Lehman Brothers has initiated coverage of some key homebuilders this morning: DR Horton (NYSE: DHI) started as Overweight. Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV) started as Underweight. KB Home (NYSE: KBH) started as Equal-Weight. Lennar…
This morning, Banc of America has actually upgraded the homebuilder sector. This may be the first such round of upgrades from a brokerage firm across the board in what seems like forever. …
At KB Home (KBH) revenues totaled $2.07 billion for the quarter ended November 30, 2007, down from $3.01 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2006, primarily reflecting lower housing revenues. KBH reported…
Douglas A. McIntyre Not many stocks are likely to double. Even well-run companies like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are not likely to move 2x even with great results. The market caps are already too large and…
Everyone keeps predicting one or more of the large US Homebuilders is going to implode because of their overbuilding and inability to sell new units at their old highly profitable margins. Most…
Citigroup (C) Report of huge lay-offs. Shares trade below $30 for first time in five years. Drops to $29.75 from 52-week high of $57. Countrywide Financial (CFC) Senator asks for probe of…
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…
We reviewed our different portfolios of key stocks to see which ones performed the best today, and it wasn’t just the financials as a general class. At the end of the day,…
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…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that today and this week proves sometimes you can’t be too bullish. You need a measure for an ‘all-clear’ signal to see when…
According to Reuters, private equity firms are going to start to target big miners like Alcoa (AA). Reuters writes that Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB added 90,000 subscribers over the last quarter. Reuters writes…
Already regular members, today’s list includes Meritage (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Pulte (PHM), Lennar (LEN), and Beazer (BZH). Circuit City (CC) Electronics retail continues to disappoint. Down to $14.60 from $29.31 as…
