Smith Douglas Homes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Smith Douglas Homes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Smith Douglas Homes Corp. (NYSE: SDHC) (“Smith Douglas” or the “Company”) today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025.

Q4 2025 Results as compared to Q4 2024:

  • Home closings decreased 7% to 780

  • Home closing revenue decreased 9% to $260.4 million

  • Home closing gross margin of 19.9% compared to 25.5%

  • Net new home orders decreased 7% to 532

  • Pre-tax income of $16.9 million compared to $30.0 million

  • Earnings of $0.39 per diluted share

Full Year 2025 Results as compared to Full Year 2024:

  • Home closings increased 1% to 2,908

  • Home closing revenue decreased 0.4% to $971.1 million

  • Home closing gross margin of 21.8% compared to 26.2%

  • Net new home orders increased 3% to 2,726

  • Pre-tax income of $70.9 million compared to $116.9 million

  • Earnings of $1.19 per diluted share

  • Debt-to-book capitalization increased to 9.0% from 0.8%

  • Active community count increased 28% to 100 at year end

  • Total controlled lots increased 14% to 22,268

“Smith Douglas Homes closed out 2025 on a strong note, delivering record full-year closings and finishing the fourth quarter with both deliveries and gross margin above our stated guidance range,” said Greg Bennett, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Despite a challenging selling environment marked by affordability pressures and aggressive competitive discounting, our teams remained disciplined in maintaining sales pace and operational efficiency while continuing to position the Company for long-term growth.”

Russ Devendorf, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer added, “Sales conditions remained somewhat inconsistent late in the year as affordability pressures continued to impact demand. That said, we have seen encouraging traffic and order activity in early 2026 as we enter the spring selling season. While week-to-week variability remains, we continue to manage pricing and incentives at the community level to support sales pace and maintain the efficiency of our operating platform.”

Mr. Devendorf continued, “Our strategy remains centered on disciplined growth, affordable home offerings, and thoughtful capital deployment across both existing and new markets. We will continue to evaluate investments opportunistically while maintaining our conservative approach to land and leverage.”

Conference Call & Webcast Information

Management will host a conference call to discuss the Company’s results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on March 11, 2026. Interested parties can dial in using the numbers below or access the call via a webcast link provided in the investor relations section of the company’s website.

Dial-in Numbers:

Toll Free – North America (+1) 800-715-9871

International: (+1) 646-307-1963

Conference ID: 8459388

Replay Numbers:

Toll Free – North America: (+1) 800-770-2030

Playback Passcode: 8459388

Replay will expire 7 days following the event

About Smith Douglas Homes

Headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia, Smith Douglas Homes completed its initial public offering in January 2024. Since its inception, Smith Douglas has been entrusted by over 20,000 families to fulfill their new home dreams. Ranked a top 50 builder nationally for several years and with 2,908 closings in 2025, Smith Douglas currently holds the #32 position on the Builder Magazine Top 100 list. The Smith Douglas communities are primarily targeted to entry-level and empty-nest homebuyers looking to purchase a new home priced below the Federal Housing Administration loan limit in the metro areas of Atlanta, Birmingham, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Dallas-Fort Worth, Greenville, Houston, Huntsville, Nashville, Raleigh, and the Alabama Gulf Coast. Smith Douglas offers its homebuyers a personalized, affordable buying experience at attractive prices, delivering exceptional value and quality.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the Company’s performance, growth, strategic opportunities, financial position, and ability to compete in the market environment. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as the same may be updated from time to time in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current estimates and expectations. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.

Smith Douglas Homes

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

December 31,

 

Year ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

Home closing revenue

$

260,429

 

 

$

287,486

 

 

$

971,116

 

 

$

975,463

 

 

Cost of home closings

 

208,697

 

 

 

214,157

 

 

 

758,945

 

 

 

719,921

 

 

Home closing gross profit

 

51,732

 

 

 

73,329

 

 

 

212,171

 

 

 

255,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative costs

 

35,991

 

 

 

42,895

 

 

 

139,780

 

 

 

136,382

 

 

Equity in income from unconsolidated entities

 

(621

)

 

 

(361

)

 

 

(2,078

)

 

 

(1,161

)

 

Interest expense

 

858

 

 

 

586

 

 

 

3,194

 

 

 

2,489

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(1,415

)

 

 

173

 

 

 

374

 

 

 

938

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

16,919

 

 

 

30,036

 

 

 

70,901

 

 

 

116,894

 

 

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

 

(130

)

 

 

1,251

 

 

 

2,492

 

 

 

5,065

 

 

Net income

 

17,049

 

 

 

28,785

 

 

 

68,409

 

 

 

111,829

 

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests and LLC members prior to IPO

 

13,529

 

 

 

24,680

 

 

 

57,715

 

 

 

95,759

 

 

Net income attributable to Smith Douglas Homes Corp.

$

3,520

 

 

$

4,105

 

 

$

10,694

 

 

$

16,070

 

 

 

Three months ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Year ended

December 31, 2025

 

Period from January 11,

2024 to December 31, 2024

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.39

 

$

0.46

 

$

1.19

 

$

1.82

Diluted

$

0.39

 

$

0.46

 

$

1.19

 

$

1.81

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

9,017,708

 

 

8,846,232

 

 

9,000,606

 

 

8,846,174

Diluted

 

9,062,751

 

 

9,120,592

 

 

9,213,200

 

 

9,062,368

Smith Douglas Homes

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

12,741

 

$

22,363

Real estate inventory

 

298,637

 

 

277,834

Deposits on real estate under option or contract

 

138,763

 

 

103,026

Real estate not owned

 

28,051

 

 

5,830

Property and equipment, net

 

9,720

 

 

3,775

Goodwill

 

25,726

 

 

25,726

Deferred tax asset, net

 

9,666

 

 

10,906

Other assets

 

34,289

 

 

26,441

Total assets

$

557,593

 

$

475,901

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

1,938

 

$

17,234

Customer deposits

 

3,108

 

 

5,301

Notes payable

 

44,075

 

 

3,060

Liabilities related to real estate not owned

 

28,051

 

 

5,830

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

26,428

 

 

32,348

Tax receivable agreement liability

 

9,857

 

 

10,401

Total liabilities

 

113,457

 

 

74,174

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value – 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

 

 

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value – 250,000,000 shares authorized; 8,846,154 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

1

 

 

1

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value – 100,000,000 shares authorized; 42,435,897 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

4

 

 

4

Additional paid-in capital

 

60,610

 

 

58,208

Retained earnings

 

26,113

 

 

15,419

Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Smith Douglas Homes Corp.

 

86,728

 

 

73,632

Non-controlling interests attributable to Smith Douglas Holdings LLC

 

357,408

 

 

328,095

Total equity

 

444,136

 

 

401,727

Total liabilities and equity

$

557,593

 

$

475,901

Smith Douglas Homes

Summary Cash Flow Information

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands)

Year ended December 31,

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

$

(31,337

)

 

$

19,132

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(6,634

)

 

 

(4,706

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

28,349

 

 

 

(11,840

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(9,622

)

 

 

2,586

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

22,363

 

 

 

19,777

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

12,741

 

 

$

22,363

 

Smith Douglas Homes

Selected Other Operating Data

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands)

 

Three months ended

December 31,

 

Year ended

December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

Home closings

 

780

 

 

 

836

 

 

 

2,908

 

 

 

2,867

 

ASP of homes closed

$

334

 

 

$

344

 

 

$

334

 

 

$

340

 

Net new home orders

 

532

 

 

 

569

 

 

 

2,726

 

 

 

2,649

 

Contract value of net new home orders

$

169,138

 

 

$

191,140

 

 

$

907,095

 

 

$

899,586

 

ASP of net new home orders

$

318

 

 

$

336

 

 

$

333

 

 

$

340

 

Cancellation rate(1)

 

16.1

%

 

 

14.8

%

 

 

11.1

%

 

 

12.1

%

Backlog homes (period end)(2)

 

512

 

 

 

694

 

 

 

512

 

 

 

694

 

Contract value of backlog homes (period end)

$

172,523

 

 

$

235,869

 

 

$

172,523

 

 

$

235,869

 

ASP of backlog homes (period end)

$

337

 

 

$

340

 

 

$

337

 

 

$

340

 

Active communities (period end)(3)

 

100

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

78

 

Controlled lots (period end):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homes under construction

 

908

 

 

 

973

 

 

 

908

 

 

 

973

 

Owned lots

 

804

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

804

 

 

 

803

 

Optioned lots

 

20,556

 

 

 

17,746

 

 

 

20,556

 

 

 

17,746

 

Total controlled lots

 

22,268

 

 

 

19,522

 

 

 

22,268

 

 

 

19,522

 

(1)

The cancellation rate is the total number of cancellations during the period divided by the total gross new home orders during the period.

(2)

Backlog homes (period end) is the number of homes in backlog from the previous period plus the number of net new home orders generated during the current period minus the number of homes closed during the current period.

(3)

A community becomes active once the model is completed or the community has its first sale. A community becomes inactive when it has fewer than two homes remaining to sell.

Smith Douglas Homes

Selected Financial Information by Segment

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands)

Home Closing Revenue

Three months ended

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

Period over period change

 

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

Southeast(1)

 

$

164,663

 

480

 

$

343

 

$

192,609

 

537

 

$

359

 

(15

%)

 

(11

%)

 

(4

%)

Central(2)

 

 

95,766

 

300

 

 

319

 

 

94,877

 

299

 

 

317

 

1

%

 

%

 

1

%

Total

 

$

260,429

 

780

 

$

334

 

$

287,486

 

836

 

$

344

 

(9

%)

 

(7

%)

 

(3

%)

(1)

The Southeast segment consists of our Atlanta, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Greenville, and Raleigh divisions.

(2)

The Central segment consists of our Alabama, Houston, and Nashville, and divisions.

Year ended

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

Year over year change

 

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

 

Home closing

revenue

 

Home closings

 

ASP of

homes closed

Southeast(1)

 

$

610,773

 

1,772

 

$

345

 

$

609,624

 

1,723

 

$

354

 

%

 

3

%

 

(3

%)

Central(2)

 

 

360,343

 

1,136

 

 

317

 

 

365,839

 

1,144

 

 

320

 

(2

%)

 

(1

%)

 

(1

)%

Total

 

$

971,116

 

2,908

 

$

334

 

$

975,463

 

2,867

 

$

340

 

%

 

1

%

 

(2

%)

(1)

The Southeast segment consists of our Atlanta, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Greenville, and Raleigh divisions.

(2)

The Central segment consists of our Alabama, Houston, and Nashville, and divisions.

Backlog

As of

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

Year over year change

 

 

Backlog

homes

 

Contract

value of

backlog

homes

 

ASP of

backlog

homes

 

Backlog

homes

 

Contract

value of

backlog

homes

 

ASP of

backlog

homes

 

Backlog

homes

 

Contract

value of

backlog

homes

 

ASP of

backlog

homes

Southeast(1)

 

265

 

$

91,748

 

$

346

 

410

 

$

146,436

 

$

357

 

(35

)%

 

(37

)%

 

(3

%)

Central(2)

 

247

 

 

80,775

 

 

327

 

284

 

 

89,433

 

 

315

 

(13

)%

 

(10

)%

 

4

%

Total

 

512

 

$

172,523

 

$

337

 

694

 

$

235,869

 

$

340

 

(26

)%

 

(27

)%

 

(1

)%

(1)

The Southeast segment consists of our Atlanta, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Greenville, and Raleigh divisions.

(2)

The Central segment consists of our Alabama, Houston, and Nashville, and divisions.

 

Controlled Lots

As of

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

Year over year change

 

 

Owned(1)

 

Optioned

 

Total Controlled

 

Owned(1)

 

Optioned

 

Total Controlled

 

Owned(1)

 

Optioned

 

Total Controlled

Southeast(2)

 

932

 

13,938

 

14,870

 

881

 

12,210

 

13,091

 

6

%

 

14

%

 

14

%

Central(3)

 

780

 

6,618

 

7,398

 

895

 

5,536

 

6,431

 

(13

%)

 

20

%

 

15

%

Total

 

1,712

 

20,556

 

22,268

 

1,776

 

17,746

 

19,522

 

(4

%)

 

16

%

 

14

%

(1)

Includes homes under construction and owned lots.

(2)

The Southeast segment consists of our Atlanta, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Greenville, and Raleigh divisions.

(3)

The Central segment consists of our Alabama, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Nashville, and Alabama Gulf Coast divisions.

 

Net Income

 

 

Three months ended December 31,

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

Period over

period change

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

Year over

year change

Southeast(1)

 

$

19,541

 

 

$

38,469

 

 

$

(18,928

)

 

$

86,241

 

 

$

124,837

 

 

$

(38,596

)

Central(2)

 

 

4,122

 

 

 

8,510

 

 

 

(4,388

)

 

 

22,870

 

 

 

41,891

 

 

 

(19,021

)

Segment total

 

 

23,663

 

 

 

46,979

 

 

 

(23,316

)

 

 

109,111

 

 

 

166,728

 

 

 

(57,617

)

Corporate(3)

 

 

(6,614

)

 

 

(18,194

)

 

 

11,580

 

 

 

(40,702

)

 

 

(54,899

)

 

 

14,197

 

Total

 

$

17,049

 

 

$

28,785

 

 

$

(11,736

)

 

$

68,409

 

 

$

111,829

 

 

$

(43,420

)

(1)

The Southeast segment consists of our Atlanta, Central Georgia, Charlotte, Greenville, and Raleigh divisions.

(2)

The Central segment consists of our Alabama, Houston, and Nashville, and divisions.

(3)

Corporate primarily includes corporate overhead costs, such as payroll and benefits, business insurance, information technology, office costs, outside professional services and travel costs, and certain other amounts that are not allocated to the reportable segments.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our results determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”), this press release includes net debt-to-net book capitalization and adjusted net income.

Net debt-to-net book capitalization

Net debt-to-net book capitalization is a supplemental measure of our leverage that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to debt-to-book capitalization or any other measure derived in accordance with GAAP. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definition of net debt-to-net book capitalization may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by our competitors because not all companies and analysts calculate this non-GAAP financial measure in the same manner. We present this non-GAAP financial measure because we consider it to be an important supplemental measure of our leverage and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. We define net debt-to-net book capitalization as:

  • Total debt, less cash and cash equivalents, divided by

  • Total debt, less cash and cash equivalents, plus equity.

This non-GAAP financial measure has limitations as an analytical tool in that it subtracts cash and cash equivalents and therefore may imply that the Company has less debt than the most comparable measure determined in accordance with GAAP. Because of this limitation, this non-GAAP financial measure should be considered along with other financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We have reconciled this non-GAAP financial measure with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure in the following table:

As of December 31,

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

Notes payable

$

44,075

 

 

$

3,060

 

Equity

 

444,136

 

 

 

401,727

 

Total capitalization

$

488,211

 

 

$

404,787

 

Debt-to-book capitalization

 

9.0

%

 

 

0.8

%

Notes payable

$

44,075

 

 

$

3,060

 

Less: cash and cash equivalents

 

12,741

 

 

 

22,363

 

Net debt

 

31,334

 

 

 

(19,303

)

Equity

 

444,136

 

 

 

401,727

 

Total net capitalization

$

475,470

 

 

$

382,424

 

Net debt-to-net book capitalization

 

6.6

%

 

 

(5.0

%)

Adjusted net income

Adjusted net income is not a measure of net income or net income margin as determined by GAAP. Adjusted net income is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used by management and external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies. We define adjusted net income as net income adjusted for the tax impact using a 24.6% federal and state blended tax rate (assuming 100% public ownership to adjust for the impact of taxes on earnings attributable to Smith Douglas Holdings LLC as if Smith Douglas Holdings LLC was a subchapter C corporation in the periods presented).

Management believes adjusted net income is useful because it allows management to more effectively evaluate our operating performance and comparability to industry peers who record income tax expense on their income before tax as opposed to the income of Smith Douglas Holdings LLC not being taxed at the entity level and, therefore, not reflecting a charge against earnings for income tax expense. Adjusted net income should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income or any other measure as determined in accordance with GAAP. Our computation of adjusted net income may not be comparable to adjusted net income of other companies. We present adjusted net income because we believe it provides useful information regarding our comparability to peers.

The following table presents a reconciliation of adjusted net income to the GAAP financial measure of net income for each of the periods indicated:

 

Three months ended

December 31,

 

Year ended

December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

Net income

$

17,049

 

 

$

28,785

 

$

68,409

 

$

111,829

Provision for income taxes

 

(130

)

 

 

1,251

 

 

2,492

 

 

5,065

Income before income taxes

 

16,919

 

 

 

30,036

 

 

70,901

 

 

116,894

Tax-effected adjustments(1)

 

4,159

 

 

 

7,383

 

 

17,427

 

 

28,756

Adjusted net income

$

12,760

 

 

$

22,653

 

$

53,474

 

$

88,138

(1)

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, our tax expenses assumes a 24.6% federal and state blended tax rate (assuming 100% public ownership to adjust for the impact of taxes on earnings attributable to Smith Douglas Holdings LLC as if Smith Douglas Holdings LLC was a subchapter C corporation in the periods presented).

 

Investor Relations

Joe Thomas

[email protected]

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