Hovnanian Enterprises Reports Fiscal 2020 Second Quarter Results

22% Year-over-Year Increase in Total Revenues
120 Basis Point Year-over-Year Improvement in Gross Margin Percentage
Consolidated Contracts per Community Grew 8% Year-over-YearMATAWAN, N.J., June 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: HOV), a leading national homebuilder, reported results for its fiscal second quarter and six-month period ended April 30, 2020.RESULTS FOR THE THREE-MONTH AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED APRIL 30, 2020:Total revenues increased 22.2% to $538.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, compared with $440.7 million in the same period of the prior year. For the six months ended April 30, 2020, total revenues increased 25.7% to $1.03 billion compared with $821.3 million in the same period during the prior fiscal year.Homebuilding gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges, was 14.5% for the three months ended April 30, 2020 compared with 13.3% during the same quarter a year ago. During the first half of fiscal 2020, homebuilding gross margin percentage, after cost of sales interest expense and land charges, was 13.7% compared with 14.0% during the same period last year.Homebuilding gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, was 18.2% during the fiscal 2020 second quarter compared with 16.9% in last year’s second quarter. For the six months ended April 30, 2020, homebuilding gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges, was 17.8% compared with 17.3% in the same period of the previous fiscal year.Total SG&A was $55.9 million, or 10.4% of total revenues, in the fiscal 2020 second quarter compared with $60.3 million, or 13.7% of total revenues, in the previous year’s second quarter. During the first six months of fiscal 2020, total SG&A was $116.3 million, or 11.3% of total revenues, compared with $120.7 million, or 14.7% of total revenues, in the same period of the prior fiscal year.Interest incurred (some of which was expensed and some of which was capitalized) was $45.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 compared with $41.4 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2019. For the six months ended April 30, 2020, interest incurred (some of which was expensed and some of which was capitalized) was $89.7 million compared with $80.2 million during the same period last year.Income from unconsolidated joint ventures was $6.2 million for the second quarter ended April 30, 2020 compared with $7.3 million in the fiscal 2019 second quarter. For the first half of fiscal 2020, income from unconsolidated joint ventures was $7.8 million compared with $16.8 million in the same period a year ago.Income before income taxes for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 was $4.2 million compared with a loss of $14.9 million in the second quarter of the prior fiscal year. For the first six months of fiscal 2020, the loss before income taxes was $3.3 million compared with a loss of $32.0 million during the same period of fiscal 2019.Net income was $4.1 million, or $0.63 per common share, for the three months ended April 30, 2020 compared with a net loss of $15.3 million, or $2.56 per common share, in the second quarter of the previous fiscal year. For the first six months of fiscal 2020, net loss was $5.1 million, or $0.82 per common share, compared with a net loss of $32.7 million, or $5.49 per common share, in the same period during fiscal 2019.EBITDA increased 125.1% to $50.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 compared with $22.6 million in the same quarter of the prior year. For the first half of fiscal 2020, EBITDA was $87.9 million, an 125.4% increase, compared with $39.0 million in the first half of fiscal 2019.Adjusted EBITDA increased 116.3% to $52.1 million in the second quarter ended April 30, 2020 compared with $24.1 million in the same quarter one year ago. For the six months ended April 30, 2020, adjusted EBITDA increased 100.3% to $82.4 million compared with $41.2 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.Adjusted pretax income, which is income before income taxes, excluding land-related charges and loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, improved to $5.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 compared with a loss before these items of $13.5 million in the fiscal 2019 second quarter. For the six months ended April 30, 2020, loss before income taxes, excluding land-related charges and loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, was $8.7 million compared with a loss before these items of $29.9 million during the same period in fiscal 2019.Financial services income before income taxes was $4.7 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 compared with $3.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. For the first half of fiscal 2020, financial services income before income taxes was $9.2 million compared with $4.8 million in the same period one year ago.Consolidated contracts per community increased 7.6% to 11.3 contracts per community for the second quarter ended April 30, 2020 compared with 10.5 contracts per community in last year’s second quarter. Contracts per community, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures⁽¹⁾, were 10.6 for both the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and the second quarter of fiscal 2019.The number of consolidated contracts decreased 3.8% to 1,487 homes, during the fiscal 2020 second quarter, compared with 1,546 homes in last year’s second quarter. The number of contracts, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, for the three months ended April 30, 2020, decreased 5.7% to 1,642 homes from 1,741 homes during the same quarter a year ago.For the first half of fiscal 2020, the number of consolidated contracts increased 13.3% to 2,809 homes compared with 2,480 homes in the first half of fiscal 2019. The number of contracts, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, for the six months ended April 30, 2020, increased 11.6% to 3,134 homes from 2,807 homes during the same period a year ago.Consolidated community count was 132 as of April 30, 2020, compared with 147 communities at the end of the previous year’s second quarter. The decline was primarily a result of selling at a faster than anticipated pace, delayed community openings and contributing four consolidated communities to unconsolidated joint ventures earlier this year. As of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, community count, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, was 155 communities, compared with 164 communities at April 30, 2019.For May 2020, consolidated contracts per community increased 43.2% to 5.3 compared with 3.7 for the same month one year ago. During May 2020, the number of consolidated contracts increased 28.2% to 687 homes from 536 homes in May 2019.The dollar value of consolidated contract backlog, as of April 30, 2020, was $958.1 million compared with $949.9 million as of April 30, 2019. The dollar value of contract backlog, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, as of April 30, 2020, was $1.13 billion compared with $1.17 billion as of April 30, 2019.Consolidated deliveries were 1,325 homes in the fiscal 2020 second quarter, a 22.1% increase compared with 1,085 homes in the previous year’s second quarter. For the fiscal 2020 second quarter, deliveries, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, increased 18.3% to 1,513 homes compared with 1,279 homes during the second quarter of fiscal 2019.For the first half of fiscal 2020, consolidated deliveries increased 24.8% to 2,561 homes compared with 2,052 homes in the first six months of the previous year. For the first half of fiscal 2020, deliveries, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures, increased 21.0% to 2,898 homes compared with 2,395 homes during the same period of fiscal 2019.The contract cancellation rate for consolidated contracts was 23% for the second quarter ended April 30, 2020 compared with 19% in the fiscal 2019 second quarter. The contract cancellation rate for contracts including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures was 23% for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 compared with 19% in the second quarter of the prior year.⁽¹⁾When we refer to “Domestic Unconsolidated Joint Ventures”, we are excluding results from our single community unconsolidated joint venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).LIQUIDITY AND INVENTORY AS OF APRIL 30, 2020:
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