By Brena Swanson | HousingWire
Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers (TOL) posted third-quarter net income of $66.7 million, or $0.36 per share diluted, down compared to net income of $97.7 million, or $0.53 per share diluted, for the same quarter a year ago.
Revenue did not fare too much better, coming in at $1.03 billion in the third-quarter, compared to 2014’s third-quarter total revenues of $1.06 billion.
This missed EPS expectations of by $0.13, while revenue expectations missed by $20 million.
Additionally, the builder’s third-quarter net contracts of $1.23 billion and 1,479 units rose by 30% in dollars and 12% in units, compared to 2014’s third-quarter net contracts of $949.1 million and 1,324 units.