NVR

2017 Performance Final Grade: 84.77/100
2016 Final Grade: 84.2/100
A+/A+

38.10/40

Change YoY
Net debt-to-capital -2.2% -1,380bps
Pretax home building income
(in millions)
$776.4 29.2%
Total SG&A/Total revenue 7.3% --
Total SG&A
(in millions)
$460.8 3.9%
Return on invested capital 26.2% 340bps
Return on equity 36.9% 350bps
Total shareholder return 112.6% --
EPS $144 30.3%

16.67/20

Change YoY
Community count 485 --
Share of lots optioned to total controlled 100% 0%

14.76/20

Change YoY
Home building gross margins 19.2% 170bps
Sales per month to break even
(per community)
0.91 --
Revenue per employee
(in millions)
$1.2 2.1%
Change YoY
Closings 15,961 6.9%
Sales velocity
(per community per month
3.0 13%
Unit backlog 8,531 23.9%


Total Revenue (in millions):$6,306
HB Revenue (in millions): $6,176
Debt Per Share: $159.94
Equity Per Basic Share: $430.08
HB Pretax Margin: 12.6%
Backlog Value (in millions): $3,278
Inventory (in millions):$1,246
Years Supply of Lots: 5.6

NVR (NYSE: NVR) is the most cryptic of the public builders when it comes to financial reporting, not revealing much more than the standard operating metrics. However, at year-end it did let on that the average sales price of new orders in the fourth quarter of 2017 was $380,800, a decrease of 4% when compared with the fourth quarter of 2016. The decrease is primarily attributable to a shift in new orders to lower-priced markets and lower-priced products.