KB Home (KBH, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-05-31.
Kb Home has a market cap of $800.3 million; its shares were traded at around $10.55 with and P/S ratio of 0.6. The dividend yield of Kb Home stocks is 1%.
Net orders from our homebuilding operations rose 3% to 2,049 in the second quarter of 2012 from 1,998 in the second quarter of 2011, despite a 4% year-over-year decrease in our number of new home communities open for sales, and were 71% higher than our 1,197 net orders in the first quarter of 2012. Within our homebuilding reporting segments, second quarter net orders, on a year-over-year basis, increased by 11% and 7% in our West Coast and Central homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, and decreased by 15% and 8% in our Southwest and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments, respectively. The lower net orders from our Southwest and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments reflected a strategic reduction in our investments in certain underperforming locations in those segments. This strategic reduction, mainly exiting South Carolina in 2011 and significantly downsizing our business in Arizona and in Charlotte, North Carolina during 2011 and into 2012, is part of an ongoing repositioning of our operational footprint to better-performing markets. In addition, our net order results were a product of our focus in 2012 to prioritize gross profit margin improvement over sales pace. Reflecting this focus, the value of the net orders we generated in the second quarter of 2012 increased 18% to $503.1 million from $427.5 million in the year-earlier quarter. Three of our four homebuilding reporting segments generated year-over-year increases in net order value, with our West Coast homebuilding reporting segment up 31% to $235.3 million, our Central homebuilding reporting segment up 12% to $155.5 million, and our Southeast homebuilding reporting segment up 6% to $67.7 million.
Revenues. Homebuilding revenues totaled $300.6 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, increasing 11% from $270.0 million for the corresponding period of 2011. All of our homebuilding revenues in each period were generated entirely from housing operations. Housing revenues for the three months ended May 31, 2012 improved from the year-earlier period, due to a 2% increase in homes delivered and a 9% increase in the average selling price. We delivered 1,290 homes in the second quarter of 2012, up from 1,265 homes delivered in the year-earlier quarter. The increase in homes delivered was largely due to the relatively higher backlog level at the beginning of the 2012 second quarter, which was up 30% on a year-over-year basis. Within our homebuilding reporting segments, the number of homes delivered in the current quarter increased by 13% and 5% in our Central and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, and decreased by 7% and 14% in our West Coast and Southwest homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, compared to the year-earlier quarter.
Homebuilding revenues of $552.5 million for the six months ended May 31, 2012 increased by $87.2 million, or 19%, from $465.3 million for the year-earlier period, reflecting higher housing revenues. Housing revenues for the six months ended May 31, 2012 rose to $552.5 million, up 19% from $465.2 million for the year-earlier period, due to a 10% increase in the number of homes delivered and an 8% increase in the average selling price. We delivered 2,440 homes in the six months ended May 31, 2012, up from 2,214 homes delivered in the year-earlier period. The year-over-year increase in the number of homes delivered reflected the relatively higher backlog level at the beginning of 2012, which was up 61% on a year-over-year basis largely due to a 39% year-over-year increase in net orders in the latter half of 2011. Our average selling price for the six months ended May 31, 2012 rose to $226,400 from $210,100 for the six months ended May 31, 2011 for the reasons described above with respect to the three months ended May 31, 2012.
This segment posted pretax losses of $2.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012 and $36.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2011. The pretax results for the second quarter of 2012 improved compared to the second quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher gross profits in the current quarter and the loss on loan guaranty recognized in the year-earlier quarter. The gross profit margin improved to 23.7% in the second quarter of 2012 from negative 47.7% in the second quarter of 2011, reflecting lower inventory-related charges and favorable warranty adjustments in the current quarter. Inventory impairment charges totaled $2.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, compared to inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges of $18.7 million for the three months ended May 31, 2011. These charges for the second quarter of 2011 reflected an $18.1 million adjustment to the fair value of real estate collateral that we took back on a note receivable. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.8 million to $4.6 million in the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $6.4 million in the year-earlier quarter, mainly due to overhead cost reductions and the lower volume of homes delivered. The second quarter of 2011 included a loss on loan guaranty of $14.6 million related to South Edge.
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Kb Home has a market cap of $800.3 million; its shares were traded at around $10.55 with and P/S ratio of 0.6. The dividend yield of Kb Home stocks is 1%.
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Total revenues for the six months ended May 31, 2012 were $557.4 million, up 19% from $468.7 million for the six months ended May 31, 2011. Included in our total revenues were financial services revenues of $4.9 million for the first six months of 2012 and $3.4 million for the year-earlier period. Our net loss for the six months ended May 31, 2012 totaled $69.9 million, or $.91 per diluted share, including charges of $16.5 million for inventory impairments and the $8.8 million court decision charge, which were partly offset by the favorable warranty adjustments and insurance recovery recorded in the three months ended May 31, 2012. The net loss for the six months ended May 31, 2012 also included the income tax benefit of $4.1 million in the second quarter of 2012. In the year-earlier period, our net loss of $183.0 million, or $2.38 per diluted share, included inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges of $22.3 million, and a joint venture impairment charge of $53.7 million and a loss on loan guaranty of $37.3 million, both related to South Edge.Net orders from our homebuilding operations rose 3% to 2,049 in the second quarter of 2012 from 1,998 in the second quarter of 2011, despite a 4% year-over-year decrease in our number of new home communities open for sales, and were 71% higher than our 1,197 net orders in the first quarter of 2012. Within our homebuilding reporting segments, second quarter net orders, on a year-over-year basis, increased by 11% and 7% in our West Coast and Central homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, and decreased by 15% and 8% in our Southwest and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments, respectively. The lower net orders from our Southwest and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments reflected a strategic reduction in our investments in certain underperforming locations in those segments. This strategic reduction, mainly exiting South Carolina in 2011 and significantly downsizing our business in Arizona and in Charlotte, North Carolina during 2011 and into 2012, is part of an ongoing repositioning of our operational footprint to better-performing markets. In addition, our net order results were a product of our focus in 2012 to prioritize gross profit margin improvement over sales pace. Reflecting this focus, the value of the net orders we generated in the second quarter of 2012 increased 18% to $503.1 million from $427.5 million in the year-earlier quarter. Three of our four homebuilding reporting segments generated year-over-year increases in net order value, with our West Coast homebuilding reporting segment up 31% to $235.3 million, our Central homebuilding reporting segment up 12% to $155.5 million, and our Southeast homebuilding reporting segment up 6% to $67.7 million.
Revenues. Homebuilding revenues totaled $300.6 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, increasing 11% from $270.0 million for the corresponding period of 2011. All of our homebuilding revenues in each period were generated entirely from housing operations. Housing revenues for the three months ended May 31, 2012 improved from the year-earlier period, due to a 2% increase in homes delivered and a 9% increase in the average selling price. We delivered 1,290 homes in the second quarter of 2012, up from 1,265 homes delivered in the year-earlier quarter. The increase in homes delivered was largely due to the relatively higher backlog level at the beginning of the 2012 second quarter, which was up 30% on a year-over-year basis. Within our homebuilding reporting segments, the number of homes delivered in the current quarter increased by 13% and 5% in our Central and Southeast homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, and decreased by 7% and 14% in our West Coast and Southwest homebuilding reporting segments, respectively, compared to the year-earlier quarter.
Homebuilding revenues of $552.5 million for the six months ended May 31, 2012 increased by $87.2 million, or 19%, from $465.3 million for the year-earlier period, reflecting higher housing revenues. Housing revenues for the six months ended May 31, 2012 rose to $552.5 million, up 19% from $465.2 million for the year-earlier period, due to a 10% increase in the number of homes delivered and an 8% increase in the average selling price. We delivered 2,440 homes in the six months ended May 31, 2012, up from 2,214 homes delivered in the year-earlier period. The year-over-year increase in the number of homes delivered reflected the relatively higher backlog level at the beginning of 2012, which was up 61% on a year-over-year basis largely due to a 39% year-over-year increase in net orders in the latter half of 2011. Our average selling price for the six months ended May 31, 2012 rose to $226,400 from $210,100 for the six months ended May 31, 2011 for the reasons described above with respect to the three months ended May 31, 2012.
This segment posted pretax losses of $2.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012 and $36.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2011. The pretax results for the second quarter of 2012 improved compared to the second quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher gross profits in the current quarter and the loss on loan guaranty recognized in the year-earlier quarter. The gross profit margin improved to 23.7% in the second quarter of 2012 from negative 47.7% in the second quarter of 2011, reflecting lower inventory-related charges and favorable warranty adjustments in the current quarter. Inventory impairment charges totaled $2.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, compared to inventory impairment and land option contract abandonment charges of $18.7 million for the three months ended May 31, 2011. These charges for the second quarter of 2011 reflected an $18.1 million adjustment to the fair value of real estate collateral that we took back on a note receivable. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.8 million to $4.6 million in the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $6.4 million in the year-earlier quarter, mainly due to overhead cost reductions and the lower volume of homes delivered. The second quarter of 2011 included a loss on loan guaranty of $14.6 million related to South Edge.
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