$6 Million Bonus For KB Homes CEO When Company Loses $929.4 Million
KB Home Reported 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results posted on Jan 08, 2008.
“The Company delivered 23,743 new homes in fiscal year 2007, down 26% from the 32,124 new homes it delivered in fiscal year 2006. Revenues totaled $6.42 billion in fiscal year 2007, decreasing 32% from $9.38 billion in fiscal year 2006, reflecting fewer new home deliveries and a 9% year-over-year decline in the average selling price to $261,600 from $287,700. The Company posted a loss from continuing operations of $1.41 billion in fiscal year 2007 due to non-cash charges associated with inventory and joint venture impairments and land option contract abandonments; goodwill impairment; and the deferred tax assets valuation allowance. In fiscal year 2006, the Company generated income from continuing operations of $392.9 million. Including the results of its French discontinued operations, the Company posted a net loss of $929.4 million or $12.04 per diluted share in fiscal year 2007 and net income of $482.4 million or $5.82 per diluted share in fiscal year 2006.”
KB Home Reports 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
LOS ANGELES, — KB Home one of America’s largest homebuilders, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended November 30, 2007. Results include:
- Revenues totaled $2.07 billion for the quarter ended November 30, 2007, down from $3.01 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2006, primarily reflecting lower housing revenues. Fourth quarter 2007 housing revenues of $2.02 billion were 31% lower than in the year-earlier period. This decline reflected a 22% year-over-year decrease in new home deliveries to 8,132 in the fourth quarter of 2007 from 10,386 in the 2006 fourth quarter, and a 12% year-over-year decrease in the average selling price to $247,800 in 2007 from $280,000 in 2006.