Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Reports Solid Growth in Comparable Store Sales and Net Income
LAKEWOOD, CO, Nov 08, 2007 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Selected Third Quarter Highlights:
-- 5.2% increase in comparable store sales at company-owned restaurants.
-- 12th consecutive quarter of positive comparable store sales growth.
-- Average unit volume for company-owned stores increased to $898,000 for
trailing 12 months.
-- 4.8% revenue growth to $100.4 million.
-- 557% net income growth to $4.9 million, or $.30 diluted EPS.
-- 8.7% increase in restaurant gross profit to $18.5 million.
-- Operating income up 24% to $6.8 million.
-- Opened 3 new company-owned restaurants and 7 new licensed locations.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL) today announced strong results for its third quarter and nine-month period ended October 2, 2007. The Company posted significant profit growth driven by positive comparable store sales, higher restaurant gross profit and flat operating expenses.
"We are aggressively executing our growth strategy and producing solid financial and operational results," said Paul Murphy, president and CEO. "We continue to see exceptional results from the 23 company-owned restaurants that we upgraded in late 2006. These restaurants delivered comparable store sales increases of 16.3% and 11.4% for the third quarter and fiscal year to date periods, respectively. In the fiscal year to date, we have recently completed the upgrade of an additional 26 company-owned restaurants. The performance of these recently upgraded restaurants is consistent with the results of our 2006 upgrades. With a solid business strategy, strong revenue and earnings growth and a high quality workforce, we believe we are well positioned to drive shareholder value well into the future."
Third Quarter Business Review
Comparable store sales grew by 5.2% in the third quarter -- the Company's 12th consecutive quarter of sales growth in company-owned restaurants. Our strong comparable store sales growth demonstrates the appeal of our brands, menu offerings and neighborhood atmosphere in our restaurants.
Third quarter total revenues grew by 4.8% to $100.4 million from $95.8 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue from company-owned restaurant sales increased 4.3% to $93.0 million from $89.2 million despite the planned closure of two underperforming company-owned restaurants, which resulted in six fewer company-owned restaurants in the third quarter of 2007 versus the same quarter last year. Average unit volume in company-owned stores increased to $898,000 for the trailing 12 months.
Gross profit in the third quarter increased 7.7% to $19.5 million from $18.1 million. The primary growth driver was company-owned restaurant gross profit, which grew by 8.7% to $18.5 million from $17.0 million. Restaurant gross profit as a percentage of company-owned restaurant sales was 19.9% compared to 19.1% in the prior year, despite increases in agricultural based commodity costs and hourly labor rates.
Total operating expenses increased by 0.6% in the third quarter to $12.7 million from $12.6 million as the Company continued to carefully manage its cost structure while executing its growth program. General and administrative expense was essentially flat year-over-year while a $228,000 increase in depreciation and amortization was partially offset by lower costs in the categories of loss on sale, disposal or abandonment of assets and impairment and related charges.
The Company reported operating income of $6.8 million, up 24.1% from $5.5 million in the third quarter last year. The higher operating income, combined with lower interest costs resulting from the recent debt restructuring, resulted in a 557% increase in net income in the third quarter -- to $4.9 million, or $0.31 basic earnings per share and $0.30 diluted earnings per share, from $752,000 or $0.07 basic and diluted earnings per share, in the same quarter last year.
The Company generated $19.3 million in cash from operations year-to-date versus $9.4 million through the first nine months of 2006. As of October 2, 2007, the Company had an unrestricted cash balance of approximately $12.0 million.
"We are pleased with our third quarter and year-to-date financial results," said Rick Dutkiewicz, chief financial officer. "With the proceeds from our secondary offering in the second quarter, we paid off higher interest rate debt and amended our first lien credit facility with more favorable interest rates. As a result, in the third quarter our interest expense declined 63.1%, to $1.8 million from $4.7 million in the same quarter last year. This enhanced earnings power, combined with steady growth in comparable store sales and improved company-owned store gross margins, delivered our bottom line results and significantly strengthened our balance sheet. With an aggressive development and upgrade program underway and a disciplined approach to managing our cost structure, we are optimistic about our ability to continue to build shareholder value over the long term."
Fourth Quarter Outlook
Paul Murphy noted, "We continue to be pleased with our comparable store sales performance at a time when the restaurant industry is experiencing a fair measure of headwinds. Additionally, we have a robust pipeline of new company-owned restaurants, as well as franchise and license opportunities for 2008. We also expect to continue to benefit from our upgrade program."
"The rising cost of agricultural commodities as well as the recent catastrophic fires in southern California have put substantial pressure on operating margins for the fourth quarter of 2007 as well as early 2008. We estimate that the cost of agricultural commodities in general, and wheat specifically, will result in approximately $1.3 to $1.4 million additional costs compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. In addition, we anticipate that the impact of the southern California fires on our store performance in that market will reduce our restaurant operating profits by approximately $100,000 to $200,000 in the fourth quarter."
"We have recently entered into a partnership with Cargill Incorporated to better manage the risk associated with agricultural commodity costs. The Cargill partnership is expected to provide cost certainty on a substantial portion of our 2008 commodity requirements. With these costs now known, we intend to implement price increases in early 2008 to offset the adverse impact of these increased costs and maintain our margins."
"Our focus will be to continue to deliver an exceptional guest experience while putting in place those business initiatives to limit our risk to adverse agricultural commodities and implement well thought out pricing adjustments."
Conference Call
The Company will conduct a conference call and Webcast today at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
The call-in numbers for the conference call are 877-381-6509 for domestic toll free and 706-679-7388 for international. The conference ID number is 23626166. A telephone replay will be available through November 22, 2007, and may be accessed by calling 800-642-1687 for domestic toll free or 706-645-9291 for international. The conference ID number is 23626166.
To access a live Webcast of the call, please visit Einstein Noah's Website at www.einsteinnoah.com. A replay of the Webcast will be available on the Website through December 7, 2007.
About Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group is the largest owner/operator, franchisor and licensor of bagel specialty restaurants in the United States. The Company has approximately 600 restaurants in 36 states and the District of Columbia under the Einstein Bros. Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels and Manhattan Bagel brand. Einstein Noah's product offerings include fresh bagels and other bakery items baked on-site, made-to-order breakfast and lunch sandwiches on a variety of bagels and breads, gourmet soups and salads, decadent desserts, premium coffees, and an assortment of snacks. The Company's manufacturing and commissary operations prepare and assemble consistent, high-quality ingredients that are delivered fresh to its restaurants. More information is available on the Company's website at www.einsteinnoah.com.
Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "forecast," "estimate," "project," "plan to," "is designed to," "expectations," "intend," "indications," "expect," "should," "would," "believe," "target," "trend" and similar expressions and all statements which are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance (financial or operating), or achievements to differ from the future results, performance (financial or operating), or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include but are not limited to (i) the results for period over period revenue, gross profit, operating income, net income, depreciation and amortization, and comparable store sales are not necessarily indicative of future results and are subject to shifting consumer preferences, economic conditions, weather, and competition, among other factors; (ii) the results for the 2007 third quarter are not necessarily indicative of future results, which are subject to a variety of factors, including consumer preferences and the economy and increasing utility and other costs, and other seasonal effects; (iii) continued annual
interest savings is dependent upon LIBOR and prime rates remaining stable; (iv) the ability to upgrade restaurants is dependent on available capital, available space, store layouts, availability of contractors and materials, and the ability to obtain necessary permits and licenses; (v) the results of restaurants upgraded during 2007 matching or exceeding results of 2006 upgrades and benefits from the upgrade program are dependent upon consumer acceptance, and all of the factors discussed in this paragraph; (vi) the ability to develop and open new company-owned, licensed and franchise restaurants and continue our development program for company-owned restaurants and opportunities for franchise and licensed locations are dependent upon the availability of capital, the availability of desirable locations, reaching favorable lease terms, as well as the availability of contractors and materials, and ability to obtain necessary permits and licenses; (vii) the ability to implement our growth initiatives is dependent on many factors including our ability to train personnel, the availability of products, our ability to develop new menu items and to produce those items in the restaurants, and the availability of capital and consumer acceptance; (viii) our estimates of the impact of commodity prices and the recent fires are subject to a variety of factors: commodity prices are affected by weather, fluctuations in demand, alternative uses for land, among others; fires and their after effects influence consumer behavior, among other factors; (ix) our ability to manage costs is subject to a variety of factors mentioned herein including the cost of labor and raw materials; (x) our ability to implement price increases, among other factors, is subject to consumer acceptance; (xi) our ability to deliver an exceptional guest experience is dependent on several factors including our hospitality initiatives; (xii) our optimism and belief that we are well-positioned to build shareholder value are subject to all of the factors in this paragraph and the ability to build shareholder value is subject to stock market conditions, investor preferences, the ability to continue expanding operations and improving the Company's revenue and profitability, and other performance factors. These and other risks are more fully discussed in the Company's SEC filings. These and other risks are more fully discussed in the Company's SEC filings.
EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR TO DATE PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 3, 2006 AND
OCTOBER 2, 2007
(in thousands, except earnings per share and related share information)
(unaudited)
Third quarter ended: Year to date ended:
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October 3, October 2, October 3, October 2,
2006 2007 2006 2007
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Revenues:
Company-owned restaurant
sales $ 89,213 $ 93,026 $ 271,300 $ 276,283
Manufacturing and
commissary revenues 5,257 5,910 15,725 17,409
Franchise and license
related revenues 1,282 1,442 3,759 3,996
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Total revenues 95,752 100,378 290,784 297,688
Cost of sales:
Company-owned restaurant
costs 72,187 74,527 219,677 221,116
Manufacturing and
commissary costs 5,445 6,330 15,952 17,132
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Total cost of sales 77,632 80,857 235,629 238,248
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Gross profit 18,120 19,521 55,155 59,440
Operating expenses:
General and
administrative expenses 9,750 9,794 30,038 31,381
Depreciation and
amortization 2,640 2,868 14,238 7,910
Loss (gain) on sale,
disposal or abandonment
of assets, net 193 25 206 429
Impairment charges and
other related costs 51 28 134 213
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Income from operations 5,486 6,806 10,539 19,507
Other expense: -
Interest expense, net 4,749 1,752 14,670 10,685
Write-off of debt
discount upon redemption
of senior notes - - - 528
Prepayment penalty upon
redemption of senior
notes - - 4,800 240
Write-off of debt
issuance costs upon
redemption of
senior notes - - 3,956 2,071
Other (15) - (5) -
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Income (loss) before
income taxes 752 5,054 (12,882) 5,983
Provision for income taxes - 111 - 158
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Net income (loss) $ 752 $ 4,943 $ (12,882) $ 5,825
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Net income (loss) per
common share - Basic $ 0.07 $ 0.31 $ (1.25) $ 0.46
========== =========== ========== ===========
Net income (loss) per
common share - Diluted $ 0.07 $ 0.30 $ (1.25) $ 0.43
========== =========== ========== ===========
Weighted average number of
common shares
outstanding:
Basic 10,593,085 15,772,931 10,276,464 12,718,051
========== =========== ========== ===========
Diluted 11,036,527 16,572,486 10,276,464 13,436,884
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EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF JANUARY 2, 2007 AND OCTOBER 2, 2007
(in thousands, except share information)
(unaudited)
January 2, October 2,
2007 2007
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,477 $ 11,991
Restricted cash 2,403 1,747
Franchise and other receivables, net of
allowance of $505 and $478, respectively 6,393 6,281
Inventories 4,948 5,210
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 4,529 5,029
Assets held for sale 1,144 -
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Total current assets 24,894 30,258
Restricted cash long-term 284 278
Property, plant and equipment, net 33,889 43,266
Trademarks and other intangibles, net 63,806 63,806
Goodwill 4,875 4,875
Debt issuance costs and other assets, net 5,406 3,788
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Total assets $ 133,154 $ 146,271
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 3,347 $ 6,555
Accrued expenses 25,855 22,780
Short term debt and current portion of
long-term debt 3,605 1,180
Current portion of obligations under
capital leases 76 78
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Total current liabilities 32,883 30,593
Senior notes and other long-term debt, net
of discount 166,556 89,155
Obligations under capital leases 124 64
Other liabilities 8,822 10,164
Mandatorily redeemable, Series Z Preferred
Stock, $.001 par value, $1,000 per share
liquidation value; 57,000 shares
authorized; 57,000 shares issued and
outstanding 57,000 57,000
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Total liabilities 265,385 186,976
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Commitments and contingencies (see Note 10)
Stockholders' deficit:
Series A junior participating preferred
stock, 700,000 shares authorized;
no shares issued and outstanding
Common stock, $.001 par value; 25,000,000
Shares authorized; 10,596,419 and
15,812,879 shares issued and
outstanding 11 16
Additional paid-in capital 176,797 262,493
Accumulated deficit (309,039) (303,214)
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Total stockholders' deficit (132,231) (40,705)
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
deficit $ 133,154 $ 146,271
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EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR TO DATE PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 3, 2006 AND OCTOBER 2, 2007
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
October 3, October 2,
2006 2007
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss) $ (12,882) $ 5,825
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 14,238 7,910
Stock based compensation expense 546 1,588
Loss, net of gains, on disposal of assets 206 429
Impairment charges and other related costs 134 213
Provision for losses on accounts
receivable, net 158 25
Amortization of debt issuance and debt
discount costs 620 545
Write-off of debt issuance costs 3,956 2,071
Write-off of debt discount - 528
Paid-in-kind interest 1,113 904
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Franchise and other receivables (509) 87
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,832 1,973
Other assets and liabilities 9 (2,829)
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Net cash provided by operating activities 9,421 19,269
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment (10,570) (18,255)
Proceeds from the sale of equipment 165 1,166
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Net cash used in investing activities (10,405) (17,089)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from secondary common stock
offering - 90,000
Costs incurred with offering of our common
stock - (6,666)
Proceeds from line of credit 24 -
Repayments of line of credit (24) -
Payments under capital lease obligations (34) (58)
Repayment of notes payable (160,000) -
Borrowings under First Lien 80,000 11,900
Repayments under First Lien (950) (700)
Borrowing under Second Lien 65,000 -
Repayments under Second Lien - (65,000)
Borrowings under Subordinated Note 24,375 -
Repayments under Subordinated Note - (25,000)
Debt issuance costs (4,916) (921)
Proceeds upon stock option and warrant
exercises 187 779
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Net cash provided by financing activities 3,662 4,334
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 2,678 6,514
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of
period 1,556 5,477
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 4,234 $ 11,991
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Contacts:
Jay Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc.
303-393-7044
Email Contact
Rick Dutkiewicz
Chief Financial Officer
303-568-8004
Email Contact
SOURCE: Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc.
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