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Business Wire 1-Feb-2024 4:15 PM
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) (www.beazer.com) today announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
"Against a backdrop of declining mortgage rates in late November and early December, we generated strong first quarter results," said Allan P. Merrill, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Driven by a higher sales pace and greater community count, net new orders grew significantly versus the prior year. With a large backlog, improving cycle times and community count growth, we're on track to meet our growth and profitability goals for the fiscal year."
"At the end of December, one of our title insurer providers experienced a cybersecurity incident, which delayed a number of closings in the quarter. Although the delayed closings led to slightly lower revenue and earnings in the quarter, I'm pleased to report that these delayed closings were all completed during the first two weeks of January and that the title insurance provider has returned to normal operations."
Looking further out, Mr. Merrill concluded, "Our multi-year outlook and growth objectives remain on track, and we continue to have confidence in sustained demand for the homes we build. We have an ample lot supply to support our community count growth objectives, an accelerating number of Zero Energy Ready homes in our pipeline and a healthy balance sheet, all of which support our ability to create durable value for our stakeholders in the years ahead."
Beazer Homes Fiscal First Quarter 2024 Highlights and Comparison to Fiscal First Quarter 2023
The following provides additional details on the Company's performance during the fiscal first quarter 2024:
Profitability. Net income from continuing operations was $21.7 million, generating diluted earnings per share of $0.70. First quarter adjusted EBITDA of $38.0 million was down $9.1 million, or 19.4%, primarily due to lower homebuilding revenue, partially offset by higher gross margin.
Orders. Net new orders for the first quarter increased to 823, up 70.7% from 482 in the prior year quarter primarily driven by a 50.4% increase in sales pace to 2.0 orders per community per month, up from 1.3 in the prior year quarter, and a 13.5% increase in average community count to 137 from 121 a year ago. The cancellation rate for the quarter was 19.0%, down from 37.1% in the prior year quarter, reflecting an improved sales environment.
Backlog. The dollar value of homes in backlog as of December 31, 2023 was $932.8 million, representing 1,791 homes, compared to $940.9 million, representing 1,740 homes, at the same time last year. The ASP of homes in backlog was $520.8 thousand, down 3.7% versus the prior year quarter.
Homebuilding Revenue. First quarter homebuilding revenue was $380.9 million, down 14.2% year-over-year. The decrease in homebuilding revenue was driven by a 10.8% decrease in home closings to 743 homes, as well as a 3.8% decrease in the ASP to $512.7 thousand. The decrease in home closings was primarily due to lower beginning backlog as well as a cybersecurity incident at one of the nation's largest title insurers. The incident was resolved following the end of the quarter, and since that time, the title insurer has resumed normal business operations.
Homebuilding Gross Margin. Homebuilding gross margin (excluding impairments, abandonments and amortized interest) was 22.9% for the first quarter, up from 22.3% in the prior year quarter as a result of a decrease in build costs, partially offset by an increase in price concessions and closing cost incentives.
SG&A Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue was 14.3% for the quarter, up 200 basis points year-over-year primarily due to a decrease in revenue.
Land Position. Controlled lots increased 6.6% to 26,374, compared to 24,735 from the prior year quarter. Excluding land held for future development and land held for sale lots, active lots controlled were 25,716, up 7.3% year-over-year. As of December 31, 2023, the Company controlled 53.1% of its total active lots through option agreements compared to 54.4% as of December 31, 2022.
Liquidity. At the close of the first quarter, the Company had $404.2 million of available liquidity, including $104.2 million of unrestricted cash and $300.0 million of remaining capacity under the unsecured revolving credit facility, compared to total available liquidity of $385.7 million a year ago.
Debt Repurchases. During the quarter, the Company repurchased $4.3 million of its outstanding 6.750% unsecured Senior Notes due March 2025, bringing the outstanding balance on its 2025 Senior Notes to $197.9 million.
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. During October 2023, the Company increased the available borrowing capacity under the senior unsecured revolving credit facility from $265.0 million to $300.0 million.
Commitment to ESG Initiatives
The Company remains committed to ensuring that by the end of 2025 every new Beazer home that we start will be Zero Energy Ready, which means it will meet the requirements of the U.S. Department of Energy's Zero Energy Ready Home program. By the end of the first quarter, the Company had Zero Energy Ready homes under construction in every division, consisting of 54% of new home starts in the quarter. This represents a significant increase from the 28% achieved last quarter and the 2% from the prior year quarter.
During October, Beazer Homes was named the 2023 Indoor airPLUS Leader of the Year in the Builder category by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This annual award recognizes market-leading organizations who promote safer, healthier, and more comfortable indoor environments by participating with Indoor airPLUS and offering enhanced indoor air quality protections for new home buyers. Beazer Homes is the first ever corporate builder to earn the honor of Indoor airPLUS Leader of the Year.
Summary results for the three months ended December 31, 2023 are as follows:
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
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|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change* |
|
New home orders, net of cancellations |
|
823 |
|
|
|
482 |
|
|
70.7 |
% |
Cancellation rates |
|
19.0 |
% |
|
|
37.1 |
% |
|
(1,810) bps |
|
Orders per community per month |
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
50.4 |
% |
Average active community count |
|
137 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
13.5 |
% |
Active community count at quarter-end |
|
136 |
|
|
|
119 |
|
|
14.3 |
% |
Land acquisition and land development spending (in millions) |
$ |
198.7 |
|
|
$ |
114.7 |
|
|
73.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total home closings |
|
743 |
|
|
|
833 |
|
|
(10.8 |
) % |
ASP from closings (in thousands) |
$ |
512.7 |
|
|
$ |
533.1 |
|
|
(3.8 |
) % |
Homebuilding revenue (in millions) |
$ |
380.9 |
|
|
$ |
444.1 |
|
|
(14.2 |
) % |
Homebuilding gross margin |
|
19.9 |
% |
|
|
19.2 |
% |
|
70 bps |
|
Homebuilding gross margin, excluding impairments and abandonments (I&A) |
|
19.9 |
% |
|
|
19.2 |
% |
|
70 bps |
|
Homebuilding gross margin, excluding I&A and interest amortized to cost of sales |
|
22.9 |
% |
|
|
22.3 |
% |
|
60 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes (in millions) |
$ |
22.9 |
|
|
$ |
28.6 |
|
|
(19.8 |
) % |
Expense from income taxes (in millions) |
$ |
1.2 |
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
(71.6 |
) % |
Income from continuing operations, net of tax (in millions) |
$ |
21.7 |
|
|
$ |
24.4 |
|
|
(11.0 |
) % |
Basic income per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
|
(12.3 |
) % |
Diluted income per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
$ |
0.80 |
|
|
(12.5 |
) % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income (in millions) |
$ |
21.7 |
|
|
$ |
24.3 |
|
|
(10.7 |
) % |
Adjusted EBITDA (in millions) |
$ |
38.0 |
|
|
$ |
47.1 |
|
|
(19.4 |
) % |
LTM Adjusted EBITDA (in millions) |
$ |
262.9 |
|
|
$ |
356.1 |
|
|
(26.2 |
) % |
Total debt to total capitalization ratio |
|
46.5 |
% |
|
|
50.6 |
% |
|
(410) bps |
|
Net debt to net capitalization ratio |
|
43.7 |
% |
|
|
47.3 |
% |
|
(360) bps |
* Change and totals are calculated using unrounded numbers. |
"LTM" indicates amounts for the trailing 12 months. |
|
As of December 31, |
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
Change |
|
Backlog units |
|
1,791 |
|
|
1,740 |
|
2.9 |
% |
Dollar value of backlog (in millions) |
$ |
932.8 |
|
$ |
940.9 |
|
(0.9 |
) % |
ASP in backlog (in thousands) |
$ |
520.8 |
|
$ |
540.8 |
|
(3.7 |
) % |
Land and lots controlled |
|
26,374 |
|
|
24,735 |
|
6.6 |
% |
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call on February 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss these results. Interested parties may listen to the conference call and view the Company's slide presentation on the "Investor Relations" page of the Company's website, www.beazer.com. In addition, the conference call will be available by telephone at 800-475-0542 (for international callers, dial 630-395-0227). To be admitted to the call, enter the pass code "8571348". A replay of the conference call will be available, until 11:59 PM ET on February 7, 2024 at 800-234-4804 (for international callers, dial 203-369-3686) with pass code "3740".
About Beazer Homes
Headquartered in Atlanta, Beazer Homes (NYSE:BZH) is one of the country's largest homebuilders. Every Beazer home is designed and built to provide Surprising Performance, giving you more quality and more comfort from the moment you move in – saving you money every month. With Beazer's Choice Plans™, you can personalize your primary living areas – giving you a choice of how you want to live in the home, at no additional cost. And unlike most national homebuilders, we empower our customers to shop and compare loan options. Our Mortgage Choice program gives you the resources to easily compare multiple loan offers and choose the best lender and loan offer for you, saving you thousands over the life of your loan.
We build our homes in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. For more information, visit beazer.com, or check out Beazer on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the results described in this press release will not be achieved. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things:
Any forward-looking statement, including any statement expressing confidence regarding future outcomes, speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all such factors.
-Tables Follow-
BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
|||||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||||
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
December 31, |
||||||
in thousands (except per share data) |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Total revenue |
$ |
386,818 |
|
|
$ |
444,928 |
|
Home construction and land sales expenses |
|
309,088 |
|
|
|
358,970 |
|
Inventory impairments and abandonments |
|
— |
|
|
|
190 |
|
Gross profit |
|
77,730 |
|
|
|
85,768 |
|
Commissions |
|
13,246 |
|
|
|
14,105 |
|
General and administrative expenses |
|
41,986 |
|
|
|
40,648 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,233 |
|
|
|
2,513 |
|
Operating income |
|
20,265 |
|
|
|
28,502 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net |
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(515 |
) |
Other income, net |
|
2,657 |
|
|
|
576 |
|
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
|
22,909 |
|
|
|
28,563 |
|
Expense from income taxes |
|
1,181 |
|
|
|
4,155 |
|
Income from continuing operations |
|
21,728 |
|
|
|
24,408 |
|
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
— |
|
|
|
(77 |
) |
Net income |
$ |
21,728 |
|
|
$ |
24,331 |
|
Weighted-average number of shares: |
|
|
|
||||
Basic |
|
30,595 |
|
|
|
30,219 |
|
Diluted |
|
30,982 |
|
|
|
30,480 |
|
Basic income per share: |
|
|
|
||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
Diluted income per share: |
|
|
|
||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
$ |
0.80 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
$ |
0.80 |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
December 31, |
||||||
Capitalized Interest in Inventory |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Capitalized interest in inventory, beginning of period |
$ |
112,580 |
|
|
$ |
109,088 |
|
Interest incurred |
|
18,206 |
|
|
|
17,830 |
|
Capitalized interest amortized to home construction and land sales expenses |
|
(11,190 |
) |
|
|
(13,775 |
) |
Capitalized interest in inventory, end of period |
$ |
119,596 |
|
|
$ |
113,143 |
|
BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. |
|||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
|||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||
in thousands (except share and per share data) |
December 31, 2023 |
|
September 30, 2023 |
||
ASSETS |
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
104,226 |
|
$ |
345,590 |
Restricted cash |
|
34,098 |
|
|
40,699 |
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $284 and $284, respectively) |
|
65,302 |
|
|
45,598 |
Income tax receivable |
|
— |
|
|
— |
Owned inventory |
|
1,953,598 |
|
|
1,756,203 |
Deferred tax assets, net |
|
135,581 |
|
|
133,949 |
Property and equipment, net |
|
34,455 |
|
|
31,144 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
16,608 |
|
|
17,398 |
Goodwill |
|
11,376 |
|
|
11,376 |
Other assets |
|
34,207 |
|
|
29,076 |
Total assets |
$ |
2,389,451 |
|
$ |
2,411,033 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
154,635 |
|
$ |
154,256 |
Operating lease liabilities |
|
18,291 |
|
|
18,969 |
Other liabilities |
|
120,870 |
|
|
156,961 |
Total debt (net of debt issuance costs of $5,379 and $5,759, respectively) |
|
974,644 |
|
|
978,028 |
Total liabilities |
|
1,268,440 |
|
|
1,308,214 |
Stockholders' equity: |
|
|
|
||
Preferred stock (par value $0.01 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
Common stock (par value $0.001 per share, 63,000,000 shares authorized, 31,532,908 issued and outstanding and 31,351,434 issued and outstanding, respectively) |
|
32 |
|
|
31 |
Paid-in capital |
|
861,241 |
|
|
864,778 |
Retained earnings |
|
259,738 |
|
|
238,010 |
Total stockholders' equity |
|
1,121,011 |
|
|
1,102,819 |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ |
2,389,451 |
|
$ |
2,411,033 |
|
|
|
|
||
Inventory Breakdown |
|
|
|
||
Homes under construction |
$ |
766,090 |
|
$ |
644,363 |
Land under development |
|
940,022 |
|
|
870,740 |
Land held for future development |
|
19,879 |
|
|
19,879 |
Land held for sale |
|
17,461 |
|
|
18,579 |
Capitalized interest |
|
119,596 |
|
|
112,580 |
Model homes |
|
90,550 |
|
|
90,062 |
Total owned inventory |
$ |
1,953,598 |
|
$ |
1,756,203 |
BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. |
|||
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING AND FINANCIAL DATA – CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|||
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
||
SELECTED OPERATING DATA |
2023 |
|
2022 |
Closings: |
|
|
|
West region |
454 |
|
510 |
East region |
136 |
|
155 |
Southeast region |
153 |
|
168 |
Total closings |
743 |
|
833 |
|
|
|
|
New orders, net of cancellations: |
|
|
|
West region |
533 |
|
248 |
East region |
172 |
|
120 |
Southeast region |
118 |
|
114 |
Total new orders, net |
823 |
|
482 |
|
As of December 31, |
||||
Backlog units: |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
West region |
|
1,112 |
|
|
995 |
East region |
|
359 |
|
|
375 |
Southeast region |
|
320 |
|
|
370 |
Total backlog units |
|
1,791 |
|
|
1,740 |
Aggregate dollar value of homes in backlog (in millions) |
$ |
932.8 |
|
$ |
940.9 |
ASP in backlog (in thousands) |
$ |
520.8 |
|
$ |
540.8 |
in thousands |
Three Months Ended December 31, |
||||
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
Homebuilding revenue: |
|
|
|
||
West region |
$ |
234,409 |
|
$ |
274,322 |
East region |
|
71,753 |
|
|
86,031 |
Southeast region |
|
74,757 |
|
|
83,731 |
Total homebuilding revenue |
$ |
380,919 |
|
$ |
444,084 |
|
|
|
|
||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
||
Homebuilding |
$ |
380,919 |
|
$ |
444,084 |
Land sales and other |
|
5,899 |
|
|
844 |
Total revenue |
$ |
386,818 |
|
$ |
444,928 |
|
|
|
|
||
Gross profit: |
|
|
|
||
Homebuilding |
$ |
75,943 |
|
$ |
85,114 |
Land sales and other |
|
1,787 |
|
|
654 |
Total gross profit |
$ |
77,730 |
|
$ |
85,768 |
Reconciliation of homebuilding gross profit and the related gross margin excluding impairments and abandonments and interest amortized to cost of sales (each a non-GAAP financial measure) to their most directly comparable GAAP measures is provided for each period discussed below. Management believes that this information assists investors in comparing the operating characteristics of homebuilding activities by eliminating many of the differences in companies' respective level of impairments and level of debt. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
||||||||
in thousands |
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||||
Homebuilding gross profit/margin |
$ |
75,943 |
19.9 |
% |
|
$ |
85,114 |
19.2 |
% |
Inventory impairments and abandonments (I&A) |
|
— |
|
|
|
190 |
|
||
Homebuilding gross profit/margin excluding I&A |
|
75,943 |
19.9 |
% |
|
|
85,304 |
19.2 |
% |
Interest amortized to cost of sales |
|
11,190 |
|
|
|
13,775 |
|
||
Homebuilding gross profit/margin excluding I&A and interest amortized to cost of sales |
$ |
87,133 |
22.9 |
% |
|
$ |
99,079 |
22.3 |
% |
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) to total company net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is provided for each period discussed below. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA assists investors in understanding and comparing core operating results and underlying business trends by eliminating many of the differences in companies' respective capitalization, tax position, level of impairments, and other non-recurring items. This non-GAAP financial measure may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
LTM Ended December 31,(a) |
||||||||
in thousands |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
Net income |
$ |
21,728 |
|
$ |
24,331 |
|
$ |
156,008 |
|
$ |
210,150 |
Expense from income taxes |
|
1,181 |
|
|
4,133 |
|
|
20,984 |
|
|
50,940 |
Interest amortized to home construction and land sales expenses and capitalized interest impaired |
|
11,190 |
|
|
13,775 |
|
|
65,904 |
|
|
71,053 |
EBIT |
|
34,099 |
|
|
42,239 |
|
|
242,896 |
|
|
332,143 |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,233 |
|
|
2,513 |
|
|
11,918 |
|
|
12,992 |
EBITDA |
|
36,332 |
|
|
44,752 |
|
|
254,814 |
|
|
345,135 |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
1,673 |
|
|
1,580 |
|
|
7,368 |
|
|
7,950 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
13 |
|
|
515 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
206 |
Inventory impairments and abandonments(b) |
|
— |
|
|
190 |
|
|
451 |
|
|
2,714 |
Severance expenses |
|
— |
|
|
111 |
|
|
224 |
|
|
111 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
38,018 |
|
$ |
47,148 |
|
$ |
262,901 |
|
$ |
356,116 |
(a) |
"LTM" indicates amounts for the trailing 12 months. |
(b) |
In periods during which we impaired certain of our inventory assets, capitalized interest that is impaired is included in the line above titled "Interest amortized to home construction and land sales expenses and capitalized interest impaired." |
Reconciliation of net debt to net capitalization ratio (a non-GAAP financial measure) to total debt to total capitalization ratio, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is provided for each period below. Management believes that net debt to net capitalization ratio is useful in understanding the leverage employed in our operations and as an indicator of our ability to obtain financing. This non-GAAP financial measure may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
in thousands |
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
As of December 31, 2022 |
||||
Total debt |
$ |
974,644 |
|
|
$ |
984,330 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
1,121,011 |
|
|
|
962,600 |
|
Total capitalization |
$ |
2,095,655 |
|
|
$ |
1,946,930 |
|
Total debt to total capitalization ratio |
|
46.5 |
% |
|
|
50.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
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Total debt |
$ |
974,644 |
|
|
$ |
984,330 |
|
Less: cash and cash equivalents |
|
104,226 |
|
|
|
120,746 |
|
Net debt |
|
870,418 |
|
|
|
863,584 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
1,121,011 |
|
|
|
962,600 |
|
Net capitalization |
$ |
1,991,429 |
|
|
$ |
1,826,184 |
|
Net debt to net capitalization ratio |
|
43.7 |
% |
|
|
47.3 |
% |
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