News
- Fourth quarter earnings per share should exceed highest analyst
estimates of $1.65
- Record home closings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2001
- Release of earnings anticipated on January 10, 2002
DENVER, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
MDC closed 2,415 homes and 8,174 homes, respectively, in the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2001. These record home closing levels represent increases of 13% and 9% from the closings of 2,129 homes and 7,484 homes, respectively, for the same periods in 2000.
The Company received orders, net of cancellations, for 1,373 homes and 7,701 homes, respectively, during the fourth quarter and total year 2001, compared with net orders for 1,454 homes and 7,835 homes, respectively, for the same periods in 2000. The Company ended 2001 with a backlog of 2,882 homes with an estimated sales value of $760 million, compared with a backlog of 3,292 homes with an estimated sales value of $775 million at December 31, 2000.
MDC's 2001 fourth quarter home orders continued to be impacted by temporary reductions in the number of active subdivisions in Virginia, Nevada and Phoenix, primarily resulting from strong order activity in these markets earlier in the year. In addition, while the number of active subdivisions increased in Colorado, many have been selling out of trailers with models under construction, resulting in a lower absorption pace. The completion of a number of these model homes late in the 2001 fourth quarter contributed to a 4% increase in total Company home orders in December 2001, compared with December 2000. Approximately 40 model homes are scheduled for completion in 14 subdivisions in Colorado in the first quarter of 2002. In addition, the Company plans to open more than 25 new active subdivisions in Virginia, Nevada and Phoenix combined during the first three months of 2002. Please refer to the last paragraph of this release for a discussion of factors that may impact the Company's estimate of 2002 first quarter subdivision openings and model home completions.
MDC, whose subsidiaries build homes under the name "Richmond American Homes," is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation provides mortgage financing primarily for MDC's home buyers. MDC is a major regional homebuilder with a significant presence in some of the country's best housing markets. Richmond American Homes is the largest homebuilder in Colorado; among the top five homebuilders in northern Virginia, Phoenix and Tucson; and among the top ten homebuilders in suburban Maryland, Las Vegas, Southern California and Northern California.
Certain statements in this release, including those related to the Company's anticipated earnings, subdivision openings and model home completions, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, (1) general economic and business conditions; (2) interest rate changes; (3) the relative stability of debt and equity markets; (4) competition; (5) the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by the Company in its homebuilding operations; (6) demographic changes; (7) shortages and the cost of labor; (8) weather related slowdowns; (9) slow growth initiatives; (10) building moratoria; (11) governmental regulation, including the interpretation of tax, labor and environmental laws; (12) changes in consumer confidence and preferences; (13) required accounting changes; (14) terrorist acts and other acts of war; and (15) other factors over which the Company has little or no control.
M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC.
Homebuilding Operational Data
(Dollars in Thousands)
Three Months Year Ended
Ended December 31, Ended December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000
Orders For Homes,
net (units)
Colorado 515 473 2,616 2,607
California 302 342 1,519 1,614
Arizona 339 363 2,038 1,849
Nevada 96 108 687 739
Virginia 70 124 551 765
Maryland 51 44 290 261
Total 1,373 1,454 7,701 7,835
Homes Closed (units)
Colorado 818 696 2,806 2,848
California 489 476 1,537 1,363
Arizona 601 460 2,223 1,554
Nevada 211 178 704 678
Virginia 232 230 645 727
Maryland 64 89 259 314
Total 2,415 2,129 8,174 7,484
December 31, December 31,
2001 2000
Backlog (units)
Colorado 1,195 1,385
California 490 508
Arizona 625 747
Nevada 181 198
Virginia 234 328
Maryland 157 126
Total 2,882 3,292
Backlog Estimated
Sales Value $760,000 $775,000
Active Subdivisions
at the Beginning
of the Month 136 130
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SOURCE: M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
Contact: Paris G. Reece III, Chief Financial Officer of M.D.C. Holdings,
Inc., +1-303-804-7706,
Associates, Inc., +1-212-843-8000,
Holdings, Inc.
Website: https://www.richmondamerican.com/
