BETHESDA, Md., July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE: BFS), an equity real
estate investment trust ("REIT"), announced its operating results
for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 ("2014 Quarter"). Total
revenue for the 2014 Quarter increased to $52.3 million from $48.8 million for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013 ("2013 Quarter"). Operating income, which
is net income before the impact of change in fair value of
derivatives, loss on early extinguishment of debt and gains on
sales of property and casualty settlements, if any, increased to
$14.4 million for the 2014
Quarter from $7.7 million for
the 2013 Quarter.
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $12.8 million ($0.62 per diluted share) for the 2014 Quarter
compared to $3.4 million
($0.17 per diluted share) for the
2013 Quarter. The increase in net income attributable to
common stockholders for the 2014 Quarter was primarily the result
of (a) gain on sale of the Giant Center ($6.1 million), (b) depreciation expense
recognized in the 2013 Quarter as a result of the reduction in the
depreciable life of Van Ness Square ($2.0 million), (c) increased property
operating income ($1.8 million),
exclusive of the following Seven Corners item, (d) the impact of a
bankruptcy settlement and collection related to a former tenant at
Seven Corners ($1.6 million) and
(e) lower predevelopment expenses related to Park Van Ness ($1.2 million), partially offset by (f)
higher noncontrolling interest ($3.3 million).
Same property revenue increased 6.7% and same property operating
income increased 8.5% for the 2014 Quarter compared to the 2013
Quarter. Same property operating income equals property
revenue minus the sum of (a) property operating expenses, (b)
provision for credit losses and (c) real estate taxes and the
comparisons exclude the results of properties not in operation for
the entirety of the comparable reporting periods. Shopping
center same property operating income increased $2.9 million (or 10.3%) primarily due to (a)
the impact of a bankruptcy settlement and collection related to a
former tenant at Seven Corners ($1.6 million) and (b) increased base rent
($825,000). Mixed-use same
property operating income increased $280,000 (or 3.1%) primarily due to higher base
rent at 601 Pennsylvania Avenue.
For the six months ended June 30,
2014 ("2014 Period"), total revenue increased to
$105.2 million from $98.0 million for the six months ended
June 30, 2013 ("2013 Period").
Operating income increased to $27.1 million for the 2014 Period from
$11.1 million for the 2013
Period. The increase in operating income was due primarily to
(a) additional depreciation expense recognized in the 2013 Period
as a result of the reduction in the depreciable life of Van Ness
Square ($8.0 million), (b) lower
predevelopment expenses related to Park Van
Ness ($3.1 million), (c)
increased property operating income ($3.1 million), exclusive of the following
two Seven Corners items, (d) the impact of a lease termination at
Seven Corners ($1.2 million),
and (e) the impact of a bankruptcy settlement and collection
related to a former tenant at Seven Corners ($1.6 million) partially offset by (f) higher
general and administrative expenses ($1.4
million).
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $19.9 million ($0.96 per diluted share) for the 2014 Period
compared to a loss of $1.2 million ($0.06 per diluted share) for the 2013
Period. The increase in net income attributable to common
stockholders was due primarily to (a) additional depreciation
expense recognized in the 2013 Period as a result of the reduction
in the depreciable life of Van Ness Square ($8.0 million), (b) gain on sale of the Giant
Center ($6.1 million), (c) a charge
against common equity in 2013 resulting from the redemption of
preferred stock ($5.2 million), (d)
lower predevelopment expenses related to Park Van Ness ($3.1
million), (e) increased property operating income
($3.1 million), exclusive of the
following two Seven Corners items, (f) the impact of a lease
termination at Seven Corners ($1.2 million), (g) the impact of a
bankruptcy settlement and collection related to a former tenant at
Seven Corners ($1.6 million) and
(h) lower preferred stock dividends ($1.2
million) partially offset by (i) higher noncontrolling
interest ($7.3 million) and (j)
higher general and administrative expenses ($1.4 million).
Same property revenue increased $7.3
million (or 7.5%) and same property operating income
increased $5.7 million (or 7.7%) for
the 2014 Period compared to the 2013 Period. Shopping center
same property operating income increased $4.8 million (or 8.5%) primarily due to (a)
the impact of a lease termination at Seven Corners ($1.2 million), (b) the impact of a
bankruptcy settlement and collection related to a former tenant at
Seven Corners ($1.6 million) and
(c) increased base rent ($1.5 million). Mixed-use same property
operating income increased $0.9 million (or 5.1%) primarily due to
increased base rent.
As of June 30, 2014, 94.2% of the commercial portfolio was
leased (not including the apartments at Clarendon Center), compared
to 93.6% at June 30, 2013. On a same property basis,
94.2% of the portfolio was leased at June 30, 2014, compared
to 93.6% at June 30, 2013. The apartments at Clarendon
Center were 100% leased as of June 30, 2014 compared to 98.4%
at June 30, 2013.
Funds from operations ("FFO") available to common shareholders
(after deducting preferred stock dividends and redemption charges)
increased 26.4% to $21.5 million
($0.77 per diluted share) in the 2014
Quarter from $17.0 million
($0.63 per diluted share) in the
2013 Quarter. FFO, a widely accepted non-GAAP financial measure of
operating performance for REITs, is defined as net income plus real
estate depreciation and amortization, and excluding gains and
losses from property dispositions, impairment charges on
depreciable real estate assets and extraordinary items. The
increase in FFO available to common shareholders for the 2014
Quarter was primarily due to (a) increased property operating
income ($1.8 million), exclusive
of the following Seven Corners item, (b) the impact of a bankruptcy
settlement and collection related to a former tenant at Seven
Corners ($1.6 million) and
(c) lower predevelopment expenses related to Park Van Ness ($1.2 million).
FFO available to common shareholders (after deducting preferred
stock dividends and redemption charges) increased 51.6% to
$41.2 million ($1.48 per diluted share) in the 2014 Period from
$27.2 million ($1.00 per diluted share) in the 2013
Period. The increase in FFO available to common shareholders
for the 2014 Period was primarily attributable to (a) a charge
against common equity in the 2013 Period resulting from the
redemption of preferred stock ($5.2
million), (b) increased property operating income
($3.1 million), exclusive of the
following Seven Corners items, (c) the impact of a lease
termination at Seven Corners ($1.2 million), (d) the impact of
a bankruptcy settlement and collection related to a former tenant
at Seven Corners ($1.6 million), (e) lower predevelopment
expenses related to Park Van Ness ($3.1 million) and (f) lower
preferred stock dividends ($1.2 million) partially offset by (g)
higher general and administrative expenses ($1.4 million).
Saul Centers is a self-managed,
self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, which currently operates
and manages a real estate portfolio of 58 properties which includes
(a) 49 community and neighborhood shopping centers and six
mixed-use properties with approximately 9.3 million square feet of
leasable area and (b) three land and development properties. Over
85% of the Saul Centers' property operating income is generated
from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
Saul Centers,
Inc.
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
(In
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2014
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate
investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
$
|
373,898
|
|
|
$
|
354,967
|
|
Buildings and
equipment
|
1,102,390
|
|
|
1,094,605
|
|
Construction in
progress
|
16,259
|
|
|
9,867
|
|
|
1,492,547
|
|
|
1,459,439
|
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(380,608)
|
|
|
(364,663)
|
|
|
1,111,939
|
|
|
1,094,776
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
21,829
|
|
|
17,297
|
|
Accounts receivable
and accrued income, net
|
44,114
|
|
|
43,884
|
|
Deferred leasing
costs, net
|
26,693
|
|
|
26,052
|
|
Prepaid expenses,
net
|
1,634
|
|
|
4,047
|
|
Deferred debt costs,
net
|
10,564
|
|
|
9,675
|
|
Other
assets
|
10,655
|
|
|
2,944
|
|
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,227,428
|
|
|
$
|
1,198,675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable
|
$
|
820,145
|
|
|
$
|
820,068
|
|
Revolving credit
facility payable
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Dividends and
distributions payable
|
14,398
|
|
|
13,135
|
|
Accounts payable,
accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
24,655
|
|
|
20,141
|
|
Deferred
income
|
31,575
|
|
|
30,205
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
890,773
|
|
|
883,549
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock
|
180,000
|
|
|
180,000
|
|
Common
stock
|
208
|
|
|
206
|
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
279,243
|
|
|
270,428
|
|
Accumulated deficit
and other comprehensive loss
|
(171,095)
|
|
|
(173,956)
|
|
Total Saul Centers,
Inc. stockholders' equity
|
288,356
|
|
|
276,678
|
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
48,299
|
|
|
38,448
|
|
Total stockholders'
equity
|
336,655
|
|
|
315,126
|
|
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,227,428
|
|
|
$
|
1,198,675
|
|
Saul Centers,
Inc.
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
(In thousands, except
per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Revenue
|
(unaudited)
|
|
(unaudited)
|
Base rent
|
$
|
41,038
|
|
|
$
|
39,553
|
|
|
$
|
81,601
|
|
|
$
|
79,293
|
|
Expense
recoveries
|
7,825
|
|
|
7,463
|
|
|
16,614
|
|
|
15,077
|
|
Percentage
rent
|
453
|
|
|
338
|
|
|
905
|
|
|
938
|
|
Other
|
2,970
|
|
|
1,455
|
|
|
6,113
|
|
|
2,687
|
|
Total
revenue
|
52,286
|
|
|
48,809
|
|
|
105,233
|
|
|
97,995
|
|
Operating
expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property operating
expenses
|
6,138
|
|
|
6,041
|
|
|
13,723
|
|
|
11,990
|
|
Provision for credit
losses
|
107
|
|
|
285
|
|
|
310
|
|
|
549
|
|
Real estate
taxes
|
5,584
|
|
|
5,433
|
|
|
11,037
|
|
|
11,196
|
|
Interest expense and
amortization of deferred
debt costs
|
11,486
|
|
|
11,709
|
|
|
22,953
|
|
|
23,426
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization of deferred
leasing costs
|
10,309
|
|
|
12,472
|
|
|
20,489
|
|
|
28,824
|
|
General and
administrative
|
4,023
|
|
|
3,925
|
|
|
8,703
|
|
|
7,329
|
|
Acquisition related
costs
|
216
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
379
|
|
|
—
|
|
Predevelopment
expenses
|
—
|
|
|
1,233
|
|
|
503
|
|
|
3,582
|
|
Total operating
expenses
|
37,863
|
|
|
41,098
|
|
|
78,097
|
|
|
86,896
|
|
Operating
income
|
14,423
|
|
|
7,711
|
|
|
27,136
|
|
|
11,099
|
|
Change in fair value
of derivatives
|
(5)
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
|
61
|
|
Gain on sale of
property
|
6,069
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,069
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net
Income
|
20,487
|
|
|
7,762
|
|
|
33,198
|
|
|
11,160
|
|
(Income) loss
attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
(4,433)
|
|
|
(1,168)
|
|
|
(6,857)
|
|
|
418
|
|
Net income
attributable to Saul Centers, Inc.
|
16,054
|
|
|
6,594
|
|
|
26,341
|
|
|
11,578
|
|
Preferred stock
redemption
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5,228)
|
|
Preferred stock
dividends
|
(3,207)
|
|
|
(3,207)
|
|
|
(6,413)
|
|
|
(7,571)
|
|
Net income (loss)
attributable to common stockholders
|
$
|
12,847
|
|
|
$
|
3,387
|
|
|
$
|
19,928
|
|
|
$
|
(1,221)
|
|
Per share net
income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and
diluted
|
$
|
0.62
|
|
|
$
|
0.17
|
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
$
|
(0.06)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
Common Stock:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock
|
20,717
|
|
|
20,301
|
|
|
20,670
|
|
|
20,224
|
|
Effect of dilutive
options
|
26
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
27
|
|
Diluted weighted
average common stock
|
20,743
|
|
|
20,323
|
|
|
20,702
|
|
|
20,251
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of
net income to FFO attributable to common shareholders
(1)
|
|
|
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
(In thousands,
except per share amounts)
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
Net income
|
$
|
20,487
|
|
|
$
|
7,762
|
|
|
$
|
33,198
|
|
|
$
|
11,160
|
|
|
Subtract:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on
sale of property
|
(6,069)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6,069)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Add:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real
estate depreciation and amortization
|
10,309
|
|
|
12,472
|
|
|
20,489
|
|
|
28,824
|
|
|
FFO
|
24,727
|
|
|
20,234
|
|
|
47,618
|
|
|
39,984
|
|
|
Subtract:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock redemption
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5,228)
|
|
|
Preferred
stock dividends
|
(3,207)
|
|
|
(3,207)
|
|
|
(6,413)
|
|
|
(7,571)
|
|
|
FFO
available to common shareholders
|
$
|
21,520
|
|
|
$
|
17,027
|
|
|
$
|
41,205
|
|
|
$
|
27,185
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
weighted average common stock
|
20,743
|
|
|
20,323
|
|
|
20,702
|
|
|
20,251
|
|
|
Convertible
limited partnership units
|
7,164
|
|
|
6,914
|
|
|
7,114
|
|
|
6,914
|
|
|
Average
shares and units used to compute FFO per share
|
27,907
|
|
|
27,237
|
|
|
27,816
|
|
|
27,165
|
|
|
FFO per
share available to common shareholders
|
$
|
0.77
|
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
|
$
|
1.48
|
|
|
$
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
The National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) developed FFO
as a relative non-GAAP financial measure of performance of an
equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate
historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under
GAAP. FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income, computed in
accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and
amortization, and excluding extraordinary items, impairment charges
on depreciable real estate assets and gains or losses from property
dispositions. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating
activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily
indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, which is disclosed
in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
applicable periods. There are no material legal or functional
restrictions on the use of FFO. FFO should not be considered as an
alternative to net income, its most directly comparable GAAP
measure, as an indicator of the Company's operating performance, or
as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.
Management considers FFO a meaningful supplemental measure of
operating performance because it primarily excludes the assumption
that the value of the real estate assets diminishes predictably
over time (i.e. depreciation), which is contrary to what the
Company believes occurs with its assets, and because industry
analysts have accepted it as a performance measure. FFO may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other
REITs.
|
|
|
Reconciliation of
net income to same property operating income
|
|
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
(In
thousands)
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
Net income
|
$
|
20,487
|
|
|
$
|
7,762
|
|
|
$
|
33,198
|
|
|
$
|
11,160
|
|
|
Add: Interest expense
and amortization of deferred debt costs
|
11,486
|
|
|
11,709
|
|
|
22,953
|
|
|
23,426
|
|
|
Add: Depreciation and
amortization of deferred leasing costs
|
10,309
|
|
|
12,472
|
|
|
20,489
|
|
|
28,824
|
|
|
Add: General and
administrative
|
4,023
|
|
|
3,925
|
|
|
8,703
|
|
|
7,329
|
|
|
Add: Predevelopment
expenses
|
—
|
|
|
1,233
|
|
|
503
|
|
|
3,582
|
|
|
Add: Acquisition
related costs
|
216
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
379
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Add (Less): Change in
fair value of derivatives
|
5
|
|
|
(51)
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
(61)
|
|
|
Less: Gains on sale
of property
|
(6,069)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6,069)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Less: Interest
income
|
(21)
|
|
|
(13)
|
|
|
(35)
|
|
|
(44)
|
|
|
Property operating
income
|
40,436
|
|
|
37,037
|
|
|
80,128
|
|
|
74,216
|
|
|
Less: Acquisitions,
dispositions and development property
|
399
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
672
|
|
|
454
|
|
|
Total same
property operating income
|
$
|
40,037
|
|
|
$
|
36,887
|
|
|
$
|
79,456
|
|
|
$
|
73,762
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shopping
centers
|
$
|
30,655
|
|
|
$
|
27,783
|
|
|
$
|
60,711
|
|
|
$
|
55,933
|
|
|
Mixed-Use
properties
|
9,382
|
|
|
9,104
|
|
|
18,745
|
|
|
17,829
|
|
|
Total same
property operating income
|
$
|
40,037
|
|
|
$
|
36,887
|
|
|
$
|
79,456
|
|
|
$
|
73,762
|
|
SOURCE Saul Centers, Inc.