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Toll Brothers Reports FY 2021 3rd Quarter Results

August 24, 2021 4:30 PM

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Aug. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) (TollBrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced results for its third quarter ended July 31, 2021.

FY 2021’s Third Quarter Financial Highlights (Compared to FY 2020's Third Quarter):

Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “We are very pleased with our third quarter performance. Home sales revenues were up 37%,and pre-tax income and earnings per share more than doubled compared to one year ago. We are benefiting from our strategy of broadening our product lines, price points and geographies as we continue to grow our business, drive price, expand margins and improve our capital efficiency.

“Demand continues to be very strong. Net signed contracts were up 35% in dollars to approximately $3 billion compared to the prior year period. The housing market is being driven by many strong fundamentals, including low mortgage rates, favorable millennial-driven demographics, a decade of pent-up demand, low new home supply, and a tight resale market. We expect strong and sustainable demand for our homes in the years to come.

“Our deep land position provides a solid foundation for growth, with 340 communities projected by FYE 2021 and an additional 10% community count growth in fiscal 2022. Our record backlog, our focus on capital and operating efficiency, and the continued strength of the housing market give us confidence that our full FY 2022 margins will significantly exceed the strong margins we project for our FY 2021 fourth quarter and that our return on beginning equity will exceed 20% in FY 2022 and beyond.”

Fourth Quarter and FY 2021 Financial Guidance:
Fourth Quarter Full Fiscal Year 2021
Deliveries3,450 units 10,100 units
Average Delivered Price per Home$840,000 $830,000
Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin25.6 % 24.9 %
SG&A, as a Percentage of Home Sales Revenues9.8 % 11.3 %
Quarter-End Community Count340 340
Other Income, Income from Unconsolidated
Entities, and Gross Margin from Land Sales and Other$40 million $140 million
Tax Rate26.0 % 24.6 %

Financial Highlights for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited):
2021 2020
Net Income$234.9 million, or $1.87 per share diluted $114.8 million, or $0.90 per share diluted
Pre-Tax Income$303.4 million $151.9 million
Pre-Tax Inventory Impairments$13.2 million $6.7 million
Home Sales Revenues$2.23 billion and 2,597 units $1.63 billion and 2,022 units
Net Signed Contracts$2.98 billion and 3,154 units $2.21 billion and 2,833 units
Net Signed Contracts per Community10.2 units 8.5 units
Quarter-End Backlog$9.44 billion and 10,661 units $6.09 billion and 7,239 units
Average Price per Home in Backlog$885,200 $840,600
Home Sales Gross Margin22.7 % 21.0 %
Adjusted Home Sales Gross Margin25.6 % 23.9 %
Interest Included in Home Sales Cost of
Revenues, as a percentage of Home Sales Revenues2.2 % 2.5 %
SG&A, as a percentage of Home
Sales Revenues10.5 % 11.9 %
Income from Operations$276.7 million, or 12.3% of total revenues $149.6 million, or 9.1% of total revenues
Other Income, Income from Unconsolidated
Entities, and Gross Margin from Land Sales and Other$29.1 million $3.6 million
Quarterly Cancellations as a Percentage
of Signed Contracts in Quarter3.1 % 8.0 %
Quarterly Cancellations as a Percentage
of Beginning-Quarter Backlog1.0 % 3.8 %

Financial Highlights for the nine months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited):
2021 2020
Net Income$459.3 million, or $3.63 per share diluted $247.3 million, or $1.87 per share diluted
Pre-Tax Income*$600.6 million $319.9 million
Pre-Tax Inventory Impairments$16.0 million $21.9 million
Home Sales Revenues$5.48 billion and 6,645 units $4.44 billion and 5,556 units
Net Signed Contracts$8.54 billion and 9,515 units $5.26 billion and 6,525 units
Income from Operations$580.2 million, or 10.1% of total revenues $289.7 million, or 6.4% of total revenues
Other Income, Income from
Unconsolidated Entities, and Land Sales Gross Profit$100.7 million $39.9 million

*Pre-tax income in the nine months ended July 31, 2021 includes charges of $35.2 million for the early retirement of debt.

Additional Information:

(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, investors.TollBrothers.com, a conference call hosted by Chairman & CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. at 8:30 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, August 25, 2021, to discuss these results and its outlook for the fourth quarter and FY 2021. 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.

ABOUT TOLL BROTHERS

Toll Brothers, Inc., A FORTUNE 500 Company, is the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. The Company was founded 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, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. Toll Brothers builds 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. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, golf course development, smart home technology, and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations.

2021 marks the 10th year Toll Brothers has been named to FORTUNE magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies® list. Toll Brothers has been honored as Builder of the Year by Builder magazine and is the first two-time recipient of Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine. For more information visit 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, 2021 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 and on our business; expectations regarding inflation and interest rates; the markets in which we operate or may operate; 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 further discussion of factors that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results, 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. 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.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(Amounts in thousands)
July 31,2021 October 31,2020
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents$946,097 $1,370,944
Inventory8,293,280 7,658,906
Property, construction and office equipment, net304,013 316,125
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets865,133 956,294
Mortgage loans held for sale183,268 231,797
Customer deposits held in escrow86,928 77,291
Investments in unconsolidated entities550,432 430,701
Income taxes receivable34,908 23,675
$11,264,059 $11,065,733
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Loans payable$1,036,632 $1,147,955
Senior notes2,403,576 2,661,718
Mortgage company loan facility148,655 148,611
Customer deposits632,483 459,406
Accounts payable552,998 411,397
Accrued expenses1,199,204 1,110,196
Income taxes payable206,608 198,974
Total liabilities6,180,156 6,138,257
Equity:
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock1,529 1,529
Additional paid-in capital712,259 717,272
Retained earnings5,566,562 5,164,086
Treasury stock, at cost(1,241,582) (1,000,454)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(3,855) (7,198)
Total stockholders' equity5,034,913 4,875,235
Noncontrolling interest48,990 52,241
Total equity5,083,903 4,927,476
$11,264,059 $11,065,733

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(Amounts in thousands, except per share data and percentages)(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended July 31, Nine Months Ended July 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
$% $ % $ % $ %
Revenues:
Home sales$2,234,365 $1,627,812 $5,481,329 $4,441,383
Land sales and other21,116 23,677 267,652 90,609
2,255,481 1,651,489 5,748,981 4,531,992
Cost of revenues:
Home sales1,726,124 77.3% 1,286,108 79.0% 4,282,410 78.1% 3,540,208 79.7%
Land sales and other18,709 88.6% 22,259 94.0% 222,534 83.1% 80,959 89.3%
1,744,833 1,308,367 4,504,944 3,621,167
Gross margin - home sales508,241 22.7% 341,704 21.0% 1,198,919 21.9% 901,175 20.3%
Gross margin - land sales and other2,407 11.4% 1,418 6.0% 45,118 16.9% 9,650 10.7%
Selling, general and administrative expenses233,915 10.5% $193,477 11.9% 663,824 12.1% 621,136 14.0%
Income from operations276,733 149,645 580,213 289,689
Other:
Income (loss) from unconsolidated entities16,636 (2,566 28,313 5,304
Other income - net10,026 4,786 27,311 24,917
Expenses related to early retirement of debt (35,211
Income before income taxes303,395 151,865 600,626 319,910
Income tax provision68,463 37,104 141,329 72,603
Net income$234,932 $114,761 $459,297 $247,307
Per share:
Basic earnings$1.90 $0.91 $3.68 $1.89
Diluted earnings$1.87 $0.90 $3.63 $1.87
Cash dividend declared$0.17 $0.11 $0.45 $0.33
Weighted-average number of shares:
Basic123,826 126,722 124,727 131,024
Diluted125,610 127,399 126,390 132,032
Effective tax rate22.6% 24.4% 23.5% 22.7%

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUPPLEMENTAL DATA(Amounts in thousands)(unaudited)
Three Months Ended July 31, Nine Months Ended July 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Inventory impairment charges recognized:
Cost of home sales - land owned/controlled for future communities$13,150 $6,690 $14,897 $21,634
Cost of home sales - operating communities 1,100 300
$13,150 $6,690 $15,997 $21,934
Depreciation and amortization$20,757 $16,415 $53,938 $46,700
Interest incurred$37,398 $41,794 $117,112 $131,547
Interest expense:
Charged to home sales cost of sales$49,995 $40,467 $127,412 $111,278
Charged to land sales and other cost of sales1,065 2,820 3,482 4,124
Charged to other income - net 2,440
$51,060 $43,287 $130,894 $117,842
Home sites controlled: July 31,2021 July 31,2020
Owned 37,493 35,289
Optioned 42,024 26,151
79,517 61,440

Inventory at July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

July 31,2021 October 31,2020
Land and land development costs$2,126,699 $2,094,775
Construction in progress5,423,110 4,848,647
Sample homes325,512 398,053
Land deposits and costs of future development417,959 317,431
$8,293,280 $7,658,906

Toll Brothers operates in two segments: Traditional Home Building and Urban Infill ("City Living"). Within Traditional Home Building, the Company operates in the following five geographic segments, with current operations in the states listed below:

Three Months Ended July 31,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
REVENUES
North552 412 $402.9 $290.4 $729,900 $704,900
Mid-Atlantic361 305 276.9 201.3 $766,900 $659,900
South435 410 291.7 276.3 $670,600 $674,000
Mountain755 612 553.2 425.4 $732,700 $695,100
Pacific386 263 524.0 406.4 $1,357,500 $1,545,300
Traditional Home Building2,489 2,002 2,048.7 1,599.8 $823,100 $799,100
City Living108 20 184.1 26.4 $1,704,600 $1,318,300
Corporate and other 1.6 1.6
Total home sales2,597 2,022 2,234.4 1,627.8 $860,400 $805,000
Land sales and other 21.1 23.7
Total consolidated $2,255.5 $1,651.5
CONTRACTS
North539 620 $450.5 $428.0 $835,700 $690,400
Mid-Atlantic361 478 314.7 334.5 $871,900 $699,800
South736 538 585.6 344.1 $795,600 $639,500
Mountain956 801 846.5 561.8 $885,500 $701,400
Pacific517 393 713.4 536.7 $1,380,000 $1,365,600
Traditional Home Building3,109 2,830 2,910.7 2,205.1 $936,200 $779,200
City Living45 3 69.0 8.8 $1,533,300 $2,936,000
Total consolidated3,154 2,833 $2,979.7 $2,213.9 $944,700 $781,500
BACKLOG
North1,880 1,885 $1,525.5 $1,325.5 $811,400 $703,200
Mid-Atlantic1,218 954 1,077.7 707.5 $884,800 $741,600
South2,408 1,302 1,786.2 930.7 $741,800 $714,800
Mountain3,539 1,888 2,826.8 1,408.8 $798,800 $746,200
Pacific1,563 1,129 2,138.9 1,581.6 $1,368,500 $1,400,900
Traditional Home Building10,608 7,158 9,355.1 5,954.1 $881,900 $831,800
City Living53 81 82.4 131.1 $1,554,100 $1,617,900
Total consolidated10,661 7,239 $9,437.5 $6,085.2 $885,200 $840,600

Nine Months Ended July 31,
Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
REVENUES
North1,565 1,254 $1,106.2 $840.5 $706,800 $670,300
Mid-Atlantic892 848 659.1 556.6 $738,900 $656,400
South1,184 1,032 788.8 690.8 $666,200 $669,400
Mountain1,885 1,518 1,363.0 1,026.0 $723,100 $675,900
Pacific959 819 1,313.7 1,225.1 $1,369,900 $1,495,800
Traditional Home Building6,485 5,471 5,230.8 4,339.0 $806,600 $793,100
City Living160 85 249.9 103.0 $1,561,900 $1,211,800
Corporate and other 0.6 (0.6)
Total home sales6,645 5,556 5,481.3 4,441.4 $824,900 $799,400
Land sales 267.7 90.6
Total consolidated $5,749.0 $4,532.0
CONTRACTS
North1,539 1,397 $1,261.6 $985.0 $819,800 $705,100
Mid-Atlantic1,120 1,014 966.1 723.9 $862,600 $713,900
South2,104 1,286 1,536.2 861.8 $730,100 $670,100
Mountain3,150 1,800 2,518.3 1,281.3 $799,500 $711,800
Pacific1,478 974 2,065.1 1,320.5 $1,397,200 $1,355,700
Traditional Home Building9,391 6,471 8,347.3 5,172.5 $888,900 $799,300
City Living124 54 193.3 83.9 $1,558,900 $1,553,700
Total consolidated9,515 6,525 $8,540.6 $5,256.4 $897,600 $805,600

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, 2021 and 2020, and for backlog at July 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

Units $ (Millions) Average Price Per Unit $
2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Three months ended July 31,
Revenues10 9 $27.6 $35.6 $2,755,000 $3,957,900
Contracts6 2 $18.0 $7.0 $2,997,800 $3,510,600
Nine months ended July 31,
Revenues26 41 $71.2 $127.0 $2,738,300 $3,098,200
Contracts25 17 $71.8 $57.5 $2,871,900 $3,381,900
Backlog at July 31,3 2 $10.6 $6.8 $3,528,800 $3,390,600

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,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Revenues - homes sales$2,234,365 $1,627,812 $5,481,329 $4,441,383
Cost of revenues - home sales1,726,124 1,286,108 4,282,410 3,540,208
Home sales gross margin508,241 341,704 1,198,919 901,175
Add:Interest recognized in cost of revenues - home sales49,995 40,467 127,412 111,278
Inventory write-downs13,150 6,690 15,997 21,934
Adjusted homes sales gross margin$571,386 $388,861 $1,342,328 $1,034,387
Homes sales gross margin as a percentage of home sale revenues22.7% 21.0% 21.9% 20.3%
Adjusted home sales gross margin as a percentage of home sale revenues25.6% 23.9% 24.5% 23.3%

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 MarginThe Company has not provided projected fourth quarter and full FY 2021 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 FY 2021. The variability of these charges may have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our fourth quarter and full FY 2021 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)
July 31, 2021 April 30, 2021 October 31, 2020
Loans payable$1,036,632 $1,033,165 $1,147,955
Senior notes2,403,576 2,403,163 2,661,718
Mortgage company loan facility148,655 146,932 148,611
Total debt3,588,863 3,583,260 3,958,284
Total stockholders' equity5,034,913 4,913,070 4,875,235
Total capital$8,623,776 $8,496,330 $8,833,519
Ratio of debt-to-capital41.6% 42.2% 44.8%
Total debt$3,588,863 $3,583,260 $3,958,284
Less:Mortgage company loan facility(148,655) (146,932) (148,611)
Cash and cash equivalents(946,097) (714,968) (1,370,944)
Total net debt2,494,111 2,721,360 2,438,729
Total stockholders' equity5,034,913 4,913,070 4,875,235
Total net capital$7,529,024 $7,634,430 $7,313,964
Net debt-to-capital ratio33.1% 35.6% 33.3%

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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