DR Horton Inc Stock Buy Recommendation Reiterated (DHI)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- DR Horton (NYSE:DHI) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of B . The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 26.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 21.6%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
• Powered by its strong earnings growth of 172.72% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 63.16% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Turning to the future, naturally, any stock can fall in a major bear market. However, in almost any other environment, the stock should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed nice gains in the past year.
• The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Household Durables industry and the overall market, D R HORTON INC's return on equity significantly exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Household Durables industry. The net income increased by 179.6% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $35.80 million to $100.10 million.
• D R HORTON INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. However, we anticipate underperformance relative to this pattern in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, D R HORTON INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.74 versus $0.23 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 69.0% in earnings ($0.85 versus $2.74).

D.R. Horton, Inc. operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. The company's Homebuilding segment engages in the acquisition and development of land, and construction and sale of residential homes in 25 states and 73 markets in the United States primarily under the D.R. DR Horton has a market cap of $5.91 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and materials & construction industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 6.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 46.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

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