DR Horton Inc (DHI): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner

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DR Horton (DHI) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, DR Horton rose 86 cents (3.8%) to $23.72 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 9.4 million shares of DR Horton exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $22.77-$23.91 after having opened the day at $23.13 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $22.86. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were: Tri-Tech (TRIT), up 5.8%, Pure Cycle Corporation (PCYO), up 5.7%, Pike Electric Corporation (PIKE), up 5.6%, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), up 5.6%.

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D.R. Horton, Inc. operates as a homebuilding company. The company engages in the acquisition and development of land; and construction and sale of residential homes in 26 states and 77 markets in the United States primarily under the D.R. Horton, America's Builder name. DR Horton has a market cap of $7.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate DR Horton a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates DR Horton as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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