MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
(NYSE American: ), the nation's oldest publicly traded senior health care company, announced today net operating revenues and CARES Act funding for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 totaled $250,626,000 compared to $247,067,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, an increase of 1.4%. The CARES Act funding is intended to partially offset COVID-19 expenses and lost revenues. Excluding the CARES Act funding recorded during the third quarter of 2020, net operating revenues would have decreased 3.5% compared to the third quarter of 2019.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the reported GAAP net income attributable to NHC was $12,849,000 compared to $19,461,000 for the third quarter of 2019. Excluding the unrealized gains and losses in our marketable equity securities portfolio and other non-GAAP adjustments, adjusted net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was $13,475,000 compared to $12,934,000 for the third quarter of 2019, an increase of 4.2% (*). For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the reported GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.84 and the adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.88 (*).
(*) - See the tables below that provide a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP items.
About NHC
NHC affiliates operate for themselves and third parties 76 skilled nursing facilities with 9,633 beds. NHC affiliates also operate 24 assisted living communities, five independent living communities, one behavioral health hospital and 35 homecare programs. NHC’s other services include Alzheimer’s and memory care units, hospice services, pharmacy services, a rehabilitation services company, and providing management and accounting services to third party post-acute operators. Other information about the company can be found on our web site at .
Non-GAAP Financial Presentation
The Company is providing certain non-GAAP financial measures as the Company believes that these figures are helpful in allowing investors to more accurately assess the ongoing nature of the Company’s operations and measure the Company’s performance more consistently across periods. Therefore, the Company believes this information is meaningful in addition to the information contained in the GAAP presentation of financial information. The presentation of this additional non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. NHC cautions investors that any forward-looking statements made involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. The risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in reports filed by NHC with the S.E.C., including Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K, and include, among others, the following: liabilities and other claims asserted against us and patient care liabilities, as well as the resolution of current litigation; availability of insurance and assets for indemnification; national and local economic conditions; including their effect on the availability and cost of labor, utilities and materials; the effect of government regulations and changes in regulations governing the healthcare industry, including our compliance with such regulations; changes in Medicare and Medicaid payment levels and methodologies and the application of such methodologies by the government and its fiscal intermediaries; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in the S.E.C. filings. The risks included here are not exhaustive. All forward-looking statements represent NHC’s best judgment as of the date of this release.
| Consolidated Statements of Income | ||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
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September 30 |
|
September 30 |
||||||||||||||
2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
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(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
||||||||||||||
| Revenues and grant income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net patient revenues | $ |
227,383 |
|
$ |
235,090 |
|
$ |
697,149 |
|
$ |
706,465 |
|
||||
| Other revenues |
|
11,111 |
|
|
11,977 |
|
|
34,463 |
|
|
36,038 |
|
||||
| Government stimulus income |
|
12,132 |
|
|
- |
|
|
36,780 |
|
|
- |
|
||||
| Net operating revenues and grant income |
|
250,626 |
|
|
247,067 |
|
|
768,392 |
|
|
742,503 |
|
||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Salaries, wages and benefits |
|
151,564 |
|
|
152,175 |
|
|
455,947 |
|
|
441,441 |
|
||||
| Other operating |
|
70,887 |
|
|
66,730 |
|
|
213,416 |
|
|
203,760 |
|
||||
| Facility rent |
|
10,320 |
|
|
10,167 |
|
|
30,972 |
|
|
30,602 |
|
||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
10,548 |
|
|
10,663 |
|
|
31,531 |
|
|
31,515 |
|
||||
| Interest |
|
285 |
|
|
764 |
|
|
1,150 |
|
|
2,644 |
|
||||
| Total costs and expenses |
|
243,604 |
|
|
240,499 |
|
|
733,016 |
|
|
709,962 |
|
||||
| Income from operations |
|
7,022 |
|
|
6,568 |
|
|
35,376 |
|
|
32,541 |
|
||||
| Non-operating income |
|
6,478 |
|
|
6,663 |
|
|
20,578 |
|
|
20,936 |
|
||||
| Unrealized gains/(losses) on marketable equity securities |
|
(241 |
) |
|
9,312 |
|
|
(40,580 |
) |
|
16,096 |
|
||||
| Income before income taxes |
|
13,259 |
|
|
22,543 |
|
|
15,374 |
|
|
69,573 |
|
||||
| Income tax provision |
|
(391 |
) |
|
(3,167 |
) |
|
(800 |
) |
|
(15,284 |
) |
||||
| Net income |
|
12,868 |
|
|
19,376 |
|
|
14,574 |
|
|
54,289 |
|
||||
| Net (income)/loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |
|
(19 |
) |
|
85 |
|
|
(253 |
) |
|
152 |
|
||||
| Net income attributable to National HealthCare Corporation | $ |
12,849 |
|
$ |
19,461 |
|
$ |
14,321 |
|
$ |
54,441 |
|
||||
| Net income per common share | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
0.84 |
|
$ |
1.27 |
|
$ |
0.94 |
|
$ |
3.57 |
|
||||
| Diluted | $ |
0.84 |
|
$ |
1.27 |
|
$ |
0.93 |
|
$ |
3.55 |
|
||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic |
|
15,310,754 |
|
|
15,275,709 |
|
|
15,304,235 |
|
|
15,267,250 |
|
||||
| Diluted |
|
15,371,311 |
|
|
15,373,617 |
|
|
15,368,775 |
|
|
15,350,308 |
|
||||
| Dividends declared per common share | $ |
0.52 |
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
$ |
1.56 |
|
$ |
1.54 |
|
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| Balance Sheet Data | ||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Sept. 30 |
|
Dec. 31 |
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2020 |
|
2019 |
||||||||||||||
(unaudited) |
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and marketable equity securities | $ |
296,638 |
|
$ |
202,787 |
|
||||||||||
| Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable debt securities |
|
154,393 |
|
|
158,082 |
|
||||||||||
| Current assets |
|
422,228 |
|
|
341,053 |
|
||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net |
|
530,616 |
|
|
535,430 |
|
||||||||||
| Total assets |
|
1,338,779 |
|
|
1,286,648 |
|
||||||||||
| Current liabilities |
|
259,673 |
|
|
194,763 |
|
||||||||||
| NHC stockholders' equity |
|
773,960 |
|
|
778,593 |
|
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| Selected Operating Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
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September 30 |
|
September 30 |
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2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
||||||||||
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
||||||||||||||
| Skilled Nursing Per Diems: | ||||||||||||||||
| Medicare | $ |
521.50 |
|
$ |
468.09 |
|
$ |
513.29 |
|
$ |
462.10 |
|
||||
| Managed Care |
|
413.11 |
|
|
396.05 |
|
|
405.68 |
|
|
393.79 |
|
||||
| Medicaid |
|
215.13 |
|
|
198.41 |
|
|
208.44 |
|
|
196.99 |
|
||||
| Private Pay and Other |
|
248.76 |
|
|
236.75 |
|
|
249.34 |
|
|
242.76 |
|
||||
| Average Skilled Nursing Per Diem | $ |
286.91 |
|
$ |
267.40 |
|
$ |
281.17 |
|
$ |
269.73 |
|
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| Skilled Nursing Patient Days: | ||||||||||||||||
| Medicare |
|
94,158 |
|
|
103,575 |
|
|
290,597 |
|
|
325,569 |
|
||||
| Managed Care |
|
53,319 |
|
|
63,442 |
|
|
165,544 |
|
|
188,735 |
|
||||
| Medicaid |
|
320,734 |
|
|
344,157 |
|
|
998,456 |
|
|
988,677 |
|
||||
| Private Pay and Other |
|
151,841 |
|
|
169,766 |
|
|
485,025 |
|
|
523,575 |
|
||||
| Total Skilled Nursing Patient Days |
|
620,052 |
|
|
680,940 |
|
|
1,939,622 |
|
|
2,026,556 |
|
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| The tables below provide reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP items (in thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited): | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
September 30 |
|
September 30 |
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2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
||||||||||
| Net income attributable to National Healthcare Corporation | $ |
12,849 |
|
$ |
19,461 |
|
$ |
14,321 |
|
$ |
54,441 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP adjustments | ||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized (gains)/losses on marketable equity securities |
|
241 |
|
|
(9,312 |
) |
|
40,580 |
|
|
(16,096 |
) |
||||
| Operating results for newly opened facilities not at full capacity (1) |
|
87 |
|
|
152 |
|
|
401 |
|
|
884 |
|
||||
| Gain on acquisitions of equity method investments |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(1,707 |
) |
|
(1,975 |
) |
||||
| Stock-based compensation expense |
|
518 |
|
|
340 |
|
|
1,807 |
|
|
1,448 |
|
||||
| Provision of income taxes on non-GAAP adjustments |
|
(220 |
) |
|
2,293 |
|
|
(10,681 |
) |
|
4,092 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP Net income | $ |
13,475 |
|
$ |
12,934 |
|
$ |
44,721 |
|
$ |
42,794 |
|
||||
| GAAP diluted earnings per share | $ |
0.84 |
|
$ |
1.27 |
|
$ |
0.93 |
|
$ |
3.55 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP adjustments | ||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gains on marketable equity securities |
|
0.01 |
|
|
(0.45 |
) |
|
1.95 |
|
|
(0.78 |
) |
||||
| Operating results for newly opened facilities not at full capacity (1) |
|
0.01 |
|
|
- |
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
0.04 |
|
||||
| Gain on acquisitions of equity method investments |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(0.08 |
) |
|
(0.09 |
) |
||||
| Stock-based compensation expense |
|
0.02 |
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
0.09 |
|
|
0.07 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share | $ |
0.88 |
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
$ |
2.91 |
|
$ |
2.79 |
|
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| (1) The newly opened facilities not at full capacity for the 2020 period presented consist of facilities opened from 2018 through 2020 (one memory care facility). The newly opened facilities for the 2019 period presented consist of facilities opened from 2017 through 2019 (one skilled nursing facility, two assisted living facilities, and one memory care facility). | ||||||||||||||||
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