Homebuilder D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) will be reporting results this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
D.R. Horton beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $9.23 billion, down 7.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting D.R. Horton’s revenue to decline 5.8% year on year to $9.42 billion, a further deceleration from the 4.8% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $3.27 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. D.R. Horton has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at D.R. Horton’s peers in the home builders segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Taylor Morrison Home’s revenues decreased 1.2% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and Tri Pointe Homes reported a revenue decline of 25.3%, topping estimates by 15%. Taylor Morrison Home traded down 2.4% following the results while Tri Pointe Homes’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Taylor Morrison Home’s results here and Tri Pointe Homes’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the home builders segment, with share prices up 3.7% on average over the last month. D.R. Horton is down 6.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $164 (compared to the current share price of $158.90).
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