LOUISVILLE, Ky. - November 1, 2012 - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012.
"During the third quarter, we achieved a significant milestone with the opening of our 4,000th restaurant," said Papa John's founder, chairman, and chief executive officer, John Schnatter. "Consumers and franchisees continue to put a premium on quality and that's where Papa John's wins. This translates into both strong global development and solid comparable sales results."
Third quarter 2012 revenues were $325.5 million, a 6.5% increase from third quarter 2011 revenues of $305.7 million. Third quarter 2012 net income was $13.2 million compared to third quarter 2011 net income of $11.1 million. Third quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share were $0.55, compared to third quarter 2011 diluted earnings per share of $0.44.
Revenues were $975.4 million for the nine months ended September 23, 2012, a 7.0% increase from revenues of $911.7 million for the same period in 2011. Net income was $44.7 million for the nine months ended September 23, 2012 ($46.8 million excluding the $2.1 million Incentive Contribution discussed later in this press release), compared to net income of $39.7 million for the same period in 2011. Diluted earnings per share were $1.85 for the nine months ended September 23, 2012 ($1.94 excluding the Incentive Contribution), compared to $1.55 in the prior year.
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Management believes global restaurant and comparable sales information, as defined in the table above, is useful in analyzing our results since our franchisees pay royalties that are based on a percentage of franchise sales. Franchise sales generate commissary revenue in the United States and in certain international markets. Global restaurant and comparable sales information is also useful in analyzing industry trends and the strength of our brand. Franchise restaurant sales are not included in company revenues.
Consolidated revenues increased $19.8 million, or 6.5%, for the third quarter of 2012 and increased $63.7 million, or 7.0%, for the nine months endedSeptember 23, 2012 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increases in revenues were primarily due to the following:
All comparisons below are versus the same period of the prior year unless otherwise noted and exclude the Incentive Contribution. See "Marketing Incentive Contribution" below for further information.
Third quarter 2012 income before income taxes was $21.1 million, compared to $16.8 million, or a 25.0% increase. Income before income taxes was$72.4 million for the nine months ended September 23, 2012, compared to $62.7 million, or a 15.5% increase.
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The increase in income before income taxes for the three months ended September 23, 2012, of $4.0 million is primarily due to the following:
The increase in income before income taxes for the nine months ended September 23, 2012, of $13.0 million is primarily due to the following:
The effective tax rates were 33.8% for both the three and nine months ended September 23, 2012, representing increases of 4.7% and 1.7% from the prior year rates. Our effective income tax rate may fluctuate from quarter to quarter for various reasons, including the settlement or resolution of specific federal and state issues. The prior year included significant favorable tax resolution items.
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We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities (from the consolidated statements of cash flows) less the purchase of property and equipment. We view free cash flow as an important measure because it is a factor that management uses in determining the amount of cash available for discretionary investment. Free cash flow is not a term defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and as a result our measure of free cash flow might not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Free cash flow should not be construed as a substitute for or a better indicator of the company's performance than the company's GAAP measures.
See the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for additional information concerning our operating results and cash flow for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 23, 2012.
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Our development pipeline as of September 23, 2012 included approximately 1,500 restaurants (300 restaurants in North America and 1,200 restaurants internationally), the majority of which are scheduled to open over the next six years.
As previously announced, in connection with a new multi-year supplier agreement, the company received a $5.0 million supplier marketing payment in the first quarter of 2012. The company is recognizing the supplier marketing payment evenly as income over the five-year term of the agreement ($250,000 per quarter). The company then contributed the supplier marketing payment to the Papa John's Marketing Fund ("PJMF"), an unconsolidated, non-profit corporation, for the benefit of domestic restaurants. The company's contribution to PJMF was fully expensed in the first quarter of 2012.
PJMF elected to distribute the $5.0 million supplier marketing payment to the domestic system as advertising credits in the first quarter of 2012. Our domestic company-owned restaurants' portion of the adverting credits resulted in an increase in income before income taxes of approximately $1.0 million in the first quarter.
The overall impact of the two transactions described above, which are collectively defined as the "Incentive Contribution," increased income before income taxes $250,000 in the third quarter of 2012 and reduced income before income taxes by approximately $3.2 million for the nine-month period, as outlined in the table below. The impact for full-year 2012 will be a reduction to income before income taxes of approximately $3.0 million (diluted earnings per share reduction of $0.08).
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The non-GAAP measures shown above, which exclude the Incentive Contribution, should not be construed as a substitute for or a better indicator of the company's performance than the company's GAAP measures. Management believes presenting the financial information excluding the impact of the Incentive Contribution is important for purposes of comparison to prior year results. In addition, management uses these non-GAAP measures to allocate resources, and analyze trends and underlying operating performance. Annual cash bonuses, and certain long-term incentive programs for various levels of management, are based on financial measures that exclude the Incentive Contribution.
Share Repurchase Activity
The company repurchased 515,000 shares of its common stock for $25.4 million during the three months ended September 23, 2012 and repurchased 1.5 million shares for $64.1 million during the nine months ended September 23, 2012. Subsequent to quarter-end through October 24, 2012, the company repurchased 107,000 shares for $5.6 million. Approximately $51.8 million remains available under the company's share repurchase program.
There were 23.7 million and 24.1 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the three- and nine-month periods, representing decreases of 5.7% and 5.6% over the prior year comparable periods. Diluted earnings per share increased $0.03 and $0.10 for the three- and nine-month periods, respectively, due to the reductions in shares outstanding, primarily resulting from the share repurchase program. Approximately 23.1 million actual shares of the company's common stock were outstanding as of September 23, 2012.
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The company will be announcing key operating assumptions and earnings guidance for 2013 in conjunction with its fourth quarter and full year 2012 earnings press release to be issued in late February 2013.
A conference call is scheduled for November 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to review our third quarter 2012 earnings results. The call can be accessed from the company's web page at www.papajohns.com in a listen-only mode, or dial 877-312-8816 (U.S. and Canada) or 253-237-1189 (international). The conference call will be available for replay, including by downloadable podcast, through November 7, 2012. The replay can be accessed from the company's web site at www.papajohns.com or by dialing 855-859-2056 (U.S. and Canada) or 404-537-3406 (international). The Conference ID is 68145839.
Certain matters discussed in this press release and other company communications constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Generally, the use of words such as "expect," "estimate," "believe," "anticipate," "will," "forecast," "plan," "project," or similar words identify forward-looking statements that we intend to be included within the safe harbor protections provided by the federal securities laws. Such statements may relate to projections concerning business performance, revenue, earnings, contingent liabilities, commodity costs, margins, unit growth, and other financial and operational measures. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those matters expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
The risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are involved in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: aggressive changes in pricing or other marketing or promotional strategies by competitors which may adversely affect sales, including an increase in or continuation of the aggressive pricing and promotional environment; new product and concept developments by food industry competitors; increases in or sustained high costs of food ingredients and other commodities, paper, utilities and fuel, including increases related to drought conditions; the ability of the company and its franchisees to meet planned growth targets and operate new and existing restaurants profitably, which could be impacted by challenges securing financing, finding suitable store locations or securing required domestic or foreign government permits and approvals; our ability to successfully integrate the operations of franchised restaurants we acquire; the credit performance of our franchise loan program; adverse macroeconomic or business conditions; general economic and political conditions, including increasing tax rates, and their resulting impact on consumer buying habits; changes in consumer preferences; increased employee compensation, benefits, insurance and similar costs (including the implementation of federal health care legislation); the ability of the company to pass along increases in or sustained high costs to franchisees or consumers; the impact of current or future legal claims and current or proposed legislation impacting our business; the impact that product recalls, food quality or safety issues, and general public health concerns could have on our restaurants; currency exchange and interest rates; credit risk associated with parties to leases of restaurants and commissaries, including those Perfect Pizza locations formerly operated by us, for which we remain contractually liable; risks associated with security breaches, including theft of company and customer information; and increased risks associated with our international operations, including economic and political conditions in our international markets and difficulty in meeting planned sales targets and new store growth for our international operations. These and other risk factors are discussed in detail in "Part I. Item 1A. - Risk Factors" of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2011. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.
For more information about the company, please visit www.papajohns.com.
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Papa John's International, Inc.
Lance Tucker
Chief Financial Officer
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