Universal Health Realty Income Trust Reports 2016 First Quarter Financial Results

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE: UHT) announced today that for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, reported net income was $4.4 million, or $.33 per diluted share, as compared to $3.7 million, or $.28 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2015.

As reflected on the attached Schedule of Non-GAAP Supplemental Information ("Supplemental Schedule"), our reported results include transaction costs incurred during each of the quarters ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. After neutralizing the impact of these transactions costs our adjusted net income was $4.5 million, or $.34 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2016, as compared to $3.8 million, or $.28 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2015. The $757,000, or $.06 per diluted share, increase in our adjusted net income during the first quarter of 2016, as compared to the first quarter of 2015, was due primarily to increased net income generated at various properties and the favorable impact on our net income resulting from a property exchange transaction completed during the second quarter of 2015.    

As calculated on the Supplemental Schedule, our adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO"), which excludes the impact of depreciation and amortization incurred by us and our unconsolidated affiliates as well as transaction costs, were $10.3 million, or $.77 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2016, as compared to $9.6 million, or $.72 per diluted share during the first quarter of 2015.  The increase in our AFFO of $720,000, or $.05 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2016, as compared to the first quarter of 2015, was primarily attributable to the above-mentioned increase in our adjusted net income.

Acquisitions:

In March, 2016, we purchased the Madison Professional Office Building located in Madison, Alabama for approximately $10.1 million.  This multi-tenant property consists of approximately 30,100 rentable square feet and is fully occupied with an average remaining lease term of approximately six years at the time of acquisition.

Dividend Information:

The first quarter dividend of $.645 per share was paid on March 31, 2016.

Capital Resources Information:

At March 31, 2016, we had $159.7 million of borrowings outstanding pursuant to the terms of our $185 million revolving credit agreement and $22.3 million of available borrowing capacity, net of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit.

General Information, Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors and Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust, invests in healthcare and human service related facilities including acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, sub-acute care facilities, surgery centers, free-standing emergency departments, childcare centers and medical office buildings. We have investments in sixty-three properties located in nineteen states.  

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current management expectations. Numerous factors, including those disclosed herein, those related to healthcare and healthcare real estate industry trends and those detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as set forth in Item 1A - Risk Factors and in Item 7-Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015), may cause the results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine our future results are beyond our capability to control or predict. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and therefore actual results may differ materially. Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements which reflect management's view only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

We believe that adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share (as reflected on the attached Supplemental Schedules), which are non-GAAP financial measures ("GAAP" is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America), are helpful to our investors as measures of our operating performance. In addition, we believe that, when applicable, comparing and discussing our financial results based on these measures, as calculated, is helpful to our investors since it neutralizes the effect in each year of material items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to transaction costs.

Funds from operations ("FFO") is a widely recognized measure of performance for Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"). We believe that FFO and FFO per diluted share, and adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO") and AFFO per diluted share, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are helpful to our investors as measures of our operating performance. We compute FFO, as reflected on the attached Supplemental Schedules, in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not compute FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition, or that interpret the NAREIT definition differently than we interpret the definition. AFFO was also computed for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, as reflected on the Supplemental Schedules and discussed herein, and includes the adjustments made for transaction costs related to acquisitions. FFO/AFFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered to be an alternative to net income determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, FFO/AFFO should not be used as: (i) an indication of our financial performance determined in accordance with GAAP; (ii) an alternative to cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP; (iii) a measure of our liquidity, or; (iv) an indicator of funds available for our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions to shareholders. A reconciliation of our reported net income to FFO/AFFO is reflected on the Supplemental Schedules included below.   

To obtain a complete understanding of our financial performance these measures should be examined in connection with net income, determined in accordance with GAAP, as presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in this report or in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Since the items included or excluded from these measures are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance under GAAP, these measures should not be considered to be alternatives to net income as a measure of our operating performance or profitability. Since these measures, as presented, are not determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, they may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Investors are encouraged to use GAAP measures when evaluating our financial performance.

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