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TravelCenters of America Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Company Delivers Significant Financial Improvement in Second Quarter 

  • Net Income of $28.9 Million Improved $26.8 Million Over Prior Year
  • Net Income Per Share of Common Stock Attributable to Common Stockholders of $2.02 Improved $1.76 Over Prior Year
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $73.5 Million Improved $27.7 Million, or 60.6%, Over Prior Year
  • Adjusted EBITDAR of $137.1 Million Improved $28.3 Million, or 26.0%, Over Prior Year

WESTLAKE, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TravelCenters of America Inc. (Nasdaq: TA) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

Jonathan M. Pertchik, TA’s CEO, made the following statement regarding the 2021 second quarter results:

TA’s Transformation Plan has been underway for approximately 15 months, and our operating results for the second quarter demonstrate that the changes we are making are taking hold, as we improved net income from $2.2 million to $28.9 million and adjusted EBITDA 60.6% to $73.5 million from $45.8 million compared to the prior year. The improvements were driven primarily by a $60.5 million increase in nonfuel gross margin, which was the result of operating improvements across nearly all business lines. We believe that the many transformation initiatives we put in place are driving better financial results throughout the organization. Our discipline in managing expenses also continues to be an important factor in delivering improved results, helping to drive a 90 basis point improvement in adjusted EBITDAR margin versus the prior year second quarter.”

Reconciliations to GAAP:

Adjusted net income, adjusted net income per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDAR and adjusted EBITDAR margin are non-GAAP financial measures. The U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, financial measures that are most directly comparable to the non-GAAP measures disclosed herein are included in the supplemental tables below.

Second Quarter 2021 Highlights:

  • Cash and cash equivalents of $583.3 million and availability under TA’s revolving credit facility of $98.4 million for total liquidity of $681.7 million as of June 30, 2021.
  • On April 21, 2021, TA completed the sale of its Quaker Steak & Lube, or QSL, business, which included 41 standalone restaurants, for $5.0 million, excluding costs to sell and certain closing adjustments.
  • The following table presents detailed results for TA’s fuel sales for the 2021 and 2020 second quarters.

(in thousands, except per gallon amounts)

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change

Fuel sales volume (gallons):

 

 

 

 

 

Diesel fuel

512,943

 

 

423,082

 

 

21.2

%

Gasoline

70,687

 

 

53,134

 

 

33.0

%

Total fuel sales volume

583,630

 

 

476,216

 

 

22.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel gross margin

$

100,292

 

 

$

91,900

 

 

9.1

%

Fuel gross margin per gallon

$

0.172

 

 

$

0.193

 

 

(10.9)

%

  • The following table presents detailed results for TA’s nonfuel revenues for the 2021 and 2020 second quarters.

(in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change

Nonfuel revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

Store and retail services

$

194,440

 

 

$

158,240

 

 

22.9

%

Truck service

194,197

 

 

160,987

 

 

20.6

%

Restaurant

79,938

 

 

61,492

 

 

30.0

%

Diesel exhaust fluid

33,235

 

 

24,851

 

 

33.7

%

Total nonfuel revenues

$

501,810

 

 

$

405,570

 

 

23.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonfuel gross margin

$

303,102

 

 

$

242,619

 

 

24.9

%

Nonfuel gross margin percentage

60.4

%

 

59.8

%

 

60

pts

  • Net income of $28.9 million improved $26.8 million, or 1242.6%, and adjusted net income of $29.7 million improved $18.9 million, or 176.2%, as compared to the prior year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $73.5 million increased $27.7 million, or 60.6%, as compared to the prior year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDAR of $137.1 million increased $28.3 million, or 26.0%, as compared to the prior year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDAR margin increased to 22.8% from 21.9% for the prior year period.

Growth and Cost Control Strategies

During the 2020 second quarter, TA commenced a strategic transformation, or its Transformation Plan, consisting of numerous initiatives across its organization for the purpose of expanding its travel center network, improving and enhancing operational efficiencies and profitability, and strengthening its financial position all in support of its core mission to return every traveler to the road better than they came. Among these initiatives was a corporate restructuring that resulted in immediate selling, general and administrative expense savings and included significant leadership appointments of qualified candidates who bring new and valuable experiences as well as initiative, critical skills and new visions and approaches to TA’s business. TA also created a centralized procurement group to drive economies of scale in pricing, increased leverage in vendor negotiations which we believe will ultimately lead to substantial purchasing savings and a streamlined operation. Other key initiatives are focused in areas of liquidity, expanding TA’s franchise base, increasing diesel fuel and gasoline gross margin and fuel sales volume, increasing market share in the truck service business, improving merchandising and increasing gross margin in store and retail services, improving operating effectiveness in TA’s food service offerings and improving information technology systems, while focusing on opportunities to rationalize and control costs.

Since the beginning of 2019, TA has entered into franchise agreements covering 46 travel centers to be operated under its travel center brand names; four of these franchised travel centers began operations during 2019, 10 began operations during 2020, one began operations during the first quarter of 2021 and two began operations during the second quarter of 2021 and TA expects the remaining 29 to open by the 2023 third quarter.

As a result of some external labor and supply chain constraints, TA’s capital expenditures plan for 2021 now contemplates aggregate cash investments in the range of $130.0 million to $150.0 million targeted towards improving and growing TA’s core travel center business. The 2021 capital expenditures plan includes projects to enhance the guest experience through significant site level upgrades at TA’s travel centers and advanced technology systems infrastructure. Approximately half of TA’s capital expenditure plan for 2021 is focused on growth initiatives that TA expects will meet or exceed TA’s 15% to 20% cash on cash return hurdle.

Importantly, TA is committed to embracing environmentally friendly sources of energy and has formed a new business division, eTA, that will seek to deliver sustainable and alternative energy to the marketplace and focus on partnering with the public sector, private companies and customers to facilitate industry transformation. This business division will extend TA’s commitment to providing the widest range of non-fuel offerings across its sites. Recent accomplishments include continued expansion of TA’s biodiesel blending capabilities, availability of DEF at the pump and placement of electric vehicle charging stations. Moreover, TA has hired a senior leader to lead eTA and has begun to onboard additional dedicated internal resources, as well as create relationships within the supply, storage and distribution chain, with respect to its alternative energy initiative. TA believes its large, well-located sites and its focus as a pure supplier may provide TA with the opportunity to make both fossil and, eventually, non-fossil fuels available and to potentially balance or adjust its product and service offerings as it may determine and subject to availability.

Conference Call

On August 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, TA will host a conference call to discuss its financial results and other activities for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Following management’s remarks, there will be a question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is 877-329-4614. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial 412-317-5437. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available for about a week after the call. To hear the replay, dial 412-317-0088. The replay pass code is 10157606.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen only mode on TA’s website at www.ta-petro.com. To access the webcast, participants should visit TA’s website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on TA’s website for about one week after the call. The transcription, recording and retransmission in any way of TA’s second quarter conference call is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of TA. The Company’s website is not incorporated as part of this press release.

About TravelCenters of America Inc.

TA’s nationwide business includes travel centers located in 44 U.S. states and in Canada and standalone truck service facilities located in three states. TA’s travel centers operate under the “TravelCenters of America,” “TA,” “TA Express,” “Petro Stopping Centers” and “Petro” brand names and offer diesel fuel and gasoline, restaurants, truck repair services, travel/convenience stores and other services designed to provide attractive and efficient travel experiences to professional drivers and other motorists. TA’s standalone truck service facilities operate under the “TA Truck Service” brand name.

 

TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel

$

1,328,631

 

 

$

577,410

 

 

$

2,405,889

 

 

$

1,452,339

 

Nonfuel

501,810

 

 

405,570

 

 

949,724

 

 

830,577

 

Rent and royalties from franchisees

3,839

 

 

3,123

 

 

7,763

 

 

6,535

 

Total revenues

1,834,280

 

 

986,103

 

 

3,363,376

 

 

2,289,451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold (excluding depreciation):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel

1,228,339

 

 

485,510

 

 

2,228,167

 

 

1,278,484

 

Nonfuel

198,708

 

 

162,951

 

 

370,930

 

 

324,670

 

Total cost of goods sold

1,427,047

 

 

648,461

 

 

2,599,097

 

 

1,603,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site level operating expense

233,996

 

 

197,522

 

 

461,226

 

 

434,086

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

36,590

 

 

37,976

 

 

72,520

 

 

75,204

 

Real estate rent expense

63,611

 

 

63,079

 

 

127,480

 

 

126,667

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

24,139

 

 

28,254

 

 

47,968

 

 

56,814

 

Other operating income, net

(872

)

 

 

 

(872

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

49,769

 

 

10,811

 

 

55,957

 

 

(6,474

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

11,739

 

 

7,233

 

 

23,123

 

 

14,689

 

Other expense, net

1,304

 

 

335

 

 

2,701

 

 

876

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

36,726

 

 

3,243

 

 

30,133

 

 

(22,039

)

(Provision) benefit for income taxes

(7,779

)

 

(1,087

)

 

(6,929

)

 

5,654

 

Net income (loss)

28,947

 

 

2,156

 

 

23,204

 

 

(16,385

)

Less: net (income) loss for noncontrolling interest

(409

)

 

32

 

 

(333

)

 

52

 

Net income (loss) attributable to
common stockholders

$

29,356

 

 

$

2,124

 

 

$

23,537

 

 

$

(16,437

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share of common stock

attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

$

2.02

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

1.62

 

 

$

(1.98

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average vested shares of

common stock

14,236

 

 

7,944

 

 

14,232

 

 

7,924

 

Weighted average unvested shares of

common stock

331

 

 

380

 

 

337

 

 

394

 

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with TA’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC.

RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(in thousands, unless indicated otherwise)

TA believes the non-GAAP financial measures presented in the tables below are meaningful supplemental disclosures. Management uses these measures in developing internal budgets and forecasts and analyzing TA’s performance and believes that they may help investors gain a better understanding of changes in TA’s operating results and its ability to pay rent or service debt when due, make capital expenditures and expand its business. These non-GAAP financial measures also may help investors to make comparisons between TA and other companies and to make comparisons of TA’s financial and operating results between periods.

The non-GAAP financial measures TA presents should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, operating margin, total fuel gross margin and nonfuel revenues or net loss per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders as an indicator of TA’s operating performance or as a measure of TA’s liquidity. Also, the non-GAAP financial measures TA presents may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts calculated by other companies.

TA believes that adjusted net income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are meaningful disclosures that may help investors to better understand TA’s financial performance by providing financial information that represents the operating results of TA’s operations without the effects of items that do not result directly from TA’s normal recurring operations and may allow investors to better compare TA’s performance between periods and to the performance of other companies. TA calculates EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, income taxes and depreciation and amortization expense, as shown below. TA calculates adjusted EBITDA by excluding items that it considers not to be normal, recurring, cash operating expenses or gains or losses.

In addition, TA believes that, because it leases a majority of its travel centers, presenting adjusted EBITDAR and adjusted EBITDAR margin may help investors compare the value of TA against companies that own and finance ownership of their properties with debt financing, since these measures eliminate the effects of variability in leasing methods and capital structures. These measures may also help investors evaluate TA’s valuation if it owned its leased properties and financed that ownership with debt, in which case the interest expense TA incurred for that debt financing would be added back when calculating EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDAR and adjusted EBITDAR margin are presented solely as valuation measures and should not be viewed as measures of overall operating performance or considered in isolation or as an alternative to net loss because they exclude the real estate rent expense associated with TA’s leases and they are presented for the limited purposes referenced herein. TA calculates EBITDAR as net loss before interest, income taxes, real estate rent expense and depreciation and amortization expense and adjusted EBITDAR by excluding items that it considers not to be normal, recurring, cash operating expenses or gains or losses. TA calculates adjusted EBITDAR margin as adjusted EBITDAR as a percentage of total fuel gross margin and nonfuel revenues.

TA believes that net income (loss) is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to adjusted net income (loss), EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDAR and net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to adjusted net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders.

The following tables present the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the respective most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

Calculation of adjusted net income (loss):

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income (loss)

 

$

28,947

 

 

$

2,156

 

 

$

23,204

 

 

$

(16,385

)

Add: Reorganization Plan costs(1)

 

 

 

3,884

 

 

 

 

4,288

 

Add: Goodwill impairment(2)

 

 

 

3,046

 

 

 

 

3,046

 

Add: QSL impairment(3)

 

 

 

 

 

650

 

 

 

Add: Asset write offs(4)

 

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

 

6,534

 

Add: Field employee bonus expense(5)

 

 

 

2,381

 

 

 

 

3,769

 

Add: Executive compensation expense(6)

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

 

2,109

 

Add: Equity investment ownership dilution(7)

 

1,826

 

 

 

 

1,826

 

 

 

Less: Gain on sale of assets, net(8)

 

(897

)

 

 

 

(897

)

 

 

Less: Tax impact of adjusting items(9)

 

(195

)

 

(2,894

)

 

(331

)

 

(4,976

)

Adjusted net income (loss)(10)

 

$

29,681

 

 

$

10,748

 

 

$

24,452

 

 

$

(1,615

)

Calculation of adjusted net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to

common stockholders (basic and diluted):

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders

(basic and diluted)

 

$

2.02

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

1.62

 

 

$

(1.98

)

Add: Reorganization Plan costs(1)

 

 

 

0.47

 

 

 

 

0.52

 

Add: Goodwill impairment(2)

 

 

 

0.36

 

 

 

 

0.37

 

Add: QSL impairment(3)

 

 

 

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

Add: Asset write offs(4)

 

 

 

0.16

 

 

 

 

0.79

 

Add: Field employee bonus expense(5)

 

 

 

0.29

 

 

 

 

0.45

 

Add: Executive compensation expense(6)

 

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

 

0.25

 

Add: Equity investment ownership dilution(7)

 

0.13

 

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

Less: Gain on sale of assets, net(8)

 

(0.06

)

 

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

Less: Tax impact of adjusting items(9)

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.35

)

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.60

)

Adjusted net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders (basic and diluted)(10)

 

$

2.08

 

 

$

1.29

 

 

$

1.71

 

 

$

(0.20

)

Calculation of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDAR:

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income (loss)

 

$

28,947

 

 

$

2,156

 

 

$

23,204

 

 

$

(16,385

)

Less (add): Benefit (provision) for income taxes

 

7,779

 

 

1,087

 

 

6,929

 

 

(5,654

)

Add: Depreciation and amortization expense

 

24,139

 

 

28,254

 

 

47,968

 

 

56,814

 

Add: Interest expense, net

 

11,739

 

 

7,233

 

 

23,123

 

 

14,689

 

EBITDA

 

72,604

 

 

38,730

 

 

101,224

 

 

49,464

 

Add: Reorganization Plan costs(1)

 

 

 

3,884

 

 

 

 

4,288

 

Add: Field employee bonus expense(5)

 

 

 

2,381

 

 

 

 

3,769

 

Add: Executive compensation expense(6)

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

 

2,109

 

Add: Equity investment ownership dilution(7)

 

1,826

 

 

 

 

1,826

 

 

 

Less: Gain on sale of assets, net(8)

 

(897

)

 

 

 

(897

)

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(10)

 

73,533

 

 

45,798

 

 

102,153

 

 

59,630

 

Add: Real estate rent expense

 

63,611

 

 

63,079

 

 

127,480

 

 

126,667

 

Adjusted EBITDAR(10)

 

$

137,144

 

 

$

108,877

 

 

$

229,633

 

 

$

186,297

 

Calculation of operating margin:

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Total revenues

 

$

1,834,280

 

 

$

986,103

 

 

$

3,363,376

 

 

$

2,289,451

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

49,769

 

 

10,811

 

 

55,957

 

 

(6,474

)

Operating margin

 

2.7

%

 

1.1

%

 

1.7

%

 

(0.3

)%

Calculation of adjusted EBITDAR margin:

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Fuel gross margin

 

$

100,292

 

 

$

91,900

 

 

$

177,722

 

 

$

173,855

 

Nonfuel revenues

 

501,810

 

 

405,570

 

 

949,724

 

 

830,577

 

Total fuel gross margin and nonfuel revenues

 

$

602,102

 

 

$

497,470

 

 

$

1,127,446

 

 

$

1,004,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDAR(10)

 

$

137,144

 

 

$

108,877

 

 

$

229,633

 

 

$

186,297

 

Adjusted EBITDAR margin

 

22.8

%

 

21.9

%

 

20.4

%

 

18.5

%

 

(1)

 

Reorganization Plan Costs. On April 30, 2020, TA commenced a company-wide reorganization plan, or the Reorganization Plan. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, TA recognized $3.9 million and $4.3 million, respectively, of costs related to the Reorganization Plan, which were included in selling, general and administrative expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(2)

 

Goodwill Impairment. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, TA recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $3.0 million with respect to its QSL reporting unit, which were recognized in depreciation and amortization expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(3)

 

QSL Impairment. TA had classified its QSL business as held for sale as of December 31, 2020. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and prior to the sale completed on April 21, 2021, TA recorded additional impairment charges of $650 relating to its QSL business, which were included in depreciation and amortization expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Refer to note 8 below for more information on the sale of QSL.

 

(4)

 

Asset Write Offs. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, TA wrote off $0.8 million of intangibles relating to three QSL franchises that closed in April 2020. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, TA wrote off $0.5 million and $5.7 million, respectively, related to truck service programs that were canceled. These amounts were included in depreciation and amortization expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(5)

 

Field Employee Bonus Expense. In March and April 2020, TA paid cash bonuses to certain employees who continued to work at its locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These bonuses resulted in additional compensation expense of $2.4 million and $3.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, which were included in site level operating expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(6)

 

Executive Compensation Expense. TA agreed to accelerate the vesting of previously granted stock awards and make cash payments as part of TA’s retirement and separation agreements with certain former executive officers. The accelerations and cash payments resulted in additional compensation expense of $0.8 million and $2.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, which were included in selling, general and administrative expense in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(7)

 

Equity Investment Ownership Dilution. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, TA reduced its ownership in Epona, LLC, owner of QuikQ LLC, an equity method investment, to less than 50%, for which a loss of $1.8 million was included in other expense, net in TA’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

(8)

 

Gain on Sale of Assets, Net. In May 2021, TA sold a property located in Mesquite, Texas, to Industrial Logistics Properties Trust, or ILPT, for a sales price of $2.2 million, excluding selling costs. The RMR Group LLC provides management services to ILPT and Mr. Portnoy serves as the chair of the board of trustee and as a managing trustee of ILPT. TA recognized a gain on the sale of $1.5 million. On April 21, 2021, TA completed the sale of its QSL business for $5.0 million, excluding costs to sell and certain closing adjustments. TA recognized a loss on the sale of $0.6 million. The gain and loss on the sale of assets were included in other operating income, net for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

 

(9)

 

Tax Impact of Adjusting Items. TA calculated the income tax impact of the adjustments described above by using its estimated statutory income tax rates of 21.0% and 25.2% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

(10)

 

Reconciliations from net income (loss), or net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders (basic and diluted), the financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed herein, are included in the supplemental table above.

Contacts

Kristin Brown, Director of Investor Relations

(617) 796-8251

www.ta-petro.com

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