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Lamar Advertising Company Announces Second Quarter 2016 Operating Results

August 9, 2016 6:00 AM

Three Month Results

Three Month Acquisition-Adjusted Results

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces the Company’s operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

“Our team turned in strong operating results across all key metrics, including sales growth and expense control, yielding substantial Adjusted EBITDA and AFFO increases,” said Lamar CEO Sean Reilly. “We are particularly pleased with the performance of our digital platform, as revenue trends on both our new units and our existing units were extremely encouraging.”

Second Quarter Highlights

Second Quarter ResultsLamar reported net revenues of $387.5 million for the second quarter of 2016 versus $344.2 million for the second quarter of 2015, a 12.6% increase. Operating income for the second quarter of 2016 was $117.1 million as compared to $99.3 million for the same period in 2015. Lamar recognized net income of $81.9 million for the second quarter of 2016 compared to net income of $59.4 million for same period in 2015. Net income per basic and diluted share was $0.84 per share and $0.61 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2016 was $176.4 million versus $155.4 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 13.5%.

Cash flow provided by operating activities increased 19.5% to $159.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015. Free cash flow for the second quarter of 2016 was $112.1 million as compared to $101.2 million for the same period in 2015, a 10.8% increase.

For the second quarter of 2016, Funds From Operations, or FFO, was $130.2 million versus $104.4 million for the same period in 2015, an increase of 24.6%. Adjusted Funds From Operations, or AFFO, for second quarter of 2016 was $133.7 million compared to $118.0 million for the same period in 2015, a 13.3% increase. Diluted AFFO per share increased 12.3% to $1.37 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2016 as compared to $1.22 per share for the same period in 2015.

Acquisition-Adjusted Three Months Results Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the second quarter of 2016 increased 3.5% over Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the second quarter of 2015. Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA increased 5.6% as compared to Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2015. Acquisition-adjusted net revenue and Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA include adjustments to the 2015 period for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in the 2016 period. See “Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results”, which provides reconciliations to GAAP for Acquisition-adjusted measures.

Six Months ResultsLamar reported net revenues of $726.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 versus $646.7 million for the same period in 2015, a 12.3% increase. Operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2016 was $203.9 million as compared to $166.6 million for the same period in 2015. Lamar recognized net income of $133.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 as compared to net income of $100.1 million for the same period in 2015. Net income per diluted share was $1.36 and $1.04 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2016 was $306.6 million versus $273.9 million for the same period in 2015, an 11.9% increase.

Cash flow provided by operating activities increased to $211.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016, as compared to $188.2 million in the same period in 2015. Free cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2016 increased 16.1% to $190.4 million as compared to $164.0 million for the same period in 2015.

For the six months ended June 30, 2016, FFO was $218.1 million versus $189.0 million for the same period in 2015, a 15.4% increase. AFFO for the six months ended June 30, 2016 was $226.0 million compared to $196.9 million for the same period in 2015, a 14.8% increase. Diluted AFFO per share increased to $2.32 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2016, as compared to $2.05 per share in the comparable period in 2015, an increase of 13.2%.

LiquidityAs of June 30, 2016, Lamar had $218.6 million in total liquidity that consisted of $176.9 million available for borrowing under its revolving senior credit facility and approximately $41.7 million in cash and cash equivalents.

Forward Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding sales trends. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: (1) our significant indebtedness; (2) the state of the economy and financial markets generally and the effect of the broader economy on the demand for advertising; (3) the continued popularity of outdoor advertising as an advertising medium; (4) our need for and ability to obtain additional funding for operations, debt refinancing or acquisitions; (5) our ability to continue to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) and maintain our status as a REIT; (6) the regulation of the outdoor advertising industry by federal, state and local governments; (7) the integration of companies that we acquire and our ability to recognize cost savings or operating efficiencies as a result of these acquisitions; (8) changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines; (9) changes in tax laws applicable to REITs or in the interpretation of those laws; (10) our ability to renew expiring contracts at favorable rates; (11) our ability to successfully implement our digital deployment strategy; and (12) the market for our Class A common stock. For additional information regarding factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statements, we refer you to the risk factors included in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as supplemented by any risk factors contained in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this document. These statements speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the statements, except as may be required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresThe Company has presented the following measures that are not measures of performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”): Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), Free Cash Flow, Funds From Operations (“FFO”), Adjusted Funds From Operations, (“AFFO”), Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income and Acquisition-Adjusted Results. Our management reviews our performance by focusing on these key performance indicators not prepared in conformity with GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP performance indicators are meaningful supplemental measures of our operating performance and should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Our Non-GAAP financial measures are determined as follows:

Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, AFFO, Outdoor Operating Income and Acquisition-Adjusted Results are not intended to replace other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Free Cash Flow, FFO nor AFFO represent cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and, therefore, these measures should not be considered indicative of cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity or of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. Rather, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, FFO, AFFO, Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income and Acquisition-Adjusted Results are presented as we believe each is a useful indicator of our current operating performance. Specifically, we believe that these metrics are useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because (1) each is a key measure used by our management team for purposes of decision making and for evaluating our core operating results; (2) Adjusted EBITDA is widely used in the industry to measure operating performance as it excludes the impact of depreciation and amortization, which may vary significantly among companies, depending upon accounting methods and useful lives, particularly where acquisitions and non-operating factors are involved; (3) Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, AFFO and Diluted AFFO per share each provide investors with a meaningful measure for evaluating our period-over-period operating performance because they eliminate items that are not operational in nature and reflect the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses and interest costs; (4) Acquisition-Adjusted Results is a supplement to enable investors to compare period-over-period results on a more consistent basis without the effects of acquisitions and divestures, which reflects our core performance and organic growth (if any) during the period in which the assets were owned and managed by us; (5) Free Cash Flow is an indicator of our ability to service debt and generate cash for acquisitions and other strategic investments; (6) Outdoor Operating Income provides investors a measurement of our core results without the impact of fluctuations in stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and corporate expenses; and (7) each of our Non-GAAP measures provides investors with a measure for comparing our results of operations to those of other companies.

Our measurement of Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, AFFO, Outdoor Operating Income and Acquisition-Adjusted Results may not, however, be fully comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, AFFO, Outdoor Operating Income and Acquisition-Adjusted Results to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, have been included herein.

Conference Call InformationA conference call will be held to discuss the Company’s operating results on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. central time. Instructions for the conference call and Webcast are provided below:

Conference Call

All Callers:1-334-323-0520 or 1-334-323-9871
Pass Code:Lamar
Replay:1-334-323-0140 or 1-877-919-4059
Pass Code:28479077
Available through Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time
Live Webcast:www.lamar.com
Webcast Replay:www.lamar.com
Available through Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time

General Information

Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq: LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with more than 325,000 displays across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo and transit advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 2,500 displays.

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)

Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Net revenues$387,528 $ 344,249 $ 726,061 $ 646,726
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses 132,725 115,951 261,450 229,183
General and administrative expenses 63,287 57,616 127,717 114,143
Corporate expenses 15,124 15,316 30,311 29,485
Stock-based compensation 8,093 7,486 11,292 11,387
Depreciation and amortization 51,933 48,725 103,422 97,955
Gain on disposition of assets (705) (191) (12,032) (2,027)
270,457 244,903 522,160 480,126
Operating income 117,071 99,346 203,901 166,600
Other (income) expense
Interest income (3) (24) (4) (26)
Loss on extinguishment of debt 56 3,198
Interest expense 31,299 24,712 61,367 49,244
31,352 24,688 64,561 49,218
Income before income tax expense 85,719 74,658 139,340 117,382
Income tax expense 3,810 15,298 6,117 17,306
Net income 81,909 59,360 133,223 100,076
Preferred stock dividends 91 91 182 182
Net income applicable to common stock$ 81,818 $ 59,269 $ 133,041 $ 99,894
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share$ 0.84 $ 0.61 $ 1.37 $ 1.04
Diluted earnings per share$ 0.84 $ 0.61 $ 1.36 $ 1.04
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
- basic 97,121,619 96,405,105 96,956,535 96,056,912
- diluted 97,731,467 96,482,919 97,523,379 96,115,587
OTHER DATA
Free Cash Flow Computation:
Adjusted EBITDA$176,392 $155,366 $306,583 $273,915
Interest, net (30,017) (23,522) (58,702) (46,894)
Current tax expense (3,269) (3,233) (5,758) (6,428)
Preferred stock dividends (91) (91) (182) (182)
Total capital expenditures (30,894) (27,324) (51,513) (56,365)
Free Cash Flow$ 112,121 $ 101,196 $ 190,428 $ 164,046

OTHER DATA (continued):
June 30, December 31,
Selected Balance Sheet Data: 2016 2015
Cash and cash equivalents $ 41,737 $ 22,327
Working capital $ 94,974 $ 44,902
Total assets $ 3,912,521 $ 3,363,744
Total debt, net of deferred financing costs (including current maturities) $ 2,392,677 $ 1,891,450
Total stockholders’ equity $ 1,039,731 $ 1,021,059
Three months ended June, 30 Six months ended June 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Selected Cash Flow Data:
Cash flows provided by operating activities$ 159,488 $ 133,486 $ 211,025 $ 188,217
Cash flows used in investing activities$ (33,360) $ (65,807) $ (550,913) $ (110,077)
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities$ (112,888) $ (73,061) $ 358,115 $ (75,880)

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES (IN THOUSANDS)

Three months ended Six months ended
June 30, June 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to Cash Flows Provided by
Operating Activities:
Cash flows provided by operating activities$ 159,488 $ 133,486 $ 211,025 $ 188,217
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (14,551) (2,561) 34,638 36,362
Total capital expenditures (30,894) (27,324) (51,513) (56,365)
Preferred stock dividends (91) (91) (182) (182)
Other (1,831) (2,314) (3,540) (3,986)
Free cash flow$ 112,121 $ 101,196 $ 190,428 $ 164,046
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income:
Adjusted EBITDA$ 176,392 $ 155,366 $ 306,583 $ 273,915
Less:
Stock-based compensation 8,093 7,486 11,292 11,387
Depreciation and amortization 51,933 48,725 103,422 97,955
Gain on disposition of assets (705) (191) (12,032) (2,027)
Operating Income 117,071 99,346 203,901 166,600
Less:
Interest income (3) (24) (4) (26)
Loss on extinguishment of debt 56 3,198
Interest expense 31,299 24,712 61,367 49,244
Income tax expense 3,810 15,298 6,117 17,306
Net income$ 81,909 $ 59,360 $ 133,223 $ 100,076
Capital expenditure detail by category:
Billboards - traditional$ 16,498 $ 6,880 $ 23,372 $ 12,689
Billboards - digital 8,926 15,876 15,474 30,138
Logo 1,830 2,105 3,261 5,047
Transit 86 32 216 162
Land and buildings 1,655 968 5,548 4,139
Operating equipment 1,899 1,463 3,642 4,190
Total capital expenditures$ 30,894 $ 27,324 $ 51,513 $ 56,365

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES (IN THOUSANDS)

Three months ended June 30,
2016 2015 % Change
Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results (a):
Net revenue$ 387,528 $ 344,249 12.6%
Acquisitions and divestitures 30,058
Acquisition-adjusted results-net revenue$ 387,528 $ 374,307 3.5%
Reported direct advertising and G&A expenses$ 196,012 $ 173,567 12.9%
Acquisitions and divestitures 18,381
Acquisition-adjusted results-direct advertising and G&A expenses$ 196,012 $ 191,948 2.1%
Outdoor operating income$ 191,516 $ 170,682 12.2%
Acquisitions and divestitures 11,677
Acquisition-adjusted results-outdoor operating income$ 191,516 $ 182,359 5.0%
Reported corporate expenses$ 15,124 $ 15,316 (1.3%)
Acquisitions and divestitures 71
Acquisition-adjusted results-corporate expenses$ 15,124 $ 15,387 (1.7%)
Adjusted EBITDA$ 176,392 $ 155,366 13.5%
Acquisitions and divestitures 11,606
Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA$ 176,392 $ 166,972 5.6%

(a) Acquisition-adjusted net revenue, direct advertising and general and administrative expenses, outdoor operating income, corporate expenses and EBITDA include adjustments to 2015 for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in 2016.

Three months ended June 30,
2016 2015
Reconciliation of Outdoor Operating Income to Operating Income:
Outdoor Operating Income $ 191,516 $170,682
Less: Corporate expenses 15,124 15,316
Stock-based compensation 8,093 7,486
Depreciation and amortization 51,933 48,725
Plus: Gain on disposition of assets 705 191
Operating Income $ 117,071 $ 99,346

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULESUNAUDITED REIT MEASURESAND RECONCILIATIONS TO GAAP MEASURES(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)

Adjusted Funds From Operations:

Three months ended Six months ended
June 30, June 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Net income$ 81,909 $ 59,360 $ 133,223 $ 100,076
Depreciation and amortization related to real estate 48,300 44,963 96,067 90,377
Gain from disposition of real estate assets and investments (207) (57) (11,474) (1,799)
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest 170 183 266 350
Funds From Operations$ 130,172 $ 104,449 $ 218,082 $ 189,004
Straight-line expense 327 239 277 203
Stock-based compensation expense 8,093 7,486 11,292 11,387
Non-cash portion of tax provision 541 12,065 359 10,878
Non-real estate related depreciation and amortization 3,633 3,762 7,355 7,578
Amortization of deferred financing costs 1,279 1,166 2,661 2,324
Loss on extinguishment of debt 56 3,198
Capitalized expenditures—maintenance (10,245) (10,980) (16,937) (24,136)
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest (170) (183) (266) (350)
Adjusted Funds From Operations$ 133,686 $ 118,004 $ 226,021 $ 196,888
Divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding 97,731,467 96,482,919 97,523,379 96,115,587
Diluted AFFO per share$ 1.37 $ 1.22 $ 2.32 $ 2.05

Company Contact:
Buster Kantrow
Director of Investor Relations
(225) 926-1000
[email protected]

Source: Lamar Advertising Company

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