D.R. Horton has retired 25.7% of its shares since 2018, from 376,274,635 to 279,701,267.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-11-30 | 226,898,134 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-12-05 | 224,792,689 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-11-14 | 230,728,046 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-11-30 | 293,062,925 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-12-04 | 315,070,637 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-12-02 | 314,913,880 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-12-01 | 315,734,632 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-12-04 | 317,209,740 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-09-30 | 314,914,440 | 10-K | |
| 2008 | 2008-09-30 | 316,660,275 | 10-K | |
| 2009 | 2009-09-30 | 317,480,886 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2010-11-10 | 318,878,609 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-11-10 | 316,050,099 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-11-09 | 320,966,476 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-11-20 | 322,942,685 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-11-10 | 364,586,694 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-11-10 | 368,702,046 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-11-09 | 372,928,187 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-11-08 | 375,037,829 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-11-07 | 376,274,635 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-11-13 | 368,493,204 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-11-12 | 364,390,995 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-11-11 | 356,529,507 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-11-10 | 344,341,227 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-11-13 | 333,184,374 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-11-14 | 321,169,526 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-11-13 | 292,060,538 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of D.R. Horton on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $139.55.
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Yes. D.R. Horton has 4.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 279,701,267 as of July 16, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 21.5%.
Net of every new share it issued, D.R. Horton has 96.6 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 25.7% of the company. Since fiscal 2019 alone it bought back about 97.6 million shares, while the count fell by 88.8 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
279,701,267 shares, as of July 16, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 376,274,635.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held D.R. Horton stock in 2018 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
D.R. Horton ranks No. 64 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cigna (29.0%), Ashland (26.7%), Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%).
Every answer is computed from D.R. Horton's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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