SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet Group, Inc. (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small to midsize businesses, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.

Third quarter highlights include:

• Total revenues increased 15% to $770.5 million, while Net Service Revenues increased 21% to $161.0 million, each as compared to the same period last year.
• Total WSEs at September 30, 2016 increased 6% from September 30, 2015, to approximately 334,000.
• Net income was $14.6 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to net income of $3.1 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the same period last year.
• Adjusted Net Income was $20.8 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, compared to Adjusted Net Income of $13.3 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, in the same period last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $45.4 million, a 47% increase from the same period last year.

"Our third quarter results reflect continued progress on our strategic growth initiatives," said Burton M. Goldfield, TriNet's President and CEO. "During the quarter, we launched a new vertical product, TriNet Technology, and today we announced the availability of our fourth industry specific product, TriNet Financial Services, strengthening our ability to serve our key vertical markets. We believe we are well positioned to end the year with strong momentum."

TriNet's total revenues for the third quarter of 2016 increased 15% from the third quarter of 2015 to $770.5 million, while Net Service Revenues increased 21% from the third quarter of 2015 to $161.0 million. Net Service Revenues consisted of professional service revenues of $110.5 million and Net Insurance Service Revenues of $50.5 million. Net Insurance Service Revenues consisted of insurance service revenues of $660.0 million, less insurance costs of $609.4 million. Professional service revenues for the third quarter of 2016 increased 11%, and Net Insurance Service Revenues increased 48%, compared to the third quarter of 2015. Results for the third quarter of 2016 reflect a net increase of 18,848 WSEs since September 30, 2015 representing 6% growth. TriNet ended the third quarter with 406 Total Sales Representatives, down from 479 at the end of the third quarter of 2015, a decrease of 15%.

At September 30, 2016, TriNet had cash and cash equivalents of $160.6 million and total debt of $472.5 million.

Earnings Conference Call and Audio WebcastTriNet will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) today to discuss its quarterly results and the outlook for the 2016 fourth quarter. TriNet encourages participants to pre-register for the conference call. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. To pre-register, go to: http://dpregister.com/10094164. For those who would like to join the call but have not pre-registered, they can do so by dialing +1 (412) 317-5426 and requesting the "TriNet Conference Call." The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of TriNet's website at http://investor.trinet.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on this site for approximately one year. A telephonic replay will be available for one week following the conference call at +1 (412) 317-0088 conference ID: 10094164.

About TriNetTriNet is a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small to midsize businesses, or SMBs. We enhance business productivity by enabling our clients to outsource their human resources, or HR, function to one strategic partner, allowing our clients to focus on operating and growing their core businesses. Our HR solutions include services such as multi-state payroll processing and tax administration, employee benefits programs (including health insurance and retirement plans), workers compensation insurance and claims management, federal, state and local labor, employment and benefit law compliance, risk mitigation, expense and time management, and other human capital consulting services, as well as our proprietary, cloud-based HR software systems. Our services are delivered by our expert team of HR professionals and enabled by our proprietary, cloud-based technology platform, which allows our clients and their employees to efficiently conduct their HR transactions anytime and anywhere. For more information, please visit http://www.trinet.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresReconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to TriNet's financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, please see the section of the tables titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains, and statements made during the above referenced conference call will contain, forward-looking statements including, among other things, TriNet's expectations regarding: the growth of its customer base, its ability to deepen its presence across a range of industry sectors, its ability to roll out additional product offerings as and when planned, its ability to make enhancements to its technology platform, its ability to execute on its vertical market strategy and penetrate the market for HR solutions for small to midsize businesses, and other expectations, outlooks and forecasts on its future business, operational and financial performance. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, but are based on management's expectations as of the date hereof and assumptions that are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from our current expectations and any past results, performance or achievements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include: risks associated with the market acceptance of outsourcing the HR function, and the anticipated benefits associated with the use of a bundled HR solution; our ability to continue to expand our direct sales force and the efficacy of our sales and marketing efforts; our ability to gain new clients, and our clients' ability to grow and gain more employees; our ability to effectively acquire and integrate new businesses; the effects of seasonal trends on our results of operations; the unpredictable nature of our costs and operating expenses, in particular our insurance costs; changes to and our ability to comply with laws and regulations, including both those applicable to the co-employment relationship as well as those applicable to our clients' businesses and their employees; the continuing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including its application to the co-employer relationship; our ability to effectively manage our growth; the effects of increased competition and our ability to compete effectively; and our ability to comply with the restrictions of our credit facility and meet our debt obligations.

Further information on risks that could affect TriNet's results is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2016, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. Except as required by law, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements, and we do not assume any obligation, and do not intend, to update any of our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or otherwise.

TriNet, Ambitions Realized and the TriNet logo are registered trademarks of TriNet.

Key Financial and Operating Metrics

We regularly review certain key financial and operating metrics to evaluate growth trends, measure our performance and make strategic decisions. Our key financial and operating metrics for the periods presented were as follows:

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted to provide an additional view of our operational performance. Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted are financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP. We define Net Insurance Service Revenues as insurance service revenues less insurance costs, which include the premiums we pay to insurance carriers for the health and workers compensation insurance coverage provided to our clients and WSEs and the reimbursements we pay to the insurance carriers for claim payments within our insurance deductible layer. We define Net Service Revenues as the sum of professional service revenues and Net Insurance Service Revenues. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income, excluding the effects of our income tax provision, interest expense, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation. We define Adjusted Net Income as net income, excluding the effects of our effective income tax rate, stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, non-cash interest expense, debt prepayment premium, and the income tax effect of these pre-tax adjustments at our effective tax rate. For purposes of our non-GAAP financial presentation, as a result of a 2015 increase in New York City tax rates and an increase in blended state rates, we have adjusted the effective tax rate to 42.5% for the periods ended September 30, 2016, from 41.5% for the periods ended September 30, 2015. Each of these effective tax rates exclude income tax on non-deductible stock-based compensation and discrete items including the cumulative effect of state law changes. Non-cash interest expense represents amortization and write-off of our debt issuance costs.

We believe that Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted are useful for our stockholders and board of directors by helping them to identify trends in our business and understand how our management evaluates our business. We believe that Net Insurance Service Revenues provides a useful measure of revenues from our provision of cost effective insurance services to our clients. We believe that Net Service Revenues provides a useful measure of total revenues for the two main components of our revenues calculated on a consistent basis. We believe that the use of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted provides useful period-to-period comparisons and analysis of trends in our business, as they exclude certain non-cash expenses. We use Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted to monitor and evaluate our operating results and trends on an ongoing basis and internally for operating, budgeting and financial planning purposes, in addition to allocating our resources to enhance the financial performance of our business and evaluating the effectiveness of our business strategies. We also use Net Service Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA in determining the incentive compensation for management.

Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted are not prepared in accordance with, and should not be considered in isolation of, or as an alternative to, measurements required by GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. As non-GAAP measures, Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. In particular:

• Net Insurance Service Revenues and Net Service Revenues are reduced by the insurance costs that we pay to insurance carriers;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the amounts we paid in taxes or other components of our tax provision;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
• Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
• Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted do not reflect the non-cash component of employee compensation;
• Although depreciation and amortization of intangible assets are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized often will have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
• Other companies in our industry may calculate these measures or similar measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, you should consider Net Insurance Service Revenues, Net Service Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share – diluted alongside other financial performance measures, including total revenues, net income and our other financial results presented in accordance with GAAP.

The table below sets forth a reconciliation of GAAP insurance service revenues to Net Insurance Service Revenues:

The table below sets forth a reconciliation of GAAP total revenues to Net Service Revenues:

The table below sets forth a reconciliation of GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA:

The table below sets forth a reconciliation of GAAP net income to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per share - diluted:

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SOURCE TriNet Group, Inc.