Wedbush Issues Negative Estimate for D.R. Horton Earnings

D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of D.R. Horton in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the construction company will post earnings of $3.85 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $4.49. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $180.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for D.R. Horton’s current full-year earnings is $13.87 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for D.R. Horton’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.58 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.27 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on DHI. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $210.00 price objective on shares of D.R. Horton in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group dropped their price target on D.R. Horton from $214.00 to $203.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on D.R. Horton from $200.00 to $171.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Raymond James lowered shares of D.R. Horton from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an “underperform” rating and issued a $125.00 price target on shares of D.R. Horton in a research report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, D.R. Horton currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $174.53.

D.R. Horton Stock Performance

Shares of D.R. Horton stock opened at $142.98 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 6.92. D.R. Horton has a 1 year low of $133.02 and a 1 year high of $199.85. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $150.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $168.89. The firm has a market cap of $45.87 billion, a PE ratio of 10.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.75.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The construction company reported $2.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.37 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $7.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7,120,170 billion. D.R. Horton had a net margin of 12.69% and a return on equity of 18.48%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.82 earnings per share.

D.R. Horton Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be issued a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. D.R. Horton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 11.31%.

Insider Activity at D.R. Horton

In related news, Director Barbara K. Allen sold 5,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.10, for a total value of $921,515.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.54% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of D.R. Horton

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in DHI. Dupree Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 21.1% during the fourth quarter. Dupree Financial Group LLC now owns 19,198 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $2,684,000 after acquiring an additional 3,348 shares during the period. Trust Point Inc. boosted its stake in D.R. Horton by 18.5% during the 4th quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 1,438 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $201,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares in the last quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of D.R. Horton by 9.6% during the 4th quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $231,000 after purchasing an additional 144 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp raised its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 28.5% in the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 285,106 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $39,864,000 after buying an additional 63,306 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in shares of D.R. Horton in the fourth quarter valued at $195,000. 90.63% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About D.R. Horton

D.R. Horton, Inc operates as a homebuilding company in East, North, Southeast, South Central, Southwest, and Northwest regions in the United States. It engages in the acquisition and development of land; and construction and sale of residential homes in 118 markets across 33 states under the names of D.R.