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Toll Brothers Reports FY 2020 3rd Quarter Results

August 25, 2020 4:16 PM

HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) (www.TollBrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced results for its third quarter ended July 31, 2020.

FY 2020’s Third Quarter Financial Highlights (Compared to FY 2019’s Third Quarter):

Financial Guidance:

Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “We are very pleased with our overall performance in our third quarter, including revenues of $1.63 billion, net income of $114.8 million and backlog of $6.09 billion. Our adjusted gross margin of 21.9% in the quarter improved sequentially compared to 21.0% in the fiscal 2020 second quarter due to a shift in mix of deliveries and solid execution by our teams in the field. SG&A as a percentage of home sales revenue improved to 9.9% in the quarter from 10.6% in the prior year period, reflecting cost efficiencies initiated in our second quarter.

“Our third quarter net signed contracts were our highest third quarter ever in both units and dollars, and our contracts per community, at 8.5, were the highest third quarter in fifteen years. This strength has continued into August. We attribute the surge in demand to a number of factors, including historically low interest rates, a continued undersupply of homes, and consumers focused more than ever on the importance of home.

“With our well-located land holdings in twenty-four states and our strategic focus on expanding our geographic footprint, product lines and price points, we are well-positioned to take advantage of the resurgent housing market.”

Toll Brothers’ Financial Highlights for the FY 2020 third quarter ended July 31, 2020 (unaudited):

Toll Brothers’ financial highlights for the nine months ended July 31, 2020 (unaudited):

Additional Financial Information:

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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, investors.TollBrothers.com, a conference call hosted by Chairman & CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, August 26, 2020, to discuss these results and its outlook for the remainder of FY 2020. 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 first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, affordable luxury and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. It operates in 24 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, 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 operates its own alarm monitoring company through TBI Smart Home Solutions, a complete home technology division. In addition to providing security monitoring, TBI Smart Home Solutions offers homeowners a full range of low voltage options, allowing buyers to maximize the potential of technology in their new home. 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 2020, Toll Brothers was named World’s Most Admired Home Building Company in Fortune magazine’s survey of the World’s Most Admired Companies®, the sixth year in a row it has been so honored. Toll Brothers has won numerous other awards, including Builder of the Year from both Professional Builder magazine and Builder magazine, the first two-time recipient from Builder magazine. 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 Statements

Information presented herein for the third quarter ended July 31, 2020 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 the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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,” “likely,” “will,” and other words or phrases of similar meaning. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding: the impact of Covid-19 on the U.S. economy, the markets in which we operate or may operate, and on our business; our strategic priorities; our land acquisition, land development and capital allocation priorities; market conditions; demand for our homes; anticipated operating results and guidance; home deliveries; financial resources and condition; changes in revenues; changes in profitability; changes in margins; changes in accounting treatment; cost of revenues, including expected labor and material costs; 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; our ability to acquire or dispose of land and pursue real estate opportunities; our ability to gain approvals and open new communities; our ability to market, construct and sell homes and properties; our ability to deliver homes from backlog; our ability to secure materials and subcontractors; our ability to produce the liquidity and capital necessary to conduct normal business operations or to expand and take advantage of opportunities; and the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations, and claims.

Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in this release 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. The major risks and uncertainties – and assumptions that are made – that affect our business and may cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

Many of the factors mentioned above or in other reports or public statements made by us 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.

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.

For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see 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 and in subsequent reports filed with the SEC.



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

July 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents$559,348 $1,286,014
Inventory8,034,515 7,873,048
Property, construction and office equipment, net313,513 273,412
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets968,416 715,441
Mortgage loans held for sale161,540 218,777
Customer deposits held in escrow78,094 74,403
Investments in unconsolidated entities412,766 366,252
Income taxes receivable9,239 20,791
$10,537,431 $10,828,138
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Loans payable$1,082,025 $1,111,449
Senior notes2,661,301 2,659,898
Mortgage company loan facility122,189 150,000
Customer deposits437,008 385,596
Accounts payable375,900 348,599
Accrued expenses1,014,822 950,932
Income taxes payable118,058 102,971
Total liabilities5,811,303 5,709,445
Equity:
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock1,529 1,529
Additional paid-in capital722,115 726,879
Retained earnings4,978,832 4,774,422
Treasury stock, at cost(1,022,406) (425,183)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(4,996) (5,831)
Total stockholders' equity4,675,074 5,071,816
Noncontrolling interest51,054 46,877
Total equity4,726,128 5,118,693
$10,537,431 $10,828,138



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

Nine Months Ended
July 31,
Three Months Ended
July 31,
2020 2019 2020 2019
$% $% $% $%
Revenues:
Home sales$4,441,383 $4,788,335 $1,627,812 $1,756,970
Land sales90,609 56,631 23,677 8,721
4,531,992 4,844,966 1,651,489 1,765,691
Cost of revenues:
Home sales3,629,525 81.7% 3,818,347 79.7% 1,318,936 81.0% 1,401,755 79.8%
Land sales80,959 89.3% 43,406 76.6% 22,259 94.0% 6,232 71.5%
3,710,484 3,861,753 1,341,195 1,407,987
Gross margin - home sales811,858 18.3% 969,988 20.3% 308,876 19.0% 355,215 20.2%
Gross margin - land sales9,650 10.7% 13,225 23.4% 1,418 6.0% 2,489 28.5%
Selling, general and administrative expenses$531,819 12.0% $527,318 11.0% $160,649 9.9% $186,709 10.6%
Income from operations289,689 6.4% 455,895 9.4% 149,645 9.1% 170,995 9.7%
Other:
Income (loss) from unconsolidated entities5,304 17,759 (2,566) 7,200
Other income - net24,917 40,867 4,786 8,721
Income before income taxes319,910 514,521 151,865 186,916
Income tax provision72,603 126,829 37,104 40,598
Net income$247,307 $387,692 $114,761 $146,318
Per share:
Basic earnings$1.89 $2.65 $0.91 $1.01
Diluted earnings$1.87 $2.63 $0.90 $1.00
Cash dividend declared$0.33 $0.33 $0.11 $0.11
Weighted-average number of shares:
Basic131,024 146,041 126,722 144,750
Diluted132,032 147,479 127,399 146,275
Effective tax rate22.7 % 24.6 % 24.4 % 21.7 %



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

Nine Months Ended
July 31,
Three Months Ended
July 31,
2020 2019 2020 2019
Inventory impairment charges recognized:
Cost of home sales - land owned/controlled for future communities$21,634 $7,256 $6,690 $3,579
Cost of home sales - operating communities300 24,380 1,100
$21,934 $31,636 $6,690 $4,679
Depreciation and amortization$46,700 $51,423 $16,415 $18,109
Interest incurred$131,547 $131,830 $41,794 $43,968
Interest expense:
Charged to home sales cost of sales$111,278 $125,862 $40,467 $46,635
Charged to land sales cost of sales4,124 945 2,820 310
Charged to other income - net2,440
$117,842 $126,807 $43,287 $46,945
Home sites controlled:July 31,
2020
July 31,
2019
Owned35,289 34,577
Optioned26,151 22,857
61,440 57,434

Inventory at July 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

July 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
Land and land development costs$2,163,668 $2,224,308
Construction in progress5,165,742 4,984,989
Sample homes432,165 414,107
Land deposits and costs of future development272,940 249,644
$8,034,515 $7,873,048

Toll Brothers operates in two segments: Traditional Home Building and Urban Infill ("City Living"). Within Traditional Home Building, Toll operates in five geographic segments. As previously reported, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, management realigned certain of the states falling within its five home building regions. Within Traditional Home Building, the Company operates in the following five geographic segments, with current operations in the states listed below:

The realignment did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows for the periods presented. Prior period results have been recast to conform with the Company’s current segments in the tables below:

Three Months Ended
July 31,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019
REVENUES
North412 546 $290.4 $360.0 $704,900 $659,400
Mid-Atlantic305 330 201.3 213.7 $659,900 $647,600
South410 312 276.3 243.5 $674,000 $780,200
Mountain612 437 425.4 292.7 $695,100 $669,800
Pacific263 329 406.4 573.5 $1,545,300 $1,743,100
Traditional Home Building2,002 1,954 1,599.8 1,683.4 $799,100 $861,500
City Living20 40 26.4 71.9 $1,318,300 $1,797,300
Corporate and other 1.6 1.7
Total home sales2,022 1,994 1,627.8 1,757.0 $805,000 $881,100
Land sales 23.7 8.7
Total consolidated $1,651.5 $1,765.7
CONTRACTS
North620 611 $428.0 $400.4 $690,400 $655,400
Mid-Atlantic478 299 334.5 201.6 $699,800 $674,200
South538 344 344.1 255.5 $639,500 $742,700
Mountain801 622 561.8 414.5 $701,400 $666,500
Pacific393 325 536.7 533.3 $1,365,600 $1,640,800
Traditional Home Building2,830 2,201 2,205.1 1,805.3 $779,200 $820,200
City Living3 40 8.8 63.5 $2,936,000 $1,587,100
Total consolidated2,833 2,241 $2,213.9 $1,868.8 $781,500 $833,900
BACKLOG
North1,885 1,950 $1,325.5 $1,305.4 $703,200 $669,500
Mid-Atlantic954 965 707.5 642.6 $741,600 $665,900
South1,302 1,067 930.7 815.2 $714,800 $764,000
Mountain1,888 1,554 1,408.8 1,081.5 $746,200 $695,900
Pacific1,129 1,209 1,581.6 1,879.7 $1,400,900 $1,554,800
Traditional Home Building7,158 6,745 5,954.1 5,724.4 $831,800 $848,700
City Living81 94 131.1 119.7 $1,617,900 $1,272,900
Total consolidated7,239 6,839 $6,085.2 $5,844.1 $840,600 $854,500


Nine Months Ended
July 31,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019
REVENUES
North1,254 1,448 $840.5 $976.6 $670,300 $674,400
Mid-Atlantic848 793 556.6 522.7 $656,400 $659,100
South1,032 853 690.8 663.1 $669,400 $777,400
Mountain1,518 1,219 1,026.0 804.9 $675,900 $660,300
Pacific819 946 1,225.1 1,597.1 $1,495,800 $1,688,300
Traditional Home Building5,471 5,259 4,339.0 4,564.4 $793,100 $867,900
City Living85 176 103.0 224.6 $1,211,800 $1,276,100
Corporate and other (0.6) (0.7)
Total home sales5,556 5,435 4,441.4 4,788.3 $799,400 $881,000
Land sales 90.6 56.6
Total consolidated $4,532.0 $4,844.9
CONTRACTS
North1,397 1,700 $985.0 $1,130.5 $705,100 $665,000
Mid-Atlantic1,014 896 723.9 598.8 $713,900 $668,300
South1,286 949 861.8 696.2 $670,100 $733,600
Mountain1,800 1,553 1,281.3 1,061.2 $711,800 $683,300
Pacific974 842 1,320.5 1,382.5 $1,355,700 $1,641,900
Traditional Home Building6,471 5,940 5,172.5 4,869.2 $799,300 $819,700
City Living54 104 83.9 166.2 $1,553,700 $1,598,100
Total consolidated6,525 6,044 $5,256.4 $5,035.4 $805,600 $833,100

Unconsolidated entities:

Information related to revenues and contracts of entities in which we have an interest for the three-month and nine-month periods ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, and for backlog at July 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019
Three months ended July 31,
Revenues9 33 $35.6 $95.8 $3,957,900 $2,902,000
Contracts2 15 $7.0 $42.4 $3,510,600 $2,823,600
Nine months ended July 31,
Revenues41 105 $127.0 $217.6 $3,098,200 $2,072,400
Contracts17 31 $57.5 $98.5 $3,381,900 $3,177,400
Backlog at July 31,2 98 $6.8 $202.2 $3,390,600 $2,063,400

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 home building 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 home builders 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 home builders to the extent they provide similar information.

Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin
The 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
July 31,
Nine Months Ended
July 31,
Three
Months Ended
April 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
Revenues - homes sales$1,627,812 $1,756,970 $4,441,383 $4,788,335 $1,516,234
Cost of revenues - home sales1,318,936 1,401,755 3,629,525 3,818,347 1,250,689
Home sales gross margin308,876 355,215 811,858 969,988 265,545
Add:Interest recognized in cost of revenues - home sales40,467 46,635 111,278 125,862 38,037
Inventory write-downs6,690 4,679 21,934 31,636 14,214
Adjusted homes sales gross margin$356,033 $406,529 $945,070 $1,127,486 $317,796
Homes sales gross margin as a percentage of home sale revenues19.0% 20.2% 18.3% 20.3% 17.5%
Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin as a percentage of home sale revenues21.9% 23.1% 21.3% 23.5% 21.0%

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 home building 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 home building operations and making strategic decisions regarding community location and product mix.

Forward-looking Adjusted Homes Sales Gross Margin
The Company has not provided projected fourth quarter and full fiscal 2020 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 fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2020. The variability of these charges may have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2020 homes sales gross margin.

Net Debt-to-Capital Ratio
The 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)

July 31, 2020 April 30, 2020 October 31, 2019
Loans payable
$1,082,025 $1,556,572 $1,111,449
Senior notes
2,661,301 2,660,815 2,659,898
Mortgage company loan facility
122,189 106,018 150,000
Total debt
3,865,515 4,323,405 3,921,347
Total stockholders' equity
4,675,074 4,564,518 5,071,816
Total capital
$8,540,589 $8,887,923 $8,993,163
Ratio of debt-to-capital
45.3 % 48.6 % 43.6 %
Total debt
$3,865,515 $4,323,405 $3,921,347
Less:Mortgage company loan facility (122,189) (106,018) (150,000)
Cash and cash equivalents (559,348) (741,222) (1,286,014)
Total net debt
3,183,978 3,476,165 2,485,333
Total stockholders' equity
4,675,074 4,564,518 5,071,816
Total net capital
$7,859,052 $8,040,683 $7,557,149
Net debt-to-capital ratio
40.5 % 43.2 % 32.9 %

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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