 million.^[15]

The company changed its name from Pulte Homes, Inc. to PulteGroup, Inc. in March 2010.^[16] In 2013, PulteGroup launched Built to Honor program, which provides homes to veterans with disabilities from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, as well as Gold Star families in 18 U.S. states.^[17]

In 2016, the company acquired some homebuilding assets of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, a premier builder of luxury homes.^[18] In April 2019, the company acquired the homebuilding operations of American West Homes for $150 million.^[19]

Financials

Year	Revenue in million US$[20]	Net income in million US$[21]	Average stock price in US$[22]	Employees
2023	16,062	2,593	71.12	6382[23]
2022	16,003	2,601	43.04	6524[23]
2021	13,737	1,930	49.81	6182[23]
2020	11,036	1,394	37.25	5249[23]
2019	10,213	1,006	30.86	5245[23]

Criticism

Stucco defects in Florida homes

In 2019, after an investigation by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Pulte agreed to pay $4.7 million in restitution and make repairs to houses it sold in Florida that had cracks in stucco applied to a wood frame, stucco delamination, and improper installation of weep screed.^[24][25]

Dismissed lawsuit regarding propping up sale prices

In October 2009, a class-action lawsuit was filed by Steve Berman accusing the company of artificially propping up house sales prices and contributing to the United States housing bubble. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court.^[26]