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Stock futures are higher even as Lowe's and Target disappoint investors, while luxury home builder Toll Brothers delivers big orders.

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) reported a 46% rise in its fiscal second-quarter profit. Toll Brothers' quarterly profit surged to $24.7 million, or $0.14 per share, from $16.9 million, or $0.10 per share, in the year-ago period.Its revenue rose 38% to $51

(Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc posted a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder sold more homes at higher prices, indicating that the housing recovery is spreading...

(Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc posted a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder sold more homes at higher prices, indicating that the housing recovery is spreading across the industry.

May 22 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc posted a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder sold more homes at higher prices, indicating that the housing recovery is spreading across the industry.

May 22 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc posted a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder sold more homes at higher prices, indicating that the housing recovery is spreading across the industry.

May 22 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc posted a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder sold more homes at higher prices, indicating that the housing recovery is...

The luxury homebuilder reported net income rose to $24.7 million, or 14 cents per share, as revenue rose 38% to $516 million.

May 22 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc, the largest luxury homebuilder in the United States, reported a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as it closed more sales at higher prices.

May 22 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc, the largest luxury homebuilder in the United States, reported a 46 percent rise in quarterly profit as it closed more sales at higher prices.

By WhisperNumber: Toll Brothers (TOL) is expected to report earnings on Wednesday, May 22nd. The whisper number is $0.10, three cents ahead of the analysts' estimate. TOL has a 62% positive surprise history (having topped the whisper in 16 of the 26

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The homebuilder reports on Wednesday, but expectations aren't as high as you'd think.

Toll Brothers (TOL) is expected to report poor second quarter earnings on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 with analysts expecting a 30% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 7 cents per share, down from earnings of 10 cents per share a

US housebuilder Toll Brothers, LBC Tank Terminals and Brunswick Corp joined another dozen borrowers with speculative credit ratings to raise funds this week

Taylor Morrison of Texas and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) have purchased more than 2,100 acres of land in Leander, Texas, from Texas-based The Lookout Group as the Austin home builders work to build on the success of nearby developments and the resurgen

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Fossil, Inc. (NASD: FOSL),

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ByDavid Guarino:With many investors still sitting on the sidelines recovering from the housing collapse a few years ago, I would urge them to evaluate the home builder industry for potential investment opportunities. With the Dow Jones Industrial Ave

Sterne Agee initiated coverage on Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) with an Underperform rating and a $29.00 price target.Sterne Agee analyst Jay McCanless commented, "TOL reported F1Q13 (FY ends in October) EPS of $0.03 on February 20 which was $0.08 below

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Shares of KB Home (KBH) have advanced almost 14% in 2013, more than twice the year-to-date gain of the S&P 500 Index and SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) ETF that tracks it.  In fact, since October 2011, several names like Lennar, Toll Brothers, D.R.

Homebuilder exchange traded funds tumbled this week following mixed housing data and Toll Brothers’ earnings miss.  

In trading on Thursday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 6.3%.Helping drag down the group were shares of Toll Brothers (TOL), down about 9.1% and shares of Ryland Group (RYL) off about 8.3% on

Toll Brothers (TOL)Q1 2013 Earnings CallFebruary 20, 20132:00 pm ETExecutivesDouglas C. Yearley - Chief Executive Officer and DirectorMartin P. Connor - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and TreasurerRobert I. Toll - Co-Founder and Execu

The luxury home construction company posts strong revenue gains and notches a profit, but both are lower than expected.

Earnings miss shows how high expectations can be disappointed and serves as a reminder that US housing recovery will suffer plenty of fits and starts

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) released its fiscal year 2013 first quarter earnings Wednesday. Unfortunately for shareholders, the results weren't pretty.Earnings were up on a year-over-year basis, rounding out the quarter at $0.03 versus a loss of $0.02

Toll Brothers swung to a quarterly profit as the luxury home builder capitalized on a recovering housing market to record broad revenue growth, but results sharply missed Wall Street estimates.

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New orders jumped 49 per cent to 973 homes, but the average selling price for those properties fell 7.5 per cent to $631,000 from a year ago

Wall Street was pointing gently lower on Wednesday after a pair of key economic reports. Office Depot agreed to acquire rival OfficeMax for stock. Home builder Toll Brothers swung to a fiscal-first-quarter profit. A huge diamond heist rocked Brussels

Toll Brothers (TOL) announced that it earned $4.4 million, or 3 cents per share, during its first fiscal quarter, versus a loss of $2.8 million, or two cents per share, in the same quarter last year.Revenue increased by 32 percent to $424.6 million f

Stock futures are flat as they try to hold on to five-year highs after Dell and Toll Brothers, among others, report earnings.

U.S. stock futures traded largely flat on Wednesday ahead of data expected to show a small fall in housing starts and a sharp rise in wholesale prices. Minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting, earnings from Toll Brothers and trade in Dell will

* First-quarter earnings/share $0.03 vs loss $0.02 last year

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) posted a profit in the fiscal first quarter. Toll Brothers posted a quarterly profit of $4.4 million, or $0.03 per share, versus a year-ago loss of $2.8 million, or $0.02 per share. Its shares outstanding climbed 6.9% y/y to

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Toll Brothers Inc.,the Horsham, Pa., home builder, swung to a fiscal-first-quarter profit from a year-earlier loss on 32% higher revenue. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, Toll earned $4.4 million, or 3 cents a share, compared

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc, the largestluxury homebuilder in the United States, reported a quarterlyprofit compared with a loss in the previous year and said neworders jumped 49 percent.

Wednesday brings reports on producer prices and housing starts, the FOMC minutes, and earnings from Boston Beer, Toll Brothers, and Dish Networks.

Next week brings reports on the housing front, inflation-related reports, and the FOMC minutes; earnings from Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, Toll Brothers, Barnes & Noble, and AIG.

Analysts expect Toll Brothers (TOL) to rally after a loss of 2 cents a year ago. Profits for the company, which will report its first quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, are expected to come in at 11 cents per share.

In trading on Tuesday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%.Helping drag down the group were shares of Ryland Group (RYL), off about 3.3% and shares of Toll Brothers (TOL) off about 3.2% on t

ByDavid Guarino:As 2012 home price data is released to the public, it appears we will look back on the year as the turning point in the housing market. Many analysts are already suggesting 2012 was the year the housing market recovered (see the Cleve