First Quarter Net Income of $0.74 Per Share and AFFO of $0.76 Per Share
Expanded Counterparty Base to 17 Homebuilders, Including Addition of a Top-10 National Builder and Redeployed $989 Million in Land Acquisitions and Development Funding Across the Portfolio
Total Homesites Under Option Contracts and Other Related Assets of $9.5 Billion with Zero Option Terminations Since Inception; Invested Capital Outside of the Lennar Master Program Agreement Reached $2.7 Billion, Reflecting $365 Million of Growth Versus the Prior Quarter
Converted Credit Facility to Fully Unsecured Structure and Added $500 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, Expanding Total Capacity to over $1.8 Billion
Generated $726 Million in Net Cash Proceeds from Homesite Sales with Zero Option Terminations
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 06, 2026--
Millrose Properties, Inc. (NYSE: MRP, "Millrose" or the "Company"), the homesite option platform for residential homebuilders, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
"We began 2026 with solid first quarter results, reflecting consistent execution of our strategy," said Darren Richman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Millrose. "Across the homebuilding industry, builders are navigating competing priorities -- sustaining community count growth while exercising balance sheet discipline in a margin-compressed environment. As builders seek to preserve margins while sustaining growth, demand for capital-light lot access is increasing, and our platform is positioned at the center of that structural shift."
Mr. Richman continued, "As margins compress across the industry, the carrying cost of land on the balance sheet weighs more heavily on builder returns -- yet the multi-year nature of land investment means those commitments cannot be deferred without sacrificing future growth. That is the precise tension our platform is designed to resolve. During the quarter, we expanded our counterparty base to 17 homebuilders, including the addition of a top-10 national builder, and strengthened our capital foundation by converting to a fully unsecured credit facility -- positioning Millrose to meet that growing demand at scale."
Financial Highlights
Millrose produces recurring cash flow through contractual monthly cash options payments with continuous capital redeployment of homesite sale proceeds.
For the first quarter of 2026, Millrose reported:
-- Net income attributable to Millrose common shareholders of $122.9
million, or $0.74 per share
-- Total revenues: $194.9 million (option fees and development loan
income)
-- Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO): $125.9 million, or $0.76 per
share.
Total portfolio weighted average annualized yield was 9.2% as of March 31, 2026, consistent with the prior quarter despite a decline in the base rate, SOFR. This stability reflects growth in homesite investments outside the Lennar Master Program Agreement, with option rate spreads remaining constant over the base rate.
First quarter results reflect a shorter calendar period of 90 days versus 92 days in the fourth quarter. This created a modest mechanical reduction in option fee income with no impact on the earnings trajectory of the business.
Dividend
On March 23, 2026, Millrose declared a quarterly dividend of $126.2 million, or $0.76 per share of Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend was paid on April 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2026.
Portfolio Highlights
-- Lennar Master Program Agreement: The Lennar relationship remains
foundational to the Millrose platform, providing a stable base of
recurring cash flow. For the first quarter of 2026, Millrose received
$626 million in net cash proceeds from homesite sales to Lennar and
redeployed $524 million into new land acquisitions and development
funding. As of March 31, 2026, the Lennar homesites under option
contracts were $6.4 billion and the Lennar Invested Capital balance was
approximately $6 billion with a weighted average yield of 8.5%.
-- Other Agreements: Millrose funded an additional $465 million under
Other Agreements at a weighted average yield of 10.7%, bringing homesites
under option contracts and other related assets to $3.1 billion and
Invested Capital net of realized homesite sales of $2.7 billion as of
March 31, 2026. This capital growth of approximately $365 million
compared to the prior quarter reflects the organic expansion of
Millrose's business model, including the continued diversification of its
builder base to 16 counterparties outside of Lennar, highlighted by the
addition of a top-10 national homebuilder.
-- Portfolio Composition: Millrose ended the quarter with over 143,000
homesites across 904 communities in 30 states as of March 31, 2026. This
represents an on-track expansion from the 142,000 homesites reported at
the end of the fourth quarter, reflecting the Company's ability to
efficiently scale its national footprint through its proprietary
technology platform.
Guidance
The Company is reaffirming its previously issued guidance from its fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. First quarter results and pipeline activity remain consistent with these expectations. The Company expects to deploy approximately $1 billion of additional invested capital by mid-2026 using existing debt capacity, targeting a second quarter exit quarterly AFFO run rate of $0.78--$0.80 per share.(1) Based on current pipeline depth, total net new capital deployment of up to $2 billion is expected for full year 2026 -- implying approximately 10% year-over-year AFFO per share growth.
Liquidity & Capitalization Update
Millrose maintains a conservative balance sheet and strong liquidity position to support continued growth.
As of March 31, 2026, the Company reported total assets of $9.6 billion and total liquidity of $1.5 billion, including cash and availability under its revolving credit facility.
Total debt was $2.4 billion, with a debt-to-capitalization ratio of approximately 29%. The Company remains committed to maintaining a conservative leverage profile, with a maximum debt-to-capitalization target of 33%. The Company's capital structure includes a $1.835 billion unsecured credit facility, including a $500 million delayed-draw term loan commitment.
During the quarter, Millrose converted its credit facility from a secured to an unsecured structure and added a new $500 million delayed draw term loan commitment, expanding total capacity to $1.835 billion and providing additional liquidity and flexibility to support continued capital deployment.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Millrose will host a conference call today, May 6 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter results, recent developments, and outlook. The call webcast, as well as relevant earnings materials, will be available through the investor relations section of the Company's website: ir.millroseproperties.com. A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the broadcast.
About Millrose Properties, Inc.
Millrose is the premier homesite option platform for residential homebuilders, specializing in the acquisition and horizontal development of land to provide a predictable, just-in-time supply of finished homesites -- the most scarce and mission-critical resource in homebuilding. Unlike traditional land bankers, Millrose uses a proprietary technology platform that provides real-time data analytics to drive acquisition decisions, with every transaction subject to rigorous independent due diligence. By enabling an asset-light model, Millrose provides its diverse roster of homebuilder partners with the strategic flexibility to maintain production volumes and optimize balance sheet efficiency across all market environments.
(1) The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting the timing of items that have not yet occurred, as well as quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release and oral statements made regarding the matters addressed in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements about Millrose's plans, strategies and objectives, future earnings, expected transactions and guidance, as well as statements about Millrose's business (including MPH Parent, LLC ("MPH Parent"), Millrose Properties Holdings, LLC ("Millrose Holdings"), Millrose Properties SPE LLC and any of the other Millrose subsidiaries), and Millrose's future plans, strategies and objectives. You can generally identify forward-looking statements by our use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "can", "shall", "will", "expect", "intend", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "continue" or other similar words or the negatives thereof intended to identify forward-looking statements. However, not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specific forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding: Millrose's plans and objectives for future operations, including plans and objectives relating to the future growth of our business and our homesite option platform; the availability of capital at any given time to finance the various endeavors, projects and acquisitions that are expected or planned for Millrose, as well as the availability of capital that needs to be reserved for specified uses (whether contractually or by law); expectations about the quality and value of our homesites and the existence of
any liabilities attached to the homesites, and the adequacy of the protection, including our counterparties' indemnification of Millrose in connection with the land assets acquired under the counterparty agreements; expectations and assumptions regarding our ongoing relationships with counterparties, including expectations that counterparties will fully perform their obligations under existing agreements, and timely exercise their purchase option; our expected business, operations and financial position; expectations and assumptions regarding our industry, the real estate markets or the economy, including statements regarding the competitive landscape; the possibility of providing our homesite option platform and continuing our expansion to new counterparties, and the nature of any such future arrangements; any expected use, development or sale of land assets that we have acquired or may acquire in the future; expectations and assumptions around our relationship with our external manager, Kennedy Lewis Land and Residential Advisors LLC, an affiliate and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLC; our status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and MPH Parent's, RCH Holdings, Inc.'s, and Millrose Holdings' status as taxable REIT subsidiaries; expectations around ownership limits of our common stock; expectations and assumptions around our source of revenues, expected income, ability to secure financing or incur and repay indebtedness, and ability to comply with restrictions contained in our debt covenants; and other forward-looking statements, are all based on currently known or available information, which may not be indicative of future results (particularly as we are a recently formed company and have had limited historical operations as a standalone company), as well as assumptions and expectations that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are qualified in their entirety by, and should be read in the context of, the risk factors and other factors disclosed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, which can be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Invested Capital is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents the balance on which monthly cash option fees are paid by counterparties. Invested Capital includes certain components of our consolidated financial statements related to (i) homesites under option contracts, (ii) development loans receivable, and (iii) liabilities. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is homesites under option contracts as presented in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Management uses Invested Capital as a measure of the capital deployed and believes that the figure is useful to investors because it serves as the basis for generating option fees and other related income. This non-GAAP measure is presented solely to permit investors to more fully understand how our management assesses underlying performance and is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP measures, and should be viewed in conjunction with our GAAP financial measures.
AFFO means the Adjusted Funds From Operations, which are calculated as the net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus real estate depreciation, adjusted to eliminate the impact of non-recurring items that are not reflective of ongoing operations and certain non-cash items that reduce or increase net income (loss) in accordance with GAAP, and also adjusted for income tax expense (other than income tax expenses of our TRSs) that will not be incurred following our election and qualification to be subject to tax as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Millrose Properties, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
March 31, December 31,
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2026 2025
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Assets
Homesites under option contracts $9,177,273 $ 8,872,695
Development loan receivables, net 323,229 328,999
Cash 49,276 35,046
Other assets 20,271 21,367
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Total assets 9,570,049 9,258,107
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Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Builder deposits 960,294 927,004
Debt obligations, net 2,417,184 2,112,062
Development guarantee holdback
liability 100,000 100,000
Deferred tax liabilities 81,957 77,333
Other liabilities 156,985 185,446
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Total liabilities 3,716,420 3,401,845
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Commitments and contingencies (See
Note 9)
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value,
50,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares
issued at March 31, 2026 -- --
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value,
275,000,000 shares authorized,
154,183,686 shares issued at March 31,
2026 1,542 1,542
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value,
175,000,000 shares authorized,
11,819,811 shares issued at March 31,
2026 118 118
Additional paid-in capital 5,873,733 5,873,087
Distribution in excess of net income (21,764) (18,485)
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Total stockholders' equity 5,853,629 5,856,262
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $9,570,049 $ 9,258,107
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Millrose Properties, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
Three months ended March 31,
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2026 2025
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Revenues:
Option fee revenues $ 185,300 $ 80,081
Development loan income 9,629 2,617
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Total revenues 194,929 82,698
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Operating expenses:
Management Fee expense 28,153 12,104
Stock-based compensation
expense 692 --
Provision for credit loss
expense -- --
Sales, general, and
administrative expenses from
pre-spin periods -- 24,960
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Total operating expenses 28,845 37,064
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Income from operations 166,084 45,634
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Other income (expense):
Interest income 1,128 1,088
Interest expense (39,212) (2,536)
Other expenses (79) --
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Total other income (expense) (38,163) (1,448)
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Net income before income taxes 127,921 44,186
Income tax expense 5,037 4,380
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Net income $ 122,884 $ 39,806
Adjustment for expenses from
pre-spin periods -- 24,960
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Net income attributable to
Millrose Properties, Inc. common
stockholders $ 122,884 $ 64,766
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Basic earnings per share of Class
A and Class B common stock $ 0.74 $ 0.39
Diluted earnings per share of
Class A and Class B common stock $ 0.74 $ 0.39
Basic weighted average common
shares of outstanding Class A and
Class B common stock 166,003,497 166,003,497
Diluted weighted average common
shares of outstanding Class A and
Class B common stock 166,027,250 166,003,497
The table below reconciles GAAP reported homesites under option contracts to Invested Capital as of March 31, 2026 and summarizes Invested Capital activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
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Master
Program Other
(in thousands) Agreement Agreements Total
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Invested Capital
Reconciliation of GAAP
to Non-GAAP
GAAP reported
homesites under
option contracts as
of March 31, 2026 $6,392,353 $2,784,920 $9,177,273
Add: Development
loan
receivables
(gross) -- 324,233 324,233
Remove: Interest
receivable on
development
loans -- (5,373) (5,373)
Remove: Due from
counterparties
(1) (35,931) (28,924) (64,855)
Remove: Net
deferred tax
assets and
deferred tax
liabilities
from homesite
inventories (56,824) -- (56,824)
Remove: Earnest
deposits from
homesites under
option
contracts 7,560 -- 7,560
Remove:
Homesites under
option
contracts
acquired
through
purchase money
mortgages (33,000) -- (33,000)
Add: Development
holdback
liability (100,000) -- (100,000)
Add: Builder
deposit
liabilities (200,714) (342,028) (542,742)
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Total Invested Capital
as of March 31, 2026 $5,973,444 $2,732,828 $8,706,272
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Invested Capital
Invested Capital as
of December 31,
2025 (2) $6,102,037 $2,367,642 $8,469,679
Takedown Proceeds
(3) (652,915) (99,413) (752,328)
Land Acquisition and
Development Funding
(4) 524,322 464,599 988,921
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Invested Capital as of
March 31, 2026 $5,973,444 $2,732,828 $8,706,272
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(in millions)
Weighted Average Yield
as of March 31, 2026
(5) 8.5% 10.7% 9.2%
Implied Quarterly Income
Run Rate as of March
31, 2026 (6) $ 127 $ 73 $ 200
Weighted Average 3.5 years 2.3 years 3.2 years
Remaining Life as of
March 31, 2026 (7)
Weighted Average 64 months 38 months 56 months
Maturity as of March
31, 2026 (8)
(1) Includes option fees received from counterparties in the subsequent
month.
(2) Includes (a) homesite under option contracts contributed by Lennar at
Spin-Off and acquired from Rausch, less option earning deposits and
other holdbacks, and (b) takedown, land acquisition and development
funding activity through December 31, 2025.
(3) Reduction in investment balance for the three months ended March 31,
2026 from (a) homesite takedowns pursuant to option agreements, net of
deposit credits adjusted for non-option earning deposits, and (b)
repayment of development loans.
(4) Includes acquisitions of homesites under option contracts, net of
option earnings deposits, and development loan funding for the three
months ended March 31, 2026.
(5) Based on average option rate and/or loan interest rate weighted by
investment balance, assumes SOFR rate as of December 29, 2025.
(6) Calculated by multiplying Invested Capital balance at end of period by
weighted average yield as of March 31, 2026, adjusted for the number of
days in the first quarter 2026.
(7) Calculated by taking weighted average life per each community weighted
by investment balance.
(8) Calculated by taking months until the final scheduled homesite sale per
each community weighted by investment balance.
The table below is a reconciliation of GAAP net income to AFFO and GAAP earnings per share to AFFO earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
Three Months Ended
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(in thousands, except share amounts) March 31, 2026 March 31, 2025
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Net income attributable to Millrose
Properties, Inc. common stockholders $ 122,884 $ 64,766
Adjustments:
Add: Amortization of deferred
financing and issuance costs
(1) 2,342 157
Add: Stock-based compensation
expense (2) 692 --
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Total adjustments 3,034 157
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AFFO attributable to Millrose
Properties, Inc. common stockholders $ 125,918 $ 64,923
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AFFO basic earnings per share of Class
A and Class B common stock $ 0.76 $ 0.39
AFFO diluted earnings per share of
Class A and Class B common stock $ 0.76 $ 0.39
Reconciliation of GAAP earnings per
share to AFFO per share
GAAP reported basic and diluted
earnings per share of Class A and
Class B common stock $ 0.74 $ 0.39
Adjustments:
Add: Amortization of deferred
financing and issuance costs
(1) 0.01 0.00
Add: Stock-based compensation
(2) 0.01 --
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AFFO basic and diluted earnings per
share of Class A and Class B common
stock $ 0.76 $ 0.39
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Basic weighted average common shares
outstanding of Class A and Class B
common stock 166,003,497 166,003,497
Diluted weighted average common shares
outstanding of Class A and Class B
common stock 166,027,250 166,003,497
(1) Reflected in interest expense in the consolidated statements of
operations. See Note 8. Debt Obligations in the condensed consolidated
financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
(2) RSUs granted to each member of the Board under the Millrose Properties,
Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan. See Note 12. Stock-Based Compensation
Expense in the condensed consolidated financial statements included
elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
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