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Factors Likely to Shape D.R. Horton's (DHI) Q1 Earnings
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D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI - Free Report) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2020 results on Jan 27, before the opening bell.
In the last reported quarter, the company’s earnings and revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8% and 2.7%, respectively. Earnings and revenues of this homebuilding company also grew 11% and 11.7%, respectively, from the year-ago reported figures, courtesy of its industry-leading market share, broad geographic footprint and affordable product offerings across multiple brands.
Markedly, D.R. Horton reported better-than-expected earnings in three of the last four quarters, with the average positive surprise being 8.1%.
Trend in Estimate Revision
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter’s earnings has been unchanged at 92 cents per share over the past 30 days. This indicates a 21.1% increase from the year-ago earnings of 76 cents per share. The consensus mark for revenues is $3.8 billion, suggesting a 8.4% year-over-year improvement.
Factors like favorable mortgage rates, moderate home prices, industry-leading market share, broad geographic footprint and affordable product offerings across multiple brands are expected to have aided D.R. Horton to generate higher revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2020.
For the fiscal first quarter, the company expects consolidated revenues in the range of $3.7-$3.8 billion, indicating an increase from $3.52 billion recorded a year ago. It expects homes closed within 12,100-12,400, suggesting growth from 11,500 units closed in the year-ago period. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for homes closed is pegged at 12,236 units, implying an improvement of 6.4% from 11,500 units reported in the year-ago period but a 23.6% decline from 16,024 units in fiscal fourth-quarter 2019.
Overall, the consensus estimate for Homebuilding revenues (accounting for more than 96% of revenues) of $3.6 billion suggests a 6.7% increase from $3.42 billion recorded a year ago but 24.7% decrease sequentially.
Despite higher revenue expectation, D.R. Horton’s earnings are expected to have been affected by gross margin woes. Increased costs, reduced pricing power, and the impact of purchase accounting, warranty and litigation might have had a negative impact on fiscal first-quarter gross margins. Again, rising land/labor and material costs, as well as competitive pricing pressure — which have been causes of concern for homebuilders over the last few quarters — are likely to have impacted the company’s gross margin.
For the fiscal first quarter, it expects gross margin to be 21%, implying an improvement from 20% in the year-ago period but no change from the last reported quarter.
The company expects homebuilding SG&A expenses to be 9.5% of revenues, suggesting no year-over-year change but an increase from 8.5% registered in the last reported quarter.
What the Zacks Model Says
Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for D.R. Horton, which shares space with Lennar Corp. (LEN - Free Report) in the Zacks Building Products - Home Builders industry, this time around. A stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) to deliver a positive surprise. This is not the case here, as you will see below.
Earnings ESP: D.R. Horton has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Here are some companies in the Zacks Construction sector, which according to our model have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat in their respective quarters to be reported.
Installed Building Products, Inc. (IBP - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +3.09% and carries a Zacks Rank #1.
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +2.42% and holds a Zacks Rank #2.
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Factors Likely to Shape D.R. Horton's (DHI) Q1 Earnings
D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI - Free Report) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2020 results on Jan 27, before the opening bell.
In the last reported quarter, the company’s earnings and revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8% and 2.7%, respectively. Earnings and revenues of this homebuilding company also grew 11% and 11.7%, respectively, from the year-ago reported figures, courtesy of its industry-leading market share, broad geographic footprint and affordable product offerings across multiple brands.
Markedly, D.R. Horton reported better-than-expected earnings in three of the last four quarters, with the average positive surprise being 8.1%.
Trend in Estimate Revision
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter’s earnings has been unchanged at 92 cents per share over the past 30 days. This indicates a 21.1% increase from the year-ago earnings of 76 cents per share. The consensus mark for revenues is $3.8 billion, suggesting a 8.4% year-over-year improvement.
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Factors to Consider
Factors like favorable mortgage rates, moderate home prices, industry-leading market share, broad geographic footprint and affordable product offerings across multiple brands are expected to have aided D.R. Horton to generate higher revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2020.
For the fiscal first quarter, the company expects consolidated revenues in the range of $3.7-$3.8 billion, indicating an increase from $3.52 billion recorded a year ago. It expects homes closed within 12,100-12,400, suggesting growth from 11,500 units closed in the year-ago period. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for homes closed is pegged at 12,236 units, implying an improvement of 6.4% from 11,500 units reported in the year-ago period but a 23.6% decline from 16,024 units in fiscal fourth-quarter 2019.
Overall, the consensus estimate for Homebuilding revenues (accounting for more than 96% of revenues) of $3.6 billion suggests a 6.7% increase from $3.42 billion recorded a year ago but 24.7% decrease sequentially.
Despite higher revenue expectation, D.R. Horton’s earnings are expected to have been affected by gross margin woes. Increased costs, reduced pricing power, and the impact of purchase accounting, warranty and litigation might have had a negative impact on fiscal first-quarter gross margins. Again, rising land/labor and material costs, as well as competitive pricing pressure — which have been causes of concern for homebuilders over the last few quarters — are likely to have impacted the company’s gross margin.
For the fiscal first quarter, it expects gross margin to be 21%, implying an improvement from 20% in the year-ago period but no change from the last reported quarter.
The company expects homebuilding SG&A expenses to be 9.5% of revenues, suggesting no year-over-year change but an increase from 8.5% registered in the last reported quarter.
What the Zacks Model Says
Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for D.R. Horton, which shares space with Lennar Corp. (LEN - Free Report) in the Zacks Building Products - Home Builders industry, this time around. A stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) to deliver a positive surprise. This is not the case here, as you will see below.
Earnings ESP: D.R. Horton has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: It currently carries a Zacks Rank #3. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Stocks Worth a Look
Here are some companies in the Zacks Construction sector, which according to our model have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat in their respective quarters to be reported.
Installed Building Products, Inc. (IBP - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +3.09% and carries a Zacks Rank #1.
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +2.42% and holds a Zacks Rank #2.
More Stock News: This Is Bigger than the iPhone!
It could become the mother of all technological revolutions. Apple sold a mere 1 billion iPhones in 10 years but a new breakthrough is expected to generate more than 27 billion devices in just 3 years, creating a $1.7 trillion market.
Zacks has just released a Special Report that spotlights this fast-emerging phenomenon and 6 tickers for taking advantage of it. If you don't buy now, you may kick yourself in 2020.
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