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D.R. Horton (DHI) Earnings Date & Expected Move (July 21, 2026)

D.R. Horton (DHI) reports Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open. The options market is pricing a move of about ±7.9% — here’s the move history and what it means for options.

EarningsWatcher Research 7 min read Data as of July 2026 · Education, not advice
Earnings date D.R. Horton’s earnings date is July 21, 2026 (before market open). Live implied move: ±7.9%. See the weekly earnings calendar.

D.R. Horton (DHI) is the largest US homebuilder by volume — a moderate-to-high earnings mover with a heating two-year regime tied to rates and housing demand. Below is its earnings behaviour based on the last 16 reports (roughly the past 10 years), as of July 14, 2026.

DHI earnings at a glance

±6.6%
Avg move (10yr)
peak, day of release
±9.4%
Avg move (2yr)
regime: heating
±14.0%
95th-pct tail
housing shocks possible

DHI’s decade-long average earnings move is about ±6.6%, but the last two years have run hotter at ±9.4%. The 95th-percentile tail is about ±14.0%; July 2025 peaked near +17.2% against a much lower implied move.

Does DHI beat its implied move?

The implied move is what the options market prices in before the report. DHI’s actual move has topped the implied move in about 63% of recent reports (10 of 16).

~63%
Beat rate
actual > implied (10 of 16)
Below
2yr avg
Near-term pricing
live ~7.9% vs ~9.4% 2yr
What this implies With a ~63% beat rate and a heating two-year average (±9.4%), compare the live implied near ±7.9% to both the decade and two-year marks — not just the headline ±6.6%.

How DHI’s moves are distributed

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 10-yr avg ±6.6% ±2.7% 5th ±3.9% 20th ±5.6% median ±8.9% 80th ±14.0% 95th
The spread of DHI’s earnings-day moves by percentile. Half of reports land within roughly ±5.6%; the 95th-percentile worst case is about ±14.0%.

The distribution is moderate with fat tails: most DHI earnings moves stay under ±8.9%, but housing-cycle resets can push peaks toward ±14.0% or beyond.

Recent DHI earnings

July 2025 peaked near +17.2% vs ~±5.3% implied — a dramatic beat. October 2024 dropped about -15.2% vs ~±5.1% implied. Homebuilders gap hard on orders and margin guidance.

See the full history The complete report-by-report record — every past implied vs actual move, open/peak/close behaviour and post-earnings drift, plus the live implied move as the next date approaches — lives in the EarningsWatcher app.

IV rush and IV crush on DHI

Implied volatility builds into the report (the IV rush) and collapses afterward (the IV crush).

What DHI’s earnings data means for options

These figures are a reference point, not a signal. Compare the live implied move in the EarningsWatcher app.

On the “next” implied move D.R. Horton is scheduled to report July 21, 2026 (before market open). As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near ±7.9%.

Frequently asked questions

When is D.R. Horton (DHI) earnings date in July 2026?

D.R. Horton is scheduled to report on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open (BMO).

What is DHI's implied move for earnings July 21, 2026?

As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near plus or minus 7.9% — below the plus or minus 9.4% two-year average.

How much does DHI move on earnings?

Over its last 16 earnings reports (as of July 2026), DHI's average earnings-day peak move was about plus or minus 6.6%, with the last two years averaging about plus or minus 9.4%. The 95th-percentile move is about plus or minus 14.0%.

Does DHI usually beat its implied move?

More often than not. DHI's actual move has topped its options-implied move in about 63% of recent reports (roughly 10 of 16).

See DHI’s live earnings data

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