HollyFrontier Corporation Reports 2021 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

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HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) reported a fourth quarter net loss of $(39.5) million or $(0.24) per diluted share for Q4 2021, an improvement from $(117.7) million in Q4 2020. The acquisition integration costs and adjustments related to the Cheyenne Refinery conversion impacted results, contributing $21.9 million to the net loss. Despite challenges, the company posted record earnings in its Lubricants and Specialties segment, with EBITDA of $915.7 million for the year. HEP reported EBITDA of $70.8 million for Q4 2021, down from $86.8 million in Q4 2020.

Positive

• Record earnings in Lubricants and Specialties segment.
• Fourth quarter EBITDA improved to $25 million from $7.5 million year-over-year.

Negative

• Q4 2021 net loss of $(39.5) million impacted by $21.9 million in special charges.
• HEP's EBITDA decreased to $70.8 million from $86.8 million year-over-year.

• Reported net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $558.3 million or $3.39 per diluted share and adjusted net income of $250.1 million or $1.52 per diluted share, for the year

• Reported EBITDA of $1,306.9 million and adjusted EBITDA of $915.7 million, for the year

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported fourth quarter net loss attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $(39.5) million or $(0.24) per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, compared to $(117.7) million or $(0.73) per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2020.

The fourth quarter results reflect special items that collectively increased net loss by a total of $21.9 million. On a pre-tax basis, these items include acquisition integration costs of $15.8 million, a lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment of $8.7 million and charges related to the Cheyenne Refinery conversion to renewable diesel production, including decommissioning charges of $2.8 million. Excluding these items, adjusted net loss for the fourth quarter was $(17.6) million ($(0.11) per diluted share) compared to $(118.6) million ($(0.74) per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2020, which excludes certain items that collectively decreased net loss by $0.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020.

HollyFrontier’s CEO, Michael Jennings, commented, “Despite heavy planned and unplanned refining maintenance and weather-related downtime in the fourth quarter, HollyFrontier delivered solid financial results in 2021, highlighted by record earnings in our Lubricants and Specialties business and the closing of our acquisition of the Puget Sound Refinery. Looking forward to 2022, we remain constructive on the macro environment and are focused on the execution of our strategic initiatives: the successful completion and start-up of our renewables business, closing on our acquisition of Sinclair and accelerating returns of capital to our shareholders.”

Refining segment loss before interest and income taxes was $(63.5) million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $(66.1) million in the fourth quarter of 2020. The segment reported EBITDA of $25.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $7.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. This increase was driven by stronger product demand, which resulted in a consolidated refinery gross margin of $8.70 per produced barrel, a 116% increase compared to $4.02 for the fourth quarter of 2020. Crude oil charge averaged 421,000 barrels per day (“BPD”) for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to 379,910 BPD for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Lubricants and Specialty Products segment income before interest and income taxes was $53.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to a loss before interest and income taxes of $(54.1) million in the fourth quarter of 2020. The segment reported EBITDA of $74.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $(32.7) million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Fourth quarter of 2020 included a goodwill impairment charge of $81.9 million related to Sonneborn.

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) reported EBITDA of $70.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $86.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.

For the fourth quarter of 2021, net cash used for operations totaled $332.8 million. At December 31, 2021, the Company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $234.4 million, a $1,247.1 million decrease over cash and cash equivalents of $1,481.6 million at September 30, 2021 inclusive of our purchase of the Puget Sound Refinery. Additionally, the Company's consolidated debt was $3,072.7 million. The Company's debt, exclusive of HEP debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $1,739.7 million at December 31, 2021.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, February 23, 2022, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss fourth quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/868741482. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through March 9, 2022.

HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products. HollyFrontier owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. In addition, HollyFrontier produces base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and exports products to more than 80 countries. HollyFrontier also owns a 57% limited partner interest and a non-economic general partner interest in HEP, a master limited partnership that provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to the petroleum industry, including subsidiaries of HollyFrontier Corporation.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “strategy,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future operations. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to successfully close the pending acquisition by the Company and HEP of Sinclair Oil Corporation and Sinclair Transportation Company (collectively, “Sinclair”, and such transactions, the “Sinclair Transactions”), or once closed, integrate the operations of Sinclair with its existing operations and fully realize the expected synergies of the Sinclair Transactions or on the expected timeline; the satisfaction or waivers of the conditions precedent to the proposed Sinclair Transactions, including without limitation, regulatory approvals (including clearance by antitrust authorities necessary to complete the Sinclair Transactions on the terms and timeline desired), risks relating to the value of HF Sinclair common stock and the value of HEP’s limited partner common units to be issued at the closing of the Sinclair Transactions from sales in anticipation of closing and from sales by the Sinclair holders following the closing of the Sinclair Transactions; the cost and potential for a delay in closing as a result of litigation against the Company or HEP challenging the Sinclair Transactions; the Company's ability to successfully integrate the operation of the Puget Sound Refinery with the Company's existing operations; the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, including uncertainty regarding the effects of the continuing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic on future demand and increasing societal expectations that companies address climate change; risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers and transporters of refined petroleum products or lubricant and specialty products in the Company’s markets; the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil; the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products or lubricant and specialty products; the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, whether due to infection in the workforce or in response to reductions in demand; the effects of current and/or future governmental and environmental regulations and policies, including the effects of current and/or future restrictions on various commercial and economic activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the availability and cost of financing to the Company; the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies; the Company’s efficiency in carrying out and consummating construction projects, including the Company's ability to complete announced capital projects, such as the construction of the Artesia renewable diesel unit and pretreatment unit, on time and within capital guidance; the Company's ability to timely obtain or maintain permits, including those necessary for operations or capital projects; the ability of the Company to acquire refined or lubricant product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any existing or future acquired operations; the possibility of terrorist or cyberattacks and the consequences of any such attacks; general economic conditions, including uncertainty regarding the timing, pace and extent of an economic recovery in the United States; a prolonged economic slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic which could result in an impairment of goodwill and/or long-lived asset impairments; and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)

	Three Months Ended December 31,								Change from 2020
	2021				2020				Change				Percent
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues	$	5,622,667			$	2,900,768			$	2,721,899			94	%
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		4,958,160				2,510,845				2,447,315			97
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		8,739				(149,212	)			157,951			(106	)
		4,966,899				2,361,633				2,605,266			110
Operating expenses		430,858				336,077				94,781			28
Selling, general and administrative expenses		111,225				76,041				35,184			46
Depreciation and amortization		134,198				124,879				9,319			7
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairments		—				108,385				(108,385	)		(100	)
Total operating costs and expenses		5,643,180				3,007,015				2,636,165			88
Loss from operations		(20,513	)			(106,247	)			85,734			(81	)
Other income (expense):
Earnings of equity method investments		3,557				1,461				2,096			143
Interest income		941				1,043				(102	)		(10	)
Interest expense		(30,955	)			(40,604	)			9,649			(24	)
Gain on foreign currency transactions		1,288				3,119				(1,831	)		(59	)
Gain on sale of assets and other		2,532				3,034				(502	)		(17	)
		(22,637	)			(31,947	)			9,310			(29	)
Loss before income taxes		(43,150	)			(138,194	)			95,044			(69	)
Income tax benefit		(26,046	)			(43,643	)			17,597			(40	)
Net loss		(17,104	)			(94,551	)			77,447			(82	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		22,426				23,196				(770	)		(3	)
Net loss attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders	$	(39,530	)		$	(117,747	)		$	78,217			(66	)%
Loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.24	)		$	(0.73	)		$	0.49			(67	)%
Diluted	$	(0.24	)		$	(0.73	)		$	0.49			(67	)%
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	—			$	0.35			$	(0.35	)		(100	)%
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		162,721				162,151				570			—	%
Diluted		162,721				162,151				570			—	%
EBITDA	$	98,636			$	3,050			$	95,586			3,134	%
Adjusted EBITDA	$	126,026			$	(21,898	)		$	147,924			(676	)%

	Years Ended December 31,								Change from 2020
	2021				2020				Change				Percent
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues	$	18,389,142			$	11,183,643			$	7,205,499			64	%
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		15,567,052				9,158,805				6,408,247			70
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		(310,123	)			78,499				(388,622	)		(495	)
		15,256,929				9,237,304				6,019,625			65
Operating expenses		1,517,478				1,300,277				217,201			17
Selling, general and administrative expenses		362,010				313,600				48,410			15
Depreciation and amortization		503,539				520,912				(17,373	)		(3	)
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairments		—				545,293				(545,293	)		(100	)
Total operating costs and expenses		17,639,956				11,917,386				5,722,570			48
Income (loss) from operations		749,186				(733,743	)			1,482,929			(202	)
Other income (expense):
Earnings of equity method investments		12,432				6,647				5,785			87
Interest income		4,019				7,633				(3,614	)		(47	)
Interest expense		(125,175	)			(126,527	)			1,352			(1	)
Gain on business interruption insurance settlement		—				81,000				(81,000	)		(100	)
Gain on tariff settlement		51,500				—				51,500			—
Gain on sales-type lease		—				33,834				(33,834	)		(100	)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		—				(25,915	)			25,915			(100	)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions		(2,938	)			2,201				(5,139	)		(233	)
Gain on sale of assets and other		98,128				7,824				90,304			1,154
		37,966				(13,303	)			51,269			(385	)
Income (loss) before income taxes		787,152				(747,046	)			1,534,198			(205	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		123,898				(232,147	)			356,045			(153	)
Net income (loss)		663,254				(514,899	)			1,178,153			(229	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		104,930				86,549				18,381			21
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders	$	558,324			$	(601,448	)		$	1,159,772			(193	)%
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	3.39			$	(3.72	)		$	7.11			(191	)%
Diluted	$	3.39			$	(3.72	)		$	7.11			(191	)%
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.35			$	1.40			$	(1.05	)		(75	)%
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		162,569				161,983				586			—	%
Diluted		162,569				161,983				586			—	%
EBITDA	$	1,306,917			$	(193,789	)		$	1,500,706			(774	)%
Adjusted EBITDA	$	915,665			$	412,220			$	503,445			122	%

Balance Sheet Data

	Years Ended December 31,
	2021			2020
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	234,444		$	1,368,318
Working capital	$	1,696,990		$	1,935,605
Total assets	$	12,916,613		$	11,506,864
Long-term debt	$	3,072,737		$	3,142,718
Total equity	$	6,294,465		$	5,722,203

Segment Information

Our operations are organized into three reportable segments: Refining, Lubricants and Specialty Products and HEP. Our operations that are not included in the Refining, Lubricants and Specialty Products and HEP segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Eliminations. Corporate and Other and Eliminations are aggregated and presented under the Corporate, Other and Eliminations column.

The Refining segment represents the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo and Woods Cross refineries, HollyFrontier Asphalt Company LLC (“HFC Asphalt”) and also our recently acquired Puget Sound Refinery from the closing date on November 1, 2021 (aggregated as a reportable segment). Refining activities involve the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. These petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest geographic regions of the United States. HFC Asphalt operates various asphalt terminals in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The Refining segment also included the operations of our Cheyenne Refinery until it permanently ceased petroleum refining operations during the third quarter of 2020.

Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, activities associated with the conversion of Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production, along with the construction of renewable diesel and pre-treatment units in Artesia, New Mexico were reported in Corporate and Other. The Cheyenne renewable diesel unit was mechanically complete in the fourth quarter of 2021. The pre-treatment unit is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022, and the Artesia renewable diesel unit is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, renewable diesel operations will cease to be reported in Corporate and Other and will be reported under a new Renewables segment.

The Lubricants and Specialty Products segment involves Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc.’s (“PCLI”) production operations, located in Mississauga, Ontario, that include lubricant products such as base oils, white oils, specialty products and finished lubricants and the operations of our Petro-Canada Lubricants business that includes the marketing of products to both retail and wholesale outlets through a global sales network with locations in Canada, the United States, Europe and China. Additionally, the Lubricants and Specialty Products segment includes specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa refineries that are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America, the operations of Red Giant Oil, one of the largest suppliers of locomotive engine oil in North America and the operations of Sonneborn, a producer of specialty hydrocarbon chemicals such as white oils, petrolatums and waxes with manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe.

The HEP segment includes all of the operations of HEP, a consolidated variable interest entity, which owns and operates logistics and refinery assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminals, tankage, loading rack facilities and refinery processing units in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain geographic regions of the United States. The HEP segment also includes a 75% ownership interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC (an HEP consolidated subsidiary), and a 50% ownership interest in each of Osage Pipeline Company, LLC, Cheyenne Pipeline LLC and Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC. Revenues from the HEP segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations. Due to certain basis differences, our reported amounts for the HEP segment may not agree to amounts reported in HEP's periodic public filings.

		Refining				Lubricants and Specialty Products				HEP			Corporate, Other and Eliminations				Consolidated Total
		(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	4,896,994			$	699,838			$	25,837		$	(2	)		$	5,622,667
Intersegment revenues			168,599				488				92,656			(261,743	)			—
		$	5,065,593			$	700,326			$	118,493		$	(261,745	)		$	5,622,667
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory adjustment)		$	4,686,200			$	510,528			$	—		$	(238,568	)		$	4,958,160
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	—			$	—			$	—		$	8,739			$	8,739
Operating expenses		$	317,831			$	69,453			$	44,298		$	(724	)		$	430,858
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	36,586			$	45,543			$	2,973		$	26,123			$	111,225
Depreciation and amortization		$	88,455			$	21,268			$	20,090		$	4,385			$	134,198
Income (loss) from operations		$	(63,479	)		$	53,534			$	51,132		$	(61,700	)		$	(20,513	)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	(63,479	)		$	53,665			$	54,873		$	(58,195	)		$	(13,136	)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—			$	—			$	3,190		$	19,236			$	22,426
Earnings of equity method investments		$	—			$	—			$	3,557		$	—			$	3,557
Capital expenditures		$	46,106			$	13,344			$	11,403		$	194,211			$	265,064
Three Months Ended December 31, 2020
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	2,406,214			$	462,724			$	25,629		$	6,201			$	2,900,768
Intersegment revenues			74,492				1,554				101,827			(177,873	)			—
		$	2,480,706			$	464,278			$	127,456		$	(171,672	)		$	2,900,768
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory adjustment)		$	2,326,150			$	318,857			$	—		$	(134,162	)		$	2,510,845
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	(145,497	)		$	—			$	—		$	(3,715	)		$	(149,212	)
Operating expenses		$	233,433			$	59,609			$	37,971		$	5,064			$	336,077
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	32,621			$	36,162			$	2,420		$	4,838			$	76,041
Depreciation and amortization		$	73,598			$	21,396			$	23,350		$	6,535			$	124,879
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairments		$	26,518			$	81,867			$	—		$	—			$	108,385
Income (loss) from operations		$	(66,117	)		$	(53,613	)		$	63,715		$	(50,232	)		$	(106,247	)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	(66,117	)		$	(54,056	)		$	65,428		$	(43,888	)		$	(98,633	)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—			$	—			$	1,124		$	22,072			$	23,196
Earnings of equity method investments		$	—			$	—			$	1,461		$	—			$	1,461
Capital expenditures		$	45,870			$	12,086			$	20,641		$	38,555			$	117,152

	Refining				Lubricants and Specialty Products				HEP			Corporate, Other and Eliminations				Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers	$	15,734,870			$	2,550,624			$	103,646		$	2			$	18,389,142
Intersegment revenues		623,688				9,988				390,849			(1,024,525	)			—
	$	16,358,558			$	2,560,612			$	494,495		$	(1,024,523	)		$	18,389,142
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory adjustment)	$	14,673,062			$	1,815,802			$	—		$	(921,812	)		$	15,567,052
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment	$	(318,353	)		$	—			$	—		$	8,230			$	(310,123	)
Operating expenses	$	1,090,424			$	252,456			$	170,524		$	4,074			$	1,517,478
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	127,563			$	170,155			$	12,637		$	51,655			$	362,010
Depreciation and amortization	$	334,365			$	79,767			$	86,998		$	2,409			$	503,539
Income (loss) from operations	$	451,497			$	242,432			$	224,336		$	(169,079	)		$	749,186
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes	$	449,747			$	329,203			$	267,623		$	(138,265	)		$	908,308
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	—			$	—			$	7,217		$	97,713			$	104,930
Earnings of equity method investments	$	—			$	—			$	12,432		$	—			$	12,432
Capital expenditures	$	160,431			$	30,878			$	88,336		$	533,764			$	813,409
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers	$	9,286,658			$	1,792,745			$	98,039		$	6,201			$	11,183,643
Intersegment revenues		252,531				10,465				399,809			(662,805	)			—
	$	9,539,189			$	1,803,210			$	497,848		$	(656,604	)		$	11,183,643
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory adjustment)	$	8,439,680			$	1,271,287			$	—		$	(552,162	)		$	9,158,805
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment	$	82,214			$	—			$	—		$	(3,715	)		$	78,499
Operating expenses	$	988,045			$	216,068			$	147,692		$	(51,528	)		$	1,300,277
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	127,298			$	157,816			$	9,989		$	18,497			$	313,600
Depreciation and amortization	$	324,617			$	80,656			$	95,445		$	20,194			$	520,912
Goodwill impairment	$	241,760			$	286,575			$	16,958		$	—			$	545,293
Income (loss) from operations	$	(664,425	)		$	(209,192	)		$	227,764		$	(87,890	)		$	(733,743	)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes	$	(664,425	)		$	(209,903	)		$	251,021		$	(4,845	)		$	(628,152	)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	—			$	—			$	5,282		$	81,267			$	86,549
Earnings of equity method investments	$	—			$	—			$	6,647		$	—			$	6,647
Capital expenditures	$	152,726			$	32,473			$	59,283		$	85,678			$	330,160

		Refining			Lubricants and Specialty Products			HEP			Corporate, Other and Eliminations				Consolidated Total
		(In thousands)
December 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents		$	—		$	113,474		$	14,381		$	106,589			$	234,444
Total assets		$	9,736,851		$	2,073,638		$	2,250,115		$	(1,143,991	)		$	12,916,613
Long-term debt		$	—		$	—		$	1,333,049		$	1,739,688			$	3,072,737
December 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents		$	3,106		$	163,729		$	21,990		$	1,179,493			$	1,368,318
Total assets		$	6,203,847		$	1,864,313		$	2,198,478		$	1,240,226			$	11,506,864
Long-term debt		$	—		$	—		$	1,405,603		$	1,737,115			$	3,142,718

Refining Segment Operating Data

As of December 31, 2021, our refinery operations included the El Dorado, Tulsa, Puget Sound, Navajo and Woods Cross Refineries. The refinery operations of the Puget Sound Refinery are included for the period November 1, 2021 (date of acquisition) through December 31, 2021. The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) performance measures about our refinery operations. Refinery gross and net operating margins do not include the non-cash effects of long-lived asset impairment charges, lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			265,770				260,780				260,350				241,140
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			287,300				279,670				276,430				257,030
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			285,250				273,710				265,470				248,320
Refinery utilization (4)			102.2	%			100.3	%			100.1	%			92.7	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	6.18			$	1.93			$	9.44			$	5.17
Refinery operating expenses (6)			5.73				5.42				6.42				5.46
Net operating margin		$	0.45			$	(3.49	)		$	3.02			$	(0.29	)
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	5.69			$	5.30			$	6.17			$	5.27
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			55	%			59	%			61	%			58	%
Sour crude oil			21	%			19	%			15	%			19	%
Heavy sour crude oil			17	%			15	%			18	%			17	%
Other feedstocks and blends			7	%			7	%			6	%			6	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines			53	%			54	%			52	%			52	%
Diesel fuels			32	%			33	%			33	%			34	%
Jet fuels			6	%			4	%			5	%			4	%
Fuel oil			1	%			1	%			1	%			1	%
Asphalt			2	%			3	%			3	%			3	%
Base oils			4	%			4	%			4	%			4	%
LPG and other			2	%			1	%			2	%			2	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021 (8)				2020				2021 (8)				2020
West Region (Puget Sound, Navajo and Wood Cross Refineries)
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			155,230				119,130				140,370				124,050
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			175,440				133,110				155,440				138,050
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			188,980				144,280				158,630				143,350
Refinery utilization (4)			63.7	%			82.2	%			82.7	%			85.6	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	12.50			$	7.98			$	13.32			$	10.97
Refinery operating expenses (6)			9.63				7.31				8.09				7.07
Net operating margin		$	2.87			$	0.67			$	5.23			$	3.90
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	10.38			$	7.93			$	9.27			$	7.34
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			20	%			29	%			22	%			30	%
Sour crude oil			56	%			48	%			58	%			49	%
Heavy sour crude oil			2	%			—	%			1	%			—	%
Black wax crude oil			11	%			12	%			10	%			11	%
Other feedstocks and blends			11	%			11	%			9	%			10	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines			56	%			57	%			54	%			56	%
Diesel fuels			29	%			34	%			35	%			35	%
Jet fuels			4	%			—	%			1	%			—	%
Fuel oil			3	%			3	%			3	%			3	%
Asphalt			3	%			3	%			4	%			4	%
LPG and other			5	%			3	%			3	%			2	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

Consolidated
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			421,000				379,910				400,720				365,190
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			462,740				412,780				431,870				395,080
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			474,230				417,990				424,100				391,670
Refinery utilization (4)			83.6	%			93.8	%			93.1	%			90.2	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	8.70			$	4.02			$	10.89			$	7.29
Refinery operating expenses (6)			7.28				6.07				7.04				6.05
Net operating margin		$	1.42			$	(2.05	)		$	3.85			$	1.24
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	7.47			$	6.15			$	6.92			$	6.00
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			41	%			49	%			47	%			48	%
Sour crude oil			34	%			29	%			31	%			29	%
Heavy sour crude oil			12	%			10	%			12	%			11	%
Black wax crude oil			4	%			4	%			4	%			4	%
Other feedstocks and blends			9	%			8	%			6	%			8	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

		Three Months Ended December 31,						Years Ended December 31,
		2021			2020			2021			2020
Consolidated
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines		54	%		55	%		53	%		54	%
Diesel fuels		31	%		33	%		34	%		34	%
Jet fuels		6	%		3	%		4	%		3	%
Fuel oil		1	%		2	%		1	%		1	%
Asphalt		3	%		3	%		3	%		4	%
Base oils		2	%		2	%		2	%		2	%
LPG and other		3	%		2	%		3	%		2	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

(1)		Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2)		Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3)		Represents barrels sold of refined products produced at our refineries (including HFC Asphalt) and does not include volumes of refined products purchased for resale or volumes of excess crude oil sold.
(4)		Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity ("BPSD"). As a result of our acquisition of the Puget Sound Refinery on November 1, 2021, our consolidated crude capacity increased from 405,000 BPSD to 554,000 BPSD.
(5)		Represents average amount per produced barrel sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(6)		Represents total Mid-Continent and West regions operating expenses, exclusive of long-lived asset impairment charges and depreciation and amortization, divided by sales volumes of refined products produced at our refineries.
(7)		Represents total Mid-Continent and West regions operating expenses, exclusive of long-lived asset impairment charges and depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.
(8)		We acquired the Puget Sound Refinery on November 1, 2021. Refining operating data for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021 includes crude oil and feedstocks processed and refined products sold at our Puget Sound Refinery for the period November 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 only, averaged over the 92 days and 365 days in the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021, respectively.

Lubricants and Specialty Products Segment Operating Data

The following table sets forth information about our lubricants and specialty products operations.

		Three Months Ended December 31,						Years Ended December 31,
		2021			2020			2021			2020
Lubricants and Specialty Products
Throughput (BPD)		18,760			21,425			19,177			19,645
Sales of produced products (BPD)		35,120			33,559			34,016			32,902
Sales of produced products:
Finished products		46	%		49	%		51	%		49	%
Base oils		26	%		28	%		27	%		26	%
Other		28	%		23	%		22	%		25	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

Our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment includes base oil production activities, by-product sales to third parties and intra-segment base oil sales to rack forward, referred to as “Rack Back.” “Rack Forward” includes the purchase of base oils and the blending, packaging, marketing and distribution and sales of finished lubricants and specialty products to third parties. Supplemental financial data attributable to our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment is presented below:

		Rack Back (1)				Rack Forward (2)				Eliminations (3)				Total Lubricants and Specialty Products
		(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
Sales and other revenues		$	307,018			$	631,221			$	(237,913	)		$	700,326
Cost of products sold		$	202,124			$	546,317			$	(237,913	)		$	510,528
Operating expenses		$	33,977			$	35,476			$	—			$	69,453
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	7,360			$	38,183			$	—			$	45,543
Depreciation and amortization		$	8,183			$	13,085			$	—			$	21,268
Income (loss) from operations		$	55,374			$	(1,840	)		$	—			$	53,534
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	55,374			$	(1,709	)		$	—			$	53,665
EBITDA		$	63,557			$	11,376			$	—			$	74,933
Three Months Ended December 31, 2020
Sales and other revenues		$	143,786			$	426,407			$	(105,915	)		$	464,278
Cost of products sold		$	110,351			$	314,421			$	(105,915	)		$	318,857
Operating expenses		$	26,760			$	32,849			$	—			$	59,609
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	5,680			$	30,482			$	—			$	36,162
Depreciation and amortization		$	6,908			$	14,488			$	—			$	21,396
Goodwill impairment		$	—			$	81,867			$	—			$	81,867
Loss from operations		$	(5,913	)		$	(47,700	)		$	—			$	(53,613	)
Loss before interest and income taxes		$	(5,913	)		$	(48,143	)		$	—			$	(54,056	)
EBITDA		$	995			$	(33,655	)		$	—			$	(32,660	)

		Rack Back (1)				Rack Forward (2)			Eliminations (3)				Total Lubricants and Specialty Products
		(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Sales and other revenues		$	1,005,152			$	2,378,332		$	(822,872	)		$	2,560,612
Cost of products sold		$	646,107			$	1,992,567		$	(822,872	)		$	1,815,802
Operating expenses		$	120,750			$	131,706		$	—			$	252,456
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	27,071			$	143,084		$	—			$	170,155
Depreciation and amortization		$	28,093			$	51,674		$	—			$	79,767
Income from operations		$	183,131			$	59,301		$	—			$	242,432
Income before interest and income taxes		$	269,149			$	60,054		$	—			$	329,203
EBITDA		$	297,242			$	111,728		$	—			$	408,970
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Sales and other revenues		$	505,424			$	1,667,809		$	(370,023	)		$	1,803,210
Cost of products sold		$	456,194			$	1,185,116		$	(370,023	)		$	1,271,287
Operating expenses		$	96,463			$	119,605		$	—			$	216,068
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	22,276			$	135,540		$	—			$	157,816
Depreciation and amortization		$	29,071			$	51,585		$	—			$	80,656
Goodwill impairment		$	167,017			$	119,558		$	—			$	286,575
Income (loss) from operations		$	(265,597	)		$	56,405		$	—			$	(209,192	)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	(265,597	)		$	55,694		$	—			$	(209,903	)
EBITDA		$	(236,526	)		$	107,279		$	—			$	(129,247	)

(1)		Rack Back consists of the PCLI base oil production activities, by-product sales to third parties and intra-segment base oil sales to rack forward.
(2)		Rack Forward activities include the purchase of base oils from Rack Back and the blending, packaging, marketing and distribution and sales of finished lubricants and specialty products to third parties.
(3)		Intra-segment sales of Rack Back produced base oils to rack forward are eliminated under the “Eliminations” column.

Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and EBITDA excluding special items ("Adjusted EBITDA") to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, referred to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus (i) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, (ii) gain on sale of real property, (iii) goodwill impairment, (iv) HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of gain on business interruption insurance settlement, (v) long-lived asset impairment, inclusive of pro-rata share of impairment in HEP segment, (vi) HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of HEP's gain on sales-type leases, (vii) HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of HEP's loss on early extinguishment of debt, (viii) severance costs, (ix) restructuring charges, (x) Cheyenne Refinery LIFO inventory liquidation costs, (xi) decommissioning costs, (xii) pre-close acquisition integration costs, (xiii) acquisition integration and regulatory costs and (xiv) gain on tariff settlement.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not calculations provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in these calculations are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These are presented here because they are widely used financial indicators used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.

Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(In thousands)
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders		$	(39,530	)		$	(117,747	)		$	558,324			$	(601,448	)
Add (subtract) income tax expense (benefit)			(26,046	)			(43,643	)			123,898				(232,147	)
Add interest expense			30,955				40,604				125,175				126,527
Subtract interest income			(941	)			(1,043	)			(4,019	)			(7,633	)
Add depreciation and amortization			134,198				124,879				503,539				520,912
EBITDA		$	98,636			$	3,050			$	1,306,917			$	(193,789	)
Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			8,739				(149,212	)			(310,123	)			78,499
Subtract gain on sale of real property			—				—				(86,018	)			—
Add goodwill impairment			—				81,867				—				81,867
Subtract HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of gain on business interruption insurance settlement			—				—				—				(77,143	)
Add long-lived asset impairment, inclusive of pro-rata share of impairment in HEP segment			—				26,518				—				456,058
Subtract HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of HEP's gain on sales-type leases			—				—				—				(19,134	)
Add HollyFrontier's pro-rata share of HEP's loss on early extinguishment of debt			—				—				—				14,656
Add severance costs			82				296				988				3,842
Add restructuring charges			—				—				7,813				3,679
Add Cheyenne Refinery LIFO inventory liquidation costs			—				3,129				923				36,943
Add decommissioning costs			2,774				12,439				25,835				24,748
Add pre-close acquisition integration costs			12,278				—				17,313				—
Add acquisition integration and regulatory costs			3,517				15				3,517				1,994
Subtract gain on tariff settlement			—				—				(51,500	)			—
Adjusted EBITDA		$	126,026			$	(21,898	)		$	915,665			$	412,220

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our Refining segment is presented below:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Refining Segment		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(In thousands)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)		$	(63,479	)		$	(66,117	)		$	449,747			$	(664,425	)
Add depreciation and amortization			88,455				73,598				334,365				324,617
EBITDA		$	24,976			$	7,481			$	784,112			$	(339,808	)
Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			—				(145,497	)			(318,353	)			82,214
Add long-lived asset impairment			—				26,518				—				241,760
Add severance costs			—				—				—				3,546
Add restructuring charges			—				—				—				2,009
Add Cheyenne Refinery LIFO inventory liquidation costs			—				—				—				33,814
Add decommissioning costs			—				—				—				12,309
Adjusted EBITDA		$	24,976			$	(111,498	)		$	465,759			$	35,844

(1)

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes of our Refining segment represents income (loss) plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment is set forth below.

Lubricants and Specialty Products Segment		Rack Back				Rack Forward				Total Lubricants and Specialty Products
		(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)		$	55,374			$	(1,709	)		$	53,665
Add depreciation and amortization			8,183				13,085				21,268
EBITDA		$	63,557			$	11,376			$	74,933
Three Months Ended December 31, 2020
Loss before interest and income taxes (1)		$	(5,913	)		$	(48,143	)		$	(54,056	)
Add depreciation and amortization			6,908				14,488				21,396
EBITDA		$	995			$	(33,655	)		$	(32,660	)
Add goodwill impairment			—				81,867				81,867
Adjusted EBITDA		$	995			$	48,212			$	49,207
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Income before interest and income taxes (1)		$	269,149			$	60,054			$	329,203
Add depreciation and amortization			28,093				51,674				79,767
EBITDA			297,242				111,728				408,970
Subtract gain on sale of real property			(86,018	)			—				(86,018	)
Add restructuring charges		$	1,079			$	6,734			$	7,813
Adjusted EBITDA		$	212,303			$	118,462			$	330,765
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)		$	(265,597	)		$	55,694			$	(209,903	)
Add depreciation and amortization			29,071				51,585				80,656
EBITDA			(236,526	)			107,279				(129,247	)
Add goodwill impairment			167,017				119,558				286,575
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(69,509	)		$	226,837			$	157,328

(1)

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes of our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment represents income (loss) plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

Reconciliations of refinery operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Refinery gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our refining performance on a relative and absolute basis. Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold is total refining segment revenues less total refining segment cost of products sold, exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, divided by sales volumes of produced refined products sold. Net operating margin per barrel sold is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold. These two margins do not include the non-cash effects of long-lived asset impairment charges, lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments or depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of income. Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Below are reconciliations to our consolidated statements of income for refinery net operating and gross margin and operating expenses, in each case averaged per produced barrel sold. Due to rounding of reported numbers, some amounts may not calculate exactly.

Reconciliation of average refining segment net operating margin per produced barrel sold to refinery gross margin to total sales and other revenues

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Net operating margin per produced barrel sold		$	1.42			$	(2.05	)		$	3.85			$	1.24
Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold			7.28				6.07				7.04				6.05
Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold		$	8.70			$	4.02			$	10.89			$	7.29
Times produced barrels sold (BPD)			474,230				417,990				424,100				391,670
Times number of days in period			92				92				365				366
Refining gross margin		$	379,574			$	154,589			$	1,685,734			$	1,045,030
Add (subtract) rounding			(181	)			(33	)			(238	)			523
West and Mid-Continent regions gross margin			379,393				154,556				1,685,496				1,045,553
Add West and Mid-Continent regions cost of products sold			4,686,200				2,326,150				14,673,062				7,992,047
Add Cheyenne Refinery sales and other revenues			—				—				—				501,589
Refining segment sales and other revenues			5,065,593				2,480,706				16,358,558				9,539,189
Add lubricants and specialty products segment sales and other revenues			700,326				464,278				2,560,612				1,803,210
Add HEP segment sales and other revenues			118,493				127,456				494,495				497,848
Subtract corporate, other and eliminations			(261,745	)			(171,672	)			(1,024,523	)			(656,604	)
Sales and other revenues		$	5,622,667			$	2,900,768			$	18,389,142			$	11,183,643

Reconciliation of average refining segment operating expenses per produced barrel sold to total operating expenses

		Three Months Ended December 31,							Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020			2021			2020
		(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Average operating expenses per produced barrel sold		$	7.28			$	6.07		$	7.04		$	6.05
Times produced barrels sold (BPD)			474,230				417,990			424,100			391,670
Times number of days in period			92				92			365			366
Refining operating expenses		$	317,620			$	233,422		$	1,089,767		$	867,275
Add (subtract) rounding			211				11			657			(381	)
West and Mid-Continent regions operating expenses			317,831				233,433			1,090,424			866,894
Add Cheyenne Refinery operating expenses			—				—			—			121,151
Total refining segment operating expenses			317,831				233,433			1,090,424			988,045
Add lubricants and specialty products segment operating expenses			69,453				59,609			252,456			216,068
Add HEP segment operating expenses			44,298				37,971			170,524			147,692
Add (subtract) corporate, other and eliminations			(724	)			5,064			4,074			(51,528	)
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)		$	430,858			$	336,077		$	1,517,478		$	1,300,277

Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders to adjusted net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes non-cash lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, gain on sale of real property, goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, gain on business interruption insurance settlement, HEP's gain on sales-type leases, HEP's loss on early extinguishment of debt, severance costs, restructuring charges, Cheyenne Refinery LIFO inventory liquidation costs, decommissioning costs, pre-close acquisition integration costs, acquisition integration and regulatory costs and gain on tariff settlement. We believe this measure is helpful to investors and others in evaluating our financial performance and to compare our results to that of other companies in our industry. Similarly titled performance measures of other companies may not be calculated in the same manner.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Consolidated
GAAP:
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(43,150	)		$	(138,194	)		$	787,152			$	(747,046	)
Income tax expense (benefit)			(26,046	)			(43,643	)			123,898				(232,147	)
Net income (loss)			(17,104	)			(94,551	)			663,254				(514,899	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			22,426				23,196				104,930				86,549
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders			(39,530	)			(117,747	)			558,324				(601,448	)
Non-GAAP adjustments to arrive at adjusted results:
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			8,739				(149,212	)			(310,123	)			78,499
Gain on sale of real property			—				—				(86,018	)			—
Gain on business interruption insurance settlement			—				—				—				(81,000	)
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairments			—				108,385				—				545,293
HEP's gain on sales-type lease			—				—				—				(33,834	)
HEP's loss on early extinguishment of debt			—				—				—				25,915
Severance costs			82				296				988				3,842
Restructuring charges			—				—				7,813				3,679
Cheyenne Refinery LIFO inventory liquidation costs			—				3,129				923				36,943
Decommissioning costs			2,774				12,439				25,835				24,748
Pre-close acquisition and regulatory costs			12,278				—				17,313				—
Acquisition integration and regulatory costs			3,517				15				3,517				1,994
Gain on tariff settlement			—				—				(51,500	)			—
Total adjustments to income (loss) before income taxes			27,390				(24,948	)			(391,252	)			606,079
Adjustment to income tax expense (benefit) (1)			5,443				(24,077	)			(83,049	)			144,424
Adjustment to net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			—				—				—				70
Total adjustments, net of tax			21,947				(871	)			(308,203	)			461,585
Adjusted results - Non-GAAP:
Adjusted income (loss) before income taxes			(15,760	)			(163,142	)			395,900				(140,967	)
Adjusted income tax expense (benefit) (2)			(20,603	)			(67,720	)			40,849				(87,723	)
Adjusted net income (loss)			4,843				(95,422	)			355,051				(53,244	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			22,426				23,196				104,930				86,619
Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders		$	(17,583	)		$	(118,618	)		$	250,121			$	(139,863	)
Adjusted earnings (loss) per share - diluted (3)		$	(0.11	)		$	(0.74	)		$	1.52			$	(0.87	)

(1)

Represents adjustment to GAAP income tax expense to arrive at adjusted income tax expense, which is computed as follows:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(Dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit) (2)		$	(20,603	)		$	(67,720	)		$	40,849			$	(87,723	)
Subtract GAAP income tax expense (benefit)			(26,046	)			(43,643	)			123,898				(232,147	)
Non-GAAP adjustment to income tax expense		$	5,443			$	(24,077	)		$	(83,049	)		$	144,424

(2)		Non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit) is computed by a) adjusting HFC's consolidated estimated Annual Effective Tax Rate (“AETR”) for GAAP purposes for the effects of the above Non-GAAP adjustments, b) applying the resulting Adjusted Non-GAAP AETR to Non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes and c) adjusting for discrete tax items applicable to the period.
(3)		Adjusted earnings per share - diluted is calculated as adjusted net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders divided by the average number of shares of common stock outstanding assuming dilution, which is based on weighted-average diluted shares outstanding as that used in the GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation. Income allocated to participating securities, if applicable, in the adjusted earnings per share calculation is the same as that used in GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation.

Reconciliation of effective tax rate to adjusted effective tax rate

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
		(Dollars in thousands)
GAAP:
Income before income taxes		$	(43,150	)		$	(138,194	)		$	787,152			$	(747,046	)
Income tax expense		$	(26,046	)		$	(43,643	)		$	123,898			$	(232,147	)
Effective tax rate for GAAP financial statements			60.4	%			31.6	%			15.7	%			31.1	%
Adjusted - Non-GAAP:
Effect of Non-GAAP adjustments			70.4	%			9.9	%			(5.4	) %			31.1	%
Effective tax rate for adjusted results			130.8	%			41.5	%			10.3	%			62.2	%

 

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Richard L. Voliva III, Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Craig Biery, Vice President,

Investor Relations

HollyFrontier Corporation

214-954-6510

Source: HollyFrontier Corporation

FAQ

What were HollyFrontier's fourth quarter 2021 financial results?

HollyFrontier reported a fourth quarter net loss of $(39.5) million or $(0.24) per diluted share, versus a net loss of $(117.7) million or $(0.73) per diluted share in Q4 2020.

How did HollyFrontier's EBITDA perform in 2021?

HollyFrontier's adjusted EBITDA for the year reached $915.7 million, highlighting substantial improvement over the previous year.

What impact did special items have on HollyFrontier's earnings in Q4 2021?

Special items totaled $21.9 million in Q4 2021, primarily due to acquisition integration costs and charges related to the Cheyenne Refinery.

How did Holly Energy Partners (HEP) perform in Q4 2021?

HEP reported EBITDA of $70.8 million for Q4 2021, a decline from $86.8 million in Q4 2020.