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HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Results and Announces Regular Cash Dividend

HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported second quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $196.9 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to $345.5 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

The second quarter results reflect special items that collectively decreased net income by a total of $175.4 million. These items include a lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment that decreased pre-tax earnings by $47.8 million, a goodwill impairment of $152.7 million and Sonneborn acquisition and integration costs of $3.6 million. Excluding these items, net income for the current quarter was $372.3 million ($2.18 per diluted share) compared to $258.9 million ($1.45 per diluted share) for the second quarter of 2018, which excludes certain items that collectively increased earnings by $86.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $333.3 million compared to $296.2 million for the second quarter of last year.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, George Damiris, commented, “HollyFrontier’s solid second quarter results were driven by strong gasoline and diesel margins across our company. Our healthy free cash flow generation allowed us to return over $245 million in cash to shareholders through regular dividends and share repurchases. With no major planned downtime until late September, we believe our refineries are well positioned for strong operational and financial performance in the third quarter.”

The Refining and Marketing segment reported adjusted EBITDA of $556.1 million compared to $384.8 million for the second quarter of 2018. This increase was primarily driven by higher gasoline and diesel margins across our refining system which resulted in a consolidated refinery gross margin of $19.64 per produced barrel, a 19% increase compared to $16.57 for the second quarter of 2018. Crude oil charge averaged 453,030 barrels per day (“BPD”) for the current quarter compared to 463,480 BPD for the second quarter 2018.

Our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment reported adjusted EBITDA of $28.8 million, despite weakness in the base oil market. Rack Forward adjusted EBITDA was $64.2 million for the quarter, driven by improved finished product margins.

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) reported EBITDA of $88.6 million for the second quarter 2019 compared to $81.9 million in the second quarter of 2018.

For the second quarter of 2019, net cash provided by operations totaled $752.7 million. During the period, we declared and paid a dividend of $0.33 per share to shareholders totaling $56.7 million and spent $189.2 million in stock repurchases. At June 30, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $914.6 million, a $418.5 million increase over cash and cash equivalents of $496.1 million at March 31, 2019. Additionally, our consolidated debt was $2,430.8 million. Our debt, exclusive of HEP debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $993.1 million at June 30, 2019.

HollyFrontier also announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. The dividend will be paid on September 4, 2019 to holders of record of common stock on August 22, 2019.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, August 1, 2019, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss second quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://78449.themediaframe.com/dataconf/productusers/hfc/mediaframe/30665/indexl.html. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through August 15, 2019.

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

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the Company’s markets, the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil, the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products, the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies, the availability and cost of financing to the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies, the Company’s efficiency in carrying out construction projects, the ability of the Company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any future acquired operations, the possibility of terrorist and cyber attacks and the consequences of any such attacks, general economic conditions and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Change from 2018

2019

2018

Change

Percent

(In thousands, except per share data)

Sales and other revenues

$

4,782,615

$

4,471,236

$

311,379

7

%

Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of products sold:

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)

3,704,884

3,595,916

108,968

3

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

47,801

(106,926

)

154,727

(145

)

3,752,685

3,488,990

263,695

8

Operating expenses

333,252

296,215

37,037

13

Selling, general and administrative expenses

85,317

68,675

16,642

24

Depreciation and amortization

126,908

110,379

16,529

15

Goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Total operating costs and expenses

4,450,874

3,964,259

486,615

12

Income from operations

331,741

506,977

(175,236

)

(35

)

Other income (expense):

Earnings of equity method investments

1,783

1,734

49

3

Interest income

4,588

2,934

1,654

56

Interest expense

(34,264

)

(32,324

)

(1,940

)

6

Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions

2,213

(325

)

2,538

(781

)

Other, net

92

1,364

(1,272

)

(93

)

(25,588

)

(26,617

)

1,029

(4

)

Income before income taxes

306,153

480,360

(174,207

)

(36

)

Income tax expense

89,336

117,447

(28,111

)

(24

)

Net income

216,817

362,913

(146,096

)

(40

)

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

19,902

17,406

2,496

14

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

196,915

$

345,507

$

(148,592

)

(43

)%

Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:

Basic

$

1.16

$

1.96

$

(0.80

)

(41

)%

Diluted

$

1.15

$

1.94

$

(0.79

)

(41

)%

Cash dividends declared per common share

$

0.33

$

0.33

$

%

Average number of common shares outstanding:

Basic

169,356

175,899

(6,543

)

(4

)%

Diluted

170,547

177,586

(7,039

)

(4

)%

EBITDA

$

442,835

$

602,723

$

(159,888

)

(27

)%

Adjusted EBITDA

$

646,985

$

485,256

$

161,729

33

%

Six Months Ended
June 30,

Change from 2018

2019

2018

Change

Percent

(In thousands, except per share data)

Sales and other revenues

$

8,679,862

$

8,599,663

$

80,199

1

%

Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of products sold:

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)

6,904,089

6,943,041

(38,952

)

(1

)

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

(184,545

)

(210,764

)

26,219

(12

)

6,719,544

6,732,277

(12,733

)

Operating expenses

664,844

616,503

48,341

8

Selling, general and administrative expenses

173,351

133,339

40,012

30

Depreciation and amortization

248,329

214,720

33,609

16

Goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Total operating costs and expenses

7,958,780

7,696,839

261,941

3

Income from operations

721,082

902,824

(181,742

)

(20

)

Other income (expense):

Earnings of equity method investments

3,883

3,013

870

29

Interest income

10,963

5,524

5,439

98

Interest expense

(70,911

)

(65,047

)

(5,864

)

9

Gain on foreign currency transactions

4,478

5,235

(757

)

(14

)

Other, net

649

2,710

(2,061

)

(76

)

(50,938

)

(48,565

)

(2,373

)

5

Income before income taxes

670,144

854,259

(184,115

)

(22

)

Income tax expense

176,841

202,484

(25,643

)

(13

)

Net income

493,303

651,775

(158,472

)

(24

)

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

43,333

38,177

5,156

14

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

449,970

$

613,598

$

(163,628

)

(27

)%

Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:

Basic

$

2.64

$

3.47

$

(0.83

)

(24

)%

Diluted

$

2.62

$

3.44

$

(0.82

)

(24

)%

Cash dividends declared per common share

$

0.66

$

0.66

$

%

Average number of common shares outstanding:

Basic

170,100

176,256

(6,156

)

(3

)%

Diluted

171,264

177,820

(6,556

)

(4

)%

EBITDA

$

935,088

$

1,090,325

$

(155,237

)

(14

)%

Adjusted EBITDA

$

928,782

$

800,911

$

127,871

16

%

Balance Sheet Data

June 30,

December 31,

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Cash and cash equivalents

$

914,644

$

1,154,752

Working capital

$

1,802,370

$

2,128,224

Total assets

$

12,104,491

$

10,994,601

Long-term debt

$

2,430,832

$

2,411,540

Total equity

$

6,530,999

$

6,459,059

Segment Information

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

The Refining segment includes the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries and HollyFrontier Asphalt Company LLC (“HFC Asphalt”) (aggregated as a reportable segment). Refining activities involve the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. These petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. HFC Asphalt operates various terminals in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

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

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

Refining

Lubricants and Specialty Products

HEP

Corporate, Other and Eliminations

Consolidated Total

(In thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

4,208,776

$

545,346

$

28,382

$

111

$

4,782,615

Intersegment revenues

88,484

102,369

(190,853

)

$

4,297,260

$

545,346

$

130,751

$

(190,742

)

$

4,782,615

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)

$

3,458,832

$

415,353

$

$

(169,301

)

$

3,704,884

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

47,801

$

$

$

$

47,801

Operating expenses

$

252,715

$

59,122

$

40,608

$

(19,193

)

$

333,252

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

29,638

$

42,087

$

1,988

$

11,604

$

85,317

Depreciation and amortization

$

76,225

$

23,020

$

24,241

$

3,422

$

126,908

Goodwill impairment

$

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

432,049

$

(146,948

)

$

63,914

$

(17,274

)

$

331,741

Earnings of equity method investments

$

$

$

1,783

$

$

1,783

Capital expenditures

$

33,899

$

9,331

$

7,034

$

6,470

$

56,734

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

3,987,115

$

459,405

$

24,746

$

(30

)

$

4,471,236

Intersegment revenues

91,866

8,284

94,014

(194,164

)

$

4,078,981

$

467,689

$

118,760

$

(194,194

)

$

4,471,236

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)

$

3,394,853

$

373,141

$

$

(172,078

)

$

3,595,916

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

(106,926

)

$

$

$

$

(106,926

)

Operating expenses

$

262,558

$

19,905

$

34,533

$

(20,781

)

$

296,215

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

26,201

$

35,257

$

2,673

$

4,544

$

68,675

Depreciation and amortization

$

72,989

$

10,020

$

24,609

$

2,761

$

110,379

Income (loss) from operations

$

429,306

$

29,366

$

56,945

$

(8,640

)

$

506,977

Earnings of equity method investments

$

$

$

1,734

$

$

1,734

Capital expenditures

$

42,188

$

16,842

$

18,957

$

1,950

$

79,937

Refining

Lubricants and Specialty Products

HEP

Corporate, Other and Eliminations

Consolidated Total

(In thousands)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

7,581,442

$

1,038,680

$

59,520

$

220

$

8,679,862

Intersegment revenues

163,228

205,728

(368,956

)

$

7,744,670

$

1,038,680

$

265,248

$

(368,736

)

$

8,679,862

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)

$

6,421,372

$

804,370

$

$

(321,653

)

$

6,904,089

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

(184,545

)

$

$

$

$

(184,545

)

Operating expenses

$

517,212

$

112,681

$

78,121

$

(43,170

)

$

664,844

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

56,615

$

81,806

$

4,608

$

30,322

$

173,351

Depreciation and amortization

$

150,640

$

43,191

$

48,071

$

6,427

$

248,329

Goodwill impairment

$

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

783,376

$

(156,080

)

$

134,448

$

(40,662

)

$

721,082

Earnings of equity method investments

$

$

$

3,883

$

$

3,883

Capital expenditures

$

75,662

$

17,190

$

17,752

$

9,865

$

120,469

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

7,645,262

$

902,271

$

52,203

$

(73

)

$

8,599,663

Intersegment revenues

182,904

10,258

195,441

(388,603

)

$

7,828,166

$

912,529

$

247,644

$

(388,676

)

$

8,599,663

Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory)

$

6,606,557

$

680,672

$

$

(344,188

)

$

6,943,041

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

(210,764

)

$

$

$

$

(210,764

)

Operating expenses

$

502,405

$

84,813

$

70,736

$

(41,451

)

$

616,503

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

52,572

$

65,911

$

5,795

$

9,061

$

133,339

Depreciation and amortization

$

140,164

$

18,884

$

49,750

$

5,922

$

214,720

Income (loss) from operations

$

737,232

$

62,249

$

121,363

$

(18,020

)

$

902,824

Earnings of equity method investments

$

$

$

3,013

$

$

3,013

Capital expenditures

$

84,962

$

25,380

$

31,570

$

7,565

$

149,477

 

June 30, 2019

Cash and cash equivalents

$

7,213

$

170,593

$

6,941

$

729,897

$

914,644

Total assets

$

7,075,770

$

2,247,858

$

2,188,139

$

592,724

$

12,104,491

Long-term debt

$

$

$

1,437,710

$

993,122

$

2,430,832

December 31, 2018

Cash and cash equivalents

$

7,236

$

80,931

$

3,045

$

1,063,540

$

1,154,752

Total assets

$

6,465,155

$

1,506,209

$

2,142,027

$

881,210

$

10,994,601

Long-term debt

$

$

$

1,418,900

$

992,640

$

2,411,540

Refining Segment Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) performance measures about our refinery operations. Refinery gross and net operating margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

264,290

289,820

238,890

258,930

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

278,710

300,030

254,520

273,200

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

273,010

270,710

245,450

261,950

Refinery utilization (4)

101.7

%

111.5

%

91.9

%

99.6

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

17.17

$

11.90

$

14.51

$

11.30

Refinery operating expenses (6)

5.02

4.89

5.74

5.02

Net operating margin

$

12.15

$

7.01

$

8.77

$

6.28

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

4.92

$

4.41

$

5.54

$

4.82

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

57

%

58

%

54

%

51

%

Sour crude oil

22

%

23

%

23

%

26

%

Heavy sour crude oil

16

%

16

%

17

%

18

%

Other feedstocks and blends

5

%

3

%

6

%

5

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

51

%

49

%

52

%

51

%

Diesel fuels

34

%

35

%

31

%

33

%

Jet fuels

6

%

6

%

7

%

6

%

Fuel oil

1

%

1

%

1

%

1

%

Asphalt

2

%

3

%

3

%

3

%

Base oils

4

%

4

%

4

%

4

%

LPG and other

2

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

109,080

111,900

107,560

109,020

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

119,480

120,340

117,860

118,510

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

122,090

118,240

122,730

120,240

Refinery utilization (4)

109.1

%

111.9

%

107.6

%

109.0

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

23.45

$

21.04

$

19.70

$

15.38

Refinery operating expenses (6)

4.53

5.34

4.73

4.68

Net operating margin

$

18.92

$

15.70

$

14.97

$

10.70

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

4.63

$

5.25

$

4.93

$

4.75

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

24

%

34

%

20

%

32

%

Sour crude oil

67

%

59

%

71

%

60

%

Other feedstocks and blends

9

%

7

%

9

%

8

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

48

%

47

%

51

%

51

%

Diesel fuels

40

%

41

%

38

%

39

%

Fuel oil

4

%

3

%

3

%

2

%

Asphalt

6

%

5

%

5

%

4

%

LPG and other

2

%

4

%

3

%

4

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

 

Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

79,660

61,760

80,440

71,560

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

86,700

69,830

87,080

79,570

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

74,000

64,870

78,000

77,460

Refinery utilization (4)

82.1

%

63.7

%

82.9

%

73.8

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

22.48

$

27.89

$

17.07

$

25.05

Refinery operating expenses (6)

11.53

14.34

11.11

11.58

Net operating margin

$

10.95

$

13.55

$

5.96

$

13.47

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

9.84

$

13.33

$

9.95

$

11.28

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

34

%

18

%

35

%

26

%

Heavy sour crude oil

35

%

51

%

35

%

43

%

Black wax crude oil

23

%

20

%

22

%

21

%

Other feedstocks and blends

8

%

11

%

8

%

10

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

50

%

57

%

52

%

57

%

Diesel fuels

37

%

32

%

35

%

33

%

Fuel oil

4

%

3

%

4

%

2

%

Asphalt

6

%

5

%

6

%

4

%

LPG and other

3

%

3

%

3

%

4

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

 

Consolidated

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

453,030

463,480

426,890

439,510

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

484,890

490,200

459,460

471,280

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

469,100

453,830

446,190

459,640

Refinery utilization (4)

99.1

%

101.4

%

93.4

%

96.2

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

19.64

$

16.57

$

16.39

$

14.68

Refinery operating expenses (6)

5.92

6.36

6.40

6.04

Net operating margin

$

13.72

$

10.21

$

9.99

$

8.64

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

5.73

$

5.89

$

6.22

$

5.89

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

44

%

46

%

42

%

42

%

Sour crude oil

29

%

29

%

31

%

30

%

Heavy sour crude oil

16

%

17

%

16

%

18

%

Black wax crude oil

4

%

3

%

4

%

3

%

Other feedstocks and blends

7

%

5

%

7

%

7

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

 

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

50

%

50

%

52

%

52

%

Diesel fuels

36

%

36

%

34

%

35

%

Jet fuels

4

%

4

%

4

%

3

%

Fuel oil

2

%

1

%

2

%

2

%

Asphalt

4

%

4

%

4

%

3

%

Base oils

2

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

LPG and other

2

%

3

%

2

%

3

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

(1)

Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.

(2)

Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.

(3)

Represents barrels sold of refined products produced at our refineries (including HFC Asphalt) and does not include volumes of refined products purchased for resale or volumes of excess crude oil sold.

(4)

Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (“BPSD”). Our consolidated crude capacity is 457,000 BPSD.

(5)

Represents average amount per produced barrel sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

(6)

Represents total refining segment operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by sales volumes of refined products produced at our refineries.

(7)

Represents total refining segment operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.

Lubricants and Specialty Products Segment Operating Data

We acquired our Sonneborn business on February 1, 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 our lubricants and specialty product operating results reflect the operations of our Sonneborn business for the period February 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019.

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Lubricants and Specialty Products

Throughput (BPD)

16,990

18,610

18,390

20,100

Sales of produced products (BPD)

34,660

31,000

34,050

31,400

Sales of produced products:

Finished products

52

%

48

%

50

%

48

%

Base oils

32

%

32

%

29

%

32

%

Other

16

%

20

%

21

%

20

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

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

Rack Back (1)

Rack Forward (2)

Eliminations (3)

Total Lubricants and Specialty Products

(In thousands)

Three months ended June 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues

$

133,225

$

507,183

$

(95,062

)

$

545,346

Cost of products sold

$

131,725

$

378,690

$

(95,062

)

$

415,353

Operating expenses

$

30,585

$

28,537

$

$

59,122

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

6,366

$

35,721

$

$

42,087

Depreciation and amortization

$

11,075

$

11,945

$

$

23,020

Goodwill impairment

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

(199,238

)

$

52,290

$

$

(146,948

)

EBITDA

$

(188,163

)

$

64,235

$

$

(123,928

)

Three months ended June 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues

$

175,642

$

425,461

$

(133,414

)

$

467,689

Cost of products sold

$

153,040

$

353,515

$

(133,414

)

$

373,141

Operating expenses

$

27,210

$

(7,305

)

$

$

19,905

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

7,888

$

27,369

$

$

35,257

Depreciation and amortization

$

6,013

$

4,007

$

$

10,020

Income from operations

$

(18,509

)

$

47,875

$

$

29,366

EBITDA

$

(12,496

)

$

51,882

$

$

39,386

Rack Back (1)

Rack Forward (2)

Eliminations (3)

Total Lubricants and Specialty Products

(In thousands)

Six months ended June 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues

$

289,680

$

951,525

$

(202,525

)

$

1,038,680

Cost of products sold

$

277,543

$

729,352

$

(202,525

)

$

804,370

Operating expenses

$

60,145

$

52,536

$

$

112,681

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

19,845

$

61,961

$

$

81,806

Depreciation and amortization

$

21,601

$

21,590

$

$

43,191

Goodwill impairment

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

(242,166

)

$

86,086

$

$

(156,080

)

EBITDA

$

(220,565

)

$

107,676

$

$

(112,889

)

Six months ended June 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues

$

349,074

$

824,500

$

(261,045

)

$

912,529

Cost of products sold

$

305,094

$

636,623

$

(261,045

)

$

680,672

Operating expenses

$

55,981

$

28,832

$

$

84,813

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

14,707

$

51,204

$

$

65,911

Depreciation and amortization

$

11,641

$

7,243

$

$

18,884

Income (loss) from operations

$

(38,349

)

$

100,598

$

$

62,249

EBITDA

$

(26,708

)

$

107,841

$

$

81,133

(1)

Rack Back consists of the PCLI base oil production activities, by-product sales to third parties and intra-segment base oil sales to rack forward.

(2)

Rack Forward activities include the purchase of base oils from rack back and the blending, packaging, marketing and distribution and sales of finished lubricants and specialty products to third parties.

(3)

Intra-segment sales of Rack Back produced base oils to rack forward are eliminated under the “Eliminations” column.

Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

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

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, referred to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax expense, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus (i) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, (ii) goodwill impairment (iii) acquisition and integration costs, (iv) incremental cost of products sold attributable to our Sonneborn inventory value step-up, (v) RINs cost reduction related to our Cheyenne and Woods Cross small refinery exemptions, (vi) Woods Cross refinery outage damages and (vii) Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages.

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

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

196,915

$

345,507

$

449,970

$

613,598

Add interest expense

34,264

32,324

70,911

65,047

Subtract interest income

(4,588

)

(2,934

)

(10,963

)

(5,524

)

Add income tax expense

89,336

117,447

176,841

202,484

Add depreciation and amortization

126,908

110,379

248,329

214,720

EBITDA

$

442,835

$

602,723

$

935,088

$

1,090,325

Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

47,801

(106,926

)

(184,545

)

(210,764

)

Add goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Add acquisition and integration costs

3,637

16,189

3,595

Add incremental cost of products sold attributable to Sonneborn inventory value step-up

9,338

Subtract RINs cost reduction

(25,267

)

(96,971

)

Add Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

24,566

Subtract Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

(9,840

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

646,985

$

485,256

$

928,782

$

800,911

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

Refining Segment

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Income from operations (1)

$

432,049

$

429,306

$

783,376

$

737,232

Add depreciation and amortization

76,225

72,989

150,640

140,164

EBITDA

508,274

502,295

934,016

877,396

Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

47,801

(106,926

)

(184,545

)

(210,764

)

Subtract RINs cost reduction

(25,267

)

(96,971

)

Add Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

24,566

Subtract Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

(9,840

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

556,075

$

384,828

$

749,471

$

584,387

(1)

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

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

Lubricants and Specialty Products Segment

Rack Back

Rack Forward

Total Lubricants and Specialty Products

(In thousands)

Three months ended June 30, 2019

Income (loss) from operations (1)

$

(199,238

)

$

52,290

$

(146,948

)

Add depreciation and amortization

11,075

11,945

23,020

EBITDA

$

(188,163

)

$

64,235

$

(123,928

)

Add goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Adjusted EBITDA

$

(35,451

)

$

64,235

$

28,784

Three months ended June 30, 2018

Income (loss) from operations (1)

$

(18,509

)

$

47,875

$

29,366

Add depreciation and amortization

6,013

4,007

10,020

EBITDA

$

(12,496

)

$

51,882

$

39,386

Six months ended June 30, 2019

Income (loss) from operations (1)

$

(242,166

)

$

86,086

$

(156,080

)

Add depreciation and amortization

21,601

21,590

43,191

EBITDA

$

(220,565

)

$

107,676

$

(112,889

)

Add goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Add incremental cost of products sold attributable to Sonneborn inventory value step-up

9,338

9,338

Adjusted EBITDA

$

(67,853

)

$

117,014

$

49,161

Six months ended June 30, 2018

Income (loss) from operations (1)

$

(38,349

)

$

100,598

$

62,249

Add depreciation and amortization

11,641

7,243

18,884

EBITDA

$

(26,708

)

$

107,841

$

81,133

(1)

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

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

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

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

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)

Consolidated

Net operating margin per produced barrel sold

$

13.72

$

10.21

$

9.99

$

8.64

Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold

5.92

6.36

6.4

6.04

Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold

$

19.64

$

16.57

$

16.39

$

14.68

Times produced barrels sold (BPD)

469,100

453,830

446,190

459,640

Times number of days in period

91

91

181

181

Refining segment gross margin

$

838,394

$

684,317

$

1,323,663

$

1,221,300

Add (subtract) rounding

34

(189

)

(365

)

309

Total refining segment gross margin

838,428

684,128

1,323,298

1,221,609

Add refining segment cost of products sold

3,458,832

3,394,853

6,421,372

6,606,557

Refining segment sales and other revenues

4,297,260

4,078,981

7,744,670

7,828,166

Add lubricants and specialty products segment sales and other revenues

545,346

467,689

1,038,680

912,529

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues

130,751

118,760

265,248

247,644

Subtract corporate, other and eliminations

(190,742

)

(194,194

)

(368,736

)

(388,676

)

Sales and other revenues

$

4,782,615

$

4,471,236

$

8,679,862

$

8,599,663

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)

Consolidated

Average operating expenses per produced barrel sold

$

5.92

$

6.36

$

6.40

$

6.04

Times produced barrels sold (BPD)

469,100

453,830

446,190

459,640

Times number of days in period

91

91

181

181

Refining segment operating expenses

$

252,714

$

262,659

$

516,866

$

502,497

Add (subtract) rounding

1

(101

)

346

(92

)

Total refining segment operating expenses

252,715

262,558

517,212

502,405

Add lubricants and specialty products segment operating expenses

59,122

19,905

112,681

84,813

Add HEP segment operating expenses

40,608

34,533

78,121

70,736

Subtract corporate, other and eliminations

(19,193

)

(20,781

)

(43,170

)

(41,451

)

Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

$

333,252

$

296,215

$

664,844

$

616,503

Reconciliation of net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders to adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

Adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes non-cash lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, goodwill impairment, acquisition and integration costs, incremental cost of products sold due to Sonneborn inventory value step-up, RINs cost reductions and refinery outage damages and related estimated insurance claims. We believe this measure is helpful to investors and others in evaluating our financial performance and to compare our results to that of other companies in our industry. Similarly titled performance measures of other companies may not be calculated in the same manner.

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Consolidated

GAAP:

Income before income taxes

$

306,153

$

480,360

$

670,144

$

854,259

Income tax expense

89,336

117,447

176,841

202,484

Net income

216,817

362,913

493,303

651,775

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

19,902

17,406

43,333

38,177

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

196,915

345,507

449,970

613,598

Non-GAAP adjustments to arrive at adjusted results:

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

47,801

(106,926

)

(184,545

)

(210,764

)

Goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Acquisition and integration costs

3,637

16,189

3,595

Incremental cost of products sold attributable to Sonneborn inventory value step-up

9,338

RINs cost reduction

(25,267

)

(96,971

)

Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

24,566

Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

(9,840

)

Total adjustments to income before income taxes

204,150

(117,467

)

(6,306

)

(289,414

)

Adjustment to income tax expense (1)

28,748

(30,872

)

(21,769

)

(71,940

)

Total adjustments, net of tax

175,402

(86,595

)

15,463

(217,474

)

Adjusted results - Non-GAAP:

Adjusted income before income taxes

510,303

362,893

663,838

564,845

Adjusted income tax expense (2)

118,084

86,575

155,072

130,544

Adjusted net income

392,219

276,318

508,766

434,301

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

19,902

17,406

43,333

38,177

Adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

372,317

$

258,912

$

465,433

$

396,124

Adjusted earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders - diluted (3)

$

2.18

$

1.45

$

2.71

$

2.22

Average number of common shares outstanding - diluted

170,547

177,586

171,264

177,820

(1)

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Non-GAAP income tax expense (2)

$

118,084

$

86,575

$

155,072

$

130,544

Subtract GAAP income tax expense

89,336

117,447

176,841

202,484

Non-GAAP adjustment to income tax expense

$

28,748

$

(30,872

)

$

(21,769

)

$

(71,940

)

(2)

Non-GAAP income tax expense is computed by a) adjusting HFC's consolidated estimated Annual Effective Tax Rate (“AETR”) for GAAP purposes for the effects of the above Non-GAAP adjustments b) applying the resulting Adjusted Non-GAAP AETR to Non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes and c) adjusting for discrete tax items applicable to the period.

(3)

Adjusted earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders - diluted is calculated as adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders divided by the average number of shares of common stock outstanding assuming dilution.

Reconciliation of effective tax rate to adjusted effective tax rate

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands)

GAAP:

Income before income taxes

$

306,153

$

480,360

$

670,144

$

854,259

Income tax expense

$

89,336

$

117,447

$

176,841

$

202,484

Effective tax rate for GAAP financial statements

29.2

%

24.4

%

26.4

%

23.7

%

Adjusted - Non-GAAP:

Effect of Non-GAAP adjustments

(6.0

)%

(0.5

)%

(3.0

)%

(0.6

)%

Effective tax rate for adjusted results

23.2

%

23.9

%

23.4

%

23.1

%

Contacts:

Richard L. Voliva III, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Craig Biery, Director,
Investor Relations
HollyFrontier Corporation
214-954-6510

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