ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $844.9 million.
The Arlington, Texas-based company said it had net income of $2.61 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.40 per share.
The homebuilder posted revenue of $7.61 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Sixteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $7.13 billion.
D.R. Horton expects full-year revenue in the range of $36 billion to $37.5 billion.
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