D.R. Horton, Inc., America’s Builder, Reports Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Earnings and Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.45 Per Share

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), America’s Builder, today reported its first fiscal quarter results. All comparisons in this release are to the respective prior year period, unless noted otherwise.

Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Highlights
As of or for the quarter ended December 31, 2025

• Net income attributable to D.R. Horton of $594.8 million or $2.03 per diluted share
• Consolidated pre-tax income of $798.1 million, with a pre-tax profit margin of 11.6%
• Consolidated revenues of $6.9 billion
• Home sales revenues of $6.5 billion on 17,818 homes closed
• Net sales orders increased 3% to 18,300 homes with an order value of $6.7 billion
• Cash provided by operations totaled $854.0 million
• Debt to total capital of 18.8%
• Book value per share increased 5% to $82.60
• Repurchased 4.4 million shares of common stock for $669.7 million and paid cash dividends of $131.5 million

Consolidated Results
Three months ended December 31, 2025
Net income attributable to D.R. Horton for its first fiscal quarter decreased 30% to $594.8 million, and earnings per diluted share decreased 22% to $2.03. Consolidated pre-tax income totaled $798.1 million on revenues of $6.9 billion, resulting in a pre-tax profit margin of 11.6%. First quarter consolidated pre-tax profit margin and home sales gross margin each include a 40 basis point benefit from the recovery of prior period warranty costs.

Cash provided by operations was $854.0 million during the three months ended December 31, 2025. Total liquidity at quarter end was $6.6 billion, and the Company's debt to total capital ratio was 18.8%. Debt to total capital ratio consists of notes payable divided by stockholders' equity plus notes payable. The Company has $600 million of homebuilding senior notes maturing in the next twelve months.

For the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2025, the Company's return on equity (ROE) was 13.7% and return on assets (ROA) was 9.4%. ROE is calculated as net income attributable to D.R. Horton for the trailing twelve months divided by average stockholders' equity, where average stockholders' equity is the sum of ending stockholders' equity balances of the trailing five quarters divided by five. ROA is calculated as net income attributable to D.R. Horton for the trailing twelve months divided by average consolidated assets, where average consolidated assets is the sum of total asset balances for the trailing five quarters divided by five.

David Auld, Executive Chairman, said:
“The D.R. Horton team delivered a solid first quarter. We exceeded the high end of our closings and revenue guidance and leveraged our strong financial position and cash flow generation to return $801.2 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends during the quarter.

“During the first quarter, our tenured operators continued to execute with discipline while driving a 3% increase in net sales orders. Affordability constraints and cautious consumer sentiment continue to impact new home demand. We expect our sales incentives to remain elevated in fiscal 2026, the extent to which will depend on the strength of demand during the spring, changes in mortgage interest rates and market conditions throughout the year.

“Our strong liquidity, low leverage, experienced operators and national scale provide us with significant financial and operational flexibility. We are well-positioned with our affordable product offerings and flexible lot supply to continue delivering value to our homebuyers and meet market demand. We are maintaining our disciplined approach to capital allocation to enhance the long-term value of D.R. Horton, including consistently returning capital to our shareholders."

Homebuilding
Three months ended December 31, 2025
Homebuilding revenue for the first quarter decreased 9% to $6.5 billion, and homes closed decreased 7% to 17,818 homes. Homebuilding pre-tax income decreased 30% to $708.1 million, and pre-tax profit margin was 10.8%. Net sales orders increased 3% to 18,300 homes with an order value of $6.7 billion. The Company’s cancellation rate (cancelled sales orders divided by gross sales orders) was 18%, consistent with the prior year quarter.

At quarter end, the Company had 30,400 homes in inventory, of which 20,000 were unsold. 7,300 of the Company’s unsold homes were completed, including 900 that had been completed for greater than six months. Of the Company’s homes closed during the first quarter, 67% were on lots developed by Forestar or third parties, up from 65% during the prior year quarter.

The Company’s homebuilding return on inventory (ROI) for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2025 was 18.6%. Homebuilding ROI is calculated as homebuilding pre-tax income for the trailing twelve months divided by average inventory, where average inventory is the sum of ending homebuilding inventory balances for the trailing five quarters divided by five.

Non-Homebuilding Segments
Three months ended December 31, 2025

• Rental: Rental operations generated revenues of $109.5 million from the sale of 397 single-family rental homes and $0.2 million of pre-tax income, resulting in a pre-tax profit margin of 0.2%.
• Forestar: Forestar sold 1,944 lots and generated $273.0 million of revenue and $20.8 million of pre-tax income, resulting in a pre-tax profit margin of 7.6%.
• Financial Services: Financial services revenues were $184.6 million with pre-tax income of $58.0 million, resulting in a pre-tax profit margin of 31.4%.

Share Repurchases and Dividends
During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company repurchased 4.4 million shares of common stock for $669.7 million. Common shares outstanding at December 31, 2025 totaled 290.5 million, down 9% from a year ago, and the Company’s remaining stock repurchase authorization was $2.6 billion.

The Company paid cash dividends of $131.5 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2026, and subsequent to quarter end, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share payable on February 12, 2026 to stockholders of record on February 5, 2026.

Guidance
Based on the Company’s results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and current market conditions, D.R. Horton is reiterating its fiscal 2026 guidance as follows:

• Consolidated revenues in the range of $33.5 billion to $35.0 billion
• Homes closed by homebuilding operations of 86,000 homes to 88,000 homes
• Income tax rate of approximately 24.5%
• Consolidated cash flow provided by operations of at least $3.0 billion
• Share repurchases of approximately $2.5 billion
• Dividend payments of approximately $500 million

The Company plans to also provide guidance for its second quarter of fiscal 2026 on its conference call today.

Conference Call and Webcast Details
The Company will host a conference call today (Tuesday, January 20) at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in number is 888-506-0062 (reference entry code 729287), and the call will also be webcast from the Company’s website at investor.drhorton.com.

Second Quarter Conference Call
As previously announced, the Company plans to release financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2026 on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 before the market opens, with a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Details on how to access the call will be available at a later date.

About D.R. Horton, Inc.
D.R. Horton, Inc., America’s Builder, has been the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States since 2002 and has closed more than 1.2 million homes in its 47-year history. D.R. Horton has operations in 126 markets in 36 states across the United States and is engaged in the construction and sale of high-quality homes through its diverse product portfolio with sales prices generally ranging from $250,000 to over $1,000,000. The Company also constructs and sells both single-family and multi-family rental properties. During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2025, D.R. Horton closed 83,622 homes in its homebuilding operations, in addition to 3,546 single-family rental homes and 2,443 multi-family rental units in its rental operations. D.R. Horton also provides mortgage financing, title services and insurance agency services for its homebuyers and is the majority-owner of Forestar Group Inc., a publicly traded national residential lot development company.

Forward-Looking Statements
Portions of this document may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although D.R. Horton believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially different. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to D.R. Horton on the date this release was issued. D.R. Horton does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this release include that our tenured operators continued to execute with discipline; affordability constraints and cautious consumer sentiment continue to impact new home demand; we expect our sales incentives to remain elevated in fiscal 2026, the extent to which will depend on the strength of demand during the spring, changes in mortgage interest rates and market conditions throughout the year; our strong liquidity, low leverage, experienced operators and national scale provide us with significant financial and operational flexibility; we are well-positioned with our affordable product offerings and flexible lot supply to continue delivering value to our homebuyers and meet market demand; and we are maintaining our disciplined approach to capital allocation to enhance the long-term value of D.R. Horton, including consistently returning capital to our shareholders. The forward-looking statements also include all metrics in the Guidance section.

Factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from the future results expressed by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

• the cyclical nature of the homebuilding, rental and lot development industries and changes in economic, real estate or other conditions;
• adverse developments affecting the capital markets and financial institutions, which could limit our ability to access capital, increase our cost of capital and impact our liquidity and capital resources;
• reductions in the availability of mortgage financing provided by government agencies, changes in government financing programs, a decrease in our ability to sell mortgage loans on attractive terms or an increase in mortgage interest rates;
• the risks associated with our land, lot and rental inventory;
• our ability to effect our growth strategies, acquisitions, investments or other strategic initiatives successfully;
• the impact of an inflationary, deflationary or higher interest rate environment;
• risks of acquiring land, building materials and skilled labor and challenges obtaining regulatory approvals;
• the effects of public health issues such as a major epidemic or pandemic on the economy and our businesses;
• the effects of weather conditions and natural disasters on our business and financial results;
• home warranty and construction defect claims;
• the effects of health and safety incidents;
• reductions in the availability of performance bonds;
• increases in the costs of owning a home;
• the effects of information technology failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the failure to satisfy privacy and data protection laws and regulations;
• the effects of governmental regulations and environmental matters on our land development and housing operations;
• the effects of changes in income tax and securities laws;
• the effects of governmental regulations on our financial services operations;
• the effects of competitive conditions within the industries in which we operate;
• our ability to manage and service our debt and comply with related debt covenants, restrictions and limitations;
• the effects of negative publicity;
• the effects of the loss of key personnel; and
• the effects of actions by activist stockholders.

Additional information about issues that could lead to material changes in performance is contained in D.R. Horton’s annual report on Form 10-K, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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D.R. Horton, Inc.

Jessica Hansen, 817-390-8200

Senior Vice President - Communications

[email protected]

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