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Toll Brothers Reports FY 2019 2nd Quarter Results

May 21, 2019 4:30 PM

HORSHAM, Pa., May 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced results for its second quarter ended April 30, 2019.

FY 2019’s Second Quarter Financial Highlights (Compared to FY 2018’s Second Quarter):

Third Quarter and FY 2019 Financial Guidance:

Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., Toll Brothers’ chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “We are pleased with this quarter’s results, which exceeded our expectations for revenues, margins, and profits. Revenues, net income and earnings per share rose 7%, 16%, and 21%, respectively, compared to one year ago.

“We are encouraged by the improvement in demand as the quarter progressed. FY 2019’s April contracts surpassed FY 2018’s April on both a gross and per-community basis. Although the Spring selling season bloomed late, it built momentum. We view this as a positive sign for the overall health of the new home market.

“We continue to look for opportunities to grow and leverage our industry-leading brand as we expand our geographic footprint, product lines, and price points. Yesterday, we announced our entry into metro Atlanta with the acquisition of Sharp Residential. Atlanta was the largest U.S. housing market where we did not operate, and Sharp was one of Atlanta’s largest private home builders. This quarter we also opened our first communities in Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon, which are markets we have entered organically and where we are already seeing healthy buyer interest.

“According to recent reports, builder sentiment in May rose to a 7-month high and single-family housing starts in April were up 6.2% versus March. The industry is being buoyed by low interest rates, a strong employment picture, and a still-limited supply of new homes in many markets. With a positive macroeconomic backdrop, record low unemployment, continued wage growth, and solid consumer confidence, we are optimistic about the opportunities ahead.”

Martin P. Connor, Toll Brothers’ chief financial officer, stated: “In our second quarter, we delivered strong home building revenues and profit margins. Our guidance for adjusted home sales gross margin during the balance of the year reflects the slower demand and rising incentives associated with the challenging sales environment of the fall and winter as well as changes in mix.

“We remain well positioned to take advantage of strategic opportunities. We ended the quarter with significant liquidity and conservative leverage. We had $924.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and $1.12 billion available under our $1.295 billion, 20-bank revolving credit facility. Our debt-to-capital ratio was 42.5% and our net debt-to-capital ratio was 34.6%. Last Thursday, S&P Global Ratings upgraded their outlook on our credit rating from stable to positive. We believe this upgrade reflects positively on our strategy to balance growth with prudent financial management.”

Toll Brothers’ financial highlights for the FY 2019 second quarter and six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited):

  1. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures” below for more information on the calculation of the Company’s net debt-to-capital ratio.

Toll Brothers will be broadcasting live via the Investor Relations section of its website, www.tollbrothers.com, a conference call hosted by Chairman & CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, May 22, 2019, to discuss these results and its outlook for the remainder of FY 2019. To access the call, enter the Toll Brothers website, click on the Investor Relations page, and select "Events & Presentations.” Participants are encouraged to log on at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the presentation to register and download any necessary software.

The call can be heard live with an online replay which will follow.

Toll Brothers, Inc., A FORTUNE 500 Company, is the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business over fifty years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. It operates in 22 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia.

Toll Brothers builds an array of luxury residential single-family detached, attached home, master planned resort-style golf, and urban low-, mid-, and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company acquires and develops rental apartment and commercial properties through Toll Brothers Apartment Living, Toll Brothers Campus Living, and the affiliated Toll Brothers Realty Trust, and develops urban low-, mid-, and high-rise for-sale condominiums through Toll Brothers City Living. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, and landscape subsidiaries. Toll Brothers also operates its own security company, TBI Smart Home Solutions, which also provides homeowners with home automation and technology options. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations. Through its Gibraltar Real Estate Capital joint venture, the Company provides builders and developers with land banking, non-recourse debt and equity capital.

In 2019, Toll Brothers was named World’s Most Admired Home Building Company in Fortune magazine’s survey of the World’s Most Admired Companies, the fifth year in a row it has been so honored. Toll Brothers was named 2014 Builder of the Year by Builder magazine and is honored to have been awarded Builder of the Year in 2012 by Professional Builder magazine, making it the first two-time recipient. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company sponsors the Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit www.tollbrothers.com.

Toll Brothers discloses information about its business and financial performance and other matters, and provides links to its securities filings, notices of investor events, and earnings and other news releases, on the Investor Relations section of its website (investors.tollbrothers.com).

Forward-Looking StatementsInformation presented herein for the second quarter ended April 30, 2019 is subject to finalization of the Company's regulatory filings, related financial and accounting reporting procedures and external auditor procedures.

This release contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. One can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly historical or factual nature and generally discuss or relate to future events. These statements contain words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “might,” “should” and other words or phrases of similar meaning. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, information related to market conditions, demand for our homes, anticipated operating results; home deliveries; financial resources and condition; changes in revenues; changes in profitability; changes in margins; changes in accounting treatment; cost of revenues; selling, general and administrative expenses; interest expense; inventory write-downs; home warranty and construction defect claims; unrecognized tax benefits; anticipated tax refunds; sales paces and prices; effects of home buyer cancellations; growth and expansion; joint ventures in which we are involved; anticipated results from our investments in unconsolidated entities; the ability to acquire land and pursue real estate opportunities; the ability to gain approvals and open new communities; the ability to sell homes and properties; the ability to deliver homes from backlog; the ability to secure materials and subcontractors; the ability to produce the liquidity and capital necessary to expand and take advantage of opportunities; and legal proceedings, investigations and claims.

Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in our reports or public statements made by us are not guarantees of future performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. This can occur as a result of incorrect assumptions or as a consequence of known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in our reports or public statements made by us, such as market conditions, government regulation, and the competitive environment, will be important in determining our future performance. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from those that might be anticipated from our forward-looking statements.

The factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements include, among others: demand fluctuations in the housing industry; adverse changes in economic conditions in markets where we conduct our operations and where prospective purchasers of our homes live; increases in cancellations of existing agreements of sale; the competitive environment in which we operate; changes in interest rates or our credit ratings; the availability of capital; uncertainties in the capital and securities markets; the ability of customers to obtain financing for the purchase of homes; the availability and cost of land for future growth; the ability of the participants in various joint ventures to honor their commitments; effects of governmental legislation and regulation; effects of increased taxes or governmental fees; weather conditions; the availability and cost of labor and building and construction materials; the cost of raw materials; the outcome of various product liability claims, litigation and warranty claims; the effect of the loss of key management personnel; changes in tax laws and their interpretation; construction delays; and the seasonal nature of our business. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the risk factors in the information under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

From time to time, forward-looking statements also are included in our periodic reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, in press releases, in presentations, on our website and in other materials released to the public.

This discussion is provided as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and all of our forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referenced in this section.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(Amounts in thousands)

April 30,2019 October 31,2018
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents$924,448 $1,182,195
Inventory7,790,840 7,598,219
Property, construction and office equipment, net289,186 193,281
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets659,768 550,778
Mortgage loans held for sale124,940 170,731
Customer deposits held in escrow97,462 117,573
Investments in unconsolidated entities390,085 431,813
$10,276,729 $10,244,590
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Loans payable$1,027,408 $686,801
Senior notes2,512,404 2,861,375
Mortgage company loan facility110,012 150,000
Customer deposits419,479 410,864
Accounts payable318,346 362,098
Accrued expenses890,668 973,581
Income taxes payable12,172 30,959
Total liabilities5,290,489 5,475,678
Equity:
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock1,779 1,779
Additional paid-in capital721,311 727,053
Retained earnings5,352,424 5,161,551
Treasury stock, at cost(1,135,166) (1,130,878)
Accumulated other comprehensive income806 694
Total stockholders' equity4,941,154 4,760,199
Noncontrolling interest45,086 8,713
Total equity4,986,240 4,768,912
$10,276,729 $10,244,590

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(Amounts in thousands, except per share data and percentages)(Unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, Three Months Ended April 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
$% $% $% $%
Revenues:
Home sales$3,031,365 $2,774,667 $1,712,057 $1,599,199
Land sales (1)47,910 4,037
3,079,275 2,774,667 1,716,094 1,599,199
Cost of revenues:
Home sales2,416,592 79.7% 2,232,637 80.5% 1,374,347 80.3% 1,298,157 81.2%
Land sales (1)37,174 77.6% 2,921 72.4%
2,453,766 2,232,637 1,377,268 1,298,157
Gross margin - home sales614,773 20.3% 542,030 19.5% 337,710 19.7% 301,042 18.8%
Gross margin - land sales (1)10,736 22.4% 1,116 27.6%
Selling, general and administrative expenses$340,609 11.2% $323,919 11.7% $178,371 10.4% $166,652 10.4%
Income from operations284,900 9.3% 218,111 7.9% 160,455 9.4% 134,390 8.4%
Other:
Income from unconsolidated entities10,559 41,444 4,419 2,564
Other income - net32,146 24,791 11,285 15,794
Income before income taxes327,605 284,346 176,159 152,748
Income tax provision86,231 40,429 46,835 40,938
Net income$241,374 $243,917 $129,324 $111,810
Per share:
Basic earnings$1.65 $1.58 $0.88 $0.73
Diluted earnings$1.63 $1.55 $0.87 $0.72
Cash dividend declared$0.22 $0.19 $0.11 $0.11
Weighted-average number of shares:
Basic146,687 154,306 146,622 152,731
Diluted148,081 157,013 148,129 155,129
Effective tax rate26.3% 14.2% 26.6% 26.8%

(1) On November 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2014-09”). Upon adoption, land sale activity is presented as part of income from operations where previously it was included in "Other income - net." Prior periods are not restated. During the six months ended April 30, 2018, we recognized land sales revenues and land sales cost of revenues of $41.4 million and $38.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended April 30, 2018, we recognized land sales revenues and land sales cost of revenues of $34.4 million and $31.8 million, respectively.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUPPLEMENTAL DATA(Amounts in thousands)(unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, Three Months Ended April 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Impairment charges recognized:
Cost of home sales - land owned/controlled for future communities$3,676 $624 $1,899 $507
Cost of home sales - operating communities23,280 17,061 17,495 13,325
$26,956 $17,685 $19,394 $13,832
Depreciation and amortization$33,314 $12,520 $17,645 $6,349
Interest incurred$87,862 $81,269 $43,440 $42,582
Interest expense:
Charged to home sales cost of sales$79,227 $78,912 $44,786 $45,027
Charged to land sales cost of sales635 283
Charged to other income - net 1,001 285
$79,862 $79,913 $45,069 $45,312
Home sites controlled:April 30,2019 April 30,2018
Owned33,497 31,991
Optioned21,096 19,001
54,593 50,992

Inventory at April 30, 2019 and October 31, 2018 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

April 30,2019 October 31,2018
Land and land development costs$2,201,475 $1,917,354
Construction in progress4,900,353 4,917,917
Sample homes421,271 493,037
Land deposits and costs of future development267,741 245,114
Other 24,797
$7,790,840 $7,598,219

Toll Brothers operates in two segments: Traditional Home Building and Urban Infill ("City Living"). Within Traditional Home Building, Toll operates in five geographic segments:

North: Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and New YorkMid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and VirginiaSouth: Florida, North Carolina and TexasWest: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and WashingtonCalifornia: California

Three Months Ended April 30,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
REVENUES
North316 338 $221.9 $226.2 $702,200 $669,300
Mid-Atlantic387 398 255.7 254.9 660,700 640,500
South380 319 284.4 240.7 748,300 754,600
West488 532 364.9 349.4 747,700 656,700
California268 270 500.5 438.4 1,867,700 1,623,500
Traditional Home Building1,839 1,857 1,627.4 1,509.6 884,900 812,900
City Living72 29 84.1 89.6 1,167,700 3,090,800
Corporate and other 0.6
Total home sales1,911 1,886 1,712.1 1,599.2 $895,900 $847,900
Land sales 4.0
Total consolidated $1,716.1 $1,599.2
CONTRACTS
North407 363 $285.5 $252.5 $701,400 $695,600
Mid-Atlantic530 548 346.5 347.8 653,700 634,600
South498 466 348.1 339.5 698,900 728,400
West643 660 454.4 445.1 706,800 674,400
California305 564 505.7 901.2 1,657,900 1,597,900
Traditional Home Building2,383 2,601 1,940.2 2,286.1 814,200 878,900
City Living41 65 63.1 97.1 1,538,900 1,494,300
Total consolidated2,424 2,666 $2,003.3 $2,383.2 $826,400 $893,900
BACKLOG
North1,193 1,304 $834.8 $905.6 $699,700 $694,500
Mid-Atlantic1,327 1,285 865.5 839.7 652,200 653,400
South1,271 1,284 955.5 982.2 751,800 765,000
West1,472 1,602 1,088.3 1,143.6 739,300 713,800
California1,110 1,384 1,789.9 2,316.8 1,612,600 1,674,000
Traditional Home Building6,373 6,859 5,534.0 6,187.9 868,400 902,200
City Living94 171 127.7 172.5 1,358,400 1,009,000
Total consolidated6,467 7,030 $5,661.7 $6,360.4 $875,500 $904,800

Six Months Ended April 30,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
REVENUES
North553 547 $391.4 $360.5 $707,800 $659,000
Mid-Atlantic692 730 461.4 461.9 666,800 632,700
South661 540 492.5 412.2 745,100 763,300
West922 944 665.3 607.4 721,600 643,400
California477 455 870.6 725.5 1,825,200 1,594,500
Traditional Home Building3,305 3,216 2,881.2 2,567.5 871,800 798,400
City Living136 93 152.7 207.2 1,122,800 2,228,000
Corporate and other (2.5)
Total home sales3,441 3,309 3,031.4 2,774.7 $881,000 $838,500
Land sales 47.9
Total consolidated $3,079.3 $2,774.7
CONTRACTS
North648 634 $457.0 $450.0 $705,200 $709,800
Mid-Atlantic877 872 567.5 559.9 647,100 642,100
South766 769 543.5 578.5 709,500 752,300
West994 1,149 721.3 779.0 725,700 678,000
California454 952 774.6 1,547.2 1,706,200 1,625,200
Traditional Home Building3,739 4,376 3,063.9 3,914.6 819,400 894,600
City Living64 112 102.7 159.0 1,604,700 1,419,600
Total consolidated3,803 4,488 $3,166.6 $4,073.6 $832,700 $907,700

Unconsolidated entities:

Information related to revenues and contracts of entities in which we have an interest for the three-month and six-month periods ended April 30, 2019 and 2018, and for backlog at April 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Three months ended April 30,
Revenues55 26 $94.6 $35.4 $1,719,200 $1,360,000
Contracts13 44 $44.1 $69.6 $3,391,300 $1,583,000
Six months ended April 30,
Revenues72 54 $121.8 $67.9 $1,692,100 $1,257,700
Contracts16 118 $56.1 $191.8 $3,509,100 $1,625,100
Backlog at April 30,116 180 $255.6 $291.3 $2,203,700 $1,618,300

RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

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 Homes Sales Gross Margin and the Company’s net debt-to-capital ratio.

These two measures are non-GAAP financial measures which are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the comparable GAAP financial measures, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies in the homebuilding business.

The Company’s management considers these non-GAAP financial measures as we make operating and strategic decisions and evaluate our performance, including against other homebuilders that may use similar non-GAAP financial measures. The Company’s management believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in understanding our operations and leverage and may be helpful in comparing the Company to other homebuilders to the extent they provide similar information.

Adjusted Home Sales Gross MarginThe following table reconciles the Company’s homes sales gross margin as a percentage of homes sale revenues (calculated in accordance with GAAP) to the Company’s Adjusted Homes Sales Gross Margin (a non-GAAP financial measure). Adjusted Homes Sales Gross Margin is calculated as (i) homes sales gross margin plus interest recognized in homes sales cost of revenues plus inventory write-downs recognized in home sales cost of revenues divided by (ii) homes sale revenues.

Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin Reconciliation(Amounts in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended April 30, Six Months Ended April 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenues - homes sales$1,712,057 $1,599,199 $3,031,365 $2,774,667
Cost of revenues - home sales1,374,347 1,298,157 2,416,592 2,232,637
Home sales gross margin337,710 301,042 614,773 542,030
Add:Interest recognized in cost of revenues - home sales44,786 45,027 79,227 78,912
Inventory write-downs 19,394 13,832 26,950 17,685
Adjusted homes sales gross margin$401,890 $359,901 $720,956 $638,627
Homes sales gross margin as a percentage of home sale revenues19.7% 18.8% 20.3% 19.5%
Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin as a percentage of home sale revenues23.5% 22.5% 23.8% 23.0%

The Company’s management believes Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin is a useful financial measure to investors because it allows them to evaluate the performance of our homebuilding operations without the often varying effects of capitalized interest costs and inventory impairments. The use of Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin also assists the Company’s management in assessing the profitability of our homebuilding operations and making strategic decisions regarding community location and product mix.

Forward-looking Adjusted Homes Sales Gross MarginThe Company has not provided projected third quarter and full year fiscal 2019 homes sales gross margin or a GAAP reconciliation for forward-looking Adjusted Homes Sales Gross Margin because such measure cannot be provided without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis, since inventory write-downs are based on future activity and observation and therefore cannot be projected for the third quarter or the full fiscal year. The variability of these charges may have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our third quarter and full year fiscal 2019 homes sales gross margin.

Net Debt-to-Capital RatioThe following table reconciles the Company’s ratio of debt to capital (calculated in accordance with GAAP) to the Company’s net debt-to-capital ratio (a non-GAAP financial measure). The net debt-to-capital ratio is calculated as (i) total debt minus mortgage warehouse loans minus cash and cash equivalents divided by (ii) total debt minus mortgage warehouse loans minus cash and cash equivalents plus stockholders’ equity.

Net Debt-to-Capital Ratio Reconciliation(Amounts in thousands, except percentages)

April 30,2019 April 30,2018 January 31,2019
Loans payable$1,027,408 $649,299 $1,000,467
Senior notes2,512,404 2,860,290 2,511,932
Mortgage company loan facility110,012 103,550 74,135
Total debt3,649,824 3,613,139 3,586,534
Total stockholders' equity4,941,154 4,480,703 4,819,562
Total capital$8,590,978 $8,093,842 $8,406,096
Ratio of debt-to-capital42.5% 44.6% 42.7%
Total debt$3,649,824 $3,613,139 $3,586,534
Less:Mortgage company loan facility(110,012) (103,550) (74,135)
Cash and cash equivalents(924,448) (475,113) (801,734)
Total net debt2,615,364 3,034,476 2,710,665
Total stockholders' equity4,941,154 4,480,703 4,819,562
Total net capital$7,556,518 $7,515,179 $7,530,227
Net debt-to-capital ratio34.6% 40.4% 36.0%

The Company’s management uses the net debt-to-capital ratio as an indicator of its overall leverage and believes it is a useful financial measure to investors in understanding the leverage employed in the Company’s operations.

CONTACT: Frederick N. Cooper (215) 938-8312
[email protected]

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