Lennar Reports First Quarter 2023 Results
Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN, LEN.B) reported strong first quarter 2023 results, with net earnings increasing by 22% to $597 million, or $2.06 per diluted share. However, excluding mark-to-market losses, earnings showed a 21% decrease compared to last year. Home deliveries rose 9% to 13,659 homes, while new orders fell by 10% to 14,194 homes, reflecting a challenging market. Backlog decreased by 29%, and gross margins on home sales dropped by 570 basis points to 21.2%. The company maintains a robust balance sheet with cash reserves of $4.1 billion and no borrowings, signaling operational strength amid fluctuations in interest rates.
- Net earnings increased 22% to $597 million, or $2.06 per diluted share.
- Home deliveries rose 9% to 13,659 homes.
- Cash and cash equivalents at $4.1 billion, with no debt outstanding.
- Homebuilding debt to total capital improved to 14.2%, the lowest in history.
- Repurchased 2 million shares for $189 million.
- New orders decreased by 10% to 14,194 homes; dollar value fell 18% to $6.4 billion.
- Backlog decreased 29% to 19,403 homes; backlog value down 33% to $9.0 billion.
- Gross margin on home sales decreased by 570 basis points to 21.2%.
First Quarter 2023 Highlights - comparisons to the prior year quarter
- Net earnings per diluted share increased
22% to$2.06 - Decreased
21% to , excluding mark-to-market losses on technology investments in both years$2.12 - Net earnings increased
18% to$597 million - Decreased
23% to , excluding mark-to-market losses on technology investments in both years$615 million - Deliveries increased
9% to 13,659 homes - New orders decreased
10% to 14,194 homes; new orders dollar value decreased18% to$6.4 billion - Backlog decreased
29% to 19,403 homes; backlog dollar value decreased33% to$9.0 billion - Total revenues increased
5% to$6.5 billion - Homebuilding operating earnings decreased to
, compared to operating earnings of$907 million $1.1 billion - Gross margin on home sales decreased 570 basis points ("bps") to
21.2% - S,G&A expenses as a % of revenues from home sales improved 10 bps to
7.4% - Net margin on home sales decreased 560 bps to
13.8% - Financial Services operating earnings of
, compared to operating earnings of$78 million $91 million - Multifamily operating loss of
, compared to operating earnings of$22 million $5 million - Lennar Other operating loss of
, compared to operating loss of$41 million $403 million - Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents of
$4.1 billion - Years supply of owned homesites improved to 1.9 years, compared to 2.7 years
- Controlled homesites increased to
68% , compared to63% - No outstanding borrowings under the Company's
revolving credit facility$2.6 billion - Homebuilding debt to total capital improved to
14.2% , compared to18.3% - Repurchased 2 million shares of Lennar common stock for
$189 million
"Consistent with our clear strategy of maintaining sales pace, our home deliveries were 13,659, up
"We also matched our sales pace to starts pace and drove sales by 'pricing to market' to turn inventory, generate cash, and maximize returns. Accordingly, our new orders in the first quarter were down
"We have also remained very focused on our balance sheet and liquidity. Accordingly, at quarter end, we had homebuilding debt to capital of
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED
THREE MONTHS ENDED
Homebuilding
Revenues from home sales increased
Gross margins on home sales were
Selling, general and administrative expenses were
Financial Services
Operating earnings for the Financial Services segment were
Other Ancillary Businesses
Operating loss for the Multifamily segment was
Tax Rate
For the three months ended
Share Repurchases
During the three months ended
Liquidity
At
Guidance
The following are the Company's expected results of its homebuilding and financial services activities for the second quarter and fiscal year 2023:
Second Quarter 2023 | Fiscal Year 2023 | ||
New Orders | 16,000 - 17,000 | ||
Deliveries | 15,000 - 16,000 | 62,000 - 66,000 | |
Average Sales Price | |||
Gross Margin % on Home Sales | |||
S,G&A as a % of Home Sales | |||
Financial Services Operating Earnings |
About Lennar
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Some of the statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the homebuilding market and other markets in which we participate. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties inherent in our business that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include slowdowns in real estate markets in regions where we have significant Homebuilding or Multifamily development activities; decreased demand for our homes, or for Multifamily rental apartments or single family homes; the potential impact of inflation; the impact of increased cost of mortgage financing for homebuyers, increased interest rates or increased competition in the mortgage industry; supply shortages and increased costs related to construction materials, including lumber, and labor; cost increases related to real estate taxes and insurance; the effect of increased interest rates with regard to our funds' borrowings on the willingness of the funds to invest in new projects; reductions in the market value of our investments in public companies; natural disasters or catastrophic events for which our insurance may not provide adequate coverage; our inability to successfully execute our strategies and our planned spin-off of certain businesses; a decline in the value of the land and home inventories we maintain and resulting possible future writedowns of the carrying value of our real estate assets; the forfeiture of deposits related to land purchase options we decide not to exercise; the effects of public health issues such as a major epidemic or pandemic that could have a negative impact on the economy and on our businesses; possible unfavorable results in legal proceedings; conditions in the capital, credit and financial markets; changes in laws, regulations or the regulatory environment affecting our business, and the risks described in our filings with the
A conference call to discuss the Company's first quarter earnings will be held at
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Revenues: | |||
Homebuilding | 5,752,205 | ||
Financial Services | 182,981 | 176,701 | |
Multifamily | 143,523 | 267,359 | |
Lennar Other | 7,620 | 7,251 | |
Total revenues | 6,203,516 | ||
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 906,839 | 1,109,850 | |
Financial Services operating earnings | 78,737 | 90,791 | |
Multifamily operating earnings (loss) | (21,601) | 5,427 | |
Lennar Other operating loss | (39,757) | (403,134) | |
Corporate general and administrative expenses | (126,106) | (113,661) | |
Charitable foundation contribution | (13,659) | (12,538) | |
Earnings before income taxes | 784,453 | 676,735 | |
Provision for income taxes | (185,145) | (167,420) | |
Net earnings (including net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests) | 599,308 | 509,315 | |
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests | 2,774 | 5,734 | |
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 596,534 | 503,581 | |
Average shares outstanding: | |||
Basic | 286,074 | 293,930 | |
Diluted | 286,074 | 293,930 | |
Earnings per share: | |||
Basic | $ 2.06 | 1.70 | |
Diluted | $ 2.06 | 1.69 | |
Supplemental information: | |||
Interest incurred (1) | $ 49,577 | 59,933 | |
EBIT (2): | |||
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 596,534 | 503,581 | |
Provision for income taxes | 185,145 | 167,420 | |
Interest expense included in: | |||
Costs of homes sold | 49,452 | 60,158 | |
Costs of land sold | 19 | 117 | |
Homebuilding other income (expense), net | 3,574 | 5,236 | |
Total interest expense | 53,045 | 65,511 | |
EBIT | $ 834,724 | 736,512 |
(1) | Amount represents interest incurred related to homebuilding debt. |
(2) | EBIT is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as earnings before interest and taxes. This financial measure has been presented because the Company finds it important and useful in evaluating its performance and believes that it helps readers of the Company's financial statements compare its operations with those of its competitors. Although management finds EBIT to be an important measure in conducting and evaluating the Company's operations, this measure has limitations as an analytical tool as it is not reflective of the actual profitability generated by the Company during the period. Management compensates for the limitations of using EBIT by using this non-GAAP measure only to supplement the Company's GAAP results. Due to the limitations discussed, EBIT should not be viewed in isolation, as it is not a substitute for GAAP measures. |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Homebuilding revenues: | |||
Sales of homes | 5,721,757 | ||
Sales of land | 9,718 | 23,967 | |
Other homebuilding | 52,760 | 6,481 | |
Total homebuilding revenues | 6,156,305 | 5,752,205 | |
Homebuilding costs and expenses: | |||
Costs of homes sold | 4,802,843 | 4,184,864 | |
Costs of land sold | 22,077 | 28,556 | |
Selling, general and administrative | 449,794 | 428,478 | |
Total homebuilding costs and expenses | 5,274,714 | 4,641,898 | |
Homebuilding net margins | 881,591 | 1,110,307 | |
Homebuilding equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities | 3,186 | (286) | |
Homebuilding other income (expense), net | 22,062 | (171) | |
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 906,839 | 1,109,850 | |
Financial Services revenues | $ 182,981 | 176,701 | |
Financial Services costs and expenses | 104,244 | 85,910 | |
Financial Services operating earnings | $ 78,737 | 90,791 | |
Multifamily revenues | $ 143,523 | 267,359 | |
Multifamily costs and expenses | 148,956 | 263,737 | |
Multifamily equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities and other gain | (16,168) | 1,805 | |
Multifamily operating earnings (loss) | $ (21,601) | 5,427 | |
Lennar Other revenues | $ 7,620 | 7,251 | |
Lennar Other costs and expenses | 6,476 | 5,407 | |
Lennar Other equity in loss from unconsolidated entities, other expense, net, and other gain | (16,947) | (9,808) | |
Lennar Other unrealized loss from technology investments (1) | (23,954) | (395,170) | |
Lennar Other operating loss | $ (39,757) | (403,134) | |
(1) The following is a detail of Lennar Other unrealized loss from mark-to-market adjustments on technology investments: | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Blend Labs (BLND) | $ 586 | (7,442) | |
Hippo (HIPO) | 6,632 | (124,457) | |
Opendoor (OPEN) | (7,691) | (143,361) | |
SmartRent (SMRT) | 1,305 | (44,363) | |
Sonder (SOND) | (320) | (506) | |
Sunnova (NOVA) | (24,466) | (75,041) | |
$ (23,954) | (395,170) |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |
Lennar's reportable homebuilding segments and all other homebuilding operations not required to be reported separately have divisions located in:
East: Alabama,
Central: Georgia,
West: Arizona,
Other: Urban divisions
For the Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
Deliveries: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 4,295 | 4,082 | $ 1,889,721 | 1,672,372 | $ 440,000 | 410,000 | |||||
Central | 2,300 | 2,521 | 1,023,619 | 1,105,929 | 445,000 | 439,000 | |||||
3,421 | 2,537 | 1,016,973 | 805,630 | 297,000 | 318,000 | ||||||
West | 3,642 | 3,392 | 2,194,022 | 2,142,204 | 602,000 | 632,000 | |||||
Other | 1 | 6 | 1,165 | 5,003 | 1,165,000 | 834,000 | |||||
Total | 13,659 | 12,538 | $ 6,125,500 | 5,731,138 | $ 448,000 | 457,000 |
Of the total homes delivered listed above, 63 homes with a dollar value of
At | For the Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
New Orders: | Active Communities | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | |||||||||||
East | 346 | 347 | 4,277 | 4,910 | $ 1,851,896 | 2,133,056 | $ 433,000 | 434,000 | |||||||
Central | 293 | 298 | 2,305 | 3,112 | 970,098 | 1,402,138 | 421,000 | 451,000 | |||||||
219 | 216 | 3,142 | 2,766 | 879,456 | 921,785 | 280,000 | 333,000 | ||||||||
West | 356 | 340 | 4,465 | 4,954 | 2,708,326 | 3,335,932 | 607,000 | 673,000 | |||||||
Other | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3,686 | 4,628 | 737,000 | 926,000 | |||||||
Total | 1,217 | 1,204 | 14,194 | 15,747 | $ 6,413,462 | 7,797,539 | $ 452,000 | 495,000 |
Of the total homes listed above, 97 homes with a dollar value of
At | |||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
Backlog: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 8,687 | 9,115 | $ 3,782,500 | 4,041,347 | $ 435,000 | 443,000 | |||||
Central | 4,030 | 5,695 | 1,801,908 | 2,617,383 | 447,000 | 460,000 | |||||
2,418 | 4,495 | 699,567 | 1,569,424 | 289,000 | 349,000 | ||||||
West | 4,263 | 8,027 | 2,740,782 | 5,328,890 | 643,000 | 664,000 | |||||
Other | 5 | 3 | 3,685 | 3,567 | 737,000 | 1,189,000 | |||||
Total | 19,403 | 27,335 | $ 9,028,442 | 13,560,611 | $ 465,000 | 496,000 |
Of the total homes in backlog listed above, 200 homes with a backlog dollar value of
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
ASSETS | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 4,057,956 | 4,616,124 | |
Restricted cash | 22,504 | 23,046 | |
Receivables, net | 559,939 | 673,980 | |
Inventories: | |||
Finished homes and construction in progress | 11,945,232 | 11,718,507 | |
Land and land under development | 7,459,185 | 7,382,273 | |
Consolidated inventory not owned | 2,223,469 | 2,331,231 | |
Total inventories | 21,627,886 | 21,432,011 | |
Investments in unconsolidated entities | 1,178,802 | 1,173,164 | |
3,442,359 | 3,442,359 | ||
Other assets | 1,412,654 | 1,323,478 | |
32,302,100 | 32,684,162 | ||
Financial Services | 2,213,421 | 3,254,257 | |
Multifamily | 1,266,777 | 1,257,337 | |
Lennar Other | 790,856 | 788,539 | |
Total assets | $ 36,573,154 | 37,984,295 | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Accounts payable | $ 1,490,808 | 1,616,128 | |
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned | 1,867,373 | 1,967,551 | |
Senior notes and other debts payable, net | 4,033,335 | 4,047,294 | |
Other liabilities | 2,937,472 | 3,347,673 | |
10,328,988 | 10,978,646 | ||
Financial Services | 1,317,775 | 2,353,904 | |
Multifamily | 283,380 | 313,484 | |
Lennar Other | 87,724 | 97,894 | |
Total liabilities | 12,017,867 | 13,743,928 | |
Stockholders' equity: | |||
Preferred stock | — | — | |
Class A common stock of | 25,834 | 25,608 | |
Class B common stock of | 3,660 | 3,660 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 5,503,789 | 5,417,796 | |
Retained earnings | 19,350,060 | 18,861,417 | |
(468,347) | (210,389) | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 3,259 | 2,408 | |
Total stockholders' equity | 24,418,255 | 24,100,500 | |
Noncontrolling interests | 137,032 | 139,867 | |
Total equity | 24,555,287 | 24,240,367 | |
Total liabilities and equity | $ 36,573,154 | 37,984,295 |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2022 | |||
Homebuilding debt | $ 4,033,335 | 4,047,294 | 4,639,222 | ||
Stockholders' equity | 24,418,255 | 24,100,500 | 20,679,064 | ||
Total capital | $ 28,451,590 | 28,147,794 | 25,318,286 | ||
Homebuilding debt to total capital | 14.2 % | 14.4 % | 18.3 % | ||
Homebuilding debt | $ 4,033,335 | 4,047,294 | 4,639,222 | ||
Less: Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents | 4,057,956 | 4,616,124 | 1,366,597 | ||
Net homebuilding debt | $ (24,621) | (568,830) | 3,272,625 | ||
Net homebuilding debt to total capital (1) | (0.1) % | (2.4) % | 13.7 % |
(1) | Net homebuilding debt to total capital is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as net homebuilding debt (homebuilding debt less homebuilding cash and cash equivalents) divided by total capital (net homebuilding debt plus stockholders' equity). The Company believes the ratio of net homebuilding debt to total capital is a relevant and a useful financial measure to investors in understanding the leverage employed in homebuilding operations. However, because net homebuilding debt to total capital is not calculated in accordance with GAAP, this financial measure should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures prescribed by GAAP. Rather, this non-GAAP financial measure should be used to supplement the Company's GAAP results. |
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