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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-047364"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFH"
cik: "0001825088"
company_name: "Dream Finders Homes, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:24:27.264832+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dream Finders Q3 revenue $917M (-7% YoY); EPS $0.47; net new orders +20%; guidance cut to 8,500 closings

## Summary
- Homebuilding revenue $917M (-7% YoY); closings 1,915 (+1%, record); net new orders 2,021 (+20%, record).
- GAAP EPS $0.47 vs $0.72; pre-tax income $61M vs $92M; adjusted homebuilding gross margin 26.7% (down 90 bps).
- Issued $300M senior notes at 6.875% due 2030; proceeds used to reduce revolver; total liquidity $625M.
- Financial services pre-tax income +11% to $9M; repurchased 357,715 shares for $10M in Q3.
- Revised FY2025 home closing guidance to ~8,500; cites challenging housing market and near-term headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-047364
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFH
- cik: 0001825088
- company_name: Dream Finders Homes, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825088/000162828025047364/0001628280-25-047364-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825088/000162828025047364/dream-20251030.htm

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