Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Aug 11, 2026

Horton D R Inc /De/ (DHI)

A forensic read on Horton D R Inc /De/ built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

13.4

P / E (ttm)

14.8%

ROE

$40.9B

Market cap

1.23%

Dividend yield

-6.9%

Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (red flags, auditor quality, say on pay, board independence). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Horton D R Inc /De/ earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by shareholder returns.

What the filings flag

146% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $4.8B to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 146% of free cash flow. More than free cash flow generated — and beyond operating cash too, so the extra is coming from debt or cash reserves, which isn't sustainable indefinitely. Counting the $131M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 150%.

0.76×

FY2023–FY2025

Cash conversion. Over FY2023–FY2025, operating cash flow was 0.76× cumulative net income. Cash is lagging reported profit. The shortfall is profit tied up in working capital rather than collected — the accrual and receivables lines below show where.

13.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 13.3% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 26% — a modest positive spread over its ~9% cost of capital — growth adds value, though not dramatically.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$34.25B

Revenue Growth YoY-6.9%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+0.8%

Net Margin10.5%

Free Cash Flow$3.28B

Return on Equity14.8%

Debt / Equity0.25x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.