Civitas resources announces first quarter 2022 results; declares dividend to be paid in june
Denver--(business wire)--civitas resources, inc. (nyse: civi) (the "company" or "civitas") today announced its first quarter 2022 financial results, and has posted an updated investor presentation to its website. operational and financial highlights for the first quarter 2022 average daily sales volumes of 159.0 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (“mboe/d”), with oil representing 43% of total volumes (includes one month of volumes from the bison acquisition, which closed march 1, 2022) total capital expenditures of $234.5 million gaap net income of $91.6 million for the first quarter 2022 adjusted ebitdax(1) of $471.8 million for the first quarter 2022 lease operating expenses (“loe”) of $2.52 per boe for the first quarter; up 14% from the fourth quarter of 2021, and down 17% from the first quarter of 2021 recurring cash g&a(1) expense, which excludes non-cash and non-recurring expenses, was $24.7 million for the quarter, or $1.73 per boe, down sequentially from $2.00 per boe in the fourth quarter of 2021 exited first quarter 2022 with approximately $0.9 billion of liquidity, including an undrawn credit facility and approximately $154.3 million of cash, after giving effect to an aggregate of $12.4 million of undrawn letters of credit (1) combined base and variable dividend to be paid in june the company's board of directors has elected to pay a dividend of $1.3625/share in the second quarter, which reflects the combination of a variable dividend of $0.9000/share and a base fixed dividend of $0.4625/share. this dividend will be paid on june 29, 2022 to shareholders of record as of june 15, 2022. additional detail regarding the calculation of the variable dividend can be found in the company's new investor presentation. ben dell, chairman of civitas, commented, “our first quarter results continue to demonstrate our execution of the new e&p business model. we have successfully integrated bison, kept a tight control on our costs and delivered significant free cash flow, which we are returning to shareholders. as we welcome our new president and chief executive officer, chris doyle, we look forward to continuing the momentum and developing civitas into a peer group leader on all aspects of the operating model.” first quarter 2022 results during the first quarter of 2022, the company reported average daily sales of 159.0 mboe/d. product mix for the first quarter was 43% crude oil, 31% natural gas, and 26% natural gas liquids. the table below provides sales volumes, product mix, and average sales prices for the first quarter 2022 and 2021. three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 % change avg. daily sales volumes: crude oil (bbls/d) 68,039 10,474 550 % natural gas (mcf/d) 297,627 35,710 733 % natural gas liquids (bbls/d) 41,363 4,424 835 % crude oil equivalent (boe/d) 159,007 20,850 663 % product mix crude oil 43 % 50 % natural gas 31 % 29 % natural gas liquids 26 % 21 % average sales prices (before derivatives): crude oil (per bbl) $ 89.65 $ 52.83 70 % natural gas (per mcf) $ 4.20 $ 3.82 10 % natural gas liquids (per bbl) $ 41.68 $ 27.54 51 % crude oil equivalent (per boe) $ 57.06 $ 38.93 47 % capital expenditures were $234.5 million for the first quarter of 2022. the company drilled 52 gross (43 net) operated wells, completed 41 gross (37 net) operated wells, and turned to sales 49 gross (44 net) operated wells during the first quarter. net crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids revenue for the first quarter of 2022 increased to $817.8 million compared to $510.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. the increase was a result of higher crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids realized prices and a significant increase in sales volumes, primarily related the acquisitions that closed on november 1, 2021. crude oil accounted for approximately 67% of total revenue for the quarter. differentials for the company's crude oil production, relative to wti, averaged approximately negative $5.00 per barrel in the quarter. loe for the first quarter of 2022 on a unit basis increased to $2.52 per boe from $2.22 per boe in the fourth quarter of 2021. rocky mountain infrastructure (“rmi”) net effective cost for the first quarter 2022 was $0.31 per boe, which consists of $0.40 per boe of midstream operating expense offset by $0.09 per boe of rmi operating revenue from working interest partners. rmi operating revenue from working interest partners is based on production volumes and the fees are not tied to crude oil or natural gas prices. the company's general and administrative ("g&a") expenses were $35.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, which included $8.1 million in non-cash stock-based compensation and $2.9 million of other non-recurring g&a. recurring cash g&a, which excludes non-recurring and non-cash items, was $24.7 million for the first quarter of 2022. on a per unit basis, the company's recurring cash g&a decreased 14% sequentially from $2.00 per boe in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $1.73 per boe in the first quarter of 2022. rmi net effective cost and recurring cash g&a are non-gaap financial measures. please see schedule 7 and schedule 8 at the end of this release for a reconciliation to the most comparable gaap measure. 2022 guidance 2022 company guidance reflects the closing of the bison acquisition on march 1, 2022. the company expects an average crude oil price differential of roughly negative $6.00/bbl relative to wti during the year. civitas does not expect to be a cash income taxpayer this year at the commodity prices assumed below. 2022 guidance low high d&c capital expenditures ($mm) $825 -- $950 land, midstream & other capital expenditures ($mm) $70 -- $90 total production (mboe/d) 156 -- 167 oil production (mbbl/d) 69 -- 75 % liquids 68% -- 70% lease operating expenses ($/boe) $2.50 -- $2.75 gathering, transportation and processing expenses ($/boe) $3.25 -- $3.50 midstream operating expenses ($/boe) $0.50 -- $0.60 recurring cash g&a expenses ($mm) $70 -- $75 production taxes (% of revenue) 8% -- 9% conference call information the company will host a conference call to discuss these results on may 5, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. mountain time (10:00 a.m. eastern time). a live webcast and replay will be available on the investor relations section of the company’s website at www.civiresources.com. dial-in information for the conference call is included below. type phone number passcode live participant 888-510-2535 4872770 replay 800-770-2030 4872770 about civitas resources, inc. civitas resources, inc. is colorado’s first carbon neutral oil and gas producer and is focused on developing and producing crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in colorado’s denver-julesburg basin. the company is committed to pursuing compelling economic returns and cash flow while delivering best-in-class cost leadership and capital efficiency. civitas is dedicated to safety, environmental responsibility, and implementing industry leading practices to create a positive local impact. for more information about civitas, please visit www.civiresources.com. forward-looking statements and cautionary statements certain statements in this press release concerning the credit facility, the results, effects, benefits and synergies of the acquisition of bison, future opportunities for civitas, future financial performance and condition, guidance and any other statements regarding civitas’ future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts are “forward-looking” statements based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical facts. the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “ensure,” “expect,” “if,” “intend,” “estimate,” “probable,” “project,” “forecasts,” “predict,” “outlook,” “aim,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “potential,” “may,” “might,” “anticipate,” “likely” “plan,” “positioned,” “strategy,” and similar expressions or other words of similar meaning, and the negatives thereof, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. the forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by section 27a of the securities act of 1933, as amended, section 21e of the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended, and the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. these forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, but not limited to, the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the legacy operations of civitas; changes in capital markets and the ability of civitas to finance operations in the manner expected; the effects of commodity prices; the risks of oil and gas activities; and the fact that operating costs and business disruption may be greater than expected. additionally, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated also include general economic conditions, whether internationally, nationally or in the regional and local market areas in which we do business; the effects of disruption of our operations or excess supply of oil and natural gas due to the covid-19 pandemic and the actions by certain oil and natural gas producing countries; the scope, duration and severity of the covid-19 pandemic, including any recurrence, as well as the timing of the economic recovery following the pandemic; ability of our customers to meet their obligations to us; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations, borrowings, or other sources to enable us to fully develop our undeveloped acreage positions; the presence or recoverability of estimated oil and natural gas reserves and the actual future sales volume rates and associated costs; uncertainties associated with estimates of proved oil and gas reserves; the assumptions underlying forecasts, including forecasts of production, well costs, capital expenditures, rates of return, expenses, cash flow and cash flow from purchases and sales of oil and gas; the possibility that the industry may be subject to future local, state, and federal regulatory or legislative actions (including additional taxes and changes in environmental regulation); environmental risks; seasonal weather conditions; drilling and operating risks, including the risks associated with the employment of horizontal drilling and completion techniques; our ability to acquire adequate supplies of water for drilling and completion operations; availability of oilfield equipment, services, and personnel; exploration and development risks; competition in the oil and natural gas industry; our ability to secure adequate processing capacity for natural gas we produce, to secure adequate transportation for oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids we produce, and to sell the oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids at market prices; continued hostilities in ukraine, the middle east, south america, and other sustained military campaigns or acts of terrorism or sabotage; and other economic, competitive, governmental, legislative, regulatory, geopolitical, and technological factors that may negatively impact our businesses, operations, or pricing. expectations regarding business outlook, including changes in revenue, pricing, capital expenditures, cash flow generation, strategies for our operations, oil and natural gas market conditions, legal, economic and regulatory conditions, and environmental matters are only forecasts regarding these matters. additional information concerning other risk factors is also contained in civitas’ most recently filed annual reports on form 10-k, quarterly reports on form 10-q, current reports on form 8-k and other securities and exchange commission (“sec”) filings. civitas undertakes no duty to publicly update these statements except as required by law. schedule 1: condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands, expect for per share amounts, unaudited) three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 operating net revenues: oil, natural gas, and ngl sales $ 817,810 $ 74,159 operating expenses: lease operating expense 36,019 5,731 midstream operating expense 5,712 3,905 gathering, transportation, and processing 50,403 4,967 severance and ad valorem taxes 63,304 4,604 exploration 528 96 depreciation, depletion, and amortization 184,860 18,823 abandonment and impairment of unproved properties 17,975 — unused commitments 776 — merger transaction costs 20,534 3,295 general and administrative (including $8,090 and $1,612, respectively, of stock-based compensation) 35,720 9,251 total operating expenses 415,831 50,672 other income (expense): derivative loss (295,493 ) (23,419 ) interest expense (9,066 ) (419 ) gain on property transactions, net 16,797 — other income 783 188 total other expense (286,979 ) (23,650 ) income (loss) from operations before taxes 115,000 (163 ) income tax benefit (expense) (23,361 ) 44 net income (loss) $ 91,639 $ (119 ) comprehensive income (loss) $ 91,639 $ (119 ) net income (loss) per common share: basic $ 1.08 $ (0.01 ) diluted $ 1.07 $ (0.01 ) weighted-average common shares outstanding: basic 84,840 20,839 diluted 85,326 20,839 schedule 2: condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands, unaudited) three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 cash flows from operating activities: net income (loss) $ 91,639 $ (119 ) adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: depreciation, depletion, and amortization 184,860 18,823 deferred income tax expense (benefit) 23,361 (44 ) abandonment and impairment of unproved properties 17,975 — stock-based compensation 8,090 1,612 amortization of deferred financing costs 1,078 93 derivative loss 295,493 23,419 derivative cash settlements loss (166,578 ) (3,791 ) gain on property transactions, net (16,797 ) — other 68 (84 ) changes in current assets and liabilities: accounts receivable, net 11,906 (5,718 ) prepaid expenses and other assets (2,398 ) 106 accounts payable and accrued liabilities 88,975 9,073 settlement of asset retirement obligations (5,131 ) (406 ) net cash provided by operating activities 532,541 42,964 cash flows from investing activities: acquisition of oil and natural gas properties (300,087 ) (180 ) cash acquired 44,310 — exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties (260,667 ) (28,730 ) additions to other property and equipment (68 ) (38 ) other 212 — net cash used in investing activities (516,300 ) (28,948 ) cash flows from financing activities: proceeds from exercise of stock options 178 15 dividends paid (103,596 ) — payment of employee tax withholdings in exchange for the return of common stock (12,928 ) — deferred financing costs — (58 ) other — (21 ) net cash used in financing activities (116,346 ) (64 ) net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: (100,105 ) 13,952 cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: beginning of period 254,556 24,845 end of period (1) $ 154,451 $ 38,797 (1) includes $0.1 million of restricted cash and consists of funds for road maintenance and repairs that is presented in other noncurrent assets within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets (“balance sheets”) as of both march 31, 2022 and march 31, 2021. schedule 3: condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands, unaudited) march 31, 2022 december 31, 2021 assets current assets: cash and cash equivalents $ 154,349 $ 254,454 accounts receivable, net: oil, natural gas, and ngl sales 410,418 362,262 joint interest and other 72,888 66,390 prepaid expenses and other 21,891 21,052 inventory of oilfield equipment 14,557 12,386 derivative assets — 3,393 total current assets 674,103 719,937 property and equipment (successful efforts method): proved properties 5,983,892 5,457,213 less: accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization (608,898 ) (430,201 ) total proved properties, net 5,374,994 5,027,012 unproved properties 671,538 688,895 wells in progress 213,153 177,296 other property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $5,403 in 2022 and $4,742 in 2021 51,046 51,639 total property and equipment, net 6,310,731 5,944,842 right-of-use assets 36,054 39,885 deferred income tax assets — 22,284 other noncurrent assets 12,859 14,085 total assets $ 7,033,747 $ 6,741,033 liabilities and stockholders’ equity current liabilities: accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 296,433 $ 246,188 production taxes payable 188,962 144,408 oil and natural gas revenue distribution payable 422,854 466,233 lease liability 18,588 18,873 derivative liability 384,694 219,804 asset retirement obligations 24,000 24,000 total current liabilities 1,335,531 1,119,506 long-term liabilities: senior notes 492,123 491,710 lease liability 17,920 21,398 ad valorem taxes 296,773 232,147 derivative liability 46,111 19,959 deferred income tax liabilities 5,805 — asset retirement obligations 201,951 201,315 total liabilities 2,396,214 2,086,035 commitments and contingencies stockholders’ equity: preferred stock, $.01 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding — — common stock, $.01 par value, 225,000,000 shares authorized, 84,941,558 and 84,572,846 issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively 4,916 4,912 additional paid-in capital 4,194,444 4,199,108 retained earnings 438,173 450,978 total stockholders’ equity 4,637,533 4,654,998 total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 7,033,747 $ 6,741,033 schedule 4: per unit cash cost margins (unaudited) three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 percent change crude oil equivalent sales volumes (mboe) 14,311 1,876 663 % realized price (before derivatives)(1) $ 57.06 $ 38.93 47 % per unit costs ($/boe) lease operating expense $ 2.52 $ 3.05 (17 ) % rmi net effective cost(1) $ 0.31 $ 1.49 (79 ) % gathering, transportation, and processing $ 3.52 $ 2.65 33 % severance and ad valorem taxes $ 4.42 $ 2.45 80 % recurring cash general and administrative(2) $ 1.73 $ 4.07 (57 ) % interest $ 0.63 $ 0.22 186 % total cash costs $ 13.13 $ 13.93 (6 ) % cash cost margin (before derivatives) $ 43.93 $ 25.00 76 % derivative cash settlements $ (11.64 ) $ (2.02 ) 476 % cash cost margin (after derivatives) $ 32.29 $ 22.98 41 % non-cash and non-recurring items depreciation, depletion, and amortization $ 12.92 $ 10.03 29 % non-cash and non-recurring general and administrative $ 0.77 $ 0.86 (10 ) % (1) crude oil and natural gas sales excludes $1.3 million and $1.1 million of oil transportation and gas gathering revenues from third parties, which do not have associated sales volumes for three months ended march 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. alternatively, the aforementioned oil transportation and gas gathering revenues from third parties have been netted against the midstream operating expense to arrive at the rmi net effective cost. see schedule 8 for a reconciliation from gaap midstream operating expense to rmi net effective cost. (2) recurring cash general and administrative expense excludes stock-based compensation, cash severance costs, and other non-recurring fees. please see schedule 7 for a reconciliation from gaap g&a to recurring cash g&a. schedule 5: adjusted net income (in thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited) adjusted net income is a supplemental non-gaap financial measure that is used by management to present a more comparable, recurring profitability between periods. management believes adjusted net income provides external users of the company’s consolidated financial statements such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies with additional information to assist in their analysis of the company. the company defines adjusted net income as net income after adjusting for (1) the impact of certain non-cash items and one-time transactions and correspondingly (2) the related tax effect in each period. adjusted net income is not a measure of net income as determined by gaap. the following table presents a reconciliation of the gaap financial measure of net income to the non-gaap financial measure of adjusted net income. three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 net income (loss) $ 91,639 $ (119 ) adjustments to net income (loss): abandonment and impairment of unproved properties 17,975 — unused commitments 776 — stock-based compensation(1) 8,090 1,612 non-recurring general and administrative expense(1) 2,886 — merger transaction costs 20,534 3,295 gain loss on property transactions, net (16,797 ) — derivative loss 295,493 23,419 derivative cash settlement loss (166,578 ) (3,791 ) other 68 (84 ) total adjustments before taxes 162,447 24,451 tax effect of adjustments(2) (39,962 ) (6,015 ) total adjustments after taxes 122,485 18,436 adjusted net income $ 214,124 $ 18,317 adjusted net income per diluted share $ 2.51 $ 0.88 diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding 85,326 20,839 (1) included as a portion of general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). (2) estimated using the federal and state effective tax rate of 24.6%. schedule 6: adjusted ebitdax (in thousands, unaudited) adjusted ebitdax is a supplemental non-gaap financial measure that is used by management to provide a metric of the company's ability to internally generate funds for exploration and development of oil and gas properties. the metric excludes items which are non-recurring in nature. management believes adjusted ebitdax provides external users of the company’s consolidated financial statements such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies with additional information to assist in their analysis of the company. the company defines adjusted ebitdax as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, and amortization, impairment, exploration expenses and other similar non-cash and non-recurring charges. adjusted ebitdax is not a measure of net income or cash flows as determined by gaap. the following table presents a reconciliation of the gaap financial measure of net income to the non-gaap financial measure of adjusted ebitdax. three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 net income (loss) $ 91,639 $ (119 ) exploration 528 96 depreciation, depletion and amortization 184,860 18,823 abandonment and impairment of unproved properties 17,975 — stock-based compensation (1) 8,090 1,612 non-recurring general and administrative expense (1) 2,886 — merger transaction costs 20,534 3,295 unused commitments 776 — gain on property transactions, net (16,797 ) — interest expense 9,066 419 derivative loss 295,493 23,419 derivative cash settlements loss (166,578 ) (3,791 ) income tax (benefit) expense 23,361 (44 ) adjusted ebitdax $ 471,833 $ 43,710 (1) included as a portion of general and administrative expense in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income. schedule 7: recurring cash g&a (in thousands, unaudited) recurring cash g&a is a supplemental non-gaap financial measure that is used by management to provide only the cash portion of its g&a expense, which can be used to evaluate cost management and operating efficiency on a comparable basis from period to period. management believes recurring cash g&a provides external users of the company’s consolidated financial statements such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies with additional information to assist in their analysis of the company. the company defines recurring cash g&a as gaap general and administrative expense exclusive of the company's stock-based compensation and one-time charges. the company refers to recurring cash g&a to provide typical recurring cash g&a costs that are planned for in a given period. recurring cash g&a is not a fully inclusive measure of general and administrative expense as determined by gaap. the following table presents a reconciliation of the gaap financial measure of general and administrative expense to the non-gaap financial measure of recurring cash g&a. three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 general and administrative expense $ 35,720 $ 9,251 stock-based compensation (8,090 ) (1,612 ) non-recurring general and administrative expense (2,886 ) — recurring cash g&a $ 24,744 $ 7,639 schedule 8: rmi net effective cost (in thousands, unaudited) rmi net effective cost is a supplemental non-gaap financial measure that is used by management to assess only the net cash impact the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, rocky mountain infrastructure, llc, has on the company’s consolidated financials. management believes the net effective cost provides external users of the company’s consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies, with additional information to assist in their analysis of the company. the company defines the rmi net effective cost as gaap midstream operating expense less revenue generated from working interest partners utilizing the rmi assets. the following table presents a reconciliation of the gaap financial measures of midstream operating expense and rmi working interest partner revenue to the non-gaap financial measure of rmi net effective cost. three months ended march 31, 2022 2021 midstream operating expense $ 5,712 $ 3,905 rmi working interest partner revenue (1,267 ) (1,109 ) rmi net effective cost $ 4,445 $ 2,796
