HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today reported results for net income, revenues, backlog and contracts for its first quarter ended January 31, 2007.
FY 2007's first-quarter net income was $54.3 million, or $0.33 per share diluted, compared to FY 2006's first-quarter record of $163.9 million, or $0.98 per share diluted. In FY 2007, first-quarter net income was reduced by pre-tax write-downs of $96.9 million ($59.0 million, or $0.36 per share diluted, after tax), plus a pre-tax $9.0 million ($0.03 per share diluted, after tax) goodwill impairment charge related to the Company's 1999 acquisition of the Silverman Companies in metro Detroit. In FY 2006, first-quarter pre-tax write-downs totaled $1.1 million, or less than $0.01 per share diluted, after tax. FY 2007 first-quarter earnings per share, including write-downs, declined 66% versus FY 2006's first quarter. Excluding write-downs and the impairment charge, FY 2007's first-quarter earnings per share were $0.72 diluted, down 27% versus the same period in FY 2006.
FY 2007's first-quarter total revenues were $1.09 billion, a decline of 19% compared to the first-quarter record of $1.34 billion in revenues in FY 2006. FY 2007's first-quarter-end backlog was $4.15 billion, a decline of 30% compared to the first-quarter record of $5.95 billion in FY 2006.
FY 2007's first-quarter net signed contracts were $748.7 million, a decline of 34% compared to FY 2006's first-quarter total of $1.14 billion. The Company signed 1,463 contracts (before cancellations) in FY 2007's first quarter, a 14% decline from the 1,695 signed in FY 2006's first quarter. Net of cancellations, first-quarter contracts totaled 1,027 units, down 33% from 1,544 units in the first quarter of FY 2006. First-quarter FY 2007 cancellations totaled 436 units versus 585 units in fourth-quarter FY 2006; FY 2007's first-quarter cancellation rate of 29.8% was lower than the 36.9% cancellation rate in fourth-quarter 2006. However, it was still well above the Company's historical average of about 7%.
In response to current market conditions, the Company continues to reevaluate and, in some cases, renegotiate its optioned land positions. As a result of its ongoing review, the Company ended FY 2007's first quarter with approximately 67,500 lots under control compared to approximately 73,800 and 83,200 at FYE 2006 and FYE 2005, respectively. The Company's FY 2007 first-quarter-end total was down 26% from its high of approximately 91,200 lots at FY 2006's second-quarter-end.
Projecting revenues and earnings results remains very difficult in the current environment. Based on its current backlog, the impact of lessened first-quarter contracts and the continuing higher-than-normal rate of cancellations, the Company expects to deliver between 6,000 and 7,000 homes in FY 2007, compared to its previous guidance of 6,300 to 7,300 homes, and to produce total home building revenues of between $4.20 billion and $4.96 billion. It projects net income of between $240 million and $305 million, or $1.46 to $1.85 per share diluted, assuming 164.8 million shares outstanding in FY 2007. This projection assumes future write-downs of $60 million in the final three quarters of FY 2007, although the final number could be significantly higher or lower. Prior to its conference call this afternoon at 12:00 Noon (EST), the Company will file a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining its guidance assumptions in greater detail.
Robert I. Toll, chairman and chief executive officer, stated: "There are too many soft markets at this stage of the selling season to call a general upturn in the new home market. Demand varies greatly from week to week in individual markets.
"The metro New York City high-rise market offers a glimpse of what one might expect when consumer confidence rebounds. An article in Monday's New York Times described multiple bids on properties that have been on the market for less than a week. The New York City market is somewhat unique in that it did not markedly decline to the degree most other markets have in the past twelve to eighteen months. It did experience some softness in the second half of 2006 due to consumer concern about the direction of home prices, but this concern appears to have dramatically reversed itself in January of 2007. We believe that pent-up demand is building in many markets as potential buyers bide their time until they are confident prices have firmed.
"Our financial strength was recognized this quarter by all three of the credit rating agencies that monitor our industry as Fitch, Moody's and Standard and Poors' each reaffirmed its investment grade credit ratings for Toll Brothers. We ended our first quarter with $1.1 billion unused and available under our bank revolving credit facility, nearly $450 million in cash and a net debt to capital ratio of 33.4%.
"In the current challenging environment, we believe our access to reliable capital and our strong balance sheet give us an important competitive advantage. Based on our experience during past cycles, we have learned that unexpected opportunities may arise in difficult times for those who are well-prepared. We believe that our solid financial base, our broad geographic presence, our diversified product lines and our national brand name all position us well for such opportunities now and in the future."
Toll Brothers' financial highlights for the first quarter ended January 31, 2007 (unaudited):
* FY 2007's first-quarter net income was $54.3 million, or $0.33 per share diluted, compared to FY 2006's first-quarter record of $163.9 million, or $0.98 per share diluted. In FY 2007, first- quarter net income included pre-tax write-downs and a goodwill impairment charge totaling $105.9 million, or $0.39 per share diluted, after tax. Approximately $13.9 million of the land- related write-downs were attributable to optioned lots and approximately $83.0 million to operating communities and owned land, while approximately $9 million was attributable to a goodwill impairment charge related to the Company's 1999 purchase of the Silverman Companies in metro Detroit. In FY 2006, first-quarter pre-tax write-downs totaled $1.1 million. FY 2007 first-quarter earnings per share, including write-downs, declined 66% versus FY 2006; excluding write-downs and the impairment charge, earnings per share were $0.72 diluted, down 27% versus FY 2006. * FY 2007's first-quarter revenues of $1.09 billion decreased 19% from FY 2006's first-quarter revenues of $1.34 billion, the first- quarter record. * In the Company's fiscal 2007 first-quarter, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest, had revenues of $20.6 million compared to $52.1 million in the same period of FY 2006. The Company's share of the profits from the delivery of these homes is included in 'Equity Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities' on the Company's Income Statement. * The Company's FY 2007 first-quarter contracts (net of cancellations) of $748.7 million declined by 34% versus FY 2006's first-quarter contracts of $1.14 billion, the first-quarter record. In addition, in FY 2007's first quarter, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest signed contracts of $29.2 million. * First-quarter FY 2007 cancellations totaled 436 versus 585 in fourth quarter FY 2006 and FY 2007's first-quarter cancellation rate of 29.8% was lower than the 36.9% cancellation rate in FY 2006's fourth quarter. * In FY 2007, first-quarter-end backlog of $4.15 billion declined 30% versus FY 2006's first-quarter-end backlog of $5.95 billion, the first-quarter record. In addition, at January 31, 2007, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest had a backlog of $26.7 million. * The Company ended its FY 2007 first quarter with a net debt to capital ratio of 33.4%. Net debt to capital is defined and calculated as total debt minus mortgage warehouse loans minus cash divided by total debt minus mortgage warehouse loans minus cash divided by total debt minus mortgage warehouse loans minus cash plus stockholders' equity. * In FY 2007, based on its FY 2007 first quarter backlog, the state of current demand and cancellations, the Company projects to deliver between 6,000 and 7,000 homes at an average price of between $670,000 and $680,000. The Company also projects revenues of between $180 million and $195 million in FY 2007 from buildings accounted for under the percentage of completion method. * Prior to its 12:00 Noon (EST) conference call today, February 22, 2007, to discuss its first-quarter results, the Company will file a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing detailed guidance for expected results of operations for FY 2007, which will be discussed on the call.
Toll Brothers will be broadcasting live via the Investor Relations section of its website, www.tollbrothers.com, a conference call hosted by chairman and chief executive officer Robert I. Toll at 12:00 p.m. (EST) today, February 22, 2007, to discuss these results and its outlook for the remainder of FY 2007. To access the call, enter the Toll Brothers website, then click on the Investor Relations page, and select "Conference Calls." 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 on-line replay which will follow and continue through May 8, 2007.
Toll Brothers, Inc. is the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business 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 move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home home buyers and operates in 21 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Toll Brothers builds luxury single-family detached and attached home communities, master planned luxury residential resort-style golf communities and urban low-, mid- and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, home security and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, and house component assembly and manufacturing operations.
Toll Brothers, a FORTUNE 500 Company, is the only publicly traded national home building company to have won all three of the industry's highest honors: America's Best Builder from the National Association of Home Builders, the National Housing Quality Award, and Builder of the Year. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company sponsors the Toll Brothers -- Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit tollbrothers.com.
Certain information included herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, verbal or written statements and presentations is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, information related to anticipated operating results, financial resources, changes in revenues, changes in profitability, changes in margins, changes in accounting treatment, interest expense, land-related write-downs, effects of home buyer cancellations, growth and expansion, anticipated income to be realized from our investments in unconsolidated entities, the ability to acquire land, the ability to gain approvals and to open new communities, the ability to sell homes and properties, the ability to deliver homes from backlog, the ability to secure materials and subcontractors, the ability to produce the liquidity and capital necessary to expand and take advantage of opportunities in the future, industry trends, and stock market valuations. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect actual results and cause them to differ materially from expectations expressed herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations. These risks and uncertainties include local, regional and national economic conditions, the demand for homes, domestic and international political events, uncertainties created by terrorist attacks, the effects of governmental regulation, the competitive environment in which the Company operates, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in home prices, the availability and cost of land for future growth, the availability of capital, uncertainties and fluctuations in capital and securities markets, changes in tax laws and their interpretation, legal proceedings, the availability of adequate insurance at reasonable cost, the ability of customers to finance the purchase of homes, the availability and cost of labor and materials, and weather conditions.
TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
January 31, October 31,
2007 2006
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(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 449,249 $ 632,524
Inventory 6,182,279 6,095,702
Property, construction and
office equipment, net 94,299 99,089
Receivables, prepaid
expenses and other assets 144,019 160,446
Contracts receivable 166,887 170,111
Mortgage loans receivable 78,345 130,326
Customer deposits held in
escrow 51,008 49,676
Investments in and advances
to unconsolidated entities 251,035 245,667
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$ 7,417,121 $ 7,583,541
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
Liabilities:
Loans payable $ 710,870 $ 736,934
Senior notes 1,141,452 1,141,167
Senior subordinated notes 350,000 350,000
Mortgage company warehouse
loan 65,887 119,705
Customer deposits 344,674 360,147
Accounts payable 253,353 292,171
Accrued expenses 759,186 825,288
Income taxes payable 286,128 334,500
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Total liabilities 3,911,550 4,159,912
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Minority interest 7,763 7,703
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock -- --
Common stock 1,563 1,563
Additional paid-in capital 225,359 220,783
Retained earnings 3,317,590 3,263,274
Treasury stock (46,704) (69,694)
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Total stockholders' equity 3,497,808 3,415,926
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$ 7,417,121 $ 7,583,541
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TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three months ended
January 31,
2007 2006
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Revenues:
Traditional home sales $1,054,136 $1,278,709
Percentage of completion 33,085 57,569
Land sales 3,390 4,678
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1,090,611 1,340,956
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Costs of revenues:
Traditional home sales 846,403 884,091
Percentage of completion 25,897 47,346
Land sales 1,037 3,836
Interest 22,643 28,754
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895,980 964,027
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Selling, general and
administrative 134,210 139,178
Goodwill impairment 8,973 --
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Income from operations 51,448 237,751
Other:
Equity earnings from
unconsolidated entities 6,792 16,569
Interest and other 28,960 11,327
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Income before income taxes 87,200 265,647
Income taxes 32,884 101,797
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Net income $ 54,316 $ 163,850
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Earnings per share:
Basic $ 0.35 $ 1.06
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Diluted $ 0.33 $ 0.98
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Weighted average number of
shares:
Basic 154,212 155,076
Diluted 164,048 167,027
Additional information:
Interest incurred $ 34,150 $ 32,431
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Depreciation and
amortization $ 8,366 $ 7,113
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Interest expense by source
of revenue
Traditional home sales $ 21,737 $ 26,830
Percentage of completion 905 1,417
Land sales 1 507
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$ 22,643 $ 28,754
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UNITS $ (MILL)
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1st 1st 1st 1st
Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
HOME BUILDING REVENUES 2007 2006 2007 2006
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TRADITIONAL PRODUCT
North 287 417 $ 191.6 $ 271.6
Mid-Atlantic 512 589 329.1 393.6
South 403 470 233.1 253.7
West 357 403 300.3 359.8
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Total 1,559 1,879 $ 1,054.1 $1,278.7
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PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION:
North $ 19.5 $ 39.7
South 13.5 17.9
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Total -- -- $ 33.0 $ 57.6
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TOTAL
North 287 417 $ 211.1 $ 311.3
Mid-Atlantic 512 589 329.1 393.6
South 403 470 246.6 271.6
West 357 403 300.3 359.8
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Total consolidated 1,559 1,879 1,087.1 1,336.3
Unconsolidated entities 27 99 20.6 52.1
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1,586 1,978 $ 1,107.7 $1,388.4
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CONTRACTS
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TRADITIONAL PRODUCT
North 217 265 $ 136.3 $ 177.4
Mid-Atlantic 328 456 206.8 313.5
South 212 331 118.4 203.5
West 121 343 128.9 315.1
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Total 878 1,395 $ 590.4 $1,009.5
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NON TRADITIONAL
PRODUCT - LONG TERM
North 123 111 $ 140.0 $ 102.0
Mid-Atlantic 1 13 0.4 5.3
West 1 5 0.4 4.0
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Total 125 129 $ 140.8 $ 111.3
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PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION
North 24 20 $ 15.3 $ 14.4
South 2.2 4.7
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Total 24 20 $ 17.5 $ 19.1
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TOTAL
North 364 396 $ 291.6 $ 293.8
Mid-Atlantic 329 469 207.2 318.8
South 212 331 120.6 208.2
West 122 348 129.3 319.1
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Total consolidated 1,027 1,544 748.7 1,139.9
Unconsolidated entities 45 28 29.2 16.8
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1,072 1,572 $ 777.9 $1,156.7
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UNITS $ (MILL)
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1st 1st 1st 1st
Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
BACKLOG 2007 2006 2007 2006
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TRADITIONAL PRODUCT
North 1,114 1,643 $ 737.4 $1,126.6
Mid-Atlantic 1,363 2,197 918.9 1,486.4
South 1,400 2,179 781.7 1,186.7
West 1,243 2,087 1,146.7 1,774.8
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Total 5,120 8,106 $3,584.7 $5,574.5
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NON TRADITIONAL PRODUCT
- LONG TERM
North 379 127 $ 383.9 $ 117.6
Mid-Atlantic 59 43 24.0 18.3
West 27 12 18.6 9.5
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Total 465 182 $ 426.5 $ 145.4
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PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION
North 288 275 $ 189.4 $ 181.6
South 76 72 116.2 102.7
Less revenue recognized
on units remaining in
backlog (166.9) (57.6)
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Total 364 347 $ 138.7 $ 226.7
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TOTAL
North 1,781 2,045 $1,310.7 $1,425.8
Mid-Atlantic 1,422 2,240 942.9 1,504.7
South 1,476 2,251 897.9 1,289.4
West 1,270 2,099 1,165.3 1,784.3
Less revenue recognized
on units remaining in
backlog (166.9) (57.6)
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Total consolidated 5,949 8,635 4,149.9 5,946.6
Unconsolidated entities 43 32 26.7 20.8
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5,992 8,667 $4,176.6 $5,967.4
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Toll Brothers operates in four geographic segments:
North: Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (2006 only)
and Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia
South: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas
West: Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada