PHOENIX, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cavco Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVCO) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 3, 2021. Fiscal year 2021 was a 53 week year, with the extra week falling in the fourth quarter.
Key Takeaways
Three months ended April 3, 2021 compared to the three months ended March 28, 2020
During each quarterly period, items ancillary to our core operations had the following impact on the results:
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
(in millions) | April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | ||||||
Net revenue | ||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity investments in financial services segment | $ | 0.6 | $ | (2.0 | ) | |||
Cost of sales | ||||||||
Financial services segment non-cash valuation adjustments from economic conditions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery | 0.7 | (2.1 | ) | |||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ||||||||
Director and Officer ("D&O") insurance premium amortization | — | (2.1 | ) | |||||
Legal and other expenses related to the Company's response to the SEC inquiry, net | (1.4 | ) | (0.4 | ) | ||||
Charges related to Company paid time off policy enhancements, which resulted in additional related accruals | (2.1 | ) | — | |||||
Severance expense for the Company's former CFO | (1.3 | ) | — | |||||
Other income | ||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on corporate equity investments | 2.1 | (2.1 | ) | |||||
Income tax expense | ||||||||
Tax benefits from stock option exercises | 2.2 | 1.7 |
Twelve months ended April 3, 2021 compared to the twelve months ended March 28, 2020
During each annual period, items ancillary to our core operations had the following impact on the results:
Year Ended | ||||||||
(in millions) | April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | ||||||
Net revenue | ||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity investments in financial services segment | $ | 2.9 | $ | (1.4 | ) | |||
Cost of sales | ||||||||
Financial services segment non-cash valuation adjustments from economic conditions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery | 1.7 | (2.1 | ) | |||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ||||||||
D&O insurance premium amortization | (4.2 | ) | (8.4 | ) | ||||
Legal and other expenses related to the Company's response to the SEC inquiry, net | (1.5 | ) | (2.9 | ) | ||||
Charges related to Company paid time off policy enhancements, which resulted in additional related accruals | (2.1 | ) | — | |||||
Severance expense for the Company's former CFO | (1.3 | ) | — | |||||
Other income | ||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on corporate equity investments | 4.5 | (0.7 | ) | |||||
Gain on sale of idle land | — | 3.4 | ||||||
Income tax expense | ||||||||
Tax benefits from stock option exercises | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Commenting on the quarter and year, Bill Boor, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "This fiscal year started with unprecedented disruption and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of that uncertainty, teams across Cavco resolved to continue safe operations for the benefit of our customers and employees. Our strong results are a direct reflection of our co-workers' resilience and commitment. This dedication was also evident during the Texas freeze in February, where we minimized production downtime, quickly reopened retail stores, continued lending operations, and did an outstanding job taking care of insurance customers in their time of need."
Mr. Boor continued, "Despite ongoing labor and supply challenges, we've been able to steadily improve manufacturing throughput throughout the year. Continued extraordinary demand and excessively long lead times for our customers keep us singularly focused on improving production rates. In that regard, we are very happy to have announced the addition of our new park model facility in Glendale, Arizona, which will start production later this year. This investment in capacity will allow us to better serve our park model customers while also freeing up production capacity at other facilities. Continued expansion of throughput and capacity is our priority."
Business Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. As our business was considered essential, we continued to operate substantially all of our homebuilding and retail sales facilities while working to follow COVID-19 health guidelines. We minimized exposure and transmission risks by implementing enhanced facility cleaning, social distancing and related protocols while continuing to serve our customers. Operational efficiencies have declined due to higher and largely unpredictable factory employee absenteeism, hiring challenges and building material supply shortages. Accordingly, our total average factory capacity utilization rate was approximately 75% during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021, lower than pre-pandemic levels of more than 80%.
Sales order activity remained exceptionally strong during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021 to the point where home sales order rates were nearly 50% higher than the comparable prior year quarter and 40% higher for the year. Increased order volume is the result of a higher number of well-qualified home buyers making purchase decisions, supported by reduced home loan interest rates. Increased orders outpaced production during the quarter, raising order backlogs to $603 million at April 3, 2021, compared to $124 million at March 28, 2020 and $472 million at December 26, 2020.
Conference Call Details
Cavco's management will hold a conference call to review these results tomorrow, May 27, 2021, at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time). Interested parties can access a live webcast of the conference call on the Internet at https://investor.cavco.com or via telephone at + 1 (844) 348-1686 (domestic) or + 1 (213) 358-0891 (international). An archive of the webcast and presentation will be available for 60 days at https://investor.cavco.com.
About Cavco
Cavco Industries, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, designs and produces factory-built housing products primarily distributed through a network of independent and Company-owned retailers. The Company is one of the largest producers of manufactured homes in the United States, based on reported wholesale shipments, marketed under a variety of brand names including Cavco, Fleetwood, Palm Harbor, Fairmont, Friendship, Chariot Eagle and Destiny. The Company is also a leading producer of park model RVs, vacation cabins and systems-built commercial structures, as well as modular homes built primarily under the Nationwide Homes brand. Cavco's finance subsidiary, CountryPlace Mortgage, is an approved Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seller/servicer and a Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuer that offers conforming mortgages, non-conforming mortgages and home-only loans to purchasers of factory-built homes. Our insurance subsidiary, Standard Casualty, provides property and casualty insurance to owners of manufactured homes.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In general, all statements that are not historical in nature are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are typically included, for example, in discussions regarding the manufactured housing and site-built housing industries; our financial performance and operating results; and the expected effect of certain risks and uncertainties on our business, financial condition and results of operations. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. As a result, our actual results or performance may differ materially from anticipated results or performance. Factors that could cause such differences to occur include, but are not limited to: the impact of local or national emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, including such impacts from state and federal regulatory action that restricts our ability to operate our business in the ordinary course and impacts on (i) customer demand and the availability of financing for our products, (ii) our supply chain and the availability of raw materials for the manufacture of our products, (iii) the availability of labor and the health and safety of our workforce and (iv) our liquidity and access to the capital markets; our ability to successfully integrate past acquisitions or future acquisitions and the ability to attain the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; the risk that any past or future acquisition may adversely impact our liquidity; involvement in vertically integrated lines of business, including manufactured housing consumer finance, commercial finance and insurance; information technology failures or cyber incidents; curtailment of available financing from home-only lenders; availability of wholesale financing and limited floor plan lenders; our participation in certain wholesale and retail financing programs for the purchase of our products by industry distributors and consumers, which may expose us to additional risk of credit loss; significant warranty and construction defect claims; our contingent repurchase obligations related to wholesale financing; market forces and housing demand fluctuations; net losses were incurred in certain prior periods and our ability to generate income in the future; a write-off of all or part of our goodwill; the cyclical and seasonal nature of our business; limitations on our ability to raise capital; competition; our ability to maintain relationships with independent distributors; our business and operations being concentrated in certain geographic regions; labor shortages and the pricing and availability of raw materials; unfavorable zoning ordinances; loss of any of our executive officers; organizational document provisions delaying or making a change in control more difficult; volatility of stock price; general deterioration in economic conditions and turmoil in the credit markets; governmental and regulatory disruption, including federal government shutdowns; extensive regulation affecting manufactured housing; potential financial impact on the Company from the subpoenas we received from the SEC and its ongoing investigation, including the risk of potential litigation or regulatory action, and costs and expenses arising from the SEC subpoenas and investigation and the events described in or covered by the SEC subpoenas and investigation, which include the Company's indemnification obligations and insurance costs regarding such matters, and potential reputational damage that the Company may suffer; and losses not covered by our director and officer insurance, which may be large, adversely impacting financial performance; together with all of the other risks described in our filings with the SEC. Readers are specifically referred to the Risk Factors described in Item 1A of the 2020 Form 10-K, as may be amended from time to time, which identify important risks that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Cavco expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.
CAVCO INDUSTRIES, INC.CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||
April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | ||||||
ASSETS | (Unaudited) | ||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 322,279 | $ | 241,826 | |||
Restricted cash, current | 16,693 | 13,446 | |||||
Accounts receivable, net | 47,396 | 42,800 | |||||
Short-term investments | 19,496 | 14,582 | |||||
Current portion of consumer loans receivable, net | 37,690 | 32,376 | |||||
Current portion of commercial loans receivable, net | 14,568 | 14,657 | |||||
Current portion of commercial loans receivable from affiliates, net | 4,664 | 766 | |||||
Inventories | 131,234 | 113,535 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 57,779 | 42,197 | |||||
Total current assets | 651,799 | 516,185 | |||||
Restricted cash | 335 | 335 | |||||
Investments | 35,010 | 31,557 | |||||
Consumer loans receivable, net | 37,108 | 49,928 | |||||
Commercial loans receivable, net | 20,281 | 23,685 | |||||
Commercial loans receivable from affiliate, net | 4,801 | 7,457 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 96,794 | 77,190 | |||||
Goodwill | 75,090 | 75,090 | |||||
Other intangibles, net | 14,363 | 15,110 | |||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 16,252 | 13,894 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 951,833 | $ | 810,431 | |||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 32,120 | $ | 29,924 | |||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 203,133 | 139,930 | |||||
Current portion of secured credit facilities and other | 1,851 | 2,248 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 237,104 | 172,102 | |||||
Operating lease liabilities | 13,361 | 10,743 | |||||
Secured credit facilities and other | 10,335 | 12,705 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | 7,393 | 7,295 | |||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; No shares issued or outstanding | — | — | |||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; Issued 9,241,256 and 9,173,242 shares, respectively | 92 | 92 | |||||
Treasury stock, at cost; 6,600 shares as of April 3, 2021, No shares as of March 28, 2020 | (1,441 | ) | — | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 253,835 | 252,260 | |||||
Retained earnings | 431,057 | 355,144 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 97 | 90 | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | 683,640 | 607,586 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 951,833 | $ | 810,431 |
CAVCO INDUSTRIES, INC.CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||
April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | ||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | 306,502 | $ | 255,335 | $ | 1,108,051 | $ | 1,061,774 | |||||||
Cost of sales | 235,627 | 203,437 | 869,074 | 831,256 | |||||||||||
Gross profit | 70,875 | 51,898 | 238,977 | 230,518 | |||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 43,962 | 37,420 | 150,152 | 145,611 | |||||||||||
Income from operations | 26,913 | 14,478 | 88,825 | 84,907 | |||||||||||
Interest expense | (171 | ) | (217 | ) | (738 | ) | (1,495 | ) | |||||||
Other income (expense), net | 3,004 | (631 | ) | 8,825 | 9,567 | ||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 29,746 | 13,630 | 96,912 | 92,979 | |||||||||||
Income tax expense | (4,524 | ) | (1,629 | ) | (20,266 | ) | (17,913 | ) | |||||||
Net income | $ | 25,222 | $ | 12,001 | $ | 76,646 | $ | 75,066 | |||||||
Net income per share: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 2.74 | $ | 1.31 | $ | 8.34 | $ | 8.22 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 2.71 | $ | 1.29 | $ | 8.25 | $ | 8.10 | |||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | 9,207,842 | 9,158,287 | 9,189,052 | 9,129,639 | |||||||||||
Diluted | 9,315,930 | 9,297,964 | 9,293,134 | 9,268,784 |
CAVCO INDUSTRIES, INC.OTHER OPERATING DATA(Dollars in thousands)(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||
April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | April 3,2021 | March 28,2020 | ||||||||||||
Net revenue: | |||||||||||||||
Factory-built housing | $ | 288,010 | $ | 240,776 | $ | 1,037,889 | $ | 999,340 | |||||||
Financial services | 18,492 | 14,559 | 70,162 | 62,434 | |||||||||||
Total net revenue | $ | 306,502 | $ | 255,335 | $ | 1,108,051 | $ | 1,061,774 | |||||||
Gross profit: | |||||||||||||||
Factory-built housing | $ | 59,426 | $ | 45,677 | $ | 199,604 | $ | 195,244 | |||||||
Financial services | 11,449 | 6,221 | 39,373 | 35,274 | |||||||||||
Total gross profit | $ | 70,875 | $ | 51,898 | $ | 238,977 | $ | 230,518 | |||||||
Income from operations: | |||||||||||||||
Factory-built housing | $ | 20,965 | $ | 12,851 | $ | 69,106 | $ | 68,070 | |||||||
Financial services | 5,948 | 1,627 | 19,719 | 16,837 | |||||||||||
Total income from operations | $ | 26,913 | $ | 14,478 | $ | 88,825 | $ | 84,907 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 19,721 | $ | 7,853 | $ | 25,537 | $ | 14,340 | |||||||
Depreciation | $ | 1,402 | $ | 1,388 | $ | 5,577 | $ | 5,177 | |||||||
Amortization of other intangibles | $ | 187 | $ | 187 | $ | 747 | $ | 606 | |||||||
Total factory-built homes sold | 3,835 | 3,647 | 14,214 | 15,100 | |||||||||||
For additional information, contact:
Mark FuslerDirector of Financial Reporting and Investor Relationsinvestor_relations@cavco.comPhone: 602-256-6263On the Internet:www.cavco.com
Source: Cavco Industries, Inc.