Forestar Group Inc. ("Forestar") (NYSE:FOR), a leading national residential lot developer, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended December 31, 2019. Net income attributable to Forestar for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 increased 412% to $16.9 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, compared to $3.3 million, or $0.08 per diluted share in the same quarter of fiscal 2019. Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 increased 542% to $247.2 million from $38.5 million in the same quarter of fiscal 2019. Residential lots sold in the quarter increased 368% to 2,422 lots compared to 518 lots in the same quarter of fiscal 2019.
The Company's lot position at December 31, 2019 consisted of 44,500 lots, of which 32,200 were owned and 12,300 were controlled through purchase contracts. Of the Company's owned lot position, 25,600 lots, or 80%, were under contract to sell or subject to a right of first offer to D.R. Horton, Inc. ("D.R. Horton") at December 31, 2019.
The Company ended the first quarter with $373.3 million of unrestricted cash, $351.3 million of available borrowing capacity on its unsecured revolving credit facility and a net debt to total capital ratio of 9.7%. Net debt to total capital consists of debt net of unrestricted cash divided by stockholders' equity plus debt net of unrestricted cash.
Conference Call and Webcast Details
The Company will host a conference call today (Thursday, January 23) at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in number is 877-407-9205, and the call will also be webcast from the Company's website at investor.forestar.com.
About Forestar Group Inc.
Forestar Group Inc. is a residential lot development company with operations in 51 markets and 20 states at December 31, 2019 and is a majority-owned subsidiary of D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States since 2002.
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