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Information on Segments
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
Information on Segments
We operate in two segments: traditional home building and urban infill. We build and sell detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities located in affluent suburban markets that cater to move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, age-qualified, and second-home buyers in the United States (“Traditional Home Building”). We also build and sell homes in urban infill markets through City Living.
We have determined that our Traditional Home Building operations operate in five geographic segments: North, Mid-Atlantic, South, West, and California. The states comprising each geographic segment are as follows:
North:    Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York
Mid-Atlantic:    Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
South:    Florida, North Carolina, and Texas
West:    Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington
California:    California
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
Three months ended January 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Revenues:
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
North
$
134,280

 
$
145,638

Mid-Atlantic
206,958

 
184,051

South
171,492

 
142,196

West
258,033

 
211,133

California
287,104

 
219,776

Traditional Home Building
1,057,867

 
902,794

City Living
117,601

 
17,936

Total
$
1,175,468

 
$
920,730

 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes:
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
North
$
379

 
$
10,093

Mid-Atlantic
13,900

 
11,632

South
12,148

 
13,111

West
30,604

 
25,497

California
60,857

 
43,193

Traditional Home Building
117,888

 
103,526

City Living
29,964

 
43,102

Corporate and other
(16,254
)
 
(36,847
)
Total
$
131,598

 
$
109,781


“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of our unconsolidated entities.
Total assets for each of our segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
January 31,
2018
 
October 31,
2017
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
North
$
1,098,536

 
$
1,074,969

Mid-Atlantic
1,186,219

 
1,121,013

South
1,245,326

 
1,184,956

West
1,327,495

 
1,275,298

California
2,905,756

 
2,630,041

Traditional Home Building
7,763,332

 
7,286,277

City Living
583,962

 
647,174

Corporate and other
1,270,605

 
1,511,774

Total
$
9,617,899

 
$
9,445,225


“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments, deferred tax assets, investments in our Rental Property Joint Ventures, expected recoveries from insurance carriers and suppliers, our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage and title subsidiaries.