Shares of Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), were the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors purchased 2,429 put options on the stock, Analyst Ratings Network reports. This represents an increase of 127% compared to the typical daily volume of 1,069 put options. Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), net profit margin is 8.70% and weekly performance is 0.94%. On last trading day company shares ended up $40.94. Analysts mean target price for the company is $43.74. Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.74%.
Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL), bought a 116-acre vacant site on State Road 535 next to Disney’s Golden Oak high-end community for $11.04 million last month from Kissimmee-based Ivey Groves Ltd., Orange County records showed. The property previously had been approved for 210 single-family homes, county documents showed. Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL), fell 1.59% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.53. TOL, Gross Margin is 20.60% and its return on assets is 3.40%. Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL), quarterly performance is -3.28%.
D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), saw a large drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,420,825 shares, a drop of 61.3% from the April 30th total of 45,029,456 shares, Analyst Ratings News reports. Currently, 6.1% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 7,160,927 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), shares moved down 1.72% in last trading session and was closed at $23.97, while trading in range of $23.84 – 24.35. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), year to date (YTD) performance is 7.73%.
On June 06, 2014, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV), had its price objective cut by JMP Securities from $4.50 to $4.00 in a report released on Thursday. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV), ended the last trading day at $4.46. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.38% and price to cash ratio as 2.02. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV), showed a negative weekly performance of 0.45%.
KB Home (NYSE:KBH), one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, announced that it will release earnings for the second quarter ended May 31, 2014 before the market opens on Friday, June 27, 2014. A live webcast of the Company’s earnings conference call will be held the same day at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. KB Home (NYSE:KBH), net profit margin is 2.40% and weekly performance is 3.95%. On last trading day company shares ended up $17.09. Analysts mean target price for the company is $19.00. KB Home (NYSE:KBH)distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.36%.
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