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Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company is a national homebuilder that is primarily engaged in the acquisition and development of land and the construction and sale of residential homes, with operations in 126 markets across 36 states. The Company’s operating segments are its homebuilding divisions, its rental operations, its majority-owned Forestar residential lot development operations, its financial services operations and its other business activities. The Company’s reporting segments are its homebuilding reporting segments, its rental operations segment, its Forestar lot development segment and its financial services segment. The accounting policies of the reporting segments are described throughout Note A in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

Homebuilding

The homebuilding operating segments are aggregated into six reporting segments. The reporting segments and the states in which the Company has homebuilding operations are as follows:
Northwest:Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington
Southwest:Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico
South Central:Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Southeast:Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi
East:Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
North:Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin

The Company’s homebuilding divisions design, build and sell single-family detached homes on lots they develop and on fully developed lots purchased ready for home construction. To a lesser extent, the homebuilding divisions also build and sell attached homes, such as townhomes and duplexes. Most of the revenue generated by the Company’s homebuilding operations is from the sale of completed homes and to a lesser extent from the sale of land and lots.

Rental

The Company’s rental segment consists of single-family and multi-family rental operations. Single-family rental operations construct homes within single-family rental (build-to-rent) communities and then either sell homes to an investor as they are completed or lease the homes and market the entire community for a bulk sale. Multi-family rental operations develop, construct, lease and sell residential rental properties, the substantial majority of which are apartment communities.

Forestar

The Forestar segment is a residential lot development company with operations in 64 markets across 24 states. The Company’s homebuilding divisions acquire finished lots from Forestar in accordance with the master supply agreement between the two companies. Forestar’s segment results are presented on their historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.

Financial Services

The Company’s financial services segment provides mortgage financing, title agency services and title insurance to homebuyers in many of the Company’s homebuilding markets. The segment generates the substantial majority of its revenues from originating and selling mortgages, collecting premiums and fees for escrow closing services and collecting premiums for title insurance. The Company sells substantially all of the mortgages it originates and the related servicing rights to third-party purchasers, typically within 60 days of origination.

Other

In addition to its homebuilding, rental, Forestar and financial services operations, the Company engages in other business activities through its subsidiaries. The Company conducts insurance-related operations, owns water rights and other water-related assets and owns non-residential real estate including ranch land and improvements. The results of these operations are immaterial for separate reporting and therefore are grouped together and presented in the Eliminations and Other column in the tables that follow.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer are its Chief Operating Decision Makers (CODMs). The CODMs evaluate segment performance primarily based on revenues, pre-tax income and inventories for all reporting segments. Revenues, pre-tax income and inventories at the segment level are compared to forecasted results to evaluate the performance of each segment and assist in decision making regarding capital allocation between segments. The tables that follow present financial information pertaining to the Company’s reporting segments.

March 31, 2026
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$1,139.3 $142.5 $362.2 $242.4 $31.5 $1,917.9 
Restricted cash26.1 3.5 — 26.7 — 56.3 
Inventories:
Construction in progress and finished homes8,682.5 — — — (130.8)8,551.7 
Residential land and lots — developed and under development12,209.1 — 2,552.7 — (244.9)14,516.9 
Land held for development38.6 — 157.0 — — 195.6 
Land held for sale39.1 — — — — 39.1 
Rental properties— 3,011.1 — — (10.6)3,000.5 

20,969.3 3,011.1 2,709.7 — (386.3)26,303.8 
Mortgage loans held for sale— — — 2,680.8 — 2,680.8 
Deferred tax asset, net70.8 (42.2)— — (28.6)— 
Property and equipment, net557.1 0.6 7.7 4.2 23.5 593.1 
Other assets3,553.5 51.7 93.0 177.7 (24.4)3,851.5 
Goodwill134.3 — — — 29.2 163.5 
$26,450.4 $3,167.2 $3,172.6 $3,131.8 $(355.1)$35,566.9 
Liabilities
Accounts payable$1,153.4 $203.3 $73.3 $0.4 $(106.9)$1,323.5 
Deferred tax liability, net— — 84.3 — (75.9)8.4 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities3,038.7 41.2 401.6 414.2 (423.5)3,472.2 
Notes payable3,427.1 865.0 793.5 1,478.2 — 6,563.8 
$7,619.2 $1,109.5 $1,352.7 $1,892.8 $(606.3)$11,367.9 
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(1)Amounts include the balances of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
September 30, 2025
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$2,210.5 $140.8 $379.2 $244.5 $10.4 $2,985.4 
Restricted cash25.5 2.5 — 19.9 — 47.9 
Inventories:
Construction in progress and finished homes7,743.7 — — — (95.2)7,648.5 
Residential land and lots — developed and under development12,513.1 — 2,465.1 — (282.4)14,695.8 
Land held for development38.3 — 180.0 — — 218.3 
Land held for sale21.4 — — — — 21.4 
Rental properties— 2,710.4 — — (7.1)2,703.3 

20,316.5 2,710.4 2,645.1 — (384.7)25,287.3 
Mortgage loans held for sale— — — 2,566.5 — 2,566.5 
Deferred tax asset, net125.7 (42.2)— — (39.0)44.5 
Property and equipment, net543.0 0.6 8.1 4.3 22.9 578.9 
Other assets3,344.1 38.9 104.6 220.6 89.0 3,797.2 
Goodwill134.3 — — — 29.2 163.5 
$26,699.6 $2,851.0 $3,137.0 $3,055.8 $(272.2)$35,471.2 
Liabilities
Accounts payable$1,016.8 $230.6 $71.0 $0.7 $(97.2)$1,221.9 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities3,122.1 34.7 494.3 294.7 (404.2)3,541.6 
Notes payable3,154.4 600.0 802.8 1,408.3 — 5,965.5 
$7,293.3 $865.3 $1,368.1 $1,703.7 $(501.4)$10,729.0 
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(1)Amounts include the balances of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$7,045.5 $— $— $— $— $7,045.5 
Land/lot sales and other17.7 — 374.3 — (284.0)108.0 
Rental property sales— 211.8 — — — 211.8 
Financial services— — — 192.8 — 192.8 
7,063.2 211.8 374.3 192.8 (284.0)7,558.1 
Cost of sales
Home sales (2)5,628.7 — — — (63.5)5,565.2 
Land/lot sales and other13.3 — 287.8 — (226.1)75.0 
Rental property sales— 182.9 — — (0.4)182.5 
Inventory and land option charges25.5 0.3 6.3 — — 32.1 
5,667.5 183.2 294.1 — (290.0)5,854.8 
Selling, general and administrative expense648.9 52.0 37.9 159.8 4.7 903.3 
Other (income) expense (3)(11.1)(35.7)(1.6)(18.7)(0.3)(67.4)
Income before income taxes$757.9 $12.3 $43.9 $51.7 $1.6 $867.4 
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(1)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(2)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
(3)Other (income) expense primarily includes interest income but also consists of various other types of ancillary income, gains, expenses and losses not directly associated with sales of homes, land and lots.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2026
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$13,558.2 $— $— $— $— $13,558.2 
Land/lot sales and other33.9 — 647.3 — (493.1)188.1 
Rental property sales— 321.3 — — — 321.3 
Financial services— — — 377.4 — 377.4 
13,592.1 321.3 647.3 377.4 (493.1)14,445.0 
Cost of sales
Home sales (2)10,810.6 — — — (116.1)10,694.5 
Land/lot sales and other26.7 — 505.0 — (397.7)134.0 
Rental property sales— 275.7 — — (0.6)275.1 
Inventory and land option charges35.7 0.4 7.1 — 0.2 43.4 
10,873.0 276.1 512.1 — (514.2)11,147.0 
Selling, general and administrative expense1,281.4 98.9 74.3 304.8 9.0 1,768.4 
Other (income) expense (3)(28.3)(66.2)(3.9)(37.1)(0.3)(135.8)
Income before income taxes$1,466.0 $12.5 $64.8 $109.7 $12.4 $1,665.4 
Summary Cash Flow Information
Depreciation and amortization$51.9 $0.8 $1.6 $1.0 $0.5 $55.8 
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities$618.8 $(321.0)$(5.1)$136.6 $12.2 $441.5 
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(1)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(2)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
(3)Other (income) expense primarily includes interest income but also consists of various other types of ancillary income, gains, expenses and losses not directly associated with sales of homes, land and lots.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$7,180.9 $— $— $— $— $7,180.9 
Land/lot sales and other22.0 — 351.0 — (269.4)103.6 
Rental property sales— 236.6 — — — 236.6 
Financial services— — — 212.9 — 212.9 
7,202.9 236.6 351.0 212.9 (269.4)7,734.0 
Cost of sales
Home sales (2)5,614.7 — — — (49.8)5,564.9 
Land/lot sales and other3.0 — 270.9 — (217.8)56.1 
Rental property sales— 182.8 — — — 182.8 
Inventory and land option charges29.4 0.3 0.9 — (0.6)30.0 
5,647.1 183.1 271.8 — (268.2)5,833.8 
Selling, general and administrative expense637.8 58.0 38.4 160.3 4.2 898.7 
Other (income) expense (3)(17.0)(27.3)0.1 (20.4)(1.0)(65.6)
Income before income taxes$935.0 $22.8 $40.7 $73.0 $(4.4)$1,067.1 
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(1)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(2)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
(3)Other (income) expense primarily includes interest income but also consists of various other types of ancillary income, gains, expenses and losses not directly associated with sales of homes, land and lots.
Six Months Ended March 31, 2025
HomebuildingRentalForestarFinancial ServicesEliminations and Other (1)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$14,327.0 $— $— $— $— $14,327.0 
Land/lot sales and other43.2 — 601.3 — (474.0)170.5 
Rental property sales— 454.3 — — — 454.3 
Financial services— — — 395.2 — 395.2 
14,370.2 454.3 601.3 395.2 (474.0)15,347.0 
Cost of sales
Home sales (2)11,136.7 — — — (103.1)11,033.6 
Land/lot sales and other16.7 — 465.2 — (387.7)94.2 
Rental property sales— 362.2 — — — 362.2 
Inventory and land option charges41.3 3.9 2.0 — (0.6)46.6 
11,194.7 366.1 467.2 — (491.4)11,536.6 
Selling, general and administrative expense1,274.5 104.3 74.3 314.5 9.2 1,776.8 
Other (income) expense (3)(46.9)(50.8)(2.8)(40.9)(2.0)(143.4)
Income before income taxes$1,947.9 $34.7 $62.6 $121.6 $10.2 $2,177.0 
Summary Cash Flow Information
Depreciation and amortization$44.8 $1.0 $1.7 $0.9 $0.3 $48.7 
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities$876.0 $(381.6)$(469.8)$197.2 $(11.3)$210.5 
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(1)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(2)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
(3)Other (income) expense primarily includes interest income but also consists of various other types of ancillary income, gains, expenses and losses not directly associated with sales of homes, land and lots.
Revenues, expenses and pre-tax income of the Company’s homebuilding segment are disaggregated into the individual homebuilding reporting segments in the tables below. Expenses maintained at the corporate level consist primarily of homebuilding interest and property taxes, which are capitalized and amortized to cost of sales or expensed directly, and the expenses related to operating the Company’s corporate office. The amortization of capitalized interest and property taxes is allocated to each homebuilding segment based on the segment’s cost of sales, while expenses associated with the corporate office are allocated to each homebuilding segment based on the segment’s inventory balances.

Homebuilding Results
by Reporting Segment
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
NorthwestSouthwestSouth CentralSoutheastEastNorthTotal
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$539.6 $1,025.1 $1,511.4 $1,552.3 $1,381.9 $1,035.2 $7,045.5 
Land/lot sales and other0.1 10.1 0.3 6.2 — 1.0 17.7 
539.7 1,035.2 1,511.7 1,558.5 1,381.9 1,036.2 7,063.2 
Cost of sales
Home sales432.0 822.9 1,195.9 1,245.0 1,114.4 818.5 5,628.7 
Land/lot sales and other(0.2)8.4 — 5.0 — 0.1 13.3 
Inventory and land option charges0.5 3.4 14.1 4.4 1.9 1.2 25.5 
432.3 834.7 1,210.0 1,254.4 1,116.3 819.8 5,667.5 
Selling, general and administrative expense53.7 88.1 137.4 141.4 132.8 95.5 648.9 
Other (income) expense(0.9)(1.8)(2.0)(2.7)(2.0)(1.7)(11.1)
Income before income taxes$54.6 $114.2 $166.3 $165.4 $134.8 $122.6 $757.9 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2026
NorthwestSouthwestSouth CentralSoutheastEastNorthTotal
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$1,086.0 $1,915.0 $2,900.7 $3,004.6 $2,632.2 $2,019.7 $13,558.2 
Land/lot sales and other0.4 14.9 0.5 11.9 0.2 6.0 33.9 
1,086.4 1,929.9 2,901.2 3,016.5 2,632.4 2,025.7 13,592.1 
Cost of sales
Home sales868.0 1,543.4 2,279.9 2,417.1 2,108.9 1,593.3 10,810.6 
Land/lot sales and other0.1 12.3 — 9.8 — 4.5 26.7 
Inventory and land option charges0.6 4.1 15.8 6.3 6.7 2.2 35.7 
868.7 1,559.8 2,295.7 2,433.2 2,115.6 1,600.0 10,873.0 
Selling, general and administrative expense106.1 171.8 270.7 281.3 263.8 187.7 1,281.4 
Other (income) expense(2.3)(4.5)(4.9)(6.8)(5.3)(4.5)(28.3)
Income before income taxes$113.9 $202.8 $339.7 $308.8 $258.3 $242.5 $1,466.0 
Homebuilding Results
by Reporting Segment
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
NorthwestSouthwestSouth CentralSoutheastEastNorthTotal
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$660.4 $1,063.6 $1,530.0 $1,593.0 $1,359.8 $974.1 $7,180.9 
Land/lot sales and other— 0.1 0.7 20.8 0.2 0.2 22.0 
660.4 1,063.7 1,530.7 1,613.8 1,360.0 974.3 7,202.9 
Cost of sales
Home sales508.5 845.2 1,192.9 1,256.1 1,056.0 756.0 5,614.7 
Land/lot sales and other— — 0.2 2.8 — — 3.0 
Inventory and land option charges2.6 5.9 4.4 7.3 8.0 1.2 29.4 
511.1 851.1 1,197.5 1,266.2 1,064.0 757.2 5,647.1 
Selling, general and administrative expense57.2 92.1 128.2 140.4 127.0 92.9 637.8 
Other (income) expense(1.6)(2.8)(3.4)(4.1)(2.8)(2.3)(17.0)
Income before income taxes$93.7 $123.3 $208.4 $211.3 $171.8 $126.5 $935.0 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025
NorthwestSouthwestSouth CentralSoutheastEastNorthTotal
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales$1,193.5 $2,203.6 $3,016.5 $3,332.2 $2,668.3 $1,912.9 $14,327.0 
Land/lot sales and other0.1 0.2 1.1 31.4 6.3 4.1 43.2 
1,193.6 2,203.8 3,017.6 3,363.6 2,674.6 1,917.0 14,370.2 
Cost of sales
Home sales915.1 1,729.6 2,332.1 2,627.9 2,049.3 1,482.7 11,136.7 
Land/lot sales and other— — 0.4 9.0 4.7 2.6 16.7 
Inventory and land option charges3.1 6.3 5.6 12.9 10.7 2.7 41.3 
918.2 1,735.9 2,338.1 2,649.8 2,064.7 1,488.0 11,194.7 
Selling, general and administrative expense109.8 183.2 260.3 289.7 252.1 179.4 1,274.5 
Other (income) expense(4.3)(7.0)(10.5)(10.0)(8.4)(6.7)(46.9)
Income before income taxes$169.9 $291.7 $429.7 $434.1 $366.2 $256.3 $1,947.9 
The Company’s total inventories are disaggregated into the individual reporting segments in the table below. Inventories are the only assets included in the measure of segment assets used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers.

Inventories by Reporting SegmentMarch 31,
2026
September 30,
2025
(In millions)
Homebuilding
Northwest$1,947.5 $1,891.8 
Southwest3,055.9 3,068.5 
South Central4,033.7 3,931.9 
Southeast4,189.9 4,061.8 
East4,599.3 4,397.7 
North2,783.7 2,637.6 
Corporate and unallocated (1)359.3 327.2 
Total Homebuilding20,969.3 20,316.5 
Rental3,011.1 2,710.4 
Forestar2,709.7 2,645.1 
Eliminations and other (2)(386.3)(384.7)
Consolidated inventories$26,303.8 $25,287.3 
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(1)Corporate and unallocated consists primarily of homebuilding capitalized interest and property taxes.
(2)Amounts include the balances of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.