D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the sixteen research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation, six have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $157.3846.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on DHI shares. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on shares of D.R. Horton from $178.00 to $175.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Evercore ISI set a $169.00 price objective on shares of D.R. Horton and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of D.R. Horton in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of D.R. Horton from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, July 20th. Finally, Wedbush upped their price objective on shares of D.R. Horton from $155.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Chairman David V. Auld sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $5,466,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman owned 815,672 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $148,623,595.12. This represents a 3.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael R. Buchanan sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.74, for a total transaction of $180,740.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 1,193 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $215,622.82. This trade represents a 45.60% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 32,376 shares of company stock valued at $5,898,848. 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of D.R. Horton

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Edgestream Partners L.P. increased its position in D.R. Horton by 1,710.0% in the first quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 107,587 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $13,678,000 after buying an additional 101,643 shares during the period. MQS Management LLC acquired a new stake in D.R. Horton in the first quarter worth $1,132,000. Leavell Investment Management Inc. increased its position in D.R. Horton by 19.8% in the first quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,326 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $423,000 after buying an additional 549 shares during the period. Inspire Investing LLC increased its position in D.R. Horton by 787.0% in the first quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 20,384 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,591,000 after buying an additional 18,086 shares during the period. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its position in D.R. Horton by 22.8% in the first quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 524,512 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $66,681,000 after buying an additional 97,467 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.63% of the company’s stock.

D.R. Horton Price Performance

NYSE:DHI opened at $144.81 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $43.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 6.48, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The company’s 50-day moving average is $164.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $144.78. D.R. Horton has a 12-month low of $110.44 and a 12-month high of $184.54.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The construction company reported $3.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.29 by ($0.25). D.R. Horton had a net margin of 10.47% and a return on equity of 14.39%. The firm had revenue of $9.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.44 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.92 earnings per share. D.R. Horton’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. D.R. Horton has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Research analysts expect that D.R. Horton will post 13.04 EPS for the current year.

D.R. Horton Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This is a boost from D.R. Horton’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 13th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. D.R. Horton’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.53%.

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.