Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index

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

It was a volatile month for the Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) with a large uptick on June 12th following the soft CPI print followed by a downward move after national new home sales numbers came in below expectations. The MHBI finished June down -2.8% from the preceding month’s close, while the broader residential construction market (ITB) was down -4.7% over the same period. The S&P 500 (SPY) finished the month up +3.5%.

With the June close the MHBI is now down -5.7% on the year, the ITB is down -0.4%, and the S&P 500 is up +15.2%.

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.