D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) Shares Purchased by Rothschild Investment LLC

Rothschild Investment LLC raised its position in D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) by 3.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,206 shares of the construction company’s stock after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC’s holdings in D.R. Horton were worth $448,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of DHI. Mountaineer Partners Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of D.R. Horton in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,853,178,000. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of D.R. Horton by 44.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,906,129 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,508,252,000 after buying an additional 2,442,581 shares during the last quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI acquired a new position in D.R. Horton during the 3rd quarter worth $72,672,000. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in D.R. Horton by 112.7% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 407,512 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $57,255,000 after buying an additional 215,947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV boosted its holdings in shares of D.R. Horton by 360.0% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 271,038 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $51,706,000 after acquiring an additional 212,112 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.63% of the company’s stock.

D.R. Horton Trading Up 4.6 %

NYSE:DHI opened at $132.25 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $41.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.35, a P/E/G ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 6.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. D.R. Horton, Inc. has a 12 month low of $124.23 and a 12 month high of $199.85. The company’s 50 day moving average is $138.22 and its 200-day moving average is $163.66.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The construction company reported $2.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.37 by $0.24. D.R. Horton had a net margin of 12.69% and a return on equity of 18.48%. The business had revenue of $7.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.82 earnings per share. D.R. Horton’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that D.R. Horton, Inc. will post 13.04 EPS for the current year.

D.R. Horton Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th were issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 7th. D.R. Horton’s payout ratio is 11.31%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut shares of D.R. Horton from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $183.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Evercore ISI decreased their price target on D.R. Horton from $218.00 to $204.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $210.00 price target on shares of D.R. Horton in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on D.R. Horton from $200.00 to $171.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $180.00 target price on shares of D.R. Horton in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $170.93.

D.R. Horton Profile

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.