LTC LTC Properties Inc

LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced operating results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Net income available to common stockholders was $20.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the 2017 third quarter, compared with $22.3 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, for the same period in 2016. Funds from Operations (“FFO”) increased to $30.1 million for the 2017 third quarter, up from $29.7 million for the comparable 2016 period. FFO per diluted common share was $0.76 for the quarters ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

The decrease in net income available to common stockholders was primarily due to higher interest expense resulting from the sale of $100.0 million of senior unsecured notes in 2017, a decrease in revenue primarily related to a master lease that was placed on cash basis and the reduction of rent related to properties sold in the second quarter of 2017, and a net gain on sale of $1.8 million in the 2016 third quarter, partially offset by higher income from unconsolidated joint ventures in 2017.

Subsequent to September 31, 2017, LTC acquired a newly constructed 73-unit assisted living and memory care community in Missouri for $16.6 million. The property was added to an existing master lease agreement at an initial cash yield of 7%.

Conference Call InformationLTC will conduct a conference call on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time), to provide commentary on its performance and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. The conference call is accessible by telephone and the internet. Telephone access will be available by dialing 877-510-2862 (domestically) or 412-902-4134 (internationally). To participate in the webcast, go to LTC’s website at www.LTCreit.com 15 minutes before the call to download the necessary software.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available from November 9 through November 23, 2017 and may be accessed by dialing 877-344-7529 (domestically) or 412-317-0088 (internationally) and entering conference number 10113608. Additionally, an audio archive will be available on LTC’s website on the “Presentations” page of the “Investor Information” section, which is under the “Investors” tab. LTC’s earnings release and supplemental information package for the current period will be available on its website on the “Press Releases” and “Presentations” pages, respectively, of the “Investor Information” section which is under the “Investors” tab.

About LTCLTC is a self-administered real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties primarily through sale-leaseback transactions, mortgage financing and structured finance solutions including mezzanine lending. At September 30, 2017, LTC had 201 investments located in 28 states comprising 103 assisted living communities, 97 skilled nursing centers and 1 behavioral health care hospital. Assisted living communities, independent living communities, memory care communities and combinations thereof are included in the assisted living property type. For more information on LTC Properties, Inc., visit the Company’s website at www.LTCreit.com, or connect with us on Twitter @LTCreit and LinkedIn.

Forward Looking StatementsThis press release includes statements that are not purely historical and are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements other than historical facts contained in this press release are forward looking statements. These forward looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Please see LTC’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. All forward looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and LTC assumes no obligation to update such forward looking statements. Although the Company’s management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The actual results achieved by the Company may differ materially from any forward looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties of such statements.

 

LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

      Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2017     2016   2017     2016   (unaudited) (unaudited) Revenues: Rental income $ 33,233 $ 33,753 $ 103,533 $ 98,705 Interest income from mortgage loans 6,677 6,958 20,050 20,347 Interest and other income   1,336     131     2,753     390   Total revenues   41,246     40,842     126,336     119,442     Expenses: Interest expense 7,644 6,836 22,266 19,586 Depreciation and amortization 9,519 9,155 28,186 26,623 Impairment charges — — 1,880 — (Recovery) provision for doubtful accounts (96 ) 43 (139 ) 245 Transaction costs 34 2 56 96 General and administrative expenses   4,144     4,464     13,270     12,864   Total expenses   21,245     20,500     65,519     59,414     Operating income 20,001 20,342 60,817 60,028 Income from unconsolidated joint ventures 615 289 1,635 839 Gain on sale of real estate, net   —     1,780     5,054   3,582   Net income 20,616 22,411 67,506 64,449 Income allocated to participating securities   (80 )   (90 )   (281 )   (296 ) Net income available to common stockholders $ 20,536   $ 22,321   $ 67,225   $ 64,153     Earnings per common share: Basic $ 0.52   $ 0.57   $ 1.71   $ 1.68   Diluted $ 0.52   $ 0.57   $ 1.70   $ 1.68     Weighted average shares used to calculate earnings per common share: Basic   39,428     39,057     39,403     38,161   Diluted   39,748     39,335     39,738     38,455     Dividends declared and paid per common share $ 0.57   $ 0.54   $ 1.71   $ 1.62    

Supplemental Reporting MeasuresFFO, adjusted FFO (“AFFO”), and Funds Available for Distribution (“FAD”) are supplemental measures of a real estate investment trust’s (“REIT”) financial performance that are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Investors, analysts and the Company use FFO, AFFO and FAD as supplemental measures of operating performance. The Company believes FFO, AFFO and FAD are helpful in evaluating the operating performance of a REIT. Real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, but cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. We believe that by excluding the effect of historical cost depreciation, which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO, AFFO and FAD facilitate like comparisons of operating performance between periods. Additionally the Company believes that normalized FFO, normalized AFFO and normalized FAD provide useful information because they allow investors, analysts and our management to compare the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by unanticipated items.

FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), means net income available to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on the sale of real estate and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Normalized FFO represents FFO adjusted for certain items detailed in the reconciliations. The Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or have a different interpretation of the current NAREIT definition from that of the Company; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing our Company’s FFO to that of other REITs.

We define AFFO as FFO excluding the effects of straight-line rent, amortization of lease inducement, effective interest income and deferred income from unconsolidated joint ventures. GAAP requires rental revenues related to non-contingent leases that contain specified rental increases over the life of the lease to be recognized evenly over the life of the lease. This method results in rental income in the early years of a lease that is higher than actual cash received, creating a straight-line rent receivable asset included in our consolidated balance sheet. At some point during the lease, depending on its terms, cash rent payments exceed the straight-line rent which results in the straight-line rent receivable asset decreasing to zero over the remainder of the lease term. Effective interest method, as required by GAAP, is a technique for calculating the actual interest rate for the term of a mortgage loan based on the initial origination value. Similar to the accounting methodology of straight-line rent, the actual interest rate is higher than the stated interest rate in the early years of the mortgage loan thus creating an effective interest receivable asset included in the interest receivable line item in our consolidated balance sheet and reduces down to zero when, at some point during the mortgage loan, the stated interest rate is higher than the actual interest rate. By excluding the non-cash portion of rental income, interest income from mortgage loans and income from unconsolidated joint ventures, investors, analysts and our management can compare AFFO between periods. Normalized AFFO represents AFFO adjusted for certain items detailed in the reconciliations.

We define FAD as AFFO excluding the effects of non-cash compensation charges, capitalized interest and non-cash interest charges. FAD is useful in analyzing the portion of cash flow that is available for distribution to stockholders. Investors, analysts and the Company utilize FAD as an indicator of common dividend potential. The FAD payout ratio, which represents annual distributions to common shareholders expressed as a percentage of FAD, facilitates the comparison of dividend coverage between REITs. Normalized FAD represents FAD adjusted for certain items detailed in the reconciliations.

While the Company uses FFO, Normalized FFO, AFFO, Normalized AFFO, FAD and Normalized FAD as supplemental performance measures of our cash flow generated by operations and cash available for distribution to stockholders, such measures are not representative of cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income available to common stockholders.

Reconciliation of FFO, AFFO and FADThe following table reconciles GAAP net income available to common stockholders to each of NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders and normalized FFO attributable to common stockholders, as well as normalized AFFO and normalized FAD (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

      Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30,   2017       2016     2017       2016     GAAP net income available to common stockholders $ 20,536 $ 22,321 $ 67,225 $ 64,153 Add: Depreciation and amortization 9,519 9,155 28,186 26,623 Add: Impairment charges — — 1,880 — Less: Gain on sale of real estate, net   —     (1,780 )   (5,054 )   (3,582 ) NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders 30,055 29,696 92,237 87,194   Less: Non-cash rental income (1,485 ) (2,278 ) (5,681 ) (6,755 ) Less: Non-cash other income (842 ) — (842 ) — Less: Effective interest income from mortgage loans (1,394 ) (1,352 ) (4,102 ) (3,907 ) Less: Deferred income from unconsolidated joint ventures   (47 )   —     (141 )   —   Adjusted FFO (AFFO) 26,287 26,066 81,471 76,532   Add: Non-cash compensation charges 1,283 1,130 3,967 3,149 Add: Non-cash interest related to earn-out liabilities 125 223 476 538 Less: Capitalized interest   (256 )   (251 )   (627 )   (1,193 ) Funds available for distribution (FAD) $ 27,439   $ 27,168   $ 85,287   $ 79,026                           NAREIT Basic FFO attributable to common stockholders per share $ 0.76   $ 0.76   $ 2.34   $ 2.28   NAREIT Diluted FFO attributable to common stockholders per share $ 0.76   $ 0.76   $ 2.33   $ 2.28     NAREIT Diluted FFO attributable to common stockholders $ 30,135   $ 29,786   $ 92,518   $ 87,490   Weighted average shares used to calculate NAREIT diluted FFO per share attributable to common stockholders   39,748     39,335     39,738     38,455                           Diluted AFFO $ 26,367   $ 26,156   $ 81,752   $ 76,828   Weighted average shares used to calculate diluted AFFO per share   39,748     39,335     39,738     38,455                           Diluted FAD $ 27,519   $ 27,258   $ 85,568   $ 79,322   Weighted average shares used to calculate diluted FAD per share   39,748     39,335     39,738     38,455                          

LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(amounts in thousands, except per share)

 

    September 30, 2017   December 31, 2016 (unaudited) (audited) ASSETS Investments: Land $ 121,897 $ 116,096 Buildings and improvements 1,227,044 1,185,467 Accumulated depreciation and amortization   (294,725 )   (275,861 ) Operating real estate property, net 1,054,216 1,025,702 Properties held-for-sale, net of accumulated depreciation: 2017—$4,264; 2016—$0   6,381     —   Real property investments, net 1,060,597 1,025,702 Mortgage loans receivable, net of loan loss reserve: 2017—$2,234; 2016—$2,315   221,861     229,801   Real estate investments, net 1,282,458 1,255,503 Notes receivable, net of loan loss reserve: 2017—$166; 2016—$166 16,402 16,427 Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures   29,862     25,221   Investments, net 1,328,722 1,297,151   Other assets: Cash and cash equivalents 3,842 7,991 Debt issue costs related to bank borrowings 1,080 1,847 Interest receivable 13,650 9,683 Straight-line rent receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts: 2017—$901; 2016—$960 61,070 55,276 Prepaid expenses and other assets   22,829     22,948   Total assets $ 1,431,193   $ 1,394,896     LIABILITIES Bank borrowings $ 55,000 $ 107,100 Senior unsecured notes, net of debt issue costs: 2017—$1,183; 2016—$1,009 582,950 502,291 Accrued interest 4,108 4,675 Accrued incentives and earn-outs 8,790 12,229 Accrued expenses and other liabilities   23,710     28,553   Total liabilities 674,558 654,848   EQUITY Stockholders’ equity: Common stock: $0.01 par value; 60,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 2017—39,571; 2016—39,221 396 392 Capital in excess of par value 855,746 839,005 Cumulative net income 1,080,949 1,013,443 Cumulative distributions   (1,180,456 )   (1,112,792 ) Total equity   756,635     740,048   Total liabilities and equity $ 1,431,193   $ 1,394,896    

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LTC Properties, Inc.Wendy L. SimpsonPam Kessler805-981-8655