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Exhibit 99.1
NVR, INC. ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS
January 25, 2018, Reston, VA—NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of the nation’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017 of $124,619,000, or $28.88 per diluted share. Net income and diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017 decreased 17% and 24%, respectively, when compared to 2016 fourth quarter net income of $150,891,000, or $37.80 per diluted share. Consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled $1,816,336,000, a 4% increase from $1,752,766,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016.
For the year ended December 31, 2017, consolidated revenues were $6,305,840,000, an 8% increase from $5,822,544,000 reported for 2016. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $537,521,000, an increase of 26% when compared to the year ended December 31, 2016. Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $126.77, an increase of 22% from $103.61 per diluted share for 2016.
Net income and diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017 were impacted by the following items:
The enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, which required a remeasurement of the Company's deferred tax assets, resulted in a charge of $62,702,000 in the fourth quarter, and
The Company’s January 1, 2017 adoption of Accounting Standard Update 2016-09, which resulted in the Company recognizing an income tax benefit of $13,960,000 and $58,681,000 related to excess tax benefits from stock option exercises during the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017, respectively. For the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016, the excess tax benefits of $2,712,000 and $13,661,000, respectively, were recorded to additional paid-in capital within shareholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheet.
The following summarizes the impact of these items on income tax expense and diluted earnings per share ("EPS") during the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017:
 
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2017
 
Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2017
 
Income Tax Expense
EPS Impact
 
Income Tax Expense
EPS Impact
GAAP Income Tax Expense
$
136,699,000

 
 
$
309,390,000

 
Less: Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(62,702,000
)
$(14.53)
 
(62,702,000
)
$(14.79)
Add: Impact of excess tax benefits recognized
13,960,000

$3.24
 
58,681,000

$13.84
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Income Tax Expense (non-GAAP measure)
$
87,957,000

 
 
$
305,369,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Company's effective tax rate for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017 was 52.3% and 36.5%, respectively, compared to 34.0% and 35.7% for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016, respectively. Excluding the impact of the previously discussed remeasurement of the deferred tax asset and excess tax benefits recognized during the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017, the Company's effective tax rate would have been 33.7% and 36.1%, respectively.

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Homebuilding
New orders in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased 18% to 4,306 units, when compared to 3,645 units in the fourth quarter of 2016. 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 in the average sales price of new orders is primarily attributable to a shift in new orders to lower priced markets and lower priced products. Settlements increased in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 4,630 units, 5% higher than the fourth quarter of 2016. The Company’s backlog of homes sold but not settled as of December 31, 2017 increased on a unit basis by 24% to 8,531 units and increased on a dollar basis by 21% to $3,277,888,000 when compared to December 31, 2016.
Homebuilding revenues in the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled $1,781,494,000, 4% higher than the year earlier period. Gross profit margin in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased to 19.3%, compared to 17.8% in the fourth quarter of 2016. Gross profit margin was favorably impacted by modest improvements in pricing combined with moderating construction costs. Income before tax from the homebuilding segment totaled $241,800,000 in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 16% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
New orders for the year ended December 31, 2017 increased 13% to 17,608 units, when compared to 15,583 units in 2016. Settlements increased 7% year over year to 15,961 units in 2017 from 14,928 units in 2016. Homebuilding revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 totaled $6,175,521,000, which is 8% higher than 2016. Gross profit margin for the year ended December 31, 2017 was 19.2%, compared to 17.5% in 2016. Income before tax for the homebuilding segment for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $776,370,000, a 29% increase when compared to 2016.
Mortgage Banking
Mortgage closed loan production in the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled $1,229,695,000, an increase of 2% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. Income before tax from the mortgage banking segment totaled $19,518,000 in the fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of 4% when compared to $20,399,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016. The decrease is due to higher general and administrative costs in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Mortgage closed loan production for the year ended December 31, 2017 increased 7% to $4,229,507,000. Income before tax from the mortgage banking segment for the year ended December 31, 2017 increased 16% to $70,541,000 from $60,595,000 in 2016.
Financial Disclosure Advisory
The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This press release references a non-GAAP financial measure, Adjusted Income Tax Expense, which reflects the Company’s income tax expense excluding the impact of the charge associated with the enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act and the impact of the income tax benefit recognized from excess tax benefits from stock option exercises. These adjustments result in an Adjusted Income Tax Expense for the current quarter and year that, in the Company’s view, facilitate a more consistent comparison to GAAP income tax expense in the prior year.
The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measure included in this press release allows investors to understand and compare results in a more consistent manner for the fourth quarters and years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. This non-GAAP financial measure should be considered supplemental and not a substitute for the Company’s results reported in accordance with GAAP for the periods presented.

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About NVR
NVR, Inc. operates in two business segments: homebuilding and mortgage banking. The homebuilding segment sells and builds homes under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Heartland Homes trade names, and operates in twenty-nine metropolitan areas in fourteen states and Washington, D.C. For more information about NVR, Inc. and its brands, see www.nvrinc.com, www.ryanhomes.com, www.nvhomes.com and www.heartlandluxuryhomes.com.
Some of the statements in this release made by the Company constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. All statements other than of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this document may include those regarding market trends, NVR’s financial position, business strategy, the outcome of pending litigation, investigations or similar contingencies, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance of NVR to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to the following: general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level); interest rate changes; access to suitable financing by NVR and NVR’s customers; increased regulation in the mortgage banking industry; the ability of our mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans it originates into the secondary market; competition; the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by NVR in its homebuilding operations; shortages of labor; weather related slow-downs; building moratoriums; governmental regulation; fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets; mortgage financing availability; and other factors over which NVR has little or no control. NVR undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as required by law.

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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
Homebuilding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
1,781,494

 
$
1,718,527

 
$
6,175,521

 
$
5,709,223

Other income
 
2,272

 
597

 
6,536

 
2,820

Cost of sales
 
(1,438,307
)
 
(1,413,440
)
 
(4,990,378
)
 
(4,707,861
)
Selling, general and administrative
 
(97,662
)
 
(91,534
)
 
(392,272
)
 
(382,459
)
Operating income
 
247,797

 
214,150

 
799,407

 
621,723

Interest expense
 
(5,997
)
 
(5,887
)
 
(23,037
)
 
(20,621
)
Homebuilding income
 
241,800

 
208,263

 
776,370

 
601,102

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Banking:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage banking fees
 
34,842

 
34,239

 
130,319

 
113,321

Interest income
 
2,682

 
2,458

 
7,850

 
7,569

Other income
 
650

 
512

 
2,048

 
1,652

General and administrative
 
(18,338
)
 
(16,516
)
 
(68,528
)
 
(60,861
)
Interest expense
 
(318
)
 
(294
)
 
(1,148
)
 
(1,086
)
Mortgage banking income
 
19,518

 
20,399

 
70,541

 
60,595

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before taxes
 
261,318

 
228,662

 
846,911

 
661,697

Income tax expense
 
(136,699
)
 
(77,771
)
 
(309,390
)
 
(236,435
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
124,619

 
$
150,891

 
$
537,521

 
$
425,262

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
 
$
33.39

 
$
40.25

 
$
144.00

 
$
110.53

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
28.88

 
$
37.80

 
$
126.77

 
$
103.61

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
3,732

 
3,749

 
3,733

 
3,847

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
4,315

 
3,992

 
4,240

 
4,104



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NVR, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Homebuilding:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
645,087

 
$
375,748

Restricted cash
 
19,438

 
17,561

Receivables
 
20,026

 
18,937

Inventory:
 
 
 
 
Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers
 
1,046,094

 
883,868

Unsold lots and housing units
 
148,620

 
145,065

Land under development
 
34,212

 
46,999

Building materials and other
 
17,273

 
16,168

 
 
1,246,199

 
1,092,100

 
 
 
 
 
Contract land deposits, net
 
370,429

 
379,844

Property, plant and equipment, net
 
43,191

 
45,915

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
 
41,580

 
41,580

Deferred tax assets, net
 
111,953

 
170,652

Other assets
 
86,977

 
91,009

 
 
2,584,880

 
2,233,346

Mortgage Banking:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
21,707

 
19,657

Restricted cash
 
2,256

 
1,857

Mortgage loans held for sale, net
 
352,489

 
351,958

Property and equipment, net
 
6,327

 
4,903

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net
 
7,347

 
7,347

Other assets
 
14,273

 
24,875

 
 
404,399

 
410,597

Total assets
 
$
2,989,279

 
$
2,643,943

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Homebuilding:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
261,973

 
$
251,212

Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
341,891

 
337,200

Customer deposits
 
150,033

 
122,236

Senior notes
 
597,066

 
596,455

 
 
1,350,963

 
1,307,103

Mortgage Banking:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
 
32,824

 
32,399

 
 
32,824

 
32,399

Total liabilities
 
1,383,787

 
1,339,502

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and contingencies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders' equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,555,330 shares issued as of
both December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016
 
206

 
206

Additional paid-in capital
 
1,644,197

 
1,515,828

Deferred compensation trust – 108,640 shares of NVR, Inc. common stock as of both
December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016
 
(17,383
)
 
(17,375
)
Deferred compensation liability
 
17,383

 
17,375

Retained earnings
 
6,231,940

 
5,695,376

Less treasury stock at cost – 16,864,324 and 16,862,327 shares as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
 
(6,270,851
)
 
(5,906,969
)
Total shareholders' equity
 
1,605,492

 
1,304,441

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
 
$
2,989,279

 
$
2,643,943


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NVR, Inc.
Operating Activity
(dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Homebuilding data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New orders (units)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mid Atlantic (1)
 
2,153

 
1,828

 
8,654

 
7,916

North East (2)
 
296

 
354

 
1,362

 
1,314

Mid East (3)
 
953

 
830

 
4,171

 
3,659

South East (4)
 
904

 
633

 
3,421

 
2,694

Total
 
4,306

 
3,645

 
17,608

 
15,583

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average new order price
 
$
380.8

 
$
395.2

 
$
383.2

 
$
386.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Settlements (units)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mid Atlantic (1)
 
2,289

 
2,311

 
7,971

 
7,512

North East (2)
 
358

 
350

 
1,288

 
1,246

Mid East (3)
 
1,079

 
950

 
3,772

 
3,658

South East (4)
 
904

 
808

 
2,930

 
2,512

Total
 
4,630

 
4,419

 
15,961

 
14,928

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average settlement price
 
$
384.7

 
$
388.8

 
$
386.9

 
$
381.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Backlog (units)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mid Atlantic (1)
 
 
 
 
 
4,224

 
3,541

North East (2)
 
 
 
 
 
682

 
608

Mid East (3)
 
 
 
 
 
1,898

 
1,499

South East (4)
 
 
 
 
 
1,727

 
1,236

Total
 
 
 
 
 
8,531

 
6,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average backlog price
 
 
 
 
 
$
384.2

 
$
392.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New order cancellation rate
 
14
%
 
17
%
 
14
%
 
15
%
Community count (average)
 
484

 
495

 
485

 
485

Lots controlled at end of period
 
 
 
 
 
88,700

 
78,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage banking data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan closings
 
$
1,229,695

 
$
1,201,164

 
$
4,229,507

 
$
3,952,575

Capture rate
 
88
%
 
89
%
 
88
%
 
88
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares outstanding at end of period
 
 
 
 
 
3,691,006

 
3,693,003

Number of shares repurchased
 
56,128

 
101,982

 
166,520

 
280,288

Aggregate cost of shares repurchased
 
$
191,967

 
$
163,608

 
$
422,166

 
$
455,351

(1)
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
(2)
New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
(3)
New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
(4)
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida
Investor Relations Contact:
Curt McKay
(703) 956-4058
ir@nvrinc.com

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