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Truist表示，戰爭餘波和春季銷售淡季或將拖累房屋建築商的盈利。

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-- Truist Securities週四表示，受中東衝突帶來的經濟影響，幾家美國主要房屋建築商今年的盈利可能受到衝擊，本已疲軟的春季銷售季更是雪上加霜。 這家券商下調了六家房屋建築商下一季和全年的獲利預期。這六家公司分別是D.R. Horton (DHI)、Meritage Homes (MTH)、NVR (NVR)、PulteGroup (PHM)、Taylor Morrison Homes (TMHC)和Toll Brothers (TOL)。 Truist也下調了這六家公司的目標股價，因為通膨以及受2月底爆發的美以戰爭影響，油價上漲導致消費者信心下降。 Truist分析師Jonathan Bettenhausen在給客戶的報告中表示：“這場戰爭的時機非常不巧。” “儘管我們認為業內對今年春季銷售季的預期已經表明，銷售額將比去年同期下降個位數百分比左右，但我們認為地緣政治環境的顯著惡化不太可能被納入這些預期之中。” 該券商表示，雖然他們預計其覆蓋的股票中“不會有很多股票業績超出預期”，但他們最看好的是泰勒·莫里森（Taylor Morrison），該股在最新季度財報發布前的表現尤為突出。貝滕豪森寫道，這隻股票可能「已經消化了最多的壞消息」。 這位分析師表示：“我們認為，人們對春季銷售季的樂觀情緒已經基本消散，因此我們相應地下調了（上半年）以及下半年的需求預期，因為春季（按訂單生產）新訂單需求預計會下降。” 由於3月份的新房銷售和新住宅建設數據尚未公佈，抵押貸款報告和谷歌趨勢等其他市場指標“並未顯示出令人鼓舞的需求趨勢，我們認為，這證實了當前市場對需求的普遍看法。” 週三，全美住宅建築商協會和富國銀行表示，受經濟不確定性、建材成本上漲和利率上升的影響，美國住宅建築商信心指數本月跌至9月以來的最低點。 白宮對與伊朗達成協議持樂觀態度，並指出第二輪談判可能在巴基斯坦舉行。上週末，美伊和平談判在伊斯蘭堡結束，但未達成協議。同時，華盛頓和德黑蘭之間為期兩週的停火協議仍然有效。

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