Thursday, April 19, 2007

Home builder D.R. Horton earnings plunge 85 pct

(Reuters) - The Fort Worth, Texas-based builder said results included charges totaling $81.2 million, or 16 cents per share for land options forfeited and for the lower value of inventory of land and houses it owns.

Excluding the land and inventory-related charges, Horton would have reported earnings of 32 cents per share, short of the 36 cents that was the average of analysts' forecasts, according to Reuters Estimates.


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