PulteGroup Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) reported strong Q2 2021 results with a net income of $503 million, or $1.90 per share, compared to $349 million, or $1.29 per share, last year. Adjusted net income was $456 million, or $1.72 per share. Home sale revenues surged by 31% to $3.2 billion, driven by a 22% increase in closings to 7,232 homes. The gross margin improved to 26.6%, up 270 basis points year-over-year. The backlog exceeded 20,000 homes valued at $9.8 billion, signaling future growth.

Positive

• Net income increased to $503 million, or $1.90 per share, from $349 million, or $1.29 per share, last year.
• Home sale revenues grew 31% to $3.2 billion, driven by a 22% rise in closings.
• Gross margin improved by 270 basis points to 26.6%.
• Net new orders rose 28% to 8,322 homes, with a dollar value increase of 59% to $4.3 billion.
• Backlog increased by 52% to 20,056 homes valued at $9.8 billion.

Negative

• Pre-tax income from financial services operations decreased to $51 million from $60 million due to competitive pricing.
• Mortgage capture rate declined to 86% from 87% year-over-year.

PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) announced today financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2021. For the quarter, the Company reported net income of $503 million, or $1.90 per share. Adjusted net income for the quarter was $456 million, or $1.72 per share, after excluding a $46 million pre-tax insurance benefit and a tax benefit of $12 million resulting from a change in valuation allowances associated with state net operating loss carryforwards. Prior year reported net income was $349 million, or $1.29 per share. Adjusted net income for the prior year period was $311 million, or $1.15 per share, after excluding a $61 million pre-tax insurance benefit and $10 million of pre-tax charges associated with actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“PulteGroup reported outstanding second quarter financial results, driven by strong top line growth in combination with a 270-basis point increase in our gross margin,” said Ryan Marshall, President and Chief Executive Officer of PulteGroup. “With a backlog exceeding 20,000 homes valued at $9.8 billion, I believe the Company is well positioned to realize further gains in the coming quarters as we work to grow our operations and continue to deliver high returns on equity, which totaled 25.7%* for the trailing 12 months.”

“We are experiencing very favorable market dynamics, led by strong housing demand and a generally limited inventory of new and existing homes,” added Marshall. “With the economy continuing to recover, a very positive job market, low interest rates and high levels of consumer confidence, we remain optimistic about demand conditions and the overall strength of the housing market going forward.”

Home sale revenues for the second quarter increased 31% over the second quarter of last year to $3.2 billion. The increase in revenues for the quarter was driven by a 22% increase in closings to 7,232 homes, along with a 7% increase in average sales price to $447,000. The increase in average sales price for the second quarter reflects the benefit of price increases the Company has realized across all buyer groups.

Homebuilding gross margin for the second quarter was 26.6%, which represents an increase of 270 basis points over the comparable prior year period and an increase of 110 basis points from the first quarter of 2021. The Company’s reported SG&A expense for the quarter of $272 million, or 8.4% of home sale revenues, included the $46 million pre-tax insurance benefit recorded in the period. Excluding this benefit, the Company’s adjusted SG&A expense for the quarter was $319 million, or 9.8% of home sale revenues. The Company’s reported SG&A expense for the second quarter of 2020 was $197 million, or 8.0% of home sale revenues, with an adjusted SG&A expense of $247 million, or 10.0% of home sale revenues.

Second quarter net new orders increased 28% over the prior year to 8,322 homes. The dollar value of net new orders was $­­­4.3 billion, which is an increase of 59% over the comparable prior year period. For the second quarter, the Company operated out of an average of 808 communities.

The Company’s unit backlog at the end of the second quarter was 20,056 homes, which represents an increase of 52%, or 6,842 homes, over the prior year backlog of 13,214 homes. The dollar value of homes in backlog was $9.8 billion, which represents an increase of 70% over last year.

Pre-tax income for the Company's financial services operations was $51 million, down from $60 million last year, as higher loan volumes were offset by a more competitive pricing environment. Mortgage capture rate for the second quarter was 86% compared with 87% last year.

Inclusive of the $12 million tax benefit realized in the period, the Company’s reported income tax expense was $136 million, representing an effective tax rate of 21.3%.

The Company ended the second quarter with $1.7 billion of cash after using available funds to repurchase 3.6 million of its common shares for $200 million, or an average price of $55.84 per share. At quarter end, the Company had a net debt-to-capital ratio of 4.5%.

A conference call discussing PulteGroup's second quarter 2021 results is scheduled for Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested investors can access the live webcast via PulteGroup's corporate website at www.pultegroup.com.

* The Company's return on equity is calculated as net income for the trailing twelve months divided by average shareholders' equity, where average shareholders' equity is the sum of ending shareholders' equity balances of the trailing five quarters divided by five.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release includes “forward-looking statements.” These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities, as well as those of the markets we serve or intend to serve, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly factual or historical nature and generally discuss or relate to forecasts, estimates or other expectations regarding future events. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “project,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “might,” “should,” “will,” “seek,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, including statements related to any potential impairment charges and the impacts or effects thereof, expected operating and performing results, planned transactions, planned objectives of management, future developments or conditions in the industries in which we participate and other trends, developments and uncertainties that may affect our business in the future.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among other things: interest rate changes and the availability of mortgage financing; competition within the industries in which we operate; the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by us in our homebuilding operations; the impact of any changes to our strategy in responding to the cyclical nature of the industry, including any changes regarding our land positions and the levels of our land spend; the availability and cost of insurance covering risks associated with our businesses; shortages and the cost of labor; weather related slowdowns; slow growth initiatives and/or local building moratoria; governmental regulation directed at or affecting the housing market, the homebuilding industry or construction activities; uncertainty in the mortgage lending industry, including revisions to underwriting standards and repurchase requirements associated with the sale of mortgage loans; the interpretation of or changes to tax, labor and environmental laws which could have a greater impact on our effective tax rate or the value of our deferred tax assets than we anticipate; economic changes nationally or in our local markets, including inflation, deflation, changes in consumer confidence and preferences and the state of the market for homes in general; legal or regulatory proceedings or claims; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow in order to successfully implement our capital allocation priorities; required accounting changes; terrorist acts and other acts of war; the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our financial position and ability to continue our Homebuilding or Financial Services activities at normal levels or at all in impacted areas; the duration, effect and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic; the measures that governmental authorities take to address the COVID-19 pandemic which may precipitate or exacerbate one or more of the above-mentioned and/or other risks and significantly disrupt or prevent us from operating our business in the ordinary course for an extended period of time; and other factors of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business and competitive nature. See PulteGroup's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and other public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to our businesses. PulteGroup undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or changes in PulteGroup's expectations.

About PulteGroup

PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of America’s largest homebuilding companies with operations in more than 40 markets throughout the country. Through its brand portfolio that includes Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West and John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, the company is one of the industry’s most versatile homebuilders able to meet the needs of multiple buyer groups and respond to changing consumer demand. PulteGroup’s purpose is building incredible places where people can live their dreams.

For more information about PulteGroup, Inc. and PulteGroup’s brands, go to pultegroup.com; www.pulte.com; www.centex.com; www.delwebb.com; www.divosta.com; www.jwhomes.com; and www.americanwesthomes.com. Follow PulteGroup, Inc. on Twitter: @PulteGroupNews.

PulteGroup, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
($000's omitted, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended										Six Months Ended
	June 30,										June 30,
	2021					2020					2021					2020
Revenues:
Homebuilding
Home sale revenues	$	3,235,379				$	2,472,029				$	5,831,889				$	4,693,532
Land sale and other revenues	33,076					26,950					60,235					45,877
	3,268,455					2,498,979					5,892,124					4,739,409
Financial Services	91,029					94,802					197,150					149,352
Total revenues	3,359,484					2,593,781					6,089,274					4,888,761
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Home sale cost of revenues	(2,375,495		)			(1,880,209		)			(4,311,130		)			(3,575,074		)
Land sale and other cost of revenues	(31,195		)			(20,041		)			(55,831		)			(35,055		)
	(2,406,690		)			(1,900,250		)			(4,366,961		)			(3,610,129		)
Financial Services expenses	(40,411		)			(34,378		)			(80,086		)			(69,327		)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	(272,286		)			(196,858		)			(543,973		)			(460,527		)
Loss on debt retirement	—					—					(61,469		)			—
Goodwill impairment	—					—					—					(20,190		)
Other expense, net	(624		)			(5,286		)			(3,259		)			(7,810		)
Income before income taxes	639,473					457,009					1,033,526					720,778
Income tax expense	(136,074		)			(108,389		)			(226,020		)			(168,447		)
Net income	$	503,399				$	348,620				$	807,506				$	552,331
Per share:
Basic earnings	$	1.91				$	1.29				$	3.04				$	2.03
Diluted earnings	$	1.90				$	1.29				$	3.03				$	2.03
Cash dividends declared	$	0.14				$	0.12				$	0.28				$	0.24
Number of shares used in calculation:
Basic	262,099					268,324					263,744					269,167
Effect of dilutive securities	648					701					627					960
Diluted	262,747					269,025					264,371					270,127

PulteGroup, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	June 30, 2021				December 31, 2020
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents	$	1,663,270			$	2,582,205
Restricted cash	57,852				50,030
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	1,721,122				2,632,235
House and land inventory	8,378,951				7,721,798
Land held for sale	38,574				27,962
Residential mortgage loans available-for-sale	581,150				564,979
Investments in unconsolidated entities	44,800				35,562
Other assets	1,020,518				923,270
Intangible assets	153,464				163,425
Deferred tax assets	143,441				136,267
	$	12,082,020			$	12,205,498
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	441,826			$	511,321
Customer deposits	730,995				449,474
Deferred tax liabilities	115,519				103,548
Accrued and other liabilities	1,436,251				1,407,043
Financial Services debt	352,627				411,821
Notes payable	2,046,334				2,752,302
	5,123,552				5,635,509
Shareholders' equity	6,958,468				6,569,989
	$	12,082,020			$	12,205,498

PulteGroup, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2021					2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	807,506				$	552,331
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Deferred income tax expense	4,781					49,661
Land-related charges	3,254					12,181
Loss on debt retirement	61,469					—
Goodwill impairment	—					20,190
Depreciation and amortization	35,407					31,538
Share-based compensation expense	21,603					16,682
Other, net	(2,922		)			(975		)
Increase (decrease) in cash due to:
Inventories	(632,647		)			101,766
Residential mortgage loans available-for-sale	(16,384		)			114,139
Other assets	(85,049		)			(3,772		)
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	235,050					(85,869		)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	432,068					807,872
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(31,547		)			(36,746		)
Investments in unconsolidated entities	(15,920		)			(664		)
Distributions of capital from unconsolidated entities	10,500					13,619
Business acquisition	(10,400		)			(83,256		)
Other investing activities, net	(17		)			1,597
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(47,384		)			(105,450		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of notes payable	(797,395		)			(10,106		)
Borrowings under revolving credit facility	—					700,000
Repayments under revolving credit facility	—					(700,000		)
Financial Services borrowings (repayments), net	(59,193		)			(70,214		)
Stock option exercises	11					99
Share repurchases	(353,703		)			(95,676		)
Cash paid for shares withheld for taxes	(10,607		)			(14,853		)
Dividends paid	(74,910		)			(65,332		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(1,295,797		)			(256,082		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(911,113		)			446,340
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period	2,632,235					1,251,456
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	1,721,122				$	1,697,796
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid (capitalized), net	$	11,606				$	3,206
Income taxes paid (refunded), net	$	154,658				$	5,865

PulteGroup, Inc.
Segment Data
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended										Six Months Ended
	June 30,										June 30,
	2021					2020					2021					2020
HOMEBUILDING:
Home sale revenues	$	3,235,379				$	2,472,029				$	5,831,889				$	4,693,532
Land sale and other revenues	33,076					26,950					60,235					45,877
Total Homebuilding revenues	3,268,455					2,498,979					5,892,124					4,739,409
Home sale cost of revenues	(2,375,495		)			(1,880,209		)			(4,311,130		)			(3,575,074		)
Land sale and other cost of revenues	(31,195		)			(20,041		)			(55,831		)			(35,055		)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses ("SG&A")	(272,286		)			(196,858		)			(543,973		)			(460,527		)
Loss on debt retirement	—					—					(61,469		)			—
Goodwill impairment	—					—					—					(20,190		)
Other expense, net	(1,460		)			(5,286		)			(3,998		)			(7,759		)
Income before income taxes	$	588,019				$	396,585				$	915,723				$	640,804
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Income before income taxes	$	51,454				$	60,424				$	117,803				$	79,974
CONSOLIDATED:
Income before income taxes	$	639,473				$	457,009				$	1,033,526				$	720,778
OPERATING METRICS:
Gross margin % (a)(b)	26.6			%		23.9			%		26.1			%		23.8			%
SG&A % (a)	(8.4		)	%		(8.0		)	%		(9.3		)	%		(9.8		)	%
Operating margin % (a)	18.2			%		16.0			%		16.7			%		14.0			%

(a)		As a percentage of home sale revenues
(b)		Gross margin represents home sale revenues minus home sale cost of revenues

PulteGroup, Inc.
Segment Data, continued
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	June 30,								June 30,
	2021				2020				2021				2020
Home sale revenues	$	3,235,379			$	2,472,029			$	5,831,889			$	4,693,532
Closings - units
Northeast	497				260				814				570
Southeast	1,175				1,104				2,229				2,032
Florida	1,692				1,380				3,112				2,590
Midwest	1,042				808				1,881				1,516
Texas	1,519				1,194				2,744				2,322
West	1,307				1,191				2,496				2,280
	7,232				5,937				13,276				11,310
Average selling price	$	447			$	416			$	439			$	415
Net new orders - units
Northeast	475				383				1,083				831
Southeast	1,364				1,095				2,925				2,236
Florida	2,203				1,488				4,607				3,173
Midwest	1,300				896				2,861				1,915
Texas	1,459				1,431				3,351				2,940
West	1,521				1,229				3,347				2,922
	8,322				6,522				18,174				14,017
Net new orders - dollars	$	4,258,133			$	2,677,074			$	8,888,450			$	5,945,823
Unit backlog
Northeast									1,222				850
Southeast									3,036				2,069
Florida									5,149				2,889
Midwest									3,179				1,939
Texas									3,660				2,468
West									3,810				2,999
									20,056				13,214
Dollars in backlog									$	9,849,743			$	5,788,096

PulteGroup, Inc.
Segment Data, continued
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	June 30,								June 30,
	2021				2020				2021				2020
MORTGAGE ORIGINATIONS:
Origination volume	5,296				4,474				10,004				8,344
Origination principal	$	1,811,523			$	1,436,103			$	3,376,191			$	2,649,370
Capture rate	85.8		%		86.8		%		86.9		%		86.8		%

Supplemental Data
($000's omitted)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended										Six Months Ended
	June 30,										June 30,
	2021					2020					2021					2020
Interest in inventory, beginning of period	$	193,352				$	213,425				$	193,409				$	210,383
Interest capitalized	31,476					39,686					66,103					79,599
Interest expensed	(39,395		)			(45,169		)			(74,079		)			(82,040		)
Interest in inventory, end of period	$	185,433				$	207,942				$	185,433				$	207,942

PulteGroup, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)

This report contains information about our operating results reflecting certain adjustments, including net income, diluted earnings per share ("EPS"), operating margin, and debt-to-capital ratio. These measures are considered non-GAAP financial measures under the SEC's rules and should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, the comparable GAAP financial measures. We believe that reflecting these adjustments provides investors relevant and useful information for evaluating the comparability of financial information presented and comparing our profitability and liquidity to other companies in the homebuilding industry. Although other companies in the homebuilding industry report similar information, the methods used may differ. We urge investors to understand the methods used by other companies in the homebuilding industry to calculate these measures and any adjustments thereto before comparing our measures to those of such other companies.

The following tables set forth a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the GAAP financial measures that management believes to be most directly comparable ($000's omitted, except per share data):

Adjusted EPS
			Three Months Ended
	Results of Operations Classification		June 30,
			2021					2020
Net income, as reported			$	503,399				$	348,620
Adjustments to income before income taxes:
Insurance adjustments	SG&A		(46,215		)			(60,662		)
Severance expense	SG&A		*					10,328
Income tax effect of the above items	Income tax expense		11,323					12,347
Tax benefit	Income tax expense		(12,078		)			*
Adjusted net income			$	456,429				$	310,633
EPS (diluted), as reported			$	1.90				$	1.29
Adjusted EPS (diluted)			$	1.72				$	1.15

Adjusted Operating Margin
	Three Months Ended
	June 30,
	2021						2020
Home sale revenues	$	3,235,379					$	2,472,029
Gross margin (a)	$	859,884		26.6	%		$	591,820			23.9		%
SG&A, as reported	$	272,286		8.4	%		$	196,858			8.0		%
Adjustments:
Insurance adjustments	46,215			1.4	%		60,662				2.5		%
Severance expense	*			*			(10,328		)		(0.4	)	%
Adjusted SG&A	$	318,501		9.8	%		$	247,192			10.0		%
Operating margin, as reported (b)				18.2	%						16.0		%
Adjusted operating margin (c)				16.7	%						13.9		%
*Item not meaningful for the period presented
(a) Gross margin represents home sale revenues minus home sale cost of revenues
(b) Operating margin represents gross margin less SG&A
(c) Adjusted operating margin represents gross margin less adjusted SG&A

Debt-to-Capital Ratios
		June 30, 2021					December 31, 2020
Notes payable		$	2,046,334				$	2,752,302
Shareholders' equity		6,958,468					6,569,989
Total capital		$	9,004,802				$	9,322,291
Debt-to-capital ratio		22.7			%		29.5			%
Notes payable		$	2,046,334				$	2,752,302
Less: Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(1,721,122		)			(2,632,235		)
Total net debt		$	325,212				$	120,067
Shareholders' equity		6,958,468					6,569,989
Total net capital		$	7,283,680				$	6,690,056
Net debt-to-capital ratio		4.5			%		1.8			%

 

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FAQ

What were PulteGroup's Q2 2021 earnings results?

PulteGroup reported a net income of $503 million, or $1.90 per share, in Q2 2021.

How did PulteGroup's home sale revenues perform in Q2 2021?

Home sale revenues increased by 31% to $3.2 billion compared to the previous year.

What is the status of PulteGroup's backlog as of Q2 2021?

PulteGroup's backlog exceeds 20,000 homes valued at $9.8 billion, representing a 52% increase year-over-year.

What was PulteGroup's gross margin in Q2 2021?

The gross margin improved to 26.6%, a rise of 270 basis points from the prior year.

When will PulteGroup discuss its Q2 2021 results?

A conference call is scheduled for July 27, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.