Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:29:00 PM

The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) moved lower in April with a -6.9% decrease from the previous month. The MHBI moved lower with both the broader ITB residential construction index declining -3.3% and the S&P 500 finishing the month down -0.9%. Stocks moved lower after the United States tariff announcement on April 2, before recovering some of those losses by month’s end.

On the year the MHBI is still positive, up +2.8% while the ITB is down -10.9% and the S&P 500 is down -5.1%.

Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index (MHBI)

The Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index (MHBI) is a capitalization-weighted index developed by TMHA that includes publicly traded companies whose primary line of business is the construction and sale of manufactured housing.

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB)

The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) is included for comparison sake to show how the Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index is doing relative to a broad index of the overall residential construction sector. The ITB index includes some of the same manufactured home companies as the MHBI, but the weights within each are very different.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is included as a market benchmark to see how manufactured home builders are doing in comparison to the broader US equity market.