SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Communities, Inc. , a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates manufactured housing communities, today reported first quarter results.
During the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, total revenues increased 5.9 percent to $65.0 million, compared with $61.4 million in the first quarter of 2007. Net loss for the first quarter of 2008 was $(3.1) million or $(0.17) per diluted common share, compared with net income of $0.05 million, or $0.00 per diluted common share for the same period in 2007. Funds from operations (FFO)(1) were $11.0 million or $0.54 per diluted share/OP Unit in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to $15.5 million or $0.76 per diluted share/OP Unit in the first quarter of 2007.
Included in net loss for the period is equity loss from affiliate of $4.8 million from Origen Financial, Inc. ("Origen"). FFO would have been $15.9 million, or $0.78 per diluted share/OP Unit, without this equity loss from affiliate. Origen's business operations were severely hampered by the recent credit crisis causing the company to suspend originating loans on its own behalf, its primary business function, in March 2008. Origen has recently announced the potential sale of its servicing platform and its board of directors is continuing to review strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value.
For 135 communities owned throughout both years, total revenues increased 1.9 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and expenses increased 2.1 percent, resulting in an increase in net operating income(2) of 1.8 percent. Same property occupancy in the manufactured housing sites was 82.4 percent at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
Manufactured housing revenue producing sites increased by 6 sites during the first quarter of 2008 compared to an increase of 144 sites during the first quarter of 2007. Portfolio occupancy, excluding the rental program, would have declined by only 108 sites, the best first quarter performance in over five years. Also, net home purchases in the first quarter were 93, or an annualized rate of 372, compared to 573 and 851 net home purchases in 2007 and 2006, respectively.
"The improvement in occupancy statistics, without regard to the rental program, is an encouraging sign that the portfolio is nearing normalized occupancy changes and that the Company's dependence on its rental program may be reaching its inflection point," said Gary A. Shiffman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
The Company sold 227 new and pre-owned homes during the first quarter of 2008 as compared to 185 sold during the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Rental home sales, included in total new and pre-owned home sales above, were 136 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to 87 rental home sales in the first quarter of 2007.
The Company rented an additional 114 homes in the first quarter of 2008 bringing the total number of occupied rentals to 5,442 at March 31, 2008, as reflected in the accompanying table. Rental rates for the homes, including site rent, have increased approximately 3.6 percent over the past twelve months from an average of $697 per month at March 31, 2007 to an average of $722 per month at March 31, 2008.
"We are pleased with the financial results of the portfolio for the first quarter of 2008. While smoothly transitioning key management positions, the Company and its employees remained focused on fundamental operating metrics and were successful in achieving budgeted results," said Shiffman. "New repossessions continued to decline on a comparative basis both quarter over quarter and as an annual run rate to the previous year, while applications for both rentals and sales have increased," Shiffman added.
A conference call to discuss first quarter operating results will be held on May 12, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time. To participate, call toll-free 877-407-9039. Callers outside the U.S. or Canada can access the call at 201-689-8470. A replay will be available following the call through May 26, 2008, and can be accessed by dialing 877-660-6853 from the U.S. or 201-612-7415 outside the U.S. or Canada. The account number for the replay is 3055 and the ID number is 282472. The conference call will be available live on Sun Communities website http://www.suncommunities.com/. Replay will also be available on the website.
Sun Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that currently owns and operates a portfolio of 136 communities comprising 47,611 developed sites and approximately 6,600 sites suitable for development mainly in the Midwest and Southeast United States.
(1) Funds from operations ("FFO") is defined by the National Association
of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") as net income (computed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles), excluding
gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, plus
real estate-related depreciation and amortization, and after
adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is
a non-GAAP financial measure that management believes is a useful
supplemental measure of the Company's operating performance.
Management generally considers FFO to be a useful measure for
reviewing comparative operating and financial performance because, by
excluding gains and losses related to sales of previously depreciated
operating real estate assets and excluding real estate asset
depreciation and amortization (which can vary among owners of
identical assets in similar condition based on historical cost
accounting and useful life estimates), FFO provides a performance
measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the impact to
operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating
costs, providing perspective not readily apparent from net income.
Management believes that the use of FFO has been beneficial in
improving the understanding of operating results of REITs among the
investing public and making comparisons of REIT operating results more
meaningful.
Because FFO excludes significant economic components of net income
including depreciation and amortization, FFO should be used as an
adjunct to net income and not as an alternative to net income. The
principal limitation of FFO is that it does not represent cash flow
from operations as defined by GAAP and is a supplemental measure of
performance that does not replace net income as a measure of
performance or net cash provided by operating activities as a measure
of liquidity. In addition, FFO is not intended as a measure of a
REIT's ability to meet debt principal repayments and other cash
requirements, nor as a measure of working capital. FFO only provides
investors with an additional performance measure. Other REITs may use
different methods for calculating FFO and, accordingly, the Company's
FFO may not be comparable to other REITs.
(2) Investors in and analysts following the real estate industry utilize
net operating income ("NOI") as a supplemental performance measure.
NOI is derived from revenues (determined in accordance with GAAP)
minus property operating expenses and real estate taxes (determined in
accordance with GAAP). NOI does not represent cash generated from
operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be
considered to be an alternative to net income (determined in
accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company's financial
performance or to be an alternative to cash flow from operating
activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the
Company's liquidity; nor is it indicative of funds available for the
Company's cash needs, including its ability to make cash
distributions. The Company believes that net income is the most
directly comparable GAAP measurement to net operating income. Net
income includes interest and depreciation and amortization which often
have no effect on the market value of a property and therefore limit
its use as a performance measure. In addition, such expenses are often
incurred at a parent company level and therefore are not necessarily
linked to the performance of a real estate asset. The Company believes
that net operating income is helpful to investors as a measure of
operating performance because it is an indicator of the return on
property investment, and provides a method of comparing property
performance over time. The Company uses NOI as a key management tool
when evaluating performance and growth of particular properties and/or
groups of properties. The principal limitation of NOI is that it
excludes depreciation, amortization and non-property specific expenses
such as general and administrative expenses, all of which are
significant costs, and therefore, NOI is a measure of the operating
performance of the properties of the Company rather than of the
Company overall.
For more information about Sun Communities, Inc.
visit our website at http://www.suncommunities.com/
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains various "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Company intends that such forward-looking statements will be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. The words "will," "may," "could," "expect," "anticipate," "believes," "intends," "should," "plans," "estimates," "approximate," "guidance" and similar expressions identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance, but involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific to the matters discussed in this press release. These risks and uncertainties may cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include the ability of manufactured home buyers to obtain financing, the level of repossessions by manufactured home lenders and those referenced under the headings entitled "Factors That May Affect Future Results" or "Risk Factors" contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward- looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the Company's expectations of future events.
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Amounts in thousands except for per share data)
(Unaudited)
2008 2007
REVENUES
Income from real property $50,553 $49,466
Revenue from home sales 7,503 6,150
Rental home revenue 4,996 4,439
Ancillary revenues, net 226 263
Interest 805 789
Other income 871 250
Total revenues 64,954 61,357
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Property operating and maintenance 12,361 11,946
Real estate taxes 4,169 4,098
Cost of home sales 5,839 4,924
Rental home operating and maintenance 3,466 3,140
General and administrative - real property 4,172 4,385
General and administrative - home sales
and rentals 1,612 1,658
Depreciation and amortization 16,005 15,350
Interest 15,380 15,169
Interest on mandatorily redeemable debt 844 917
Total expenses 63,848 61,587
Equity income (loss) from affiliate (4,830) 307
Income (loss) before income tax and
minority interest (3,724) 77
Less: Provision (benefit) for state income
taxes (235) 25
Income (loss) from operations (3,489) 52
Less: Income (loss) allocated to minority
interest (394) 6
Net income (loss) $(3,095) $46
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 18,077 17,841
Diluted 18,077 17,985
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per
share: $(0.17) $0.00
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Amounts in thousands except for per share data)
(Unaudited)
2008 2007
Net income (loss) $(3,095)(3) $46
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization 16,449 15,572
Valuation adjustment (4) - (122)
Provision for state income tax (5) (389) -
Gain on disposition of assets, net (1,542) (2)
Income (loss) allocated to minority interest (394) 6
Funds from operations (FFO) $11,029 $15,500
Weighted average common shares/OP Units
outstanding:
Basic 20,379 20,143
Diluted 20,436 20,287
FFO per weighted average Common Share/OP
Unit - Basic $0.54 $0.77
FFO per weighted average Common Share/OP
Unit - Diluted $0.54 $0.76
(3) Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2008 includes a $4.8
million equity loss from affiliate (Origen). The table below is
adjusted to exclude this amount:
2008
Net income (loss) as reported $(3,095)
Equity loss from affiliate adjustment 4,830
Adjustment to loss allocated to common
minority interest (545)
Adjusted net income $1,190
Depreciation and amortization 16,449
Valuation adjustment -
Provision for state income tax (389)
Gain on disposition of assets, net (1,542)
Income allocated to common minority interests 151
Adjusted Funds from operations (FFO) $15,859
Adjusted FFO per weighted avg. Common Share/OP
Unit - Diluted $0.78
(4) The Company had an interest rate swap, which matured in July 2007,
which was not eligible for hedge accounting. Accordingly, the
valuation adjustment (the theoretical non-cash profit or loss if the
swap contract were to be terminated at the balance sheet date) was
recorded in interest expense. If held to maturity the net cumulative
valuation adjustment would approximate zero. The Company had no
intention of terminating the swap prior to maturity and therefore
excluded the valuation adjustment from FFO so as not to distort this
comparative measure.
(5) This tax provision represents the reversal of potential future state
taxes payable on sale of company assets added back to FFO in a prior
period.
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.
SELECTED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
March 31, 2008 December 31, 2007
Investment property before
accumulated depreciation $1,543,398 $1,538,426
Total assets $1,233,197 $1,245,823
Total debt $1,191,635 $1,187,675
Total minority interests and
stockholders' equity $8,531 $26,046
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
2008 2007
Net income (loss) $(3,095) $46
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps (1,416) (254)
Comprehensive loss $(4,51) $(208)
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SAME PROPERTY RESULTS
For 135 communities owned throughout both years (amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 2007 % change
Total revenue $48,227 $47,326 1.9%
Total expense 13,511 13,230 2.1%
Net operating income(2) $34,716 $34,096 1.8%
Same property occupancy and average monthly rent information at March 31, 2008 and 2007:
2008 2007
Total manufactured housing sites 42,135 42,114
Occupied manufactured housing sites 34,705 34,974
Manufactured housing occupancy % 82.4% 83.0%
Average monthly rent per site $385 $374
RENTAL PROGRAM SUMMARY
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2008 2007
Rental home revenue $4,996 $4,439
Site rent included in Income from
real property 5,981 5,065
Rental program revenue 10,977 9,504
Expenses
Payroll and commissions 523 493
Repairs and refurbishment 1,523 1,432
Taxes and insurance 691 581
Other 729 634
Rental program operating and
maintenance 3,466 3,140
Net operating income (2) $7,511 $6,364
Occupied rental homes information at March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands except for *):
2008 2007
Number of occupied rentals, end of period* 5,442 4,860
Cost of occupied rental homes $164,712 $144,215
Weighted average monthly rental rate* $722 $697
Sun Communities, Inc.
