Kaufman & Borad SA Press release Paris, September 30, 2019
Results for the FIRST NINE MONTHS of 2019
Housingorders in the first nine months of 2019 amounted to EUR1,146.4 million (including VAT) in value terms, which is 7.1% lower than in the first nine months of 2018. In volume terms, they corresponded to 5,626 housing units, which is 5.9% lower than in the same period in 2018.
The take-up period for projects was 5.7 months during the first nine months of the year, which is 0.5 months better than in the same period in 2018 (6.2 months).
Housing supply, 98% of which concerns programs located in high-demand / low-supply areas (A, Abis and B1), totaled 3,569 units at end-August 2019 (4,142 housing units at end-August 2018).
Breakdown of the customer base
During the first nine months of 2019, orders (excluding VAT) placed by first-time buyers were lower in value terms than in the same period in 2018 and corresponded to 16% of sales. Second-time buyers accounted for 9% of sales vs. 11% in the same period in 2018. Orders placed by investors accounted for 34% of sales (of which 27% under the Pinel Scheme alone). The portion of block sales increased by 6%, representing 41% of sales in the first nine months of 2019; over 44% of these sales were of managed housing (for tourists, students, business travelers and seniors).
The Commercial Property segment recorded net orders of EUR118.7 million (including VAT) in the first nine months of 2019.
Kaufman & Broad is currently marketing or studying around 300,000 sq.m of office space and around 125,000 sq.m of logistics and industrial space. It is also currently building around 71,000 sq.m of office space.
The APAVE head office for the South-West region in Toulouse was delivered recently and will be inaugurated soon.
Earlier in the year the group delivered the POLARIS building in Nantes (6,500 sq.m)whose user is the Nantes metropolitan council.
Last of all, work is still underway on the following buildings: Highlight in Courbevoie (31,000 sq.m, of which 24,000 sq.m of office space and 7,000 sq.m of hotel accommodation), Green Oak in Arcueil (10,700 sq.m of office space with a mixed wood / concrete structure), as well as buildings in Bordeaux (27,000 sq.m of office space for Caisse des Dépôts) and Lille (7,000 sq.m, EFS head office).
The Commercial Property backlog at end-August 2019 amounted to EUR210.9 million.
The Housing backlog at August 31, 2019 amounted to EUR2,002.5 million (excluding VAT), i.e. 18.1 months of business. At the same date, Kaufman and Broad had 208 housing programs on the market, corresponding to 3,569 housing units (compared with 220 programs representing 4,142 housing units at end-August 2018).
The Housing property portfolio amounts to 33,445units. This is 12.4% higher than at end-August 2018 and corresponds to over 3 years of sales activity.
Total revenues amounted to EUR1,029.7 million (excluding VAT), down 6.1% compared with the same period in 2018.
Revenue from Housing came to EUR920.1 million (excluding tax) vs. EUR886.9 million (excluding tax) in the first nine months of 2018. This accounts for 89.4% of group revenue. Revenues from the Apartments business were up just 1.8% compared with the first nine months of 2018 and amounted to EUR850.7 million (excluding VAT). Revenue from Single-family Homes in Communities totaled EUR69.4 million (excluding VAT) vs. EUR51.0 million (excluding VAT) in the same period in 2018.
Revenues from the Commercial Property segment totaled EUR104.7 million (excluding VAT), compared with EUR202.8 million for the same period in 2018.
The gross margin for the first nine months of 2019 totaled EUR198.4 million compared with EUR211.8 million in 2018. The gross margin ratio was 19.3%, holding steady compared with the same period in 2018.
Current operating expenses amounted to EUR109.7 million (10.7% of revenues), compared with EUR113.6 million for the same period in 2018 (10.4% of revenues).
Current operating income totaled EUR88.7 million, compared with EUR98.3 million in the first nine months of 2018. The current operating margin ratio was 8.6%, compared with 9.0% for the same period in 2018.
The Group's adjusted EBIT amounted to EUR96.6 million in the first nine months of 2019 (vs. EUR106.3 million in the same period in 2018). The adjusted EBIT margin ratio was 9.4% (compared with 9.7% for the same period in 2018).
Attributable net income came to EUR54.0 million (vs. EUR51.8 million for the first nine months of 2018). At August 31, 2019, in accordance with IFRS IAS12, this attributable net income includes a reduction in tax liability worth EUR3.8m, due to the provisions voted on under the 2018 finance law that gradually reduces the normal tax rate on companies from 33.3% to 26.5% in 2021, and to 25.0% starting in 2022. If these tax provisions change in the future, the company will have to increase its tax liability accordingly.
The net cash position stood at EUR3.6 million at August 31, 2019, compared with positive net cash of EUR36.7 million at end-August 2018. Cash assets (available cash and investment securities) amounted to EUR154.4 million, compared with EUR253.4 million at November 30, 2018. Financing capacity stood at EUR404.4 million, compared with EUR353.4 million at end-November 2018 (and EUR389.7 million at end-August 2018).
Working capital requirement amounted to EUR176.4 million, i.e. 11.8% of revenues over 12 consecutive months, compared with EUR110.8 million at November 30, 2018 (7.1% of revenues). The tight control over working capital was largely attributable to the very rapid take-up of the group's programs.
Pursuant to the decision by its Board of Directors on May 2, 2019, Kaufman & Broad launched, from September 9 to 23 inclusive, a reservation period to a share offering reserved for group employees that the company may launch soon. According to the decision of the Board of Directors of July 9, this offering would be made by issuance of new shares representing a maximum of 1.37% of the share capital at August 31, 2019. Shares would be subscribed through the "KB Actions 2019" compartment of the corporate mutual fund (FCPE "KB Actions") and would be subject to lock-up until July 1, 2024 unless released early where permitted by applicable regulations.
The main objective is to get employees more closely involved in the company's future by allowing them to subscribe to shares on preferential terms. Employees currently hold close to 13.9% of their company's capital and, together, are now Kaufman & Broad's biggest shareholder. An active policy promoting employee share ownership is a guarantee of independence and stability for the company, as well as an opportunity for each employee to benefit from its growth.
For fiscal year 2019, Kaufman & Broad's revenue should stand at around EUR1.5 billion, with about 5% growth in the Housing segment and a decline in the Commercial Property segment in line with expectations.
The gross margin ratio is expected to hold at around 19% and the adjusted EBIT ratio should remain above 9%. Last of all, the expected growth in attributable net income combined with a still healthy financial structure should result in a proposal being submitted to the Board of Directors to pay out a dividend of at least EUR2.50 per share for fiscal year 2019.
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About Kaufman & Broad - Kaufman & Broad has been designing, developing, building and selling single-family homes in communities, apartments and offices on behalf of third parties for more than 50 years. Kaufman & Broad is one of the leading French developer-builders due to the combination of its size and profitability, and the strength of its brand.
Kaufman & Broad's 2018 Registration Document was filed with the French Financial Markets Authority ("AMF") under No. D.19-0228 on March 29, 2019.It is available on the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and Kaufman & Broad (www.kaufmanbroad.fr) websites. It contains a detailed description of Kaufman & Broad's business activities, results and outlook, as well as the associated risk factors. Kaufman & Broad specifically draws attention to the risk factors set out in Chapter 1.2 of the Registration Document. The occurrence of one or more of these risks might have a material adverse impact on the Kaufman & Broad group's business activities, net assets, financial position, results and outlook, as well as on the price of Kaufman & Broad's shares. This press release does not amount to, and cannot be construed as amounting to, a public offering, a sale offer or a subscription offer, or as intended to seek a purchase or subscription order in any country.
Adjusted EBIT:corresponds to income from current operations restated for capitalized "IAS 23 revised" borrowing costs, which are deducted from gross margin.
Backlog: in the case of sales before completion (VEFA), this covers orders for housing units that have not been delivered and for which a notarized deed of sale has not yet been signed, and orders for housing units that have not been delivered for which a notarized deed of sale has been signed for the portion not yet recorded in revenue (in the case of a program for which an advance of 30% has been received, 30% of the revenue from a housing unit for which a notarized deal has been signed is recognized as revenue, while 70% is included in the backlog). The backlog is an overview of the situation at a given time, which enables the revenue yet to be recognized over the coming months to be estimated, thus supporting the Group's forecasts - with the proviso that there is an element of uncertainty in the transformation of the backlog into revenue, particularly for orders that have not yet been signed.
EHU: EHUs (Equivalent Housing Units) are a direct reflection of business volumes. The number of EHUs is calculated by multiplying (i) the number of housing units of a given program for which notarized sales deeds have been signed by (ii) the ratio between the group's property expenses and construction expenses incurred on said program and the total expense budget for said program.
Financing capacity: corresponds to cash assets plus lines of creditnot yet drawn.
Gross margin: corresponds to revenue less cost of sales. The cost of sales is made up of the price of land and any related costs plus the cost of construction.
Lease-before-completion (BEFA): a lease-before-completion involves a customer leasing a building before it is built or redeveloped.
Orders: measured in volume (units) and in value terms; orders reflect the group's sales activity. Orders are recognized in revenue based on the time necessary to "convert" an order into a signed and notarized deed, which is the point at which income is generated. In addition, in the case of multi-occupancy housing programs that include mixed-use buildings (apartments, business premises, retail space and offices), all of the floor space is converted into housing unit equivalents.
Property portfolio: represents all of the land for which any commitment (contract of sale, etc.) has been signed.
Property supply:it is represented by the total inventory of properties available for sale as of the date in question, i.e. all unordered housing units as of this date (minus the programs that have not entered the marketing phase).
Sale-before-completion (VEFA): a sale-before-completion is an agreement by which the seller transfers its rights to the land and its ownership of the existing buildings to the purchaser immediately. The future structures will become the purchaser's property as they are completed: the purchaser is required to pay the price of these structures as the works progress. The seller retains the powers of the Project Owner until acceptance of the work.
Take-up period:the take-up period is the number of months required for the available housing units to be sold, if sales continue at the same rate as in previous months, or the number of housing units (available supply) per quarter divided by the orders for the previous quarter, and divided by three in turn.
Take-up rate: the take-up rate represents the percentage of the initial inventory that is sold on a monthly basis for a property program (sales per month divided by the initial inventory), i.e. net monthly orders divided by the ratio between the opening inventory and the closing inventory, divided by two.
Units: units are the number of housing units or equivalent housing units (for mixed projects) for a given project. The number of equivalent housing units is calculated as a ratio between the surface area by type (business premises, retail space or offices) and the average surface area of the housing units previously obtained.
NOTES
Key consolidated data
* Adjusted EBIT corresponds to current operating income adjusted for capitalized "IAS 23 revised" borrowing costs, which are deducted from the gross margin. ** Based on the number of shares that make up Kaufman & Broad S.A.'s share capital, i.e. 21,864 shares at August 31, 2018 and 21,804,032 shares at August 31, 2019
Consolidated income statement*
*Not approved by the Board of Directors and not audited. Consolidated balance sheet*
*Not approved by the Board of Directors and not audited
Regulatory filing PDF file Document title: Results for the first nine months of 2019 Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=GCBTFVYOQJ |
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