Blueknight Announces Second Quarter 2022 Results
Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (BKEP, BKEPP) reported Q2 2022 income from continuing operations of $6.3 million, a decrease from $7.1 million Y/Y, largely due to non-recurring legal costs from the Ergon merger. Adjusted EBITDA remained stable at $12.1 million. Total revenue rose 6% to $29.5 million, primarily from fixed-fee services. However, total operating expenses increased 13% to $14.8 million, impacting profitability. The distribution coverage ratio decreased to 1.18 times. The merger with Ergon is pending unitholder approval on August 16, 2022.
- Total revenue increased 6% to $29.5 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA remained stable at $12.1 million.
- Asphalt terminalling services operating margin held at $14.7 million.
- Income from continuing operations dropped from $7.1 million to $6.3 million Y/Y due to legal fees.
- Total operating expenses rose 13% to $14.8 million.
- Distribution coverage ratio decreased to 1.18 times from 1.21 times Y/Y.
Highlights
| • | Second quarter 2022 income from continuing operations of |
| • | Second quarter 2022 Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations of |
| • | Second quarter 2022 total leverage ratio of 2.16 times and distribution coverage ratio of 1.79 times on common unit distributions and 1.18 times on all distributions |
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (“Blueknight” or the “Partnership”) (Nasdaq: BKEP and BKEPP) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. Income from continuing operations was
QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE
Asphalt terminalling services total operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization, in the second quarter of 2022 was
Total operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased
General and administrative expense in the second quarter of 2022 was
CASH FLOW AND BALANCE SHEET
Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations was
Capital expenditures in the second quarter of 2022 included
As of June 30, 2022, total debt was
As of July 29, 2022, total debt was
ERGON MERGER AGREEMENT
On April 21, 2022, Blueknight entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Ergon, pursuant to which Ergon would acquire all of the outstanding common and preferred units of the Partnership not already owned by Ergon and its affiliates.
The merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of unitholders. The Partnership has established a special meeting date of August 16, 2022, for its unitholders to consider approval of the merger.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
Additional information regarding the Partnership’s results of operations will be provided in Blueknight’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2022.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table summarizes the Partnership’s financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 (in thousands, except per unit data):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Fixed fee revenue | $ | 24,411 | $ | 25,399 | $ | 48,780 | $ | 50,558 | |||||||
| Variable cost recovery revenue | 2,984 | 3,723 | 5,534 | 6,915 | |||||||||||
| Variable throughput and other revenue | 364 | 388 | 520 | 497 | |||||||||||
| Total revenue | 27,759 | 29,510 | 54,834 | 57,970 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization | (13,116 | ) | (14,819 | ) | (25,963 | ) | (28,998 | ) | |||||||
| Total operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization | 14,643 | 14,691 | 28,871 | 28,972 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 2,967 | 3,482 | 6,000 | 6,879 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative expense | 2,972 | 3,558 | 6,954 | 6,929 | |||||||||||
| Loss on disposal of assets | - | 223 | - | 247 | |||||||||||
| Operating income | 8,704 | 7,428 | 15,917 | 14,917 | |||||||||||
| Other income (expenses): | |||||||||||||||
| Other income | 109 | 91 | 342 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,695 | ) | (1,164 | ) | (3,028 | ) | (2,128 | ) | |||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (10 | ) | (10 | ) | (20 | ) | (20 | ) | |||||||
| Income from continuing operations | 7,108 | 6,345 | 13,211 | 12,987 | |||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations(1) | 175 | - | 75,725 | - | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 7,283 | $ | 6,345 | $ | 88,936 | $ | 12,987 | |||||||
| Allocation of net income for calculation of earnings per unit: | |||||||||||||||
| General partner interest in net income | $ | 116 | $ | 101 | $ | 1,408 | $ | 206 | |||||||
| Preferred interest in net income | $ | 6,156 | $ | 6,150 | $ | 12,497 | $ | 12,300 | |||||||
| Net income available to limited partners | $ | 1,011 | $ | 94 | $ | 75,031 | $ | 481 | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income from discontinued operations per common unit | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 1.74 | $ | - | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income from continuing operations per common unit | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per common unit | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 1.75 | $ | 0.01 | |||||||
| Weighted average common units outstanding - basic and diluted | 41,468 | 41,872 | 41,449 | 41,845 | |||||||||||
| (1 | ) | On December 21, 2020, Blueknight announced it had entered into multiple definitive agreements to sell its (i) crude oil terminalling, (ii) crude oil pipeline, and (iii) crude oil trucking segments. The sales of these segments closed in the first quarter of 2021. As such, these segments are presented as discontinued operations in the Partnership’s financial statements. |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations, and total operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations is defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-cash equity-based compensation, asset impairment charges, gains and losses on asset disposals, and other select items which management feels decreases the comparability of results among periods. Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations is defined as Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations minus cash paid for interest, cash paid for taxes, and maintenance capital expenditures. Operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization is defined as revenues from related parties and external customers less operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization. The use of Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations and operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures such as operating income, net income or cash flows from operating activities. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations and operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization are presented because the Partnership believes they provide additional information with respect to its business activities and are used as supplemental financial measures by management and external users of the Partnership’s financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks and others to assess, among other things, the Partnership’s operating performance and return on capital as compared to those of other companies in the midstream energy sector, without regard to financing or capital structure. Reconciliations of operating margin, excluding depreciation and amortization to its most directly comparable GAAP measure is included in the results of operations table above. Where references are pro forma, forward-looking, preliminary, or prospective in nature, and not based on historical fact, this press release does not provide a reconciliation. The Partnership could not provide such a reconciliation without unreasonable efforts because such Adjusted EBITDA numbers are estimations, approximations, and/or ranges. In addition, it would be difficult for the Partnership to present a detailed reconciliation due to many unknown variables possibly affecting the reconciliation. For the same reasons, the Partnership is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.
The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations and Distributable Cash Flow from continuing operations to income from continuing operations for the periods shown (in thousands, except ratios):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations | $ | 7,108 | $ | 6,345 | $ | 13,211 | $ | 12,987 | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 1,695 | 1,164 | 3,028 | 2,128 | ||||||||||||
| Income taxes | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and non-cash amortization | 2,962 | 3,478 | 5,993 | 6,872 | ||||||||||||
| Non-cash equity-based compensation | 209 | 347 | 347 | 590 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on disposal of assets | - | 223 | - | 247 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 45 | 488 | 808 | 755 | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations | $ | 12,029 | $ | 12,055 | $ | 23,407 | $ | 23,599 | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | (1,104 | ) | (965 | ) | (2,052 | ) | (1,678 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | (50 | ) | (40 | ) | (50 | ) | (40 | ) | ||||||||
| Maintenance capital expenditures, net of reimbursable expenditures | (1,165 | ) | (1,435 | ) | (2,555 | ) | (3,007 | ) | ||||||||
| Distributable cash flow from continuing operations | $ | 9,710 | $ | 9,615 | $ | 18,750 | $ | 18,874 | ||||||||
| Less: Distributions declared on preferred units | (6,255 | ) | (6,249 | ) | (12,510 | ) | (12,498 | ) | ||||||||
| Distributable cash flow available for common unit distributions | $ | 3,455 | $ | 3,366 | $ | 6,240 | $ | 6,376 | ||||||||
| Distributions declared on common units | $ | 1,750 | $ | 1,880 | $ | 3,498 | $ | 3,761 | ||||||||
| Distributions declared on preferred units | 6,255 | 6,249 | 12,510 | 12,498 | ||||||||||||
| Total Distributions declared | $ | 8,005 | $ | 8,129 | $ | 16,008 | $ | 16,259 | ||||||||
| Coverage ratio - common unit distributions | 1.97 | 1.79 | 1.78 | 1.70 | ||||||||||||
| Coverage ratio - all distributions | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.17 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements. Statements included in this release that are not historical facts (including, without limitation, any statements about future financial and operating results, guidance, projected or forecasted financial results, objectives, project timing, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts) are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, uncertainties relating to the Partnership’s debt levels and restrictions in its credit agreement, its exposure to the credit risk of our third-party customers, the Partnership’s future cash flows and operations, future market conditions, current and future governmental regulation, future taxation and other factors discussed in the Partnership’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those expected. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Blueknight
Blueknight (Nasdaq: BKEP and BKEPP) is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns the largest independent asphalt terminalling network in the country. Operations include 9.0 million barrels of liquid asphalt storage capacity across 54 terminals and 26 states throughout the U.S. Blueknight is focused on providing integrated terminalling solutions for tomorrow’s infrastructure and transportation end markets. More information is available at www.bkep.com.
Investor Relations Contact:
Matthew Lewis, Chief Financial Officer
(918) 237-4032
investor@bkep.com
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