Highlights
COVINGTON, La., Oct. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pool Corporation (NASDAQ/GSM:POOL) today reported record results for the third quarter of 2019.
“Demand for swimming pool and outdoor living products remains healthy. Favorable weather conditions and outstanding execution by our teams allowed us to deliver solid results for the quarter. With a continued focus on operational excellence, we are in position for a strong finish to the year,” said Peter D. Arvan, President and CEO.
Net sales increased 11% to a record $898.5 million in the third quarter of 2019 compared to $811.3 million in the third quarter of 2018, while base business sales grew 9%. During the quarter, sales continued to benefit from strong demand for discretionary products as evidenced by higher sales growth in construction materials and products used in the repair and replacement of in-ground pools. Additionally, sales were favorably impacted approximately 1% from an extra selling day in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the third quarter of 2018.
Gross profit increased 10% to a record $257.9 million in the third quarter of 2019 from $235.0 million in the same period of 2018. Base business gross profit improved 8% over the third quarter of 2018. Gross margin decreased 30 basis points to 28.7% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to 29.0% in the third quarter of 2018. Gross margins in the third quarter of 2018 reflected benefits from strategic inventory purchases ahead of vendor price increases resulting in a comparative decline in the third quarter of 2019.
Selling and administrative expenses (operating expenses) increased 8% to $153.4 million in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the third quarter of 2018, a portion of which reflects expenses from our most recent acquisitions. Base business operating expenses were up 5% over the comparable 2018 period, reflecting increases in variable labor and freight costs. As a percentage of net sales, base business operating expenses decreased to 16.9% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to 17.6% in the third quarter of 2018.
Operating income for the third quarter of 2019 increased to a record $104.5 million, up 13% compared to the same period in 2018. Operating margin was 11.6% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to 11.4% in the third quarter of 2018, while base business operating margin improved 40 basis points from the prior year to 11.8% in the third quarter of 2019.
We recorded a $4.5 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, tax benefit from Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, in the quarter ended September 30, 2019 compared to a tax benefit of $3.3 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, realized in the same period of 2018.
Net income was $79.5 million in the third quarter of 2019 compared to $69.3 million in the third quarter of 2018. Earnings per share increased 17% to a record $1.95 per diluted share in the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $1.66 per diluted share in the same period of 2018. Excluding the impact from ASU 2016-09 in both periods, earnings per diluted share increased 16% to $1.84 in the third quarter of 2019 compared to $1.58 in the third quarter of 2018.
Net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 7% to a record $2.62 billion from $2.46 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, with most of this growth coming from a 5% improvement in base business sales. In addition, sales were negatively impacted approximately 1% from unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations. Gross margin increased 20 basis points to 29.1% compared to 28.9% in the same period last year.
Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 6% compared to the first nine months of 2018, with base business operating expenses up 4%, including a 1% currency benefit. Operating income for the first nine months of 2019 increased 10% to a record $315.4 million compared to $287.9 million in the same period last year. Operating margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was 12.1% compared to 11.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, while our base business operating margin improved 40 basis points from the prior year to 12.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
We recorded a $21.1 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, tax benefit from ASU 2016-09 in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to a $13.9 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, tax benefit in the same period of 2018.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was a record $243.6 million compared to $217.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Earnings per share for the first nine months of 2019 increased 15% to $5.97 per diluted share versus $5.20 in the first nine months of 2018.
On the balance sheet at September 30, 2019, total net receivables, including pledged receivables, increased 7%. Inventory levels grew 1% compared to September 30, 2018, reflecting the normalization of inventory levels following prior period inventory purchases ahead of vendor price increases. Total debt outstanding was $547.6 million at September 30, 2019, a $33.1 million decrease from total debt at September 30, 2018.
Cash provided by operations was $243.3 million in the first nine months of 2019 compared to $51.3 million in the first nine months of 2018, an improvement of $192.0 million. The strategic inventory purchases that we made in the latter half of 2018 negatively impacted our September 30, 2018 cash flows due to timing differences that reversed in the first half of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the addendum to this release) was $347.1 million and $318.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Interest expense increased compared to last year primarily due to higher average debt levels and higher average interest rates.
“Through the remainder of 2019, we will remain focused on creating value for our customers, exceptional returns for our shareholders and great opportunities for our employees. Based on our results to date and expectations for the remainder of the year, we are increasing and narrowing our annual earnings guidance range from $6.09 to $6.34 per diluted share to $6.20 to $6.40 per diluted share,” said Arvan.
POOLCORP is the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related backyard products. POOLCORP operates 372 sales centers in North America, Europe, South America and Australia, through which it distributes more than 180,000 national brand and private label products to roughly 120,000 wholesale customers. For more information, please visit www.poolcorp.com.
This news release includes “forward-looking” statements that involve risks and uncertainties that are generally identifiable through the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “should” and similar expressions and include projections of earnings. The forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, including the sensitivity of our business to weather conditions, changes in the economy and the housing market, our ability to maintain favorable relationships with suppliers and manufacturers, competition from other leisure product alternatives and mass merchants, excess tax benefits or deficiencies recognized under ASU 2016-09 and other risks detailed in POOLCORP’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as updated by POOLCORP’s subsequent filings with the SEC.
CONTACT:
Curtis J. Scheel
Director of Investor Relations
985.801.5341
curtis.scheel@poolcorp.com
POOL CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||
Net sales | $ | 898,500 | $ | 811,311 | $ | 2,617,283 | $ | 2,455,015 | |||
Cost of sales | 640,569 | 576,308 | 1,854,408 | 1,745,283 | |||||||
Gross profit | 257,931 | 235,003 | 762,875 | 709,732 | |||||||
Percent | 28.7 % | 29.0 % | 29.1 % | 28.9 % | |||||||
Selling and administrative expenses | 153,391 | 142,666 | 447,427 | 421,812 | |||||||
Operating income | 104,540 | 92,337 | 315,448 | 287,920 | |||||||
Percent | 11.6 % | 11.4 % | 12.1 % | 11.7 % | |||||||
Interest and other non-operating expenses, net | 5,498 | 4,931 | 18,538 | 14,449 | |||||||
Income before income taxes and equity earnings | 99,042 | 87,406 | 296,910 | 273,471 | |||||||
Provision for income taxes | 19,593 | 18,206 | 53,569 | 55,989 | |||||||
Equity earnings in unconsolidated investments, net | 76 | 61 | 210 | 167 | |||||||
Net income | $ | 79,525 | $ | 69,261 | $ | 243,551 | $ | 217,649 | |||
Earnings per share: | |||||||||||
Basic | $ | 1.99 | $ | 1.71 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 5.39 | |||
Diluted | $ | 1.95 | $ | 1.66 | $ | 5.97 | $ | 5.20 | |||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||
Basic | 39,933 | 40,422 | 39,750 | 40,416 | |||||||
Diluted | 40,865 | 41,797 | 40,811 | 41,831 | |||||||
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.55 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 1.55 | $ | 1.27 |
POOL CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
September 30, | September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | $ | % | |||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 36,693 | $ | 35,693 | $ | 1,000 | 3 | % | ||||||
Receivables, net (1) | 95,971 | 90,775 | 5,196 | 6 | ||||||||||
Receivables pledged under receivables facility | 211,827 | 196,998 | 14,829 | 8 | ||||||||||
Product inventories, net (2) | 616,217 | 609,983 | 6,234 | 1 | ||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (5) | 12,384 | 19,457 | (7,073 | ) | (36 | ) | ||||||||
Total current assets | 973,092 | 952,906 | 20,186 | 2 | ||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | 112,816 | 109,942 | 2,874 | 3 | ||||||||||
Goodwill | 188,133 | 189,029 | (896 | ) | — | |||||||||
Other intangible assets, net | 11,235 | 12,305 | (1,070 | ) | (9 | ) | ||||||||
Equity interest investments | 1,237 | 1,163 | 74 | 6 | ||||||||||
Operating lease assets (3),(4),(5) | 175,878 | — | 175,878 | 100 | ||||||||||
Other assets | 19,017 | 18,413 | 604 | 3 | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,481,408 | $ | 1,283,758 | $ | 197,650 | 15 | % | ||||||
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
Accounts payable (4) | $ | 214,309 | $ | 204,706 | $ | 9,603 | 5 | % | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 81,459 | 75,639 | 5,820 | 8 | ||||||||||
Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt | 11,840 | 9,343 | 2,497 | 27 | ||||||||||
Current operating lease liabilities (3) | 56,025 | — | 56,025 | 100 | ||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 363,633 | 289,688 | 73,945 | 26 | ||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 27,951 | 24,802 | 3,149 | 13 | ||||||||||
Long-term debt, net | 535,720 | 571,360 | (35,640 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 26,737 | 25,170 | 1,567 | 6 | ||||||||||
Non-current operating lease liabilities (3) | 121,397 | — | 121,397 | 100 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities | 1,075,438 | 911,020 | 164,418 | 18 | ||||||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 405,970 | 372,738 | 33,232 | 9 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,481,408 | $ | 1,283,758 | $ | 197,650 | 15 | % |
POOL CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||
September 30, | |||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | Change | |||||||||||
Operating activities | |||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 243,551 | $ | 217,649 | $ | 25,902 | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||||
Depreciation | 20,648 | 19,499 | 1,149 | ||||||||||
Amortization | 1,049 | 1,408 | (359 | ) | |||||||||
Share-based compensation | 10,243 | 9,793 | 450 | ||||||||||
Equity earnings in unconsolidated investments, net | (210 | ) | (167 | ) | (43 | ) | |||||||
Other | 5,334 | 3,584 | 1,750 | ||||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions: | |||||||||||||
Receivables | (98,538 | ) | (93,911 | ) | (4,627 | ) | |||||||
Product inventories | 68,827 | (80,142 | ) | 148,969 | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 1,231 | 143 | 1,088 | ||||||||||
Accounts payable | (29,782 | ) | (40,143 | ) | 10,361 | ||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 20,900 | 13,547 | 7,353 | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 243,253 | 51,260 | 191,993 | ||||||||||
Investing activities | |||||||||||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired | (8,913 | ) | (578 | ) | (8,335 | ) | |||||||
Purchases of property and equipment, net of sale proceeds | (26,926 | ) | (27,976 | ) | 1,050 | ||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (35,839 | ) | (28,554 | ) | (7,285 | ) | |||||||
Financing activities | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from revolving line of credit | 836,534 | 820,967 | 15,567 | ||||||||||
Payments on revolving line of credit | (1,011,430 | ) | (813,996 | ) | (197,434 | ) | |||||||
Proceeds from asset-backed financing | 189,000 | 193,400 | (4,400 | ) | |||||||||
Payments on asset-backed financing | (136,300 | ) | (138,400 | ) | 2,100 | ||||||||
Proceeds from short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt | 27,633 | 16,118 | 11,515 | ||||||||||
Payments on short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt | (24,962 | ) | (17,610 | ) | (7,352 | ) | |||||||
Payments of deferred financing costs | — | (8 | ) | 8 | |||||||||
Payments of deferred and contingent acquisition consideration | (311 | ) | (265 | ) | (46 | ) | |||||||
Proceeds from stock issued under share-based compensation plans | 17,042 | 12,732 | 4,310 | ||||||||||
Payments of cash dividends | (61,752 | ) | (51,371 | ) | (10,381 | ) | |||||||
Purchases of treasury stock | (23,188 | ) | (38,906 | ) | 15,718 | ||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (187,734 | ) | (17,339 | ) | (170,395 | ) | |||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 655 | 386 | 269 | ||||||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents | 20,335 | 5,753 | 14,582 | ||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 16,358 | 29,940 | (13,582 | ) | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 36,693 | $ | 35,693 | $ | 1,000 |
ADDENDUM
Base Business
The following table breaks out our consolidated results into the base business component and the excluded component (sales centers excluded from base business):
(Unaudited) | Base Business | Excluded | Total | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 886,690 | $ | 811,006 | $ | 11,810 | $ | 305 | $ | 898,500 | $ | 811,311 | ||||||
Gross profit | 254,779 | 234,943 | 3,152 | 60 | 257,931 | 235,003 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | 28.7 % | 29.0 % | 26.7 % | 19.7 % | 28.7 % | 29.0 % | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | 150,054 | 142,543 | 3,337 | 123 | 153,391 | 142,666 | ||||||||||||
Expenses as a % of net sales | 16.9 % | 17.6 % | 28.3 % | 40.3 % | 17.1 % | 17.6 % | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 104,725 | 92,400 | (185) | (63) | 104,540 | 92,337 | ||||||||||||
Operating margin | 11.8 % | 11.4 % | (1.6) % | (20.7) % | 11.6 % | 11.4 % |
(Unaudited) | Base Business | Excluded | Total | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 2,577,429 | $ | 2,451,101 | $ | 39,854 | $ | 3,914 | $ | 2,617,283 | $ | 2,455,015 | ||||||
Gross profit | 751,933 | 708,828 | 10,942 | 904 | 762,875 | 709,732 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | 29.2 % | 28.9 % | 27.5 % | 23.1 % | 29.1 % | 28.9 % | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | 436,461 | 420,187 | 10,966 | 1,625 | 447,427 | 421,812 | ||||||||||||
Expenses as a % of net sales | 16.9 % | 17.1 % | 27.5 % | 41.5 % | 17.1 % | 17.2 % | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 315,472 | 288,641 | (24) | (721) | 315,448 | 287,920 | ||||||||||||
Operating margin | 12.2 % | 11.8 % | (0.1) % | (18.4) % | 12.1 % | 11.7 % |
We have excluded the following acquisitions from base business for the periods identified:
Acquired | Acquisition | Net Sales Centers Acquired | Periods | |||
W.W. Adcock, Inc. (1) | January 2019 | 4 | January – September 2019 | |||
Turf & Garden, Inc. (1) | November 2018 | 4 | January – September 2019 | |||
Tore Pty. Ltd. (Pool Power) (1) | January 2018 | 1 | January – April 2019 and January – April 2018 | |||
Chem Quip, Inc. (1) | December 2017 | 5 | January – March 2019 and January – March 2018 | |||
Intermark | December 2017 | 1 | January – February 2019 and January – February 2018 |
1. We acquired certain distribution assets of each of these companies.
When calculating our base business results, we exclude sales centers that are acquired, closed or opened in new markets for a period of 15 months. We also exclude consolidated sales centers when we do not expect to maintain the majority of the existing business and existing sales centers that are consolidated with acquired sales centers.
We generally allocate corporate overhead expenses to excluded sales centers on the basis of their net sales as a percentage of total net sales. After 15 months of operations, we include acquired, consolidated and new market sales centers in the base business calculation including the comparative prior year period.
The table below summarizes the changes in our sales center count in the first nine months of 2019.
December 31, 2018 | 364 | |||
Acquired locations | 4 | |||
New locations | 7 | |||
Closed/consolidated locations | (3 | ) | ||
September 30, 2019 | 372 |
Adjusted EBITDA
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income or net loss plus interest and other non-operating expenses, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, share-based compensation, goodwill and other non-cash impairments and equity earnings or loss in unconsolidated investments. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of cash flow or liquidity as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We have included Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because we believe that it is widely used by our investors, industry analysts and others as a useful supplemental liquidity measure in conjunction with cash flows provided by or used in operating activities to help investors understand our ability to provide cash flows to fund growth, service debt and pay dividends as well as compare our cash flow generating capacity from year to year.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, operating income or loss, net income or loss, cash flows provided by or used in operating, investing and financing activities or other income statement or cash flow statement line items reported in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, which may limit its usefulness as a comparative measure.
The table below presents a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA.
(Unaudited) | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 79,525 | $ | 69,261 | $ | 243,551 | $ | 217,649 | |||||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||||
Interest and other non-operating expenses (1) | 5,498 | 4,931 | 18,538 | 14,449 | |||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 19,593 | 18,206 | 53,569 | 55,989 | |||||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 3,649 | 3,312 | 10,243 | 9,793 | |||||||||||||
Equity earnings in unconsolidated investments | (76 | ) | (61 | ) | (210 | ) | (167 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation | 7,090 | 6,611 | 20,648 | 19,499 | |||||||||||||
Amortization (2) | 229 | 276 | 726 | 827 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 115,508 | $ | 102,536 | $ | 347,065 | $ | 318,039 |
The table below presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net cash provided by operating activities. Please see page 6 for our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
(Unaudited) | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 115,508 | $ | 102,536 | $ | 347,065 | $ | 318,039 | |||||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||||
Interest and other non-operating expenses, net of interest income | (5,390 | ) | (4,737 | ) | (18,215 | ) | (13,868 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (19,593 | ) | (18,206 | ) | (53,569 | ) | (55,989 | ) | |||||||||
Other | 2,776 | 1,723 | 5,334 | 3,584 | |||||||||||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities | 52,511 | 6,753 | (37,362 | ) | (200,506 | ) | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 145,812 | $ | 88,069 | $ | 243,253 | $ | 51,260 |
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