Good morning and welcome to 4STAR's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the form of presentation. If you wish to ask a question during today's Q&A session, please press star 1 on your phone at any time. Also, if anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star 0 on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Chris Hibbets, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations for 4STAR.

And welcome to our call to discuss 4STAR's second quarter results. Before we get started, I want to remind everyone that today's call includes forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although 4STAR believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially different. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to 4STAR on the date of this conference call, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements publicly. Additional information about factors that could lead to material changes in performance is contained in 4STAR's annual report on Form 10-K and its most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, both of which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our earnings release is on our website at investor.fourstar.com.

2,938 lots sold. Our pre-tax income increased 8% from the prior year quarter to $43.9 million. Our book value per share increased 10% from a year ago to $35.66, and our contracted backlog remains strong with visibility towards $2.2 billion of future revenue. to impact the pace of new home sales, changing our inventory investments with discipline and flexibility in the quarter with more than $1 billion of liquidity. We remain focused on turning our inventory, maximizing returns, and consolidating market share in the highly fragmented lot development industry. Our unique combination of financial strength, operating expertise, and a diverse national footprint enables us to consider

per diluted share compared to $31.6 million or $0.62 per diluted share in the prior year quarter. Our pre-tax income increased 8% to $43.9 million compared to $40.7 million in the second quarter of last year. And our pre-tax profit margin this quarter was 11.7% compared to 11.6% in the prior year quarter. Revenues for the second quarter increased 7% to $374.3 million, compared to $351 million in the prior year quarter. The current quarter includes $42.9 million in tract sales and other revenue, which was primarily from sales of residential and commercial tracts, and to a lesser extent, our second sale of a multifamily site.

Mark? We sold 2,938 lots in the quarter, with an average sale price of $112,800. We expect continued quarterly fluctuations and profit margin for the quarter compared to 22.6%. The current quarter margin includes six pre-acquisition cost write-offs. Compared to $900,000 in the prior quarter, including the effect of the net change in write-offs.

In the second quarter, a C&A expense declined 1% to $37.9 million, or 10.1% as a percentage of revenues, compared to $38.4 million, or 10.9% in the prior quarter. Our headcount decreased 8% from a year ago as we remain focused on efficiently managing SG&A while maintaining our strong operational teams across our national footprint to support future growth. We expect our headcount to remain relatively flat for the remainder of the year.

DR. Horton is our largest and most important customer. 14% of the homes DR. Horton started in the past 12 months were on a four-star developed lot. With a mutually stated goal of one out of every three homes D.R. Horton sells to be on a lot developed by 4-Star, we have significant opportunity to grow our market share within D.R. Horton. We also continue to expand our relationships with other home builders. 17% of our second quarter deliveries, or 488 lots, were sold to other customers. We sold lots to 12 other home builders this quarter, including three new customers. Mark?

Our lot position at March 31st was $94,430,900. $9,300 of our own lots were spent in the majority year under contract to sell. Persistent with our focus on capital efficiency, $209 million of our expected to generate approximately $2.2 billion. Our contract of backlog is a strong indicator of our ability to continue gaining market share in the highly fragmented lot development industry. Another 29% of our own loss are subject to a write-a-first offer to D.R. Horton based on the executed purchase.

The insurance underwriting criteria for new development projects remains unchanged at a minimum 15% pre-tax return on average inventory and a return of our initial cash investment within 36 months. During the second quarter, we invested approximately $279 million in land and land development. Roughly 80% of our investment was for land development and 20% was for land acquisition. Although we have moderated our land acquisition investment over the last year, our team remains disciplined, current land, and land,

using modest leverage to keep our balance sheet strong and support our growth objectives. We ended the quarter with more than $1 billion of liquidity, including an unrestricted cash balance of $362 million and $672 million of available capacity on our undrawn, evolving credit facility. During the quarter, we increased the capacity of our senior unsecured revolving credit facility by $50 million. In addition, we collected $130.9 million of reimbursements related to infrastructure costs in utility and improvement districts. Total debt at March 31st was $793.5 million, with no senior note maturities in the next 12 months, and our net debt to capital ratio was 19.2%. We ended the quarter with $1.8 billion of stockholders' equity, and our book value per share increased 10% from a year ago to $35.66. Four-star capital structure is one of our biggest competitive advantages, and it sets us apart from other land developers. Project-level land acquisition and development loans are less available and have become more expensive in recent years, impacting most of our competitors. Other developers generally use project-level development loans, which are typically more restrictive, uploading rates and create administrative complexity, especially in a volatile rate environment. Our capital structure provides us with operational flexibility, while our strong liquidity positions us to take advantage of attractive opportunities as they arise. Andy, I will hand it back to you for closing remarks.

Thanks, Jim. The four-star team remained focused on execution in the second quarter. delivering higher revenues and profits and a stronger balance sheet. As outlined in our press release, we are updating our fiscal 2026 lot delivery guidance to 14,000 to 14,500 lots while maintaining our revenue guidance of $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion. Our teams have a proven track record of adjusting quickly to changing market conditions. We are closely monitoring each of our markets as we strive to balance pay capital, confident in the long-term demand for finished lots, and our ability to gain market share in the highly fragmented lot development industry. ...of our strategic and operational plans to buy a finished lot across... With a clear strategy, a strong team, and solid operational and financial foundation, we are optimistic about Four Stars' future. Paul, at this time, we will open the line for questions.

Thank you. at this time, we'll be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star 2 if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment, please, while we poll for questions. The first question today will be from Ryan Gilbert from BTIG. Ryan, your line is live.

Thanks. Hi. Good morning, guys. I was hoping you could talk a little bit more about your goals for market share in the context of the reduction that we've seen in controlled lots, I guess, this quarter, but then also the last couple quarters as well.

Good morning. So, you know, what we've encountered is, you know, with a lot of lots in the home builder's portfolio that they gradually work through in Q4 and Q1, Now accelerating starts and sales in Q2, we anticipate going back to a more robust lot-closing pattern in the second half of fiscal 2016.

Okay, got it. And then I was hoping you could expand a bit on the land option charges that you incurred in the quarter. Was that concentrated in a single community or a handful of communities? Was it more widespread? and what's, I guess, what's the, you know, how are you thinking about that line going forward?

Yeah, it was in a handful of communities, but, you know, the team remains focused and disciplined on our price of land acquisition. So if a project falls outside our underwriting standards, the team works to bring that project back in line or resist, you know, as we evaluate these.

Got it. Last one for me just on, you know, given the cash position and where the stock is trading, I mean, what's your appetite or how are you thinking about share repurchases here?

Well, we still continue to believe that our best use of cash is investing for future growth of the business. However, I mean, maintaining strong liquidity gives us flexibility to respond to further changes in market conditions as well as the ability to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Okay.

Thanks very much.

Thank you. And once again, that will be star one on your phone at this time, if you wish to ask a question on today's call. And the next question is coming from Trevor Allenson from Wolf Research. Trevor, your line is live.

Hi, good morning. Thank you for taking my questions. First question is on demand trends you've seen from other builders other than D.R. Horton. I believe your sales to those builders were down close to 50% year over the year. And if I recall correctly, last quarter they were up. So can you talk about more generally the trends there? Is that just a comp issue due to sales to a lot bank or any color on demand from those other customers would be helpful?

It will sell hits here.

And then the next question on fuel prices, obviously moving higher across the country. Can you remind us, you know, what portion of development costs fuel account for? Are you able to pass those along to your customers? Are there any concerns about gross margins as we get into the back cap this year? in the early next year from higher fuel costs. Thank you, Father Culler, and good luck moving forward.

Thank you.

Thank you, and there were no other questions at this time. I will now like to hand the call back to Andy Oxley for any closing remarks.

Thank you, Paul, and thank you to everyone on the four-star team for your focus and hard work. Stay disciplined, flexible, and opportunistic as we continue to consolidate market share. We appreciate everyone's time on the call today and look forward to speaking with you again to share our third quarter results on Tuesday, July 21st.

Thank you. This does conclude today's conference, and you may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.