BETHESDA, Md., May 2, 2019
/PRNewswire/ -- Saul Centers, Inc.
(NYSE: BFS), an equity real estate investment trust ("REIT"),
announced its operating results for the quarter ended
March 31, 2019 ("2019 Quarter"). Total revenue for the
2019 Quarter increased to $59.8
million from $56.1 million for the quarter ended
March 31, 2018 ("2018 Quarter"). Net income increased to
$17.1 million for the 2019
Quarter from $14.9 million for the
2018 Quarter.
Net income available to common stockholders increased to
$10.5 million ($0.46 per diluted share) for the 2019 Quarter
from $6.9 million ($0.31 per diluted share) for the 2018
Quarter. Net income available to common stockholders
increased primarily due to (a) extinguishment in 2018 of issuance
costs upon redemption of preferred shares ($2.3 million), (b) higher termination fees in the
core portfolio ($1.2 million),
(c) the net operating income of recently acquired properties
($0.6 million), (d) lower preferred
stock dividends ($0.5 million) and
(e) higher base rent in the core portfolio ($0.5 million) partially offset by (f) higher
noncontrolling interests ($1.3
million).
Same property revenue increased $2.8
million (4.9%) and same property operating income increased
$1.8 million (4.3%) for the 2019
Quarter compared to the 2018 Quarter. We define same property
revenue as total revenue minus the revenue of properties not in
operation for the entirety of the comparable reporting
periods. We define same property operating income as net
income plus (a) interest expense, net and amortization of deferred
debt costs, (b) depreciation and amortization of deferred leasing
costs and (c) general and administrative expenses minus (d) the
results of properties which were not in operation for the entirety
of the comparable periods. Shopping Center same property
operating income for the 2019 Quarter totaled $33.5 million, a $1.4
million increase from the 2018 Quarter. Mixed-Use same
property operating income totaled $10.5
million, a $0.4 million
increase from the 2018 Quarter. The increase in Shopping
Center same property operating income was primarily the result of
higher termination fees ($1.2 million). The increase in
Mixed-Use same property operating income was primarily the result
of (a) higher base rent ($0.2 million) and (b) lower credit losses
($0.2 million).
As of March 31, 2019, 95.2% of the commercial portfolio was
leased (not including the residential portfolio), compared to 94.1%
at March 31, 2018. On a same property basis, 95.7% of
the commercial portfolio was leased as of March 31, 2019,
compared to 94.1% at March 31, 2018. As of
March 31, 2019, the residential portfolio was 99.0% leased
compared to 95.9% at March 31, 2018.
Funds from operations ("FFO") available to common stockholders
and noncontrolling interests (after deducting preferred stock
dividends) was $25.8 million
($0.84 per diluted share) in the 2019
Quarter compared to $20.6 million
($0.69 per diluted share) in the
2018 Quarter. FFO is a non-GAAP supplemental earnings measure
which the Company considers meaningful in measuring its operating
performance. A reconciliation of net income to FFO is
attached to this press release. The increase in FFO available
to common stockholders and noncontrolling interests was primarily
due to (a) extinguishment in 2018 of issuance costs upon redemption
of preferred shares ($2.3 million), (b) higher termination fees
($1.2 million), (c) the net
operating income of recently acquired properties ($0.6 million),
(d) lower preferred stock dividends ($0.5 million) and (e) higher
base rent in the core portfolio ($0.5 million).
Saul Centers, Inc. is a
self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in
Bethesda, Maryland, which
currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio of 60
properties which includes (a) 49 community and neighborhood
shopping centers and seven mixed-use properties with approximately
9.3 million square feet of leasable area and (b) four land and
development properties. Over 85% of the Saul Centers' property
operating income is generated by properties in the metropolitan
Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain matters discussed within this press release may be
deemed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. For these statements, we claim the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Although the Company believes the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be
attained. These factors include, but are not limited to, the
risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on
February 26, 2019, and include the following: (i) general
adverse economic and local real estate conditions, (ii) the
inability of major tenants to continue paying their rent
obligations due to bankruptcy, insolvency or a general downturn in
their business, (iii) financing risks, such as the inability to
obtain equity, debt or other sources of financing or refinancing on
favorable terms to the Company, (iv) the Company's ability to raise
capital by selling its assets, (v) changes in governmental
laws and regulations and management's ability to estimate the
impact of such changes, (vi) the level and volatility of interest
rates and management's ability to estimate the impact thereof,
(vii) the availability of suitable acquisition, disposition,
development and redevelopment opportunities, and risks related to
acquisitions not performing in accordance with our expectations,
(viii) increases in operating costs, (ix) changes in the
dividend policy for the Company's common and preferred stock and
the Company's ability to pay dividends at current levels, (x) the
reduction in the Company's income in the event of multiple lease
terminations by tenants or a failure by multiple tenants to occupy
their premises in a shopping center, (xi) impairment charges,
and (xii) unanticipated changes in the Company's intention or
ability to prepay certain debt prior to maturity. Given these
uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statements that we make, including those in
this press release. Except as may be required by law, we make
no promise to update any of the forward-looking statements as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. You
should carefully review the risks and risk factors included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 26, 2019.
Saul Centers,
Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (In
thousands)
|
|
|
March 31,
2019
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
Real estate
investments
|
|
|
|
Land
|
$
|
488,942
|
|
|
$
|
488,918
|
|
Buildings and
equipment
|
1,275,927
|
|
|
1,273,275
|
|
Construction in
progress
|
216,545
|
|
|
185,972
|
|
|
1,981,414
|
|
|
1,948,165
|
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(535,269)
|
|
|
(525,518)
|
|
|
1,446,145
|
|
|
1,422,647
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
11,456
|
|
|
14,578
|
|
Accounts receivable
and accrued income, net
|
51,603
|
|
|
53,876
|
|
Deferred leasing
costs, net
|
26,967
|
|
|
28,083
|
|
Prepaid expenses,
net
|
4,064
|
|
|
5,175
|
|
Other
assets
|
5,593
|
|
|
3,130
|
|
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,545,828
|
|
|
$
|
1,527,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable
|
$
|
873,143
|
|
|
$
|
880,271
|
|
Revolving credit
facility payable
|
38,465
|
|
|
45,329
|
|
Term loan facility
payable
|
74,616
|
|
|
74,591
|
|
Construction loan
payable
|
36,897
|
|
|
21,655
|
|
Dividends and
distributions payable
|
19,224
|
|
|
19,153
|
|
Accounts payable,
accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
47,671
|
|
|
32,419
|
|
Deferred
income
|
25,481
|
|
|
28,851
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
1,115,497
|
|
|
1,102,269
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock,
1,000,000 shares authorized:
|
|
|
|
Series C Cumulative
Redeemable, 42,000 shares issued and outstanding
|
105,000
|
|
|
105,000
|
|
Series D Cumulative
Redeemable, 30,000 shares issued and outstanding
|
75,000
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
Common stock, $0.01
par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 22,860,039 and 22,739,207
shares issued and outstanding, respectively
|
229
|
|
|
227
|
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
391,122
|
|
|
384,533
|
|
Distributions in
excess of accumulated net income and accumulated
other
comprehensive loss
|
(210,207)
|
|
|
(208,593)
|
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss
|
(289)
|
|
|
(255)
|
|
Total Saul Centers,
Inc. equity
|
360,855
|
|
|
355,912
|
|
Noncontrolling
interests
|
69,476
|
|
|
69,308
|
|
Total
equity
|
430,331
|
|
|
425,220
|
|
Total liabilities and
equity
|
$
|
1,545,828
|
|
|
$
|
1,527,489
|
|
Saul Centers,
Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations (In
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31,
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Revenue
|
(unaudited)
|
Rental
Revenue
|
$
|
56,803
|
|
|
$
|
54,990
|
|
Other
|
2,947
|
|
|
1,118
|
|
Total
revenue
|
59,750
|
|
|
56,108
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
Property operating
expenses
|
8,001
|
|
|
7,123
|
|
Real estate
taxes
|
7,148
|
|
|
6,845
|
|
Interest expense, net
and amortization of deferred debt costs
|
11,067
|
|
|
11,424
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization of deferred leasing costs
|
11,643
|
|
|
11,349
|
|
General and
administrative
|
4,814
|
|
|
4,420
|
|
Total
expenses
|
42,673
|
|
|
41,161
|
|
Net
Income
|
17,077
|
|
|
14,947
|
|
Noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
|
Income attributable
to noncontrolling interests
|
(3,630)
|
|
|
(2,359)
|
|
Net income
attributable to Saul Centers, Inc.
|
13,447
|
|
|
12,588
|
|
Extinguishment of
issuance costs upon redemption of preferred shares
|
—
|
|
|
(2,328)
|
|
Preferred stock
dividends
|
(2,953)
|
|
|
(3,403)
|
|
Net income
available to common stockholders
|
$
|
10,494
|
|
|
$
|
6,857
|
|
Per share net
income available to common stockholders
|
|
|
|
Basic and
diluted
|
$
|
0.46
|
|
|
$
|
0.31
|
|
Dividends declared
per common share outstanding
|
$
|
0.53
|
|
|
$
|
0.52
|
|
Reconciliation of net
income to FFO available to common stockholders and
noncontrolling
interests (1)
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31,
|
(In thousands,
except per share amounts)
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
(unaudited)
|
Net income
|
$
|
17,077
|
|
|
$
|
14,947
|
|
Add:
|
|
|
|
Real estate
depreciation and amortization
|
11,643
|
|
|
11,349
|
|
FFO
|
28,720
|
|
|
26,296
|
|
Subtract:
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock
dividends
|
(2,953)
|
|
|
(3,403)
|
|
Extinguishment of
issuance costs upon redemption of preferred shares
|
—
|
|
|
(2,328)
|
|
FFO available to
common stockholders and noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
25,767
|
|
|
$
|
20,565
|
|
Weighted average
shares:
|
|
|
|
Diluted weighted
average common stock
|
22,863
|
|
|
22,218
|
|
Convertible limited
partnership units
|
7,835
|
|
|
7,567
|
|
Average shares and
units used to compute FFO per share
|
30,698
|
|
|
29,785
|
|
FFO per share
available to common stockholders and noncontrolling
interests
|
$
|
0.84
|
|
|
$
|
0.69
|
|
(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 impairment charges on real estate
assets and gains or losses from real estate 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
revenue to same property revenue (2)
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Three months ended
March 31,
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
Total
revenue
|
|
$
|
59,750
|
|
|
$
|
56,108
|
|
Less: Acquisitions,
dispositions and development properties
|
|
(889)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same property
revenue
|
|
$
|
58,861
|
|
|
$
|
56,108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shopping
Centers
|
|
$
|
43,159
|
|
|
$
|
40,924
|
|
Mixed-Use
properties
|
|
15,702
|
|
|
15,184
|
|
Total same property
revenue
|
|
$
|
58,861
|
|
|
$
|
56,108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Shopping
Center revenue
|
|
$
|
43,159
|
|
|
$
|
40,924
|
|
Less: Shopping Center
acquisitions, dispositions and development properties
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same Shopping
Center revenue
|
|
$
|
43,159
|
|
|
$
|
40,924
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Mixed-Use
property revenue
|
|
$
|
16,591
|
|
|
$
|
15,184
|
|
Less: Mixed-Use
acquisitions, dispositions and development properties
|
|
(889)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same Mixed-Use
property revenue
|
|
$
|
15,702
|
|
|
$
|
15,184
|
|
(2)
|
Same property revenue
is a non-GAAP financial measure of performance that improves the
comparability of reporting periods by excluding the results of
properties that were not in operation for the entirety of the
comparable reporting periods. Same property revenue adjusts
property revenue by subtracting the revenue of properties not in
operation for the entirety of the comparable reporting
periods. Same property revenue is a measure of the operating
performance of the Company's properties but does not measure the
Company's performance as a whole. Same property revenue
should not be considered as an alternative to total revenue, its
most directly comparable GAAP measure, as an indicator of the
Company's operating performance. Management considers same
property revenue a meaningful supplemental measure of operating
performance because it is not affected by the cost of the Company's
funding, the impact of depreciation and amortization expenses,
gains or losses from the acquisition and sale of operating real
estate assets, general and administrative expenses or other gains
and losses that relate to ownership of the Company's
properties. Management believes the exclusion of these items
from same property revenue is useful because the resulting measure
captures the actual revenue generated and actual expenses incurred
by operating the Company's properties. Other REITs may use
different methodologies for calculating same property
revenue. Accordingly, the Company's same property revenue may
not be comparable to those of other REITs.
|
Reconciliation of net
income to same property operating income (3)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31,
|
(In
thousands)
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
(unaudited)
|
Net
income
|
$
|
17,077
|
|
|
$
|
14,947
|
|
Add: Interest
expense, net and amortization of deferred debt costs
|
11,067
|
|
|
11,424
|
|
Add: Depreciation and
amortization of deferred leasing costs
|
11,643
|
|
|
11,349
|
|
Add: General and
administrative
|
4,814
|
|
|
4,420
|
|
Property operating
income
|
44,601
|
|
|
42,140
|
|
Less: Acquisitions,
dispositions and development properties
|
(628)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same property
operating income
|
$
|
43,973
|
|
|
$
|
42,140
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shopping
Centers
|
$
|
33,471
|
|
|
$
|
32,047
|
|
Mixed-Use
properties
|
10,502
|
|
|
10,093
|
|
Total same property
operating income
|
$
|
43,973
|
|
|
$
|
42,140
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shopping Center
operating income
|
$
|
33,471
|
|
|
$
|
32,047
|
|
Less: Shopping Center
acquisitions, dispositions and development properties
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same Shopping
Center operating income
|
$
|
33,471
|
|
|
$
|
32,047
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mixed-Use property
operating income
|
$
|
11,130
|
|
|
$
|
10,093
|
|
Less: Mixed-Use
acquisitions, dispositions and development properties
|
(628)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total same Mixed-Use
property operating income
|
$
|
10,502
|
|
|
$
|
10,093
|
|
(3)
|
Same property
operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure of performance
that improves the comparability of reporting periods by excluding
the results of properties that were not in operation for the
entirety of the comparable reporting periods. Same property
operating income adjusts property operating income by subtracting
the results of properties that were not in operation for the
entirety of the comparable periods. Same property operating
income is a measure of the operating performance of the Company's
properties but does not measure the Company's performance as a
whole. Same property operating income should not be
considered as an alternative to property operating income, its most
directly comparable GAAP measure, as an indicator of the Company's
operating performance. Management considers same property
operating income a meaningful supplemental measure of operating
performance because it is not affected by the cost of the Company's
funding, the impact of depreciation and amortization expenses,
gains or losses from the acquisition and sale of operating real
estate assets, general and administrative expenses or other gains
and losses that relate to ownership of the Company's
properties. Management believes the exclusion of these items
from property operating income is useful because the resulting
measure captures the actual revenue generated and actual expenses
incurred by operating the Company's properties. Other REITs
may use different methodologies for calculating same property
operating income. Accordingly, same property operating income
may not be comparable to those of other REITs.
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SOURCE Saul Centers, Inc.