ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (“MD&A”)
This discussion and analysis is based on, should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto in Item 15(a)1 of this Form 10-K, beginning at page F-1. It also should be read in conjunction with the disclosure under “Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I of this Form 10-K.
When this report uses the words “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” they refer to Toll Brothers, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires. References herein to fiscal year refer to our fiscal years ended or ending October 31.
Unless otherwise stated in this report, net contracts signed represents a number or value equal to the gross number or value of contracts signed during the relevant period, less the number or value of contracts cancelled during the relevant period, which includes contracts that were signed during the relevant period and in prior periods. Backlog consists of homes under contract but not yet delivered to our home buyers (“backlog”). Backlog conversion represents the percentage of homes delivered in the period from backlog at the beginning of the period (“backlog conversion”).
OVERVIEW
Our Business
We design, build, market, sell, and arrange financing for an array of luxury residential single-family detached, attached, master-planned, resort-style golf, and urban low-, mid-, and high-rise communities, principally on land we develop and improve, as we continue to pursue our strategy of broadening our product lines, price points and geographic footprint. We cater to luxury first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers in the United States, as well as urban and suburban renters. We also design, build, market, and sell high-density, high-rise urban luxury condominiums with third-party joint venture partners through Toll Brothers City Living® (“City Living”). At October 31, 2022, we were operating in 24 states and in the District of Columbia.
In the five years ended October 31, 2022, we delivered 45,369 homes from 904 communities, including 10,515 homes from 492 communities in fiscal 2022. At October 31, 2022, we had 981 communities in various stages of planning, development or operations containing approximately 76,000 home sites that we owned or controlled through options.
We operate our own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, insurance, smart home technology, and landscaping subsidiaries. In addition, in certain regions we operate our own lumber distribution, house component assembly and component manufacturing operations.
We are developing several land parcels for master-planned communities in which we intend to build homes on a portion of the lots and sell the remaining lots to other builders. One of these master-planned communities is being developed 100% by us, and the remaining communities are being developed through joint ventures with other builders or financial partners.
In addition to our residential for-sale business, we also develop and operate for-rent apartments through joint ventures. See the section entitled “Toll Brothers Apartment Living/Toll Brothers Campus Living” below.
We have investments in various unconsolidated entities, including our Land Development Joint Ventures, Home Building Joint Ventures, Rental Property Joint Ventures and Gibraltar Joint Ventures.
Financial Highlights
In fiscal 2022, we recognized $10.28 billion of revenues, consisting of $9.71 billion of home sales revenues and $564.4 million of land sales and other revenues, and net income of $1.29 billion, as compared to $8.79 billion of revenues, consisting of $8.43 billion of home sales revenues and $358.6 million of land sales and other revenues, and net income of $833.6 million in fiscal 2021.
In fiscal 2022 and 2021, the value of net contracts signed was $9.07 billion (8,255 homes) and $11.54 billion (12,472 homes), respectively. The value of our backlog at October 31, 2022 was $8.87 billion (8,098 homes), as compared to our backlog at October 31, 2021 of $9.50 billion (10,302 homes).
At October 31, 2022, we had $1.35 billion of cash and cash equivalents and approximately $1.79 billion available for borrowing under our $1.905 billion revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), substantially all of which matures in November 2026. At October 31, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and had outstanding letters of credit of approximately $117.7 million.
At October 31, 2022, our total equity and our debt to total capitalization ratio were $6.02 billion and 0.36 to 1.00, respectively.
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Acquisitions
As part of our strategy to expand our geographic footprint and product offerings, in fiscal 2022, we acquired substantially all of the assets and operations of a privately-held home builder with operations in San Antonio, Texas for approximately $48.1 million in cash. The assets acquired, which consisted of 16 communities, were primarily inventory, including approximately 450 home sites owned or controlled through land purchase agreements.
In fiscal 2021, we acquired substantially all of the assets and operations of a privately-held home builder serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market, for approximately $38.8 million in cash. The assets acquired were primarily inventory for future communities, including approximately 550 home sites owned or controlled through land purchase agreements.
These acquisitions were accounted for as asset acquisitions and were not material to our results of operations or financial condition.
Our Business Environment and Current Outlook
We entered fiscal year 2022 with a strong backlog of 10,302 homes valued at $9.5 billion. During the year, we delivered 10,515 homes at an average delivered price of $923,600, increasing home sales revenues by 15.2% to $9.7 billion compared to $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2021. In the fourth quarter, we delivered 3,765 homes at an average price of $951,100 as compared to 3,341 homes and $883,100 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. These results reflect the robust housing market and strong demand for our homes that we experienced beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 through the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Since then, overall demand for new homes has significantly weakened, which we primarily attribute to the steep increases in mortgage rates during 2022. Corresponding with the weakened housing market, we experienced a significant decline in demand for our homes in the second half of fiscal year 2022. In the third and fourth fiscal quarters of 2022, we signed 2,452 net contracts with an aggregate value of $2.98 billion as compared to 6,111 net contracts with an aggregate value of $5.98 billion in the third and fourth fiscal quarters of 2021, representing a year-over-year decline of 60% in units and 56% in dollars. In light of continued uncertainty regarding the direction of mortgage rates and overall macro-economic conditions, it is unclear whether demand for new homes will improve in the near term. However, over the long term, we believe that the housing market will continue to benefit from strong fundamentals, including demographic and migration trends and an overall shortage of homes in the United States.
Our backlog at October 31, 2022 was 8,098 homes and $8.87 billion, down 21% in units and 7% in dollars, as compared to our backlog at October 31, 2021. We continue to experience extended build times (the time it takes from contract signing to delivery of the completed home) due to the impacts of supply chain, labor and other disruptions that characterized the home construction industry during fiscal 2022. However, with weakness in the housing market and fewer home starts in the overall market, we expect these disruptions to recede. In addition, we continue to work with our suppliers and trade partners to resolve issues that arise.
Competitive Landscape
The home building business is highly competitive and fragmented. We compete with numerous home builders of varying sizes, ranging from local to national in scope, some of which have greater sales and financial resources than we do. Sales of existing homes, whether by a homeowner or by a financial institution that may have acquired a home through a foreclosure, also provide competition. We compete primarily based on price, location, design, quality, service, and reputation. We believe our financial stability, relative to many others in our industry, provides us with a competitive advantage.
Land Acquisition and Development
Our business is subject to many risks because of the extended length of time that it takes to obtain the necessary approvals on a property, complete the land improvements on it, and build and deliver a home after a home buyer signs an agreement of sale. We attempt to reduce some of these risks and improve our capital efficiency by utilizing one or more of the following methods: controlling land for future development through options, which enables us to obtain necessary governmental approvals before acquiring title to the land; generally commencing construction of a detached home only after executing an agreement of sale and receiving a substantial down payment from the buyer; and using subcontractors to perform home construction and land development work on a fixed-price basis.
During fiscal 2022 and 2021, we acquired control of approximately 5,700 and 27,700 home sites, respectively, net of options terminated and home sites sold. During fiscal year 2022, we forfeited control of over 9,000 lots subject to land purchase agreements primarily because the planned community no longer met our development criteria. At October 31, 2022, we controlled approximately 76,000 home sites, as compared to approximately 80,900 home sites at October 31, 2021, and approximately 63,200 home sites at October 31, 2020. In addition, at October 31, 2022, we expect to purchase approximately
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6,700 additional home sites from several Land Development Joint Ventures in which we have an interest, at prices not yet determined.
Of the approximately 76,000 total home sites that we owned or controlled through options at October 31, 2022, we owned approximately 37,700 and controlled approximately 38,300 through options. Of the 76,000 home sites, approximately 17,400 were substantially improved.
In addition, at October 31, 2022, our Land Development Joint Ventures owned approximately 24,300 home sites (including 409 home sites included in the 38,300 controlled through options).
At October 31, 2022, we were selling from 348 communities, compared to 340 communities at October 31, 2021, and 317 communities at October 31, 2020.
Customer Mortgage Financing
We maintain relationships with a diversified group of mortgage financial institutions, many of which are among the largest in the industry. We believe that national, regional and community banks continue to recognize the long-term value in creating relationships with our home buyers, and these banks continue to provide these customers with financing.
We believe that our home buyers generally are, and should continue to be, well-positioned to secure mortgages due to their typically lower loan-to-value ratios and attractivecredit profiles, as compared to the average home buyer.
Toll Brothers Apartment Living/Toll Brothers Campus Living
In addition to our residential for-sale business, we also develop and operate for-rent apartments generally through joint ventures. At October 31, 2022, we or joint ventures in which we have an interest, controlled 73 land parcels that are planned as for-rent apartment projects containing approximately 25,000 units. These projects, which are located in multiple metropolitan areas throughout the country, are being operated, are being developed, or will be developed with partners under the brand names Toll Brothers Apartment Living and Toll Brothers Campus Living.
In fiscal 2021, we announced a strategic partnership with Equity Residential to selectively acquire and develop sites for new rental apartment communities in metro Boston, MA; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Orange County/San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. The strategic partnership has an initial term of three years. For selected projects, Equity Residential is expected to invest 75% of the equity and we are expected to invest the remaining 25% of the equity. It is expected that each project will also be financed with approximately 60% leverage. Equity Residential will have the option to acquire each property upon stabilization. The parties have targeted an initial minimum co-investment of $733.0 million in combined equity, or $1.83 billion in aggregate value, assuming 60% leverage. Through the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, we entered into four joint ventures with Equity Residential under this arrangement. We also continue to evaluate potential strategic partnerships for our apartment projects in metro markets that are not designated to be developed exclusively with Equity Residential.
In fiscal 2022, one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures sold its assets to an unrelated party, resulting in a gain of $29.9 million recognized by the joint venture. From our investment in this joint venture, we received cash and recognized a gain of $21.0 million in fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2021, five of our Rental Property Joint Ventures sold their assets to unrelated parties, resulting in an aggregate gain of $177.6 million recognized by the joint ventures. From our investments in these joint ventures, we received cash and recognized an aggregate gain of $74.8 million in fiscal 2021. The gains recognized from these sales are included in “Income from unconsolidated entities” in our Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income included in Item 15(a)1 of this Form 10-K.
At October 31, 2022, we had approximately 4,000 units in for-rent apartment projects that were occupied or ready for occupancy, 2,150 units in the lease-up stage, 7,900 units in the design phase or under development, and 10,950 units in the planning stage. Of the 25,000 units at October 31, 2022, 13,900 were owned by joint ventures in which we have an interest; approximately 2,900 were owned by us; and 8,200 were under contract to be purchased by us.
Contracts and Backlog
The aggregate value of net sales contracts signed decreased 21% in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021. The value of net sales contracts signed was $9.07 billion (8,255 homes) in fiscal 2022 and $11.54 billion (12,472 homes) in fiscal 2021. The decrease in the aggregate value of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was due to a 34% decrease in the number of net contracts signed, offset by a 19% increase in the average value of each contract signed. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, reflects an overall moderation in demand from the extremely strong prior year primarily due to the steep increases in mortgage rates during 2022. The increase in average value attributed to each signed contracts signed in fiscal 2022 was principally due to price increases in many of our markets, as well
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as a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products. The average value attributed to each contract signed includes the value of each binding agreement of sale that was signed in the period, as well as the value of all options selected during the period, regardless of when the initial agreement of sale related to such options was signed.
The value of our backlog at October 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 was $8.87 billion (8,098 homes), $9.50 billion (10,302 homes), and $6.37 billion (7,791 homes), respectively. Approximately 90% of the homes in backlog at October 31, 2022 are expected to be delivered by October 31, 2023. The 7% decrease in the value of homes in backlog at October 31, 2022, as compared to October 31, 2021, was due to the delivery of more homes out of backlog than were added during fiscal 2022, offset, in part, by an increase in the average value of each contract signed.
For more information regarding revenues, net contracts signed, and backlog by geographic segment, see “Segments” in this MD&A.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect our reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Our estimates are based on (i) currently known facts and circumstances, (ii) prior experience, (iii) assessments of probability, (iv) forecasted financial information, and (v) assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but that are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. We use our best judgment when measuring these estimates, and if warranted, obtain advice from external sources. On an ongoing basis, we review the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material. In times of economic disruption when uncertainty regarding future economic conditions is heightened, these estimates and assumptions are subject to greater variability.
For a discussion of all our significant accounting policies, including our critical accounting policies, refer to Note 1,“Significant Accounting Policies” of the Consolidated Financial Statements. We believe that the accounting estimates and assumptions described below involve significant subjectivity and judgment, and changes to such estimates or assumptions could have a material impact on our financial condition or operating results. Therefore, we consider an understanding of the variability and judgment required in making these estimates and assumptions to be critical in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.
We believe the following critical accounting estimates reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at cost unless an impairment exists, in which case it is written down to fair value in accordance with GAAP. In addition to direct land acquisition, land development, and home construction costs, costs also include interest, real estate taxes, and direct overhead related to development and construction, which are capitalized to inventory during periods beginning with the commencement of development and ending with the completion of construction. Because our inventory is considered a long-lived asset under GAAP, we are required to regularly review the carrying value of each of our communities and write down the value of those communities when we believe the values are not recoverable.
Operating Communities: When the profitability of an operating community deteriorates, the sales pace declines significantly, or some other factor indicates a possible impairment in the recoverability of the asset, the asset is reviewed for impairment by comparing the estimated future undiscounted cash flow for the community to its carrying value. If the estimated future undiscounted cash flow is less than the community’s carrying value, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is primarily determined by discounting the estimated future cash flow of each community. The discount rate used in determining each asset’s fair value reflects inherent risks associated with the related estimated cash flows, as well as current risk-free rates available in the market and estimated market risk premiums. During the year ended October 31, 2022, we did not record any inventory impairment charges on our operating communities and therefore no discount rate was used. In estimating the future undiscounted cash flow of a community, we use various estimates such as (i) the expected sales pace in a community, based upon general economic conditions that will have a short-term or long-term impact on the market in which the community is located and on competition within the market, including the number of home sites available and pricing and incentives being offered in other communities owned by us or by other builders; (ii) the expected sales prices and sales incentives to be offered in a community; (iii) costs expended to date and expected to be incurred in the future, including, but not limited to, land and land development costs, home construction, interest, and overhead costs; (iv) alternative product offerings that may be offered in a community that will have an impact on sales pace, sales price, building cost, or the number of homes that can be built in a particular community; and (v) alternative uses for the property, such as the possibility of a sale of the entire
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community to another builder or the sale of individual home sites. Any impairment is charged to cost of home sales revenues in the period in which the impairment is determined.
Future Communities: We evaluate all land held for future communities or future sections of operating communities, whether owned or optioned, to determine whether or not we expect to proceed with the development of the land as originally contemplated. This evaluation encompasses the same types of estimates used for operating communities described above, as well as an evaluation of the regulatory environment in which the land is located and the estimated probability of obtaining the necessary approvals, the estimated time and cost it will take to obtain those approvals, alternative land uses and the possible concessions that may be required to be given in order to obtain them. Concessions may include cash payments to fund improvements to public places such as parks and streets, dedication of a portion of the property for use by the public or as open space, or a reduction in the density or size of the homes to be built or commitment to build or fund certain dedicated workforce and affordable housing units. Based upon this review, we decide (i) as to land under contract to be purchased, whether the contract will likely be terminated or renegotiated, and (ii) as to land we own, whether the land will likely be developed as contemplated or in an alternative manner, or should be sold. We then further determine whether costs that have been capitalized to the community are recoverable or should be written off. The write-off is charged to cost of home sales revenues in the period in which the need for the write-off is determined.
The estimates used in the determination of the estimated cash flows and fair value of both current and future communities are based on factors known to us at the time such estimates are made and our expectations of future operations and economic conditions. Should the estimates or expectations used in determining estimated fair value deteriorate in the future, we may be required to recognize additional impairment charges and write-offs related to current and future communities and such amounts could be material.
We have not made any material changes in the accounting methodology we use to assess possible impairments during the past three fiscal years.
We recognized inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable in each of the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, as shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
Cost of Revenue Recognition
Cost of revenues from home sales are recognized at the time each home is delivered and title and possession are transferred to the buyer.
For our standard attached and detached homes, land, land development, and related costs, both incurred and estimated to be incurred in the future, are amortized to the cost of homes closed based upon the total number of homes expected to be constructed in each community. Any changes resulting from a change in the estimated number of homes to be constructed or in the estimated costs subsequent to the commencement of delivery of homes are allocated to the remaining undelivered homes in the community. Home construction and related costs are charged to the cost of homes closed under the specific identification method. For our master-planned communities, the estimated land, common area development, and related costs, including the cost of golf courses, net of their estimated residual value, are allocated to individual communities within a master-planned community on a relative sales value basis. Any changes resulting from a change in the estimated number of homes to be constructed or in the estimated costs are allocated to the remaining home sites in each of the communities of the master-planned community.
For high-rise/mid-rise projects, land, land development, construction, and related costs, both incurred and estimated to be incurred in the future, are generally amortized to the cost of units closed based upon an estimated relative sales value of the units closed to the total estimated sales value. Any changes resulting from a change in the estimated total costs or revenues of the project are allocated to the remaining units to be delivered.
We rely on certain estimates to determine our construction and land development costs. Construction and land costs are comprised of direct and allocated costs, including estimated future costs. In determining these costs, we compile community budgets that are based on a variety of assumptions, including future construction schedules and costs to be incurred. Actual results can differ from budgeted amounts for various reasons, including construction delays, labor or material shortages, slower absorptions, increases in costs that have not yet been committed, changes in governmental requirements, or other unanticipated
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issues encountered during construction and development and other factors beyond our control. To address uncertainty in these budgets, we assess, update and revise community budgets on a regular basis, utilizing the most current information available to estimate home construction and land costs.
We have not made any material changes in the methodology used in developing and revising community budgets over the past three fiscal years.
Warranty and Self-Insurance
Warranty: We provide all of our home buyers with a limited warranty as to workmanship and mechanical equipment. We also provide many of our home buyers with a limited 10-year warranty as to structural integrity. We accrue for expected warranty costs at the time each home is closed and title and possession are transferred to the home buyer. Warranty costs are accrued based upon historical experience related to product type, geographic location and other community specific factors. Adjustments to our warranty liabilities related to homes delivered in prior years are recorded in the period in which a change in our estimate occurs. Over the past decade, we have had a significant number of warranty claims related primarily to homes built in Pennsylvania and Delaware. See Note 7, “Accrued Expenses” in Item 15(a)1 of this Form 10-K for additional information regarding these warranty charges. We have not made any material changes in our methodology or significant assumptions used to establish our warranty reserves during the past three fiscal years.
Self-Insurance: We maintain, and require the majority of our subcontractors to maintain, general liability insurance (including construction defect and bodily injury coverage) and workers’ compensation insurance. These insurance policies protect us against a portion of our risk of loss from claims related to our home building activities, subject to certain self-insured retentions, deductibles and other coverage limits (“self-insured liability”). We also provide general liability insurance for our subcontractors in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, and certain areas of Texas, where eligible subcontractors are enrolled as insureds under our general liability insurance policies in each community in which they perform work. For those enrolled subcontractors, we absorb their general liability associated with the work performed on our homes within the applicable community as part of our overall general liability insurance and our self-insurance through our captive insurance subsidiary.
We record expenses and liabilities based on the estimated costs required to cover our self-insured liability and the estimated costs of potential claims and claim adjustment expenses that are not covered by our insurance policies. These estimated costs are based on an analysis of our historical claims and industry data, and include an estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported (“IBNR”).
We engage a third-party actuary that uses our historical claim and expense data, input from our internal legal and risk management groups, as well as industry data, to estimate our liabilities related to unpaid claims, IBNR associated with the risks that we are assuming for our self-insured liability and other required costs to administer current and expected claims. These estimates are subject to uncertainty due to a variety of factors, the most significant being the long period of time between the delivery of a home to a home buyer and when a structural warranty or construction defect claim is made, and the ultimate resolution of the claim. Though state regulations vary, construction defect claims are reported and resolved over a prolonged period of time, which can extend for 10 years or longer. As a result, the majority of the estimated liability relates to IBNR. Adjustments to our liabilities related to homes delivered in prior years are recorded in the period in which a change in our estimate occurs.
The projection of losses related to these liabilities requires actuarial assumptions that are subject to variability due to uncertainties regarding construction defect claims relative to our markets and the types of product we build, insurance industry practices and legal or regulatory actions and/or interpretations, among other factors. Key assumptions used in these estimates include claim frequencies, severity and settlement patterns, which can occur over an extended period of time. In addition, changes in the frequency and severity of reported claims and the estimates to settle claims can impact the trends and assumptions used in the actuarial analysis, which could be material to our consolidated financial statements. Due to the degree of judgment required, and the potential for variability in these underlying assumptions, our actual future costs could differ from those estimated, and the difference could be material to our consolidated financial statements.
We have not made any material changes in our methodology used to establish our self-insurance reserves during the past three fiscal years. Over the past three fiscal years adjustments to our estimates have not been material.
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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
We evaluate our investments in unconsolidated entities for indicators of impairment on a quarterly basis. A series of operating losses of an investee, the inability to recover our invested capital, or other factors may indicate that a loss in value of our investment in the unconsolidated entity has occurred. If a loss exists, we further review to determine if the loss is other than temporary, in which case we write down the investment to its estimated fair value. The amount of impairment recognized is the excess of the investment’s carrying amount over its estimated fair value.
The evaluation of our investments in unconsolidated entities for other-than-temporary impairment entails a detailed cash flow analysis using many estimates, including but not limited to: (1) projected future distributions from the unconsolidated entities, (2) discount rates applied to the future distributions and (3) various other factors. For our unconsolidated entities that develop for-sale homes and condominiums these other factors include those that are similar to how we evaluate our inventory for impairment as described above, such as expected sales pace, expected sales price, and costs incurred and anticipated. For our unconsolidated entities that own, develop and manage for-rent residential apartments, these other factors may include rental trends, expected future expenses and cap rates. Our assumptions on the projected future distributions from unconsolidated entities are also dependent on market conditions, sufficiency of financing and capital and competition.
We believe our assumptions on discount rates require significant judgment because the selection of the discount rate may significantly impact the estimated fair value of our investments in unconsolidated entities. A higher discount rate reduces the estimated fair value of our investments in unconsolidated entities, while a lower discount rate increases the estimated fair value of our investments in unconsolidated entities. During the year ended October 31, 2022, we utilized discount rates ranging from 12% to 15% in our valuations. Because of changes in economic conditions, actual results could differ materially from management’s assumptions and may require material valuation adjustments to our investments in unconsolidated entities to be recorded in the future.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table compares certain items in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and other supplemental information for fiscal 2022 and 2021 ($ amounts in millions, unless otherwise stated). For more information regarding results of operations by operating segment, see “Segments” in this MD&A.
Years ended October 31,
Revenues:
Cost of revenues:
Selling, general and administrative 977.8 922.0 6 %
Other:
Income from unconsolidated entities 23.7 74.0 (68) %
Expenses related to early retirement of debt — (35.2) NM
Supplemental information:
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 74.5 % 77.5 %
SG&A as a percentage of home sales revenues 10.1 % 10.9 %
Effective tax rate 24.5 % 24.2 %
Deliveries – average sales price (in ‘000s) $ 923.6 $ 844.4 9 %
Net contracts signed – average sales price (in ‘000s) $ 1,098.4 $ 925.3 19 %
At October 31,
Note: Due to rounding, amounts may not add. “Net contracts signed – value” is net of all cancellations that occurred in the period. It includes the value of each binding agreement of sale that was signed in the period, plus the value of all options that were selected during the period, regardless of when the initial agreements of sale related to such options were signed.
NM - Not Meaningful
A discussion and analysis regarding Results of Operations and Analysis of Financial Condition for the year ended October 31, 2021, as compared to the year ended October 31, 2020, is included in Part II, Item 7, “MD&A” to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on December 17, 2021.
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FISCAL 2022 COMPARED TO FISCAL 2021
Home Sales Revenues and Home Sales Cost of Revenues
The increase in home sales revenues in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was attributable to a 5% increase in the number of homes delivered and a 9% increase in the average price of the homes delivered. The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, is principally due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2022, primarily due to supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and municipality-related delays. The increase in the average delivered home price was mainly due to our ability to raise prices in the first half of our fiscal year when the housing market was strong, as well as an increase in homes delivered in more expensive product types/geographic regions.
Home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of homes sales revenues, in fiscal 2022 was 74.5%, as compared to 77.5% in fiscal 2021. The decrease in fiscal 2022 was principally due to a shift in the mix of revenues to higher margin products/areas, sales price increases outpacing cost increases, and lower interest expense as a percentage of home sales revenues. Interest cost in fiscal 2022 was $164.8 million or 1.7% of home sales revenues, as compared to $187.2 million or 2.2% of home sales revenues in fiscal 2021. We recognized inventory impairments and write-offs of $32.7 million or 0.3% of home sales revenues and $26.5 million or 0.3% of home sales revenues in fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021, respectively.
Land Sales and Other Revenues and Land Sales and Other Cost of Revenues
Our revenues from land sales and other generally consist of the following: (1) land sales to joint ventures in which we retain an interest; (2) lot sales to third-party builders within our master-planned communities; (3) bulk land sales to third parties of land we have decided no longer meets our development criteria; and (4) sales of commercial and retail properties generally located at our City Living buildings. Land sales to joint ventures in which we retain an interest are generally sold at our land basis and therefore little to no gross margin is earned on these sales.
In fiscal 2022, we sold nine land parcels to newly formed Rental Property Joint Ventures in which we have an interest for approximately $322.3 million. Minimal gains were recognized on these land sales to joint ventures. In addition, during fiscal 2022, we recorded an impairment charge of $5.2 million related to office space associated with certain Hoboken, New Jersey condominium projects in connection with a planned sale. During fiscal 2021, we sold a parking garage and retail space associated with certain Hoboken, New Jersey condominium projects for $82.4 million and we recognized gains of $38.3 million. In addition, in fiscal 2021, we sold ten land parcels to newly formed Rental Property Joint Ventures in which we have an interest for $227.8 million. No gains were recognized on these land sales to joint ventures.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”)
SG&A spending increased by $55.7 million in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021. As a percentage of home sales revenues, SG&A was 10.1% and 10.9% in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively. The dollar increase in SG&A was primarily due to higher headcount and additional investments in information technology in addition to normal compensation increases, offset by reduced commissions due to lower broker co-op rates. In addition, fiscal 2022 includes a $10.0 million charge for a charitable contribution made to the Toll Brothers Foundation. The decrease in SG&A as a percentage of revenues was due to a 15% increase in revenues and reduced commission rates in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021.
Income from Unconsolidated Entities
We recognize our proportionate share of the earnings and losses from the various unconsolidated entities in which we have an investment. Many of our unconsolidated entities are land development projects, high-rise/mid-rise condominium construction projects, or for-rent apartment projects and for-rent single-family home projects, which do not generate revenues and earnings for a number of years during the development of the property. Once development is complete for land development projects and high-rise/mid-rise condominium construction projects, these unconsolidated entities will generally, over a relatively short period of time, generate revenues and earnings until all of the assets of the entity are sold. Further, once for-rent apartments and for-rent single-family home projects are complete and stabilized, we may monetize a portion of these projects through a recapitalization or a sale of all or a portion of our ownership interest in the joint venture, resulting in an income-producing event. Because of the long development periods associated with these entities, the earnings recognized from these entities may vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year.
For our Rental Property Joint Ventures specifically, these entities typically generate operating losses until the related property reaches stabilization. For the fiscal years 2022 and 2021, our earnings related to the Rental Property Joint Ventures include approximately $17.5 million and $18.1 million of our share of net operating losses incurred by these joint ventures, respectively, of which approximately $21.7 million and $17.8 million was our share of the depreciation expense recognized by these joint ventures, respectively.
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The decrease in income from unconsolidated entities from $74.0 million in fiscal 2021 to $23.7 million in fiscal 2022, was due mainly to a $74.8 million of gains related to property sales by five of our Rental Property Joint Ventures and a $6.0 million gain related to an asset sale of commercial property by one of our Land Development Joint Ventures in the fiscal 2021 period. In the fiscal 2022 period we recognized a $21.0 million gain related to a property sale by one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures, higher income by a joint venture that owns a hotel and increased earnings from our Land Development Joint Ventures due to lot sales. In addition, during the fiscal 2022 period, we recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges on our investments in certain Home Building and Rental Property Joint Ventures of $8.0 million compared to $2.1 million in the fiscal 2021 period.
Other Income - Net
The table below provides the components of “Other Income – net” for the years ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 (amounts in thousands):
Gain on litigation settlement – net 141,234 —
The decrease in income from ancillary businesses in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to lower earnings from our mortgage operations due to lower volume and increased competition, as well as higher operating losses incurred in our apartment living operations. This decrease was partially offset by a gain of $9.0 million related to the bulk sale of security monitoring accounts by our smart home technologies business in fiscal 2022.
In addition, in fiscal 2022 and 2021, our apartment living operations earned fees from unconsolidated entities of $23.2 million and $20.2 million, respectively. Fees earned by our apartment living operations are included in income from ancillary businesses.
Management fee income from Home Building and Land Development Joint Ventures - net includes fees earned by our City Living and home building operations. The increase in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was primarily related to an increase in Joint Ventures to which we provide services.
In fiscal 2022, we entered into a $192.5 million settlement agreement with Southern California Gas Company to resolve our claims associated with a natural gas leak that occurred from October 2015 through February 2016 at the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility located near certain of our communities in southern California. As a result, net of legal fees and expenses, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $148.4 million, of which $141.2 million was recorded in Other Income - net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in fiscal 2022. The remainder was recorded as an offset to previously incurred expenses. No similar gains were incurred in fiscal 2021.
Expenses Related to Early Retirement of Debt
In fiscal 2021, we redeemed, prior to maturity, all $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of our then-outstanding 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024. In connection with this redemption, we incurred a pre-tax charge of $34.2 million, inclusive of the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs, which is recorded in our Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income. No similar charges were incurred in fiscal 2022.
Income Before Income Taxes
In fiscal 2022, we reported income before income taxes of $1.70 billion or 16.6% of revenues, as compared to $1.10 billion, or 12.5% of revenues in fiscal 2021.
Income Tax Provision
We recognized a $417.2 million income tax provision in fiscal 2022. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 21.0% for fiscal 2022, our federal tax provision would have been $357.8 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was mainly due to the provision for state income taxes of $75.5 million and $4.4 million of other permanent differences, offset, in part, by a $22.2 million benefit of federal energy efficient home credits; a benefit of $3.0 million from excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation; and the reversal of $1.7 million of previously accrued tax provisions on uncertain tax positions that were no longer necessary due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
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We recognized a $266.7 million income tax provision in fiscal 2021. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 21.0% for fiscal 2021, our federal tax provision would have been $231.1 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was mainly due to the provision for state income taxes of $50.2 million and $8.4 million of other permanent differences, offset, in part, by a $24.3 million benefit of federal energy efficient home credits; a benefit of $4.7 million from excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation; and the reversal of $1.0 million of previously accrued tax provisions on uncertain tax positions that were no longer necessary due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Funding for our business has been, and continues to be, provided principally by cash flow from operating activities before inventory additions, unsecured bank borrowings, and the public debt markets.
Our cash flows from operations generally provide us with a significant source of liquidity. Our cash flows provided by operating activities, supplemented with our short-term borrowings and long-term debt, have been sufficient to fund our operations while allowing us to invest in activities that support the long-term growth of our operations. Our primary uses of cash include inventory additions in the form of land acquisitions and deposits to obtain control of land, land development, working capital to fund day to day operations, and investments in existing and future unconsolidated joint ventures. We may also use cash to fund capital expenditures such as investments in our information technology systems. From time to time we use some or all of the remaining available cash flow to repay debt, and to fund share repurchases and dividends on our common stock. We believe our sources of cash and liquidity will continue to be adequate to fund operations, finance our strategic operating initiatives, repay debt, fund our share repurchases and pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
At October 31, 2022, we had $1.35 billion of cash and cash equivalents on hand and approximately $1.79 billion available for borrowing under our Revolving Credit Facility.
Short-term Liquidity and Capital Resources
For at least the next twelve months, we expect our principal demand for funds will be for inventory additions in the form of land acquisition, deposits to control land and land development, operating expenses, including our general and administrative expenses, investments and funding of capital improvements, investments in existing and future unconsolidated joint ventures, debt repayment (including the $400.0 million principal payment on our 4.375% Senior Notes due April 15, 2023), common stock repurchases, and dividend payments. Demand for funds include interest and principal payments on current and future debt financing. We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements primarily through our cash and cash equivalents on hand and net cash flows provided by operations. Additional sources of funds include distributions from our unconsolidated joint ventures, borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility and our mortgage company loan facility, and borrowings from banks and other lenders. In addition, we received net cash proceeds of approximately $148 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 related to a litigation settlement.
We believe we will have sufficient liquidity available to fund our business needs, commitments and contractual obligations in a timely manner for the next twelve months. We may, however, seek additional financing to fund future growth, refinance our existing indebtedness, or for other purposes. There can be no assurance that such financing will be available on favorable terms, or at all.
Long-term Liquidity and Capital Resources
Beyond the next twelve months, we expect that our principal demand for funds will be for payment of the principal on our long-term debt as it becomes due or matures, land purchases and inventory additions, long-term capital investments and investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, common stock repurchases, and dividend payments.
Over the longer term, to the extent the sources of capital described above are insufficient to meet our needs, we may also conduct additional public offerings of our securities, refinance debt or dispose of certain assets to fund our operating activities, debt service, dividends and common stock repurchases. We expect these resources will be adequate to fund our ongoing operating activities as well as providing capital for investment in future land purchases and related development activities and future joint ventures.
Material Cash Requirements
We are a party to many contractual obligations and commitments to make payments to third parties. These obligations impact our short-term and long-term liquidity and capital resource needs. Certain contractual obligations are reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of October 31, 2022, while others are considered future commitments. Our contractual obligations primarily consist of long-term debt and related interest payments, payments due on our Mortgage Company Loan Facility, purchase obligations related to expected acquisition of land under purchase agreements and land development
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agreements (many of which are secured by letters of credit or surety bonds), operating leases, and obligations under our deferred compensation plan, supplemental executive retirement plans, and 401(k) savings plans. We also enter into certain short-term lease commitments, commitments to fund our existing or future unconsolidated joint ventures, letters of credit and other purchase obligations in the normal course of business. For more information regarding our primary obligations, refer to Note 6, “Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility,” and Note 15, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for amounts outstanding as of October 31, 2022, related to debt and commitments and contingencies, respectively.
We also operate through a number of joint ventures and have undertaken various commitments as a result of those arrangements. At October 31, 2022, we had investments in these entities of $852.3 million, and were committed to invest or advance up to an additional $304.3 million to these entities if they require additional funding. We expect to purchase approximately 6,700 home sites over a number of years from several of these joint ventures. The purchase price of these home sites will be determined at a future date.
The unconsolidated joint ventures in which we have investments generally finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In some instances, we and our joint venture partner have guaranteed debt of unconsolidated entities. These guarantees may include any or all of the following: (i) project completion guarantees, including any cost overruns; (ii) repayment guarantees, generally covering a percentage of the outstanding loan; (iii) carry cost guarantees, which cover costs such as interest, real estate taxes, and insurance; (iv) an environmental indemnity provided to the lender that holds the lender harmless from and against losses arising from the discharge of hazardous materials from the property and non-compliance with applicable environmental laws; and (v) indemnification of the lender from “bad boy acts” of the unconsolidated entity.
In situations where we have joint and several guarantees with our joint venture partner, we generally seek to implement a reimbursement agreement with our partner that provides that neither party is responsible for more than its proportionate share or agreed-upon share of the guarantee; however, we are not always successful. In addition, if the joint venture partner does not have adequate financial resources to meet its obligations under such a reimbursement agreement, we may be liable for more than our proportionate share. We believe that as of October 31, 2022, in the event we had become legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of the obligation of an unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event, the collateral would have been sufficient to repay all or a significant portion of the obligation. If it were not, we and our partners would have needed to contribute additional capital to the entity. At October 31, 2022, we had guaranteed the debt of certain unconsolidated entities with loan commitments aggregating $2.86 billion, of which, if the full amount of the debt obligations were borrowed, we estimate $597.8 million to be our maximum exposure related to repayment and carry cost guarantees. At October 31, 2022, the unconsolidated entities had borrowed an aggregate of $1.11 billion, of which we estimate $390.5 million to be our maximum exposure related to repayment and carry cost guarantees. These maximum exposure estimates do not take into account any estimates related to the environmental or “bad boy acts” indemnifications provided to the lenders or recoveries from the underlying collateral or any reimbursement from our partners.
For more information regarding these joint ventures, see Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 15(a)1 of this Form 10-K.
Debt Service Requirements
Our financing strategy is to ensure liquidity and access to capital markets, to maintain a balanced profile of debt maturities, and to manage our exposure to floating interest rate volatility.
Outside of the normal course of operations, one of our principal liquidity needs is the payment of principal and interest on outstanding indebtedness. We are required by the terms of certain loan documents to meet certain covenants, such as financial ratios and reporting requirements. As of October 31, 2022, we were in compliance with all such covenants and requirements on our term loan, credit facility and other loans payable. Refer to Note 6, “Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 15(a)1 of this Form 10-K for additional information.
Operating Activities
Cash provided by operating activities during fiscal 2022 was $986.8 million. Cash provided by operating activities was generated primarily from $1.29 billion of net income plus $21.1 million of stock-based compensation, $76.8 million of depreciation and amortization, $32.7 million of inventory impairments and write-offs, less $23.7 million of income from unconsolidated entities; an increase of $152.5 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses; an increase of $160.5 million in current income taxes, net; and an increase of $50.7 million in sale of mortgage loans, net of originations. This activity was offset, in part, by an increase of $618.8 million in inventory; a net deferred tax benefit of $96.7 million; and a decrease of $95.0 million in receivables, prepaid assets, and other assets.
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Cash provided by operating activities during fiscal 2021 was $1.30 billion. Cash provided by operating activities was generated primarily from $833.6 million of net income plus $23.2 million of stock-based compensation, $76.3 million of depreciation and amortization, $26.5 million of inventory impairments and write-offs, a net deferred tax benefit of $11.8 million, less $74.0 million of income from unconsolidated entities; an increase of $214.8 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses; an increase of $165.6 million in net customer deposits; and a decrease of $135.8 million in receivables, prepaid assets, and other assets. This activity was offset, in part, by an increase of $196.2 million in inventory; an increase of $18.6 million in mortgage loans held for sale; and a $38.7 million gain from the sale of assets.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2022 was $153.2 million, primarily related to $226.7 million used to fund our investments in unconsolidated entities and $71.7 million for the purchase of property and equipment. This activity was offset, in part, by $116.8 million of cash received as returns from our investments in unconsolidated entities and $28.3 million of cash proceeds from the sale of assets.
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2021 was $4.2 million, primarily related to $221.9 million used to fund investments in unconsolidated entities and $66.9 million for the purchase of property and equipment. This activity was offset, in part, by $203.5 million of cash received as returns on our investments in unconsolidated entities and proceeds of $80.4 million of cash received from sales of certain commercial properties.
Financing Activities
We used $1.12 billion of cash from financing activities in fiscal 2022, primarily for the redemption of $409.9 million of senior notes; the repurchase of $542.7 million of our common stock; payments of $51.6 million of loans payable, net of new borrowings; the payment of dividends on our common stock of $88.9 million and payments related to noncontrolling interest - net of $25.8 million.
We used $1.01 billion of cash from financing activities in fiscal 2021, primarily for the repurchase of $378.3 million of our common stock; repayments of $267.0 million of other loans payable, net of new borrowings; $294.2 million of redemption of senior notes, and payment of $76.6 million of dividends on our common stock, offset, in part, by the proceeds of $10.5 million from our stock-based benefit plans.
INFLATION
The long-term impact of inflation on us is manifested in increased costs for land, land development, construction, and overhead. We generally enter into contracts to acquire land a significant period of time before development and sales efforts begin. Accordingly, to the extent land acquisition costs are fixed, subsequent increases or decreases in the sales prices of homes will affect our profits. Because the sales price of each of our homes is fixed at the time a buyer enters into a contract to purchase a home and because we generally contract to sell our homes before we begin construction, any inflation of costs in excess of those anticipated may result in lower gross margins. We generally attempt to minimize that effect by entering into fixed-price contracts with our subcontractors and material suppliers for specified periods of time, which generally do not exceed one year.
In general, housing demand is adversely affected by increases in interest rates and housing costs. For example, since the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2022, overall demand for new homes has significantly weakened, which we primarily attribute to the high inflationary period and steep mortgage rate increases during 2022. Additionally, interest rates, the length of time that land remains in inventory, and the proportion of inventory that is financed affect our interest costs. If we are unable to raise sales prices enough to compensate for higher costs, or if mortgage rates increase significantly, affecting prospective buyers’ ability to adequately finance home purchases, our home sales revenues, gross margins, and net income could be adversely affected. Increases in sales prices, whether the result of inflation or demand, may affect the ability of prospective buyers to afford new homes.
SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION
At October 31, 2022, our 100%-owned subsidiary, Toll Brothers Finance Corp. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), had issued and outstanding $2.00 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes maturing on various dates between April 15, 2023 and November 1, 2029 (the “Senior Notes”). For further information regarding the Senior Notes, see Note 6 to our Consolidated Financial Statements under the caption “Senior Notes.”
The obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal, premiums, if any, and interest are guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior basis by us and substantially all of our 100%-owned home building subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries” and, together with us, the “Guarantors”). The guarantees are full and unconditional, and the Subsidiary Issuer and each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are consolidated subsidiaries of Toll Brothers, Inc. Our non-home building subsidiaries and several of our home building subsidiaries (together, the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”) do not guarantee the Senior Notes. The Subsidiary
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Issuer generates no operating revenues and does not have any independent operations other than the financing of our other subsidiaries by lending the proceeds of its public debt offerings, including the Senior Notes. Our home building operations are conducted almost entirely through the Guarantor Subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Subsidiary Issuer’s cash flow and ability to service the Senior Notes is dependent upon the earnings of the Company’s subsidiaries and the distribution of those earnings to the Subsidiary Issuer, whether by dividends, loans or otherwise. Holders of the Senior Notes have a direct claim only against the Subsidiary Issuer and the Guarantors. The obligations of the Guarantors under their guarantees will be limited as necessary to recognize certain defenses generally available to guarantors (including those that relate to fraudulent conveyance or transfer, voidable preference or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally) under applicable law.
The indentures under which the Senior Notes were issued provide that any of our subsidiaries that provide a guarantee of our obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility will guarantee the Senior Notes. The indentures further provide that any Guarantor Subsidiary may be released from its guarantee so long as (i) no default or event of default exists or would result from release of such guarantee; (ii) the Guarantor Subsidiary being released has consolidated net worth of less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated net worth as of the end of our most recent fiscal quarter; (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries released from their guarantees in any fiscal year comprise in the aggregate less than 10% (or 15% if and to the extent necessary to permit the cure of a default) of our consolidated net worth as of the end of our most recent fiscal quarter; (iv) such release would not have a material adverse effect on ours and our subsidiaries’ home building business; and (v) the Guarantor Subsidiary is released from its guaranty under the Revolving Credit Facility. If there are no guarantors under the Revolving Credit Facility, all Guarantor Subsidiaries under the indentures will be released from their guarantees.
The following summarized financial information is presented for Toll Brothers, Inc., the Subsidiary Issuer, and the Guarantor Subsidiaries on a combined basis after intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated among Toll Brothers, Inc., the Subsidiary Issuer and the Guarantor Subsidiaries, as well as their investment in, and equity in earnings from the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.
Summarized Balance Sheet Data (amounts in millions)
Assets
Amount due from Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries $ 682.9
Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity
Total liabilities $ 5,591.0
Stockholders' equity $ 5,565.5
Summarized Statement of Operations Data (amounts in millions)
For theyear ended October 31, 2022
Cost of revenues $ 7,385.5
Selling, general and administrative $ 970.9
Income before income taxes $ 1,588.3
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SEGMENTS
We operate in five geographic segments, with current operations generally located in the states listed below:
Eastern Region:
•The North region: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania;
•The Mid-Atlantic region: Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia;
•The South region: Florida, South Carolina and Texas;
Western Region:
•The Mountain region: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah; and
•The Pacific region: California, Oregon and Washington.
Our geographic reporting segments are consistent with how our chief operating decision makers are assessing operating performance and allocating capital. At October 31, 2022, we concluded that our City Living operations were no longer a reportable operating segment, primarily due to its insignificance as a result of the change in structure and shift in strategy for its operations. Therefore, we have five operating segments as reflected above. Amounts reported in prior periods have been restated to conform to the fiscal 2022 presentation. The realignment did not have any impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows for the periods presented.
The following tables summarize information related to revenues, net contracts signed, and income (loss) before income taxes by segment for fiscal years 2022, 2021 and 2020. Information related to backlog and assets by segment at October 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, has also been provided.
Units Delivered and Revenues:
Revenues($ in millions) Units Delivered Average Delivered Price($ in thousands)
(restated) (restated) (restated)
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Units Delivered and Revenues (continued):
Revenues($ in millions) Units Delivered Average Delivered Price($ in thousands)
Net Contracts Signed:
(restated) (restated) (restated)
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Backlog at October 31:
Backlog Value($ in millions) Backlog Units Average Backlog Price($ in thousands)
(restated) (restated) (restated)
Backlog Value($ in millions) Backlog Units Average Backlog Price($ in thousands)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes ($ amounts in millions):
(restated) (restated) (restated)
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as our executive offices; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including our apartment rental development business; and income from our Rental Property Joint Ventures and Gibraltar Joint Ventures.
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Total Assets ($ amounts in millions):
At October 31,
(restated)
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, deferred tax assets, properties held for rental apartments, investments in our Rental Property Joint Ventures, expected recoveries from insurance carriers and suppliers, our Gibraltar investments and operations, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage and title subsidiaries.
FISCAL 2022 COMPARED TO FISCAL 2021 (Restated)
North
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Home sales revenues ($ in millions) $ 1,853.7 $ 2,011.9 (8) %
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 857.0 $ 803.8 7 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Net contract value ($ in millions) $ 1,534.7 $ 1,996.4 (23) %
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 961.6 $ 889.3 8 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 77.6 % 78.8 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 280.8 $ 313.7 (10) %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 53 66 (20) %
The decrease in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022 was mainly due to a decrease in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2022 was principally due to sales price increases.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to a decrease in the average number of selling communities, as well as a weakening in demand in the second half of fiscal 2022. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and price increases.
The decrease in income before income taxes in fiscal 2022 was principally attributable to lower earnings from decreased revenues, offset by lower home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues in fiscal 2022 was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas and sales price increases. Furthermore, fiscal 2021 benefited from gains of $38.3 million recognized from the sales of a parking garage and retail space associated with one of our Hoboken, New Jersey condominium projects, offset by $2.1 million of other-than-temporary impairment charges that we recognized on two of our Home Building Joint Ventures.
Inventory impairment charges were $11.9 million in fiscal 2022, as compared to $12.2 million in fiscal 2021. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, we decided to sell a land parcel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formerly was included in our City
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Living segment. In connection with this planned sale, we recognized an impairment charge of $10.3 million. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, we decided to sell the remaining lots in two communities, one in Connecticut and one in Illinois, in bulk sales. As a result, we recognized an impairment charge of $8.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
Mid-Atlantic
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Home sales revenues ($ in millions) $ 1,149.0 $ 1,076.9 7 %
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 940.3 $ 768.1 22 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Net contract value ($ in millions) $ 1,105.4 $ 1,310.7 (16) %
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 1,092.3 $ 894.7 22 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 76.1 % 80.0 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 189.5 $ 128.5 47 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 40 38 5 %
The decrease in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2022, partially offset by an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020. The increase in the average delivered price in fiscal 2022 was primarily due a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products, as well as sales price increases.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to a weakening in demand in the second half of fiscal 2022. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2022 was primarily due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products, as well as sales price increases in fiscal 2022.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to higher earnings from increased revenues, coupled with lower home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sale revenues. The decrease in home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sale revenues, in fiscal 2022 was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, lower interest costs as a percentage of home sales revenue and reduced inventory impairment charges. Included in fiscal 2021 income before income taxes was a $6.0 million gain recognized from an asset sale of a commercial property by one of our Land Development Joint Ventures.
Inventory impairment charges were $3.4 million and $12.0 million in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we decided to sell the remaining lots in one community located in Maryland in a bulk sale. As a result, we wrote down the carrying value of inventory in this community to its estimated fair value. This resulted in an impairment charge of $10.1 million in fiscal 2021.
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South
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 747.5 $ 663.7 13 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Net contract value ($ in millions) $ 1,838.3 $ 2,109.6 (13) %
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 928.0 $ 763.0 22 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 75.6 % 76.7 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 249.7 $ 153.8 62 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 99 84 18 %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2022. The increase in the average delivered price in fiscal 2022 was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products, as well as sales price increases.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to a weakening in demand during the second half of fiscal 2022. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in the fiscal 2022 period was primarily due to sales price increases in fiscal 2022 and a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to higher earnings from increased home sales revenues and lower home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, offset, in part, by higher SG&A costs resulting from increased sales volume. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, was mainly due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, lower interest costs as a percentage of home sales revenue, offset by higher inventory impairment changes in fiscal 2022. Inventory impairment charges were $3.4 million and $0.7 million in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Mountain
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 816.3 $ 733.2 11 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Net contract value ($ in millions) $ 2,319.7 $ 3,341.5 (31) %
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 1,012.1 $ 828.9 22 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 74.6 % 77.2 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 509.5 $ 276.3 84 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 113 105 8 %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2022. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2022 was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products and sales price increases.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to a weakening in demand during the second half of fiscal 2022. The decrease in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2022 was mainly due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to less expensive areas and/or products.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to higher earnings from increased revenues coupled with lower home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, offset in part by higher SG&A resulting from increased volume. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas.
Pacific
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 1,410.7 $ 1,376.8 2 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Net contract value ($ in millions) $ 2,269.3 $ 2,781.7 (18) %
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 1,651.6 $ 1,414.9 17 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 70.5 % 75.4 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) 572.8 382.9 50 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 43 47 (9) %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2021, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2022. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2022
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was primarily due increases in sales prices, partially offset by a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive areas and/or products.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was principally due to a weakening in demand during the second half of fiscal 2022, as well as a decrease in the number of selling communities. The decrease in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2022 was mainly due to a shift in the number of contracts signed in less expensive areas.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, was primarily due to higher earnings from increased revenues and lower SG&A costs, offset by higher inventory impairment charges. Inventory impairment charges were $10.0 million and $1.3 million in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, we decided to sell a land parcel in California that was formerly included in our City Living segment. In connection with this planned sale, we recognized an impairment charge of $5.6 million.
Corporate and Other
In fiscal 2022 and 2021, loss before income taxes was $98.6 million and $154.9 million respectively. The decrease in the loss before income taxes in fiscal 2022 was principally attributable to a favorable litigation settlement. As a result of the settlement, net of legal fees and expenses, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $148.4 million, of which $141.2 million was recorded in Other Income - net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in fiscal 2022. The remainder was recorded as an offset to previously incurred expenses. Coincident with this settlement, we made a charitable contribution of $10.0 million to the Toll Brothers Foundation, which was recorded in Selling, general and administrative in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in fiscal 2022.
In addition, we incurred a $35.2 million charge related to the early retirement of debt in fiscal 2021. These decreases to loss before income taxes were offset by higher income generated by our Rental Property Joint Ventures in fiscal 2021 primarily as a result of $74.8 million of gains recognized related to property sales by five of our Rental Property Joint Ventures; lower earnings from our mortgage company due to a decrease in volume and increased interest spreads in fiscal 2022; higher SG&A costs in fiscal 2022 primarily due to normal compensation increases and additional investments in information technology, and higher losses incurred in our apartment living operations.
FISCAL 2021 (Restated) COMPARED TO FISCAL 2020 (Restated)
North
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 803.8 $ 703.9 14 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 889.3 $ 739.2 20 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 78.8 % 84.2 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 313.7 $ 87.5 259 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 66 73 (10) %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2021 was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2019. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2021 was principally due to sales price increases.
The number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was flat. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and price increases.
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The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2021 was principally attributable to higher earnings from increased revenues and lower home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues and decreased losses from our investments in unconsolidated entities. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, sales price increases and lower inventory impairment charges. The decrease in losses from our investments in unconsolidated entities is primarily due to $6.0 million of other than temporary impairment charges that we recognized on one of our Home Building Joint Ventures in fiscal 2020.
Inventory impairment charges were $12.2 million in fiscal 2021, as compared to $28.4 million in fiscal 2020. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, we decided to sell the remaining lots in two communities, one in Connecticut and one in Illinois, in bulk sales. As a result, we recognized impairment charges of $8.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, we changed our strategy with respect to our land in the Delaware beach markets and the Chicago market. As a result, the carrying values of our land and communities were written down to their estimated fair values, which resulted in a charge to income before income taxes of $18.0 million in fiscal 2020 related to this land. In addition, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, due to a loss in lot density at one community located in New Jersey, the carrying value was written down to its estimated fair value, which resulted in a charge to income of $6.4 million.
Mid-Atlantic
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Home sales revenues ($ in millions) $ 1,076.9 $ 851.1 27 %
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 768.1 $ 668.1 15 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 894.7 $ 730.7 22 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 80.0 % 83.7 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 128.5 $ 52.0 147 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 38 39 (3) %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2019, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2021. The increase in the average delivered price in fiscal 2021 was primarily due a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products, as well as sales price increases.
The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was principally due to a decrease in the average number of selling communities, offset, in part, by an increase in demand. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products, as well as sales price increases in fiscal 2021.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to higher earnings from increased revenues, coupled with lower home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sale revenues. The decrease in home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sale revenues, in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, lower interest costs as a percentage of home sales revenue and reduced inventory impairment charges. A $6.0 million gain recognized from an asset sale of a commercial property by one of our Land Development Joint Ventures was also recognized during fiscal 2021 with no similar gain in fiscal 2020.
Inventory impairment charges were $12.0 million and $17.9 million in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. In the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we decided to sell the remaining lots in one community located in Maryland in a bulk sale. As a result, we wrote down the carrying value of inventory in this community to its estimated fair value. This resulted in an impairment charge of $10.1 million in fiscal 2021. In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we terminated a land purchase agreement in Virginia and wrote-off the deposits and soft costs incurred. In addition, in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we decided to sell the remaining lots in one community located in Maryland in a bulk sale. As a result,
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we wrote down the carrying value of inventory in this community to its estimated fair value, resulting in an impairment charge of $13.5 million in fiscal 2020.
South
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sale Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 663.7 $ 664.9 — %
Net Contracts Signed:
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 763.0 $ 658.1 16 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 76.7 % 79.9 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 153.8 $ 108.4 42 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 84 67 25 %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2019, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2021.
The increase in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was principally due to an increase in demand from our homes and an increase in the average number of selling communities in fiscal 2021, offset by our limiting of lot releases in certain communities. The increases in the average value of each contract signed in the fiscal 2021 periods were primarily due to sales price increases in fiscal 2021 and a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was principally due to higher earnings from increased home sales revenues and lower home sales costs of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, offset, in part, by higher SG&A costs due to increased sales volume. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, was mainly due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, lower interest costs as a percentage of home sales revenue and lower inventory impairment changes in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020. Inventory impairment charges were $0.7 million and $2.9 million in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Mountain
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 733.2 $ 692.1 6 %
Net Contracts Signed:
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 828.9 $ 716.7 16 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 77.2 % 79.2 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) $ 276.4 $ 167.7 65 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 105 94 12 %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2019, partially offset by lower backlog conversion in fiscal 2021. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products and sales price increases.
The increase in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was principally due to increased demand for our homes and an increase in the average number of selling communities. The increases in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2021 was mainly due to shifts in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and price increases.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to higher earnings from increased revenues coupled with lower home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, offset in part by higher SG&A costs due to increased volume. The decrease in home sales cost of revenues, as a percentage of home sales revenues, was primarily due to a shift in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas.
Pacific
Year ended October 31,
Units Delivered and Home Sales Revenues:
Home sales revenues ($ in millions) $ 2,156.1 $ 2,029.9 6 %
Average delivered price ($ in thousands) $ 1,376.8 $ 1,521.7 (10) %
Net Contracts Signed:
Average contracted price ($ in thousands) $ 1,414.9 $ 1,374.4 3 %
Home sales cost of revenues as a percentage of home sales revenues 75.3 % 75.2 %
Income before income taxes ($ in millions) 382.9 351.5 9 %
Number of selling communities at October 31, 47 44 7 %
The increase in the number of homes delivered in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was mainly due to an increase in the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2020, as compared to the number of homes in backlog at October 31, 2019, coupled
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with higher backlog conversion in fiscal 2021. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive areas and/or products.
The increase in the number of net contracts signed in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was principally due to an increase in demand, as well as an increase in the number of selling communities. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in fiscal 2021 was mainly due to price increases, partially offset by a shift in the number of contracts signed in less expensive areas.
The increase in income before income taxes in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020, was primarily due to higher earnings from increased revenues, lower SG&A costs and lower inventory impairment charges. Inventory impairment charges were $1.3 million and $6.0 million in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. The fiscal 2020 impairment charge relates primarily to a land purchase agreement where we no longer expected to purchase the land and, accordingly, wrote-off soft costs incurred.
Corporate and Other
In fiscal 2021 and 2020, loss before income taxes was $154.9 million and $180.1 million respectively. The decrease in the loss before income taxes in fiscal 2021 was principally attributable to higher income generated by our Rental Property Joint Ventures primarily as a result of $74.8 million of gains recognized in the fiscal 2021 period related to property sales by five of our Rental Property Joint Ventures; higher earnings from our mortgage company and title company operations due to an increase in volumes and improved interest spreads in fiscal 2021; lower losses incurred in our apartment living operations; and directly expensed interest of $2.4 million in the fiscal 2020 period with no similar charges in fiscal 2021. These increases were offset, in part by a $35.2 million charge incurred related to early retirement of debt in fiscal 2021, lower interest income in fiscal 2021, gains recognized in fiscal 2020 of $13.0 million from the sale of golf club properties, and higher SG&A costs in fiscal 2021 primarily due to normal compensation increases and an increase in insurance costs due to higher revenues.
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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risk primarily due to fluctuations in interest rates. We incur both fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. For fixed-rate debt, changes in interest rates generally affect the fair market value of the debt instrument, but not our earnings or cash flow. Conversely, for variable-rate debt, changes in interest rates generally do not affect the fair market value of the debt instrument, but do affect our earnings and cash flow. We do not have the obligation to prepay fixed-rate debt prior to maturity, and, as a result, interest rate risk and changes in fair market value should not have a significant impact on our fixed-rate debt until we are required or elect to refinance it.
The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is the primary basis for determining interest payments on borrowings under each of our $650.0 million Term Loan Facility and our $1.905 billion Revolving Credit Facility. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) confirmed it would cease publication of Overnight, 1, 3, 6 and 12 month US Dollar LIBOR settings immediately following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023. Various parties, including government agencies, are seeking to identify an alternative rate to replace LIBOR. The Alternative Reference Rates Committee, which was convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the New York Federal Reserve, has identified the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) as the recommended risk-free alternative rate for US Dollar LIBOR. We expect a substantial portion of our indebtedness will eventually transition to bearing interest based on SOFR. At this time, it is not possible to predict the effect the anticipated discontinuance of LIBOR, or the establishment of alternative reference rates such as SOFR, will have on us or our borrowing costs. SOFR is a relatively new reference rate and its composition and characteristics are not the same as LIBOR. Given SOFR’s very limited history and potential volatility as compared to other benchmark or market rates, the future performance of SOFR cannot be predicted based on historical performance. The consequences of using SOFR could include an increase in the cost of our variable rate indebtedness. We are monitoring these transition efforts and, although each of our Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility contain provisions designed to accommodate an alternate reference rate, we may need to amend these and other contracts, such as interest rate hedges that reference these contracts, to accommodate any replacement rate. The potential effect of any such event on our cost of capital cannot yet be determined, but we do not expect it to have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
The following table shows our debt obligations by scheduled maturity, weighted-average interest rates, and estimated fair value as of October 31, 2022 ($ amounts in thousands):
Fixed-rate debt Variable-rate debt (a)
Bond discounts, premiums, and deferred issuance costs - net (4,729) (1,768)
(a)Based upon the amount of variable-rate debt outstanding at October 31, 2022, and holding the variable-rate debt balance constant, each 1% increase in interest rates would increase the interest incurred by us by approximately $8.0 million per year, without consideration of the Company’s interest rate swap transactions.
(b)In November 2020, we entered into five interest rate swap transactions to hedge $400.0 million of the Term Loan Facility through October 2025, which is included in the variable-rate debt column in the table above. The interest rate swaps effectively fix the interest cost on the $400.0 million at 0.369% plus the spread set forth in the pricing schedule in the Term Loan Facility, which was 1.05% as of October 31, 2022. These interest rate swaps were designated as cash flow hedges.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements, listed in Item 15(a)(1) beginning on page F-1 of this report are incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Any controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected; however, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the assistance of management, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (“Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report (“Evaluation Date”). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and the attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm on internal control over financial reporting on pages F-1 and F-2, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We are in the process of a complex implementation of a new ERP system that affects many of our financial processes. This project is expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of certain financial and business transaction processes, as well as the underlying systems environment. The new ERP system will be a significant component of our internal control over financial reporting. Other than the ERP system implementation noted above, there has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our quarter ended October 31, 2022, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. For a discussion of risks related to the implementation of our new ERP system, see “Risk Factors - We are implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, and challenges with the implementation of the system may impact our business and operations.”
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table includes information with respect to all persons serving as executive officers as of the date of this Form 10-K. All executive officers serve at the pleasure of our Board of Directors.
Name Age Positions
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. 62 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Parahus 59 President and Chief Operating Officer
Martin P. Connor 58 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. joined us in 1990 as assistant to the Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for land acquisitions. He has been an officer since 1994, holding the position of Senior Vice President from January 2002 until November 2005, the position of Regional President from November 2005 until November 2009, and the position of Executive Vice President from November 2009 until June 2010, when he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. On November 1, 2018, he was appointed to the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Yearley was elected a Director in June 2010.
Robert Parahus joined us in 1986 and served in various positions with us, including Regional President from 2006 through October 31, 2019. During this time, he oversaw the Company’s home building operations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida, and had oversight responsibility for Toll Integrated Systems, the Company’s building component manufacturing operations. He was appointed to the position of Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2019, with responsibility for the Company’s eastern region. Effective November 1, 2021, Mr. Parahus was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer.
Martin P. Connor joined us as Vice President and Assistant Chief Financial Officer in December 2008 and was appointed a Senior Vice President in December 2009. Mr. Connor was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2010. From June 2008 to December 2008, Mr. Connor was President of Marcon Advisors LLC, a finance and accounting consulting firm that he founded. From October 2006 to June 2008, Mr. Connor was Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations for O’Neill Properties, a diversified commercial real estate developer in the Mid-Atlantic area. Prior to October 2006, he spent over 20 years at Ernst & Young LLP as an Audit and Advisory Business Services Partner, responsible for the real estate practice for Ernst & Young LLP in the Philadelphia marketplace. During the period from 1998 to 2005, he served on the Toll Brothers, Inc. audit engagement. In September 2022, Mr. Connor was appointed as an alternate director of Univest Financial Corporation, a publicly traded banking and financial services provider serving customers primarily in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The other information required by this item will be included in the “Election of Directors” and “Corporate Governance” sections of our Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2023 Proxy Statement”).
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics for the Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (“Code of Ethics”) that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, and persons performing similar functions designated by our Board of Directors. The Code of Ethics is available on our Internet website at www.tollbrothers.com under “Investor Relations – Corporate Governance.” If we were to amend or waive any provision of our Code of Ethics, we intend to satisfy our disclosure obligations with respect to any such waiver or amendment by posting such information on our Internet website set forth above rather than by filing a Form 8-K.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers. We have also entered into individual indemnification agreements with each of our directors.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this item will be included in the “Executive Compensation” section of our 2023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required in this item will be included in the “Voting Securities and Beneficial Ownership” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” sections of our 2023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required in this item will be included in the “Corporate Governance” and “Certain Relationships and Transactions” sections of our 2023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The information required in this item will be included in the “Ratification of the Re-Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” section of the 2023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
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1. Financial Statements
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting F-1
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 42) F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-6
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income F-7
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity F-8
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-10
2. Financial Statement Schedules
None
Financial statement schedules have been omitted because either they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or notes hereto.
(b) Exhibits
The following exhibits are included with this report or incorporated herein by reference:
Exhibit Number Description
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Exhibit Number Description
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Exhibit Number Description
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Exhibit Number Description
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21** Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
22** List of guarantor subsidiaries
23** Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
** Filed electronically herewith.
The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this report are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves; they should not be relied on for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by us in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on December 19, 2022.
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
By: /s/ Douglas C. Yearley, Jr.
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr.Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Martin P. Connor (Principal Financial Officer)
Michael J. Grubb Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Stephen F. East Director December 19, 2022
Stephen F. East
/s/ Christine N. Garvey Director December 19, 2022
Christine N. Garvey
/s/ Karen H. Grimes Director December 19, 2022
Karen H. Grimes
/s/ Derek T. Kan Director December 19, 2022
Derek T. Kan
/s/ Carl B. Marbach Director December 19, 2022
Carl B. Marbach
/s/ John A. McLean Director December 19, 2022
John A. McLean
/s/ Wendell E. Pritchett Director December 19, 2022
Wendell E. Pritchett
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Signature Title Date
/s/ Paul E. Shapiro Director December 19, 2022
Paul E. Shapiro
/s/ Scott D. Stowell Director December 19, 2022
Scott D. Stowell
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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework). Based on this evaluation under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of October 31, 2022.
During fiscal 2022, we completed the acquisition of the operations of Rialto Homes, LP (“Rialto”). In accordance with SEC Staff guidance permitting a company to exclude an acquired business from management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting for the year in which the acquisition is completed, we have excluded Rialto from the Company’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2022. This acquisition represented less than 1% of the Company’s total assets as of October 31, 2022 and less than 1% of the Company’s revenues for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, has issued its report, which is included herein, on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
F-1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Toll Brothers, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Toll Brothers, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Toll Brothers, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2022, based on the COSO criteria.
As indicated in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, management’s assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of the operations of Rialto Homes, LP, which are included in the 2022 consolidated financial statements of the Company and constitute less than 1% of total assets as of October 31, 2022 and less than 1% of revenues for the year then ended. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also did not include an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of the operations of Rialto Homes, LP.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 2022 consolidated financial statements of the Company and our report dated December 19, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 19, 2022
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Toll Brothers, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Toll Brothers, Inc. (the Company) as of October 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at October 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2022, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated December 19, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the Audit and Risk Committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Accrual for Self-Insurance
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Inventory Impairment
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/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1983.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 19, 2022
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
October 31,
ASSETS
Property, construction, and office equipment – net 287,827 310,455
Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets (1) 747,228 738,078
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities
Equity
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, none issued — —
Accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") 37,618 1,109
(1) As of October 31, 2022 and 2021, receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets or investments in unconsolidated entities include $81.3 million and $90.8 million, respectively, of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs"). See Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities” for additional information regarding VIEs.
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Year ended October 31,
Revenues:
Cost of revenues:
Other:
Expenses related to early retirement of debt — (35,211) —
Other comprehensive income (loss) – net of tax 36,509 8,307 (1,367)
Per share:
Weighted-average number of shares:
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Amounts in thousands)
Shares $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest — (10) (10)
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest — (6,770) (6,770)
Capital distributions, net — (40) (40)
Income attributable to non-controlling interest — 64 64
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
Year ended October 31,
Cash flow provided by operating activities:
Property, construction and office equipment impairments 6,800 — —
Expenses related to early retirement of debt — 35,211 —
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Cash flow used in investing activities:
Business acquisitions — — (60,349)
Cash flow used in financing activities:
(Payments) proceeds for stock-based benefit plans – net (690) 10,487 24,856
Payments related to noncontrolling interest – net (25,766) (5,491) (1,718)
See accompanying notes.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Toll Brothers, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Delaware corporation, and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in 50% or less owned partnerships and affiliates are accounted for using the equity method unless it is determined that we have effective control of the entity, in which case we would consolidate the entity.
References herein to fiscal year refer to our fiscal years ended or ending October 31.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. In times of economic disruption when uncertainty regarding future economic conditions is heightened, these estimates and assumptions are subject to greater variability. As a result, actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions we make that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, and such differences may be material.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Liquid investments or investments with original maturities of three months or less are classified as cash equivalents. Our cash balances exceed federally insurable limits. We monitor the cash balances in our operating accounts and adjust the cash balances as appropriate; however, these cash balances could be impacted if the underlying financial institutions fail or are subject to other adverse conditions in the financial markets. To date, we have experienced no loss or lack of access to cash in our operating accounts.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at cost unless an impairment exists, in which case it is written down to fair value in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360, “Property, Plant, and Equipment” (“ASC 360”). In addition to direct land acquisition costs, land development costs, and home construction costs, costs also include interest, real estate taxes, and direct overhead related to development and construction, which are capitalized to inventory during the period beginning with the commencement of development and ending with the completion of construction. For those communities that have been temporarily closed, no additional capitalized interest is allocated to a community’s inventory until it reopens. While the community remains closed, carrying costs such as real estate taxes are expensed as incurred.
We capitalize certain interest costs to qualified inventory during the development and construction period of our communities in accordance with ASC 835-20, “Capitalization of Interest” (“ASC 835-20”). Capitalized interest is charged to home sales cost of sales revenues when the related inventory is delivered. Interest incurred on home building indebtedness in excess of qualified inventory, as defined in ASC 835-20, is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the period incurred. During fiscal 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s qualified inventory exceeded its indebtedness and substantially all interest incurred was capitalized to inventory. See Note 3, “Inventory”.
Once a parcel of land has been approved for development and we open one of our typical communities, it may take four or more years to fully develop, sell, and deliver all the homes in such community. Longer or shorter time periods are possible depending on the number of home sites in a community and the sales and delivery pace of the homes in a community. Our master-planned communities, consisting of several smaller communities, may take up to 10 years or more to complete. Because our inventory is considered a long-lived asset under GAAP, we are required, under ASC 360, to regularly review the carrying value of each community and write down the value of those communities for which we believe the values are not recoverable.
Operating Communities: When the profitability of an operating community deteriorates, the sales pace declines significantly, or some other factor indicates a possible impairment in the recoverability of the asset, the asset is reviewed for impairment by comparing the estimated future undiscounted cash flow for the community to its carrying value. If the estimated future undiscounted cash flow is less than the community’s carrying value, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is primarily determined by discounting the estimated future cash flow of each community. The impairment is charged to home sales cost of revenues in the period in which the impairment is determined. In estimating the future undiscounted cash flow of a community, we use various estimates such as (i) the expected sales pace in a community, based upon general economic conditions that will have a short-term or long-term impact on the market in which the community
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is located and on competition within the market, including the number of home sites available and pricing and incentives being offered in other communities owned by us or by other builders; (ii) the expected sales prices and sales incentives to be offered in a community; (iii) costs expended to date and expected to be incurred in the future, including, but not limited to, land and land development, home construction, interest, and overhead costs; (iv) alternative product offerings that may be offered in a community that will have an impact on sales pace, sales price, building cost, or the number of homes that can be built on a particular site; and (v) alternative uses for the property such as the possibility of a sale of the entire community to another builder or the sale of individual home sites.
Future Communities: We evaluate all land held for future communities or future sections of operating communities, whether owned or under contract, to determine whether or not we expect to proceed with the development of the land as originally contemplated. This evaluation encompasses the same types of estimates used for operating communities described above, as well as an evaluation of the regulatory environment applicable to the land and the estimated probability of obtaining the necessary approvals, the estimated time and cost it will take to obtain the approvals, and the possible concessions that may be required to be given in order to obtain them. Concessions may include cash payments to fund improvements to public places such as parks and streets, dedication of a portion of the property for use by the public or as open space, or a reduction in the density or size of the homes to be built. Based upon this review, we decide (i) as to land under contract to be purchased, whether the contract will likely be terminated or renegotiated, and (ii) as to land owned, whether the land will likely be developed as contemplated or in an alternative manner, or should be sold. We then further determine whether costs that have been capitalized to the community are recoverable or should be written off. The write-off is charged to home sales cost of revenues in the period in which the need for the write-off is determined.