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Toll Brothers Hits Another Record, Counters 'Bubble' Fears

HORSHAM, PA-While luxury home buyers propel the company's revenues, profits, backlog and contracts to record highs, Robert Toll addresses investors, "rattled" by "bubble mania" fears. Shares on the NYSE have dropped 10 points since mid-July.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on August 26, 2005

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HORSHAM, PA-Toll Brothers’ third-quarter net income, revenues and backlog reach their highest point in the company’s history. During a conference call, Robert I. Toll, chairman and CEO, attributed the results to “our strong land position and the pricing power we enjoy in our affluent markets.” He also said the homebuilder is “on tract for our 13th consecutive year of record earnings” in 2005 and projected net income growth of approximately 20% in both 2006 and 2007.

At the same time, however, Toll acknowledged wariness among investors. “In recent weeks, it appears that bubble mania and reports of a strengthening employment picture with associated interest rate fears have rattled investors,” he said. To counter such fears, Toll pointed out that projected Fed Funds targets of about 4.5% is below its peak in 1999 through 2000, “all years of record growth for Toll Brothers. . . . the basic fundamentals of wealth accumulation, constrained lot supplies and growing demand should support our business model.”

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