The Ensign Group, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2007 Earnings
Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for March 7, 2008 at 2:00 pm ET MISSION VIEJO, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign(TM) group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, today reported results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended 2007.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071213/LATH168LOGO ) Highlights of the Fourth Quarter Include:
-- Total revenue was $109.0 million, up 11.8% from the prior year
The company reported fourth quarter 2007 net income of $6.2 million or $0.32 per diluted share, compared to $5.4 million or $0.31 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2006. Commenting on the results, Ensign President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Christensen said, "We are pleased with our fourth quarter 2007 performance. We believe that these results represent a strong validation of Ensign's business model and demonstrate robust momentum heading into 2008." For the year ended December 31, 2007, total net revenue was $411.3 million, up 14.7% compared to $358.6 million for the fiscal year 2006. On a same-facility basis, total revenue for the year ended 2007 increased 2.3% from the comparable period in 2006. In addition, revenue generated by facilities acquired in 2006 and 2007 increased $45.0 million. The company reported net income for the year ended 2007 of $20.5 million or $1.17 per diluted share compared to $22.5 million or $1.34 per diluted share for the year ended 2006. EBITDAR for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $60.4 million as compared to EBITDAR of $59.5 million for the comparable period in 2006. EBITDAR is a non-GAAP financial measure. A discussion of the company's use of this non-GAAP financial measure is set forth below, and a reconciliation of net income to EBITDAR for the fourth quarter 2007 and 2006 and the year ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, appears in the financial data portion of this release. More complete information is contained in the Company's 10-K, which was filed with the SEC today and can be viewed on the Company's website at http://www.ensigngroup.net/. Recent Highlights On February 21, 2008, Ensign operating subsidiaries expanded their credit facility with GE Healthcare Financial Services to $50.0 million and extended it for an additional five years. In addition to funding working capital, the credit facility also supports Ensign's growth strategy of acquiring underperforming facilities that cannot typically be financed with conventional acquisition loans. The new loan carries borrowing options that allow Ensign to draw short-term revolving credit borrowings, or one to six month LIBOR-based fixed-rate borrowings, at Ensign's option. On February 1, 2008, Covey C. Christensen became the President of The Flagstone Group, Inc., the Ensign subsidiary responsible for supporting fifteen Southern California operating locations located throughout Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties. He replaced Christopher Christensen, who had been doing double duty as both Ensign's CEO and Flagstone's interim President since May 2007. The Company's intention to install a permanent leader for Flagstone was previously disclosed in Ensign's recent Registration Statement on Form S-1 and Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2007. Ensign also recently announced that its Waverly Park skilled nursing facility in Tucson, Arizona has successfully graduated from the Special Focus Facility Program established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The 200-bed skilled nursing facility was in bankruptcy when Ensign acquired it, and was placed on Special Focus status by CMS in 2005 based on its long history of what CMS calls "yo-yo" compliance. The challenging clinical turnaround concluded when the facility passed its final Special Focus inspection in November 2007 with a nearly unheard-of one-deficiency survey report. Ensign now has two additional facilities that have been named to the Special Focus Facility list. CMS and state regulators selected the two based on their last three years of regulatory history, even though Ensign acquired them much more recently. One of the facilities, Mt. Ogden Rehab & Care Center in Ogden, Utah, has already had one successful survey by state regulators since Ensign took it over. 2008 Guidance Ensign currently expects revenue of $450.0 million to $454.0 million and fully diluted earnings per share between $1.27 and $1.32 for fiscal year 2008. This guidance assumes, among other things, no additional acquisitions or dispositions, a continued stable Medicare reimbursement environment and no net changes in the Medicaid environment. Conference Call A live webcast will be held on Friday, March 7, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss Ensign's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 financial results. To listen to the webcast, or to view any financial or other statistical information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investors section of the Ensign website at http://investor.ensigngroup.net/. The webcast will be recorded, and will be available for replay via the website until 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, March 17, 2008.
About Ensign(TM) The Ensign Group, Inc.'s operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for both long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients, at 61 facilities located in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah and Idaho. Each of these facilities is operated by a separate, wholly-owned independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. The use of "we," "us," "our" and similar words in this release is not meant to imply that these facilities are operated by the same entity. More information about Ensign is available at http://www.ensigngroup.net/. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains, and the related conference call and webcast will include, forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations, assumptions and beliefs about our business, financial performance, operating results, the industry in which we operate and other future events. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our growth prospects, future operating and financial performance, are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to materially and adversely differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. These risks and uncertainties relate to our business, our industry and our common stock and include: reduced prices and reimbursement rates for our services; our ability to acquire, develop, manage or improve facilities, our ability to manage our increasing borrowing costs as we incur additional indebtedness to fund the acquisition and development of facilities; our ability to access capital on a cost-effective basis to continue to successfully implement our growth strategy; our operating margins and profitability could suffer if we are unable to grow and manage effectively our increasing number of facilities; competition from other companies in the acquisition, development and operation of facilities; and the application of existing or proposed government regulations, or the adoption of new laws and regulations, that could limit our business operations, require us to incur significant expenditures or limit our ability to relocate our facilities if necessary. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and are encouraged to review our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K, which was filed today, for a more complete discussion of the risks and other factors that could affect Ensign's business, prospects and any forward-looking statements. Except as required by the federal securities laws, Ensign does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changing circumstances or any other reason after the date of this press release. Consolidated Statements of Income Three Months Ended Year Ended Revenue $108,979 $97,509 $411,318 $358,574 Expense: Facility rent-cost of General and Depreciation and Income from operations 10,709 9,561 36,718 38,892 Other income (expense): Interest income 584 272 1,558 772 Income before provision Provision for income Net income per share: Basic $0.35 $0.39 $1.39 $1.66 Basic 17,566 13,393 14,497 13,366 Consolidated Balance Sheets December 31, Cash and cash equivalents $51,732 $25,491 Other current assets 68,631 58,314 Total current assets 120,363 83,805 Property and equipment, net 124,861 87,133 Other assets 22,165 19,593 Total assets $267,389 $190,531 Liabilities and stockholders' equity Current liabilities: Current liabilities, excluding current Current maturities of long-term debt 2,993 941 Total current liabilities 57,394 55,524 Long-term debt-less current maturities 60,577 63,587 Other long-term liabilities 19,741 17,548 Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock -- 2,725 Total Stockholders' equity 129,677 51,147 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $267,389 $190,531
Three Months Ended Net income $6,229 $5,350 $20,527 $22,549 Interest expense, net 622 647 3,286 2,218 Provision for income taxes Facility rent -- cost of EBITDAR $16,835 $15,065 $60,359 $59,517 Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
First Call Analyst: Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071213/LATH168LOGO CONTACT: Daniel Walker of The Ensign Group, Inc., +1-949-540-1247 Web site: http://www.ensigngroup.net/
2008-03-06 18:15:30 0306903 PRNEWSWIRE
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