Fourth Quarter Revenues Up 24% to $986
Million; Pretax Income Up Significantly to $70 Million
Backlog Value Increases 40% to $1.3
Billion
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation’s largest and most
recognized homebuilders, today reported results for its fourth
quarter and year ended November 30, 2015. Highlights and
developments include the following:
Three Months Ended November 30,
2015
- Total revenues grew 24% from the
year-earlier quarter to $985.8 million, marking the Company’s 17th
consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue increases.
- Housing revenues rose 25% to $979.8
million from $783.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, driven
by increased delivery volume and a higher overall average selling
price.
- The Company delivered 2,580 homes, up
16% from 2,229 a year ago, representing its highest number of
fourth-quarter deliveries since 2009.
- The overall average selling price of
$379,800 rose 8% from $351,500 in the year-earlier quarter,
reflecting increases in each of the Company’s four regions,
including double-digit increases in the Southwest and Central
regions.
- Land sale revenues totaled $2.3
million, compared to $9.3 million in the fourth quarter of
2014.
- Homebuilding operating income increased
to $70.4 million from $30.0 million in the corresponding quarter of
2014. The current quarter included $5.1 million of inventory
impairment and land option contract abandonment charges, while the
year-earlier quarter included $34.2 million of inventory impairment
charges.
- The Company’s housing gross profit
margin of 17.2% improved 100 basis points from the third quarter of
2015 and was essentially flat with the year-earlier quarter. The
current quarter housing gross profit margin included approximately
50 basis points of inventory impairment and land option contract
abandonment charges.
- The Company’s adjusted housing gross
profit margin, which excludes the amortization of previously
capitalized interest associated with housing operations and housing
inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges,
was 22.2%, representing a 110 basis-point improvement from the
third quarter of 2015 and a 50 basis-point decrease from the fourth
quarter of 2014. The year-over-year adjusted housing gross profit
margin comparison for the current period improved by 180 basis
points relative to the year-over-year comparison for the first
quarter of 2015.
- Selling, general and administrative
expenses represented 10.0% of housing revenues, a 190 basis-point
improvement compared to the third quarter of 2015 and 50
basis-point improvement from the year-earlier quarter. It was the
Company’s lowest fourth-quarter ratio since 2007.
- Interest expense of $4.0 million
decreased slightly from $4.5 million in the year-earlier quarter,
largely due to a higher amount of the Company’s inventory
qualifying for interest capitalization.
- The Company’s financial services
operations generated pretax income of $4.1 million, up from $3.4
million in the fourth quarter of 2014, reflecting an increase in
the equity in income from Home Community Mortgage, LLC, the
Company’s mortgage banking joint venture.
- The Company’s pretax income increased
to $69.9 million, its highest fourth-quarter level since 2005 and a
144% increase from the $28.6 million reported in the year-earlier
quarter.
- Net income totaled $44.0 million, or
$.43 per diluted share, versus $852.8 million, or $8.36 per diluted
share a year ago. The 2014 fourth-quarter result reflected the
Company’s reversal of $825.2 million of its deferred tax asset
valuation allowance.
- Income tax expense for the current
quarter was $25.9 million and represented an effective tax rate of
37.0%. The income tax benefit of $824.2 million in the year-earlier
quarter included the impact of the deferred tax asset valuation
allowance reversal.
Twelve Months Ended November 30,
2015
- Total revenues increased to $3.03
billion, up 26% from $2.40 billion in the year-earlier period.
- Housing revenues rose 23% to $2.91
billion from $2.37 billion in 2014.
- Homes delivered increased 14% to 8,196,
compared to 7,215 a year ago.
- The overall average selling price of
$354,800 rose 8% from $328,400 in the prior year.
- Land sale revenues increased to $112.8
million from $20.0 million in 2014.
- Homebuilding operating income of $138.6
million rose 20% from $116.0 million in 2014.
- Pretax income increased 34% to $127.0
million, up from $94.9 million a year ago.
- Net income totaled $84.6 million, or
$.85 per diluted share, compared to $918.3 million, or $9.25 per
diluted share in 2014.
- Income tax expense totaled $42.4
million and represented an effective tax rate of 33.4% in 2015. The
effective tax rate reflects the favorable impact of federal energy
tax credits the Company earned from building energy efficient
homes. The Company’s income tax benefit of $823.4 million in 2014
reflected the impact of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance
reversal.
Backlog and Net Orders
- The dollar value of homes in backlog
grew 40% to $1.28 billion at November 30, 2015 from $914.0
million at November 30, 2014, reflecting substantial increases in
each of the Company’s four regions. These increases ranged from 15%
in the West Coast region to 104% in the Southwest region.
- The number of homes in backlog at
November 30, 2015 increased 36% to 3,966, compared to 2,909 a
year ago.
- The Company’s ending backlog, in terms
of both homes and value, reached its highest fourth-quarter level
since 2007.
- The value of the Company’s
fourth-quarter net orders increased 15% to $675.8 million from
$587.4 million in the year-earlier quarter. The Company’s net order
value has now increased year over year for 15 consecutive quarters.
- Each of the Company’s four regions
produced year-over-year growth in net order value, ranging from 8%
in the West Coast region to 30% in the Southeast region.
- Net orders for the current quarter grew
10% to 1,882, compared to 1,706 in the year-earlier quarter.
- The cancellation rate as a percentage
of gross orders improved to 32% from 37% for the fourth quarter of
2014, and as a percentage of beginning backlog improved to 19%
versus 29% a year ago.
- The Company’s overall average community
count for the fourth quarter increased 17% to 250, compared to 214
for the year-earlier quarter. At November 30, 2015, the Company had
247 communities open for sales, up 9% from 227 communities a year
ago.
- Net order value for the year rose 26%
from the previous year, reflecting a 22% increase in net orders to
9,253, the Company’s highest annual net orders since 2007.
Balance Sheet
- Cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash totaled $568.4 million at November 30, 2015 and $383.6
million at November 30, 2014.
- Inventories increased to $3.31 billion
at November 30, 2015 from $3.22 billion at November 30, 2014,
reflecting the Company’s investments in land acquisition and
development during 2015.
- The Company’s investments in land
acquisition and development totaled $967.2 million in 2015 and
$1.47 billion in 2014.
- At November 30, 2015, the Company owned
or controlled 47,399 lots, of which 38,060 lots were owned and
9,339 lots were controlled under land option contracts.
- Notes payable totaled $2.63 billion at
November 30, 2015, compared to $2.58 billion at November 30,
2014.
- The Company had no cash borrowings
outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility as of
November 30, 2015.
- The Company’s ratio of debt to capital
was 60.8% as of November 30, 2015 and 61.8% as of November 30,
2014. The ratio of net debt to capital was 54.9% at
November 30, 2015 and 57.9% at November 30, 2014.
Management Comments
“Our fourth-quarter results represent a strong finish to a
successful year for KB Home, where we generated substantial
improvement in many key metrics, including our highest
fourth-quarter pretax income since 2005,” said Jeffrey Mezger,
president and chief executive officer. “In 2015, we achieved
measurable growth and profitability, advanced our core strategies
and continued to invest in our operating platform. Of particular
importance, we effectively targeted and executed on key initiatives
that accelerated our revenues and earnings in the second half of
the year and produced sequential improvement in our housing gross
profit margin as 2015 progressed.”
“While inclement weather and trade shortages in certain markets
tempered our fourth-quarter deliveries and revenues, we have a
positive rhythm in our business and substantial momentum as we
enter 2016,” continued Mezger. “With our higher backlog giving us
strong visibility for potential future deliveries and revenues, and
housing market conditions expected to remain generally healthy, we
believe we are well-positioned strategically, financially and
operationally for further success in 2016. As we move forward, we
will remain focused on executing on our strategy, providing an
outstanding customer experience, and creating stockholder
value.”
Earnings Conference Call
The conference call on the fourth quarter 2015 earnings will be
broadcast live TODAY at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, 11:30 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time. To listen, please go to the Investor
Relations section of the Company’s website at www.kbhome.com.
About KB Home
KB Home is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders
in the United States and an industry leader in sustainability,
building innovative and highly energy- and water-efficient new
homes. Founded in 1957 and the first NYSE-listed homebuilder
(ticker symbol: KBH), the company has built nearly 600,000 homes
for families from coast to coast. Distinguished by its personalized
homebuilding approach, KB Home lets each buyer choose their lot
location, floor plan, décor choices, design features and other
special touches that matter most to them. To learn more about KB
Home, call 888-KB-HOMES, visit www.kbhome.com or connect on
Facebook.com/KBHome or Twitter.com/KBHome.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary
Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release, including any
statements that are predictive in nature or concern future market
and economic conditions, business and prospects, our future
financial and operational performance, or our future actions and
their expected results are “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
projections about future events and are not guarantees of future
performance. We do not have a specific policy or intent of updating
or revising forward-looking statements. Actual events and results
may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in
forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. The most
important risk factors that could cause our actual performance and
future events and actions to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the
following: general economic, employment and business conditions;
population growth, household formations and demographic trends;
adverse market conditions, including an increased supply of unsold
homes, declining home prices and greater foreclosure and short sale
activity, among other things, that could negatively affect our
consolidated financial statements, including due to additional
impairment or land option contract abandonment charges, lower
revenues and operating and other losses; conditions in the capital,
credit and financial markets (including residential mortgage
lending standards, the availability of residential mortgage
financing and mortgage foreclosure rates); material prices and
availability; trade costs and availability; changes in interest
rates; inflation; our debt level, including our ratio of debt to
capital, and our ability to adjust our debt level, maturity
schedule and structure and to access the equity, credit, capital or
other financial markets or other external financing sources,
including raising capital through the public or private issuance of
common stock, debt or other securities, and/or project financing,
on favorable terms; our compliance with the terms and covenants of
our revolving credit facility; weak or declining consumer
confidence, either generally or specifically with respect to
purchasing homes; competition for home sales from other sellers of
new and resale homes, including lenders and other sellers of homes
obtained through foreclosures or short sales; weather events,
significant natural disasters and other climate and environmental
factors, including the severe prolonged serious drought and related
water-constrained conditions in the southwest United States and
California; government actions, policies, programs and regulations
directed at or affecting the housing market (including the
Dodd-Frank Act, tax credits, tax incentives and/or subsidies for
home purchases, tax deductions for residential mortgage interest
payments and property taxes, tax exemptions for profits on home
sales, programs intended to modify existing mortgage loans and to
prevent mortgage foreclosures and the standards, fees and size
limits applicable to the purchase or insuring of mortgage loans by
government-sponsored enterprises and government agencies), the
homebuilding industry, or construction activities; decisions
regarding federal fiscal and monetary policies, including those
relating to taxation, government spending, interest rates and
economic stimulus measures; the availability and cost of land in
desirable areas; our warranty claims experience with respect to
homes previously delivered and actual warranty costs incurred,
including our warranty claims and costs experience at certain of
our communities in Florida; costs and/or charges arising from
regulatory compliance requirements or from legal, arbitral or
regulatory proceedings, investigations, claims or settlements,
including unfavorable outcomes in any such matters resulting in
actual or potential monetary damage awards, penalties, fines or
other direct or indirect payments, or injunctions, consent decrees
or other voluntary or involuntary restrictions or adjustments to
our business operations or practices that are beyond our current
expectations and/or accruals; our ability to use/realize the net
deferred tax assets we have generated; our ability to successfully
implement our current and planned strategies and initiatives with
respect to product, geographic and market positioning (including
our efforts to expand our inventory base/pipeline with desirable
land positions or interests at reasonable cost and to expand our
community count, open additional communities for sales, sell
higher-priced homes and more design options, increase the size and
value of our backlog, and our operational and investment
concentration in markets in California), revenue growth, asset
optimization (including by effectively balancing home sales prices
and sales pace in our communities), asset activation and/or
monetization, local field management and talent investment,
containing and leveraging overhead costs, gaining share and scale
in our served markets and increasing our housing gross profit
margins and profitability; consumer traffic to our new home
communities and consumer interest in our product designs and
offerings, particularly from higher-income consumers; cancellations
and our ability to realize our backlog by converting net orders to
home deliveries and revenues; our home sales and delivery
performance, particularly in key markets in California; our ability
to generate cash from our operations, enhance our asset efficiency,
increase our operating income margin and/or improve our return on
invested capital; the manner in which our homebuyers are offered
and whether they are able to obtain residential mortgage loans and
mortgage banking services, including from Home Community Mortgage;
the performance of Home Community Mortgage; information technology
failures and data security breaches; and other events outside of
our control. Please see our periodic reports and other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of
these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to our
business.
KB HOME CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended November 30, 2015 and
2014 (In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Twelve Months Three Months 2015
2014 2015 2014
Total
revenues $ 3,032,030 $ 2,400,949 $ 985,783
$ 796,041
Homebuilding: Revenues $ 3,020,987 $
2,389,643 $ 982,091 $ 792,749 Costs and expenses (2,882,366
) (2,273,674 ) (911,712 ) (762,701 ) Operating
income 138,621 115,969 70,379 30,048 Interest income 458 443 116 50
Interest expense (21,856 ) (30,750 ) (4,006 ) (4,461 ) Equity in
income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures (1,804 )
741 (624 ) (420 ) Homebuilding pretax
income 115,419 86,403 65,865
25,217
Financial services: Revenues
11,043 11,306 3,692 3,292 Expenses (3,711 ) (3,446 ) (909 ) (883 )
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures 4,292
686 1,269 975
Financial services pretax income 11,624 8,546
4,052 3,384
Total pretax
income 127,043 94,949 69,917 28,601 Income tax benefit
(expense) (42,400 ) 823,400 (25,900 )
824,200
Net income $ 84,643 $ 918,349
$ 44,017 $ 852,801
Earnings per share:
Basic $ .92 $ 10.26 $ .48 $ 9.25
Diluted $ .85 $ 9.25 $ .43 $ 8.36
Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic
92,054 89,265 92,200
91,902
Diluted 102,857
99,314 102,844 101,831
KB HOME CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands)
November 30,
November 30, 2015 2014
Assets Homebuilding: Cash and
cash equivalents $ 559,042 $ 356,366 Restricted cash 9,344 27,235
Receivables 152,682 125,488 Inventories 3,313,747 3,218,387
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 71,558 79,441 Deferred
tax assets, net 782,196 825,232 Other assets 112,774
114,915 5,001,343 4,747,064
Financial services 14,028
10,486
Total assets $ 5,015,371 $ 4,757,550
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity Homebuilding:
Accounts payable $ 183,770 $ 172,716 Accrued expenses and other
liabilities 513,414 409,882 Notes payable 2,625,536
2,576,525 3,322,720 3,159,123
Financial services 1,817 2,517
Stockholders’ equity 1,690,834 1,595,910
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 5,015,371 $
4,757,550
KB HOME SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION For the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended
November 30, 2015 and 2014 (In Thousands, Except Average Selling
Price) Twelve Months
Three Months 2015 2014 2015
2014
Homebuilding revenues: Housing $
2,908,236 $ 2,369,633 $ 979,841 $ 783,460 Land 112,751
20,010 2,250 9,289
Total $ 3,020,987 $ 2,389,643 $ 982,091 $
792,749 Twelve Months Three Months 2015 2014 2015
2014
Homebuilding costs and expenses: Construction and land
costs Housing $ 2,433,683 $ 1,940,100 $ 811,153 $ 647,876 Land
105,685 45,551 2,239
32,517 Subtotal 2,539,368 1,985,651 813,392 680,393
Selling, general and administrative expenses 342,998
288,023 98,320 82,308
Total $ 2,882,366 $ 2,273,674 $ 911,712 $
762,701 Twelve Months Three Months 2015 2014 2015
2014
Interest expense: Interest incurred $ 186,885 $ 171,541
$ 46,096 $ 44,500 Interest capitalized (165,029 )
(140,791 ) (42,090 ) (40,039 ) Total $ 21,856
$ 30,750 $ 4,006 $ 4,461 Twelve Months
Three Months 2015 2014 2015 2014
Other information:
Depreciation and amortization $ 11,149 $ 9,544 $ 2,736 $ 2,621
Amortization of previously capitalized interest 143,255
90,804 43,767 31,333
Twelve Months Three Months 2015 2014 2015 2014
Average selling price: West Coast $ 587,000 $ 569,700 $
617,600 $ 611,700 Southwest 284,600 271,100 295,300 255,400 Central
252,200 223,800 269,400 234,500 Southeast 281,900
263,600 291,100 279,300
Total $ 354,800 $ 328,400 $ 379,800 $ 351,500
KB HOME
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For the Twelve Months and Three Months
Ended November 30, 2015 and 2014
(Dollars in Thousands)
Twelve Months
Three Months 2015 2014 2015
2014
Homes delivered: West Coast 2,258 1,913 760 625
Southwest 1,311 736 423 215 Central 3,183 3,098 971 931 Southeast
1,444 1,468 426 458 Total 8,196
7,215 2,580 2,229 Twelve Months Three
Months 2015 2014 2015 2014
Net orders: West Coast 2,403
2,086 517 468 Southwest 1,592 872 287 282 Central 3,536 3,239 672
652 Southeast 1,722 1,370 406 304 Total
9,253 7,567 1,882 1,706 Twelve
Months Three Months 2015 2014 2015 2014
Net order value:
West Coast $ 1,378,644 $ 1,217,590 $ 290,469 $ 267,796 Southwest
455,918 230,632 87,524 75,040 Central 943,568 755,684 184,976
157,673 Southeast 477,040 376,045 112,871
86,866 Total $ 3,255,170 $ 2,579,951 $ 675,840 $ 587,375
November 30, 2015 November 30, 2014 Backlog Homes Backlog
Value Backlog Homes Backlog Value
Backlog data: West Coast
738 $ 407,972 593 $ 355,651 Southwest 605 167,425 324 82,140
Central 1,842 494,836 1,489 334,007 Southeast 781
211,245 503 142,227 Total 3,966 $ 1,281,478
2,909 $ 914,025
KB HOMERECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP
FINANCIAL MEASURESFor the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended
November 30, 2015 and 2014(In Thousands, Except
Percentages)
This press release contains, and Company management’s discussion
of the results presented in this press release may include,
information about the Company’s adjusted housing gross profit
margin and ratio of net debt to capital, both of which are not
calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”). The Company believes these non-GAAP financial
measures are relevant and useful to investors in understanding its
operations and the leverage employed in its operations, and may be
helpful in comparing the Company with other companies in the
homebuilding industry to the extent they provide similar
information. However, because the adjusted housing gross profit
margin and the ratio of net debt to capital are not calculated in
accordance with GAAP, these financial measures may not be
completely comparable to other companies in the homebuilding
industry and, therefore, should not be considered in isolation or
as an alternative to operating performance and/or financial
measures prescribed by GAAP. Rather, these non-GAAP financial
measures should be used to supplement their respective most
directly comparable GAAP financial measures in order to provide a
greater understanding of the factors and trends affecting the
Company’s operations.
Adjusted Housing Gross Profit
Margin
The following table reconciles the Company’s housing gross
profit margin calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP
financial measure of the Company’s adjusted housing gross profit
margin:
Twelve Months
Three Months 2015 2014 2015
2014 Housing revenues $ 2,908,236 $ 2,369,633 $ 979,841 $
783,460 Housing construction and land costs (2,433,683 )
(1,940,100 ) (811,153 ) (647,876 ) Housing
gross profits 474,553 429,533 168,688 135,584
Add:
Amortization of previously capitalized
interest associated with housing operations
126,817 90,804 43,767 31,333 Housing inventory impairment and land
option contract abandonment charges 9,591
12,788 5,075 10,985 Adjusted
housing gross profits $ 610,961 $ 533,125 $ 217,530
$ 177,902 Housing gross profit margin as a percentage
of housing revenues 16.3 % 18.1 % 17.2 %
17.3 % Adjusted housing gross profit margin as a percentage
of housing revenues 21.0 % 22.5 % 22.2 %
22.7 %
Adjusted housing gross profit margin is a non-GAAP financial
measure, which the Company calculates by dividing housing revenues
less housing construction and land costs excluding (a) amortization
of previously capitalized interest associated with housing
operations and (b) housing inventory impairment and land option
contract abandonment charges recorded during a given period, by
housing revenues. The most directly comparable GAAP financial
measure is housing gross profit margin. The Company believes
adjusted housing gross profit margin is a relevant and useful
financial measure to investors in evaluating the Company’s
performance as it measures the gross profits the Company generated
specifically on the homes delivered during a given period. This
non-GAAP financial measure isolates the impact that the
amortization of previously capitalized interest associated with
housing operations, and housing inventory impairment and land
option contract abandonment charges have on housing gross profit
margins, and allows investors to make comparisons with the
Company’s competitors that adjust housing gross profit margins in a
similar manner. The Company also believes investors will find
adjusted housing gross profit margin relevant and useful because it
represents a profitability measure that may be compared to a prior
period without regard to variability of the amortization of
previously capitalized interest associated with housing operations,
and housing inventory impairment and land option contract
abandonment charges. This financial measure assists management in
making strategic decisions regarding product mix, product pricing
and construction pace.
KB HOMERECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP
FINANCIAL MEASURES(In Thousands, Except Percentages)
Ratio of Net Debt to Capital
The following table reconciles the Company’s ratio of debt to
capital calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP
financial measure of the Company’s ratio of net debt to
capital:
November 30,
November 30, 2015 2014 Notes payable $ 2,625,536 $ 2,576,525
Stockholders’ equity 1,690,834 1,595,910
Total capital $ 4,316,370 $ 4,172,435 Ratio of
debt to capital 60.8 % 61.8 % Notes payable $
2,625,536 $ 2,576,525 Less: Cash and cash equivalents and
restricted cash (568,386 ) (383,601 ) Net debt
2,057,150 2,192,924 Stockholders’ equity 1,690,834
1,595,910 Total capital $ 3,747,984 $
3,788,834 Ratio of net debt to capital 54.9 %
57.9 %
The ratio of net debt to capital is a non-GAAP financial
measure, which the Company calculates by dividing notes payable,
net of homebuilding cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash,
by capital (notes payable, net of homebuilding cash and cash
equivalents and restricted cash, plus stockholders’ equity). The
most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is the ratio of
debt to capital. The Company believes the ratio of net debt to
capital is a relevant and useful financial measure to investors in
understanding the leverage employed in the Company’s
operations.
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