Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) reported Q1 EPS of ($0.71), $1.19 better than the analyst estimate of ($1.90). Revenue for the quarter came in at $220.85 million versus the consensus estimate of $199.33 million.

Outlook

Commenting on fiscal 2018 guidance, Katz continued, "Given our first quarter results and the indicators we are seeing for the upcoming season, we remain confident in our outlook for fiscal 2018, which remains predicated on a stable economic environment and normal weather conditions for the key parts of the ski season at our resorts. The ski season has just begun at our North American resorts, with our primary earnings period still in front of us. While we are reiterating our fiscal 2018 core operating performance expectations included in our September earnings release, we are updating our fiscal 2018 guidance to reflect a few non-core adjustments, including: (i) approximately $1.9 million of lower Resort Reported EBITDA in the first fiscal quarter results associated with payroll tax expense related to the CEO\'s exercise of expiring SARs; (ii) approximately $40 million of incremental tax benefit recognized during the first fiscal quarter 2018 primarily related to the CEO's exercise of expiring SARs, (iii) $4.0 million in lower Resort Reported EBITDA and $1.0 million of reduced depreciation and amortization expense to reflect a decline in the Canadian Dollar from $0.81 to $0.79 and a decline in the Australian Dollar from $0.80 to $0.76, assuming that foreign exchange rates remain at current levels for the remainder of fiscal 2018 and (iv) the first fiscal quarter loss of $7.3 million on intercompany notes related to foreign exchange movements. We now expect fiscal 2018 Resort Reported EBITDA to be between $646 million and $676 million and net income attributable to Vail Resorts to be between $264 million and $300 million. Our guidance does not include any benefit to our U.S. taxes from potential legislative changes being discussed to the U.S. tax code."

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