Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index

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

The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) closed +19.3% higher in November marking the second best month for growth on the year. The index of publicly traded producers of HUD-code manufactured housing rose more than the broader ITB residential construction index which was up by +5.6% for the month and the S&P 500 which was up +6.0%.

With the November close the MHBI is now up +39.3% on the year moving ahead of the S&P 500’s year-to-date gain of +28.0% and remaining ahead of the +22.1% gain of the ITB.

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.