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New data: No recovery in home-building stocks

 Feb 03, 2009 05:45 PM UTC
Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
HOV Negative 02/03/09 -155.49% --
BZH Negative 02/03/09 -409.78% --

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Filed under: Bad news, Economic data, Stocks to Sell, Housing

Homeowners lost $3.3 trillion in the value of their houses last year. A report from Zillow.com, picked up by Bloomberg, said that national home prices dropped 11.6% compared to 2007.


That makes stocks like Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV) and Beazer (NYSE: BZH) sells, even at current depressed levels. HOV shares are down to $1.64 from a 52-week high of $13.50. Beazer is off from a high of $12.40 to $0.98. The company could even face delisting over the next year if it cannot get its share price up.


There is a temptation to think that home-building stocks are so inexpensive that, if the companies can drop inventory prices enough, they can start to improve sales, even if the margins on each home sold are poor. But it is not that simple.

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New data: No recovery in home-building stocks originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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