DH Horton (DHI) reported a net loss for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $50.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The quarterly results included pre-tax charges to cost of sales of $278.3 million of inventory impairments and $40.3 million of write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts that the Company does not intend to pursue. Additionally, the results included a pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $48.5 million. Net income for the same quarter of fiscal 2006 was $277.7 million, or $0.88 per diluted share. Homebuilding revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 totaled $3.1 billion, compared to $4.8 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2006. Homes closed in the current quarter totaled 11,733 homes, compared to 17,261 homes in the year ago quarter.
Shares rallied on the news.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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