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RYL: Bull or Bear?

Balance sheet and income statement problems Graphic_rating_sell RYL
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83%
 -10.29%
in 236 days
While housing may indeed recover at some point in the next 24 months, NEW houses are not any part of the solution. In addition, land and unfinished buildings may not be worth the value assumed on the balance sheet. The kicker, financing is increasingly tough for all companies, but should be especially tough for those in the building industry. Not sure how any entity related to construction will be able to obtain cheap-enough credit to take advantage of any near-term opportunities? If Sirius can trade to pennies based on financing fears, not sure why it's much different for other high...
By  utopius   (+15.36%  risk: aggressive)  11/12/08 Comment


1% inventory overhang may actually be 10% Graphic_rating_sell RYL
Anything
83%
 +48.36%
in 154 days
(closed on 10/24/08)

Outer suburban nieghborhood homes may have negative values now that gasoline and commodity prices have accelerated.  Suburbs are inefficient, and really only exist in the US.  Earth to builders, stop making more homes.

<> The builder's inventories of land and unsold homes are probably worth closer to zero than what's on their balance sheets, such that book values are much much lower than many suspect.  Additionally, revenues should be hard to come by for every percent of loss the dollar suffers vs commodities, which makes "exurban" homes values closer and closer to zero or negative.  E...
By  utopius   (+15.36%  risk: aggressive)  05/23/08 1 comment


Shorting Homebuilders - A Sure Thing Graphic_rating_sell RYL
+48.82%
in 439 days

It doesn't happen often that the market conditions present a "sure" money maker, but homebuilders are now as sure a short as they can ever be.<!--more-->

Here are 7 reasons why:

By  Alan Gomelsky   (-18.88%  risk: moderate)  04/23/08 Comment


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Bearish on RYL ... Graphic_rating_sell RYL
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By  Alan Gomelsky   (-18.88%  risk: moderate)  04/23/08 Comment


Initiating Coverage on Homebuilders, Positive View on Sector Graphic_rating_buy RYL
-36.14%
in 477 days
3/14 - "We have initiated coverage of the homebuilders with a 1-Positive sector rating. We have initiated with 1-Overweight ratings on D.R. Horton (DHI - price target of $18), Ryland (RYL - price target of $31), and Toll Brothers (TOL - price target of $27), with 2-Equal weight ratings on Centex (CTX - price target of $23), KB Home (KBH - price target of $24), Lennar (LEN - price target of $20), and Pulte (PHM - price target of $15), and a 3-Underweight rating on Hovnanian (HOV - price target of $8)." "We expect homebuilding stocks to continue to be volatile for the next few months, as we ...
By  Megan Talbott McGrath (Lehman Brothers)   (-0.66%  risk: moderate)  03/16/08 Comment


Citigroup downgrades select homebuilders RYL
-55.84%
in 734 days
Citigroup Downgrades:

Ryland Group (RYL)  to Hold from Buy.
By  knighttrader   (-31.94%  risk: aggressive)  07/03/07 Comment





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Home Builders Take Another Knock - To claim that home builders have had a tough year would be somewhat of an understatement. As evidence of this, released today was data on new home sal...
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