---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-010399"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFH"
cik: "0001825088"
company_name: "Dream Finders Homes, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:14:26.600329+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dream Finders Q4 EPS $0.60; full-year net sales up 15%; guides 9,250 closings for 2026

## Summary
- Net income attributable to DFH of $59M ($0.60 basic) in Q4 vs $129M ($1.35) a year ago.
- Full year net income $217M ($2.19) vs $335M ($3.44); homebuilding revenues $4.1B, down from $4.4B.
- Record annual home closings 8,608 (flat YoY); net sales up 15% to 7,747; Q4 net sales +9%.
- Homebuilding gross margin 17.4% (FY) vs 18.3%; adjusted gross margin 26.5% vs 27.0%.
- Issued $300M 6.875% senior notes; repurchased 1.83M shares for $41.8M in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-010399
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFH
- cik: 0001825088
- company_name: Dream Finders Homes, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+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/1825088/000162828026010399/0001628280-26-010399-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825088/000162828026010399/dream-20260223.htm

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