NVR (NVR) Q3 2026 Earnings Summary

NVR’s backlog grew 10%, but gross margin fell to 18.3% and the company wrote off $24.8M of lot deposits on deals that no longer pencil.

Quarter ended September 30, 2026.

Settlements 5,268 (↓7%)
Revenue $2.40B (↓8%)
Gross margin 18.3%
Orders 4,391 (↓7%)

Commentary

NVR does not hold an earnings call. It wrote off $24.8M of lot deposits on deals that no longer pencil. That is the land-light model working: walk away and lose the deposit instead of carrying the land.

Source: NVR 8-K.

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