Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of D.R. Horton Q2 Earnings

D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) – Investment analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for D.R. Horton in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now forecasts that the construction company will earn $2.68 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.78. Wedbush currently 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 $13.97 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for D.R. Horton’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.43 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $12.56 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $2.94 EPS.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The construction company reported $2.61 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.37 by $0.24. D.R. Horton had a return on equity of 18.55% and a net margin of 12.69%. The firm had revenue of $7.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7,120,170 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.82 EPS. D.R. Horton’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.

DHI has been the topic of a number of other reports. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of D.R. Horton from $185.00 to $152.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. BTIG Research reduced their price objective on shares of D.R. Horton from $190.00 to $186.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut shares of D.R. Horton from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $183.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target 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. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on D.R. Horton from $190.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $174.53.

D.R. Horton Stock Down 1.1 %

DHI opened at $145.25 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $46.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.26, a PEG ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.75. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $150.81 and its 200 day simple moving average is $169.01. D.R. Horton has a 52 week low of $133.02 and a 52 week high of $199.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 7.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DHI. Coastline Trust Co purchased a new stake in shares of D.R. Horton during the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its position in D.R. Horton by 216.7% in the third quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 171 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton raised its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 152.8% during the fourth quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 273 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC lifted its position in shares of D.R. Horton by 1,306.7% during the third quarter. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC now owns 211 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Grove Bank & Trust boosted its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 76.2% in the third quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 215 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 93 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.63% of the company’s stock.

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 on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.10, for a total transaction of $921,515.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

D.R. Horton Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. D.R. Horton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 11.31%.

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.