Strong Start to the Year
CALGARY, Alberta, May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parkland Fuel Corporation, ("Parkland", "We", the "Company", or "Our") (TSX:PKI) announced today the financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 ("Q1 2019"). All financial figures are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
"Parkland had a very strong start for 2019,” said Bob Espey, President and Chief Executive Officer. "As demonstrated by our KPI's, the Parkland team delivered another standout quarter of growth on the back of disciplined execution, a robust marketing and logistics environment and healthy refining margins. This was also the first quarter with our new International business, and we are very pleased with the results to date.
2019 marks a significant milestone in the history of Parkland, as the Company celebrates its 50th anniversary as a publicly traded company. Parkland began as a single retail gas station in Red Deer, Alberta, and today supplies or owns over 2,600 retail sites across our operations. We are proud to service retail, commercial and wholesale customers throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region and the Americas. I would like to thank the entire Parkland team for their hard work and continued focus on safety to deliver another strong quarter.”
Parkland also announces that Mike McMillan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to move back to Ontario where he can spend more time with his family. The Company will immediately begin a search process to replace Mike, and he has agreed to support us until a successor has been named and an appropriate transition period is completed.
"Mike has made exceptional contributions during his ten years with Parkland," said Mr. Espey. "As CFO since 2015, his responsible stewardship of the Company's financial position has allowed Parkland to execute on its growth strategy and deliver outstanding results. Mike has been instrumental in numerous initiatives across the Company, including supporting acquisition and integration efforts and driving synergies. On behalf of the Board of Directors, and all of his colleagues at Parkland, I thank Mike for his commitment to our success and offer my very best wishes in his future endeavors."
Q1 2019 Highlights
Canada Retail Highlights
Canada Commercial Highlights
USA Highlights
International Highlights
Supply Highlights
Corporate Segment Highlights
Consolidated Financial Overview
($ millions, unless otherwise noted) | Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||||
Financial Summary | |||||||||||||
Sales and operating revenue | 4,215 | 3,342 | 1,765 | ||||||||||
Adjusted gross profit(1) | 697 | 430 | 191 | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA including non-controlling interest ("NCI") | 339 | 153 | 70 | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to NCI | 24 | — | — | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Parkland ("Adjusted EBITDA")(1) | 315 | 153 | 70 | ||||||||||
Net earnings | 91 | 20 | 22 | ||||||||||
Net earnings attributable to: | |||||||||||||
Parkland | 77 | 20 | 22 | ||||||||||
NCI | 14 | — | — | ||||||||||
Net earnings per share ($ per share) | |||||||||||||
Per share – basic | 0.53 | 0.15 | 0.23 | ||||||||||
Per share – diluted | 0.52 | 0.15 | 0.22 | ||||||||||
Distributable cash flow(2) | 122 | 29 | 38 | ||||||||||
Per share(2)(3) | 0.84 | 0.22 | 0.40 | ||||||||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow(2) | 135 | 110 | 46 | ||||||||||
Per share(2)(3) | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.48 | ||||||||||
Dividends | 43 | 38 | 28 | ||||||||||
Dividends declared per share outstanding | 0.2951 | 0.2902 | 0.2852 | ||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio(2) | 35 | % | 131 | % | 72 | % | |||||||
Adjusted dividend payout ratio(2) | 32 | % | 35 | % | 60 | % | |||||||
Total assets | 8,998 | 5,492 | 2,469 | ||||||||||
Total long-term liabilities | 5,108 | 2,524 | 690 | ||||||||||
Shares outstanding (millions) | 146 | 132 | 97 | ||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares (millions) | 145 | 131 | 96 | ||||||||||
Operating Summary | |||||||||||||
Fuel and petroleum product volume (million litres)(4) | 5,336 | 4,211 | 2,756 | ||||||||||
Fuel and petroleum product adjusted gross profit(2) (cpl)(5)(7) | |||||||||||||
Canada Retail | 7.59 | 7.88 | 5.25 | ||||||||||
Canada Commercial(6) | 7.91 | 6.74 | 7.11 | ||||||||||
USA | 4.53 | 3.65 | 3.58 | ||||||||||
International | 11.95 | — | — | ||||||||||
Refinery utilization(3) | 92.0 | % | 33.2 | % | — | % |
(1) Measure of segment profit. See Section 13 of the MD&A.
(2) Non-GAAP financial measure. See Section 13 of the MD&A.
(3) Calculated using the weighted average number of common shares.
(4) Fuel and petroleum product volume represents external volumes only. Intersegment volumes, including volumes produced by the Burnaby Refinery and transferred to the Canada Retail and Canada Commercial segments, are excluded from this reported volume.
(5) "cpl" stands for cents-per-litre and is a key performance indicator. See Section 13 of the MD&A.
(6) For comparative purposes, fuel and petroleum product volume, and sales and operating revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2018 were restated due to a change in segment presentation, resulting from a reclassification of wholesale customers from the Supply segment to the Canada Commercial segment, reflecting a change in organizational structure in 2019.
(7) Key performance indicator. See Sections 4 and 13 of the MD&A.
The following table outlines the impact of IFRS 16 on Adjusted EBITDA as reported for the three months ended March 31, 2019:
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA as reported | IFRS 16 Impact | Pre-IFRS 16 Amount(1) | Adjusted EBITDA as reported | |||||||||||||||
Canada Retail | 73 | (5 | ) | 68 | 69 | |||||||||||||
Canada Commercial | 44 | (1 | ) | 43 | 38 | |||||||||||||
USA | 11 | — | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Supply | 143 | (6 | ) | 137 | 71 | |||||||||||||
International | 71 | (14 | ) | 57 | — | |||||||||||||
Corporate | (27 | ) | (1 | ) | (28 | ) | (29 | ) | ||||||||||
Consolidated | 315 | (27 | ) | 288 | 153 |
(1) Pre-IFRS 16 amounts are comparable to the reported information in Q1 2018, which was calculated under IAS 17.
2019 Outlook & Guidance Range
Parkland will remain focused on its key strategies of organic growth, building a strong supply advantage and acquiring prudently. Our 2019 Guidance for Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Parkland, prior to the impact of IFRS 16, remains $960 million with anticipated variance of up to 5 percent.
The Adjusted EBITDA impact of adopting IFRS 16 was $27 million during Q1 2019 and is expected to be approximately $105 million for full-year 2019. As a result, our 2019 Guidance for Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Parkland, including the impact of IFRS 16, is $1,065 million with an anticipated variance of up to 5% (the "2019 Guidance Range"). Our Q1 2019 results give us a high level of confidence in our 2019 Guidance Range.
In addition, the Company continues to expect approximately $200 million of growth capital expenditures and $200 million of maintenance capital expenditures in 2019.
The 2019 Guidance Range includes some key assumptions highlighted below:
In addition, the factors and assumptions which contribute to Parkland's assessment of the 2019 Guidance Range are consistent with existing Parkland disclosure and such guidance range is subject to risks and uncertainties inherent in Parkland's business. Readers are directed to the "Risk Factors" section in the Annual MD&A and the Annual Information Form for a description of such factors, assumptions, risks and uncertainties.
Conference Call and Webcast Details
Parkland will host a webcast and conference call on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 6:30am MDT (8:30am EDT) to discuss the results.
To listen to the live webcast and watch the presentation, please use the following link:
https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1985616/DF7D3C78C608DF8C797A716E1CE5B7A1
Analysts and institutional investors interested in participating in the question and answer session of the conference call may do so by calling 1-888-390-0605 (toll-free) (Conference ID: 86334895). International participants can call 1-587-880-2175 (toll) (Conference ID: 86334895).
Please connect and log in approximately 10 minutes before the beginning of the call.
The webcast will be available for replay two hours after the conference call ends at the link above. It will remain available for one year and will also be posted to www.parkland.ca.
Annual General Meeting
Parkland Fuel Corporation’s 2019 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 9:00am MDT at the Metropolitan Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta. This year’s AGM will mark a significant milestone in the history of Parkland, as the Company celebrates its 50th anniversary as a publicly traded company.
MD&A and Consolidated Financial Statements
The Q1 2019 MD&A and Q1 2019 FS provide a detailed explanation of Parkland's operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019. An English version of these documents will be available online at www.parkland.ca and SEDAR immediately after the results are released by newswire under Parkland's profile at www.sedar.com. French Financial Statements and MD&A will be posted to www.parkland.ca and SEDAR as soon as they become available.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information and statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). When used in this news release the words "expect", "will", "could", "would", "believe", "continue", "pursue" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements with respect to, among other things, cash flow growth, run-rate synergies, private label program expansion, fuel volume growth, new business objectives, organic growth initiatives, growth of supply and trading business in the U.S. and Caribbean, Adjusted EBITDA Guidance, capital and maintenance expenditure forecasts, contribution of the Sol business and 2018 U.S. acquisitions, strategic marketing and operational efforts to increase fuel volume, expected launch of marketing and loyalty programs, forecast crack spreads and refining margins, U.S. growth opportunities, seasonal EBITDA and volume projections, and supply improvement and optimization and plans and objectives of or involving Parkland.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release. Parkland does not undertake any obligations to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by securities law. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of numerous risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, general economic, market and business conditions; industry capacity; competitive action by other companies; refining and marketing margins; the ability of suppliers to meet commitments; actions by governmental authorities and other regulators including but not limited to increases in taxes or restricted access to markets; changes and developments in environmental and other regulations; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Parkland. See also the risks and uncertainties described in "Forward-Looking Information" and "Risk Factors" included in Parkland's Annual Information Form dated March 27, 2019 and in "Forward-Looking Information" and "Risk Factors" in the Q1 2019 MD&A, each as filed on SEDAR and available on the Parkland website at www.parkland.ca.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This news release refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures that are not determined in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). Distributable cash flow, distributable cash flow per share, adjusted distributable cash flow, adjusted distributable cash flow per share, dividend payout ratio and adjusted dividend payout ratio are not measures recognized under IFRS and do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS. Management considers these to be important supplemental measures of Parkland's performance and believes these measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in its industries. See Section 13 of the Q1 2019 MD&A for a discussion of non-GAAP measures and their reconciliations to the nearest applicable IFRS measure.
Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted gross profit are measures of segment profit. See Section 13 of the Q1 2019 MD&A and Note 20 of the Q1 2019 FS for a reconciliation of these measures of segment profit. Annual Synergies is an annualized measure and is considered to be forward-looking information. See Section 10 of the Q1 2019 MD&A. Investors are encouraged to evaluate each measure and the reasons Parkland considers it appropriate for supplemental analysis.
Effective January 1, 2019, Parkland adopted the new accounting standard, IFRS 16 - Leases ("IFRS 16"). The adoption of IFRS 16 has a significant effect on Parkland's reported results. Due to Parkland's selected transition method, it has not restated its prior year comparatives. Certain financial statement measures are presented excluding the impact of IFRS 16 ("Pre-IFRS 16 measures"). Refer to the Q1 2019 FS and Q1 2019 MD&A for reconciliations of Pre-IFRS 16 measures.
Investors are cautioned, however, that these measures should not be construed as an alternative to net earnings determined in accordance with IFRS as an indication of Parkland's performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
About Parkland Fuel Corporation
Parkland is an independent supplier and marketer of fuel and petroleum products and a leading convenience store operator. Parkland services customers across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region and the Americas through three channels: Retail, Commercial and Wholesale. Parkland optimizes its fuel supply across these three channels by operating and leveraging a growing portfolio of supply relationships and storage infrastructure. Parkland provides trusted and locally relevant fuel brands and convenience store offerings in the communities it serves.
Parkland creates value for shareholders by focusing on its proven strategy of growing organically, realizing a supply advantage and acquiring prudently and integrating successfully. At the core of our strategy are our people, as well as our values of safety, integrity, community and respect, which are embraced across our organization.
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