Valero Energy Partners LP (NYSE:VLP) (the “Partnership”) today
reported second quarter 2018 net income of $64 million, or $0.66
per limited partner common unit, and EBITDA of
$98 million. The Partnership reported net cash provided
by operating activities of $89 million and distributable cash
flow of $80 million. The distribution coverage ratio for
the second quarter was 1.4x.
“We continued to operate safely and reliably,
generating solid earnings during the quarter,” said Joe Gorder,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VLP’s general partner. “We
are on pace to deliver 20 percent distribution growth for
2018.”
Financial Results Revenues of
$135 million for the second quarter of 2018 were $24 million higher
than the second quarter of 2017 due primarily to contributions from
the Port Arthur terminal and Parkway Pipeline, which were acquired
from subsidiaries of Valero Energy Corporation in November
2017. Cost of revenues from lease and customer contracts
totaled $33 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared to
$27 million in the second quarter of 2017, and total
depreciation expense was $19 million in the second quarter of
2018 compared to $13 million in the second quarter of
2017. General and administrative expenses of $4 million
were in line with the second quarter of 2017.
Liquidity and Financial
PositionAs of June 30, 2018, the Partnership had
$850 million of total liquidity consisting of
$100 million in cash and cash equivalents and $750 million
available on its revolving credit facility. Capital
expenditures in the second quarter of 2018 were $7 million,
including $4 million for expansion and $3 million for
maintenance.
The Partnership continues to target capital
expenditures of $35 million to $45 million for 2018,
which includes $15 million to $20 million for expansion and
$20 million to $25 million for maintenance.
On July 23, the board of directors of VLP’s
general partner declared a second quarter 2018 cash distribution of
$0.551 per unit, an increase of 4.5 percent over the first
quarter of 2018.
Conference CallThe
Partnership’s senior management will host a conference call at 3:00
p.m. ET today to discuss this earnings release. A live
broadcast of the conference call will be available on the
Partnership’s website at www.valeroenergypartners.com.
About Valero Energy Partners
LPValero Energy Partners LP is a master limited
partnership formed by Valero Energy Corporation to own, operate,
develop and acquire crude oil and refined petroleum products
pipelines, terminals, and other transportation and logistics
assets. With headquarters in San Antonio, the Partnership’s assets
include crude oil and refined petroleum products pipeline and
terminal systems in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Continent regions of the
United States (U.S.) that are integral to the operations of 10 of
Valero’s refineries. Please visit www.valeroenergypartners.com for
more information.
ContactsInvestors: John Locke,
Vice President – Investor Relations, 210-345-3077Karen Ngo, Senior
Manager – Investor Relations, 210-345-4574Tom Mahrer, Manager –
Investor Relations, 210-345-1953Media: Lillian Riojas, Executive
Director – Media and Communications, 210-345-5002
Safe-Harbor StatementThis
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
federal securities laws. These statements discuss future
expectations, contain projections of results of operations or of
financial condition or state other forward-looking information. You
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similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or
outcomes. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond the Partnership’s control
and are difficult to predict. These statements are often based upon
various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
assumptions, including examination of historical operating trends
made by the management of the Partnership. Although the Partnership
believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because
assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and
contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict and are
beyond its control, the Partnership cannot give assurance that it
will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or
intentions. When considering these forward-looking
statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other
cautionary statements contained in the Partnership’s filings with
the SEC, including the Partnership’s annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC
and available on the Partnership’s website at
www.valeroenergypartners.com. These risks could cause the
Partnership’s actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial
InformationThis earnings release includes the terms
“EBITDA,” “distributable cash flow,” and “coverage ratio.”
These terms are supplemental financial measures that are not
defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
We reconcile these non-GAAP measures to the most directly
comparable GAAP measures in the tables that accompany this
release. In note (l) to the tables that accompany this
release, we disclose the reasons why we believe our use of the
non-GAAP financial measures in this release provides useful
information.
VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LP |
EARNINGS RELEASE TABLES |
(thousands of dollars, except per unit
amounts) |
(unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Statement of
income data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
– related party: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
from lease contracts |
$ |
108,251 |
|
|
$ |
84,657 |
|
|
$ |
213,577 |
|
|
$ |
165,769 |
|
Revenues
from contracts with customer |
26,376 |
|
|
25,888 |
|
|
52,992 |
|
|
50,592 |
|
Total
revenues – related party (a) |
134,627 |
|
|
110,545 |
|
|
266,569 |
|
|
216,361 |
|
Costs and
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenues from lease contracts (excluding depreciation expense
reflected below) (b) |
26,596 |
|
|
20,848 |
|
|
51,114 |
|
|
39,368 |
|
Cost of
revenues from contracts with customer (excluding depreciation
expense reflected below) (b) |
6,758 |
|
|
6,207 |
|
|
13,541 |
|
|
11,232 |
|
Depreciation expense associated with lease contracts (c) |
15,849 |
|
|
9,450 |
|
|
31,438 |
|
|
18,480 |
|
Depreciation expense associated with contracts with
customer (c) |
3,016 |
|
|
3,055 |
|
|
5,967 |
|
|
5,800 |
|
General
and administrative expenses (d) |
4,158 |
|
|
3,863 |
|
|
8,270 |
|
|
7,693 |
|
Total
costs and expenses |
56,377 |
|
|
43,423 |
|
|
110,330 |
|
|
82,573 |
|
Operating
income |
78,250 |
|
|
67,122 |
|
|
156,239 |
|
|
133,788 |
|
Other
income, net |
411 |
|
|
182 |
|
|
793 |
|
|
246 |
|
Interest
and debt expense, net of capitalized interest (e) |
(14,271 |
) |
|
(8,551 |
) |
|
(26,179 |
) |
|
(16,840 |
) |
Income
before income tax expense |
64,390 |
|
|
58,753 |
|
|
130,853 |
|
|
117,194 |
|
Income
tax expense |
371 |
|
|
310 |
|
|
755 |
|
|
614 |
|
Net
income |
64,019 |
|
|
58,443 |
|
|
130,098 |
|
|
116,580 |
|
Less: General partner’s interest in net income |
18,077 |
|
|
11,419 |
|
|
34,632 |
|
|
20,886 |
|
Limited
partners’ interest in net income |
$ |
45,942 |
|
|
$ |
47,024 |
|
|
$ |
95,466 |
|
|
$ |
95,694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per limited partner common unit (basic and
diluted) |
$ |
0.66 |
|
|
$ |
0.69 |
|
|
$ |
1.38 |
|
|
$ |
1.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average limited partner common units
outstanding (basic and diluted) (in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public |
22,482 |
|
|
22,470 |
|
|
22,481 |
|
|
22,225 |
|
Valero |
46,769 |
|
|
45,687 |
|
|
46,769 |
|
|
45,687 |
|
See Notes to Earnings Release Tables.
VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LP |
EARNINGS RELEASE TABLES |
(thousands of dollars, except per unit and per
barrel amounts) |
(unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Operating
highlights: |
|
|
|
|
|
Pipeline
transportation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pipeline
transportation revenues (a) |
$ |
30,307 |
|
|
$ |
24,859 |
|
|
$ |
61,675 |
|
|
$ |
48,034 |
|
Pipeline
transportation throughput (BPD) (f) |
1,032,687 |
|
|
1,003,320 |
|
|
1,047,313 |
|
|
982,873 |
|
Average
pipeline transportation revenue per barrel (g) (h) |
$ |
0.32 |
|
|
$ |
0.27 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.27 |
|
Terminaling: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Terminaling revenues (a) |
$ |
102,393 |
|
|
$ |
84,797 |
|
|
$ |
201,667 |
|
|
$ |
167,303 |
|
Terminaling throughput (BPD) (i) |
3,561,961 |
|
|
2,852,182 |
|
|
3,479,487 |
|
|
2,793,654 |
|
Average
terminaling revenue per barrel (g) (j) |
$ |
0.32 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.32 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
Storage
and other revenues (k) |
$ |
1,927 |
|
|
$ |
889 |
|
|
$ |
3,227 |
|
|
$ |
1,024 |
|
Total
revenues – related party |
$ |
134,627 |
|
|
$ |
110,545 |
|
|
$ |
266,569 |
|
|
$ |
216,361 |
|
Capital
expenditures: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance |
$ |
2,613 |
|
|
$ |
1,335 |
|
|
$ |
4,925 |
|
|
$ |
3,373 |
|
Expansion |
4,097 |
|
|
4,888 |
|
|
8,158 |
|
|
11,867 |
|
Total
capital expenditures |
$ |
6,710 |
|
|
$ |
6,223 |
|
|
$ |
13,083 |
|
|
$ |
15,240 |
|
Other financial
information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
$ |
89,276 |
|
|
$ |
66,264 |
|
|
$ |
175,157 |
|
|
$ |
140,982 |
|
Distributable cash flow (l) |
$ |
80,297 |
|
|
$ |
62,815 |
|
|
$ |
166,764 |
|
|
$ |
136,477 |
|
Distribution declared per unit |
$ |
0.5510 |
|
|
$ |
0.4550 |
|
|
$ |
1.0785 |
|
|
$ |
0.8825 |
|
Distribution declared: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
partner units – public |
$ |
12,394 |
|
|
$ |
10,231 |
|
|
$ |
24,259 |
|
|
$ |
19,841 |
|
Limited
partner units – Valero |
25,769 |
|
|
20,788 |
|
|
50,440 |
|
|
40,319 |
|
General
partner units – Valero |
17,918 |
|
|
11,092 |
|
|
34,208 |
|
|
19,994 |
|
Total
distribution declared |
$ |
56,081 |
|
|
$ |
42,111 |
|
|
$ |
108,907 |
|
|
$ |
80,154 |
|
Distribution coverage ratio: Distributable cash flow divided by
total distribution declared (l) |
1.43x |
|
1.49x |
|
1.53x |
|
1.70x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2018 |
|
December 31, 2017 |
Balance sheet
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and
cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
$ |
100,094 |
|
|
$ |
42,052 |
|
Total
assets |
|
|
|
|
1,568,848 |
|
|
1,517,352 |
|
Debt (no
current portion) |
|
|
|
|
1,274,380 |
|
|
1,275,283 |
|
Partners’
capital |
|
|
|
|
255,392 |
|
|
205,797 |
|
Working
capital |
|
|
|
|
110,175 |
|
|
56,727 |
|
See Notes to Earnings Release Tables.
VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LP |
EARNINGS RELEASE TABLES |
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES TO MOST
COMPARABLE AMOUNTS |
REPORTED UNDER U.S. GAAP (l) |
(thousands of dollars) |
(unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Reconciliation
of net income to EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income |
$ |
64,019 |
|
|
$ |
58,443 |
|
|
$ |
130,098 |
|
|
$ |
116,580 |
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation expense |
18,865 |
|
|
12,505 |
|
|
37,405 |
|
|
24,280 |
|
Interest
and debt expense, net of capitalized interest |
14,271 |
|
|
8,551 |
|
|
26,179 |
|
|
16,840 |
|
Income
tax expense |
371 |
|
|
310 |
|
|
755 |
|
|
614 |
|
EBITDA |
97,526 |
|
|
79,809 |
|
|
194,437 |
|
|
158,314 |
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments related to minimum throughput commitments |
32 |
|
|
(828 |
) |
|
(189 |
) |
|
(1,725 |
) |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
interest paid |
13,730 |
|
|
14,136 |
|
|
21,641 |
|
|
16,044 |
|
Income
taxes paid |
918 |
|
|
695 |
|
|
918 |
|
|
695 |
|
Maintenance capital expenditures |
2,613 |
|
|
1,335 |
|
|
4,925 |
|
|
3,373 |
|
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
80,297 |
|
|
$ |
62,815 |
|
|
$ |
166,764 |
|
|
$ |
136,477 |
|
Reconciliation
of net cash provided by operating activities to EBITDA and
distributable cash flow: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
$ |
89,276 |
|
|
$ |
66,264 |
|
|
$ |
175,157 |
|
|
$ |
140,982 |
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in current assets and current liabilities |
(5,632 |
) |
|
5,102 |
|
|
(6,101 |
) |
|
734 |
|
Changes
in deferred charges and credits and other operating activities,
net |
(675 |
) |
|
(334 |
) |
|
(1,372 |
) |
|
(692 |
) |
Interest
and debt expense, net of capitalized interest |
14,271 |
|
|
8,551 |
|
|
26,179 |
|
|
16,840 |
|
Current
income tax expense |
286 |
|
|
226 |
|
|
574 |
|
|
450 |
|
EBITDA |
97,526 |
|
|
79,809 |
|
|
194,437 |
|
|
158,314 |
|
Plus: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments related to minimum throughput commitments |
32 |
|
|
(828 |
) |
|
(189 |
) |
|
(1,725 |
) |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
interest paid |
13,730 |
|
|
14,136 |
|
|
21,641 |
|
|
16,044 |
|
Income
taxes paid |
918 |
|
|
695 |
|
|
918 |
|
|
695 |
|
Maintenance capital expenditures |
2,613 |
|
|
1,335 |
|
|
4,925 |
|
|
3,373 |
|
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
80,297 |
|
|
$ |
62,815 |
|
|
$ |
166,764 |
|
|
$ |
136,477 |
|
See Notes to Earnings Release Tables.
VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS
LPNOTES TO EARNINGS RELEASE TABLES
(a) The increase in “total revenues – related
party” in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018
compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was
due primarily to the following:
- Revenues from a terminal and pipeline system acquired from
Valero Energy Corporation (Valero) in November 2017. We generated
revenues of $15.8 million and $31.2 million from the
operations of our Port Arthur terminal and $6.1 million and
$12.6 million from our Parkway pipeline in the three and six
months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.
- Incremental revenues from our rail loading facility placed in
service in May 2017. Our rail loading facility at our
St. Charles terminal generated incremental revenues of
$1.0 million and $2.2 million in the three and six months
ended June 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the three and
six months ended June 30, 2017.
- Incremental throughput at our Red River crude system acquired
in January 2017. We generated incremental revenues of $1.0 million
and $2.9 million due to higher throughput at our Red River
crude system in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,
respectively, compared to the three and six months ended
June 30, 2017.
(b) The combined increase in cost of revenues in
the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the
three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was due primarily to
expenses of $6.0 million and $12.9 million, respectively,
related to our Port Arthur terminal and Parkway pipeline, which
were acquired in November 2017.
(c) The combined increase in depreciation
expense in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018
compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was
due primarily to depreciation expense recognized on the assets that
compose our Port Arthur terminal and Parkway pipeline, which were
acquired in November 2017.
(d) The increase in general and administrative
expenses in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018
compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was
due primarily to incremental costs of $173,000 and $345,000,
respectively, related to the management fee charged to us by Valero
in connection with the acquisition of our Port Arthur terminal and
Parkway pipeline, which were acquired in November 2017, and an
increase of $122,000 and $202,000, respectively, in professional
fees.
(e) The increase in “interest and debt expense,
net of capitalized interest” in the three and six months ended
June 30, 2018 compared to the three and six months ended
June 30, 2017 was due primarily to the following:
- Incremental borrowings in connection with acquisitions. In
connection with the acquisitions of the Port Arthur terminal and
Parkway pipeline in November 2017, we borrowed $380.0 million
under our revolving credit facility. Interest expense on the
incremental borrowings was $3.4 million and $6.3 million in
the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,
respectively.
- Incremental interest expense on senior notes. In March 2018, we
issued $500.0 million of 4.5 percent senior notes due
March 2028. We used the proceeds of the senior notes to repay
$410.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our revolving
credit facility and $85.0 million on a portion of the
outstanding balance under one of our subordinated credit agreements
with Valero. The interest rate on these senior notes is higher than
our revolving credit facility and our subordinated credit
agreements with Valero, thereby increasing the effective interest
rate in 2018. Incremental interest expense resulting from these
senior notes was approximately $1.4 million in the three and
six months ended June 30, 2018.
- Higher interest rates in 2018. Borrowings under our revolving
credit facility and our subordinated credit agreements with Valero
bear interest at variable rates. We incurred additional interest of
$636,000 and $1.4 million in the three and six months ended
June 30, 2018, respectively, on these borrowings due to higher
interest rates in 2018 compared to 2017.
(f) The volume amounts reflected represent the
sum of volumes transported through each separately tariffed
pipeline segment divided by the number of days in the period. The
increase in pipeline transportation throughput in the three and six
months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the three and six
months ended June 30, 2017 was due primarily to the effect
from new volumes at our Parkway pipeline.
(g) Management uses average revenue per barrel
to evaluate operating and financial performance and compare results
to other companies in the industry. There are a variety of ways to
calculate average revenue per barrel; different companies may
calculate it in different ways. We calculate average revenue per
barrel as revenue divided by throughput for the period. Throughput
is derived by multiplying the throughput barrels per
day (BPD) by the number of days in the period. Investors and
analysts use this financial measure to help analyze and compare
companies in the industry on the basis of operating
performance.
(h) Average pipeline transportation revenue per
barrel was higher in the three and six months ended June 30,
2018 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017
due primarily to higher pipeline transportation revenue per barrel
generated by our Parkway pipeline.
(i) The volume amounts reflected represent the
sum of throughput volumes at each of our terminals divided by the
number of days in the period. The increase in terminaling
throughput in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018
compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was
due primarily to incremental throughput volumes attributed to our
Port Arthur terminal.
(j) Average terminaling revenue per barrel was
lower in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared
to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 due primarily
to a lower tariff rate charged at our Port Arthur terminal compared
to tariff rates charged at our other terminals.
(k) Storage and other revenues were higher in
the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the
three and six months ended June 30, 2017 due primarily to
revenues generated by the rail loading facility at our
St. Charles terminal, which was placed in service in May
2017.
(l) Defined terms are as follows:
- EBITDA is defined as net income plus income
tax expense, interest expense, and depreciation expense.
- Distributable cash flow is defined as EBITDA
plus (i) adjustments related to minimum throughput
commitments; less (ii) cash payments during the period for
interest, income taxes, and maintenance capital expenditures.
- Distribution coverage ratio is defined as the
ratio of distributable cash flow to the total distribution
declared.
These terms are not defined under United
States (U.S.) generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) and are considered non-GAAP measures.
Management has defined these terms and believes that the
presentation of the associated measures is useful to external users
of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors,
lenders, and rating agencies, to:
- describe our expectation of forecasted earnings;
- assess our operating performance as compared to other publicly
traded limited partnerships in the transportation and logistics
industry, without regard to historical cost basis or, in the case
of EBITDA, financing methods;
- assess the ability of our business to generate sufficient cash
to support our decision to make distributions to our
unitholders;
- assess our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital
expenditures; and
- assess the viability of acquisitions and other capital
expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various
investment opportunities.
We believe that the presentation of EBITDA
provides useful information to investors in assessing our financial
condition and results of operations. The U.S. GAAP measures
most directly comparable to EBITDA are net income and net cash
provided by operating activities. EBITDA should not be considered
an alternative to net income or net cash provided by operating
activities presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA has
important limitations as an analytical tool because it excludes
some, but not all, items that affect net income or net cash
provided by operating activities. EBITDA should not be considered
in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as
reported under U.S. GAAP. Additionally, because EBITDA may be
defined differently by other companies in our industry, our
definition of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled
measures of other companies, thereby diminishing its utility.
We use distributable cash flow to measure
whether we have generated from our operations, or “earned,” an
amount of cash sufficient to support the payment of the minimum
quarterly distributions. Our partnership agreement contains the
concept of “operating surplus” to determine whether our operations
are generating sufficient cash to support the distributions that we
are paying, as opposed to returning capital to our partners.
Because operating surplus is a cumulative concept (measured from
our initial public offering (IPO) date and compared to
cumulative distributions from the IPO date), we use distributable
cash flow to approximate operating surplus on a quarterly or
annual, rather than a cumulative, basis. As a result, distributable
cash flow is not necessarily indicative of the actual cash we have
on hand to distribute or that we are required to distribute.
We use the distribution coverage ratio to
reflect the relationship between our distributable cash flow and
the total distribution declared.
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