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HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Results

HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported third quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $261.8 million, or $1.58 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, compared to $342.5 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

The third quarter results reflect special items that collectively decreased net income by a total of $16.2 million. These items include a lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment that decreased pre-tax earnings by $34.1 million, a RINs cost reduction as a result of the small refinery exemptions granted to our Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries for the 2018 calendar year of $36.6 million and Sonneborn integration and regulatory costs of $3.9 million. Excluding these items, net income for the current quarter was $278.0 million ($1.68 per diluted share) compared to $350.7 million ($1.98 per diluted share) for the third quarter of 2018, which excludes certain items that collectively decreased net income by $8.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $345.6 million compared to $317.2 million for the third quarter of last year.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, George Damiris, commented, “HollyFrontier's solid third quarter results were driven by record throughput volumes and healthy gasoline and diesel margins across our refining system. We returned over $259 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, signaling our strong commitment to return free cash flow to our shareholders. We are currently undergoing turnarounds at our El Dorado and Cheyenne refineries and plan to return to normal operations later in the fourth quarter.”

The Refining and Marketing segment reported adjusted EBITDA of $424.6 million compared to $507.2 million for the third quarter of 2018. This decrease was primarily driven by lower product margins and weaker laid-in crude advantage across our refining system which resulted in a consolidated refinery gross margin of $17.23 per produced barrel, a 11% decrease compared to $19.41 for the third quarter of 2018. Crude oil charge averaged 476,030 barrels per day (“BPD”) for the current quarter compared to 441,990 BPD for the third quarter 2018.

Our Lubricants and Specialty Products segment reported EBITDA of $38.0 million, compared to $42.4 million in the prior year, despite improvements in base oil markets. Rack Forward EBITDA was $51.3 million, compared to $57.1 million in the prior year, driven by an unfavorable product sales mix and the impact of macroeconomic headwinds on end markets in the quarter.

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) reported EBITDA of $123.1 million for the third quarter 2019 compared to $86.9 million in the third quarter of 2018. Third quarter results reflected strong third-party volumes and higher spot revenues on its crude oil pipeline systems in Wyoming and Utah. Reported EBITDA in third quarter 2019 includes a $35.2 million gain on sales-type leases that eliminates on HFC consolidation.

For the third quarter of 2019, net cash provided by operations totaled $441.9 million. During the period, we declared and paid a dividend of $0.33 per share to shareholders totaling $54.5 million and spent $205.0 million in stock repurchases. At September 30, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $981.9 million, a $67.3 million increase over cash and cash equivalents of $914.6 million at June 30, 2019. Additionally, our consolidated debt was $2,425.2 million. Our debt, exclusive of HEP debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $993.4 million at September 30, 2019.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, October 31, 2019, at 9:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss third quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2080006/F990110BD66EA00A36965449876CB61F. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through November 14, 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
September 30,

Change from 2018

2019

2018

Change

Percent

(In thousands, except per share data)

Sales and other revenues

$

4,424,828

$

4,770,799

$

(345,971

)

(7

)%

Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of products sold:

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

3,403,767

3,752,234

(348,467

)

(9

)

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

34,062

17,837

16,225

91

3,437,829

3,770,071

(332,242

)

(9

)

Operating expenses

345,578

317,196

28,382

9

Selling, general and administrative expenses

87,626

71,130

16,496

23

Depreciation and amortization

127,016

108,885

18,131

17

Total operating costs and expenses

3,998,049

4,267,282

(269,233

)

(6

)

Income from operations

426,779

503,517

(76,738

)

(15

)

Other income (expense):

Earnings of equity method investments

1,334

1,114

220

20

Interest income

6,164

5,136

1,028

20

Interest expense

(36,027

)

(32,399

)

(3,628

)

11

Gain on foreign currency transactions

395

281

114

41

Other, net

2,356

741

1,615

218

(25,778

)

(25,127

)

(651

)

3

Income before income taxes

401,001

478,390

(77,389

)

(16

)

Income tax expense

103,021

116,258

(13,237

)

(11

)

Net income

297,980

362,132

(64,152

)

(18

)

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

36,167

19,666

16,501

84

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

261,813

$

342,466

$

(80,653

)

(24

)%

Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:

Basic

$

1.60

$

1.95

$

(0.35

)

(18

)%

Diluted

$

1.58

$

1.93

$

(0.35

)

(18

)%

Cash dividends declared per common share

$

0.33

$

0.33

$

%

Average number of common shares outstanding:

Basic

163,676

175,097

(11,421

)

(7

)%

Diluted

165,011

176,927

(11,916

)

(7

)%

EBITDA

$

521,713

$

594,872

$

(73,159

)

(12

)%

Adjusted EBITDA

$

523,082

$

612,709

$

(89,627

)

(15

)%

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

Change from 2018

2019

2018

Change

Percent

(In thousands, except per share data)

Sales and other revenues

$

13,104,690

$

13,370,462

$

(265,772

)

(2

)%

Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of products sold:

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

10,307,856

10,695,275

(387,419

)

(4

)

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

(150,483

)

(192,927

)

42,444

(22

)

10,157,373

10,502,348

(344,975

)

(3

)

Operating expenses

1,010,422

933,699

76,723

8

Selling, general and administrative expenses

260,977

204,469

56,508

28

Depreciation and amortization

375,345

323,605

51,740

16

Goodwill impairment

152,712

152,712

Total operating costs and expenses

11,956,829

11,964,121

(7,292

)

Income from operations

1,147,861

1,406,341

(258,480

)

(18

)

Other income (expense):

Earnings of equity method investments

5,217

4,127

1,090

26

Interest income

17,127

10,660

6,467

61

Interest expense

(106,938

)

(97,446

)

(9,492

)

10

Gain on foreign currency transactions

4,873

5,516

(643

)

(12

)

Other, net

3,005

3,451

(446

)

(13

)

(76,716

)

(73,692

)

(3,024

)

4

Income before income taxes

1,071,145

1,332,649

(261,504

)

(20

)

Income tax expense

279,862

318,742

(38,880

)

(12

)

Net income

791,283

1,013,907

(222,624

)

(22

)

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

79,500

57,843

21,657

37

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

711,783

$

956,064

$

(244,281

)

(26

)%

Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:

Basic

$

4.23

$

5.42

$

(1.19

)

(22

)%

Diluted

$

4.20

$

5.37

$

(1.17

)

(22

)%

Cash dividends declared per common share

$

0.99

$

0.99

$

%

Average number of common shares outstanding:

Basic

167,935

175,865

(7,930

)

(5

)%

Diluted

169,125

177,557

(8,432

)

(5

)%

EBITDA

$

1,456,801

$

1,685,197

$

(228,396

)

(14

)%

Adjusted EBITDA

$

1,451,864

$

1,413,620

$

38,244

3

%

Balance Sheet Data

September 30,

December 31,

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Cash and cash equivalents

$

981,856

$

1,154,752

Working capital

$

1,827,420

$

2,128,224

Total assets

$

12,191,328

$

10,994,601

Long-term debt

$

2,425,234

$

2,411,540

Total equity

$

6,541,363

$

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 September 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

3,865,399

$

529,561

$

29,868

$

$

4,424,828

Intersegment revenues

81,571

8,157

106,027

(195,755

)

$

3,946,970

$

537,718

$

135,895

$

(195,755

)

$

4,424,828

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

$

3,177,167

$

397,926

$

$

(171,326

)

$

3,403,767

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

34,062

$

$

$

$

34,062

Operating expenses

$

276,869

$

57,974

$

44,924

$

(34,189

)

$

345,578

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

31,707

$

43,875

$

2,714

$

9,330

$

87,626

Depreciation and amortization

$

76,765

$

22,700

$

24,121

$

3,430

$

127,016

Income (loss) from operations

$

350,400

$

15,243

$

64,136

$

(3,000

)

$

426,779

Income before interest and income taxes (1)

$

350,400

$

15,325

$

100,778

$

(35,639

)

$

430,864

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

$

$

$

1,004

$

35,163

$

36,167

Capital expenditures

$

53,506

$

8,697

$

6,076

$

6,310

$

74,589

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

4,270,835

$

474,260

$

25,596

$

108

$

4,770,799

Intersegment revenues

101,334

1,626

100,188

(203,148

)

$

4,372,169

$

475,886

$

125,784

$

(203,040

)

$

4,770,799

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

$

3,572,593

$

359,742

$

$

(180,101

)

$

3,752,234

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

17,837

$

$

$

$

17,837

Operating expenses

$

262,010

$

40,288

$

35,995

$

(21,097

)

$

317,196

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

30,394

$

33,514

$

2,498

$

4,724

$

71,130

Depreciation and amortization

$

70,793

$

11,139

$

24,367

$

2,586

$

108,885

Income (loss) from operations

$

418,542

$

31,203

$

62,924

$

(9,152

)

$

503,517

Income before interest and income taxes

$

418,542

$

31,262

$

64,076

$

(8,227

)

$

505,653

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

$

$

$

751

$

18,915

$

19,666

Capital expenditures

$

47,088

$

8,094

$

9,541

$

5,214

$

69,937

Refining

Lubricants

and Specialty

Products

HEP

Corporate,

Other and

Eliminations

Consolidated

Total

(In thousands)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

11,446,841

$

1,568,241

$

89,388

$

220

$

13,104,690

Intersegment revenues

244,799

8,157

311,755

(564,711

)

$

11,691,640

$

1,576,398

$

401,143

$

(564,491

)

$

13,104,690

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

$

9,598,539

$

1,202,296

$

$

(492,979

)

$

10,307,856

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

(150,483

)

$

$

$

$

(150,483

)

Operating expenses

$

794,081

$

170,655

$

123,045

$

(77,359

)

$

1,010,422

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

88,322

$

125,681

$

7,322

$

39,652

$

260,977

Depreciation and amortization

$

227,405

$

65,891

$

72,192

$

9,857

$

375,345

Goodwill impairment

$

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

1,133,776

$

(140,837

)

$

198,584

$

(43,662

)

$

1,147,861

Income before interest and income taxes (1)

$

1,133,776

$

(140,518

)

$

238,910

$

(71,212

)

$

1,160,956

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

$

$

$

3,524

$

75,976

$

79,500

Capital expenditures

$

129,167

$

25,887

$

23,828

$

16,175

$

195,057

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues:

Revenues from external customers

$

11,915,797

$

1,376,531

$

77,799

$

335

$

13,370,462

Intersegment revenues

284,538

11,884

295,629

(592,051

)

$

12,200,335

$

1,388,415

$

373,428

$

(591,716

)

$

13,370,462

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

$

10,179,509

$

1,040,414

$

$

(524,648

)

$

10,695,275

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

$

(192,927

)

$

$

$

$

(192,927

)

Operating expenses

$

764,415

$

125,101

$

106,731

$

(62,548

)

$

933,699

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

82,966

$

99,425

$

8,293

$

13,785

$

204,469

Depreciation and amortization

$

210,957

$

30,023

$

74,117

$

8,508

$

323,605

Income (loss) from operations

$

1,155,415

$

93,452

$

184,287

$

(26,813

)

$

1,406,341

Income before interest and income taxes

$

1,155,415

$

94,377

$

188,485

$

(18,842

)

$

1,419,435

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

$

$

$

3,115

$

54,728

$

57,843

Capital expenditures

$

132,050

$

23,138

$

41,111

$

12,779

$

209,078

(1)

HEP segment includes a $35.2 million gain due to new throughput agreements on specific HEP assets that meet the definition of sales-type leases. This gain is eliminated in HFC consolidation.

Refining

Lubricants

and Specialty

Products

HEP

Corporate,

Other and

Eliminations

Consolidated

Total

(In thousands)

September 30, 2019

Cash and cash equivalents

$

21,443

$

170,116

$

7,469

$

782,828

$

981,856

Total assets

$

7,321,741

$

2,139,092

$

2,089,110

$

641,385

$

12,191,328

Long-term debt

$

$

$

1,431,869

$

993,365

$

2,425,234

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 September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

294,380

262,550

257,590

260,150

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

307,720

276,560

272,440

274,330

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

290,930

255,840

260,780

259,890

Refinery utilization (4)

113.2

%

101.0

%

99.1

%

100.1

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

14.61

$

16.43

$

14.55

$

12.99

Refinery operating expenses (6)

5.05

5.48

5.48

5.18

Net operating margin

$

9.56

$

10.95

$

9.07

$

7.81

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

4.77

$

5.07

$

5.25

$

4.90

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

59

%

59

%

56

%

54

%

Sour crude oil

21

%

21

%

23

%

24

%

Heavy sour crude oil

16

%

15

%

16

%

17

%

Other feedstocks and blends

4

%

5

%

5

%

5

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

49

%

49

%

51

%

51

%

Diesel fuels

34

%

34

%

32

%

33

%

Jet fuels

6

%

6

%

7

%

6

%

Fuel oil

1

%

1

%

1

%

1

%

Asphalt

4

%

4

%

3

%

3

%

Base oils

4

%

4

%

4

%

4

%

LPG and other

2

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

106,860

109,560

107,330

109,200

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

117,250

117,880

117,660

118,300

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

116,890

122,210

120,760

120,900

Refinery utilization (4)

106.9

%

109.6

%

107.3

%

109.2

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

18.61

$

22.60

$

19.35

$

17.84

Refinery operating expenses (6)

5.25

4.53

4.90

4.63

Net operating margin

$

13.36

$

18.07

$

14.45

$

13.21

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

5.23

$

4.69

$

5.03

$

4.73

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

22

%

28

%

21

%

31

%

Sour crude oil

69

%

65

%

70

%

61

%

Other feedstocks and blends

9

%

7

%

9

%

8

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

50

%

49

%

51

%

50

%

Diesel fuels

40

%

41

%

39

%

40

%

Fuel oil

3

%

3

%

3

%

3

%

Asphalt

5

%

5

%

5

%

4

%

LPG and other

2

%

2

%

2

%

3

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

74,790

69,880

78,530

71,000

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

81,830

76,120

85,300

78,410

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

77,680

69,720

77,890

74,850

Refinery utilization (4)

77.1

%

72.0

%

81.0

%

73.2

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

24.97

$

24.75

$

19.73

$

24.95

Refinery operating expenses (6)

11.95

12.80

11.39

11.97

Net operating margin

$

13.02

$

11.95

$

8.34

$

12.98

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

11.34

$

11.72

$

10.40

$

11.42

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

38

%

24

%

36

%

25

%

Heavy sour crude oil

30

%

44

%

33

%

44

%

Black wax crude oil

23

%

24

%

23

%

22

%

Other feedstocks and blends

9

%

8

%

8

%

9

%

Total

100

%

100

%

-

100

%

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

54

%

54

%

53

%

56

%

Diesel fuels

32

%

34

%

34

%

33

%

Fuel oil

4

%

2

%

4

%

3

%

Asphalt

5

%

7

%

5

%

5

%

LPG and other

5

%

3

%

4

%

3

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Consolidated

Crude charge (BPD) (1)

476,030

441,990

443,450

440,350

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)

506,800

470,560

475,400

471,040

Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)

485,500

447,770

459,440

455,640

Refinery utilization (4)

104.2

%

96.7

%

97.0

%

96.4

%

Average per produced barrel (5)

Refinery gross margin

$

17.23

$

19.41

$

16.69

$

16.25

Refinery operating expenses (6)

6.20

6.36

6.33

6.15

Net operating margin

$

11.03

$

13.05

$

10.36

$

10.10

Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)

$

5.94

$

6.05

$

6.12

$

5.94

Feedstocks:

Sweet crude oil

47

%

45

%

44

%

43

%

Sour crude oil

29

%

29

%

30

%

30

%

Heavy sour crude oil

14

%

16

%

15

%

17

%

Black wax crude oil

4

%

4

%

4

%

4

%

Other feedstocks and blends

6

%

6

%

7

%

6

%

Total

100

%

100

%

100

%

100

%

Sales of produced refined products:

Gasolines

50

%

50

%

51

%

52

%

Diesel fuels

35

%

36

%

35

%

35

%

Jet fuels

4

%

3

%

4

%

3

%

Fuel oil

2

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

Asphalt

4

%

5

%

4

%

4

%

Base oils

2

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

LPG and other

3

%

2

%

2

%

2

%

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 nine months ended September 30, 2019 our lubricants and specialty product operating results reflect the operations of our Sonneborn business for the period February 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019.

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Lubricants and Specialty Products

Throughput (BPD)

23,190

21,410

19,920

20,530

Sales of produced products (BPD)

36,160

31,970

34,740

21,340

Sales of produced products:

Finished products

50

%

49

%

50

%

48

%

Base oils

24

%

28

%

27

%

31

%

Other

26

%

23

%

23

%

21

%

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 September 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues

$

196,355

$

477,261

$

(135,898

)

$

537,718

Cost of products sold

$

175,976

$

357,848

$

(135,898

)

$

397,926

Operating expenses

$

27,825

$

30,149

$

$

57,974

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

5,862

$

38,013

$

$

43,875

Depreciation and amortization

$

11,390

$

11,310

$

$

22,700

Income (loss) from operations

$

(24,698

)

$

39,941

$

$

15,243

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes

$

(24,698

)

$

40,023

$

$

15,325

EBITDA

$

(13,308

)

$

51,333

$

$

38,025

Three months ended September 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues

$

197,226

$

424,386

$

(145,726

)

$

475,886

Cost of products sold

$

177,748

$

327,720

$

(145,726

)

$

359,742

Operating expenses

$

26,748

$

13,540

$

$

40,288

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

7,439

$

26,075

$

$

33,514

Depreciation and amortization

$

6,345

$

4,794

$

$

11,139

Income (loss) from operations

$

(21,054

)

$

52,257

$

$

31,203

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes

$

(21,054

)

$

52,316

$

$

31,262

EBITDA

$

(14,709

)

$

57,110

$

$

42,401

Rack Back (1)

Rack Forward (2)

Eliminations (3)

Total

Lubricants and

Specialty Products

(In thousands)

Nine months ended September 30, 2019

Sales and other revenues

$

486,035

$

1,428,786

$

(338,423

)

$

1,576,398

Cost of products sold

$

453,519

$

1,087,200

$

(338,423

)

$

1,202,296

Operating expenses

$

87,970

$

82,685

$

$

170,655

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

25,707

$

99,974

$

$

125,681

Depreciation and amortization

$

32,991

$

32,900

$

$

65,891

Goodwill impairment

$

152,712

$

$

$

152,712

Income (loss) from operations

$

(266,864

)

$

126,027

$

$

(140,837

)

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes

$

(266,864

)

$

126,346

$

$

(140,518

)

EBITDA

$

(233,873

)

$

159,246

$

$

(74,627

)

Nine months ended September 30, 2018

Sales and other revenues

$

546,300

$

1,248,886

$

(406,771

)

$

1,388,415

Cost of products sold

$

482,842

$

964,343

$

(406,771

)

$

1,040,414

Operating expenses

$

82,729

$

42,372

$

$

125,101

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$

22,146

$

77,279

$

$

99,425

Depreciation and amortization

$

17,986

$

12,037

$

$

30,023

Income (loss) from operations

$

(59,403

)

$

152,855

$

$

93,452

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes

$

(59,403

)

$

153,780

$

$

94,377

EBITDA

$

(41,417

)

$

165,817

$

$

124,400

(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 integration and regulatory 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 September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

261,813

$

342,466

$

711,783

$

956,064

Add interest expense

36,027

32,399

106,938

97,446

Subtract interest income

(6,164

)

(5,136

)

(17,127

)

(10,660

)

Add income tax expense

103,021

116,258

279,862

318,742

Add depreciation and amortization

127,016

108,885

375,345

323,605

EBITDA

$

521,713

$

594,872

$

1,456,801

$

1,685,197

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

34,062

17,837

(150,483

)

(192,927

)

Add goodwill impairment

152,712

Add acquisition integration and regulatory costs

3,887

20,076

3,595

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

9,338

Subtract RINs cost reduction

(36,580

)

(36,580

)

(96,971

)

Add Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

Subtract Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

523,082

$

612,709

$

1,451,864

$

1,413,620

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Refining Segment

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Income from operations (1)

$

350,400

$

418,542

$

1,133,776

$

1,155,415

Add depreciation and amortization

76,765

70,793

227,405

210,957

EBITDA

427,165

489,335

1,361,181

1,366,372

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

34,062

17,837

(150,483

)

(192,927

)

Subtract RINs cost reduction

(36,580

)

(36,580

)

(96,971

)

Add Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

Subtract Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

424,647

$

507,172

$

1,174,118

$

1,091,200

(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 September 30, 2019

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)

$

(24,698

)

$

40,023

$

15,325

Add depreciation and amortization

11,390

11,310

22,700

EBITDA

$

(13,308

)

$

51,333

$

38,025

Three months ended September 30, 2018

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)

$

(21,054

)

$

52,316

$

31,262

Add depreciation and amortization

6,345

4,794

11,139

EBITDA

$

(14,709

)

$

57,110

$

42,401

Nine months ended September 30, 2019

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)

$

(266,864

)

$

126,346

$

(140,518

)

Add depreciation and amortization

32,991

32,900

65,891

EBITDA

$

(233,873

)

$

159,246

$

(74,627

)

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

$

(81,161

)

$

168,584

$

87,423

Nine months ended September 30, 2018

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)

$

(59,403

)

$

153,780

$

94,377

Add depreciation and amortization

17,986

12,037

30,023

EBITDA

$

(41,417

)

$

165,817

$

124,400

(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 September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)

Consolidated

Net operating margin per produced barrel sold

$

11.03

$

13.05

$

10.36

$

10.10

Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold

6.20

6.36

6.33

6.15

Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold

$

17.23

$

19.41

$

16.69

$

16.25

Times produced barrels sold (BPD)

485,500

447,770

459,440

455,640

Times number of days in period

92

92

273

273

Refining segment gross margin

$

769,595

$

799,592

$

2,093,379

$

2,021,333

Subtract rounding

208

(16

)

(278

)

(507

)

Total refining segment gross margin

769,803

799,576

2,093,101

2,020,826

Add refining segment cost of products sold

3,177,167

3,572,593

9,598,539

10,179,509

Refining segment sales and other revenues

3,946,970

4,372,169

11,691,640

12,200,335

Add lubricants and specialty products segment sales and other revenues

537,718

475,886

1,576,398

1,388,415

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues

135,895

125,784

401,143

373,428

Subtract corporate, other and eliminations

(195,755

)

(203,040

)

(564,491

)

(591,716

)

Sales and other revenues

$

4,424,828

$

4,770,799

$

13,104,690

$

13,370,462

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)

Consolidated

Average operating expenses per produced barrel sold

$

6.20

$

6.36

$

6.33

$

6.15

Times produced barrels sold (BPD)

485,500

447,770

459,440

455,640

Times number of days in period

92

92

273

273

Refining segment operating expenses

$

276,929

$

261,999

$

793,954

$

764,997

Add (subtract) rounding

(60

)

11

127

(582

)

Total refining segment operating expenses

276,869

262,010

794,081

764,415

Add lubricants and specialty products segment operating expenses

57,974

40,288

170,655

125,101

Add HEP segment operating expenses

44,924

35,995

123,045

106,731

Subtract corporate, other and eliminations

(34,189

)

(21,097

)

(77,359

)

(62,548

)

Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

$

345,578

$

317,196

$

1,010,422

$

933,699

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 integration and regulatory 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 September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Consolidated

GAAP:

Income before income taxes

$

401,001

$

478,390

$

1,071,145

$

1,332,649

Income tax expense

103,021

116,258

279,862

318,742

Net income

297,980

362,132

791,283

1,013,907

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

36,167

19,666

79,500

57,843

Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

261,813

342,466

711,783

956,064

Non-GAAP adjustments to arrive at adjusted results:

Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

34,062

17,837

(150,483

)

(192,927

)

Goodwill impairment

152,712

Acquisition integration and regulatory costs

3,887

20,076

3,595

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

9,338

RINs cost reduction

(36,580

)

(36,580

)

(96,971

)

Woods Cross refinery outage damages

24,566

Woods Cross refinery estimated insurance claims on outage damages

(9,840

)

Total adjustments to income before income taxes

1,369

17,837

(4,937

)

(271,577

)

Adjustment to income tax expense (1)

(14,818

)

9,554

(36,553

)

(62,386

)

Total adjustments, net of tax

16,187

8,283

31,616

(209,191

)

Adjusted results - Non-GAAP:

Adjusted income before income taxes

402,370

496,227

1,066,208

1,061,072

Adjusted income tax expense (2)

88,203

125,812

243,309

256,356

Adjusted net income

314,167

370,415

822,899

804,716

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

36,167

19,666

79,500

57,843

Adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

$

278,000

$

350,749

$

743,399

$

746,873

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

$

1.68

$

1.98

$

4.39

$

4.19

Average number of common shares outstanding - diluted

165,011

176,927

169,125

177,557

(1)

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(In thousands)

Non-GAAP income tax expense (2)

$

88,203

$

125,812

$

243,309

$

256,356

Subtract GAAP income tax expense

103,021

116,258

279,862

318,742

Non-GAAP adjustment to income tax expense

$

(14,818

)

$

9,554

$

(36,553

)

$

(62,386

)

(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 September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(Dollars in thousands)

GAAP:

Income before income taxes

$

401,001

$

478,390

$

1,071,145

$

1,332,649

Income tax expense

$

103,021

$

116,258

$

279,862

$

318,742

Effective tax rate for GAAP financial statements

25.7

%

24.3

%

26.1

%

23.9

%

Adjusted - Non-GAAP:

Effect of Non-GAAP adjustments

(3.8

)%

1.1

%

(3.3

)%

0.3

%

Effective tax rate for adjusted results

21.9

%

25.4

%

22.8

%

24.2

%

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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