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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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KB Home | NYSE:KBH | NYSE | Common Stock |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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3.89 | 5.88% | 70.00 | 70.12 | 67.87 | 67.87 | 1,915,901 | 01:00:00 |
Fourth Quarter Revenues Increase 29% to $796 Million
Net Income of $853 Million, Including Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance Reversal
Net Order Value Up 22% to $587 Million; Backlog Value Up 34% to $914 Million
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, today reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended November 30, 2014. Highlights and developments include the following:
Three Months Ended November 30, 2014
Twelve Months Ended November 30, 2014
Backlog and Net Orders
Balance Sheet
Management Comments
“The commitment and focus of our team throughout 2014 produced significant improvements in our financial and operational results,” said Jeffrey Mezger, president and chief executive officer. “A particularly notable accomplishment in the fourth quarter was the reversal of nearly all of our deferred tax asset valuation allowance. This reversal, grounded in our consistent profitability in recent quarters, as well as our positive outlook for our business, the housing market and the broader economy, had a measurable impact on our financial position. Among other things, it nearly tripled our stockholders’ equity from a year ago, significantly reduced our debt leverage ratio, and, going forward, is expected to shelter, on a cash basis, more than two billion dollars of future earnings from income taxes. All of this will meaningfully support our ability to advance our business goals.”
“Through execution on our core strategic initiatives, we also achieved our community count growth objective, ending the fourth quarter with 227 communities, a 19% increase from last year,” continued Mezger. “Our higher community count helped us generate double-digit year-over-year growth in net orders, a 22% increase in net order value, and a 34% rise in our ending backlog value for the quarter. Looking forward, we believe that our higher backlog and expanded community footprint have positioned us for further success in the coming year.”
“We are energized by our achievements in 2014 and the opportunities ahead,” said Mezger. “To build on our progress, in 2015 we will focus on key initiatives to extend our profitable growth trajectory and enhance our capital efficiency. These initiatives will emphasize generating cash from our operations, expanding our community count, gaining share in our served markets, increasing our operating income margin and improving our return on invested capital, with the aim of driving enhanced long-term performance and value for our stockholders.”
Earnings Conference Call
The conference call on the fourth quarter 2014 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 homebuilding companies in the United States. Since its founding in 1957, the company has built more than half a million quality homes. KB Home is distinguished by its unique homebuilding approach to provide homebuyers optimal value and choice, enabling each buyer to customize their new home from lot location to floor plan and elevation to structural options and design features. KB Home is a leader in utilizing state-of-the-art sustainable building practices. All KB homes are built to be highly energy efficient, helping to lower monthly utility costs, which the company demonstrates with its proprietary KB Home Energy Performance Guide® (EPG®). KB Home has been named an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award winner for four straight years and a WaterSense® Partner of the Year for four consecutive years. A FORTUNE 1,000 company, Los Angeles-based KB Home was the first homebuilder listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and trades under the ticker symbol “KBH.” For more information about KB Home’s new home communities, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit www.kbhome.com.
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 consumer mortgage lending standards, the availability of residential consumer mortgage financing and mortgage foreclosure rates); material prices and availability; labor costs and availability; changes in interest rates; inflation; our debt level, including our ratio of debt to total 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 conditions, significant natural disasters and other environmental factors; 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 consumer 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; legal or regulatory proceedings or claims; 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 new home 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 new home communities), asset activation and/or monetization, local field management and talent investment, containing and leveraging overhead costs, gaining share in our served markets and increasing our housing gross profit margins; 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; our home sales and delivery performance, particularly in key markets in California; our ability to generate cash from our operations, enhance our capital 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 consumer 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 OPERATIONSFor the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended November 30, 2014 and 2013
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Twelve Months
Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Total revenues $ 2,400,949 $ 2,097,130 $ 796,041 $ 618,531 Homebuilding: Revenues $ 2,389,643 $ 2,084,978 $ 792,749 $ 614,574 Costs and expenses (2,273,674 ) (1,992,894 ) (762,701 ) (567,598 ) Operating income 115,969 92,084 30,048 46,976 Interest income 443 792 50 163 Interest expense (30,750 ) (62,690 ) (4,461 ) (21,617 ) Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 741 (2,007 ) (420 ) (349 ) Homebuilding pretax income 86,403 28,179 25,217 25,173 Financial services: Revenues 11,306 12,152 3,292 3,957 Expenses (3,446 ) (3,042 ) (883 ) (807 ) Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures 686 1,074 975 (7 ) Financial services pretax income 8,546 10,184 3,384 3,143 Total pretax income 94,949 38,363 28,601 28,316 Income tax benefit (expense) 823,400 1,600 824,200 (200 ) Net income $ 918,349 $ 39,963 $ 852,801 $ 28,116 Earnings per share: Basic $ 10.26 $ .48 $ 9.25 $ .33 Diluted $ 9.25 $ .46 $ 8.36 $ .31 Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic 89,265 82,630 91,902 83,742 Diluted 99,314 91,559 101,831 93,784 KB HOME CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(In Thousands)
November 30, November 30, 2014 2013 Assets Homebuilding: Cash and cash equivalents $ 356,366 $ 530,095 Restricted cash 27,235 41,906 Receivables 125,488 75,749 Inventories 3,218,387 2,298,577 Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 79,441 130,192 Deferred tax assets, net 825,232 — Other assets 114,915 107,076 4,747,064 3,183,595 Financial services 10,486 10,040 Total assets $ 4,757,550 $ 3,193,635 Liabilities and stockholders’ equity Homebuilding: Accounts payable $ 172,716 $ 148,282 Accrued expenses and other liabilities 409,882 356,176 Notes payable 2,576,525 2,150,498 3,159,123 2,654,956 Financial services 2,517 2,593 Stockholders’ equity 1,595,910 536,086 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 4,757,550 $ 3,193,635 KB HOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONFor the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended November 30, 2014 and 2013
(In Thousands, Except Average Selling Price)
Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Homebuilding revenues: Housing $ 2,369,633 $ 2,084,103 $ 783,460 $ 613,699 Land 20,010 875 9,289 875 Total $ 2,389,643 $ 2,084,978 $ 792,749 $ 614,574 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Homebuilding costs and expenses: Construction and land costs Housing $ 1,940,100 $ 1,736,320 $ 647,876 $ 503,676 Land 45,551 766 32,517 766 Subtotal 1,985,651 1,737,086 680,393 504,442 Selling, general and administrative expenses 288,023 255,808 82,308 63,156 Total $ 2,273,674 $ 1,992,894 $ 762,701 $ 567,598 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Interest expense: Interest incurred $ 171,541 $ 138,653 $ 44,500 $ 36,397 Loss on early extinguishment of debt — 10,448 — 10,448 Interest capitalized (140,791 ) (86,411 ) (40,039 ) (25,228 ) Total $ 30,750 $ 62,690 $ 4,461 $ 21,617 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Other information: Depreciation and amortization $ 9,544 $ 7,204 $ 2,621 $ 1,988 Amortization of previously capitalized interest 90,804 87,414 31,333 24,471 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Average selling price: West Coast $ 569,700 $ 467,800 $ 611,700 $ 524,200 Southwest 271,100 237,500 255,400 252,500 Central 223,800 198,900 234,500 209,800 Southeast 263,600 233,900 279,300 241,200 Total $ 328,400 $ 291,700 $ 351,500 $ 301,100 KB HOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONFor the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended November 30, 2014 and 2013
(Dollars in Thousands)
Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Homes delivered: West Coast 1,913 2,179 625 521 Southwest 736 738 215 193 Central 3,098 2,841 931 876 Southeast 1,468 1,387 458 448 Total 7,215 7,145 2,229 2,038 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Net orders: West Coast 2,086 1,915 468 371 Southwest 872 756 282 188 Central 3,239 3,027 652 663 Southeast 1,370 1,427 304 334 Total 7,567 7,125 1,706 1,556 Twelve Months Three Months 2014 2013 2014 2013 Net order value: West Coast $ 1,217,590 $ 976,118 $ 267,796 $ 194,888 Southwest 230,632 191,085 75,040 53,248 Central 755,684 636,934 157,673 144,255 Southeast 376,045 352,928 86,866 89,311 Total $ 2,579,951 $ 2,157,065 $ 587,375 $ 481,702 November 30, 2014 November 30, 2013 Backlog Homes Backlog Value Backlog Homes Backlog Value Backlog data: West Coast 593 $ 355,651 420 $ 206,308 Southwest 324 82,140 201 50,858 Central 1,489 334,007 1,335 279,424 Southeast 503 142,227 601 145,899 Total 2,909 $ 914,025 2,557 $ 682,489 KB HOME RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURESFor the Twelve Months and Three Months Ended November 30, 2014 and 2013
(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 thus, should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to the 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 2014 2013 2014 2013 Housing revenues $ 2,369,633 $ 2,084,103 $ 783,460 $ 613,699 Housing construction and land costs (1,940,100 ) (1,736,320 ) (647,876 ) (503,676 ) Housing gross profits 429,533 347,783 135,584 110,023 Add: Housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges 12,788 3,581 10,985 3,297 Warranty-related charges — 31,959 — 8,481 Adjusted housing gross profits $ 442,321 $ 383,323 $ 146,569 $ 121,801 Housing gross profit margin as a percentage of housing revenues 18.1 % 16.7 % 17.3 % 17.9 % Adjusted housing gross profit margin as a percentage of housing revenues 18.7 % 18.4 % 18.7 % 19.8 %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 housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges and warranty-related charges (as applicable) 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 and enhances the comparability between periods. 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 housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges and warranty-related charges (as applicable). This financial measure assists management in making strategic decisions regarding product mix, product pricing and construction pace.
KB HOME RECONCILIATION 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,
2014
2013
Notes payable $ 2,576,525 $ 2,150,498 Stockholders’ equity 1,595,910 536,086 Total capital $ 4,172,435 $ 2,686,584 Ratio of debt to capital 61.8 % 80.0 % Notes payable $ 2,576,525 $ 2,150,498 Less: Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (383,601 ) (572,001 ) Net debt 2,192,924 1,578,497 Stockholders’ equity 1,595,910 536,086 Total capital $ 3,788,834 $ 2,114,583 Ratio of net debt to capital 57.9 % 74.6 %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.
KB HomeInvestor Relations ContactKatoiya Marshall, (310) 893-7446kmarshall@kbhome.comorMedia ContactSusan Martin, (310) 231-4142smartin@kbhome.com
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