DH Horton (DHI) reported a net loss for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $50.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The quarterly results included pre-tax charges to cost…
Douglas A. McIntyre DH Horton (DHI) reported net sales orders for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2007 of 6,374 homes ($1.3 billion), compared to 10,430 homes ($2.5 billion) for the same quarter of fiscal…
Douglas A. McIntyre The housing situation in the US may be getting bad enough so that one or more of the major home builders could face Chapter 11, especially if the downturn goes deep into…
The National Association of Realtors monthly Pending Home Sales Index for August came in at 85.5, Month on Month -6.5%, and Year over Year -21.5%. This is perhaps the worst data on…
We had two pieces of news today in the housing sector, and neither one of which were given a cheer. KB Home (KBH) issued earnings today and the losses were wide, but…
Vonage Hldgs (VG) After losing case to Sprint (S), the company loses an appeal against Verizon (VZ). Falls to $.89 from 52-week high of $7.89. Pulte Homes (PHM) Endless fall for home…
ACLI cut to Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.ARRS cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BKR cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.BRCM cut to Mkt Perform at FBR. BZH started as Sell at UBS.CAKE started as…
Lennar posted earnings and as expected these were just ugly. The loss was $3.25 per share after charges, although this includes charges of $3.33 per share. Revenues were $2.34 Billion. Lennar’s home…
The September short interest for NYSE stocks is out, and a number of big names in mortgages, retail ,and housing say bets against them move up. The figures compare shares short on…
Stock Tickers: CTX, DHI, KBH, LEN, RYL, MHO, BECN, BLDR, MAS, XHB After a mid-day review of 52-week lows, there was one obvious group that makes this list now more frequently than…
Neurochem (NRMX) Continues to race for the bottom. On Monday, the company said its Alzheimer’s disease treatment candidate, Alzhemed, failed a late-stage trial. The NRMX says it has 15 to 18 months…
This morning we saw earnings out of some of the key homebuilder stocks. These numbers are almost immaterial as they are sloppy and results are all over the place and as no…
STOCK TICKERS: ABK, ACA, BZH, LEN, DHI, RYL, CC, BX, FIG, FINL, HGSI, HSY, HW, JNY, NLS, REDE, TRMP, UBET, TZOO, WB The DJIA may have hit 14,000 earlier. A pullback here,…
Stock Tickers: XHB, DHI, LEN, PHM, CTX, TOL, NVR, KBH, MDC, RYL, SPF, BZH, HOV This can’t be a shock considering ‘how great’ the housing market is and how many new homes…
Stock Tickers: XHB, KBH, DHI, PHM, CTX, NVR, MDC, HOV, BZH, LEN, TOL, RYL The short interest for MAY 2007 is out. We noticed an increase in the number of shares in…