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NVR, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results

April 21, 2015 9:00 AM

RESTON, Va., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of the nation's largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015 of $39,058,000 or $9.22 per diluted share. Net income and diluted earnings per share for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015 increased 64% and 79%, respectively, when compared to the 2014 first quarter. Consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2015 totaled $957,749,000, an 18% increase from $811,310,000 for the comparable 2014 quarter. Net income in the first quarter of 2014 was negatively impacted by the previously disclosed $6,879,000 reversal of certain income tax deductions.

Homebuilding

New orders in the first quarter of 2015 increased 18% to 3,926 units, when compared to 3,325 units in the first quarter of 2014. The average sales price of new orders increased to $375,400, a 2% increase from the first quarter of 2014. The cancellation rate in both the first quarter of 2015 and 2014 was 12%. Settlements increased in the first quarter of 2015 to 2,534 units, 15% higher than the first quarter of 2014. The Company's backlog of homes sold but not settled as of March 31, 2015 increased on a unit basis by 13% to 6,867 units and increased on a dollar basis by 16% to $2,639,047,000 when compared to March 31, 2014.

Homebuilding revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2015 totaled $941,538,000, 18% higher than the year earlier period. Gross profit margins decreased to 17.0% in the 2015 first quarter compared to 18.0% for the same period in 2014. Income before tax from the homebuilding segment totaled $56,584,000 in the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 16% when compared to the first quarter of 2014.

Mortgage Banking

Mortgage closed loan production of $638,627,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 increased by 35% when compared to the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Operating income for the mortgage banking operations during the first quarter of 2015 was $5,779,000, compared to $991,000 reported for the first quarter of 2014. Operating income in the first quarter of 2015 was favorably impacted by an increase in capture rate to 87% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to 78% in the first quarter of 2014, and improved leveraging of general and administrative expenses.

About NVR

NVR, Inc. operates in two business segments: homebuilding and mortgage banking. The homebuilding unit sells and builds homes under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes, Fox Ridge Homes and Heartland Homes trade names, and operates in twenty-seven metropolitan areas in fourteen states and Washington, D.C. For more information about NVR, Inc. and its brands, see www.nvrinc.com, www.ryanhomes.com, www.nvhomes.com, www.foxridgehomes.com and www.heartlandluxuryhomes.com.

Some of the statements in this release made by the Company constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should" or "anticipates" or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. All statements other than of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this document may include those regarding market trends, NVR's financial position, business strategy, the outcome of pending litigation, investigations or similar contingencies, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance of NVR to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to the following: general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level); interest rate changes; access to suitable financing by NVR and NVR's customers; increased regulation in the mortgage banking industry; the ability of our mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans it originates into the secondary market; competition; the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by NVR in its homebuilding operations; shortages of labor; weather related slow-downs; building moratoriums; governmental regulation; fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets; mortgage financing availability; and other factors over which NVR has little or no control. NVR undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as required by law.

NVR, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,

2015

2014

Homebuilding:

Revenues

$

941,538

$

799,187

Other income

725

997

Cost of sales

(781,668)

(655,152)

Selling, general and administrative

(98,229)

(90,632)

Operating income

62,366

54,400

Interest expense

(5,782)

(5,684)

Homebuilding income

56,584

48,716

Mortgage Banking:

Mortgage banking fees

16,211

12,123

Interest income

1,078

1,184

Other income

105

59

General and administrative

(11,479)

(12,265)

Interest expense

(136)

(110)

Mortgage banking income

5,779

991

Income before taxes

62,363

49,707

Income tax expense

(23,305)

(25,858)

Net income

$

39,058

$

23,849

Basic earnings per share

$

9.63

$

5.34

Diluted earnings per share

$

9.22

$

5.16

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

4,057

4,467

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

4,235

4,620

NVR, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

March 31, 2015

December 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Homebuilding:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

520,532

$

514,780

Receivables

10,024

10,021

Inventory:

Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers

797,705

690,955

Unsold lots and housing units

110,010

131,938

Land under development

35,813

33,689

Building materials and other

11,053

12,904

954,581

869,486

Assets related to consolidated variable interest entity

3,545

3,590

Contract land deposits, net

295,121

294,676

Property, plant and equipment, net

46,343

46,242

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net

41,580

41,580

Goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets, net

5,019

5,364

Other assets

305,021

302,280

2,181,766

2,088,019

Mortgage Banking:

Cash and cash equivalents

10,436

30,158

Mortgage loans held for sale, net

154,785

205,664

Property and equipment, net

5,957

6,189

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net

7,347

7,347

Other assets

15,843

13,958

194,368

263,316

Total assets

$

2,376,134

$

2,351,335

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Homebuilding:

Accounts payable

$

193,927

$

204,622

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

266,119

289,058

Liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entity

1,578

1,618

Non-recourse debt related to consolidated variable interest entity

-

64

Customer deposits

125,965

106,755

Senior notes

599,189

599,166

1,186,778

1,201,283

Mortgage Banking:

Accounts payable and other liabilities

24,119

25,797

24,119

25,797

Total liabilities

1,210,897

1,227,080

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' equity:

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,555,330 shares issued as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014

206

206

Additional paid-in capital

1,370,763

1,325,495

Deferred compensation trust – 108,614 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014

(17,333)

(17,333)

Deferred compensation liability

17,333

17,333

Retained earnings

4,926,245

4,887,187

Less treasury stock at cost – 16,492,618 and 16,506,229 shares at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively

(5,131,977)

(5,088,633)

Total shareholders' equity

1,165,237

1,124,255

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

2,376,134

$

2,351,335

NVR, Inc.

Operating Activity

(dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,

2015

2014

Homebuilding data:

New orders (units)

Mid Atlantic (1)

1,948

1,675

North East (2)

337

298

Mid East (3)

994

891

South East (4)

647

461

Total

3,926

3,325

Average new order price

$

375.4

$

368.1

Settlements (units)

Mid Atlantic (1)

1,296

1,124

North East (2)

239

233

Mid East (3)

582

478

South East (4)

417

376

Total

2,534

2,211

Average settlement price

$

371.0

$

361.4

Backlog (units)

Mid Atlantic (1)

3,598

3,261

North East (2)

686

560

Mid East (3)

1,562

1,445

South East (4)

1,021

793

Total

6,867

6,059

Average backlog price

$

384.3

$

374.7

Community count (average)

474

481

Lots controlled at end of period

69,600

65,800

Mortgage banking data:

Loan closings

$

638,627

$

472,933

Capture rate

87

%

78

%

Common stock information:

Shares outstanding at end of period

4,062,712

4,493,418

Number of shares repurchased

50,326

32,377

Aggregate cost of shares repurchased

$

63,099

$

32,578

(1)

Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

(2)

New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania

(3)

New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois

(4)

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida

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SOURCE NVR, Inc.

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