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...Berkshire also exited its investments in payments business StoneCo, insurers Globe Life and Markel Corporation, and homebuilder DR Horton....
...The multiple of 5 times is below the 8 times commanded by market leader DR Horton. But DR Horton is also much bigger and boasts better margins....
...Shares in DR Horton, Lennar and NVR have dropped more than 16 per cent since their peak in July. Those of PulteGroup, which had surged 86 per cent in 2023 until August, are down by a similar amount....
...Shares in DR Horton, Lennar and NVR, which Berkshire disclosed it owned this week, have risen about a third apiece this year, far outpacing the S&P 500 stock index....
...The purchase of DR Horton shares will make Berkshire one of the company’s 10 largest shareholders with about 1.8 per cent of the stock....
...Berkshire disclosed it had purchased 6mn shares of DR Horton, worth about $726mn at the end of the second quarter, as well as 152,572 shares in Lennar and 11,112 shares of NVR....
...Shares in the country’s big builders — DR Horton, Lennar, NVR, PulteGroup and Toll Brothers — have all pulled back to trade at or just slightly above book value....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 19. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...DR Horton sold 20,248 homes in the fiscal fourth quarter that ended on September 30, a 26 per cent increase from last year....
...DR Horton expects to book 2020 revenue of $18.5bn to $19bn, also beating forecasts of $18.58bn at the midpoint of the range....
...Still, DR Horton continues to see “good demand” and an opportunity to ease a dearth of supply....
...PulteGroup dropped 1 per cent, while DR Horton lost 2 per cent. The S&P homebuilders select industry index was down 1.8 per cent....
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...Shares in DR Horton were 0.3 per cent higher in pre-market trade on Thursday morning, but are down by 26.4 per cent in 2018....
...The case involved Francis Lorenzo, an employee at a broker-dealer in Staten Island, New York....
...DR Horton will release its full fourth quarter and fiscal year results on November 8....
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...Toll Brothers was down 1.6 per cent at a one-and-a-half-year low PulteGroup was down 1.7 per cent at a one-year low DR Horton was down 1.7 per cent at a two-month low KB Home was down 3.1 per cent at a one-month...
...Affordability challenges also crimped orders at bigger rival DR Horton, which earlier this month posted its lowest level of new orders in a year....
...KB Home was down 5.1 per cent, Lennar shed 4.2 per cent, PulteGroup was off 3.6 per cent and DR Horton fell 2.6 per cent....
...Lennar, KB Home and DR Horton were higher in midday trading. Toll Brothers and PulteGroup edged 0.2 per cent and 0.3 per cent lower, respectively. The broader S&P 500 rallied 1.4 per cent....
...DR Horton’s pre-tax profit margin at the end of the December quarter stood at 11.7 per cent....
...DR Horton is down 0.8 per cent at $41.27 and PultGroup was 0.6 per cent lower at $29.71....
...DR Horton, the country’s largest homebuilder, said “solid market conditions” had helped propel the company to beat expectations on revenue and profit growth....
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