Golden Entertainment Reports 2021 Second Quarter Results
Golden Entertainment reported strong financial results for Q2 2021, with revenues reaching $292.5 million compared to $76.0 million in Q2 2020. The company generated a net income of $103.0 million or $3.26 per fully diluted share, significantly up from a $78.6 million loss in the same quarter last year. Adjusted EBITDA also rose to $91.0 million from a negative $5.5 million. Furthermore, over $50 million in debt was repaid during the quarter, improving financial flexibility. The company anticipates continued debt reduction and potential capital returns to shareholders.
- Q2 2021 revenues of $292.5 million, up from $76.0 million in Q2 2020.
- Net income of $103.0 million for Q2 2021, a significant turnaround from a $78.6 million loss in Q2 2020.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $91.0 million, compared to a negative $5.5 million in Q2 2020.
- Reduced debt obligations by $53.4 million, total debt at approximately $1.1 billion.
- Improved cash position with $152.5 million in cash and cash equivalents.
- None.
Golden Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN) (“Golden Entertainment” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021.
Blake Sartini, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Entertainment, commented, “Our second quarter operating results demonstrated improvement over our first quarter, as we generated record quarterly levels of revenue, net income and Adjusted EBITDA. These results highlight strong levels of visitation and spend at all of our properties, including The STRAT, combined with the margin improvement we have sustained over the last twelve months.
“During the quarter, we deployed cash generated from operations to repay over
Consolidated Results
The Company reported 2021 second quarter revenues of
Casinos
Casino revenues were
Distributed Gaming
Distributed Gaming revenues for the second quarter of 2021 were
Debt and Liquidity
Golden Entertainment paid down
Investor Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will host a webcast and conference call today, August 5, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss the second quarter 2021 results. The conference call may be accessed live over the phone by dialing (844) 465-3054 or for international callers by dialing (480) 685-5227. A replay will be available beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time today and may be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 for international callers; the passcode is 8559794. The replay will be available until August 8, 2021. The call will also be webcast live through the “Investors” section of the Company’s website, www.goldenent.com. A replay of the audio webcast will also be archived on the Company’s website, www.goldenent.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the Company’s future results that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “potential,” “seek,” “should,” “think,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions, or they may use future dates. In addition, forward-looking statements include statements regarding potential additional payments from Caesars relating to William Hill, the Company’s strategies, objectives and business opportunities; anticipated future growth and trends in the Company’s business or key markets; projections of future financial condition, operating results, income, capital expenditures, costs or other financial items, including anticipated future cash generation and resulting ability to reduce leverage and return capital to shareholders; and other characterizations of future events or circumstances as well as other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding its business, the economy and other future conditions. These forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may change at any time, and readers are therefore cautioned that actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially include: the uncertainty of the extent, duration and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of governments; changes in national, regional and local economic and market conditions; legislative and regulatory matters (including the cost of compliance or failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations); increases in gaming taxes and fees in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated cost savings, synergies and other benefits of its casino and other acquisitions; litigation; increased competition; the Company’s ability to renew its distributed gaming contracts; reliance on key personnel (including our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer); the level of the Company’s indebtedness and its ability to comply with covenants in its debt instruments; terrorist incidents; natural disasters; severe weather conditions (including weather or road conditions that limit access to the Company’s properties); the effects of environmental and structural building conditions; the effects of disruptions to the Company’s information technology and other systems and infrastructure; factors affecting the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries generally; and other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. All forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company’s consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the Company uses Adjusted EBITDA, which measure the Company believes is appropriate to provide meaningful comparison with, and to enhance an overall understanding of, the Company’s past financial performance and prospects for the future. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding specific expenses and gains that the Company believes are not indicative of core operating results. Further, Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of operating performance used by management, as well as industry analysts, to evaluate operations and operating performance and is widely used in the gaming industry. Other companies in the gaming industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than the Company.
The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) are provided in the financial information tables below.
The Company defines “Adjusted EBITDA” as earnings before interest and other non-operating income (expense), income taxes, depreciation and amortization, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, severance expenses, preopening and related expenses, gain or loss on disposal of assets, share-based compensation expenses, change in non-cash lease expense, change in fair value of derivative, and other non-cash charges. Adjusted EBITDA for a particular segment or operation is Adjusted EBITDA before corporate overhead, which is not allocated to each segment or operation. The Company defines “Preopening and related expenses” as labor, food, utilities, training, initial licensing, rent and organizational costs incurred in connection with the opening of tavern and casino locations.
About Golden Entertainment, Inc.
Golden Entertainment owns and operates gaming properties across two divisions – casino operations and distributed gaming. Golden Entertainment operates over 16,700 slots, 120 table games, and 6,200 hotel rooms. Golden Entertainment owns ten casino resorts – nine in Southern Nevada and one in Maryland. Through its distributed gaming business in Nevada and Montana, Golden Entertainment operates video gaming devices at over 1,000 locations and owns over 60 traditional taverns in Nevada. Golden Entertainment is also licensed in Illinois and Pennsylvania to operate video gaming terminals. For more information, visit www.goldenent.com.
Golden Entertainment, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data) |
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Three Months Ended June 30, |
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
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Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Gaming |
$ |
204,957 |
|
|
|
$ |
56,677 |
|
|
|
$ |
381,957 |
|
|
|
$ |
183,892 |
|
|
Food and beverage |
44,938 |
|
|
|
10,168 |
|
|
|
78,742 |
|
|
|
51,715 |
|
|
||||
Rooms |
30,249 |
|
|
|
5,987 |
|
|
|
48,647 |
|
|
|
31,592 |
|
|
||||
Other |
12,323 |
|
|
|
3,142 |
|
|
|
22,817 |
|
|
|
15,932 |
|
|
||||
Total revenues |
292,467 |
|
|
|
75,974 |
|
|
|
532,163 |
|
|
|
283,131 |
|
|
||||
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Gaming |
106,805 |
|
|
|
35,231 |
|
|
|
203,177 |
|
|
|
113,343 |
|
|
||||
Food and beverage |
29,533 |
|
|
|
9,739 |
|
|
|
53,074 |
|
|
|
44,626 |
|
|
||||
Rooms |
12,383 |
|
|
|
4,586 |
|
|
|
21,993 |
|
|
|
18,541 |
|
|
||||
Other operating |
3,099 |
|
|
|
1,404 |
|
|
|
5,795 |
|
|
|
6,531 |
|
|
||||
Selling, general and administrative |
53,285 |
|
|
|
32,548 |
|
|
|
106,876 |
|
|
|
80,158 |
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
26,682 |
|
|
|
31,930 |
|
|
|
53,868 |
|
|
|
63,086 |
|
|
||||
Loss on disposal of assets |
610 |
|
|
|
702 |
|
|
|
819 |
|
|
|
1,291 |
|
|
||||
Preopening expenses |
109 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
|
||||
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets |
— |
|
|
|
21,411 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
27,872 |
|
|
||||
Severance expenses |
— |
|
|
|
367 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,343 |
|
|
||||
Total expenses |
232,506 |
|
|
|
137,927 |
|
|
|
445,831 |
|
|
|
358,905 |
|
|
||||
Operating income (loss) |
59,961 |
|
|
|
(61,953 |
) |
|
|
86,332 |
|
|
|
(75,774 |
) |
|
||||
Non-operating income (expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Other non-operating income |
60,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
||||
Interest expense, net |
(16,169 |
) |
|
|
(16,407 |
) |
|
|
(32,217 |
) |
|
|
(35,153 |
) |
|
||||
Change in fair value of derivative |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
||||
Total non-operating income (expense) |
43,831 |
|
|
|
(16,407 |
) |
|
|
27,783 |
|
|
|
(35,154 |
) |
|
||||
Income (loss) before income tax provision |
103,792 |
|
|
|
(78,360 |
) |
|
|
114,115 |
|
|
|
(110,928 |
) |
|
||||
Income tax provision |
(786 |
) |
|
|
(206 |
) |
|
|
(489 |
) |
|
|
(258 |
) |
|
||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
103,006 |
|
|
|
$ |
(78,566 |
) |
|
|
$ |
113,626 |
|
|
|
$ |
(111,186 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
28,621 |
|
|
|
28,072 |
|
|
|
28,421 |
|
|
|
28,001 |
|
|
||||
Dilutive impact of stock options and restricted stock units |
2,990 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,864 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
||||
Diluted |
31,611 |
|
|
|
28,072 |
|
|
|
31,285 |
|
|
|
28,001 |
|
|
||||
Net income (loss) per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Basic |
$ |
3.60 |
|
|
|
$ |
(2.80 |
) |
|
|
$ |
4.00 |
|
|
|
$ |
(3.97 |
) |
|
Diluted |
$ |
3.26 |
|
|
|
$ |
(2.80 |
) |
|
|
$ |
3.63 |
|
|
|
$ |
(3.97 |
) |
|
Golden Entertainment, Inc. Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (Unaudited, in thousands) |
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|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 |
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|
Casinos Segment |
|
Distributed Gaming Segment |
|
Corporate
|
|
Consolidated |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Nevada
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Nevada
|
|
Montana
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total Revenues |
$ |
149,534 |
|
|
$ |
21,240 |
|
|
$ |
94,536 |
|
|
$ |
26,867 |
|
|
|
$ |
290 |
|
|
|
$ |
292,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net income |
$ |
49,661 |
|
|
$ |
7,186 |
|
|
$ |
17,202 |
|
|
$ |
2,226 |
|
|
|
$ |
26,731 |
|
|
|
$ |
103,006 |
|
|
Other non-operating income |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(60,000 |
) |
|
|
(60,000 |
) |
|
||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
20,159 |
|
|
992 |
|
|
3,361 |
|
|
1,536 |
|
|
|
634 |
|
|
|
26,682 |
|
|
||||||
Change in non-cash lease expense |
17 |
|
|
106 |
|
|
75 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
221 |
|
|
||||||
Share-based compensation |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,668 |
|
|
|
2,668 |
|
|
||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets |
179 |
|
|
— |
|
|
433 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
610 |
|
|
||||||
Preopening and related expenses (1) |
4 |
|
|
— |
|
|
16 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
||||||
Other, net |
65 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
696 |
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
||||||
Interest expense, net |
126 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
64 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
15,974 |
|
|
|
16,169 |
|
|
||||||
Income tax provision |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
786 |
|
|
|
786 |
|
|
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,211 |
|
|
$ |
8,289 |
|
|
$ |
21,151 |
|
|
$ |
3,762 |
|
|
|
$ |
(12,401 |
) |
|
|
$ |
91,012 |
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
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|
Casinos Segment |
|
Distributed Gaming Segment |
|
Corporate
|
|
Consolidated |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Nevada
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Nevada
|
|
Montana
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total Revenues |
$ |
36,305 |
|
|
|
$ |
3,127 |
|
|
|
$ |
23,554 |
|
|
|
$ |
12,785 |
|
|
|
$ |
203 |
|
|
|
$ |
75,974 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(44,487 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(1,492 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(4,960 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(234 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(27,393 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(78,566 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
24,273 |
|
|
|
1,071 |
|
|
|
4,097 |
|
|
|
1,805 |
|
|
|
684 |
|
|
|
31,930 |
|
|
||||||
Change in non-cash lease expense |
18 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
170 |
|
|
||||||
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets |
21,411 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21,411 |
|
|
||||||
Share-based compensation |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,756 |
|
|
|
1,756 |
|
|
||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets |
641 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
702 |
|
|
||||||
Preopening and related expenses (1) |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
||||||
Severance expenses |
189 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
367 |
|
|
||||||
Other, net |
— |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
||||||
Interest expense, net |
90 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
16,306 |
|
|
|
16,407 |
|
|
||||||
Income tax provision |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
206 |
|
|
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
2,135 |
|
|
|
$ |
(218 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(700 |
) |
|
|
$ |
1,636 |
|
|
|
$ |
(8,344 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(5,491 |
) |
|
| (1) | Preopening and related expenses consist of labor, food, utilities, training, initial licensing, rent and organizational costs incurred in connection with the opening of tavern and casino locations. |
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 |
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|
Casinos Segment |
|
Distributed Gaming Segment |
|
Corporate
|
|
Consolidated |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Nevada
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Nevada
|
|
Montana
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total Revenues |
$ |
262,884 |
|
|
$ |
37,340 |
|
|
$ |
179,408 |
|
|
$ |
51,904 |
|
|
|
$ |
627 |
|
|
|
$ |
532,163 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
74,902 |
|
|
$ |
10,949 |
|
|
$ |
30,341 |
|
|
$ |
4,097 |
|
|
|
$ |
(6,663 |
) |
|
|
$ |
113,626 |
|
|
Other non-operating income |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(60,000 |
) |
|
|
(60,000 |
) |
|
||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
40,506 |
|
|
1,991 |
|
|
6,858 |
|
|
3,253 |
|
|
|
1,260 |
|
|
|
53,868 |
|
|
||||||
Change in non-cash lease expense |
48 |
|
|
212 |
|
|
351 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
||||||
Share-based compensation |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5,673 |
|
|
|
5,673 |
|
|
||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets |
159 |
|
|
— |
|
|
844 |
|
|
(184 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
819 |
|
|
||||||
Preopening and related expenses (1) |
4 |
|
|
— |
|
|
16 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
||||||
Other, net |
521 |
|
|
— |
|
|
74 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,334 |
|
|
|
2,929 |
|
|
||||||
Interest expense, net |
278 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
138 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
31,791 |
|
|
|
32,217 |
|
|
||||||
Income tax provision |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
489 |
|
|
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
116,418 |
|
|
$ |
13,162 |
|
|
$ |
38,622 |
|
|
$ |
7,171 |
|
|
|
$ |
(24,863 |
) |
|
|
$ |
150,510 |
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Casinos Segment |
|
Distributed Gaming Segment |
|
Corporate
|
|
Consolidated |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Nevada
|
|
Maryland
|
|
Nevada
|
|
Montana
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total Revenues |
$ |
151,204 |
|
|
|
$ |
16,198 |
|
|
$ |
85,677 |
|
|
|
$ |
29,646 |
|
|
|
$ |
406 |
|
|
|
$ |
283,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(48,918 |
) |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
(4,086 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(504 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(57,679 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(111,186 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
47,947 |
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
8,082 |
|
|
|
3,685 |
|
|
|
1,262 |
|
|
|
63,086 |
|
|
||||||
Change in non-cash lease expense |
50 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
||||||
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets |
27,872 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
27,872 |
|
|
||||||
Share-based compensation |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
4,002 |
|
|
|
4,002 |
|
|
||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets |
1,263 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
1,291 |
|
|
||||||
Preopening and related expenses (1) |
225 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
|
||||||
Severance expenses |
2,451 |
|
|
|
155 |
|
|
571 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
3,343 |
|
|
||||||
Other, net |
47 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
238 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
474 |
|
|
||||||
Interest expense, net |
334 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
34,792 |
|
|
|
35,153 |
|
|
||||||
Change in fair value of derivative |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
||||||
Income tax provision |
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
31,271 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,586 |
|
|
$ |
4,804 |
|
|
|
$ |
3,246 |
|
|
|
$ |
(16,943 |
) |
|
|
$ |
24,964 |
|
|
| (1) | Preopening and related expenses consist of labor, food, utilities, training, initial licensing, rent and organizational costs incurred in connection with the opening of tavern and casino locations. |
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