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Lamar Advertising Company Announces Third Quarter 2019 Operating Results

November 5, 2019 6:00 AM

Three Month Results

Three Month Acquisition-Adjusted Results

BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 05, 2019 (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 third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

“I am pleased to report that revenue growth accelerated in the third quarter, as advertisers increasingly recognize the power of out-of-home to reach their target audiences in today’s fragmented media landscape,” Chief Executive Sean Reilly said. “We anticipate continued strength in the fourth quarter and are on track to reach the upper end of our previously provided guidance for full-year AFFO per share.”

Third Quarter Highlights

Third Quarter Results
Lamar reported net revenues of $457.8 million for the third quarter of 2019 versus $418.5 million for the third quarter of 2018, a 9.4% increase. Operating income for the third quarter of 2019 increased $13.1 million to $141.4 million as compared to $128.4 million for the same period in 2018. Lamar recognized net income of $99.7 million for the third quarter of 2019 compared to net income of $94.1 million for same period in 2018. Net income per diluted share was $0.99 and $0.95 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2019 was $215.2 million versus $192.5 million for the third quarter of 2018, an increase of 11.8%.

Cash flow provided by operating activities was $170.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $16.6 million as compared to the same period in 2018. Free cash flow for the third quarter of 2019 was $138.2 million as compared to $130.7 million for the same period in 2018, a 5.7% increase.

For the third quarter of 2019, Funds From Operations, or FFO, was $159.5 million versus $146.6 million for the same period in 2018, an increase of 8.8%. Adjusted Funds From Operations, or AFFO, for the third quarter of 2019 was $163.0 million compared to $150.1 million for the same period in 2018, an increase of 8.6%. Diluted AFFO per share increased 7.3% to $1.62 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to $1.51 for the same period in 2018.

Acquisition-Adjusted Three Months Results
Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the third quarter of 2019 increased 3.4% over Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the third quarter of 2018. Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2019 increased 5.6% as compared to Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2018. Acquisition-adjusted net revenue and Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA include adjustments to the 2018 period for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in the 2019 period. See “Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results”, which provides reconciliations to GAAP for Acquisition-adjusted measures.

Nine Months Results
Lamar reported net revenues of $1.29 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 versus $1.20 billion for the same period in 2018, a 7.6% increase. Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $376.3 million as compared to $329.9 million for the same period in 2018. Lamar recognized net income of $269.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to net income of $209.5 million for the same period in 2018. Net income per diluted share increased to $2.69 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to $2.12 for the same period in 2018. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $569.2 million versus $527.2 million for the same period in 2018, an 8.0% increase.

Cash flow provided by operating activities increased to $408.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $370.1 million in the same period in 2018. Free cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 2.6% to $353.9 million as compared to $345.0 million for the same period in 2018.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, FFO was $423.8 million versus $376.2 million for the same period in 2018, a 12.6% increase. AFFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $416.0 million compared to $397.0 million for the same period in 2018, a 4.8% increase. Diluted AFFO per share increased to $4.15 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to $4.02 in the same period in 2018, an increase of 3.2%.

Liquidity
As of September 30, 2019, Lamar had $345.4 million in total liquidity that consisted of $322.1 million available for borrowing under its revolving senior credit facility and approximately $23.3 million in cash and cash equivalents.

Forward Looking Statements
This 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 and assets 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/A for the year ended December 31, 2018, as supplemented by any risk factors contained in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. 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 Measures
The 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, Acquisition-Adjusted Results and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense. 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, Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income, Acquisition-Adjusted Results and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense are not intended to replace other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Free Cash Flow, FFO and AFFO do not 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. Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, FFO, AFFO, Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income, Acquisition-Adjusted Results and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense 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, Diluted AFFO per share and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense each provides investors with a meaningful measure for evaluating our period-over-period operating performance by eliminating 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 divestitures, 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, Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income, Acquisition-Adjusted Results and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense may not, however, be fully comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, AFFO, Diluted AFFO per share, Outdoor Operating Income, Acquisition-Adjusted Results and Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense to the most directly comparable GAAP measures have been included herein.

Conference Call Information
A conference call will be held to discuss the Company’s operating results on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 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
Passcode:Lamar
Replay:1-334-323-0140 or 1-877-919-4059
Passcode:22861794
Available through Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time
Live Webcast:www.lamar.com
Webcast Replay:www.lamar.com
Available through Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time
Company Contact:Buster Kantrow
Director of Investor Relations
(225) 926-1000
[email protected]

General Information

Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq: LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with over 360,000 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo, transit and airport 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 3,400 displays.



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

Three months ended
September 30,
Nine months ended
September 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Net revenues$ 457,786 $ 418,498 $ 1,290,985 $ 1,199,324
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses 149,550 140,699 442,784 419,776
General and administrative expenses 77,370 70,214 230,569 205,734
Corporate expenses 15,681 15,104 48,388 46,608
Stock-based compensation 10,572 8,624 18,078 22,745
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) (581) (6,955)
Depreciation and amortization 63,951 55,089 187,150 167,251
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets (199) 407 (5,360) 7,265
Total operating expense 316,344 290,137 914,654 869,379
Operating income 141,442 128,361 376,331 329,945
Other expense (income)
Loss on extinguishment of debt 15,429
Interest income (168) (157) (553) (313)
Interest expense 38,323 31,850 114,240 97,321
38,155 31,693 113,687 112,437
Income before income tax expense 103,287 96,668 262,644 217,508
Income tax expense (benefit) 3,578 2,612 (6,714) 7,969
Net income 99,709 94,056 269,358 209,539
Preferred stock dividends 91 91 273 273
Net income applicable to common stock$ 99,618 $ 93,965 $ 269,085 $ 209,266
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share$ 0.99 $ 0.95 $ 2.69 $ 2.12
Diluted earnings per share$ 0.99 $ 0.95 $ 2.69 $ 2.12
Weighted average common shares outstanding:




- basic 100,329,262 98,943,535 100,019,765 98,596,828
- diluted 100,522,177 99,253,008 100,210,143 98,870,116
OTHER DATA
Free Cash Flow Computation:
Adjusted EBITDA$215,185 $ 192,481 $ 569,244 $527,206
Interest, net (36,813) (30,479) (109,675) (93,346)
Current tax expense (2,916) (1,474) (7,745) (6,394)
Preferred stock dividends (91) (91) (273) (273)
Total capital expenditures (37,120) (29,701) (97,680) (82,174)
Free Cash Flow$138,245 $130,736 $353,871 $345,019


OTHER DATA (continued):
September 30, December 31,
Selected Balance Sheet Data: 2019 2018
Cash and cash equivalents $ 23,287 $ 21,494
Working capital deficit $ (303,620) $ (91,366)
Total assets $ 5,931,736 $ 4,544,641
Total debt, net of deferred financing costs (including current maturities) $ 3,053,801 $ 2,888,688
Total stockholders’ equity $ 1,167,821 $ 1,131,784
Three months ended
September 30,
Nine months ended
September 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Selected Cash Flow Data:
Cash flows provided by operating activities$ 170,921 $ 154,305 $ 407,970 $ 370,089
Cash flows used in investing activities$ 172,674 $ 58,904 $ 309,819 $ 120,326
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities$ 7,845 $ (104,381) $ (96,502) $ (353,943)



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

Three months ended
September 30,
Nine months ended
September 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Reconciliation of Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities
to Free Cash Flow:
Cash flows provided by operating activities$ 170,921 $ 154,305 $ 407,970 $ 370,089
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 8,066 7,830 58,416 62,924
Total capital expenditures (37,120) (29,701) (97,680) (82,174)
Preferred stock dividends (91) (91) (273) (273)
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) (581) (6,955)
Other (2,950) (1,607) (7,607) (5,547)
Free cash flow$ 138,245 $ 130,736 $ 353,871 $ 345,019
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net Income$ 99,709 $ 94,056 $ 269,358 $ 209,539
Loss on extinguishment of debt 15,429
Interest income (168) (157) (553) (313)
Interest expense 38,323 31,850 114,240 97,321
Income tax expense (benefit) 3,578 2,612 (6,714) 7,969
Operating Income 141,442 128,361 376,331 329,945
Stock-based compensation 10,572 8,624 18,078 22,745
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) (581) (6,955)
Depreciation and amortization 63,951 55,089 187,150 167,251
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets (199) 407 (5,360) 7,265
Adjusted EBITDA$ 215,185 $ 192,481 $ 569,244 $ 527,206
Capital expenditure detail by category:
Billboards - traditional$ 11,894 $ 8,715 $ 34,587 $ 23,922
Billboards - digital 14,461 13,093 40,498 33,210
Logo 3,249 1,895 7,153 7,000
Transit 497 3,637 2,293 4,377
Land and buildings 4,818 593 6,514 6,622
Operating equipment 2,201 1,768 6,635 7,043
Total capital expenditures$ 37,120 $ 29,701 $ 97,680 $ 82,174



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

Three months ended
September 30,
2019 2018 % Change
Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results (a):
Net revenue$ 457,786 $ 418,498 9.4%
Acquisitions and divestitures 24,439
Acquisition-adjusted net revenue$ 457,786 $ 442,937 3.4%
Reported direct advertising and G&A expenses (b)$ 226,920 $ 210,913 7.6%
Acquisitions and divestitures 13,192
Acquisition-adjusted direct advertising and G&A expenses$ 226,920 $ 224,105 1.3%
Outdoor operating income$ 230,866 $ 207,585 11.2%
Acquisitions and divestitures 11,247
Acquisition-adjusted outdoor operating income$ 230,866 $ 218,832 5.5%
Reported corporate expenses$ 15,681 $ 15,104 3.8%
Acquisitions and divestitures
Acquisition-adjusted corporate expenses$ 15,681 $ 15,104 3.8%
Adjusted EBITDA$ 215,185 $ 192,481 11.8%
Acquisitions and divestitures 11,247
Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA$ 215,185 $ 203,728 5.6%

(a) Acquisition-adjusted net revenue, direct advertising and general and administrative expenses, outdoor operating income, corporate expenses and EBITDA include adjustments to 2018 for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in 2019.

(b) Does not include a $581 reduction of expense due to impact of ASC 842 for lease accounting.


Three months ended
September 30,
2019 2018 % Change
Reconciliation of Net Income to Outdoor Operating Income:
Net Income $ 99,709 $ 94,056 6.0%
Interest expense, net 38,155 31,693
Income tax expense 3,578 2,612
Operating Income 141,442 128,361 10.2%
Corporate expenses 15,681 15,104
Stock-based compensation 10,572 8,624
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) (581)
Depreciation and amortization 63,951 55,089
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets (199) 407
Outdoor Operating Income $ 230,866 $ 207,585 11.2%


Three months ended
September 30,
Reconciliation of Total Operating Expense to Acquisition-Adjusted 2019 2018 % Change
Consolidated Expense:
Total Operating Expense $ 316,344 $ 290,137 9.0%
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets 199 (407)
Depreciation and amortization (63,951) (55,089)
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) 581
Stock-based compensation (10,572) (8,624)
Acquisitions and divestitures 13,192
Acquisition-Adjusted Consolidated Expense $ 242,601 $ 239,209 1.4%


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

Adjusted Funds From Operations:

Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Net income$ 99,709 $ 94,056 $ 269,358 $ 209,539
Depreciation and amortization related to real estate 59,742 52,032 175,920 157,941
(Gain) loss from disposition of real estate assets (164) 505 (5,048) 8,350
Non-cash tax benefit for REIT converted assets (17,031)
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest 207 43 561 385
Funds From Operations$ 159,494 $ 146,636 $ 423,760 $ 376,215
Straight-line (income) expense (1) 737 (217) (220)
Impact of ASC 842 adoption (lease accounting standard) (581) (6,955)
Stock-based compensation expense 10,572 8,624 18,078 22,745
Non-cash portion of tax provision expense 662 1,138 2,572 697
Non-real estate related depreciation and amortization 4,209 3,057 11,230 9,310
Amortization of deferred financing costs 1,342 1,214 4,012 3,662
Loss on extinguishment of debt 15,429
Capitalized expenditures—maintenance (12,492) (11,248) (35,888) (30,453)
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest (207) (43) (561) (385)
Adjusted Funds From Operations$ 162,998 $ 150,115 $ 416,031 $ 397,000
Divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding 100,522,177 99,253,008 100,210,143 98,870,116
Diluted AFFO per share$ 1.62 $ 1.51 $ 4.15 $ 4.02

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