Beating Guidance on Top and Bottom Lines
Delivered 2,491 homes at an average price of $1,009,000 generating ~$2.5B of homebuilding revenue (~$110M above the midpoint of guidance); earned $260.6M ($2.72 per diluted share), a $0.18 beat vs. midpoint guidance.
Strong Orders and Contract Activity
Signed 2,834 net agreements (~$2.8B), up 7% in units and 8% in dollars year-over-year; average contract price ~$990,600, up ~1% YoY; orders up 7% gross and flat on a per-community basis.
Margin and Expense Outperformance
Second quarter adjusted gross margin of 26.2%, a 70 basis-point beat to guidance; SG&A was 10.3% of homebuilding revenues, 40 basis points better than guidance; full-year adjusted gross margin guidance raised by 10 bps to 26.1% and full-year SG&A guidance improved 15 bps to 10.1%.
Capital Allocation and Shareholder Returns
Repurchased $175M of common stock in the quarter (YTD ~$226M) and increased the quarterly dividend; reaffirmed $650M repurchase target for fiscal 2026.
Healthy Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ended the quarter with ~ $3.3B of liquidity ( ~$1.1B cash and $2.2B revolver availability); net debt-to-capital improved to 15.4% from 19.8% a year ago.
Inventory & Production Efficiency Improvements
Reduced finished spec inventory by 28% year-to-date (from 2.8 to 2.0 finished specs per community); build-to-order cycle time improved to ~9 months; spec homes represented ~51% of deliveries and ~41% of home sales revenue.
High Design-Studio Upsell and Cash Buyers
Design studio upgrades, structural options and lot premiums averaged $219,000 (~25% of average base sales price); ~23% of buyers paid all cash and loan-to-value for mortgage buyers was ~69%.
Geographic and M&A Expansion
Increased selling communities to 459 vs. 421 a year earlier and expect 480-490 by year-end (8-10% growth); closed acquisition of Buffington Homes (Northwest Arkansas) adding ~1,500 lots and modestly contributing to raised settlement guidance.