Salem Media Group (SALM) Misses Q1 EPS by 4c

Salem Media Group (NASDAQ: SALM) reported Q1 EPS of $0.04, $0.04 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.08. Revenue for the quarter came in at $65 million versus the consensus estimate of $66.34 million.

Second Quarter 2017 Outlook

For the second quarter of 2017, the company is projecting total revenue to decline 1% to 3% from second quarter 2016 total revenue of $67.8 million. This decline is due to the lack of political revenue, the elimination of four loss-making magazines during the quarter and the fact that the company released Hillary’s America by Dinesh D’Souza late in the second quarter last year, which hit #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. The company does not have a comparable book release scheduled for the second quarter of 2017. Excluding the impact of these items, the company would be projecting revenue growth of 0.5% to 2.5%. The company is also projecting operating expenses before gains or losses on the disposal of assets, stock-based compensation expense, changes in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration, impairments, depreciation expense and amortization expense to be between a decrease of 1% and an increase of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2016 non-GAAP operating expenses of $54.9 million.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP operating expenses, excluding gains or losses on the disposal of assets, stock-based compensation expense, changes in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration, impairments, depreciation expense and amortization expense to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the potential high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to the charges excluded from this non-GAAP financial measure, in particular, the change in the estimated fair value of earn-out consideration, impairments and gains or losses from the sale or disposal of fixed assets. The company expects the variability of the above charges may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on its future GAAP financial results.

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