Standard Pacific Corp. Reports 2008 First Quarter Loss
IRVINE, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard Pacific Corp.
(NYSE: SPF) today reported the Company's unaudited 2008 first quarter
operating results.
2008 First Quarter Financial and Operating Highlights From Continuing and
Discontinued Operations:
-- Cash flows from operating activities of $228.9 million;
-- Homebuilding cash on balance sheet of $328.8 million compared to
$219.1 million at Dec. 31, 2007;
-- Homebuilding debt reduction of $22.0 million during the quarter;
-- Loss per share of $3.34 vs. loss per share of $0.63 last year;
-- Net loss of $216.4 million compared to a net loss of $40.8 million
last year;
-- Loss per share of $0.23, excluding after-tax impairment and tax
valuation allowance charges totaling $3.11 per share**; and
-- $192.3 million of pretax charges related to inventory and joint
venture impairments and land deposit write-offs and an $83.7 million
noncash charge related to a valuation allowance for the Company's
deferred tax asset.
2008 First Quarter Financial and Operations Highlights From Continuing
Operations Resulted in the Following:
-- Homebuilding revenues of $348.2 million vs. $651.1 million last year;
-- New home deliveries of 1,036*, down 38% from 1,679* last year;
--- 1,245* net new home orders, down 30% from 1,781* last year;
-- Cancellation rate of 24%*, flat as compared to the prior year period
and down from 37% for the 2007 fourth quarter;
-- 23% reduction in completed and unsold sold homes from 695* homes at
December 31, 2007 to 537* homes; and
-- Quarter-end backlog of 1,488* homes, valued at $505.6 million compared
to 2,545* homes valued at $950.9 million a year ago.
The net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $216.4 million, or
$3.34 per share, compared to a net loss of $40.8 million, or $0.63 per share,
in the year earlier period. Homebuilding revenues from continuing operations
for the 2008 first quarter were $348.2 million versus $651.1 million last
year. The Company's results for the 2008 first quarter included pretax
impairment charges of $192.3 million, or $117.9 million or $1.82 per share
after tax. The impairment charges are a result of challenging homebuilding
market conditions, including the increased use of sales incentives and the
further erosion of home prices. The impairment charges consisted of: $140.7
million related to ongoing consolidated real estate inventories; $29.3 million
related to land sold or held for sale; $20.1 million related to the Company's
share of joint venture inventory impairment charges; and $2.3 million related
to land deposit and capitalized preacquisition cost write-offs for abandoned
projects. In addition, the first quarter operating results also included a
noncash charge of $83.7 million, or $1.29 per share, related to an increase in
the Company's deferred tax asset valuation allowance that was recorded in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109,
"Accounting for Income Taxes"("SFAS 109"). Excluding these charges, the
Company generated a loss of $14.8 million; or $0.23 per share.**
"In the first quarter, the Company's management team pursued, with a
heightened sense of urgency, initiatives to reduce inventories, carefully
manage cash and reduce debt," said Jeffrey V. Peterson, who in March 2008 was
named Chairman, CEO and President of Standard Pacific Corp. "The Company
continued to make progress with these initiatives in the first quarter,
increasing our cash position and improving net new home orders and quarter-end
backlog from year end. We also paid down $22.5 million of the Company's notes
and $127 million of joint-venture debt."
Mr. Peterson said, "The impairments reflect the general decline in the
housing market. Although they do not materially change our cash position, we
are mindful of their impact on the Company's debt covenants. We have reached a
preliminary agreement with our bank group to extend the waiver to our
covenants associated with our bank facilities until August 14, 2008. Going
forward, our priorities are to continue aggressively reducing expenses and
overhead; preserving cash by carefully managing starts, development costs and
land purchases; and focusing on sales and delivering quality homes to our
customers."
Cash Generation and Debt Reduction Results
Standard Pacific ended the 2008 first quarter with $328.8 million of
homebuilding cash on its balance sheet, a $109.7 million increase from the
2007 year end balance. In addition, the Company reduced its aggregate
homebuilding debt balance by $22 million during the 2008 first quarter,
primarily through the early retirement of $22.5 million of its 6 1/2% Senior
Notes due October 1, 2008 through open market purchases, bringing the total
amount of open market purchases of these notes to $46.5 million.
Inventory Reduction
As a result of the continued focus on inventory reduction initiatives,
Standard Pacific's owned or controlled lot position stood at approximately
32,602 lots (including discontinued operations) at March 31, 2008, a 43%
reduction from the year ago level and a 56% decrease from the peak lot count
at Dec. 31, 2005.
Joint Venture Update
The Company continued to make progress with respect to its homebuilding
and land development joint ventures during the 2008 first quarter as
demonstrated by the $127 million reduction in the Company's joint venture debt
to $644 million. In addition, the Company made a $15.7 million loan remargin
payment during the quarter related to one joint venture. The Company
continues to evaluate its homebuilding joint ventures and may find it
necessary to exit additional joint ventures, which may be accomplished by
acquiring its partner's interest, disposing of its interest or other means.
Credit Facilities
The Company was not in compliance with the consolidated tangible net worth
and leverage covenants contained in its revolving credit facility, $100
million Term Loan A and $225 million Term Loan B (collectively the "Credit
Facilities") as of March 31, 2008. During March 2008, the Company reached an
agreement with its bank group to extend the bank group's previous waiver of
any default arising from its noncompliance with the financial covenants
contained in the Credit Facilities to May 14, 2008. As part of the extension,
the Company agreed to reduce the revolving credit facility commitment from
$900 million to $700 million. On May 9, 2008, the Company obtained the
preliminary consent of its bank group, subject to the group's receipt, review
and execution of final documentation, to further extend the waiver until
August 14, 2008 and to expand the waiver's scope (the "Proposed Waiver
Extension"). If completed, the Proposed Waiver Extension will expand the
scope of the existing waiver to include, among other things, a broader waiver
of defaults arising from non-compliance with financial covenants and a
suspension of the application of the borrowing base, certain representations
required to be made in connection with requests for additional borrowings, and
a cross-default provision regarding defaults of other agreements between the
Company and members of the bank group. In exchange for the extension and
expanded scope, the Company will agree to collateralize new advances made
under the revolving credit facility, reduce the revolving credit facility
commitment from $700 million to $500 million and not borrow under the facility
when our cash on hand exceeds $300 million. While the Company expects that
this waiver extension will be completed on or prior to May 14, 2008, there can
be no assurance in this regard.
Senior and Senior Subordinated Public Notes
In addition to the Credit Facilities discussed above, the Company had
$1,302.3 million of senior and senior subordinated notes outstanding (the
"Notes") as of March 31, 2008. The Notes generally contain certain
restrictive covenants, including a limitation on additional indebtedness and a
limitation on restricted payments. Under the limitation on additional
indebtedness, the Company is permitted to incur specified categories of
indebtedness but is prohibited, aside from those exceptions, from incurring
further indebtedness if it does not satisfy either a leverage condition or an
interest coverage condition. As of March 31, 2008, the Company no longer
satisfied either condition and as a result the Company's ability to incur
further indebtedness is currently limited. Exceptions to this limitation
include new borrowings of up to $550 million (or $450 million if the Company's
leverage becomes 2.5 to 1 or higher) under bank credit facilities (including
the Company's revolving credit facility), subject to available borrowing
sources, and indebtedness incurred for the purpose of refinancing or repaying
existing indebtedness. Assuming that the Company's bank group approves the
Proposed Waiver Extension, the Company believes that these exceptions and its
cash balance of $328.8 million at March 31, 2008 provide it with substantial
resources and alternatives to fund its short-term cash needs.
Under the limitation on restricted payments covenant contained in the
Notes, the Company generally is prohibited from making restricted payments
unless it satisfies certain conditions, including having the ability to incur
further indebtedness under the leverage and/or interest coverage conditions of
the additional indebtedness covenant and having availability under its
restricted payments basket. Because the Company no longer satisfies either of
such conditions for incurring further indebtedness under the indebtedness
covenant and, as of March 31, 2008, has no restricted payments basket capacity
under the provisions of its most restrictive issuance of Notes, the Company is
currently prohibited from making restricted payments. Investments in joint
ventures (and other restricted payments) may continue to be made, however,
from funds held in the Company's unrestricted subsidiaries. Based on current
estimated funding requirements, and assuming that the Company is successful in
unwinding the joint ventures that it has targeted for termination and in
extending certain joint venture loan maturities, the Company believes that the
funds in its unrestricted subsidiaries are sufficient to fund its joint
venture investment obligations for the foreseeable future. The Company's joint
venture remargin obligations (which are a form of restricted payment) are
cross-defaulted to its revolving credit facility to the extent the lenders in
the Company's joint ventures are also lenders under the revolving credit
facility. This cross-default provision would be waived for the period of the
Proposed Waiver Extension if this extension is obtained.
To provide the Company with a greater ability and flexibility to respond
to unanticipated joint venture capital needs, it is currently evaluating and
exploring a number of alternatives for reducing its joint venture investment
obligations and enhancing its ability to make restricted payments. These
alternatives include: (i) modifying joint venture cash flows to reduce peak
capital requirements, (ii) accelerating land purchases from land development
joint ventures to reduce joint venture capital requirements, (iii) exiting
joint ventures by buying out a partner's interest or selling our interest,
(iv) increasing joint venture distributions, (v) obtaining noteholder consent
to modify the restricted payments covenant in one or more series of Notes and
(vi) raising equity, whether through debt for equity exchanges, the issuance
of equity for cash or other means, any of which could potentially increase the
restricted payments basket and potentially allow the Company to meet the
leverage condition of the Notes debt incurrence test.
Homebuilding Operations
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
(Dollars in thousands)
Homebuilding revenues:
California $161,950 $284,110 (43%)
Southwest (1) 109,896 226,106 (51%)
Southeast 76,397 140,874 (46%)
Total homebuilding revenues $348,243 $651,090 (47%)
Homebuilding pretax loss:
California $(177,185) $(24,285) 630%
Southwest (1) (10,853) 631 (1,820%)
Southeast (18,972) (6,755) 181%
Corporate (9,613) (2,095) 359%
Total homebuilding pretax loss $(216,623) $(32,504) 566%
Homebuilding pretax impairment
charges:
California $165,348 $51,669 220%
Southwest (1) 11,455 20,356 (44%)
Southeast 15,542 23,708 (34%)
Total homebuilding pretax
impairment charges $192,345 $95,733 101%
(1) Excludes the Company's San Antonio and Tucson divisions, which are
classified as discontinued operations.
The Company generated a homebuilding pretax loss from continuing
operations for the 2008 first quarter of $216.6 million compared to a pretax
loss of $32.5 million in the year earlier period. The increase in pretax loss
was driven by $192.3 million in pretax impairment charges, a 47% decrease in
homebuilding revenues to $348.2 million and a $2.7 million decrease in other
income (expense), which was partially offset by a $14.6 million decrease in
the Company's absolute level of selling, general and administrative ("SG&A")
expenses and an $18.6 million decrease in joint venture loss (to a loss of
$20.6 million). The Company's homebuilding operations for the 2008 first
quarter included the following pretax charges from continuing operations: a
$170.0 million inventory impairment charge including $29.3 million for land
sold or held for sale; a $20.1 million charge related to the Company's share
of joint venture inventory impairments; and a $2.3 million charge related to
the write-off of land option deposits and capitalized preacquisition costs for
abandoned projects. The inventory impairment charges were included in cost of
sales while the land deposit and capitalized preacquisition cost write-offs
were included in other income (expense).
The 47% decrease in homebuilding revenues for the 2008 first quarter was
primarily attributable to a 38% decrease in new home deliveries (exclusive of
joint ventures), a 12% decrease in the Company's consolidated average home
price to $334,000 and, to a lesser extent, a $14.0 million year-over-year
decrease in land sale revenues.
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
New homes delivered:
Southern California 161 276 (42%)
Northern California 143 157 (9%)
Total California 304 433 (30%)
Arizona (1) 155 381 (59%)
Texas (1) 179 242 (26%)
Colorado 46 77 (40%)
Nevada 21 5 320%
Total Southwest 401 705 (43%)
Florida 202 358 (44%)
Carolinas 129 183 (30%)
Total Southeast 331 541 (39%)
Consolidated total 1,036 1,679 (38%)
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Southern California 77 58 33%
Northern California 22 23 (4%)
Illinois - 12 (100%)
Total unconsolidated joint ventures 99 93 6%
Discontinued operations 87 193 (55%)
Total (including joint ventures) 1,222 1,965 (38%)
(1) Arizona and Texas exclude the Tucson and San Antonio divisions, which
are classified as discontinued operations.
New home deliveries (exclusive of joint ventures and discontinued
operations) decreased 38% during the 2008 first quarter as compared to the
prior year period. Deliveries were off in substantially all of the markets in
which we operate, reflecting the continued slowdown in order activity, a
decrease in our backlog levels and weaker housing demand experienced in most
of our markets. Deliveries in Nevada, although up modestly year-over-year on
a per unit basis due to the start-up nature of the operation in 2007,
continued to reflect weak housing market conditions.
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
Average selling prices of homes
delivered:
Southern California $629,000 $702,000 (10%)
Northern California 425,000 575,000 (26%)
Total California 533,000 656,000 (19%)
Arizona (1) 246,000 320,000 (23%)
Texas (1) 267,000 247,000 8%
Colorado 334,000 351,000 (5%)
Nevada 305,000 427,000 (29%)
Total Southwest 268,000 299,000 (10%)
Florida 213,000 279,000 (24%)
Carolinas 258,000 217,000 19%
Total Southeast 231,000 258,000 (10%)
Consolidated (excluding joint
ventures) 334,000 378,000 (12%)
Unconsolidated joint ventures 481,000 517,000 (7%)
Total continuing operations
(including joint ventures) $347,000 $385,000 (10%)
Discontinued operations (including
joint ventures) $164,000 $208,000 (21%)
(1) Arizona and Texas exclude the Tucson and San Antonio divisions, which
are classified as discontinued operations.
During the 2008 first quarter, the Company's consolidated average home
price from continuing operations (excluding joint ventures) decreased 12% to
$334,000 compared to the year earlier period. The overall decrease was due
primarily to the level of incentives and discounts and price cutting required
to sell homes in most of our markets, offset in part from changes in the
Company's geographic mix, whereby a greater percentage of homes were delivered
from the higher priced California markets.
The Company's average home price in California for the 2008 first quarter
decreased 19% from the year earlier period driven by the increased use of
incentives and discounts and the following regional changes. In Southern
California, our average home price was off 10% compared to the prior year
period primarily due to increased incentives, discounts and price cuts
required to generate sales combined with an increase in deliveries in the 2008
first quarter from our more affordable Bakersfield operation. The magnitude
of the decrease in average home price in this region was offset in part by the
meaningful reduction in deliveries during the 2008 first quarter from our
Inland Empire division, which generally offers more affordable housing and
also experienced severe price erosion during the 2008 first quarter as
compared to the prior year period. The decrease in average price in the
Southern California region was partially offset by a higher proportion of
deliveries generated from the Company's Orange County division, which
generally delivers more expensive homes. In Northern California, the average
home price was down 26% as a result of the increased level of incentives,
discounts and price cuts used to sell homes combined with a greater
distribution of deliveries generated from our more affordable Sacramento and
Central Valley operations during the 2008 first quarter.
In the Southwest, the Company's average home price was off 10% from the
year earlier period. The Company's average price in Arizona decreased 23%
year-over-year reflecting the extremely competitive Phoenix market and the
increased use of incentives and price cuts utilized to generate sales. In
Texas, the average price increased 8% as compared to the year earlier period
due primarily to a shift in product mix. In Nevada, the average home price
was down 29% from the year earlier period as a result of the increased level
of incentives, discounts and price cuts required to sell homes.
The Company's average home price in the Southeast for the 2008 first
quarter declined 10% from the year earlier period. In Florida, the average
sales price was down 24% from the year ago period and primarily reflected the
increase in the level of incentives and discounts and price cuts used to sell
homes across all of the Company's Florida markets, and to a lesser degree, a
geographic and product mix shift within the state. The Company's average
price was up 19% in the Carolinas from the 2007 first quarter which primarily
reflected a change in product mix towards larger, more expensive homes.
Homebuilding Gross Margin Percentage
The Company's 2008 first quarter homebuilding gross margin percentage from
continuing operations (including land sales) was down year-over-year to a
negative 33.6% from a positive 15.0% in the prior year period. The 2008 first
quarter gross margin reflected a $170.0 million pretax inventory impairment
charge related to 35 projects, of which $140.7 million related to ongoing
projects while $29.3 million related to land or lots that have been or are
intended to be sold to third parties. These impairments related primarily to
projects located in California, and to a lesser degree, in Florida, Nevada,
the Carolinas and Arizona. Our gross margin from home sales from continuing
operations was negative $87.9 million, or negative 25.4%, for the 2008 first
quarter versus $137.3 million, or 21.6%, for the year earlier period.
Excluding the housing inventory impairment charges from continuing operations,
the Company's 2008 first quarter gross margin percentage from home sales would
have been 15.2% versus 23.5% in 2007.** The 830 basis point decrease in the
year-over-year as adjusted gross margin percentage was driven primarily by
lower gross margins in California, Arizona and Florida, and to a lesser
extent, the Carolinas. The lower gross margins in these markets were driven
by increased incentives and discounts resulting from weaker demand, decreased
affordability, more limited availability of mortgage credit, and an increased
level of new and existing homes available for sale in the marketplace. These
factors have created a much more competitive market for new homes, which has
continued to put downward pressure on home prices. Until market conditions
stabilize, the Company may continue to incur additional inventory impairment
charges.
SG&A Expenses
The Company's SG&A expense rate from continuing operations (including
corporate G&A) for the 2008 first quarter increased 840 basis points to 22.8%
of homebuilding revenues compared to 14.4% for the same period last year. The
higher level of SG&A expenses as a percentage of homebuilding revenues was due
primarily to a lower level of revenues to spread a fixed level of costs over
as well as due to a higher level of sales and marketing costs as a percentage
of revenues as a result of the Company's focus on generating sales in these
challenging market conditions. These increases as a percentage of
homebuilding revenue were partially offset by a reduction in personnel costs,
as a result of reductions in headcount designed to better align our overhead
with the weaker housing market as well as due to a reduction in the level of
the Company's profit-based incentive compensation expense.
Homebuilding Joint Ventures
The Company recognized a $20.6 million loss from unconsolidated joint
ventures during the 2008 first quarter compared to loss of $39.2 million in
the year earlier period. The loss in the 2008 first quarter reflected a $20.1
million pretax charge related to the Company's share of joint venture
inventory impairments related to 8 projects located primarily in California
and, to a small degree, in Illinois. Excluding the impairment charges, the
Company incurred a joint venture loss of approximately $513,000** for the 2008
first quarter, of which approximately $1.8 million of income was generated
from land development activity while a loss of approximately $2.3 million was
generated from new home deliveries due to the increased use of sales
incentives resulting in price erosion. Deliveries from the Company's
unconsolidated homebuilding joint ventures totaled 99 new homes in the 2008
first quarter versus 93 in the prior year period.
Other Income (Expense)
Included in other income (expense) for the three months ended March 31,
2008 are pretax charges of approximately $2.3 million related to the write-off
of option deposits and capitalized preacquisition costs for abandoned
projects. These charges were partially offset by a $1.1 million gain related
to the early extinguishment of $22.5 million of the Company's 6 1/2% Senior
Notes due 2008 through open market purchases and $1.1 million in construction
fee income. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 other income (expense)
included recoveries of approximately $1.0 million of option deposits that were
previously written off and $1.1 million in construction fee income. The
Company continues to carefully evaluate each land purchase in its acquisition
pipeline in light of weakened market conditions and any decision to abandon
additional land purchase transactions could lead to further deposit and
capitalized preacquisition cost write-offs.
Three Months Ended March 31,
% Change
2008 2007 % Change Same Store
Net new orders:
Southern California 285 428 (33%) (43%)
Northern California 153 247 (38%) (45%)
Total California 438 675 (35%) (44%)
Arizona (1) 143 206 (31%) (27%)
Texas (1) 157 261 (40%) (56%)
Colorado 67 115 (42%) (16%)
Nevada 13 15 (13%) (35%)
Total Southwest 380 597 (36%) (41%)
Florida 267 252 6% 4%
Carolinas 160 257 (38%) (56%)
Total Southeast 427 509 (16%) (27%)
Consolidated total 1,245 1,781 (30%) (38%)
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Southern California 34 73 (53%) (53%)
Northern California 20 40 (50%) (50%)
Illinois (1) 6 (117%) (133%)
Total unconsolidated joint
ventures 53 119 (55%) (53%)
Discontinued operations 70 159 (56%) 64%
Total (including joint ventures) 1,368 2,059 (34%) (34%)
Average number of selling communities
during the period:
Southern California 41 35 17%
Northern California 27 24 13%
Total California 68 59 15%
Arizona (1) 18 19 (5%)
Texas (1) 30 22 36%
Colorado 9 13 (31%)
Nevada 4 3 33%
Total Southwest 61 57 7%
Florida 46 45 2%
Carolinas 30 21 43%
Total Southeast 76 66 15%
Consolidated total 205 182 13%
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Southern California 9 9 0%
Northern California 6 6 0%
Illinois 1 2 (50%)
Total unconsolidated joint
ventures 16 17 (6%)
Discontinued operations 7 26 (73%)
Total (including joint ventures) 228 225 1%
(1) Arizona and Texas exclude the Tucson and San Antonio divisions, which
are classified as discontinued operations.
Net new orders companywide (excluding joint ventures and discontinued
operations) for the 2008 first quarter decreased 30% to 1,245 new homes. The
Company's consolidated cancellation rate for the 2008 first quarter was 24%
compared to 24% in the 2007 first quarter and 37% in the 2007 fourth quarter.
The Company's cancellation rate as a percentage of beginning backlog for the
2008 first quarter was 31% compared to 23% in the year earlier period. This
increase was primarily the result of the significant decline in our backlog
levels. Our absolute sales absorption rates continue to reflect difficult
housing conditions in most of our markets, resulting from reduced housing
affordability, and the higher level of homes available for sale in the
marketplace, including increasing levels of foreclosure properties. These
conditions have been magnified by the tightening of available mortgage credit
for homebuyers, including increased pricing for jumbo loans and the
substantial reduction in availability of "Alt-A" mortgage products. All of
these conditions have resulted in a declining home price environment which has
contributed to an erosion of homebuyer confidence and a decrease in the pool
of qualified buyers.
Net new orders in California (excluding joint ventures) for the 2008 first
quarter decreased 35% from the 2007 first quarter on a 15% higher community
count. Net new home orders were down 33% year-over-year in Southern
California on a 17% higher average community count. The decrease was due to
weaker overall housing demand and an increase in the cancellation rate to 27%
in the 2008 first quarter, compared to 19% in the 2007 first quarter, but a
decrease from the 41% 2007 fourth quarter cancellation rate. Net new orders
were down 38% year-over-year in Northern California on a 13% higher community
count. The Company's cancellation rate in Northern California of 19% for the
2008 first quarter was up from 10% in the year earlier period but down
meaningfully from the 38% cancellation rate experienced in the 2007 fourth
quarter.
Net new orders in the Southwest for the 2008 first quarter were down 36%
year-over-year. Net new home orders were down 31% in Arizona on a 5% lower
average community count. The cancellation rate in Arizona was 26% in the 2008
first quarter, more in line with historical rates in this market, as compared
to 35% in the year earlier period. In Texas, net new orders were down 40% on
a 36% higher average community count reflecting weakening demand experienced
in both the Dallas and Austin markets over the last several quarters. In
Colorado, net new orders were down 42% on a 31% lower community count in what
continues to be a challenging market. In Nevada, the housing market continues
to remain sluggish and extremely competitive as demonstrated by the marginal
level of new home orders generated from the Company's Las Vegas division.
In the Southeast, net new orders (excluding joint ventures) decreased 16%
during the 2008 first quarter from the year earlier period. Despite the 6%
increase in net new orders in Florida during the 2008 first quarter, the
Florida market continues to experience erosion in buyer demand and an
increased level of available homes on the market. Our cancellation rate in
Florida decreased to 19% for the 2008 first quarter, which was down
substantially from 41% a year ago and down from 38% in the 2007 fourth
quarter. Net new orders in the Carolinas were off 38% on a 43% higher
community count as a result of a slowing in housing demand in these markets.
At March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
Backlog (in homes):
Southern California 300 376 (20%)
Northern California 137 189 (28%)
Total California 437 565 (23%)
Arizona (1) 182 455 (60%)
Texas (1) 279 460 (39%)
Colorado 144 186 (23%)
Nevada 21 21 0%
Total Southwest 626 1,122 (44%)
Florida 285 591 (52%)
Carolinas 140 267 (48%)
Total Southeast 425 858 (50%)
Consolidated total 1,488 2,545 (42%)
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Southern California 51 143 (64%)
Northern California 22 60 (63%)
Illinois 4 12 (67%)
Total unconsolidated joint
ventures 77 215 (64%)
Discontinued operations 27 167 (84%)
Total (including joint ventures) 1,592 2,927 (46%)
Backlog (estimated dollar value in
thousands):
Southern California $152,462 $277,517 (45%)
Northern California 59,114 99,148 (40%)
Total California 211,576 376,665 (44%)
Arizona (1) 43,848 150,601 (71%)
Texas (1) 86,484 118,534 (27%)
Colorado 52,273 71,537 (27%)
Nevada 5,805 7,304 (21%)
Total Southwest 188,410 347,976 (46%)
Florida 69,738 163,881 (57%)
Carolinas 35,826 62,335 (43%)
Total Southeast 105,564 226,216 (53%)
Consolidated total 505,550 950,857 (47%)
Unconsolidated joint ventures:
Southern California 43,983 80,275 (45%)
Northern California 13,732 41,775 (67%)
Illinois 4,996 8,539 (41%)
Total unconsolidated joint
ventures 62,711 130,589 (52%)
Discontinued operations 5,631 32,462 (83%)
Total (including joint ventures) $573,892 $1,113,908 (48%)
(1) Arizona and Texas exclude the Tucson and San Antonio divisions, which
are classified as discontinued operations.
The dollar value of the Company's backlog (excluding joint ventures and
discontinued operations) decreased 47% from the year earlier period to $505.6
million at March 31, 2008, reflecting a slowdown in order activity and
increased cancellation rates experienced during 2007, as well as a shorter
average escrow period for home sales.
At March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
Building sites owned or controlled:
Southern California 6,984 13,037 (46%)
Northern California 4,298 6,147 (30%)
Total California 11,282 19,184 (41%)
Arizona (1) 2,758 7,496 (63%)
Texas (1) 3,132 4,627 (32%)
Colorado 726 1,117 (35%)
Nevada 2,369 3,027 (22%)
Total Southwest 8,985 16,267 (45%)
Florida 8,320 12,128 (31%)
Carolinas 3,117 3,942 (21%)
Illinois 62 167 (63%)
Total Southeast 11,499 16,237 (29%)
Discontinued operations 836 5,694 (85%)
Total (including joint ventures) 32,602 57,382 (43%)
Building sites owned 21,491 30,395 (29%)
Building sites optioned or subject
to contract 4,621 8,122 (43%)
Joint venture lots 5,654 13,171 (57%)
Total continuing operations 31,766 51,688 (39%)
Discontinued operations 836 5,694 (85%)
Total (including joint ventures) 32,602 57,382 (43%)
(1) Arizona and Texas exclude the Tucson and San Antonio divisions, which
are classified as discontinued operations.
Total building sites owned and controlled as of March 31, 2008 decreased
43% from the year earlier period, which reflects the Company's efforts to
generate cash, reduce its real estate inventories, and to better align its
land supply with the current level of new housing demand. These efforts were
furthered by the sale of approximately 10,000 lots since March 31, 2007,
including the sale of substantially all of the Company's Tucson and San
Antonio assets, and its decision to abandon various land purchase and lot
option contracts.
At March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
Completed and unsold homes:
Consolidated (1) 537 629 (15%)
Joint ventures (1) 33 25 32%
Total continuing operations 570 654 (13%)
Discontinued operations 19 142 (87%)
Total 589 796 (26%)
Spec homes under construction:
Consolidated (1) 969 946 2%
Joint ventures (1) 342 472 (28%)
Total continuing operations 1,311 1,418 (8%)
Discontinued operations 7 36 (81%)
Total 1,318 1,454 (9%)
Total homes under construction
(including specs):
Consolidated (1) 2,118 2,848 (26%)
Joint ventures (1) 394 657 (40%)
Total continuing operations 2,512 3,505 (28%)
Discontinued operations 14 165 (92%)
Total 2,526 3,670 (31%)
(1) Excludes the San Antonio and Tucson divisions, which are classified
as discontinued operations.
The Company's number of completed and unsold homes from continuing
operations (excluding joint ventures) as of March 31, 2008 decreased 23% from
December 31, 2007 to 537 homes, and decreased 15% from March 31, 2007 as a
result of the Company's efforts to move completed spec homes. The number of
homes under construction from continuing operations (exclusive of joint
ventures) as of March 31, 2008 decreased 26% from the year earlier period to
2,118 units in response to the Company's increased focus on managing the level
of its speculative inventory and its desire to better match new construction
starts with lower sales volume.
Financial Services
In the 2008 first quarter, the Company's financial services subsidiary
generated pretax income of approximately $1.8 million compared to pretax
income of $1.2 million in the year earlier period. The increase in
profitability was driven primarily by an increase in margins (in basis points)
on loans sold and was partially offset by a 42% lower level of loans sold
during the 2008 first quarter and a $1.8 million increase in the loan loss
reserve for loans held for sale and for investment. The decrease in loan
sales was primarily the result of a decrease in the Company's new home
deliveries in the markets in which its financial services subsidiary operates.
The Company's financial services subsidiary utilized two mortgage credit
facilities to fund its operations during the three months ended March 31,
2008. The first facility, which matured on February 14, 2008, was not
renewed. The second facility, which pursuant to the terms of an extension
agreement matured on May 1, 2008, was also not renewed. The subsidiary is now
operating under a forbearance agreement with the second facility's lenders
that is designed to permit the subsidiary to pay the facility down in an
orderly fashion as it completes the sale of the mortgage loans to which this
facility's outstanding borrowings relate. The Company is currently attempting
to source a new mortgage credit facility for the financial services
subsidiary. In the interim, the Company plans to finance the financial
services subsidiary's operations by brokering loans and through the use of
internally generated funds.
For the 2008 first quarter, financial services joint venture income, which
is derived from mortgage financing joint ventures with third party financial
institutions operating in conjunction with the Company's homebuilding
divisions in the Carolinas, and Tampa, Florida, was down slightly to
approximately $203,000. The lower level of joint venture income was due to
the lower level of new homes delivered in 2008 as compared to the prior year
period.
Income Taxes
As a result of the continued downturn in the housing market and the
uncertainty as to its magnitude and length, the Company recorded a noncash
valuation allowance of $83.7 million during the three months ended March 31,
2008 against the net deferred tax assets created during the 2008 first quarter
in accordance with SFAS 109 resulting in a total valuation allowance of $264.2
million at March 31, 2008. To the extent that the Company generates eligible
taxable income in the future to utilize the tax benefits of the related
deferred tax assets, the Company will be able to reduce its effective tax rate
by reducing the valuation allowance. Conversely, any future operating losses
generated by the Company would likely increase the deferred tax valuation
allowance and adversely impact our income tax provision.
Discontinued Operations
During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company sold substantially all of
its Tucson and San Antonio assets. The Company is actively marketing the
remaining assets of these divisions for sale and it is the Company's intention
to have fully exited these markets within the next few quarters. The results
of operations of the Company's Tucson and San Antonio divisions have been
classified as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," and prior periods have been reclassified to
conform with current year presentation.
Net losses from discontinued operations for the three months ended March
31, 2008 and 2007 were $1.2 million and $22.5 million, respectively.
Discontinued operations included homebuilding revenues of $14.9 million and
$47.2 million, respectively, and pretax losses of $1.9 million and $34.7
million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company recorded $33.4
million of inventory impairment charges and $524,000 of charges related to the
write-off of land option deposits and capitalized preacquisition costs for
abandoned projects related to our discontinued operations. The Company did
not record any impairments related to its discontinued operations during the
quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Earnings Conference Call
A conference call to discuss the Company's 2008 first quarter will be held
at 11:00 am Eastern Time today, Monday, May 12, 2008. The call will be
broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed through the Company's
website at http://standardpacifichomes.com/ir. The call will also be
accessible via telephone by dialing (888) 713-3594 (domestic) or
(913) 312-0697 (international); Passcode: 3504714. The entire audio
transmission with the synchronized slide presentation will also be available
on our website for replay within 2 to 3 hours following the live broadcast,
and can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 (domestic) or (719) 457-0820
(international); Passcode: 3504714.
About Standard Pacific
Standard Pacific, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, has built
homes for more than 102,000 families during its 42-year history. The Company
constructs homes within a wide range of price and size targeting a broad range
of homebuyers. Standard Pacific operates in many of the largest housing
markets in the country with operations in major metropolitan areas in
California, Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Texas, Colorado and Nevada. The
Company provides mortgage financing and title services to its homebuyers
through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, Standard Pacific Mortgage, Inc.,
SPH Home Mortgage, Universal Land Title of South Florida and SPH Title. For
more information about the Company and its new home developments, please visit
our website at: http://www.standardpacifichomes.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. These statements
include but are not limited to statements regarding: the terms of and our
ability to consummate the proposed Waiver Extension with our bank group; our
intent to reduce expenses and overhead, preserve cash and focus on sales and
delivering quality homes; the adequacy of the resources and alternatives
available to fund the Company's cash needs; the sufficiency of funds available
to fund joint venture investment obligations; our intent to explore
alternatives for reducing our joint venture investment obligations and
enhancing our ability to make restricted payments; housing market conditions;
our ability to obtain new sources of financing for our financial services
subsidiary and our plan in the interim to finance this subsidiary through
brokering loans and the use of internally generated funds; our evaluation of
land purchases and the potential for further deposit and capitalized
preacquisition cost write-offs; the potential impact of future earnings or
losses on our deferred tax valuation allowance; the potential need for
additional inventory impairment charges; and orders and backlog.
Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations or beliefs
regarding future events or circumstances, and you should not place undue
reliance on these statements. Such statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors many of which are out of
the Company's control and difficult to forecast that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those that may be described or implied. Such
factors include but are not limited to: local and general economic and market
conditions, including consumer confidence, employment rates, interest rates,
the cost and availability of mortgage financing, and stock market, home and
land valuations; the impact on economic conditions of terrorist attacks or the
outbreak or escalation of armed conflict involving the United States; the cost
and availability of suitable undeveloped land, building materials and labor;
the cost and availability of construction financing and corporate debt and
equity capital; our significant amount of debt and the impact of restrictive
covenants in our credit agreements, public notes, and private term loans and
our ability to comply with their covenants; potential adverse market and
lender reaction to our financial condition (including limitations on our
ability to incur additional debt and make investments in joint ventures); a
negative change in our credit rating or outlook; the demand for and
affordability of single-family homes; the supply of housing for sale;
cancellations of purchase contracts by homebuyers; the cyclical and
competitive nature of the Company's business; governmental regulation,
including the impact of "slow growth" or similar initiatives; delays in the
land entitlement process, development, construction, or the opening of new
home communities; adverse weather conditions and natural disasters;
environmental matters; risks relating to the Company's mortgage banking
operations, including hedging activities; future business decisions and the
Company's ability to successfully implement the Company's operational and
other strategies; litigation and warranty claims; and other risks discussed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2007
and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no, and
hereby disclaims any, obligation to update any of the foregoing or any other
forward-looking statements. The Company nonetheless reserves the right to
make such updates from time to time by press release, periodic report or other
method of public disclosure without the need for specific reference to this
press release. No such update shall be deemed to indicate that other
statements not addressed by such update remain correct or create an obligation
to provide any other updates.
* Excludes the Company's unconsolidated joint ventures and the Company's
Tucson and San Antonio operations, which are included in discontinued
operations.
** Please see "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
(Note: Tables follow)
STANDARD PACIFIC CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007 % Change
(Dollars in thousands,
except per share amounts)
Homebuilding:
Home sale revenues $345,988 $634,835 (45%)
Land sale revenues 2,255 16,255 (86%)
Total revenues 348,243 651,090 (47%)
Cost of home sales (433,914) (497,534) (13%)
Cost of land sales (31,495) (56,124) (44%)
Total cost of sales (465,409) (553,658) (16%)
Gross margin (117,166) 97,432 (220%)
Gross margin % (33.6%) 15.0%
Selling, general and administrative
expenses (79,444) (94,049) (16%)
Loss from unconsolidated joint
ventures (20,568) (39,149) (47%)
Other income (expense) 555 3,262 (83%)
Homebuilding pretax loss (216,623) (32,504) 566%
Financial Services:
Revenues 6,241 5,577 12%
Expenses (4,443) (4,415) 1%
Income from unconsolidated joint
ventures 203 259 (22%)
Other income 58 170 (66%)
Financial services pretax income 2,059 1,591 29%
Loss from continuing operations before
taxes (214,564) (30,913) 594%
(Provision) benefit for income taxes (684) 12,666 (105%)
Loss from continuing operations (215,248) (18,247) 1,080%
Loss from discontinued operations, net
of income taxes (1,191) (22,544) (95%)
Net loss $(216,439) $(40,791) 431%
Basic and diluted loss per share:
Continuing operations $(3.32) $(0.28) 1,086%
Discontinued operations (0.02) (0.35) (94%)
Loss per share $(3.34) $(0.63) 430%
Weighted average common
shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted 64,882,685 64,548,095 1%
Cash dividends per share $- $0.04 (100%)
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands)
Net income (loss) $(216,439) $(40,791)
Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities $228,882 $156,606
Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities $8,608 $(39,155)
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities $(128,173) $(131,801)
Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA(1) $(6,487) $90,931
Homebuilding SG&A as a percentage of
homebuilding revenues 22.8% 14.4%
Homebuilding interest incurred $30,406 $35,196
Homebuilding interest capitalized to
inventories owned $26,311 $32,133
Homebuilding interest capitalized to
investments in and advances to
unconsolidated joint ventures $4,095 $3,063
Ratio of LTM Adjusted Homebuilding
EBITDA to homebuilding interest incurred 1.5x 4.0x
(1) Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA means net income (loss) (plus cash
distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures) before
(a) income taxes, (b) expensing of previously capitalized interest
included in cost of sales, (c) impairment charges, (d) homebuilding
depreciation and amortization, (e) amortization of stock-based
compensation, (f) income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures
and (g) income (loss) from financial services subsidiary. Other
companies may calculate Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA (or similarly
titled measures) differently. We believe Adjusted Homebuilding
EBITDA information is useful to investors as one measure of the
Company's ability to service debt and obtain financing. However, it
should be noted that Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA is not a U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") financial measure.
Due to the significance of the GAAP components excluded, Adjusted
Homebuilding EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as an
alternative to net income, cash flow from operations or any other
operating or liquidity performance measure prescribed by GAAP. For
the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, EBITDA
from continuing and discontinued operations was calculated as
follows:
Three Months Ended LTM Ended
March 31, March 31,
2008 2007 2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands)
Net income (loss) $(216,439) $(40,791) $(942,921) $(11,855)
Add:
Cash distributions of income
from unconsolidated
joint ventures 357 6,838 10,235 56,001
Provision (benefit) for
income taxes - (24,819) (164,135) (13,438)
Expensing of previously
capitalized interest
included in cost of sales 12,931 21,414 122,699 94,544
Impairment charges 172,290 85,618 967,570 413,650
Homebuilding depreciation and
amortization 1,651 1,831 7,515 7,473
Amortization of stock-based
compensation 4,156 3,004 21,302 13,396
Less:
Income (loss) from
unconsolidated joint
ventures (20,365) (38,998) (180,041) (48,122)
Income (loss) from financial
services subsidiary 1,798 1,162 1,268 6,653
Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA $(6,487) $90,931 $201,038 $601,240
The table set forth below reconciles net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities, from continuing and discontinued operations, calculated
and presented in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA:
Three Months Ended LTM Ended
March 31, March 31,
2008 2007 2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities $228,882 $156,606 $727,834 $165,561
Add:
Provision for (benefit from)
income taxes - (24,819) (164,135) (13,438)
Deferred tax valuation allowance (83,746) - (264,226) -
Expensing of previously
capitalized interest included
in cost of sales 12,931 21,414 122,699 94,544
Excess tax benefits from share-
based payment arrangements - 513 985 1,142
Gain on early extinguishment of
debt 1,125 - 3,890 -
Less:
Income from financial services
subsidiary 1,798 1,162 1,268 6,653
Depreciation and amortization
from financial services
subsidiary 207 142 768 577
Loss on sale of property and
equipment - - 1,439 -
Net changes in operating assets
and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables 3,577 (30,913) (10,593) (4,443)
Mortgage loans held for sale (99,783) (113,836) (85,565) 25,114
Inventories-owned 36,486 (41,512) (321,327) 130,455
Inventories-not owned (55) 312 (10,816) (56,070)
Deferred income taxes 60,849 24,590 172,000 157,818
Other assets (219,991) 12,476 13,256 6,257
Accounts payable 28,057 28,548 12,614 26,698
Accrued liabilities 27,186 58,856 7,897 74,832
Adjusted Homebuilding EBITDA $(6,487) $90,931 $201,038 $601,240
STANDARD PACIFIC CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
March 31, December 31,
2008 2007
ASSETS (unaudited)
Homebuilding:
Cash and equivalents $328,792 $219,141
Trade and other receivables 32,998 28,599
Inventories:
Owned 1,913,923 2,059,235
Not owned 103,389 109,757
Investments in and advances to
unconsolidated joint ventures 240,929 293,967
Deferred income taxes 121,098 143,995
Goodwill and other intangibles 35,572 35,597
Other assets 81,002 300,135
2,857,703 3,190,426
Financial Services:
Cash and equivalents 12,079 12,413
Mortgage loans held for sale 55,557 155,340
Mortgage loans held for investment 8,606 10,973
Other assets 7,918 11,847
84,160 190,573
Assets of discontinued operations 11,110 19,727
Total Assets $2,952,973 $3,400,726
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Homebuilding:
Accounts payable $69,206 $95,190
Accrued liabilities 216,808 280,513
Liabilities from inventories not owned 40,417 43,007
Revolving credit facility 90,000 90,000
Trust deed and other notes payable 35,150 34,714
Senior notes payable 1,377,870 1,400,344
Senior subordinated notes payable 249,381 249,350
2,078,832 2,193,118
Financial Services:
Accounts payable and other liabilities 3,660 5,023
Mortgage credit facilities 57,661 164,172
61,321 169,195
Liabilities of discontinued operations 2,833 5,221
Total Liabilities 2,142,986 2,367,534
Minority Interests 36,452 38,201
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value;
10,000,000 shares authorized; none
issued - -
Common stock, $0.01 par value;
200,000,000 shares authorized;
72,808,691 and 72,689,595(1)
shares outstanding, respectively 728 727
Additional paid-in capital 342,548 340,067
Retained earnings 450,441 666,880
Accumulated other comprehensive
loss, net of tax (20,182) (12,683)
Total Stockholders' Equity 773,535 994,991
Total Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity $2,952,973 $3,400,726
(1) At March 31, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2007, shares outstanding include
7,839,809 shares issued under a share lending facility related to our
6% convertible senior subordinated notes issued on Sept. 28, 2007.
BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
At March 31,
2008 2007
Stockholders' equity per share (1) $11.91 $26.59
Ratio of total debt to total book
capitalization (2) 70.2% 54.7%
Ratio of adjusted net homebuilding
debt to total book capitalization (3 64.9% 52.8%
Ratio of total debt to LTM adjusted
homebuilding EBITDA (2) 9.1x 3.5x
Ratio of adjusted net homebuilding
debt to LTM adjusted homebuilding EBITDA (3) 7.1x 3.2x
Homebuilding interest capitalized in
inventories owned $141,051 $140,453
Homebuilding interest capitalized as
a percentage of inventories owned 7.4% 4.7%
(1) At March 31, 2008, shares outstanding exclude 7,839,809 shares issued
under a share lending facility related to our 6% convertible senior
subordinated notes issued on September 28, 2007.
(2) Total debt at March 31, 2008 and 2007 includes $57.7 million and
$139.9 million, respectively, of indebtedness of the Company's
financial services subsidiary and $9.7 million and $13.4 million,
respectively, of indebtedness included in liabilities from
inventories not owned.
(3) Adjusted net homebuilding debt excludes indebtedness included in
liabilities from inventories not owned, indebtedness of the Company's
financial services subsidiary and additionally reflects the offset of
cash and equivalents in excess of $5 million. We believe that the
adjusted net homebuilding debt to total book capitalization and
adjusted net homebuilding debt to LTM adjusted homebuilding EBITDA
ratios are useful to investors as a measure of the Company's ability
to obtain financing. These are non-GAAP ratios and other companies
may calculate these ratios differently. For purposes of the ratio of
adjusted net homebuilding debt to total book capitalization, total
book capitalization is adjusted net homebuilding debt plus
stockholders' equity. Adjusted net homebuilding debt is calculated
as follows:
At March 31,
2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands)
Total consolidated debt $1,819,794 $2,075,249
Less:
Indebtedness included in
liabilities from
inventories not owned 9,732 13,405
Financial services indebtedness 57,661 139,898
Homebuilding cash in excess of
$5 million 323,792 -
Adjusted net homebuilding debt $1,428,609 $1,921,946
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES***
The table set forth below reconciles the Company's earnings (loss) for the
three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 to earnings (loss) excluding the
after-tax impairment and deferred tax asset valuation charges:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
Net Income (Loss) Shares EPS
(Dollars in thousands, except per
share amounts)
Net income (loss) $(216,439) 64,882,685 $(3.34)
Impairment charges, after tax 117,908 64,882,685 1.82
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance 83,746 64,882,685 1.29
Net income (loss), as adjusted $(14,785) $(0.23)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
Net Income (Loss) Shares EPS
(Dollars in thousands, except per
share amounts)
Net income (loss) $(40,791) 64,548,095 $(0.63)
Impairment charges, after tax 80,408 64,548,095 1.24
Net income (loss), as adjusted $39,617 $0.61
The table set forth below reconciles the Company's gross margin from home
sales for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, excluding housing
inventory impairment charges:
Three Months Ended March 31,
Gross Gross
2008 margin% 2007 margin%
(Dollars in thousands)
Home sale revenues $345,988 $634,835
Cost of home sales (433,914) (497,534)
Gross margin from home sales (87,926) (25.4%) 137,301 21.6%
Add: Housing inventory impairment
charges 140,659 11,954
Gross margin from home sales, as
adjusted $52,733 15.2% $149,255 23.5%
The table set forth below reconciles the Company's income (loss) from
homebuilding and land development joint ventures for the three months ended
March 31, 2008, excluding joint venture impairment charges:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
Land
Homebuilding Development Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Loss from joint ventures $(20,049) $(519) $(20,568)
Joint venture inventory impairment
charges 17,752 2,303 20,055
Income (loss) from joint ventures, as
adjusted $(2,297) $1,784 $(513)
*** We believe that the measures described above which exclude the effect
of impairment and tax valuation charges are useful to investors as
they provide investors with a perspective on the underlying operating
performance of the business by isolating the impact of charges
related to inventory impairments, land deposit and capitalized
preacquisition cost writeoffs for abandoned projects and the tax
valuation allowance. However, it should be noted that such measures
are not GAAP financial measures. Due to the significance of the GAAP
components excluded, such measures should not be considered in
isolation or as an alternative to operating performance measures
prescribed by GAAP.
SOURCE Standard Pacific Corp.
