Tiptree financial inc. reports first quarter
2015 financial results
New york new york--(business wire)--tiptree financial inc. (nasdaq:tipt) (“tiptree financial”), a diversified holding company which operates in the insurance and insurance services, specialty finance, asset management and real estate industries, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended march 31, 2015. tiptree financial operates its business through tiptree operating company, llc (“tiptree” or the “company”), which is owned 77% by tiptree financial and 23% by tiptree financial partners, l.p. (“tfp”). this release reports both the results of tiptree and the results available to tiptree financial’s class a stockholders. first quarter 2015 highlights care completed the purchase of six seniors housing communities for $54.8 million and entered into a joint venture to acquire, own and operate five seniors housing communities for $30.1 million. first full quarter of fortegra contributed $4.0 million to tiptree’s consolidated results. fortegra acquired the remainder of protectcell, which is now 100% owned by fortegra. tiptree amended its existing credit facility with fortress to borrow an additional $25 million on the same terms (but repayable on completion of tiptree’s sale of philadelphia financial group, inc. (“pfg”)). declared a dividend of $0.025 per share to class a stockholders and tfp limited partners on an as exchanged basis with a record date of may 25, 2015, and a payment date of june 1, 2015. geoffrey kauffman, co-chief executive officer of tiptree financial, commented, “despite weak valuations in the clo market, we posted a strong $12.9 million of adjusted ebitda for the quarter and are expecting positive results over the rest of the year.” first quarter 2015 financial overview gaap results net loss before noncontrolling interests of tiptree for the quarter ended march 31, 2015 was $2.0 million compared with net income of $3.6 million from the comparable prior year quarter, a decrease of $5.6 million. the change in net income from the prior year period is the result of a number of factors, including: a $4.0 million increase in net income from fortegra which was not owned by tiptree in the first quarter of 2014. a $1.0 million increase in net income of discontinued operations at pfg ($2.3 million in 2015 vs. $1.3 million in 2014). a $3.9 million decrease in net revenues from the clo business ($742 thousand in 2015 vs. $4.6 million in 2014), due primarily to negative changes in mark-to-market valuations. a $2.6 million decrease in interest income primarily due to the warehouse activity included in the first quarter of 2014, which was not replicated in the first quarter of 2015. a $3.4 million decrease in net income at care (loss of $4.2 million in 2015 vs. loss of $764 thousand in 2014) due to acquisitions in the first quarter of 2015, which resulted in higher acquisition costs, depreciation and amortization and other expenses. a $1.2 million increase in net income in our specialty finance businesses, siena and luxury ($435 thousand in 2015 vs. loss of $736 thousand in 2014). net loss to class a common stockholders for the quarter ended march 31, 2015 was $979 thousand compared to net income of $1.6 million for the same period in 2014. the decrease is primarily a result of an increase of $844 thousand in the tax provision benefit and a decrease of $3.0 million in noncontrolling interests. non-gaap financial measures: ebitda and adjusted ebitda adjusted ebitda for tiptree was $12.9 million for the quarter ended march 31, 2015 compared with $10.6 million for the comparable prior year quarter. see page 9 for a reconciliation of ebitda and adjusted ebitda to gaap net income. ebitda and adjusted ebitda are non-gaap financial measures. we believe that ebitda and adjusted ebitda provide supplemental information useful to investors as it is frequently used by the financial community to analyze performance period to period, to analyze a company’s ability to service its debt and to facilitate comparison among companies. ebitda and adjusted ebitda are not a measurement of financial performance or liquidity under gaap; therefore, ebitda and adjusted ebitda should not be considered as an alternative or substitute for gaap. our presentation of ebitda and adjusted ebitda may differ from similarly titled non-gaap financial measures used by other companies. we define ebitda as gaap net income of the company adjusted to add consolidated interest expense, consolidated income taxes and consolidated depreciation and amortization expense as presented in our financial statements and adjusted ebitda as ebitda adjusted to (i) subtract interest expense on asset-specific debt incurred in the ordinary course of our subsidiaries business operations, (ii) adjust for the effect of purchase accounting and (iii) add significant acquisition related costs. earnings conference call tiptree financial will host a conference call on monday, may 18, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss its first quarter 2015 financial results. a copy of this press release will be available in the investor relations section of the company’s website, located at www.tiptreefinancial.com. the conference call will be available via live or archived webcast at http://www.investors.tiptreefinancial.com. to listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. to participate in the telephone conference call, please dial 1-877-407-4018 (domestic) or 1-201-689-8471 (international). please dial in at least five minutes prior to the start time. a replay of the call will be available from monday, may 18, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. eastern time, until midnight eastern on monday, may 25, 2015. to listen to the replay, please dial 1-877-870-5176 (domestic) or 1-858-384-5517 (international), passcode 13609841. about tiptree tiptree is a diversified holding company engaged through its consolidated subsidiaries in a number of businesses and is an active acquirer of new businesses. tiptree, whose operations date back to 2007, currently has subsidiaries that operate in five segments: insurance and insurance services, specialty finance, asset management, real estate and corporate and other (which includes tiptree’s principal investments). forward-looking statements this release contains “forward-looking statements” which involve risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the company’s control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance, or achievements. all statements contained in this release that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. the forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecast in the forward-looking statements. our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to those described in the section entitled “risk factors” in the company’s annual report on form 10-k, and as described in the company’s other filings with the securities and exchange commission. readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as to the date of this release. the factors described therein are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. other unknown or unpredictable factors also could affect our forward-looking statements. consequently, our actual performance could be materially different from the results described or anticipated by our forward-looking statements. given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. except as required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. liabilities: stockholders’ equity: note: (1) see page 10 of this earnings release for further discussion of book value per common share. revenues: total revenue expenses: results of consolidated clos: discontinued operations: net income (loss) per class a common share: weighted average number of class a common shares: tiptree financial inc. segment statement of operations (unaudited) (in thousands) segment assets as of march 31, 2015 note: tiptree financial inc. segment statement of operations (unaudited) (in thousands) segment assets as of december 31, 2014 notes: tiptree financial inc. non-gaap financial measures (in thousands) non-gaap financial measures - ebitda and adjusted ebitda in addition to the results of operations presented in accordance with gaap, management uses ebitda and adjusted ebitda, which are non-gaap financial measures. we believe that ebitda and adjusted ebitda provide supplemental information useful to investors as it is frequently used by the financial community to analyze performance period to period, to analyze a company’s ability to service its debt and to facilitate comparison among companies. ebitda and adjusted ebitda are not a measurement of financial performance or liquidity under gaap; therefore, ebitda and adjusted ebitda should not be considered as an alternative or substitute for gaap. our presentation of ebitda and adjusted ebitda may differ from similarly titled non-gaap financial measures used by other companies. we define ebitda as gaap net income of the company adjusted to add consolidated interest expense, consolidated income taxes and consolidated depreciation and amortization expense as presented in our financial statements and adjusted ebitda as ebitda adjusted to (i) subtract interest expense on asset-specific debt incurred in the ordinary course of our subsidiaries business operations, (ii) adjust for the effect of purchase accounting and (iii) add significant acquisition related costs. reconciliation from the company’s gaap net income to non-gaap financial measures - ebitda and adjusted ebitda notes: (1) the consolidated non-corporate and non-acquisition related interest expense is subtracted from ebitda to arrive at adjusted ebitda. this includes interest expense associated with asset-specific debt at subsidiaries in the specialty finance and real estate segments. for the quarter ended march 31, 2015, interest expense for the asset-specific debt was $511 thousand for specialty finance and $1.3 million for real estate, totaling $1.8 million (as adjusted above). for the quarter ended march 31, 2014, interest expense for the asset-specific debt was $144 thousand for specialty finance, $978 thousand for real estate, and $527 thousand for corporate and other segments, totaling $1.6 million (as adjusted above). (2) tiptree’s purchase of fortegra resulted in a number of purchase accounting adjustments being made as of the date of acquisition, which included setting deferred asset costs to a fair value of zero, modifying deferred revenue liabilities to their respective fair values, and recording a substantial intangible asset representing the value of the acquired insurance policies and contracts reflecting the historical basis of accounting related to the value of business acquired adjustments. (3) significant acquisition related costs in connection with care’s acquisition of the royal portfolio and greenfield ii portfolio properties included taxes of $504 thousand, legal costs of $414 thousand and $431 thousand of other property acquisition expenses. (4) see note 5—dispositions, asset held for sale and discontinued operations, in the consolidated financial statements contained in tiptree financial’s form 10-q for the quarter ended march 31, 2015, for further discussion of discontinued operations. (5) significant relocation costs for discontinued operations included expenses incurred in connection with the move of pfas’s physical location from new jersey to philadelphia for the year ended december 31, 2014. tiptree financial inc. and the company book value per share (in thousands, except per share amounts) tiptree financial’s book value per share was $8.93 as of march 31, 2015 compared with $8.94 as of december 31, 2014. total stockholders' equity for the company was $377.6 million as of march 31, 2015, which comprised total stockholders' equity of $397.2 million adjusted for $23.2 million attributable to non-controlling interest at subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by the company, such as siena, luxury and care, and net liabilities of $3.6 million wholly owned by tiptree financial inc. total stockholders' equity for the company was $381.3 million as of december 31, 2014, which comprised total stockholders' equity of $401.7 million adjusted for $27.1 million attributable to non-controlling interest at subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by the company and net liabilities of $6.7 million wholly owned by tiptree financial inc. additionally, the company’s book value per share is based upon class a common shares outstanding, plus class a common stock issuable upon exchange of partnership units of tfp. the total shares as of march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014 were 41.7 million and 41.6 million, respectively. tiptree financial’s class a book value per common share and the company’s book value per share are presented below. total stockholders’ equity of tiptree financial class a book value per common share (1) notes: (1) see note 24—earnings per share, in the form 10-q for the quarter ended march 31, 2015, for further discussion of potential dilution from warrants.
