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Stockholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
D.R. Horton has an automatically effective universal shelf registration statement, filed with the SEC in July 2024, registering debt and equity securities that it may issue from time to time in amounts to be determined. At September 30, 2025, the Company had 404,031,443 shares of common stock issued and 294,475,153 shares outstanding. No shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding.

In April 2025, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $5.0 billion of the Company’s common stock, replacing the previous authorization. The authorization has no expiration date. During fiscal 2025, the Company repurchased 30.7 million shares of its common stock at a total cost, including commissions and excise taxes, of $4.3 billion, of which $2.6 billion was repurchased under the previous authorization. At September 30, 2025, there was $3.3 billion remaining on the repurchase authorization.

The Board of Directors approved and the Company paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.40 per share in fiscal 2025 and $0.30 per share in fiscal 2024. Cash dividends declared and paid in fiscal 2025 totaled $494.8 million. In October 2025, the Board approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share, payable on November 20, 2025 to stockholders of record on November 13, 2025.

Forestar has an effective shelf registration statement, filed with the SEC in September 2024, registering $750 million of equity securities, of which $300 million is reserved for sales under its at-the-market equity offering (ATM) program that was entered into in November 2024. During fiscal 2025, there were no shares issued under the ATM program. At September 30, 2025, the full $750 million remained available for issuance under Forestar’s shelf registration statement, with $300 million reserved for sales under the ATM program.