2017 Big Builder Report Card

2016 Performance Final Grade: 81.9/100
2015 Performance Final Grade: 82.9/100
A

32.4/40

Change YOY
Net debt-to-capital 42.3% -310 bps
Pretax home building income
(in millions)
$726.2 88.2%
Total SG&A/Total revenue 10.3% -
Total SG&A
(in millions)
$664.5 70.1%
Return on invested capital 6.5% 210 bps
Return on equity 12% 310 bps
Total shareholder return -9.1% -
EPS $4.09 62.9%

16.2/20

Change YOY
Community count 570 90.6%
Lots optioned to total controlled 20.6% -11.7%
Change YOY
Home building gross margins 21.8% -40 bps
Sales per community per month to break even 1.30 -
Revenue per employee
(in millions)
$2.1 70.7%
Change YOY
Closings 14.229 96.6%
Sales velocity
(per community per month)
2.1 5.7%
Unit backlog 5,817 3.7%

CalAtlantic Group (NYSE: CAA) continued to integrate the former Ryland Homes and Standard Pacific Homes. President and CEO Larry Nicholson says the year was transformational. “We delivered double-digit top-line growth and grew our adjusted pre-tax income by over $145 million. We invested approximately $1.6 billion in land acquisition and development, reduced our net debt-to-cap by 290 basis points, and returned over $250 million to shareholders in dividends and share buybacks.”