Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for D.R. Horton (DHI)

D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 1/27/2025 – D.R. Horton was downgraded by analysts at Bank of America Co. from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $150.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $160.00.
• 1/25/2025 – D.R. Horton was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/22/2025 – D.R. Horton had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada. They now have a $125.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – D.R. Horton had its “market outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JMP Securities. They now have a $210.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $150.00 to $145.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – D.R. Horton had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $180.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – D.R. Horton was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/16/2025 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $170.00 to $150.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/14/2025 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $200.00 to $171.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/9/2025 – D.R. Horton was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 1/8/2025 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $214.00 to $203.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $185.00 to $152.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/17/2024 – D.R. Horton had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $190.00 to $175.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 12/13/2024 – D.R. Horton was downgraded by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating. They now have a $156.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $188.00.
• 12/11/2024 – D.R. Horton had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have a $170.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $192.00.
• 12/10/2024 – D.R. Horton was downgraded by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating. They now have a $183.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $200.00.

D.R. Horton Stock Performance

D.R. Horton stock traded down $2.92 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $136.00. 5,360,243 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,515,730. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 6.92 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $146.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $168.24. D.R. Horton, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $133.02 and a fifty-two week high of $199.85. The stock has a market cap of $42.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.76.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The construction company reported $2.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.37 by $0.24. D.R. Horton had a return on equity of 18.48% and a net margin of 12.69%. The company had revenue of $7.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.82 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that D.R. Horton, Inc. will post 13.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

D.R. Horton Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. D.R. Horton’s payout ratio is currently 11.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Barbara K. Allen sold 5,650 shares of the 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Mountaineer Partners Management LLC bought a new position in D.R. Horton during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,853,178,000. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 44.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,906,129 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,508,252,000 after purchasing an additional 2,442,581 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,107,912 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,351,435,000 after buying an additional 21,073 shares in the last quarter. Smead Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in D.R. Horton by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Smead Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,516,673 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $480,106,000 after buying an additional 84,835 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of D.R. Horton by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,858,514 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $259,857,000 after purchasing an additional 47,678 shares during the last quarter. 90.63% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.