[tigen]

This paragraph looks wrong. "In 2005, when D.R. Horton sold a record number of homes, it made $1.47 billion. In 2023, when it built roughly half as many, its profit was a little over three times as high, or $4.7 billion. "

It did not build half as many homes, it was 82917 homes in 2023 vs. 51172 in 2005. Also, the profit number should be corrected for inflation when comparing across almost 2 decades.

[mulmen]

1.47 billion 2005 dollars is 2.29 billion 2023 dollars.

Profit per house in 2023 dollars:

$44,751.04 in 2005

$56,683.19 in 2023

[biomcgary]

Thanks for doing this calculation! It would be interesting to know if the average square footage of houses built by the company has changed. If they have increased by 25%, the profit per square foot would be roughly unchanged.

[refurb]

Shocking! A core precept of an entire article is wrong.

[simoncion]

> > In 2023, when it built roughly half as many...

> It did not build half as many homes, it was 82917 homes in 2023 vs. 51172 in 2005.

Unless my math is wrong: (82917-51172)/82917 ~= 0.38

~40% is roughly half.