The accompanying unaudited, consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Forestar Group Inc. (Forestar) and all of its 100% owned, majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries, which are collectively referred to as the Company unless the context otherwise requires. The Company accounts for its investment in other entities in which it has significant influence over operations and financial policies using the equity method. All intercompany accounts, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated pass-through entities are recognized before income taxes. The transactions included in net income in the consolidated statements of operations are the same as those that would be presented in comprehensive income. Thus, the Company's net income equates to comprehensive income.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments considered necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods shown, including normal recurring accruals and other items. These financial statements, including the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020, which was derived from audited financial statements, do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020. Certain items have been reclassified in the prior year financial statements to conform to the presentation and classifications used in the current year.

In October 2017, Forestar became a majority-owned subsidiary of D.R. Horton, Inc. (D.R. Horton) by virtue of a merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of D.R. Horton. Immediately following the merger, D.R. Horton owned 75% of the Company's outstanding common stock. In connection with the merger, the Company entered into certain agreements with D.R. Horton including a Stockholder’s Agreement, a Master Supply Agreement, and a Shared Services Agreement. D.R. Horton is considered a related party of Forestar under GAAP. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, D.R. Horton owned approximately 65%64% of the Company's outstanding common stock.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12 related to simplifying the accounting for income taxes. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning October 1, 2021, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance, and it is not expected to have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform,” which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by the discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or by another reference rate expected to be discontinued. The guidance was effective beginning March 12, 2020 and can be applied prospectively through December 31, 2022. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, “Reference Rate Reform - Scope,” which clarified the scope and application of the original guidance. The Company will adopt these standards when LIBOR is discontinued and does not expect them to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Real estate consists of:

In the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, the Company invested $295.1$484.6 million for the acquisition of residential real estate and $181.9$369.4 million for the development of residential real estate. At DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020, undeveloped land primarily consists of undeveloped land which the Company has the contractual right to sell to D.R. Horton within approximately one year of its purchase or, if D.R. Horton elects, at an earlier date, at a sales price equal to the carrying value of the land at the time of sale plus additional consideration of 12% to 16% per annum.

Each quarter, the Company reviews the performance and outlook for all of its real estate for indicators of potential impairment and performs detailed impairment evaluations and analyses when necessary. As a result of this process, there were no real estate impairment charges recorded for eitherany period presented in the consolidated statements of operations.

During the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020 and 2019,2021, pre-acquisition cost write-offs related to land purchase contracts that the Company has terminated or expects to terminate were $0.6 million and $0.9 million, respectively, compared to $0.1 million and $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively.in the prior year periods. Real estate impairments and land option charges are included in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company capitalizes interest costs to real estate throughout the development period (active real estate). Capitalized interest is charged to cost of sales as the related real estate is sold to the buyer. During periods in which the Company’s active real estate is lower than its debt level, a portion of the interest incurred is reflected as interest expense in the period incurred. During the first threesix months of fiscal 2021 and fiscal year 2020, the Company’s active real estate exceeded its debt level, and all interest incurred was capitalized to real estate.

The Company's other assets at DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020 were as follows:

The Company's accrued expenses and other liabilities at DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020 were as follows:

The Company has a $380 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with an uncommitted accordion feature that could increase the size of the facility to $570 million, subject to certain conditions and availability of additional bank commitments. The facility also provides for the issuance of letters of credit with a sublimit equal to the greater of $100 million and 50% of the revolving credit commitment. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility are subject to a borrowing base calculation based on the book value of the Company's real estate assets and unrestricted cash. Letters of credit issued under the facility reduce the available borrowing capacity. The maturity date of the facility is October 2, 2022. There were 0 borrowings or repayments under the facility during the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020.2021. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, there were 0 borrowings outstanding and $40.5$46.0 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility, resulting in available capacity of $339.5$334.0 million. The maturity date of the facility is October 2, 2022, which can be extended by up to one year on up to two additional occasions, subject to the approval of lenders holding a majority of the commitments.

The revolving credit facility includes customary affirmative and negative covenants, events of default and financial covenants. The financial covenants require a minimum level of tangible net worth, a minimum level of liquidity, and a maximum allowable leverage ratio. These covenants are measured as defined in the credit agreement governing the facility and are reported to the lenders quarterly. A failure to comply with these financial covenants could allow the lending banks to terminate the availability of funds under the revolving credit facility or cause any outstanding borrowings to become due and payable prior to maturity. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants, limitations and restrictions of its revolving credit facility.

The Company has outstanding senior notes as described below that were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The notes represent senior unsecured obligations that rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and may be redeemed prior to maturity, subject to certain limitations and premiums defined in the indenture agreements. The notes are guaranteed by each of the Company's subsidiaries to the extent such subsidiaries guarantee the Company's revolving credit facility.

The Company's $300 million principal amount of 5.0% senior notes mature March 1, 2028 with interest payable semi-annually. On or after March 1, 2023, the notes may be redeemed at 102.5% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In accordance with the indenture, the redemption price decreases annually thereafter and the notes can be redeemed at par on or after March 1, 2026 through maturity. The annual effective interest rate of the notes after giving effect to the amortization of financing costs is 5.2%.

The Company's $350 million principal amount of 8.0% senior notes mature April 15, 2024 with interest payable semi-annually. On or after April 15, 2021, the notes may be redeemed at 104% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In accordance with the indenture, the redemption price decreases annually thereafter and the notes can be redeemed at par on or after April 15, 2023 through maturity. The annual effective interest rate of the notes after giving effect to the amortization of financing costs is 8.5%.

The indentures governing the senior notes require that, upon the occurrence of both a change of control and a rating decline (each as defined in the respective indenture), the Company offer to purchase the notes at 101% of their principal amount. If the Company or its restricted subsidiaries dispose of assets, under certain circumstances, the Company will be required to either invest the net cash proceeds from such asset sales in its business within a specified period of time, repay certain senior secured debt or debt of its non-guarantor subsidiaries, or make an offer to purchase a principal amount of the notes equal to the excess net cash proceeds at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount. The indentures contain covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or distributions, repurchase equity, prepay subordinated debt and make certain investments; incur additional debt or issue mandatorily redeemable equity; incur liens on assets; merge or consolidate with another company or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; and allow to exist certain restrictions on the ability of subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, the Company was in compliance with all of the limitations and restrictions associated with its senior note obligations.

Effective April 30, 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $30 million of the Company’s debt securities. The authorization has no expiration date. All of the $30 million authorization was remaining at DecemberMarch 31, 2020.2021.

The Company's otherCompany also has a note payable of $12.5 million that was issued as part of a transaction to acquire real estate for development. The note is non-recourse and is secured by the underlying real estate, accrues interest at 4.0% per annum and matures in October 2023.

The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

The Company’s income tax expense for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020 and 20192021 was $7.1$9.2 million and $5.4$16.3 million respectively,compared to $3.3 million and $8.7 million in the prior year periods. The effective tax rate was 24.5% and 24.4% for the three and six months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 24.1% and 24.3% in boththe prior year periods. The effective tax rate for bothall periods includes an expense for state income taxes and nondeductible expenses and a benefit related to noncontrolling interests.

At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, the Company had deferred tax liabilities, net of deferred tax assets, of $6.4$6.1 million. The deferred tax assets were partially offset by a valuation allowance of $1.5$1.3 million, resulting in a net deferred tax liability of $7.9$7.4 million. At September 30, 2020, deferred tax liabilities, net of deferred tax assets, were $4.2 million. The deferred tax assets were partially offset by a valuation allowance of $1.5 million, resulting in a net deferred tax liability of $5.7 million. The valuation allowance for both periods was recorded because it is more likely than not that a portion of the Company's state deferred tax assets, primarily net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards, will not be realized because the Company is no longer operating in some states or the NOL carryforward periods are too brief to realize the related deferred tax asset. The Company will continue to evaluate both the positive and negative evidence in determining the need for a valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Any reversal of the valuation allowance in future periods will impact the effective tax rate.

The Company has an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2018 registering $500 million of equity securities.securities, of which $100 million is reserved for sales under its at-the-market equity offering program that became effective in August 2020. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company issued 1.0 million shares of common stock under its at-the-market equity offering program for proceeds of $23.3 million, net of commissions and other issuance costs. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020, $394.32021, $370.6 million remained available for issuance under the shelf registration statement, $100 million of which $76.3 million is reserved for sales under the Company's at-the-market equity offering program. As of December 31, 2020, 0 shares had been issued under the at-the-market equity offering program.

During the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, a total of 24,000232,320 time-based RSUs were granted. The weighted average grant date fair value of these equity awards was $17.08$23.12 per unit, and they vest annually in equal installments over a period of three to five years. Total stock-based compensation expense related to the Company's restricted stock units for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2021 was $0.9 million and $1.2 million compared to $0.8 million and $1.3 million in the prior year periods. Stock-based compensation expense related to employees that were retirement eligible on the date of grant in the six months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $0.3$0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

In support of the Company's residential lot development business, it issues letters of credit under the revolving credit facility and has a surety bond program that provides financial assurance to beneficiaries related to the execution and performance of certain development obligations. At DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, the Company had outstanding letters of credit of $40.5$46.0 million under the revolving credit facility and surety bonds of $293.8$368.6 million issued by third parties to secure performance under various contracts. The Company expects that its performance obligations secured by these letters of credit and bonds will generally be completed in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the applicable contractual terms. When the Company completes its performance obligations, the related letters of credit and bonds are generally released shortly thereafter, leaving the Company with no continuing obligations. The Company has no material third-party guarantees.

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business and believes that adequate reserves have been established for any probable losses. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of these proceedings will have a significant adverse effect on its financial position, long-term results of operations or cash flows. It is possible, however, that charges related to these matters could be significant to the Company's results or cash flows in any one accounting period.

The Company has a Shared Services Agreement with D.R. Horton whereby D.R. Horton provides the Company with certain administrative, compliance, operational and procurement services. During the threesix months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations includes $1.1$2.0 million and $1.3$2.6 million for these shared services, $1.0$1.8 million and $0.6$1.0 million for the cost of health insurance and other employee benefits and $1.1$1.4 million and $1.0$1.3 million for other corporate and administrative expenses paid by D.R. Horton on behalf of the Company.

Under the terms of the Master Supply Agreement with D.R. Horton, both companies identify land development opportunities to expand Forestar's portfolio of assets. At DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020, the Company owned or controlled through purchase contracts approximately 77,50084,500 and 60,500 residential lots, of which D.R. Horton had the following involvement.

In addition, the net impact of the change in contract liabilities increaseddecreased revenues on lot sales to D.R. Horton by $0.2 million in the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2021 and $0.6 million in the six months ended March 31, 2020, and decreasedincreased revenues on lot sales to D.R. Horton by $1.5$0.8 million in the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2019.2020.

During the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020 and 2019,2021, the Company reimbursed D.R. Horton approximately $16.1$8.0 million and $10.7$24.2 million for previously paid earnest money and $20.9$7.3 million and $5.2$28.2 million for pre-acquisition and other due diligence and development costs related to land purchase contracts whereby D.R. Horton assigned its rights under these land purchase contracts to the Company. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reimbursed D.R. Horton approximately $5.5 million and $16.2 million for previously paid earnest money and $8.2 million and $13.3 million for pre-acquisition and other due diligence and development costs.

During the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company paid D.R. Horton $1.7$1.2 million and $1.5$2.9 million for land development services.services compared to $1.5 million and $2.9 million for these services in the prior year periods. These amounts are included in cost of sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

At DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020, undeveloped land was $55.5 million and $5.4 million. Undeveloped land primarily consists of undeveloped land which the Company has the contractual right to sell to D.R. Horton within approximately one year of its purchase or, if D.R. Horton elects, at an earlier date, at a sales price equal to the carrying value of the land at the time of sale plus additional consideration of 12% to 16% per annum.

At DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets included $1.4$1.1 million and $8.4 million, respectively, owed to D.R. Horton for any accrued and unpaid shared service charges, land purchase contract deposits and due diligence and other development cost reimbursements.

The Company elected not to use the fair value option for cash and cash equivalents and debt.

For the financial assets and liabilities that the Company does not reflect at fair value, the following tables present both their respective carrying value and fair value at DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and September 30, 2020.

Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis primarily include real estate assets which the Company reviews for indicators of potential impairment and performs impairment evaluations when necessary.

We are a residential lot development company with operations in 5154 markets in 2122 states as of DecemberMarch 31, 2020.2021. In October 2017, we became a majority-owned subsidiary of D.R. Horton. Through our alignment with and support from D.R. Horton, we have grown our business into a national, well-capitalized residential lot developer selling lots to D.R. Horton and other homebuilders. As our controlling shareholder, D.R. Horton has significant influence in guiding our strategic direction and operations. Our strategy is focused on making investments in land acquisition and development to expand our residential lot development business across a geographically diversified national platform and consolidating market share in the fragmented U.S. lot development industry. We are primarily investing in short duration, phased development projects that generate returns similar to production-oriented homebuilders. This strategy is a unique, lower-risk business model that we expect will produce more consistent returns than other public and private land developers. We also make short term investments in finished lots (lot banking) and undeveloped land with the intent to sell these assets within a short time period, primarily to D.R. Horton, utilizing available capital prior to its deployment into longer term lot development projects.

During March 2020, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (C-19) and the related widespread reductions in economic activity began to temporarily affect our business operations and the demand for our residential lots. However, residential construction is designated an essential business as part of critical infrastructure in almost all of the municipalities across the U.S. where we operate. We have implemented operational protocols to comply with social distancing and other health and safety standards as required by federal, state and local government agencies, taking into consideration guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health authorities.

Our lot sales pace declined throughout late March and April 2020 as homebuilders slowed their purchases of lots to adjust to expected lower levels of home sales orders as a result of the pandemic. However, as economic activity and housing market conditions began to improve, our lot sales pace increased during the last half of fiscal 2020 and has remained strong throughout the first quarterhalf of fiscal 2021. Although our lot sales pace has improved, we remain cautious as to the ongoing impact of C-19 on our operations and on the overall economy. There is significant uncertainty regarding the extent to which and how long C-19 and its related effects will impact the U.S. economy, capital markets and demand for our lots. The extent to which C-19 impacts our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and severity of C-19 and the impact on our customers, trade partners and employees, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If economic and housing market conditions are adversely affected for a prolonged period due to C-19 or otherwise, we may be required to evaluate our real estate for potential impairment. These evaluations could result in impairment charges which could be significant.

We manage our operations through our real estate segment which is our core business and generates substantially all of our revenues. The real estate segment primarily acquires land and develops infrastructure for single-family residential communities and generates revenues from sales of residential single-family finished lots to local, regional and national homebuilders. We have other business activities for which the related assets and operating results are immaterial, and therefore, are included in our real estate segment.

The following tables and related discussion set forth key operating and financial data as of and for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

Residential lots sold consist of:

Revenues consist of:

Residential lots sold and residential lot sales revenues have increased as we have grown our business primarily through our strategic relationship with D.R. Horton. In the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, we sold 3,3893,358 residential lots to D.R. Horton for $294.0$265.6 million compared to 2,3901,906 residential lots sold to D.R. Horton for $215.6$151.2 million in the prior year period. At DecemberIn the six months ended March 31, 2020, our lot position consisted of 77,5002021, we sold 6,747 residential lots of which approximately 52,300 were owned and 25,200 were controlled through purchase contracts. Of our total ownedto D.R. Horton for $559.6 million compared to 4,296 residential lots approximately 18,300 are under contract to sellsold to D.R. Horton. Additionally, D.R. Horton hasfor $366.8 million in the right of first offer on approximately 16,600 of these lots based on executed purchase and sale agreements. At December 31, 2020, lots owned included approximately 4,900 that are fully developed, of which approximately 1,300 are related to lot banking. At December 31, 2020, we had approximately 600 lots under contract to sell to builders other than D.R. Horton.prior year period. In the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020,2021, we sold 178230 residential lots to builders other than D.R. Horton for $12.8$14.8 million compared to 3245 residential lots sold to builders other than D.R. Horton for $3.0$4.4 million in the prior year period. In the six months ended March 31, 2021, we sold 408 residential lots to builders other than D.R. Horton for $27.6 million compared to 77 residential lots sold to builders other than D.R. Horton for $7.4 million in the prior year period.

Residential tractTract sales and other revenue in the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2019 consist2021 primarily consisted of 580 residential11 tract acres sold to third parties for $22.8$1.4 million and 14 tract acres sold to D.R. Horton for $3.0 million. Tract sales and other revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily consisted of 8 tract acres sold to a third party for $2.5 million. Tract sales and other revenue in the six months ended March 31, 2020 primarily consisted of 588 acres sold to third parties for $25.3 million and 36 residential tract acres sold to D.R. Horton for $7.2 million.

Cost of sales in the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 increased as compared to the prior year periodperiods primarily due to the increaseincreases in the number of lots sold. Cost of sales related to residential tract sales and other revenue was $4.2 million in both the three and six months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $2.4 million and $23.5 million in the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2019 was $21.5 million.2020, respectively.

SG&A expense in the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 was $15.5$16.3 million and $31.8 million compared to $10.5$11.2 million and $21.7 million in the prior year period.periods. SG&A expense as a percentage of revenues was 5.0%5.7% and 4.2%5.4% in the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 compared to 7.0% and 2019, respectively.5.3% in the prior year periods. Our SG&A expense primarily consists of employee compensation and related costs. Our business operations employed 179205 and 88121 employees at DecemberMarch 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures in bothall periods reflects our share of earnings in ventures that we account for using the equity method.

Interest and other income primarily represents interest earned on our cash deposits.

Our income tax expense for the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2020 and 20192021 was $7.1$9.2 million and $5.4$16.3 million respectivelycompared to $3.3 million and our$8.7 million in the prior year periods. Our effective tax rate was 24.5% and 24.4% for the three and six months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 24.1% and 24.3% in boththe prior year periods. Our effective tax rate for bothall periods includes an expense for state income taxes and nondeductible expenses and a benefit related to noncontrolling interests.