JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,
July 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Third Quarter Operating Results.
Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATI) reported a
net income of $1,003,000 or
$.31 per diluted share in the third
quarter of fiscal 2015, a decrease of $407,000 or $.12
per diluted share compared to net income of $1,410,000 or $.43
per diluted share in the same period last year. Transportation
revenue increased $485,000 or 1.7% on
302,000 (-2.7%) fewer miles but fuel surcharge revenues were down
versus the comparable quarter last year $515,000 more than the decline in fuel
costs. Our number of drivers available declined 4.8% from the
year ago quarter despite a 1.4% increase in driving pay on the
fewer miles. Our actuarial experience in our self-insured
medical coverage also worsened by $284,000 over last year's third quarter.
The significant customer loss experienced last quarter for
which we took an impairment charge of $2,074,000 ($1,265,000 after tax) was largely overcome with
revenue from other customers with better rates than offered by the
impairment customer. The availability of fewer drivers year
over year hindered management's ability to achieve revenue miles
equivalent to last year's third quarter performance.
Corporate expenses allocated to the Company were also up
$254,000 quarter over comparable
quarter.
Nine Month Operating Results.
Net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2015 was
$1,754,000 or $.54 per share, a decrease of $674,000 or $.21
per diluted share compared to net income of $2,428,000 or $.75
per diluted share in the same period last year. The Company
recorded an intangible asset impairment charge of $2,074,000, with an after tax impact to net
income of $1,265,000, in its
consolidated and combined financial statements for the quarter
ended March 31, 2015, relating to the
Pipeline Transportation acquisition in November 2013. The Company's conclusion that an
impairment charge was necessary is the result of (i) the loss of a
significant Pipeline customer over the course of the first six
months of calendar 2014, and then (ii) the notification from
another customer during the second quarter that the Company would
not be able to retain a sizeable piece of the business the Company
acquired from Pipeline at the rates the Company quoted them during
a competitive bid process. In both cases, management was not
willing to lower our rates to retain the business and chose instead
to use our assets and manpower to find and service new
business.
The following discussion includes certain non-GAAP financial
measures ("adjusted") within the meaning of Regulation G
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Regulation
G") to supplement the financial results as reported in accordance
with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures discussed below include
adjusted net income, adjusted operating profit and adjusted
operating ratio. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude the
intangible asset impairment charge incurred in the quarter.
Patriot uses these metrics to analyze its continuing operations and
to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating
and financial performance. These measures are not, and should not
be viewed as, substitutes for GAAP financial measures. Refer to
"Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below in this press release for a
more detailed discussion, including reconciliations of these
non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP
financial measures.
The Company's adjusted net income for the first nine months of
fiscal 2015 was $3,019,000, or
$.92 per diluted share, an
improvement of $591,000 or
$.17 per diluted share as compared to
net income of $2,428,000, or
$.75 per diluted share, in the same
period last year. Our adjusted operating profit for the period was
up $960,000 over the same period last
year and our adjusted operating ratio improved from 95.8% to
94.6%.
For the nine months our transportation revenue was up
$1,580,000, a 2% improvement over the
same period last year and the fuel cost savings for the period were
greater than the decrease in fuel surcharge revenue by $417,000 adding to the positive
improvement.. On the expense side the Company improved by
$827,000 over the first nine months
of last year in reducing out-of-town driver costs, toll charges and
rigging expenses. The nine month performance improvement was still
lessened by $327,000 of one-time
spin-off costs, a $551,000 increase
in insurance and losses, a $606,000
increase in driver compensation and benefits as driver turnover
worsened, a $231,000 increase in
depreciation and a $434,000 increase
in corporate expenses (most of which occurred in this third
quarter).
Summary and Outlook.
Management's strategy of letting lower rated business go and
replacing it with better rated business resulted in an increase of
$1,580,000 in transportation revenue
for our first nine months this year versus the same period last
year on 577,000 fewer revenue miles. While Management is
pleased with the positive trends in our transportation revenue we
are still challenged to produce better improvement in bottom line
results. Headwinds to our improvement are the continuing high
costs associated with hiring and training drivers in this very
tight driver market in addition to historically higher medical and
risk claims costs. Management is continuing to work with two
national firms on reducing the high costs associated with driver
turnover and to create a more targeted approach to adding company
drivers in markets where it believes that both (i) solid new
business opportunities are available and (ii) a good driver
applicant pool appears to exist. Management continues to
monitor our position with respect to the levels of self-insurance
we will carry on medical claims going forward as the national trend
of higher medical costs continues to worsen.
Conference Call.
The Company will also host a conference call on Thursday
morning, July 30, 2015 at
10:00 a.m. (EDT). Analysts,
stockholders and other interested parties may access the
teleconference live by calling 1-800-290-9461 (pass code 42841)
within the United States.
International callers may dial 1-334-323-7224 (pass code 42841).
Computer audio live streaming is available via the Internet through
Conference America, Inc.'s website at
http://stream.conferenceamerica.com/pth073015 or via the Company's
website at www.patriottrans.com. You may also click on this link
for the live streaming http://stream.conferenceamerica.com/live.
For the archived audio via the internet, click on the following
link
http://archive.conferenceamerica.com/archivestream/pth073015.wma.
If using the Company's website, click on the Investor Relations
tab, then select the earnings conference stream. An audio replay
will be available for sixty days following the conference call. To
listen to the audio replay, dial toll free 877-919-4059,
international callers dial 334-323-0140. The passcode of the audio
replay is 77454746. Replay options: "1" begins playback, "4" rewind
30 seconds, "5" pause, "6" fast forward 30 seconds, "0"
instructions, and "9" exits recording. There may be a 30-40 minute
delay until the archive is available following the conclusion of
the conference call.
Investors are cautioned that any statements in this press
release which relate to the future are, by their nature, subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events
to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking
statements. These include general economic conditions;
competitive factors; political, economic, regulatory and climatic
conditions; driver availability and cost; the impact of future
regulations regarding the transportation industry; freight demand
for petroleum product and levels of construction activity in the
Company's markets; fuel costs; risk insurance markets; pricing;
energy costs and technological changes. Additional
information regarding these and other risk factors and
uncertainties may be found in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. is engaged in the
transportation business. The Company's transportation business is
conducted through Florida Rock &
Tank Lines, Inc. which is a Southeastern transportation company
concentrating in the hauling by motor carrier of liquid and dry
bulk commodities.
PATRIOT
TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED AND
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In
thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS
ENDED
|
|
NINE MONTHS
ENDED
|
JUNE
30,
|
JUNE
30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation revenues
|
$
|
28,609
|
|
|
|
28,124
|
|
|
$
|
82,994
|
|
|
|
81,414
|
|
Fuel
surcharges
|
|
2,490
|
|
|
|
5,445
|
|
|
|
9,559
|
|
|
|
15,646
|
|
Total
revenues
|
|
31,099
|
|
|
|
33,569
|
|
|
|
92,553
|
|
|
|
97,060
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation and benefits
|
|
12,552
|
|
|
|
12,290
|
|
|
|
36,308
|
|
|
|
35,702
|
|
Fuel
expenses
|
|
5,095
|
|
|
|
7,535
|
|
|
|
15,961
|
|
|
|
22,465
|
|
Repairs
& tires
|
|
2,019
|
|
|
|
1,929
|
|
|
|
5,739
|
|
|
|
5,806
|
|
Other
operating
|
|
1,090
|
|
|
|
1,316
|
|
|
|
3,215
|
|
|
|
4,042
|
|
Insurance
and losses
|
|
2,681
|
|
|
|
2,709
|
|
|
|
8,298
|
|
|
|
7,747
|
|
Depreciation expense
|
|
2,098
|
|
|
|
2,068
|
|
|
|
6,330
|
|
|
|
6,099
|
|
Rents,
tags & utilities
|
|
987
|
|
|
|
973
|
|
|
|
2,882
|
|
|
|
2,750
|
|
Sales,
general & administrative
|
|
2,143
|
|
|
|
2,095
|
|
|
|
6,779
|
|
|
|
6,614
|
|
Corporate
expenses
|
|
782
|
|
|
|
528
|
|
|
|
2,833
|
|
|
|
2,072
|
|
Intangible asset impairment
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,074
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Gain on
equipment sales
|
|
(21)
|
|
|
(213)
|
|
|
|
(819)
|
|
|
(304)
|
|
Total cost of
operations
|
|
29,426
|
|
|
|
31,230
|
|
|
|
89,600
|
|
|
|
92,993
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating
profit
|
|
1,673
|
|
|
2,339
|
|
|
|
2,953
|
|
|
|
4,067
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
(29)
|
|
|
(28)
|
|
|
|
(78)
|
|
|
(86)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income
taxes
|
|
1,644
|
|
|
2,311
|
|
|
|
2,875
|
|
|
|
3,981
|
|
Provision for income
taxes
|
|
641
|
|
|
|
901
|
|
|
|
1,121
|
|
|
|
1,553
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
$
|
1,003
|
|
|
1,410
|
|
|
$
|
1,754
|
|
|
|
2,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
$
|
1,003
|
|
|
1,410
|
|
|
$
|
1,754
|
|
|
|
2,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per
common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
0.43
|
|
|
|
0.54
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
Diluted
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
0.43
|
|
|
|
0.54
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of shares
(in thousands)used in computing:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-basic earnings
per common share
|
|
3,268
|
|
|
3,243
|
|
|
|
3,265
|
|
|
|
3,243
|
|
-diluted
earnings per common share
|
|
3,276
|
|
|
3,243
|
|
|
|
3,273
|
|
|
|
3,243
|
|
Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with
GAAP, Patriot presents certain non-GAAP financial measures within
the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial measures included in
this press release are adjusted net income, adjusted operating
profit and adjusted operating ratio. Patriot uses these non-GAAP
financial measures to analyze its continuing operations and to
monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating
and financial performance. These measures are not, and should not
be viewed as, substitutes for GAAP financial measures.
Adjusted Net Income
Adjusted net income excludes the impact of the intangible asset
impairment charge. Adjusted net income is presented to provide
additional perspective on underlying trends in Patriot's core
operating results. A reconciliation between net income and adjusted
net income is as follows:
|
|
Three months
ended
|
|
Nine months
ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
Net Income
|
|
|
$
|
1,003
|
|
|
|
1,754
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
asset impairment charge
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,265
|
|
Adjusted net
income
|
|
|
$
|
1,003
|
|
|
|
3,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Ratio
Adjusted operating ratio excludes the impact of the intangible
asset impairment charge. Adjusted operating ratio is presented to
provide additional perspective on underlying trends in Patriot's
core operating results. A reconciliation between operating ratio
and adjusted operating ratio is as follows:
|
|
Three months
ended
|
|
Nine months
ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
Operating
ratio
|
|
|
|
94.6%
|
|
|
|
96.8%
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
asset impairment charge
|
|
|
|
0.0%
|
|
|
|
(2.2%)
|
|
Adjusted operating
ratio
|
|
|
|
94.6%
|
|
|
|
94.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
Adjusted operating profit excludes the impact of the intangible
asset impairment charge. Adjusted operating profit is presented to
provide additional perspective on underlying trends in Patriot's
core operating results. A reconciliation between operating profit
and adjusted operating profit is as follows:
|
|
Three months
ended
|
|
Nine months
ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
June 30,
2015
|
|
Operating
profit
|
|
|
$
|
1,673
|
|
|
|
2,953
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
asset impairment charge
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,074
|
|
Adjusted operating
profit
|
|
|
$
|
1,673
|
|
|
|
5,027
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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