Saga Communications, Inc. Reports 3rd Quarter 2023 Results
November 02 2023 - 9:00AM
Saga Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq - SGA) (the “Company” or “Saga”)
today reported that net revenue decreased 2.8% to $29.2 million for
the quarter ended September 30, 2023 compared to $30.0
million for the same period last year. Station operating expense
increased 2.1% for the quarter to $22.8 million compared to the
same period last year. For the quarter, operating income was $3.5
million compared to $1.1 million for the same quarter last year and
station operating income (a non-GAAP financial measure) decreased
14.7% to $7.6 million. Capital expenditures were $760 thousand for
the quarter compared to $1.2 million for the same period last year.
We had net income of $2.7 million for the quarter compared to a net
loss of $104 thousand for the third quarter last year. Diluted
earnings per share were $0.45 in the third quarter of 2023.
Net revenue decreased 1.3% to $83.6 million for
the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023 compared to
$84.8 million for the same period last year. Station operating
expense increased 3.4% for the nine-month period to $66.9 million
compared to the same period last year. For the nine-month period,
operating income was $8.7 million compared to $8.2 million for the
same period last year and station operating income (a non-GAAP
financial measure) decreased 14.3% to $20.4 million. Capital
expenditures for the nine months were $3.4 million compared to $4.7
million for the same period last year. Net income was $7.0 million
for the nine-month period compared to $4.9 million for the same
period last year. Diluted earnings per share were $1.15 in the
first nine months of 2023.
Our results for the quarter and nine months
ended September 30, 2022 were impacted by one-time expenses of $3.8
million related to the passing of our founder.
The Company will pay a quarterly dividend of
$0.25 per share on November 3, 2023 to shareholders of record as of
October 11, 2023. The aggregate amount of the quarterly dividend
will be approximately $1.5 million. With this payment Saga will
have paid over $111 million in dividends to shareholders since the
first special dividend was paid in 2012. The Company intends to pay
regular quarterly cash dividends in the future. Consistent with its
strategic objectives of maintaining a strong balance sheet and with
returning value to our shareholders, the Board of Directors of Saga
will also continue to consider declaring special cash dividends,
variable dividends and stock buybacks in the future.
The Company’s balance sheet reflects $41.7
million in cash and short-term investments as of
September 30, 2023 and $41.9 million as of October 30,
2023. The Company expects to spend approximately $4.5 – $5.0
million for capital expenditures during 2023.
Saga’s 2023 Third Quarter conference call will
be held on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. The dial-in
number for the call is (973) 528-0008. Enter conference code
713759. A recording and transcript of the call will be posted to
the Company’s website as soon as it is available after the call.
The Company requests that all parties who would like to submit
questions to the Company please email those inquiries by 10:00 a.m.
on November 2, 2023 to SagaIR@sagacom.com. The Company will
discuss, during the limited period of the conference call, the
inquiries it deems of general relevance and interest. Only
inquiries made in compliance with the foregoing directions will be
discussed during the call.
Saga utilizes certain financial measures that
are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) to assess its financial performance. The attached
Selected Supplemental Financial Data tables disclose the Company’s
reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures: GAAP operating
income to station operating income, and GAAP net income to trailing
twelve-month consolidated EBITDA as well as other financial data.
Such non-GAAP financial measures include same station financial
information, station operating income, trailing 12-month
consolidated EBITDA, and leverage ratio. These non-GAAP financial
measures are generally recognized by the broadcasting industry as
measures of performance and are used by Saga to assess its
financial performance including, but not limited to, evaluating
individual station and market-level performance, evaluating overall
operations, as a primary measure for incentive-based compensation
of executives and other members of management and as a measure of
financial position. Saga’s management believes these non-GAAP
financial measures are used by analysts who report on the industry
and by investors to provide meaningful comparisons between
broadcasting groups, as well as an indicator of their market value.
These measures are not measures of liquidity or of performance in
accordance with GAAP and should be viewed as a supplement to and
not as a substitute for the results of operations presented on a
GAAP basis including net operating revenue, operating income, and
net income. Reconciliations for all the non-GAAP financial measures
to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are attached in the
Selected Supplemental Financial Data tables.
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based upon
current expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties.
Words such as “will,” “may,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,”
“guidance,” and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. The material risks facing our business
are described in the reports Saga periodically files with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including in particular Item 1A
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers should note that
forward-looking statements may be impacted by several factors,
including global, national and local economic changes and changes
in the radio broadcast industry in general as well as Saga’s actual
performance. Actual results may vary materially from those
described herein and Saga undertakes no obligation to update any
information contained herein that constitutes a forward-looking
statement.
Saga is a broadcasting company whose business is
devoted to acquiring, developing and operating broadcast
properties. Saga owns or operates broadcast properties in 27
markets, including 79 FM radio stations, 33 AM radio stations and
80 metro signals. For additional information, contact us at (313)
886-7070 or visit our website at www.sagacom.com.
Contact:Samuel D.
Bush(313) 886-7070
Saga Communications, Inc. |
Selected Consolidated Financial Data |
For the Three and Nine Months Ended |
September 30, 2023 and 2022 |
(amounts in 000’s except per share data) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
Operating
Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating revenue |
$ |
29,149 |
|
|
$ |
29,980 |
|
|
$ |
83,628 |
|
|
$ |
84,768 |
|
Station operating expense |
|
22,760 |
|
|
|
22,295 |
|
|
|
66,870 |
|
|
|
64,649 |
|
Corporate general and
administrative |
|
2,852 |
|
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
|
7,940 |
|
|
|
11,970 |
|
Other operating expense
(income), net |
|
45 |
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Operating income |
|
3,492 |
|
|
|
1,055 |
|
|
|
8,693 |
|
|
|
8,146 |
|
Interest expense |
|
44 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
Interest income |
|
(391 |
) |
|
|
(134 |
) |
|
|
(1,027 |
) |
|
|
(187 |
) |
Other income, net |
|
— |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
(119 |
) |
|
|
(36 |
) |
Income before income tax
expense |
|
3,839 |
|
|
|
1,191 |
|
|
|
9,709 |
|
|
|
8,273 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
835 |
|
|
|
730 |
|
|
|
2,020 |
|
|
|
2,390 |
|
Deferred |
|
275 |
|
|
|
565 |
|
|
|
690 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
1,110 |
|
|
|
1,295 |
|
|
|
2,710 |
|
|
|
3,350 |
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
2,729 |
|
|
$ |
(104 |
) |
|
$ |
6,999 |
|
|
$ |
4,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) per
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.45 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
|
$ |
0.82 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.45 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
|
$ |
0.82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common
shares |
|
6,032 |
|
|
|
5,961 |
|
|
|
6,031 |
|
|
|
5,977 |
|
Weighted average common and
common equivalent shares |
|
6,032 |
|
|
|
5,961 |
|
|
|
6,031 |
|
|
|
5,977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
Balance Sheet Data |
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital |
$ |
43,087 |
|
$ |
47,135 |
Net fixed assets |
$ |
52,855 |
|
$ |
54,205 |
Net intangible assets and other assets |
$ |
120,268 |
|
$ |
118,031 |
Total assets |
$ |
234,367 |
|
$ |
251,425 |
Long-term debt |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
Stockholders' equity |
$ |
181,935 |
|
$ |
188,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saga Communications, Inc. |
Selected Consolidated Financial Data |
For the Nine Months Ended |
September 30, 2023 and 2022 |
(amounts in 000’s except per share data) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
September 30, |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
(Unaudited) |
|
(In thousands) |
Statement of Cash
Flows |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
6,999 |
|
|
$ |
4,923 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
3,737 |
|
|
|
3,834 |
|
Deferred income tax expense |
|
690 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
Amortization of deferred costs |
|
27 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Compensation expense related to restricted stock awards |
|
743 |
|
|
|
1,726 |
|
Loss on sale of assets, net |
|
125 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Other (gain) loss, net |
|
(119 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
Barter (revenue) expense, net |
|
44 |
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
Deferred and other compensation |
|
(239 |
) |
|
|
1,422 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase) decrease in receivables and prepaid expenses |
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
(23 |
) |
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and
other liabilities |
|
1,965 |
|
|
|
1,545 |
|
Total adjustments |
|
6,922 |
|
|
|
9,439 |
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities |
|
13,921 |
|
|
|
14,362 |
|
Cash flows from
investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of short-term investments |
|
(14,441 |
) |
|
|
(14,000 |
) |
Redemption of short-term investments |
|
14,437 |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Acquisition of property and equipment (Capital Expenditures) |
|
(3,397 |
) |
|
|
(4,731 |
) |
Acquisition of broadcast properties |
|
- |
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
Proceeds from sale and disposal of assets |
|
621 |
|
|
|
66 |
|
Other investing activities |
|
117 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net cash used in investing
activities |
|
(2,663 |
) |
|
|
(14,722 |
) |
Cash flows from
financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends paid |
|
(16,816 |
) |
|
|
(6,167 |
) |
Purchase of treasury shares |
|
- |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
Net cash used in financing
activities |
|
(16,816 |
) |
|
|
(6,174 |
) |
Net increase (decrease) in
cash and cash equivalents |
|
(5,558 |
) |
|
|
(6,534 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period |
|
36,802 |
|
|
|
54,760 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end
of period |
$ |
31,244 |
|
|
$ |
48,226 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saga Communications, Inc. |
Selected Supplemental Financial Data |
For the Three and Nine Months Ended |
September 30, 2023 and 2022 |
(amounts in 000’s) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
Reconciliation of GAAP
operating income to station operating income (a non-GAAP financial
measure) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income |
$ |
3,492 |
|
$ |
1,055 |
|
|
$ |
8,693 |
|
|
$ |
8,146 |
|
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate general and administrative |
|
2,852 |
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
|
7,940 |
|
|
|
11,970 |
|
|
Other operating expense (income), net |
|
45 |
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Station depreciation and amortization |
|
1,204 |
|
|
1,214 |
|
|
|
3,599 |
|
|
|
3,622 |
|
|
Station operating
income |
$ |
7,593 |
|
$ |
8,899 |
|
|
$ |
20,357 |
|
|
$ |
23,741 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other financial
data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Radio Stations |
$ |
1,204 |
|
$ |
1,214 |
|
|
$ |
3,599 |
|
|
$ |
3,622 |
|
|
Corporate |
$ |
58 |
|
$ |
87 |
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
212 |
|
|
Compensation expense related
to restricted stock awards |
$ |
250 |
|
$ |
1,049 |
|
|
$ |
743 |
|
(1) |
$ |
1,726 |
|
(1) |
Other operating expense
(income), net (2) |
$ |
45 |
|
$ |
(37 |
) |
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
Other income, net (2) |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
(34 |
) |
|
$ |
(119 |
) |
|
$ |
(36 |
) |
|
Deferred income tax expense
(2) |
$ |
275 |
|
$ |
565 |
|
|
$ |
690 |
|
|
$ |
960 |
|
|
Acquisition of property and
equipment (Capital Expenditures) |
$ |
760 |
|
$ |
1,168 |
|
|
$ |
3,397 |
|
(1) |
$ |
4,731 |
|
(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) As presented in the Statement of Cash Flows in the
Selected Consolidated Financial Data tables(2) As presented
in the Operating Results in the Selected Consolidated Financial
Data tables |
|
Saga Communications, Inc. |
Selected Supplemental Financial Data |
September 30, 2023 |
(amounts in 000's) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: |
|
Plus: |
|
Trailing |
|
12 Months Ended |
|
9 Months Ended |
|
9 Months Ended |
|
12 Months Ended |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|
2022 |
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|
2023 |
Reconciliation of GAAP
Net Income to trailing 12 MonthConsolidated Earnings Before
Interest, Taxes, Depreciationand Amortization ("EBITDA") (a
non-GAAP financial measure) (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
9,202 |
|
$ |
4,923 |
|
|
$ |
6,999 |
|
|
$ |
11,278 |
|
Exclusions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain (loss) on sale of assets, net |
|
14 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(125 |
) |
|
|
(108 |
) |
Gain on insurance proceeds |
|
534 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
518 |
|
Other income, net |
|
482 |
|
|
247 |
|
|
|
1,102 |
|
|
|
1,337 |
|
Total exclusions |
|
1,030 |
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
977 |
|
|
|
1,747 |
|
Consolidated adjusted net
income (1) |
|
8,172 |
|
|
4,663 |
|
|
|
6,022 |
|
|
|
9,531 |
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
130 |
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
4,800 |
|
|
3,350 |
|
|
|
2,710 |
|
|
|
4,160 |
|
Depreciation & amortization expense |
|
5,171 |
|
|
3,834 |
|
|
|
3,737 |
|
|
|
5,074 |
|
Non-cash compensation |
|
1,858 |
|
|
1,726 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
|
|
875 |
|
Trailing twelve month
consolidated EBITDA (1) |
$ |
20,131 |
|
$ |
13,669 |
|
|
$ |
13,342 |
|
|
$ |
19,804 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) As defined in the Company's credit facility. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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