LTC Reports 2022 First Quarter Results and Discusses Recent Activities

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LTC Properties reported its Q1 2022 results, highlighting a net income of $14.3 million ($0.36 per share) compared to $13.6 million ($0.35 per share) in Q1 2021. NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders declined to $23.6 million from $24.3 million year-over-year. Key factors affecting results included lower rental income due to transitions in property management and lease terminations, partially offset by increased income from newly transitioned properties and higher interest income from mortgage loans. LTC originated a $25 million mezzanine loan and completed other significant transactions to enhance its portfolio.

Positive

• Originated a $25 million mezzanine loan for a five-property seniors housing portfolio with an 8% interest rate.
• Anticipated gains on property sales: approximately $26 million from a California community purchase option and $10.5 million from a skilled nursing center sale.
• Increased rental income from properties transitioned from Senior Lifestyle Corporation.
• Completed the acquisition of four transitional care centers for $51.5 million.

Negative

• Decline in NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders from $24.3 million to $23.6 million.
• Lower rental income due to multiple property transitions and lease terminations.
• Higher general and administrative expenses impacting overall costs.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) (“LTC” or the “Company”), a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2022			2021
		(unaudited)
Net income available to common stockholders		$	14,275		$	13,642
Diluted earnings per common share		$	0.36		$	0.35
NAREIT funds from operations ("FFO”) attributable to common stockholders		$	23,611		$	24,292
NAREIT diluted FFO per common share		$	0.60		$	0.62
FFO attributable to common stockholders, excluding non-recurring items		$	24,034		$	25,342
Funds available for distribution ("FAD")		$	25,118		$	24,579
FAD, excluding non-recurring items		$	25,118		$	25,783

First quarter 2022 results were impacted by the following:

• Lower rental income due to the following:
  • the Senior Care Centers, LLC (“Senior Care”) and Senior Care’s parent company, Abri Health Services, LLC portfolio transition;
  • abated and deferred rent;
  • the sale of a skilled nursing center in Washington; and
  • a lease incentive balance write-off related to a terminated lease;
• The decrease in rental income was partially offset by the following:
  • increases from properties transitioned from Senior Lifestyle Corporation (“Senior Lifestyle”);
  • increases in property tax revenue from properties formerly leased to Senior Lifestyle;
  • rental income from completed development projects and annual rent escalations; and
  • the following prior year non-recurring items:
    • a straight-line rent receivable write-off; and
    • the one-time 50% reduction of 2021 rent escalations provided to the majority of LTC’s operating partners;
• Higher interest income from mortgage loans due to mortgage loan originations in 2021;
• Higher interest and other income due to a mezzanine loan origination and additional funding under working capital loans partially offset by loan payoffs;
• Higher provision for credit losses due to a mezzanine loan origination and additional funding under working capital loans; and
• Higher general and administrative expenses due to higher incentive compensation as well as higher non-cash compensation charges and increases in overall costs due to inflationary pressures.

During the first quarter of 2022, LTC completed the following:

• Originated a $25 million mezzanine loan for the recapitalization of a five-property seniors housing portfolio. The mezzanine loan has a term of approximately five years, with two one-year extension options. It bears interest at 8%, with an IRR of 11%. The five communities are located in Oregon and Montana, have a total of 621 units, and include independent living, assisted‑living and memory care. The communities are being managed by The Springs Living, LLC, an operator new to LTC;
• Transitioned two memory care communities totaling 88 units in Texas to an existing LTC operator. The new master lease has a two-year term. Cash rent will start in month five, based on mutually agreed fair market rent. LTC recognized $282,000 of rent from these transitioned communities during the first quarter of 2022 and anticipates recognizing approximately $370,000 of rent from these transitioned communities during the second half of 2022;
• Funded $9.5 million under a working capital loan for HMG Healthcare, LLC (“HMG Healthcare”) and HMG Healthcare repaid $799,000. The current outstanding balance under the working capital loan is $18.6 million, with a remaining availability of up to $6.4 million;
• An operator of two assisted living communities in California with a total of 232 units exercised the purchase option under their lease for $43.7 million. The communities have a gross book value of $31.8 million and a net book value of $16.8 million. LTC anticipates recognizing a gain on sale of approximately $26.0 million in the second quarter of 2022;
• Entered into an agreement with a third party to sell a 121-bed skilled nursing center in California for $13.3 million. The property has a gross book value of $4.6 million and a net book value of $1.8 million. LTC anticipates recognizing a gain on sale of approximately $10.5 million in the second quarter of 2022;
• Borrowed $47.0 million under the Company’s revolving line of credit;
• Paid $7.0 million in scheduled principal paydowns under LTC’s senior unsecured notes; and
• Provided $1.3 million of deferred rent and $720,000 of abated rent.

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, LTC completed the following:

• Acquired four newer transitional care centers for $51.5 million, located in Texas and have a combined total of 339 beds primarily in private rooms. These centers will be operated by Ignite Medical Resorts (“Ignite”), a current LTC operating partner. The lease term is 10 years, with two 5‑year renewal options, and contains a purchase option beginning in the sixth lease year through the end of the seventh lease year. The Company expects to receive rent of approximately $1.0 million in each of the third and fourth quarters of 2022 and approximately $4.3 million during 2023. Rent will increase annually beginning on the third anniversary of the lease by 2.0% to 4.0% based on the change in the Medicare Market Basket Rate. Additionally, LTC provided Ignite a 10-year working capital loan for up to $2.0 million, of which $1.9 million has been funded, at 8% for first year, increasing to 8.25% for the second year, then increasing annually with the lease rate. The Company initially funded this acquisition using its unsecured revolving line of credit and intends to use proceeds from previously announced asset sales, anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2022, to pay down its unsecured revolving line of credit;
• Sold a 74-unit assisted living community in Virginia for $16.9 million. The community has a gross book value of $16.9 million and a net book value of $15.5 million. LTC anticipates recognizing a gain on sale of approximately $1.3 million in the second quarter of 2022. In connection with the sale, the current operator paid LTC a $1.2 million lease termination fee. The proceeds from this sale were used to paydown LTC’s unsecured revolving line of credit;
• Borrowed a net of $34.0 million under its unsecured revolving line of credit;
• Provided $376,000 of deferred rent and $240,000 of abated rent in April 2022. LTC has agreed to provide rent abatements up to $240,000 for each of May and June of 2022; and
• Reduced the estimated second quarter 2022 rent of $2.7 million from Anthem Memory Care (“Anthem”) to $2.1 million as Anthem is addressing some new challenges that may make it difficult for them to pay the full 2022 second quarter rent. However, LTC anticipates receiving total cash rent from Anthem in 2022 of approximately $10.8 million as LTC believes occupancy at the properties under Anthem’s master lease will recover and Anthem is expecting receipt of additional stimulus funds. Anthem has paid their agreed upon rent through April 2022.

Conference Call Information

LTC will conduct a conference call on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time), to provide commentary on its performance and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The conference call is accessible by telephone and the internet. Interested parties may access the live conference call via the following:

Webcast	www.LTCreit.com
USA Toll-Free Number	1-844-200-6205
Canada Toll-Free Number	1-833-950-0062
Conference Access Code	398152

Additionally, an audio replay of the call will be available one hour after the live call and through May 13, 2022 via the following:

USA Toll-Free Number	1-866-813-9403
Canada Local Number	1-226-828-7578
International Toll-Free Number	+44 204 525 0658
Conference Number	809164

About LTC

LTC is a real estate investment trust (REIT) investing in seniors housing and health care properties primarily through sale-leasebacks, mortgage financing, joint-ventures and structured finance solutions including preferred equity and mezzanine lending. LTC’s investment portfolio includes 202 properties in 29 states with 35 operating partners. Based on its gross real estate investments, LTC’s investment portfolio is comprised of approximately 50% seniors housing and 50% skilled nursing properties. Learn more at www.LTCreit.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements that are not purely historical and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements other than historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Please see LTC’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and LTC assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Although the Company’s management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The actual results achieved by the Company may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties of such statements.

LTC PROPERTIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2022				2021
Revenues:
Rental income		$	30,324			$	31,973
Interest income from mortgage loans			9,636				7,922
Interest and other income			827				385
Total revenues			40,787				40,280
Expenses:
Interest expense			7,143				6,972
Depreciation and amortization			9,438				9,877
Provision (recovery) for credit losses			354				(9	)
Transaction costs			32				92
Property tax expense			3,982				3,981
General and administrative expenses			5,808				5,033
Total expenses			26,757				25,946
Other operating income:
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate, net			102				(773	)
Operating income			14,132				13,561
Income from unconsolidated joint ventures			375				289
Net income			14,507				13,850
Income allocated to non-controlling interests			(95	)			(88	)
Net income attributable to LTC Properties, Inc.			14,412				13,762
Income allocated to participating securities			(137	)			(120	)
Net income available to common stockholders		$	14,275			$	13,642
Earnings per common share:
Basic		$	0.36			$	0.35
Diluted		$	0.36			$	0.35
Weighted average shares used to calculate earnings per
common share:
Basic			39,199				39,100
Diluted			39,349				39,179
Dividends declared and paid per common share		$	0.57			$	0.57

Supplemental Reporting Measures

FFO and FAD are supplemental measures of a real estate investment trust’s (“REIT”) financial performance that are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Investors, analysts and the Company use FFO and FAD as supplemental measures of operating performance. The Company believes FFO and FAD are helpful in evaluating the operating performance of a REIT. Real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, but cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. We believe that by excluding the effect of historical cost depreciation, which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO and FAD facilitate like comparisons of operating performance between periods. Occasionally, the Company may exclude non-recurring items from FFO and FAD in order to allow investors, analysts and our management to compare the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by unanticipated items.

FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), means net income available to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on the sale of real estate and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or have a different interpretation of the current NAREIT definition from that of the Company; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing our Company’s FFO to that of other REITs.

We define FAD as FFO excluding the effects of straight-line rent, amortization of lease inducement, effective interest income, deferred income from unconsolidated joint ventures, non-cash compensation charges, capitalized interest and non-cash interest charges. GAAP requires rental revenues related to non-contingent leases that contain specified rental increases over the life of the lease to be recognized evenly over the life of the lease. This method results in rental income in the early years of a lease that is higher than actual cash received, creating a straight-line rent receivable asset included in our consolidated balance sheet. At some point during the lease, depending on its terms, cash rent payments exceed the straight-line rent which results in the straight-line rent receivable asset decreasing to zero over the remainder of the lease term. Effective interest method, as required by GAAP, is a technique for calculating the actual interest rate for the term of a mortgage loan based on the initial origination value. Similar to the accounting methodology of straight-line rent, the actual interest rate is higher than the stated interest rate in the early years of the mortgage loan thus creating an effective interest receivable asset included in the interest receivable line item in our consolidated balance sheet and reduces down to zero when, at some point during the mortgage loan, the stated interest rate is higher than the actual interest rate. FAD is useful in analyzing the portion of cash flow that is available for distribution to stockholders. Investors, analysts and the Company utilize FAD as an indicator of common dividend potential. The FAD payout ratio, which represents annual distributions to common shareholders expressed as a percentage of FAD, facilitates the comparison of dividend coverage between REITs.

While the Company uses FFO and FAD as supplemental performance measures of our cash flow generated by operations and cash available for distribution to stockholders, such measures are not representative of cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income available to common stockholders.

Reconciliation of FFO and FAD

The following table reconciles GAAP net income available to common stockholders to each of NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders and FAD (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
	2022				2021
GAAP net income available to common stockholders	$	14,275			$	13,642
Add: Depreciation and amortization		9,438				9,877
(Less)/Add: (Gain) loss on sale of real estate, net		(102	)			773
NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders		23,611				24,292
Add: Non-recurring items		423		(1)		1,050		(6)
FFO attributable to common stockholders, excluding non-recurring items	$	24,034			$	25,342
NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders	$	23,611			$	24,292
Non-cash income:
Less: straight-line rental adjustment (income)		234				(682	)	(3)
Add: amortization of lease costs		396		(2)		112
Add: Other non-cash expense		—				758		(4)
Less: Effective interest income from mortgage loans		(1,402	)			(1,744	)	(3)
Net non-cash income		(772	)			(1,556	)
Non-cash expense:
Add: Non-cash compensation charges		1,925				1,852
Add: Provision (recovery) for credit losses		354				(9	)
Net non-cash expense		2,279				1,843
Funds available for distribution (FAD)	$	25,118			$	24,579
Less: Non-recurring income		—				1,204		(5)
Funds available for distribution (FAD), excluding non-recurring items	$	25,118			$	25,783
(1) Represents provision for credit losses related to the origination of a $25,000 mezzanine loan during 2022 first quarter and (2) below.
(2) Includes a lease incentive balance write-off of $173 related to a closed property and subsequent lease termination.
(3) Includes the impact of the 50% reduction of 2021 rent and interest escalation on straight-line rent and effective interest.
(4) Represents a straight-line rent receivable write-off due to transitioning rental revenue recognition to cash basis.
(5) Includes the cash impact of the 50% reduction of 2021 rent and interest escalation.
(6) Includes the GAAP impact of the 50% reduction of 2021 rent and interest escalation ($292) and (4) from above.

Reconciliation of FFO and FAD (continued)

The following table continues the reconciliation between GAAP net income available to common stockholders and each of NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders and FAD (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2022			2021
NAREIT Basic FFO attributable to common stockholders per share	$	0.60		$	0.62
NAREIT Diluted FFO attributable to common stockholders per share	$	0.60		$	0.62
NAREIT Diluted FFO attributable to common stockholders	$	23,611		$	24,412
Weighted average shares used to calculate NAREIT diluted FFO per share attributable to common stockholders		39,349			39,374
Diluted FFO attributable to common stockholders, excluding non-recurring items	$	24,171		$	25,462
Weighted average shares used to calculate diluted FFO, excluding non-recurring items, per share attributable to common stockholders		39,575			39,374
Diluted FAD	$	25,255		$	24,699
Weighted average shares used to calculate diluted FAD per share		39,575			39,374
Diluted FAD, excluding non-recurring items	$	25,255		$	25,903
Weighted average shares used to calculate diluted FAD, excluding non-recurring items, per share		39,575			39,374

LTC PROPERTIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(amounts in thousands, except per share)
		March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
ASSETS		(unaudited)				(audited)
Investments:
Land		$	120,203			$	123,239
Buildings and improvements			1,240,713				1,285,318
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(367,623	)			(374,606	)
Operating real estate property, net			993,293				1,033,951
Properties held-for-sale, net of accumulated depreciation: 2022—$16,396; 2021—$0			32,313				—
Real property investments, net			1,025,606				1,033,951
Mortgage loans receivable, net of loan loss reserve: 2022—$3,494; 2021—$3,473			346,543				344,442
Real estate investments, net			1,372,149				1,378,393
Notes receivable, net of loan loss reserve: 2022—$619; 2021—$286			61,508				28,337
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures			19,340				19,340
Investments, net			1,452,997				1,426,070
Other assets:
Cash and cash equivalents			4,393				5,161
Debt issue costs related to revolving line of credit			2,883				3,057
Interest receivable			41,165				39,522
Straight-line rent receivable			23,912				24,146
Lease incentives			2,277				2,678
Prepaid expenses and other assets			8,470				4,191
Total assets		$	1,536,097			$	1,504,825
LIABILITIES
Revolving line of credit		$	157,900			$	110,900
Term loans, net of debt issue costs: 2022—$600; 2021—$637			99,400				99,363
Senior unsecured notes, net of debt issue costs: 2022—$498; 2021—$524			505,482				512,456
Accrued interest			3,090				3,745
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			27,626				33,234
Total liabilities			793,498				759,698
EQUITY
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock: $0.01 par value; 60,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 2022—39,460; 2021—39,374			395				394
Capital in excess of par value			857,558				856,895
Cumulative net income			1,459,048				1,444,636
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			4,704				(172	)
Cumulative distributions			(1,587,519	)			(1,565,039	)
Total LTC Properties, Inc. stockholders’ equity			734,186				736,714
Non-controlling interests			8,413				8,413
Total equity			742,599				745,127
Total liabilities and equity		$	1,536,097			$	1,504,825

 

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Mandi Hogan

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Source: LTC Properties, Inc.

FAQ

What were LTC Properties' Q1 2022 earnings results?

In Q1 2022, LTC Properties reported a net income of $14.3 million, or $0.36 per share.

How did LTC's FFO change in Q1 2022?

LTC's NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders decreased to $23.6 million in Q1 2022 from $24.3 million in Q1 2021.

What significant financial transactions did LTC complete in Q1 2022?

LTC originated a $25 million mezzanine loan and finalized multiple property sales, expecting significant gains.

Did LTC Properties face any issues with rental income in Q1 2022?

Yes, LTC experienced lower rental income due to portfolio transitions and lease terminations.

What is LTC's outlook regarding cash rent from Anthem?

LTC anticipates a total cash rent of approximately $10.8 million from Anthem in 2022 despite recent challenges.