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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company is a national homebuilder that is primarily engaged in the acquisition and development of land and the construction and sale of residential homes, with operations in 102 markets across 32 states. The Company’s operating segments are its 77 homebuilding divisions, its majority-owned Forestar residential lot development operations, its financial services operations, its rental operations and its other business activities. The Company’s reporting segments are its homebuilding reporting segments, its Forestar lot development segment, its financial services segment and its rental operations segment.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company changed its internal organization and reporting of its operating segments and reportable segments to combine its single-family rental operations and its multi-family rental operations into a new reporting segment to reflect the method by which the chief operating decision makers manage the business, evaluate internal results and allocate financial resources. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company realigned the aggregation of its homebuilding operating segments into six new reportable segments to better allocate its homebuilding operating segments across geographic reporting regions. Segment information for the three months ended December 31, 2020 has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

Homebuilding
Based on the aggregation of the homebuilding operating segments, the Company’s six reporting segments and the states in which it has homebuilding operations are as follows:
Northwest:Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington
Southwest:Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico
South Central:Oklahoma and Texas
Southeast:Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi
East:Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
North:Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia

The Company’s homebuilding divisions design, build and sell single-family detached homes on lots they develop and on fully developed lots purchased ready for home construction. To a lesser extent, the homebuilding divisions also build and sell attached homes, such as townhomes, duplexes and triplexes. Most of the revenue generated by the Company’s homebuilding operations is from the sale of completed homes and to a lesser extent from the sale of land and lots.

Forestar

The Forestar segment is a residential lot development company with operations in 55 markets across 23 states. Forestar has made significant investments in land acquisition and development to expand its business across the United States. The homebuilding divisions acquire finished lots from Forestar in accordance with the master supply agreement between the two companies. Forestar’s segment results are presented on their historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.

Financial Services

The Company’s financial services segment provides mortgage financing and title agency services to homebuyers in many of the Company’s homebuilding markets. The segment generates the substantial majority of its revenues from originating and selling mortgages and collecting fees for title insurance agency and closing services. The Company sells substantially all of the mortgages it originates and the related servicing rights to third-party purchasers.
Rental

The Company’s rental segment consists of multi-family and single-family rental operations. The multi-family rental operations develop, construct, lease and sell residential rental properties. The single-family rental operations primarily construct and lease single-family homes and then market the community for a bulk sale of rental homes.

Other

In addition to its homebuilding, Forestar, financial services and rental operations, the Company engages in other business activities through its subsidiaries. The Company conducts insurance-related operations, owns non-residential real estate including ranch land and improvements and owns and operates energy-related assets. The results of these operations are immaterial for separate reporting and therefore are grouped together and presented as other within the Eliminations and Other column in the tables that follow.
The accounting policies of the reporting segments are described throughout Note A included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. Financial information relating to the Company’s reporting segments is as follows:

December 31, 2021
HomebuildingForestar (1)Financial ServicesRentalEliminations and Other (2)Consolidated
(In millions)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$2,133.4 $162.5 $88.2 $44.2 $13.8 $2,442.1 
Restricted cash
12.4 — 9.5 0.6 — 22.5 
Inventories:
Construction in progress and finished homes8,879.5 — — — (136.6)8,742.9 
Residential land and lots — developed and under development6,366.7 1,854.6 — — (58.9)8,162.4 
Land held for development25.9 105.5 — — — 131.4 
Land held for sale24.8 — — — — 24.8 
Rental properties— — — 1,161.1 (20.1)1,141.0 

15,296.9 1,960.1 — 1,161.1 (215.6)18,202.5 
Mortgage loans held for sale
— — 1,833.3 — — 1,833.3 
Deferred income taxes, net
141.6 — — — (4.0)137.6 
Property and equipment, net
315.5 4.2 3.3 0.7 86.7 410.4 
Other assets
1,689.3 35.7 93.3 9.0 (39.8)1,787.5 
Goodwill
134.3 — — — 29.2 163.5 
$19,723.4 $2,162.5 $2,027.6 $1,215.6 $(129.7)$24,999.4 
Liabilities
Accounts payable
$1,021.5 $53.5 $— $75.7 $— $1,150.7 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
2,316.4 345.7 75.7 8.9 (166.7)2,580.0 
Notes payable
3,291.0 704.9 1,260.0 — (0.6)5,255.3 
$6,628.9 $1,104.1 $1,335.7 $84.6 $(167.3)$8,986.0 
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(1)Amounts are presented on Forestar’s historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.
(2)Amounts include the balances of the Company’s other businesses, the elimination of intercompany transactions and, to a lesser extent, purchase accounting adjustments related to the Forestar acquisition.
September 30, 2021
HomebuildingForestar (1)Financial ServicesRentalEliminations and Other (2)Consolidated
(In millions)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$2,950.1 $153.6 $79.0 $16.8 $10.9 $3,210.4 
Restricted cash
8.4 — 18.0 0.4 — 26.8 
Inventories:
Construction in progress and finished homes7,848.0 — — — (108.8)7,739.2 
Residential land and lots — developed and under development6,004.0 1,824.7 — — (46.9)7,781.8 
Land held for development30.4 80.5 — — — 110.9 
Land held for sale25.4 — — — — 25.4 
Rental properties— — — 840.9 (19.1)821.8 

13,907.8 1,905.2 — 840.9 (174.8)16,479.1 
Mortgage loans held for sale
— — 2,027.3 — — 2,027.3 
Deferred income taxes, net
159.2 — — — (3.9)155.3 
Property and equipment, net
303.3 2.9 3.5 0.6 82.6 392.9 
Other assets
1,468.7 40.0 107.6 6.3 (62.0)1,560.6 
Goodwill
134.3 — — — 29.2 163.5 
$18,931.8 $2,101.7 $2,235.4 $865.0 $(118.0)$24,015.9 
Liabilities
Accounts payable
$1,073.7 $47.4 $— $55.9 $— $1,177.0 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
1,941.3 333.9 88.6 15.0 (168.5)2,210.3 
Notes payable
3,214.0 704.5 1,494.6 — (0.7)5,412.4 
$6,229.0 $1,085.8 $1,583.2 $70.9 $(169.2)$8,799.7 
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(1)Amounts are presented on Forestar’s historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.
(2)Amounts include the balances of the Company’s other businesses, the elimination of intercompany transactions and, to a lesser extent, purchase accounting adjustments related to the Forestar acquisition.
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
HomebuildingForestar (1)Financial ServicesRentalEliminations and Other (2)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales
$6,656.4 $— $— $— $— $6,656.4 
Land/lot sales and other23.0 407.6 — — (374.4)56.2 
Rental property sales— — — 156.5 — 156.5 
Financial services
— — 184.3 — — 184.3 
6,679.4 407.6 184.3 156.5 (374.4)7,053.4 
Cost of sales
Home sales (3)4,833.9 — — — (37.7)4,796.2 
Land/lot sales and other17.1 333.6 — — (317.7)33.0 
Rental property sales— — — 72.5 (0.8)71.7 
Inventory and land option charges
3.9 0.6 — 0.3 — 4.8 
4,854.9 334.2 — 72.8 (356.2)4,905.7 
Selling, general and administrative expense
497.7 21.5 125.3 18.5 2.9 665.9 
Other (income) expense(6.2)(1.6)(8.1)(4.9)5.3 (15.5)
Income before income taxes$1,333.0 $53.5 $67.1 $70.1 $(26.4)$1,497.3 
Summary Cash Flow Information
Depreciation and amortization
$15.4 $0.5 $0.4 $0.1 $3.0 $19.4 
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(114.7)$5.8 $247.5 $(255.9)$(56.8)$(174.1)
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(1)Results are presented on Forestar’s historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.
(2)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(3)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
Three Months Ended December 31, 2020
HomebuildingForestar (1)Financial ServicesRentalEliminations and Other (2)Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Home sales
$5,698.7 $— $— $— $— $5,698.7 
Land/lot sales and other17.9 307.1 — — (277.5)47.5 
Rental property sales— — — 31.8 (31.8)— 
Financial services
— — 187.2 — — 187.2 
5,716.6 307.1 187.2 31.8 (309.3)5,933.4 
Cost of sales
Home sales (3)4,325.1 — — — (27.7)4,297.4 
Land/lot sales and other13.7 262.5 — — (249.4)26.8 
Rental property sales— — — 17.8 (17.8)— 
Inventory and land option charges
7.9 0.4 — — — 8.3 
4,346.7 262.9 — 17.8 (294.9)4,332.5 
Selling, general and administrative expense
449.4 15.5 109.5 9.3 2.2 585.9 
Gain on sale of assets— — — — (14.0)(14.0)
Other (income) expense(2.1)(0.5)(6.4)(3.9)7.6 (5.3)
Income before income taxes$922.6 $29.2 $84.1 $8.6 $(10.2)$1,034.3 
Summary Cash Flow Information
Depreciation and amortization
$16.4 $0.7 $0.4 $2.7 $2.7 $22.9 
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(269.6)$(158.7)$173.1 $(58.9)$62.0 $(252.1)
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(1)Results are presented on Forestar’s historical cost basis, consistent with the manner in which management evaluates segment performance.
(2)Amounts include the results of the Company’s other businesses, reconciling amounts between segment and consolidated balances and the elimination of intercompany transactions.
(3)Amount in the Eliminations and Other column represents the recognition of profit on lots sold from Forestar to the homebuilding segment. Intercompany profit is eliminated in the consolidated financial statements when Forestar sells lots to the homebuilding segment and is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when the homebuilding segment closes homes on the lots to homebuyers.
Homebuilding Inventories by Reporting Segment (1)
December 31,
2021		September 30,
2021
 (In millions)
Northwest$1,450.8 $1,307.5 
Southwest2,743.3 2,445.6 
South Central3,772.2 3,479.3 
Southeast3,444.9 3,178.6 
East2,118.3 1,919.6 
North1,558.4 1,368.9 
Corporate and unallocated (2)209.0 208.3 
$15,296.9 $13,907.8 
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(1)Homebuilding inventories are the only assets included in the measure of homebuilding segment assets used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers.
(2)Corporate and unallocated consists primarily of homebuilding capitalized interest and property taxes.

Homebuilding Results by Reporting SegmentThree Months Ended
December 31,
 20212020
 (In millions)
Revenues
Northwest$569.0 $548.0 
Southwest911.6 838.6 
South Central1,694.3 1,363.5 
Southeast1,810.9 1,465.0 
East1,074.9 1,007.7 
North618.7 493.8 
$6,679.4 $5,716.6 
Income before Income Taxes
Northwest$111.8 $86.8 
Southwest159.3 115.2 
South Central354.3 240.0 
Southeast415.4 247.2 
East202.3 170.7 
North89.9 62.7 
$1,333.0 $922.6