All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-12-13.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-12-13) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+12.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $12 billion in fiscal 2016 to $34 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 86% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, D.R. Horton Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 86% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 30%: owes 30¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, D.R. Horton Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 30 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.5% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 31% of 17 in its family; net margin 10.6%.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $34 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 10.6% ranks in the top 26%; revenue growth of 0.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 39% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Romanowski, Paul J (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-11-13, 3 years (bottom 30% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7 years (bottom 25%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 37%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 30% of 15 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3.0 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 8.4% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.6% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 23.7% (top 28%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 19% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.8% a year over the last three filed years against 12.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew -6.9% (bottom 15%); capital spending grew -2.5% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). D.R. Horton Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Home Building Ops at $32 billion (93%), Forestar Group at $1.7 billion (5%), Financial Services at $841 million (3%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 32% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
D.R. Horton Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $34 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.2% below the $39 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $3.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.2 billion (bottom 41%); a net margin of 10.6% against 14.7% before (bottom 34%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made