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Dream Finders Homes DFH

US equityMarket cap rank #3358Residential Construction
$9.36 −$0.15 (-1.53%)
Market open · Oct 8, 10:00 am ET · After hours $9.50 0.00%
Open$9.35
Prev close$9.50
Day range$9.18 – $9.38
Volume33.6K
Market cap$846.96M
P/E (TTM)6.6
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership34.9%+0.14 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding251+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)15 buys / 33 sellsNet selling
Short interest7.77% of floatDays to cover 9.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share17.9%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%17%21%25%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$8.40M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$5.0MSuper−$3.4MBig−$1.1MMid−$3.3MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 80.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Patrick Zalupski65.93%
  • BlackRock5.30%
  • William Lovett3.52%
  • Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC3.39%
  • Janus Henderson Group plc2.12%
  • Cooke & Bieler, L.P.2.06%
  • State Street Global Advisors1.88%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors1.71%

By investor type

  • Individual/Insider70.52%
  • Mutual Fund29.09%
  • Hedge Fund2.49%
  • Public Company1.72%
  • Private Company1.07%
  • Government Pension Fund0.32%
  • Insurance Company0.13%
  • Bank/Investment Bank0.04%

Reported short interest has risen from 7.31% to 7.77% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Richard Beckwitt Individual/Insider 2026/Q3 +500,000 0.6%
Steven Fischer Individual/Insider 2026/Q3 +107,670 0.1%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +396,803 0.5%
Elgethun Capital Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +314,028 0.9%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +253,768 0.3%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +228,390 0.3%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets SNC Private Company 2026/Q3 +213,360 0.4%
Eaton Vance Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +191,436 0.4%
Leap Investments LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +185,724 0.2%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +154,638 0.5%
Bank of America Corporation Public Company 2026/Q3 +138,577 0.3%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +138,528 5.3%
Numerai GP LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +137,648 0.2%
Walleye Capital LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +133,157 0.1%
Castleknight Management LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +126,700 0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
17 Sep 2026 Richard Beckwitt Co-Chairman of the Board Other Acquisition +400,000 – 500,000
17 Sep 2026 Steven Fischer Independent Director Other Acquisition +12,158 – 107,670
9 Sep 2026 Richard Beckwitt Co-Chairman of the Board Open Market Acquisition +10,000 $12.07 100,000
2 Sep 2026 Leonard Sturm Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +1,500 $13.47 30,728
25 Aug 2026 Leonard Sturm Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +1,000 $14.72 29,228
23 Aug 2026 Leonard Sturm Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +500 $14.81 28,228
12 Aug 2026 Richard Beckwitt Co-Chairman of the Board Open Market Acquisition +90,000 $14.80 90,000
12 Jul 2026 Steven Fischer Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 95,512
23 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -56,590 $16.70 3,213,232
21 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -21,962 $15.00 3,269,822
17 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -130,601 $15.52 3,291,784
15 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -103,591 $15.16 3,422,385
11 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -137,256 $15.17 3,525,976
9 Jun 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -450,000 $14.79 –
31 May 2026 Clinton Szubinski Chief Operating Officer Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 362,101
19 May 2026 William Lovett Non-Independent Director Open Market Disposition -150,000 $12.89 3,663,232
31 Mar 2026 Lorena Ramsay Senior Vice President Sale to Issuer -2,305 $14.04 230,179
15 Mar 2026 Patrick Zalupski Founder, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors Other Derivative Acquisition +1,000,000 – 1,000,000
7 Mar 2026 Patrick Zalupski Founder, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors Sale to Issuer -91,772 $17.25 2,092,819
7 Mar 2026 Lorena Ramsay Senior Vice President Sale to Issuer -15,141 $17.25 232,484

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 7,035,351 7.8% 9.0
31 Aug 2026 6,615,057 7.3% 14.2
14 Aug 2026 6,424,569 7.1% 7.8
31 Jul 2026 6,422,056 7.1% 10.8
15 Jul 2026 6,088,857 6.7% 10.1
30 Jun 2026 6,695,505 7.3% 8.3

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