-Net New Home Orders of 1,912 on a Monthly Absorption Rate of 4.5-
-New Home Deliveries of 1,173-
-Home Sales Revenue of $819 Million-
-Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.60-
-Debt-to-Capital Ratio of 32.3% and Total Liquidity of $1.7 Billion-
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (the “Company”) (:TPH) today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
“Tri Pointe delivered strong results for the second quarter, surpassing our delivery guidance and leading to home sales revenue of $819 million while generating $61 million in net income available to common stockholders, or $0.60 per diluted share,” said Doug Bauer, Tri Pointe Homes Chief Executive Officer. “The healthy buyer demand we saw in the first part of the year continued a strong seasonal trend through the second quarter, resulting in a 41% increase in net new home orders compared to the same prior-year period, and an 18% increase sequentially from the first quarter of 2023. We attribute these outstanding results to several underlying factors fueling today’s housing market, the foremost of which is the persistent limited supply of overall housing that falls short of current demand. This demand is largely being powered by a combination of new household formations, the entry of Gen Z into the home-buying market, and Millennials reaching their prime home-buying age. Additionally, with stabilized mortgage rates, consumers have adjusted to mid-six to low-seven percent interest rates, setting a new normal in the market.”
Mr. Bauer continued, “An important component to the supply/demand equation is the scarcity of resale home supply, with reports indicating that new listings are down nationwide by 27% due to the significant number of existing homebuyers who are not selling as a result of their locked-in rates which are well below current levels. This scarcity of resale homes has significantly boosted the homebuilding industry’s market share, with newly constructed homes making up 33% of inventory compared to the typical 13% average, as reported by the National Association of Home Builders.”
“Demand for the quarter was broad-based across our geographic footprint with an absorption rate of 4.5 homes per community per month. In addition, we raised net pricing at 73% of our selling communities during the quarter, while expanding our ending community count by 18%,” said Tri Pointe Homes President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Mitchell. “As the homebuilding industry gains momentum, driven by favorable market dynamics and demographic factors, we remain committed to enhancing operational efficiencies, fostering our company culture, and continuously innovating our product offerings to cater to the evolving lifestyles of today’s discerning consumers.”
Mr. Bauer concluded, “As we enter the second half of 2023, we believe that our industry’s share of the housing market will continue to increase and that the current supply/demand imbalance will continue into the foreseeable future. Through the rest of the year, we will continue to prioritize operational efficiency and cost management as supply chains continue to normalize. Furthermore, our balance sheet and liquidity reached record levels, allowing us flexibility in our efforts to balance growth and shareholder returns.”
Results and Operational Data for Second Quarter 2023 and Comparisons to Second Quarter 2022
- Net income available to common stockholders was $60.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, compared to $136.4 million, or $1.33 per diluted share
- Home sales revenue of $819.1 million compared to $1.0 billion, a decrease of 18%
- New home deliveries of 1,173 homes compared to 1,485 homes, a decrease of 21%
- Average sales price of homes delivered of $698,000 compared to $677,000, an increase of 3%
- Homebuilding gross margin percentage of 20.4% compared to 27.2%, a decrease of 680 basis points. The current year period includes an $11.5 million impairment related to a single community in the Bay Area of California.
- Excluding interest and impairments and lot option abandonments, adjusted homebuilding gross margin percentage was 24.9%*
- SG&A expense as a percentage of homes sales revenue of 11.9% compared to 9.5%, an increase of 240 basis points
- Net new home orders of 1,912 compared to 1,356, an increase of 41%
- Active selling communities averaged 140.3 compared to 121.8, an increase of 15%
- Net new home orders per average selling community were 13.6 orders (4.5 monthly) compared to 11.1 orders (3.7 monthly)
- Cancellation rate of 8% compared to 16%
- Backlog units at quarter end of 2,765 homes compared to 3,826, a decrease of 28%
- Dollar value of backlog at quarter end of $1.9 billion compared to $3.0 billion, a decrease of 36%
- Average sales price of homes in backlog at quarter end of $695,000 compared to $779,000, a decrease of 11%
- Ratios of debt-to-capital and net debt-to-net capital of 32.3% and 12.1%*, respectively, as of June 30, 2023
- Repurchased 1,137,478 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $28.43 for an aggregate dollar amount of $32.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023
- Ended the second quarter of 2023 with total liquidity of $1.7 billion, including cash and cash equivalents of $981.6 million and $695.0 million of availability under our revolving credit facility
| * | See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” |
Outlook
For the third quarter, the Company anticipates delivering between 1,000 and 1,100 homes at an average sales price between $690,000 and $700,000. The Company expects homebuilding gross margin percentage to be in the range of 21.0% to 22.0% for the third quarter and anticipates its SG&A expense as a percentage of home sales revenue will be in the range of 12.0% to 13.0%. Finally, the Company expects its effective tax rate for the third quarter to be in the range of 26.0% to 27.0%.
For the full year, the Company anticipates delivering between 5,000 and 5,300 homes at an average sales price between $690,000 and $700,000. The Company expects homebuilding gross margin percentage to be in the range of 21.5% to 22.5% for the full year and anticipates its SG&A expense as a percentage of home sales revenue will be in the range of 10.5% to 11.5%. Finally, the Company expects its effective tax rate for the full year to be in the range of 26.0% to 27.0%.
Earnings Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call via live webcast for investors and other interested parties beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 27, 2023. The call will be hosted by Doug Bauer, Chief Executive Officer, Tom Mitchell, President and Chief Operating Officer, Glenn Keeler, Chief Financial Officer, and Linda Mamet, Chief Marketing Officer. Interested parties can listen to the call live and view the related slides on the Internet under the Events & Presentations heading in the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.TriPointeHomes.com. Listeners should go to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software. The call can also be accessed toll free at (877) 407-3982, or (201) 493-6780 for international participants. Participants should ask for the Tri Pointe Homes Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Those dialing in should do so at least ten minutes prior to the start of the call. A replay of the call will be available for two weeks following the call toll free at (844) 512-2921, or (412) 317-6671 for international participants, using the reference number 13739744. An archive of the webcast will also be available on the Company’s website for a limited time.
About Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.
One of the largest homebuilders in the U.S., Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (: TPH) is a publicly traded company and a recognized leader in customer experience, innovative design, and environmentally responsible business practices. The company builds premium homes and communities in 10 states, with deep ties to the communities it serves—some for as long as a century. Tri Pointe Homes combines the financial resources, technology platforms and proven leadership of a national organization with the regional insights, longstanding community connections and agility of empowered local teams. Tri Pointe has won multiple Builder of the Year awards, was named one of the 2023 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, and made Fortune magazine’s 2017 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list. The company was also named as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company for three years in a row 2021–2023, and was named on several Great Place to Work® Best Workplaces lists in 2022 and 2023. For more information, please visit TriPointeHomes.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Various statements contained in this press release, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our strategy, projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future production, land and lot sales, operational and financial results, including our estimates for growth, financial condition, sales prices, prospects, and capital spending. Forward-looking statements that are included in this press release are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “goal,” “guidance,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or other words that convey future events or outcomes. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. The following factors, among others, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements: the effects of general economic conditions, including employment rates, housing starts, interest rate levels, home affordability, inflation, consumer sentiment, availability of financing for home mortgages and strength of the U.S. dollar; market demand for our products, which is related to the strength of the various U.S. business segments and U.S. and international economic conditions; the availability of desirable and reasonably priced land and our ability to control, purchase, hold and develop such parcels; access to adequate capital on acceptable terms; geographic concentration of our operations; levels of competition; the successful execution of our internal performance plans, including restructuring and cost reduction initiatives; the prices and availability of supply chain inputs, including raw materials, labor and home components; oil and other energy prices; the effects of U.S. trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and duties on homebuilding products and retaliatory measures taken by other countries; the effects of weather, including the occurrence of drought conditions in parts of the western United States; the risk of loss from earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, floods, droughts, windstorms, hurricanes, pest infestations and other natural disasters, and the risk of delays, reduced consumer demand, and shortages and price increases in labor or materials associated with such natural disasters; the risk of loss from acts of war, terrorism, civil unrest or public health emergencies, including outbreaks of contagious disease, such as COVID-19; transportation costs; federal and state tax policies; the effects of land use, environment and other governmental laws and regulations; legal proceedings or disputes and the adequacy of reserves; risks relating to any unforeseen changes to or effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; changes in accounting principles; risks related to unauthorized access to our computer systems, theft of our homebuyers’ confidential information or other forms of cyber-attack; and additional factors discussed under the sections captioned “Risk Factors” included in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing list is not exhaustive. New risk factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risk factors on our business.
Investor Relations Contact:
[email protected], 949-478-8696
Media Contact:
Carol Ruiz, [email protected], 310-437-0045
KEY OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL DATA
(dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Change | % Change | 2023 | 2022 | Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating Data: | (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home sales revenue | $ | 819,077 | $ | 1,004,644 | $ | (185,567 | ) | (18 | )% | $ | 1,587,482 | $ | 1,729,895 | $ | (142,413 | ) | (8 | )% | |||||||||||
| Homebuilding gross margin | $ | 167,078 | $ | 273,292 | $ | (106,214 | ) | (39 | )% | $ | 347,365 | $ | 467,883 | $ | (120,518 | ) | (26 | )% | |||||||||||
| Homebuilding gross margin % | 20.4 | % | 27.2 | % | (6.8 | )% | 21.9 | % | 27.0 | % | (5.1 | )% | |||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted homebuilding gross margin %* | 24.9 | % | 29.8 | % | (4.9 | )% | 25.5 | % | 29.6 | % | (4.1 | )% | |||||||||||||||||
| SG&A expense | $ | 97,465 | $ | 95,352 | $ | 2,113 | 2 | % | $ | 185,693 | $ | 176,047 | $ | 9,646 | 5 | % | |||||||||||||
| SG&A expense as a % of home sales revenue | 11.9 | % | 9.5 | % | 2.4 | % | 11.7 | % | 10.2 | % | 1.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 60,724 | $ | 136,383 | $ | (75,659 | ) | (55 | )% | $ | 135,466 | $ | 223,861 | $ | (88,395 | ) | (39 | )% | |||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA* | $ | 129,928 | $ | 220,905 | $ | (90,977 | ) | (41 | )% | $ | 263,903 | $ | 366,996 | $ | (103,093 | ) | (28 | )% | |||||||||||
| Interest incurred | $ | 37,394 | $ | 28,789 | $ | 8,605 | 30 | % | $ | 74,873 | $ | 57,342 | $ | 17,531 | 31 | % | |||||||||||||
| Interest in cost of home sales | $ | 25,366 | $ | 24,963 | $ | 403 | 2 | % | $ | 45,592 | $ | 42,028 | $ | 3,564 | 8 | % | |||||||||||||
| Other Data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net new home orders | 1,912 | 1,356 | 556 | 41 | % | 3,531 | 3,252 | 279 | 9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| New homes delivered | 1,173 | 1,485 | (312 | ) | (21 | )% | 2,238 | 2,584 | (346 | ) | (13 | )% | |||||||||||||||||
| Average sales price of homes delivered | $ | 698 | $ | 677 | $ | 21 | 3 | % | $ | 709 | $ | 669 | $ | 40 | 6 | % | |||||||||||||
| Cancellation rate | 8 | % | 16 | % | (8 | )% | 9 | % | 11 | % | (2 | )% | |||||||||||||||||
| Average selling communities | 140.3 | 121.8 | 18.5 | 15 | % | 138.4 | 116.7 | 21.7 | 19 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Selling communities at end of period | 145 | 123 | 22 | 18 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Backlog (estimated dollar value) | $ | 1,922,895 | $ | 2,981,255 | $ | (1,058,360 | ) | (36 | )% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Backlog (homes) | 2,765 | 3,826 | (1,061 | ) | (28 | )% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average sales price in backlog | $ | 695 | $ | 779 | $ | (84 | ) | (11 | )% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| June 30, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance Sheet Data: | (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 981,567 | $ | 889,664 | $ | 91,903 | 10 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Real estate inventories | $ | 3,193,328 | $ | 3,173,849 | $ | 19,479 | 1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lots owned or controlled | 32,834 | 33,794 | (960 | ) | (3 | )% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Homes under construction (1) | 3,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
