Toll Brothers; Thornburg Mortgage; Lehman Brothers

Toll Brothers, the largest US luxury home builder, posted a 3rd straight quarterly loss.

Q2 Net loss $94 million vs net income $36.7 million a year ago. on revenue -30%; earnings -26%; average price -26%; cancellations 25%; net value -58%; backlog -50%

The five largest U.S. builders have reported a combined $3.4 billion in losses in their most recent quarters.

Thornburg Mortgage, has racked up $1.67 billion in losses in the past two quarters,

and today postponed its Q1 report until June 12th, as it accounts for a capital infusion received earlier this year.

The "jumbo" lender averted bankruptcy in March by rasing $1.35 billion in a securities offering, with $1.15 billion coming from the sale of stock, warrants and notes.

Thornburg said last month it would report a substantial Q1 loss because of the falling value of MBS mortgage backed securities.

Lehman Brothers, #4 US securities firm, prepares to report its first quarterly loss since going public in 1994.

Lehman may also seek as much as $4 billion in needed capital by selling common stock.

The highly leveraged (27 to 1) and illiquid company has already raised $8 billion since February while the stock has dropped 48% in trading this year.

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