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KB Home Reports 2019 Third Quarter Results

September 25, 2019 4:10 PM

Revenues Total $1.16 Billion

Net Income of $68.1 Million, or $.73 Per Diluted Share

Net Orders Increase 24%; Backlog Units Up 14%

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today reported results for its third quarter ended August 31, 2019.

“We are extremely pleased with the strength of our third quarter results, led by a 24% rise in net orders, with double-digit increases in each of our four regions. Our net order growth was driven by both significant community count expansion and a higher absorption rate, a key operational metric where we have long been an industry leader,” said Jeffrey Mezger, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Notably, during the quarter, we achieved a community absorption pace of 4.3 net orders per month, surpassing last year’s robust performance, while at the same time increasing prices in about 90% of our communities.”

“With year-over-year growth in both revenues and gross profit margin anticipated for our fourth quarter, we are on track for a strong finish to 2019, the third year of our Returns-Focused Growth Plan. As a result of the successful execution of this Plan, we have meaningfully increased our scale and profitability, and generated substantial operating cash flow that we have used to reinvest in our business and reduce our debt, two core components of our Plan. We expect to continue to grow our community count in 2020, and, together with our solid pace and $2.3 billion backlog, we believe we are well positioned for an excellent start to the new year.”

Three Months Ended August 31, 2019 (comparisons on a year-over-year basis)

Nine Months Ended August 31, 2019 (comparisons on a year-over-year basis)

Backlog and Net Orders (comparisons on a year-over-year basis)

Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2019 (comparisons to November 30, 2018)

Earnings Conference Call

The conference call to discuss the Company’s 2019 third quarter earnings will be broadcast live TODAY at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To listen, please go to the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.kbhome.com.

About KB Home

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and has been building quality homes for over 60 years. Today, KB Home operates in 38 markets across eight states, serving a wide array of buyer groups. What sets us apart is giving our customers the ability to personalize their homes from homesites and floor plans to cabinets and countertops, at a price that fits their needs. And as the first builder ever to make every home we build ENERGY STAR® certified, KB Home is able to not only design thoughtful living spaces but ones that lower the cost of homeownership. We also work with our customers every step of the way, building strong personal relationships so they have a real partner in the homebuying process and the experience is as simple and easy as possible. Learn more about how we build homes built on relationships by visiting 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; conditions in the capital, credit and financial markets; our ability to access external financing sources and raise capital through the issuance of common stock, debt or other securities, and/or project financing, on favorable terms; the execution of any share repurchases pursuant to our board of directors’ authorization; material and trade costs and availability; changes in interest rates; our debt level, including our ratio of debt to capital, and our ability to adjust our debt level and maturity schedule; our compliance with the terms of our revolving credit facility; volatility in the market price of our common stock; weak or declining consumer confidence, either generally or specifically with respect to purchasing homes; competition from other sellers of new and resale homes; weather events, significant natural disasters and other climate and environmental factors; any failure of lawmakers to agree on a budget or appropriation legislation to fund the federal government’s operations, and financial markets’ and businesses’ reactions to that failure; government actions, policies, programs and regulations directed at or affecting the housing market (including the TCJA, the Dodd-Frank Act, tax benefits associated with purchasing and owning a home, 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; changes in existing tax laws or enacted corporate income tax rates, including those resulting from regulatory guidance and interpretations issued with respect to the TCJA; changes in U.S. trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and duties on homebuilding materials and products, and related trade disputes with and retaliatory measures taken by other countries; the adoption of new or amended financial accounting standards, including revenue recognition (ASC 606) and lease accounting standards, and the guidance and/or interpretations with respect thereto; the availability and cost of land in desirable areas and our ability to timely develop acquired land parcels and open new home communities; our warranty claims experience with respect to homes previously delivered and actual warranty costs incurred; 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 related to our product, geographic and market positioning, gaining share and scale in our served markets and in entering into new markets; our operational and investment concentration in markets in California; consumer interest in our new home communities and products, particularly from first-time homebuyers and higher-income consumers; our ability to generate orders and convert our backlog of orders to home deliveries and revenues, particularly in key markets in California; our ability to successfully implement our Returns-Focused Growth Plan and achieve the associated revenue, margin, profitability, cash flow, community reactivation, land sales, business growth, asset efficiency, return on invested capital, return on equity, debt to capital ratio and other financial and operational targets and objectives; income tax expense volatility related to stock-based compensation; the ability of our homebuyers to obtain residential mortgage loans and mortgage banking services; the performance of mortgage lenders to our homebuyers; the performance of KBHS Home Loans, LLC, our mortgage banking joint venture with Stearns Ventures, LLC; the process and outcome of the voluntary bankruptcy filing involving Stearns Ventures, LLC; 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 Three Months and Nine Months Ended August 31, 2019 and 2018
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts - Unaudited)

Three Months Ended August 31,

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Total revenues

$

1,160,786

$

1,225,347

$

2,994,072

$

3,198,393

Homebuilding:

Revenues

$

1,156,855

$

1,221,875

$

2,984,314

$

3,189,753

Costs and expenses

(1,071,380

)

(1,116,262

)

(2,815,401

)

(2,965,939

)

Operating income

85,475

105,613

168,913

223,814

Interest income

201

458

1,745

2,739

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures

(384

)

3,493

(1,159

)

2,326

Homebuilding pretax income

85,292

109,564

169,499

228,879

Financial services:

Revenues

3,931

3,472

9,758

8,640

Expenses

(1,003

)

(945

)

(3,067

)

(2,855

)

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

3,716

2,585

7,018

4,365

Financial services pretax income

6,644

5,112

13,709

10,150

Total pretax income

91,936

114,676

183,208

239,029

Income tax expense

(23,800

)

(27,200

)

(37,600

)

(165,500

)

Net income

$

68,136

$

87,476

$

145,608

$

73,529

Earnings per share:

Basic

$

.77

$

.99

$

1.65

$

.83

Diluted

$

.73

$

.87

$

1.55

$

.75

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic

88,262

87,951

87,630

87,565

Diluted

92,842

101,072

94,032

101,213

KB HOME
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands - Unaudited)

August 31,
2019

November 30,
2018

Assets

Homebuilding:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

183,794

$

574,359

Receivables

291,492

292,830

Inventories

3,919,076

3,582,839

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures

57,168

61,960

Property and equipment, net

64,119

24,283

Deferred tax assets, net

402,095

441,820

Other assets

85,515

83,100

5,003,259

5,061,191

Financial services

31,911

12,380

Total assets

$

5,035,170

$

5,073,571

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

Homebuilding:

Accounts payable

$

281,855

$

258,045

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

629,168

666,268

Notes payable

1,860,135

2,060,263

2,771,158

2,984,576

Financial services

1,783

1,495

Stockholders’ equity

2,262,229

2,087,500

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

5,035,170

$

5,073,571

KB HOME
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months and Nine Months Ended August 31, 2019 and 2018
(In Thousands, Except Average Selling Price - Unaudited)

Three Months Ended August 31,

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Homebuilding revenues:

Housing

$

1,152,618

$

1,219,620

$

2,968,588

$

3,177,928

Land

4,237

2,255

15,726

11,825

Total

$

1,156,855

$

1,221,875

$

2,984,314

$

3,189,753

Homebuilding costs and expenses:

Construction and land costs

Housing

$

939,538

$

999,499

$

2,443,937

$

2,631,634

Land

4,216

2,010

14,416

10,597

Subtotal

943,754

1,001,509

2,458,353

2,642,231

Selling, general and administrative expenses

127,626

114,753

357,048

323,708

Total

$

1,071,380

$

1,116,262

$

2,815,401

$

2,965,939

Interest expense:

Interest incurred

$

36,024

$

35,228

$

107,356

$

115,096

Interest capitalized

(36,024

)

(35,228

)

(107,356

)

(115,096

)

Total

$

$

$

$

Other information:

Amortization of previously capitalized interest

$

38,558

$

53,288

$

106,859

$

148,071

Depreciation and amortization

7,948

2,183

23,325

6,559

Average selling price:

West Coast

$

588,800

$

693,200

$

588,700

$

675,200

Southwest

318,400

308,300

323,700

306,800

Central

297,000

301,000

290,200

300,400

Southeast

294,000

283,300

296,400

280,800

Total

$

381,400

$

408,200

$

373,800

$

400,800

KB HOME
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months and Nine Months Ended August 31, 2019 and 2018
(Dollars in Thousands - Unaudited)

Three Months Ended August 31,

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Homes delivered:

West Coast

838

825

2,015

2,155

Southwest

566

636

1,615

1,724

Central

1,098

1,082

2,989

2,911

Southeast

520

445

1,323

1,138

Total

3,022

2,988

7,942

7,928

Net orders:

West Coast

957

724

2,797

2,500

Southwest

706

505

2,007

1,715

Central

1,132

986

3,556

3,329

Southeast

530

470

1,704

1,457

Total

3,325

2,685

10,064

9,001

Net order value:

West Coast

$

570,531

$

424,956

$

1,655,423

$

1,620,241

Southwest

219,930

167,247

632,498

544,448

Central

331,635

280,088

1,054,203

960,688

Southeast

154,146

145,787

488,893

427,763

Total

$

1,276,242

$

1,018,078

$

3,831,017

$

3,553,140

August 31, 2019

August 31, 2018

Homes

Value

Homes

Value

Backlog data:

West Coast

1,497

$

883,765

1,227

$

771,264

Southwest

1,318

412,391

1,079

343,093

Central

2,281

674,614

2,200

627,916

Southeast

1,134

326,027

978

293,070

Total

6,230

$

2,296,797

5,484

$

2,035,343

KB HOME
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In Thousands, Except Percentages and Per Share Amounts - Unaudited)

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, adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and ratio of net debt to capital, none of which are 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 they are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, these non-GAAP 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 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:

Three Months Ended August 31,

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Housing revenues

$

1,152,618

$

1,219,620

$

2,968,588

$

3,177,928

Housing construction and land costs

(939,538

)

(999,499

)

(2,443,937

)

(2,631,634

)

Housing gross profits

213,080

220,121

524,651

546,294

Add: Inventory-related charges (a)

5,251

8,414

13,143

19,925

Housing gross profits excluding inventory-related charges

218,331

228,535

537,794

566,219

Add: Amortization of previously capitalized interest (b)

38,558

53,016

106,260

143,733

Adjusted housing gross profits

$

256,889

$

281,551

$

644,054

$

709,952

Housing gross profit margin

18.5

%

18.0

%

17.7

%

17.2

%

Housing gross profit margin excluding inventory-related charges

18.9

%

18.7

%

18.1

%

17.8

%

Adjusted housing gross profit margin

22.3

%

23.1

%

21.7

%

22.3

%

(a)

Represents inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges associated with housing operations.

(b)

Represents the amortization of previously capitalized interest associated with housing operations.

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 (1) housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges (as applicable) recorded during a given period and (2) amortization of previously capitalized interest associated with housing operations, 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 housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges, and the amortization of previously capitalized interest associated with housing operations, 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 housing inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges, and amortization of previously capitalized interest associated with housing operations. This financial measure assists management in making strategic decisions regarding community location and product mix, product pricing and construction pace.

Adjusted Income Tax Expense, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate

The following table reconciles the Company’s income tax expense, net income, diluted earnings per share and effective tax rate calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures of adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and adjusted effective tax rate, respectively:

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2019

2018

As Reported

As Reported

TCJA
Adjustment

As Adjusted

Total pretax income

$

183,208

$

239,029

$

$

239,029

Income tax expense (a)

(37,600

)

(165,500

)

111,200

(54,300

)

Net income

$

145,608

$

73,529

$

111,200

$

184,729

Diluted earnings per share

$

1.55

$

.75

$

1.84

Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted

94,032

101,213

101,213

Effective tax rate (a)

21

%

69

%

23

%

(a)

For the nine months ended August 31, 2019, income tax expense and the related effective tax rate primarily reflected the favorable impacts of $4.3 million of federal energy tax credits the Company earned from building energy-efficient homes, a $3.3 million reversal of a deferred tax asset valuation allowance and $2.9 million of excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation. For the nine months ended August 31, 2018, income tax expense and adjusted income tax expense, as well as the related effective tax rate and adjusted effective tax rate, included the favorable impacts of $7.2 million of federal energy tax credits the Company earned from building energy-efficient homes and $3.0 million of excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation.

The Company’s adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and adjusted effective tax rate are non-GAAP financial measures, which the Company calculates by excluding a non-cash charge of $111.2 million recorded in the 2018 first quarter from its reported income tax expense, net income, diluted earnings per share and effective tax rate, respectively. This charge was primarily due to the Company’s accounting re-measurement of its deferred tax assets based on the reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018, under the TCJA. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are the Company’s income tax expense, net income, diluted earnings per share and effective tax rate. The Company believes these non-GAAP measures are meaningful to investors as they allow for an evaluation of the Company’s operating results without the impact of the TCJA-related charge.

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:

August 31,
2019

November 30,
2018

Notes payable

$

1,860,135

$

2,060,263

Stockholders’ equity

2,262,229

2,087,500

Total capital

$

4,122,364

$

4,147,763

Ratio of debt to capital

45.1

%

49.7

%

Notes payable

$

1,860,135

$

2,060,263

Less: Cash and cash equivalents

(183,794

)

(574,359

)

Net debt

1,676,341

1,485,904

Stockholders’ equity

2,262,229

2,087,500

Total capital

$

3,938,570

$

3,573,404

Ratio of net debt to capital

42.6

%

41.6

%

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, by capital (notes payable, net of homebuilding cash and cash equivalents, 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.

Jill Peters, Investor Relations Contact

(310) 893-7456 or [email protected]

Cara Kane, Media Contact

(321) 299-6844 or [email protected]

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