PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) announced today financial results for
its first quarter ended March 31, 2017. For the quarter, the
Company reported net income of $92 million, or $0.28 per share,
inclusive of $0.03 per share of expense associated with the
resolution of certain insurance matters. Prior year net
income was $83 million, or $0.24 per share.
“Reflecting our increased business investment
over the past few years and the ongoing execution of our Value
Creation strategy, PulteGroup delivered another quarter of
significant operating and financial gains that drove a 17% increase
in earnings to $0.28 per share,” said Ryan Marshall, President and
CEO of PulteGroup. “Consistent with our focus on delivering
superior returns over the housing cycle, we continue to realize
strong operating margins, improve our asset efficiency and return
excess funds to our shareholders.”
“Buyer interest during the spring selling season
of 2017 has been high and points to the ongoing strength in
recovery for the housing industry,” added Marshall. “Strong
buyer demand continues to be supported by an improving economy and
resulting employment and wage gains, high consumer confidence, a
low inventory of new and existing homes, and the powerful
demographic forces of Millennials and Baby Boomers. Given the
strength of our land pipeline and our disciplined investment
practices, PulteGroup is well positioned to grow its market
presence and improve its financial performance within this
operating environment.”
Home sale revenues for the first quarter totaled
$1.6 billion, an increase of 14% over the prior year. Higher
revenues for the quarter were driven by a 7% increase in closings
to 4,225 homes, in combination with a 6% increase in average
selling price to $375,000.
Home sale gross profits for the quarter totaled
$368 million, or 23.2% of home sale revenues, compared with $356
million, or 25.5% of home sale revenues, in the prior year.
SG&A expense for the period was $236 million, or 14.9% of home
sale revenues, inclusive of $15 million of expenses associated with
the resolution of certain insurance matters. SG&A expense
for the first quarter of 2016 was $242 million, or 17.4% of home
sale revenues.
For the quarter, net new orders increased 8% to
6,126 homes, while the dollar value of net new orders increased 16%
over the prior year to $2.4 billion. The Company operated out
of 780 communities for the quarter, which is an increase of 10%
over last year.
PulteGroup’s backlog at quarter end totaled
9,323 homes valued at $3.8 billion, compared with prior year
backlog of 8,755 homes valued at $3.4 billion. The average
sales price in backlog of $408,000 is up 6% over the prior year and
reflects the ongoing shift in both the mix of homes sold toward
more move-up product and toward higher prices within the buyer
category.
Higher homebuilder closing volumes helped
increase pretax income in the Company's financial services
operations to $14 million for the quarter, compared with pretax
income of $10 million in the prior year. Mortgage capture
rate for the quarter was 80% compared with 81% in the comparable
prior year period.
The Company ended the quarter with $424 million
of cash. During the quarter, the Company repurchased 4.7
million common shares for $100 million, or an average price of
$21.30 per share.
A conference call discussing PulteGroup's first
quarter results is scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at 8:30
a.m. Eastern Time. Interested investors can access the live
webcast via PulteGroup's corporate website at
www.pultegroupinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking
statements." These statements are subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual
results, performance, prospects or opportunities, as well as those
of the markets we serve or intend to serve, to differ materially
from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. You can
identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to
matters of a strictly factual or historical nature and generally
discuss or relate to forecasts, estimates or other expectations
regarding future events. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,”
“intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “project,” “may,”
“can,” “could,” “might,” "should", “will” and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements, including statements related
to expected operating and performing results, planned transactions,
planned objectives of management, future developments or conditions
in the industries in which we participate and other trends,
developments and uncertainties that may affect our business in the
future.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors
include, among other things: interest rate changes and the
availability of mortgage financing; competition within the
industries in which we operate; the availability and cost of land
and other raw materials used by us in our homebuilding operations;
the impact of any changes to our strategy in responding to the
cyclical nature of the industry, including any changes regarding
our land positions and the levels of our land spend; the
availability and cost of insurance covering risks associated with
our businesses; shortages and the cost of labor; weather related
slowdowns; slow growth initiatives and/or local building moratoria;
governmental regulation directed at or affecting the housing
market, the homebuilding industry or construction activities;
uncertainty in the mortgage lending industry, including revisions
to underwriting standards and repurchase requirements associated
with the sale of mortgage loans; the interpretation of or changes
to tax, labor and environmental laws; economic changes nationally
or in our local markets, including inflation, deflation, changes in
consumer confidence and preferences and the state of the market for
homes in general; legal or regulatory proceedings or claims; our
ability to generate sufficient cash flow in order to successfully
implement our capital allocation priorities; required accounting
changes; terrorist acts and other acts of war; and other factors of
national, regional and global scale, including those of a
political, economic, business and competitive nature. See
PulteGroup's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2016 and other public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for a further discussion of these
and other risks and uncertainties applicable to our businesses. We
undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement, whether
as a result of new information, future events or changes in our
expectations.
About PulteGroupPulteGroup,
Inc. (NYSE:PHM), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of America's
largest homebuilding companies with operations in approximately 50
markets throughout the country. Through its brand portfolio that
includes Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes and John
Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, the Company is one of the
industry's most versatile homebuilders able to meet the needs of
multiple buyer groups and respond to changing consumer demand.
PulteGroup conducts extensive research to provide homebuyers with
innovative solutions and consumer inspired homes and communities to
make lives better.
For more information about PulteGroup, Inc. and
PulteGroup brands, go
to www.pultegroupinc.com; www.pulte.com; www.centex.com; www.delwebb.com; www.divosta.com and
www.jwhomes.com.
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Consolidated Results of
Operations |
($000's omitted, except per share
data) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
March 31, |
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
Revenues: |
|
|
|
Homebuilding |
|
|
|
Home sale
revenues |
$ |
1,585,421 |
|
|
$ |
1,394,243 |
|
Land sale
revenues |
1,640 |
|
|
2,487 |
|
|
1,587,061 |
|
|
1,396,730 |
|
Financial
Services |
41,767 |
|
|
35,848 |
|
Total
revenues |
1,628,828 |
|
|
1,432,578 |
|
|
|
|
|
Homebuilding
Cost of Revenues: |
|
|
|
Home sale
cost of revenues |
(1,217,678 |
) |
|
(1,038,028 |
) |
Land sale
cost of revenues |
(3,228 |
) |
|
(2,028 |
) |
|
(1,220,906 |
) |
|
(1,040,056 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Financial
Services expenses |
(28,367 |
) |
|
(26,119 |
) |
Selling,
general, and administrative expenses |
(236,268 |
) |
|
(242,316 |
) |
Other expense,
net |
(4,022 |
) |
|
(5,874 |
) |
Income before
income taxes |
139,265 |
|
|
118,213 |
|
Income tax
expense |
(47,747 |
) |
|
(34,913 |
) |
Net
income |
$ |
91,518 |
|
|
$ |
83,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
Per
share: |
|
|
|
Basic
earnings |
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.24 |
|
Diluted
earnings |
$ |
0.28 |
|
|
$ |
0.24 |
|
Cash
dividends declared |
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
shares used in calculation: |
|
|
|
Basic |
317,756 |
|
|
347,815 |
|
Effect of
dilutive securities |
2,329 |
|
|
2,662 |
|
Diluted |
320,085 |
|
|
350,477 |
|
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
March 31, 2017 |
|
December 31, 2016 |
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and
equivalents |
$ |
397,758 |
|
|
$ |
698,882 |
|
Restricted cash |
26,105 |
|
|
24,366 |
|
Total cash, cash
equivalents, and restricted cash |
423,863 |
|
|
723,248 |
|
House and land
inventory |
7,028,335 |
|
|
6,770,655 |
|
Land held for sale |
48,563 |
|
|
31,728 |
|
Residential mortgage
loans available-for-sale |
345,379 |
|
|
539,496 |
|
Investments in
unconsolidated entities |
65,293 |
|
|
51,447 |
|
Other assets |
829,625 |
|
|
857,426 |
|
Intangible assets |
151,342 |
|
|
154,792 |
|
Deferred tax assets,
net |
1,028,414 |
|
|
1,049,408 |
|
|
$ |
9,920,814 |
|
|
$ |
10,178,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
Accounts
payable |
$ |
367,180 |
|
|
$ |
405,455 |
|
Customer
deposits |
240,745 |
|
|
187,891 |
|
Accrued
and other liabilities |
1,360,418 |
|
|
1,448,994 |
|
Income
tax liabilities |
41,941 |
|
|
34,860 |
|
Financial
Services debt |
140,381 |
|
|
331,621 |
|
Senior
notes |
3,110,004 |
|
|
3,110,016 |
|
|
5,260,669 |
|
|
5,518,837 |
|
Shareholders'
equity |
4,660,145 |
|
|
4,659,363 |
|
|
$ |
9,920,814 |
|
|
$ |
10,178,200 |
|
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
March 31, |
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
Cash flows from
operating activities: |
|
|
|
Net
income |
$ |
91,518 |
|
|
$ |
83,300 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
activities: |
|
|
|
Deferred
income tax expense |
39,226 |
|
|
50,026 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
13,209 |
|
|
13,113 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
14,161 |
|
|
9,355 |
|
Other,
net |
4,090 |
|
|
4,447 |
|
Increase
(decrease) in cash due to: |
|
|
|
Inventories |
(267,014 |
) |
|
(381,910 |
) |
Residential mortgage loans available-for-sale |
194,117 |
|
|
151,886 |
|
Other
assets |
21,858 |
|
|
(25,133 |
) |
Accounts
payable, accrued and other liabilities |
(71,362 |
) |
|
31,999 |
|
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities |
39,803 |
|
|
(62,917 |
) |
Cash flows from
investing activities: |
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures |
(9,996 |
) |
|
(9,460 |
) |
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries |
(14,802 |
) |
|
(13,534 |
) |
Cash used
for business acquisition |
— |
|
|
(430,011 |
) |
Other
investing activities, net |
1,423 |
|
|
1,253 |
|
Net cash used in
investing activities |
(23,375 |
) |
|
(451,752 |
) |
Cash flows from
financing activities: |
|
|
|
Proceeds
from debt issuance |
— |
|
|
991,575 |
|
Repayments of debt |
(1,067 |
) |
|
(702 |
) |
Borrowings under revolving credit facility |
— |
|
|
220,000 |
|
Repayments under revolving credit facility |
— |
|
|
(220,000 |
) |
Financial
Services borrowings (repayments) |
(191,240 |
) |
|
(149,263 |
) |
Stock
option exercises |
11,118 |
|
|
52 |
|
Share
repurchases |
(105,522 |
) |
|
(52,745 |
) |
Dividends
paid |
(29,102 |
) |
|
(31,568 |
) |
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing activities |
(315,813 |
) |
|
757,349 |
|
Net increase
(decrease) |
(299,385 |
) |
|
242,680 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents,
and restricted cash at beginning of period |
723,248 |
|
|
775,435 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents,
and restricted cash at end of period |
$ |
423,863 |
|
|
$ |
1,018,115 |
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
Cash Flow Information: |
|
|
|
Interest
paid (capitalized), net |
$ |
12,830 |
|
|
$ |
(23,124 |
) |
Income
taxes paid (refunded), net |
$ |
1,043 |
|
|
$ |
1,212 |
|
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Segment Data |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
March 31, |
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
HOMEBUILDING: |
|
|
|
Home sale
revenues |
$ |
1,585,421 |
|
|
$ |
1,394,243 |
|
Land sale
revenues |
1,640 |
|
|
2,487 |
|
Total
Homebuilding revenues |
1,587,061 |
|
|
1,396,730 |
|
|
|
|
|
Home sale
cost of revenues |
(1,217,678 |
) |
|
(1,038,028 |
) |
Land sale
cost of revenues |
(3,228 |
) |
|
(2,028 |
) |
Selling,
general, and administrative expenses |
(236,268 |
) |
|
(242,316 |
) |
Other
expense, net |
(4,125 |
) |
|
(5,925 |
) |
Income
before income taxes |
$ |
125,762 |
|
|
$ |
108,433 |
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCIAL
SERVICES: |
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes |
$ |
13,503 |
|
|
$ |
9,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED: |
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes |
$ |
139,265 |
|
|
$ |
118,213 |
|
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Segment Data, continued |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
March 31, |
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
|
|
|
Home sale
revenues |
$ |
1,585,421 |
|
|
$ |
1,394,243 |
|
|
|
|
|
Closings -
units |
|
|
|
Northeast |
232 |
|
|
262 |
|
Southeast |
836 |
|
|
826 |
|
Florida |
832 |
|
|
745 |
|
Midwest |
668 |
|
|
552 |
|
Texas |
840 |
|
|
775 |
|
West |
817 |
|
|
785 |
|
|
4,225 |
|
|
3,945 |
|
Average selling
price |
$ |
375 |
|
|
$ |
353 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net new orders
- units |
|
|
|
Northeast |
411 |
|
|
378 |
|
Southeast |
1,077 |
|
|
1,052 |
|
Florida |
1,040 |
|
|
923 |
|
Midwest |
1,162 |
|
|
994 |
|
Texas |
1,211 |
|
|
1,121 |
|
West |
1,225 |
|
|
1,184 |
|
|
6,126 |
|
|
5,652 |
|
Net new orders
- dollars
|
$ |
2,446,141 |
|
|
$ |
2,113,973 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unit
backlog |
|
|
|
Northeast |
566 |
|
|
560 |
|
Southeast |
1,612 |
|
|
1,689 |
|
Florida |
1,626 |
|
|
1,452 |
|
Midwest |
1,801 |
|
|
1,531 |
|
Texas |
1,783 |
|
|
1,691 |
|
West |
1,935 |
|
|
1,832 |
|
|
9,323 |
|
|
8,755 |
|
Dollars in
backlog |
$ |
3,802,231 |
|
|
$ |
3,359,157 |
|
|
|
|
|
PulteGroup, Inc. |
Segment Data, continued |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
MORTGAGE ORIGINATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
Origination volume |
2,873 |
|
|
2,548 |
|
|
Origination principal |
$ |
806,352 |
|
|
$ |
666,647 |
|
|
Capture
rate |
80.3 |
% |
|
81.1 |
% |
|
Supplemental Data |
($000's omitted) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest in inventory,
beginning of period |
$ |
186,097 |
|
|
$ |
149,498 |
|
|
Interest
capitalized |
44,923 |
|
|
35,284 |
|
|
Interest
expensed |
(27,192 |
) |
|
(26,129 |
) |
|
Interest in inventory,
end of period |
$ |
203,828 |
|
|
$ |
158,653 |
|
|
Company Contact
Investors: Jim Zeumer
(404) 978-6434
Email: jim.zeumer@pultegroup.com
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