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$15.49 -0.30 (-1.90%)
5/16/2008 4:00 PM

D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI)

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The Company is a homebuilding company, which constructs and sells single-family homes through its operating divisions in 25 states and 74 metropolitan markets of the United States.

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Business Week 50 (50), Residential Construction (27), S&P 500 (484), Home Builder (13), Mid Cap (670)
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D.R. Horton, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $15.49
Last Trade Time: 5/16/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $16.29
Previous Close: $15.79
Daily Range: $15.40 - $16.32
52-Week Range: $9.78 - $24.49
Volume: 7,812,240
Market Cap: $4.99B
P/E Ratio: 2.30
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Avatar uptick4life (< 20) Submitted: 3/02/08 6:04 PM

Fear and Greed- Ok, so we're in the fear cycle. That's fantasitic! I love sales on stocks. This company has all the fundamentals in place to weather a storm. The inevitable tax break for home purchases is a few months away but it will be a circut-breaker reset for greed. In addition. When the ...More

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Avatar Hortonsucks (< 20) Submitted: 1/14/08 10:36 PM

Horton has been poorly managed for years. They helped create this mess by sheer force of greed....now they are laying off thousands of workers while the top people continue to rake in millions in bogus "bonuses". This company, like most of the other greedy homebuilders, will continue to plummet into...More

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Avatar SapphireSeas (80.28) Submitted: 5/16/08 10:24 AM : Underperform Start Price: $15.79 DHI Score: 2.24

Associated Press, 5/16/08:

A government report on new-home construction and building permit applications for April is forecast to show further declines as the housing sector continues to sag.

The Commerce Department report, due Friday at 8:30 a.m. EDT, is expected to show construction of new homes and apartments fell to an annual rate of 940,000 units in April, according to the consensus estimate of Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson/IFR.

If the forecast is correct, it would be a drop of 0.7 percent from a rate of 947,000 units a month earlier, the slowest pace in 17 years.

Applications for building permits, considered a reliable sign of future activity, are projected to fall to an annual rate of 915,000 units, down 1.3 percent from a rate of 927,000 units in March, according to Thomson/IFR.

More dour housing news came Thursday, as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index came in just shy of its record low.

The May index, which tracks builders' sentiment about market conditions, came in at 19, one point above the record low set in December.

Tighter lending standards, rising defaults and fear about the housing market's future have sidelined buyers, an absence felt acutely by homebuilders such as D.R. Horton Inc., Pulte Homes Inc. and Centex Corp.

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My comment:

While Toll Brothers services the higher end residential market, the homebuilders mentioned in this article are in real trouble. They are competing against each other in a severely constrained market, attempting to service a Recession-hit consumer who increasingly cannot secure mortgage underwriting. One or more of these builders may not be able to withstand these kinds of market conditions, especially if the housing slump and credit crisis persist beyond mid-2009.

In addition, D.R. Horton just reported per share loss of $4.61 against over $4 billion in debt (which continues to rise).

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Avatar mdjuranovic (< 20) Submitted: 5/16/08 12:11 AM : Outperform Start Price: $16.29 DHI Score: -4.83

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/02/25/why-housing...

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Avatar saunafool (99.70) Submitted: 5/09/08 2:40 AM : Underperform Start Price: $15.11 DHI Score: 0.54

Housing is still toast, read floridabuilders blog.

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Avatar jester112358 (99.58) Submitted: 5/06/08 10:51 PM : Underperform Start Price: $16.64 DHI Score: 7.40

These guys just reported a loss of $4.41/share. Combined with their huge debt, (~4B) this could be the one to declare bankrupcy first! The chart shows and uptrend on this one but they have no way to make money and preserve cash flow (even layoffs won't save them).

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Avatar YoungInvestor99 (75.52) Submitted: 5/01/08 10:34 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.16 DHI Score: -5.16

A trait of all successfull investors is courage. That is, the courage to invest when everything looks terrible and everyone is fearful.











You know the Warren Buffett saying, when people are fearful, be greedy. Buy now and hold on tight and you'll be rewarded with this company that will survive.











I could be wrong though.My last name is Horton so I'm biased to overperform on this stock.

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