Pope Resources (NASDAQ:POPEZ)
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Pope Resources (Nasdaq:POPEZ) reported net income of $854,000, or $0.18
per diluted ownership unit, on revenues of $6.8 million for the first
quarter ended March 31, 2007. This compares to net income of $5.3
million, or $1.11 per diluted ownership unit, on revenues of $16.1
million for the comparable period in 2006.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion, and
amortization (EBITDDA) were $1.8 million for the current quarter versus
$8.8 million for the comparable period in 2006.
“Our significant decline in first quarter
earnings compared to 2006 was due primarily to a 54% drop in harvest
volume coupled with a 5% decline in average realized log prices,”
said David L. Nunes, President and CEO. “This
decline in harvest volume was a result of a decision to shift more of
our planned annual harvest volume to later in the year as a response to
significantly weakened market dynamics associated with a softer housing
market. As a result, we harvested just 18% of our planned annual harvest
volume in the first three months of this year, which compares with 40%
of our annual harvest during the first quarter of 2006.”
Operating income generated by our Fee Timber segment decreased to $2.4
million from $6.2 million in 2006, due to the aforementioned drop in
harvest volume and decline in average realized log prices. Harvest
volume for the first quarter of 2007 was 10 million board feet (MMBF)
compared to 22 MMBF for the comparable quarter in 2006. Average log
realizations declined by $30 per thousand board feet (MBF), or 5%, from
$608 per MBF in the first quarter of 2006 to $578 per MBF in the first
quarter of 2007. While prices for our bellwether domestic Douglas-fir
sawlogs were down 10% for the quarter, our overall average realized log
price declined at only half that rate due to a substantial increase in
pulp log prices. These prices were up due to a regional curtailment of
sawmill production which in turn resulted in higher chip prices given
reduced availability of residual chip volume in the market. We took
advantage of this market dynamic and shifted our harvest mix to include
a higher proportion of lower quality pulpwood stands.
Our Timberland Management & Consulting segment posted an operating loss
of $131,000 versus operating income of $1.3 million for the comparable
period in 2006. The primary factor contributing to this decline was a
nonrecurring timberland disposition fee earned in the first quarter of
2006. We also had fewer acres under management in the current quarter
compared to a year ago as a result of the disposition of client-owned
property. This decline in acres under management was partially offset by
the acquisition of 24,000 acres of timberland by ORM Timber Fund I, LP
in the fourth quarter of 2006. On a positive note, we marked an
important milestone this quarter with the first timber harvest coming
from lands owned by the Fund. The financial results for Pope Resources’
20% ownership stake in the Fund are included in reported performance for
our Fee Timber segment.
Our Real Estate segment generated a loss in the first quarter of 2007 of
$561,000 compared to an operating loss of $339,000 in 2006’s
comparable period. On the heels of record results in 2006 we did not
have any closings in the first quarter of 2007 and anticipate that most
of the Real Estate revenue generated in 2007 will result from
recognizing approximately $8.6 million of deferred revenue from two
transactions that closed last year.
About Pope Resources
Pope Resources, a publicly traded limited partnership, and its
subsidiaries Olympic Resource Management and Olympic Property Group, own
or manage over 430,000 acres of timberland and development property in
Washington and Oregon. In addition, we provide forestry consulting and
timberland investment management services to third-party owners and
managers of timberland in Washington, Oregon, and California. The
company and its predecessor companies have owned and managed timberlands
and development properties for more than 150 years. Additional
information on the company can be found at www.poperesources.com.
The contents of our website are not incorporated into this release or
into our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This press release contains a number of projections and statements about
our expected financial condition, operating results, business plans and
objectives. These statements reflect management’s
estimates based on current goals and its expectations about future
developments. Because these statements describe our goals, objectives,
and anticipated performance, they are inherently uncertain, and some or
all of these statements may not come to pass. Accordingly, they should
not be interpreted as promises of future management actions or financial
performance. Our future actions and actual performance will vary from
current expectations and under various circumstances the results of
these variations may be material and adverse. Some of the factors that
may cause actual operating results and financial condition to fall short
of expectations include factors that affect our ability to anticipate
and respond adequately to fluctuations in the market prices for our
products; environmental and land use regulations that limit our ability
to harvest timber and develop property; labor, equipment and
transportation costs that affect our net income; our ability to discover
and to accurately estimate liabilities associated with our properties;
and economic conditions that affect consumer demand for our products and
the prices we receive for them. Other factors are set forth in that part
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled “Risk
Factors.” Other issues that may have an
adverse and material impact on our business, operating results, and
financial condition include those risks and uncertainties discussed in
our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made only as of the date
shown above, and we cannot undertake to update these statements.
Management considers earnings (net income or loss) before interest
expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization
(EBITDDA) to be an important measure of operating profitability,
particularly when comparing results between different timber-owning
companies because there are varying methods of calculating depletion
expense under GAAP. With different issuers employing various calculation
methodologies, disclosure of EBITDDA can make it easier for the reader
to make meaningful comparisons between the operating results and
cash-generating capabilities of different timber companies.
Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership
Unaudited
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATING DATA
(all amounts in $000's, except per unit amounts)
Three months ended March 31,
2007
2006
Revenues
$
6,787
$
16,083
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales
(2,837)
(6,425)
Operating expenses
(3,262)
(3,473)
Interest, net
9
(309)
Total expenses
(6,090)
(10,207)
Income before income taxes and minority interest
697
5,876
Income tax expense
(7)
(445)
Income before minority interest
690
5,431
Minority interest
164
(133)
Net income
$
854
$
5,298
Weighted average units outstanding - Basic (000's)
4,664
4,635
Weighted average units outstanding - Diluted (000's)
4,800
4,753
Basic net income per unit
$
0.18
$
1.14
Diluted net income per unit
$
0.18
$
1.11
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(All amounts in $000's)
March 31,
December 31,
2007
2006
Assets:
Cash and short-term investments
$
27,952
$
32,194
Other current assets
10,055
8,933
Roads and timber
97,674
98,110
Properties and equipment
39,584
39,026
Other assets
2,007
2,019
Total
$
177,272
$
180,282
Liabilities and partners' capital:
Current liabilities
$
12,886
$
14,775
Long-term debt, excluding current portion
29,576
30,866
Other long-term liabilities
329
351
Total liabilities
42,791
45,992
Minority interest-ORM Timber Fund I, LP
46,521
46,685
Partners' capital
87,960
87,605
Total
$
177,272
$
180,282
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN NET INCOME AND EBITDDA
(all amounts in $000's)
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Net income
$
854
$
5,298
Added back:
Interest, net
(9)
309
Depletion
711
2,573
Depreciation and amortization
202
185
Income tax expense
7
445
EBITDDA
$
1,765
$
8,810
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN CASH FROM OPERATIONS AND EBITDDA
(all amounts in $000's)
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Cash from operations
$
(811)
$
4,725
Added back:
Change in working capital
2,896
3,918
Minority interest
164
-
Interest
-
309
Income tax expense
7
445
Less:
Deferred revenue
(192)
(275)
Interest
(9)
-
Deferred taxes
-
(17)
Minority interest
-
(133)
Cost of land sold
(32)
(13)
Unit compensation
(258)
(149)
EBITDDA
$
1,765
$
8,810
SEGMENT INFORMATION
(all amounts in $000's)
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Revenues:
Fee Timber
$
6,192
$
13,724
Timberland Management & Consulting (TM&C)
352
2,024
Real Estate
243
335
Total
6,787
16,083
EBITDDA:
Fee Timber
3,363
8,877
TM&C
(110)
1,307
Real Estate
(517)
(305)
General & administrative
(971)
(1,069)
Total
1,765
8,810
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:
Fee Timber
794
2,645
TM&C
21
16
Real Estate
44
34
General & administrative
54
63
Total
913
2,758
Operating income (loss):
Fee Timber
2,405
6,232
TM&C
(131)
1,296
Real Estate
(561)
(339)
General & administrative
(1,025)
(1,004)
Total
$
688
$
6,185
SELECTED STATISTICS
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Log sale volumes (thousand board feet):
Sawlogs
Douglas-fir
7,116
16,440
Whitewood
791
1,997
Cedar
60
359
Hardwood
129
562
Pulp
All species
1,944
2,675
Total
10,040
22,033
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Average price realizations (per thousand board feet):
Sawlogs
Douglas-fir
611
681
Whitewood
492
439
Cedar
1,193
873
Hardwood
671
598
Pulp
All species
467
251
Overall
578
608
Three months ended
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Owned timber acres(A)
137,708
114,513
Acres under management
292,773
291,925
Capital expenditures ($000's)
1,309
1,435
Depletion ($000's)
711
2,573
Depreciation ($000's)
202
185
Debt to total capitalization
26%
31%
(A) Includes 24,000 acres owned by ORM Timber Fund I, LP (the
Fund).
QUARTER TO QUARTER COMPARISONS
(Amounts in $000's)
Q1 2007 vs. Q1 2006
Q1 2007 vs. Q4 2006
Total
Total
Net income:
1st Quarter 2007
$
854
$
854
4th Quarter 2006
7,793
1st Quarter 2006
5,298
Variance
$
(4,444)
$
(6,939)
Detail of earnings variance:
Fee Timber:
Log price realizations(B)
$
(301)
$
(412)
Log volumes(C)
(7,300)
3,923
Production costs
1,744
(1,324)
Depletion
1,862
(456)
Other Fee Timber
168
(110)
Timberland Management & Consulting:
Management fee changes
(301)
(123)
Disposition fees
(1,343)
-
Other Timberland Mgmnt & Consulting
217
92
Real Estate:
Land sales
(96)
(9,106)
Other
(126)
596
General & administrative costs
(21)
25
Interest expense
117
(77)
Other (taxes, minority int., interest inc.)
936
33
Total change in net income
$
(4,444)
$
(6,939)
(B) Price variance calculated by applying the change in price to
current period volume.
(C) Volume variance calculated by applying the change in sales
volume to the average log sales price for the prior period.