ATSG Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results

Deployed seven newly-converted freighters, including our first two A321-200s, in the quarter

2023 Outlook revised to reflect current operating environment

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSG), the leading provider of medium wide-body aircraft leasing, contracted air transportation, and related services, today reported consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Those results, as compared with the same quarter in 2022, were as follows:

Third Quarter 2023 Results

  • Revenues of $523 million, up 1%
  • GAAP EPS (basic) from Continuing Operations of $0.26, down $0.42
  • Adjusted EPS* from Continuing Operations of $0.32, versus $0.60
  • Pretax Earnings from Continuing Operations of $24 million, down from $65 million.
  • Adjusted Pretax* Earnings of $31 million, down from $67 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA* of $137 million, down from $163 million
  • 9.4 million shares repurchased since September 2022, including 5.4 million shares in the third quarter

Joe Hete, Chief Executive Officer of ATSG, said, “The third quarter started out on track with our expectations, carrying solid second-quarter momentum from our passenger airline operations into the summer. We leased seven newly converted freighters in July and early August, including five 767-300s and our first two A321-200s. However, both macro and operational pressures throughout the latter part of the quarter materially affected our results. Particularly in September, our passenger airline operations experienced service related issues that drove significant unplanned travel and flight crew costs. In our CAM leasing operations, we realized lower revenues from 767-200 aircraft sales and associated engine power than forecasted during the quarter.”

* Adjusted EPS (Earnings per Share), Adjusted Pretax Earnings, Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and Adjusted Free Cash Flow, each of which is from Continuing Operations, are non-GAAP financial measures and are defined and reconciled to GAAP measures at the end of this release.

Segment Results

Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM)

  • Aircraft leasing and related revenues in the third quarter were down 1% compared with the prior year quarter, due to eleven fewer leased 767-200 aircraft and lower power-by-cycle ("PBC") engine revenue associated with 767-200s, partially offset by higher average lease rates, as nine more 767-300s and two initial A321-200s have been deployed since September 2022.
  • Pre-tax earnings decreased 37% to $23 million versus the prior year quarter. Earnings were impacted by the scheduled return of eleven 767-200s since September 2022, including two in the third quarter this year, as well as reduced PBC revenue from fewer 767-200s in service, and fewer cycles flown by those still in service. Higher aircraft sales in the prior-year period also negatively impacted the segment earnings comparison. Interest expense versus the prior year period increased $5 million, and depreciation was up $2 million due to new deployments replacing mostly depreciated assets.
  • CAM deployed five Boeing 767-300 and two Airbus A321-200 leased freighters to external customers during the quarter. Eleven leased freighters have been deployed since September 2022, including nine 767-300s and two A321-200s. For the full year 2023, CAM now expects to deploy 16 newly converted leased freighter aircraft, including 12 767-300s and four A321-200s. Six of the 16 are due to be deployed in the fourth quarter.
  • Twenty aircraft are currently in or awaiting conversion to freighters. That total includes seven A321 aircraft and 13 767-300s. One 767-200 is currently staging for lease. The Company is scheduled to purchase three Airbus A330 feedstock aircraft in the fourth quarter for planned freighter conversion and deployment in 2024.

ACMI Services

  • Pre-tax earnings were $12 million in the third quarter, down 51% versus the prior-year quarter. The reduction stemmed from unfavorable revenue mix impacts in both cargo and passenger operations, inflation, and service challenges in our passenger operations, which impacted travel and payroll costs in September.
  • Revenue block hours for ATSG's cargo airlines were down 4% for the third quarter while operating one fewer Boeing 767 freighter compared with the prior-year period. Cargo block hours were affected by fewer longer-haul international routes as compared to the prior-year period.
  • Passenger block hours, including combi flying, increased 14% versus this quarter last year. Hours flown by the four Boeing 757 combination freighter-passenger aircraft were up significantly due to the resumption of a Pacific route in late 2022, which had been temporarily paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Excluding combi hours, passenger block hours increased 9%.

2023 Outlook

In mid-October, certain airlines that lease aircraft from CAM to serve international routes expressed that they are experiencing weaker customer demand, impacting their recent financial performance and outlook. We expect this to disrupt future leasing revenues from those customers.

ATSG expects the conflict in Israel to affect Omni's customer requirements in the near-term. In addition, the Company expects fewer 767-200 aircraft sales and lower engine revenues versus our plan for this year. ATSG's domestic air express operations, in support of the e-commerce networks of DHL and Amazon, are on track with earlier expectations.

ATSG is updating its full-year 2023 guidance as follows:

 

Current

Prior

Adjusted EBITDA

$560 - $580 million

$610 - $620 million

Adjusted EPS

$1.50 - $1.70

$1.85 - $2.00

For 2023, ATSG is still projecting $785 million in total capex spend, including $545 for growth and $240 million in sustaining capex. However, ATSG now expects to further reduce its 2024 capex plan to $505 million, down $100 million in growth capex from the plan communicated at the September Investor Day event. This reduction takes into account fewer conversions and feedstock purchases due to softening demand. ATSG expects to provide updated 2024 Adjusted EBITDA guidance in February 2024, which we expect will reflect the aforementioned demand concerns and reduced 2024 capex.

Hete concluded, “We've demonstrated our flexibility to pull back on growth capital investments when conditions warrant, and accordingly, we expect meaningful capital expenditure declines in both 2024 and 2025 as we continue to optimize our capital allocation strategy. The reduction in our capex requirements for 2024 will accelerate our realization of positive free cash flow versus the timetable we communicated in September.”

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release, including the attached non-GAAP reconciliation tables, contains financial measures that are not calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("non-GAAP financial measures"). Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate historical results and project future results. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures assist in highlighting operational trends, facilitating period-over-period comparisons, and providing additional clarity about events and trends affecting core operating performance. Disclosing these non-GAAP financial measures provides insight to investors about additional metrics that management uses to evaluate past performance and prospects for future performance. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP and may be calculated differently by other companies.

The historical non-GAAP financial measures included in this release are reconciled to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the non-GAAP Reconciliation tables included later in this release. The Company does not provide a reconciliation of projected Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted EPS because it is unable to predict with reasonable accuracy the value of certain adjustments. Certain adjustments can be significantly impacted by the re-measurements of financial instruments including stock warrants issued to a customer. The Company’s earnings on a GAAP basis, including its earnings per share on a GAAP basis, and the non-GAAP adjustments for gains and losses resulting from the re-measurement of stock warrants, will depend on the future prices of ATSG stock, interest rates, and other assumptions which are highly uncertain.

Conference Call

ATSG will host an investor conference call on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to review its financial results for the third quarter of 2023, and its outlook for remainder of the year. Live call participants must register via this link that is also available at ATSG’s website, www.atsginc.com under “Investors” and “Presentations.” Once registered, call participants will receive dial-in numbers and a unique Personal Identification Number (PIN) that must be entered to join the live call. Listen-only access to live and replay versions of the call, including slides, will be available via a webcast link at the same ATSG website location. Slides that accompany management’s discussion of its quarterly results also may be downloaded there shortly before the start of the call at 10 a.m.

About ATSG

ATSG is a leading provider of aircraft leasing and air cargo transportation and related services to domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies that outsource their air cargo lift requirements. ATSG, through its leasing and airline subsidiaries, is the world's largest owner and operator of converted Boeing 767 freighter aircraft. Through its principal subsidiaries, including three airlines with separate and distinct U.S. FAA Part 121 Air Carrier certificates, ATSG provides aircraft leasing, air cargo lift, passenger ACMI and charter services, aircraft maintenance services and airport ground services. ATSG's subsidiaries include ABX Air, Inc.; Airborne Global Solutions, Inc.; Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc., including its subsidiary, Pemco World Air Services, Inc.; Air Transport International, Inc.; Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc.; and Omni Air International, LLC. For more information, please see www.atsginc.com.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause Air Transport Services Group, Inc.'s ("ATSG's") actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: (i) unplanned changes in the market demand for our assets and services, including the loss of customers or a reduction in the level of services we perform for customers; (ii) our operating airlines' ability to maintain on-time service and control costs; (iii) the cost and timing with respect to which we are able to purchase and modify aircraft to a cargo configuration; (iv) fluctuations in ATSG's traded share price and in interest rates, which may result in mark-to-market charges on certain financial instruments; (v) the number, timing, and scheduled routes of our aircraft deployments to customers; (vi) our ability to remain in compliance with key agreements with customers, lenders and government agencies; (vii) the impact of current supply chain constraints both within and outside the United States, which may be more severe or persist longer than we currently expect; (viii) the impact of a competitive labor market, which could restrict our ability to fill key positions; and (ix) changes in general economic and/or industry-specific conditions, including inflation.. Other factors that could cause ATSG’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are contained from time to time in ATSG's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Readers should carefully review this release and should not place undue reliance on ATSG's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements were based on information, plans and estimates as of the date of this release. Except as may be required by applicable law, ATSG undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)

 
 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

REVENUES

$

523,137

 

 

$

516,916

 

 

$

1,553,571

 

 

$

1,512,444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

165,110

 

 

 

169,967

 

 

 

512,283

 

 

 

494,526

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

86,252

 

 

 

83,283

 

 

 

253,671

 

 

 

246,726

 

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

54,569

 

 

 

41,541

 

 

 

148,838

 

 

 

116,657

 

Fuel

 

79,020

 

 

 

68,620

 

 

 

213,046

 

 

 

202,080

 

Contracted ground and aviation services

 

18,353

 

 

 

18,278

 

 

 

55,823

 

 

 

56,762

 

Travel

 

36,223

 

 

 

29,865

 

 

 

96,998

 

 

 

82,544

 

Landing and ramp

 

4,271

 

 

 

4,210

 

 

 

13,139

 

 

 

12,873

 

Rent

 

7,811

 

 

 

8,383

 

 

 

24,197

 

 

 

22,114

 

Insurance

 

3,055

 

 

 

2,346

 

 

 

8,287

 

 

 

7,224

 

Other operating expenses

 

22,443

 

 

 

17,764

 

 

 

64,095

 

 

 

57,968

 

 

 

477,107

 

 

 

444,257

 

 

 

1,390,377

 

 

 

1,299,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

 

46,030

 

 

 

72,659

 

 

 

163,194

 

 

 

212,970

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

190

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

585

 

 

 

80

 

Non-service component of retiree benefit credits

 

(3,218

)

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

(9,654

)

 

 

15,411

 

Net gain on financial instruments

 

1,778

 

 

 

695

 

 

 

1,856

 

 

 

9,402

 

Loss from non-consolidated affiliates

 

(1,885

)

 

 

(954

)

 

 

(4,398

)

 

 

(5,577

)

Interest expense

 

(19,376

)

 

 

(12,167

)

 

 

(51,753

)

 

 

(33,027

)

 

 

(22,511

)

 

 

(7,735

)

 

 

(63,364

)

 

 

(13,711

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

23,519

 

 

 

64,924

 

 

 

99,830

 

 

 

199,259

 

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 

(6,347

)

 

 

(14,736

)

 

 

(24,495

)

 

 

(45,065

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

17,172

 

 

 

50,188

 

 

 

75,335

 

 

 

154,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX

 

 

 

 

854

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,736

 

NET EARNINGS

$

17,172

 

 

$

51,042

 

 

$

75,335

 

 

$

155,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS PER SHARE - CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.26

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.08

 

 

$

2.08

 

Diluted

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

$

0.98

 

 

$

1.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES - CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

67,253

 

 

 

73,998

 

 

 

69,909

 

 

 

73,956

 

Diluted

 

72,672

 

 

 

88,746

 

 

 

78,427

 

 

 

88,980

 

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except share data)

 
 

 

September 30,

2023

 

December 31,

2022

ASSETS

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

50,585

 

 

$

27,134

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,228 in 2023 and $939 in 2022

 

226,147

 

 

 

301,622

 

Inventory

 

50,680

 

 

 

57,764

 

Prepaid supplies and other

 

36,349

 

 

 

31,956

 

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

 

363,761

 

 

 

418,476

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

2,749,506

 

 

 

2,402,408

 

Customer incentive

 

64,873

 

 

 

79,650

 

Goodwill and acquired intangibles

 

484,981

 

 

 

492,642

 

Operating lease assets

 

59,224

 

 

 

74,070

 

Other assets

 

123,770

 

 

 

122,647

 

TOTAL ASSETS

$

3,846,115

 

 

$

3,589,893

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

272,306

 

 

$

192,992

 

Accrued salaries, wages and benefits

 

59,346

 

 

 

56,498

 

Accrued expenses

 

12,233

 

 

 

12,466

 

Current portion of debt obligations

 

648

 

 

 

639

 

Current portion of lease obligations

 

21,534

 

 

 

23,316

 

Unearned revenue

 

27,555

 

 

 

21,546

 

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

393,622

 

 

 

307,457

 

Long term debt

 

1,691,141

 

 

 

1,464,285

 

Stock obligations

 

1,816

 

 

 

695

 

Post-retirement obligations

 

31,488

 

 

 

35,334

 

Long term lease obligations

 

38,737

 

 

 

51,575

 

Other liabilities

 

61,360

 

 

 

62,861

 

Deferred income taxes

 

279,778

 

 

 

255,180

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 20,000,000 shares authorized, including 75,000 Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 150,000,000 shares authorized; 65,315,066 and 72,327,758 shares issued and outstanding in 2023 and 2022, respectively

 

653

 

 

 

723

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

835,630

 

 

 

986,303

 

Retained earnings

 

604,217

 

 

 

528,882

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(92,327

)

 

 

(103,402

)

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

1,348,173

 

 

 

1,412,506

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

3,846,115

 

 

$

3,589,893

 

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

 
 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING CASH FLOWS

$

117,517

 

 

$

147,861

 

 

$

526,093

 

 

$

398,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft acquisitions and freighter conversions

 

(119,709

)

 

 

(97,666

)

 

 

(422,873

)

 

 

(302,959

)

Planned aircraft maintenance, engine overhauls and other non-aircraft additions to property and equipment

 

(48,706

)

 

 

(56,482

)

 

 

(158,467

)

 

 

(145,399

)

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

 

71

 

 

 

3,605

 

 

 

10,516

 

 

 

3,759

 

Acquisitions and investments in businesses

 

(800

)

 

 

312

 

 

 

(1,600

)

 

 

(16,233

)

TOTAL INVESTING CASH FLOWS

 

(169,144

)

 

 

(150,231

)

 

 

(572,424

)

 

 

(460,832

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on secured debt

 

(90,217

)

 

 

(50,215

)

 

 

(180,534

)

 

 

(345,525

)

Proceeds from revolver borrowings

 

80,000

 

 

 

60,000

 

 

 

220,000

 

 

 

510,000

 

Proceeds from convertible note issuance

 

400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

 

Payments for financing costs

 

(10,268

)

 

 

 

 

 

(10,779

)

 

 

 

Repurchase of convertible notes

 

(203,247

)

 

 

 

 

 

(203,247

)

 

 

 

Repurchase of senior unsecured notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(115,204

)

Purchase of common stock

 

(118,475

)

 

 

 

 

 

(155,349

)

 

 

 

Taxes paid for conversion of employee awards

 

 

 

 

(80

)

 

 

(1,578

)

 

 

(1,519

)

Other financing payments

 

1,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,269

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCING CASH FLOWS

 

59,062

 

 

 

9,705

 

 

 

69,782

 

 

 

47,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

$

7,435

 

 

$

7,335

 

 

$

23,451

 

 

$

(15,010

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

$

43,150

 

 

$

47,151

 

 

$

27,134

 

 

$

69,496

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

$

50,585

 

 

$

54,486

 

 

$

50,585

 

 

$

54,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH GENERATED FOR DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATION (Non- GAAP)

$

166,223

 

 

$

204,343

 

 

$

684,560

 

 

$

543,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PRETAX EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS AND ADJUSTED PRETAX EARNINGS SUMMARY

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(In thousands)

 
 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft leasing and related revenues

$

113,145

 

 

$

114,526

 

 

$

345,500

 

 

$

341,164

 

Lease incentive amortization

 

(3,420

)

 

 

(5,030

)

 

 

(12,353

)

 

 

(15,089

)

Total CAM

 

109,725

 

 

 

109,496

 

 

 

333,147

 

 

 

326,075

 

ACMI Services

 

365,248

 

 

 

357,375

 

 

 

1,065,562

 

 

 

1,034,963

 

Other Activities

 

112,841

 

 

 

108,423

 

 

 

334,218

 

 

 

318,837

 

Total Revenues

 

587,814

 

 

 

575,294

 

 

 

1,732,927

 

 

 

1,679,875

 

Eliminate internal revenues

 

(64,677

)

 

 

(58,378

)

 

 

(179,356

)

 

 

(167,431

)

Customer Revenues

$

523,137

 

 

$

516,916

 

 

$

1,553,571

 

 

$

1,512,444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAM, inclusive of interest expense

 

23,306

 

 

 

36,975

 

 

 

88,526

 

 

 

111,587

 

ACMI Services, inclusive of interest expense

 

12,414

 

 

 

25,265

 

 

 

34,057

 

 

 

69,267

 

Other Activities

 

(7,968

)

 

 

(1,182

)

 

 

(8,613

)

 

 

560

 

Net, unallocated interest expense

 

(908

)

 

 

(510

)

 

 

(1,944

)

 

 

(1,391

)

Non-service components of retiree benefit credit

 

(3,218

)

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

(9,654

)

 

 

15,411

 

Net gain on financial instruments

 

1,778

 

 

 

695

 

 

 

1,856

 

 

 

9,402

 

Loss from non-consolidated affiliates

 

(1,885

)

 

 

(954

)

 

 

(4,398

)

 

 

(5,577

)

Earnings from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes (GAAP)

$

23,519

 

 

$

64,924

 

 

$

99,830

 

 

$

199,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to Pretax Earnings from Continuing Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add customer incentive amortization

 

4,236

 

 

 

5,822

 

 

 

14,777

 

 

 

17,442

 

Add loss from non-consolidated affiliates

 

1,885

 

 

 

954

 

 

 

4,398

 

 

 

5,577

 

Less net gain on financial instruments

 

(1,778

)

 

 

(695

)

 

 

(1,856

)

 

 

(9,402

)

Less non-service components of retiree benefit credit

 

3,218

 

 

 

(4,635

)

 

 

9,654

 

 

 

(15,411

)

Add net charges for hangar foam incident

 

58

 

 

 

960

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

960

 

Adjusted Pretax Earnings (non-GAAP)

$

31,138

 

 

$

67,330

 

 

$

126,874

 

 

$

198,425

 

Adjusted Pretax Earnings excludes certain items included in GAAP-based pretax Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes because these items are distinctly different in their predictability among periods or not closely related to our operations. Presenting this measure provides investors with a comparative metric of fundamental operations, while highlighting changes to certain items among periods. Adjusted Pretax Earnings should not be considered an alternative to Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP.

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ADJUSTED EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES, DEPRECIATION AND

AMORTIZATION

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(In thousands)

 
 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

$

23,519

 

 

$

64,924

 

 

$

99,830

 

 

$

199,259

 

Interest Income

 

(190

)

 

 

(56

)

 

 

(585

)

 

 

(80

)

Interest Expense

 

19,376

 

 

 

12,167

 

 

 

51,753

 

 

 

33,027

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

86,252

 

 

 

83,283

 

 

 

253,671

 

 

 

246,726

 

EBITDA from Continuing Operations (non-GAAP)

$

128,957

 

 

$

160,318

 

 

$

404,669

 

 

$

478,932

 

Add customer incentive amortization

 

4,236

 

 

 

5,822

 

 

 

14,777

 

 

 

17,442

 

Add start-up loss from non-consolidated affiliates

 

1,885

 

 

 

954

 

 

 

4,398

 

 

 

5,577

 

Less net gain on financial instruments

 

(1,778

)

 

 

(695

)

 

 

(1,856

)

 

 

(9,402

)

Add non-service components of retiree benefit credits

 

3,218

 

 

 

(4,635

)

 

 

9,654

 

 

 

(15,411

)

Add net charges for hangar foam incident

 

58

 

 

 

960

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

$

136,576

 

 

$

162,724

 

 

$

431,713

 

 

$

478,098

 

Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to assess the performance of its operating results among periods. It is a metric that facilitates the comparison of financial results of underlying operations. Additionally, these non-GAAP adjustments are similar to the adjustments used by lenders in the Company’s senior secured credit facility to assess financial performance and determine the cost of borrowed funds. The adjustments also remove the non-service cost components of retiree benefit plans because they are not closely related to ongoing operating activities. To improve comparability between periods, the adjustments also exclude from EBITDA from Continuing Operations charges related to the discharge of a fire suppression system in the Company's aircraft hangar, net of related insurance recoveries. Management presents EBITDA from Continuing Operations, a commonly referenced metric, as a subtotal toward computing Adjusted EBITDA.

EBITDA from Continuing Operations is defined as Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes plus net interest expense, depreciation, and amortization expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA from Continuing Operations less financial instrument revaluation gains or losses, charge offs of debt issuance costs when the Company modified its debt structure, non-service components of retiree benefit costs including pension plan settlements, amortization of warrant-based customer incentive costs recorded in revenue, costs from non-consolidated affiliates and charges related to the discharge of a fire suppression system, net of insurance recoveries.

 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(In thousands)

 
 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Trailing 12

Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING CASH FLOWS (GAAP)

$

117,517

 

 

$

147,861

 

 

$

526,093

 

 

$

398,070

 

 

$

600,143

 

Sustaining capital expenditures

 

(48,706

)

 

 

(56,482

)

 

 

(158,467

)

 

 

(145,399

)

 

 

(199,904

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW (non-GAAP)

$

68,811

 

 

$

91,379

 

 

$

367,626

 

 

$

252,671

 

 

$

400,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustaining capital expenditures includes cash outflows for planned aircraft maintenance, engine overhauls, information systems and other non-aircraft additions to property and equipment. It does not include expenditures for aircraft acquisitions and related passenger-to-freighter conversion costs.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow (non-GAAP) includes cash flow from operations net of expenditures for planned aircraft maintenance, engine overhauls and other non-aircraft additions to property and equipment. Management believes that adjusting GAAP operating cash flows is useful for investors to evaluate the company's ability to generate adjusted free cash flow for growth initiatives, debt service, cash returns for shareholders or other discretionary allocations of capital.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ADJUSTED EARNINGS AND ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(In thousands)

Management presents Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, both non-GAAP measures, to provide additional information regarding earnings per share without the volatility otherwise caused by the items below among periods.

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

2023

 

September 30,

2022

 

September 30,

2023

 

September 30,

2022

 

$

 

$ Per

Share

 

$

 

$ Per

Share

 

$

 

$ Per

Share

 

$

 

$ Per

Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings from Continuing Operations - basic (GAAP)

$

17,172

 

 

 

 

$

50,188

 

 

 

 

$

75,335

 

 

 

 

$

154,194

 

 

 

Gain from warrant revaluation, net tax1

 

 

 

 

 

 

(105

)

 

 

 

 

(106

)

 

 

 

 

(155

)

 

 

Convertible notes interest charges, net of tax 2

 

443

 

 

 

 

 

763

 

 

 

 

 

1,999

 

 

 

 

 

2,285

 

 

 

Earnings from Continuing Operations - diluted (GAAP)

 

17,615

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

 

50,846

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

 

77,228

 

 

$

0.98

 

 

 

156,324

 

 

$

1.76

 

Adjustments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer incentive amortization3

 

3,290

 

 

 

0.05

 

 

 

4,493

 

 

 

0.05

 

 

 

11,501

 

 

 

0.15

 

 

 

13,461

 

 

 

0.15

 

Non-service component of retiree benefits4

 

2,499

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

(3,577

)

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

7,511

 

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

(11,893

)

 

 

(0.14

)

Financial instrument revaluations5

 

(1,380

)

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

(431

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,327

)

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

(7,102

)

 

 

(0.08

)

Loss from affiliates6

 

1,464

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

736

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

3,417

 

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

4,304

 

 

 

0.05

 

Hangar foam incident7

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

741

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

741

 

 

 

0.01

 

Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Share (non-GAAP)

$

23,533

 

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

52,808

 

 

$

0.60

 

 

$

98,385

 

 

$

1.25

 

 

$

155,835

 

 

$

1.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Shares - diluted

 

72,672

 

 

 

 

 

88,746

 

 

 

 

 

78,427

 

 

 

 

 

88,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Share should not be considered as alternatives to Earnings from Continuing Operations, Weighted Average Shares - diluted or Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Share should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the company's results as reported under GAAP.

  1. Under U.S. GAAP, certain warrants are reflected as a liability and unrealized warrant gains are typically removed from diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) calculations, while unrealized warrant losses are not removed because they are dilutive to EPS. For all periods presented, additional shares assumes that Amazon net settled its remaining warrants during each period.
  2. Application of accounting standard ASU No. 2020-06, "Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity" requires convertible debt to be treated under the "if-convert method" for EPS.
  3. Removes the amortization of the warrant-based customer incentives which are recorded against revenue over the term of the related aircraft leases and customer contracts.
  4. Removes the non-service component of post-retirement costs and credits.
  5. Removes gains and losses from period end financial instruments revaluations, including derivative interest rate instruments, customer warrant and sale option and charge offs of debt issuance costs when the Company modified its debt structure.
  6. Removes losses for the Company's non-consolidated affiliates.
  7. Removes charges and gains related to the discharge of a fire suppression system in the Company's aircraft hangar, net of related insurance recoveries.
 

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

AIRCRAFT FLEET

 
 

Aircraft Types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

December 31, 2022

 

September 30, 2023

 

December 31, 2023

Projected

 

 

Freighter

 

Passenger

 

Freighter

 

Passenger

 

Freighter

 

Passenger

 

Freighter

 

Passenger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B767-200

 

32

 

3

 

32

 

3

 

22

 

3

 

21

 

3

B767-300

 

74

 

8

 

78

 

8

 

88

 

8

 

91

 

8

B777-200

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

B757 Combi

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

4

A321-200

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

4

 

Total Aircraft in Service

 

106

 

18

 

110

 

18

 

112

 

18

 

116

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In or awaiting cargo conversion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B767-300

 

14

 

 

15

 

 

13

 

 

12

 

A321

 

7

 

 

7

 

 

7

 

 

5

 

A330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

B767 staging for lease

 

2

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

Total Aircraft

 

129

 

18

 

132

 

18

 

133

 

18

 

137

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft in Service Deployments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

2022

 

2022

 

2023

 

2023 Projected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry leased without CMI

 

37

 

39

 

44

 

46

Dry leased with CMI

 

52

 

52

 

47

 

47

Customer provided for CMI

 

10

 

13

 

15

 

16

ACMI/Charter1

 

25

 

24

 

24

 

25

  1. ACMI/Charter includes four Boeing 767 passenger aircraft leased from external companies.

 

Contacts

Quint Turner, ATSG Inc. Chief Financial Officer

937-366-2303

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