Three Month Results


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, 2017.

“Our third-quarter results came in slightly better than anticipated, with revenue at the high end of our expectations and tight control on expenses,” said CEO Sean Reilly.  “In addition, we weathered three major hurricanes with minimal damage to our structures.”

Third Quarter Highlights

  • Consolidated acquisition-adjusted expense growth was held to 0.4%
  • AFFO increased 2.7%
  • Closed 13 Acquisitions, $91.8 million cash purchase price                               

Third Quarter Results Lamar reported net revenues of $399.3 million for the third quarter of 2017 versus $387.5 million for the third quarter of 2016, a 3.1% increase.  Operating income for the third quarter of 2017 increased $11.9 million to $131.7 million as compared to $119.8 million for the same period in 2016.  Lamar recognized net income of $96.3 million for the third quarter of 2017 compared to net income of $85.1 million for same period in 2016.  Net income per diluted share increased 12.6% to $0.98 from $0.87 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2017 was $182.8 million versus $177.3 million for the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 3.1%.

Cash flow provided by operating activities was $125.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, a decrease of $0.9 million as compared to the same period in 2016.  Free cash flow for the third quarter of 2017 was $122.2 million as compared to $116.0 million for the same period in 2016, a 5.4% increase. 

For the third quarter of 2017, Funds From Operations, or FFO, was $142.4 million versus $130.9 million for the same period in 2016, an increase of 8.8%. Adjusted Funds From Operations, or AFFO, for the third quarter of 2017 was $137.5 million compared to $134.0 million for the same period in 2016, an increase of 2.7%.  Diluted AFFO per share increased 2.2% to $1.40 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $1.37 for the same period in 2016.

Acquisition-Adjusted Three Months Results Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the third quarter of 2017 increased 1.0% over Acquisition-adjusted net revenue for the third quarter of 2016.  Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2017 increased 1.8% as compared to Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2016.  Acquisition-adjusted net revenue and Acquisition-adjusted EBITDA include adjustments to the 2016 period for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in the 2017 period.  See “Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results”, which provides reconciliations to GAAP for Acquisition-adjusted measures.

Nine Months ResultsLamar reported net revenues of $1.14 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 versus $1.11 billion for the same period in 2016, a 2.6% increase.  Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $335.4 million as compared to $323.7 million for the same period in 2016.  Lamar recognized net income of $230.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to net income of $218.3 million for the same period in 2016.  Net income per diluted share increased 4.9% to $2.34 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $2.23 for the same period in 2016.  In addition, Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $493.0 million versus $483.8 million for the same period in 2016, a 1.9% increase.

LiquidityAs of September 30, 2017, Lamar had $376.3 million in total liquidity that consisted of $346.9 million available for borrowing under its revolving senior credit facility and approximately $29.4 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 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 for the year ended December 31, 2016, 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:

  • We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense (income), gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt and investments, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and gain or loss on disposition of assets and investments.
  • Free Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA less interest, net of interest income and amortization of deferred financing costs, current taxes, preferred stock dividends and total capital expenditures.
  • We use the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts definition of FFO, which is defined as net income before gains or losses from the sale or disposal of real estate assets and investments and real estate related depreciation and amortization and including adjustments to eliminate unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest.
  • We define AFFO as FFO before (i) straight-line revenue and expense; (ii) stock-based compensation expense; (iii) non-cash portion of tax provision; (iv) non-real estate related depreciation and amortization; (v) amortization of deferred financing costs; (vi) loss on extinguishment of debt; (vii) non-recurring infrequent or unusual losses (gains); (viii) less maintenance capital expenditures; and (ix) an adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest.
  • Diluted AFFO per share is defined as AFFO divided by Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding.
  • Outdoor Operating Income is defined as Operating Income before corporate expenses, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and gain (loss) on disposition of assets.
  • Acquisition-Adjusted Results adjusts our net revenue, direct and general and administrative expenses, outdoor operating income, corporate expense and EBITDA for the prior period by adding to, or subtracting from, the corresponding revenue or expense generated by the acquired assets or divested before our acquisition or divestiture of these assets for the same time frame that those assets were owned in the current period. In calculating Acquisition-Adjusted Results, therefore, we include revenue and expenses generated by assets that we did not own in the prior period but acquired in the current period. We refer to the amount of pre-acquisition revenue and expense generated by or subtracted from  the acquired assets during the prior period that corresponds with the current period in which we owned the assets (to the extent within the period to which this report relates) as “Acquisition-Adjusted Results”.

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 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 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 measures have been included herein.

Conference Call InformationA conference call will be held to discuss the Company’s operating results on Monday, November 6, 2017 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
All Callers:     Lamar
       
Replay:     1-334-323-0140 or 1-877-919-4059
Passcode:     66755460
      Available through Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time
Live Webcast:     www.lamar.com 
       
Webcast Replay:     www.lamar.com 
      Available through Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time
       
Company Contact:     Buster Kantrow
      Director of Investor Relations
      bkantrow@lamar.com
       

General InformationFounded in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq:LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with more than 340,000 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 2,700 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,  
    2017   2016   2017   2016  
                               
Net revenues $ 399,345     $ 387,516     $ 1,142,785      $ 1,113,577  
                                 
               
Operating expenses (income)              
  Direct advertising expenses   134,977       131,778       401,896       393,228  
  General and administrative expenses   66,588       64,087       200,160       191,804  
  Corporate expenses    14,983       14,401       47,683       44,712  
  Stock-based compensation   2,017       8,358       7,060       19,650  
  Depreciation and amortization   51,796       49,307       155,003       152,729  
  Gain on disposition of assets   (2,734 )     (189 )     (4,377 )     (12,221 )
      267,627       267,742       807,425       789,902  
  Operating income   131,718       119,774       335,360       323,675  
                 
Other (income) expense              
  Interest income   (2 )     (2 )     (6 )     (6 )
  Loss on extinguishment of debt                    71       3,198  
  Interest expense   32,064       31,102       95,526       92,469  
      2,062       31,100       95,591       95,661  
                                 
Income before income tax expense   99,656       88,674       239,769       228,014  
Income tax expense   3,325       3,613       9,257       9,730  
                         
Net income   96,331       85,061       230,512       218,284  
Preferred stock dividends   91       91       273       273  
Net income applicable to common stock $ 96,240     $ 84,970     $ 230,239      $ 218,011  
                                 
                               
Earnings per share:                              
Basic earnings per share $ 0.98     $ 0.87     $ 2.35     $ 2.25  
Diluted earnings per share $ 0.98     $ 0.87     $ 2.34     $ 2.23  
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding:                              
- basic   98,044,523       97,254,125       97,855,642       97,056,456  
- diluted   98,490,277       97,881,878       98,340,248       97,631,606  
               
OTHER DATA              
Free Cash Flow Computation:              
Adjusted EBITDA $ 182,797     $ 177,250     $ 493,046     $ 483,833  
Interest, net   (30,819 )     (29,768 )     (91,654 )     (88,470 )
Current tax expense   (3,096 )     (4,122 )     (8,998 )     (9,880 )
Preferred stock dividends   (91 )     (91 )     (273 )     (273 )
Total capital expenditures   (26,610 )     (27,312 )     (74,446 )     (78,825 )
Free Cash Flow $ 122,181     $ 115,957     $ 317,675     $ 306,385  
                               
               
OTHER DATA (continued):              
               
          September 30,   December 31,
Selected Balance Sheet Data:          2017   2016
Cash and cash equivalents         $      29,419     $ 35,530  
Working capital         $ 131,823     $ 36,929  
Total assets         $ 4,003,230     $ 3,898,884  
Total debt, net of deferred financing costs (including current maturities)         $ 2,449,429     $ 2,349,183  
Total stockholders’ equity         $ 1,090,526     $ 1,069,528  
               
               
  Three months endedSeptember 30,   Nine months endedSeptember 30,
  2017   2016   2017   2016
Selected Cash Flow Data:              
Cash flows provided by operating activities $ 125,885     $  126,801     $    320,638     $ 337,826  
Cash flows used in investing activities $ (117,669 )   $ (46,172 )   $ (191,029 )   $ (597,085 )
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities $ (22,650 )   $ (84,619 )   $ (137,487 )   $ 273,496  
               
 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
(IN THOUSANDS)
 
  Three months ended   Nine months ended
  September 30,   September 30,
  2017   2016   2017   2016
Reconciliation of  Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities              
to Free Cash Flow:              
Cash flows provided by operating activities $ 125,885     $ 126,801     $ 320,638     $ 337,826  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities   25,610       18,850       77,765       53,488  
Total capital expenditures   (26,610 )     (27,312 )     (74,446 )     (78,825 )
Preferred stock dividends   (91 )     (91 )     (273 )     (273 )
Other   (2,613 )     (2,291 )     (6,009 )     (5,831 )
Free cash flow $ 122,181     $ 115,957     $ 317,675     $ 306,385  
                               
                               
Reconciliation of  Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:              
Net Income $ 96,331     $ 85,061     $ 230,512     $ 218,284  
Interest income   (2 )     (2 )     (6 )     (6 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt               71       3,198  
Interest expense   32,064       31,102       95,526       92,469  
Income tax expense   3,325       3,613       9,257       9,730  
Operating Income   131,718       119,774       335,360       323,675  
                               
Stock-based compensation   2,017       8,358       7,060       19,650  
Depreciation and amortization   51,796       49,307       155,003       152,729  
Gain on disposition of assets   (2,734 )     (189 )     (4,377 )     (12,221 )
Adjusted EBITDA $ 182,797     $ 177,250      $ 493,046     $ 483,833  
                               
Capital expenditure detail by category:                              
Billboards - traditional $ 10,161     $ 10,950     $ 23,700     $ 34,322  
Billboards - digital   8,605       9,283       29,568       24,757  
Logo   2,498       2,160       6,409       5,421  
Transit   290       387       578       603  
Land and buildings   3,682       2,956       8,196       8,504  
Operating equipment   1,374       1,576       5,995       5,218  
Total capital expenditures $ 26,610     $ 27,312     $ 74,446     $ 78,825  
                               
 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
(IN THOUSANDS)
 
  Three months endedSeptember 30,  
  2017   2016   % Change
Reconciliation of Reported Basis to Acquisition-Adjusted Results (a):          
Net revenue $ 399,345   $ 387,516   3.1 %
Acquisitions and divestitures       7,736    
Acquisition-adjusted results-net revenue $ 399,345   $ 395,252   1.0 %
           
Reported direct advertising and G&A expenses $ 201,565   $ 195,865   2.9 %
Acquisitions and divestitures       5,441    
Acquisition-adjusted results-direct advertising and G&A expenses $ 201,565   $ 201,306   0.1 %
           
Outdoor operating income $ 197,780   $ 191,651   3.2 %
Acquisitions and divestitures       2,295    
Acquisition-adjusted results-outdoor operating income $ 197,780   $ 193,946   2.0 %
           
Reported corporate expenses $ 14,983    $ 14,401   4.0 %
Acquisitions and divestitures          
Acquisition-adjusted results-corporate expenses $ 14,983   $ 14,401   4.0 %
           
Adjusted EBITDA $ 182,797   $ 177,250   3.1 %
Acquisitions and divestitures       2,295    
Acquisition-adjusted results-EBITDA $ 182,797   $ 179,545   1.8 %
           
(a)  Acquisition-adjusted net revenue, direct advertising and general and administrative expenses, outdoor operating income, corporate expenses and EBITDA include adjustments to 2016 for acquisitions and divestitures for the same time frame as actually owned in 2017. 
 

    Three months ended September 30,
    2017   2016
Reconciliation of  Net Income to Outdoor Operating Income:                
         
 Net Income   $ 96,331     $ 85,061  
Interest income     (2 )     (2 )
Interest expense     32,064       31,102  
Income tax expense     3,325       3,613  
Operating Income     131,718       119,774  
                 
Corporate expenses     14,983       14,401  
Stock-based compensation     2,017       8,358  
Depreciation and amortization     51,796       49,307  
Gain on disposition of assets     (2,734 )     (189 )
Outdoor Operating Income   $ 197,780     $ 191,651  
                 

 
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,
  2017   2016   2017   2016
               
Net income $ 96,331      $ 85,061     $  230,512     $ 218,284  
Depreciation and amortization related to real estate   48,613       46,327       145,999       142,394  
Gain from disposition of real estate assets and investments   (2,707 )     (546 )     (4,114 )     (12,020 )
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest   190        52       580       318  
Funds From Operations $ 142,427     $ 130,894     $ 372,977     $   348,976  
               
Straight-line (income) expense   (287 )     (46 )     (382 )     231  
Stock-based compensation expense   2,017       8,358       7,060       19,650  
Non-cash portion of tax provision   229       (509 )     259       (150 )
Non-real estate related depreciation and amortization    3,183       2,980       9,004       10,335  
Amortization of deferred financing costs    1,243       1,332       3,866       3,993  
Loss on extinguishment of debt               71       3,198  
Capitalized expenditures—maintenance   (11,082 )     (9,005 )     (31,760 )     (25,942 )
Adjustment for unconsolidated affiliates and non-controlling interest   (190 )     (52 )     (580 )     (318 )
               
Adjusted Funds From Operations $ 137,540     $ 133,952     $ 360,515     $ 359,973  
               
Divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding    98,490,277       97,881,878       98,340,248       97,631,606  
Diluted AFFO per share $ 1.40     $ 1.37     $ 3.67     $ 3.69  
                               
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