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• | Revenue growth +3.7% YoY in Q2 2019 to $2.45 billion, driven by Residential revenue growth of +3.4%, Business services revenue growth of +6.1% and advertising revenue growth of +2.8%. |
• | Net income of $86 million in Q2 2019, or $0.13/share (from net loss of $98 million in Q2 2018, or $0.13/share). |
• | Adjusted EBITDA grew +7.3% YoY to $1.08 billion, an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 44.0% in Q2 2019 (+7.8% YoY Adjusted EBITDA growth and 44.2% Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding mobile losses(1)). |
• | Free Cash Flow(2) declined 3.2% YoY in Q2 2019 to $472 million mainly reflecting higher investment in key growth initiatives including Altice One, fiber (FTTH), new home build expansion and mobile. |
• | 2019 revenue growth guidance upgraded to 3.0-3.5% YoY (from 2.5-3.0% previously). |
• | Share repurchases of $600 million in Q2 2019 ($1.2 billion YTD); Altice USA’s Board of Directors authorizes new incremental 3-year $5 billion buyback program. |
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||
($k) | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | |||||
Revenue | $2,451,081 | $2,364,153 | $4,847,648 | $4,693,867 | ||||
Net income (loss) attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders | 86,367 | (97,855) | 61,368 | (226,806) | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA(1) | 1,079,163 | 1,005,503 | 2,112,103 | 1,986,456 | ||||
Capital Expenditures (cash) | 316,867 | 240,682 | 657,253 | 498,297 |
(1) | See “Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA less Cash Capital Expenditures” on page 7 of this release. Adjusted EBITDA growth of 7.8% excluding approximately $5.3m of costs related to Altice USA’s mobile business in the current period. |
(2) | Free Cash Flow defined as cash flow from operating activities less cash capital expenditures (including deductions of cash interest, cash taxes and net changes in working capital). |
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• | Altice One has supported six consecutive quarters of year over year improvements in video customer trends, including in Q2 2019. Altice USA's ongoing network investment and Altice One’s advanced WiFi experience supported improved residential broadband trends as well in the quarter. Altice USA reached 429k unique Altice One customers as of Q2 2019 (approximately 13% of total video customers, up from 4% at the end of Q2 2018). |
• | Total unique Residential customer relationships grew +0.5% YoY with quarterly net losses of -1k in Q2 2019 (vs. -4k in Q2 2018), as Altice One supported better than normal seasonality at Suddenlink: |
• | Residential Video RGU quarterly net losses of -21k in Q2 2019 were better than the prior year (vs. -24k in Q2 2018); |
• | Residential Broadband RGU quarterly net additions of +13k were ahead of the prior year (vs. +10k in Q2 2018); |
• | Residential ARPU per unique customer increased 2.9% YoY to $144.27 in Q2 2019, supporting Residential revenue growth of +3.4% YoY. |
• | Business services revenue growth of +6.1% YoY in Q2 2019 with continued strength in Enterprise & Carrier segment +5.3% YoY and SMB +6.5% YoY. |
• | Advertising revenue growth of 2.8% YoY in Q2 2019 (approximately 11% growth ex-political) supported by the growth of Altice USA’s advanced advertising platform a4. |
• | Continued network investment is supporting an increased demand for higher speed tiers and significant growth in data usage. The average broadband speed taken by Altice USA’s customer base has increased approximately fourfold in the past three years to 204 Mbps at the end of Q2 2019 (from 52Mbps at the end of Q2 2016) and average household data usage was over 280GB per month (continuing to grow over 20% YoY). |
• | Revenue growth of 3.0-3.5% YoY (increased from prior guidance of 2.5-3.0% YoY). |
• | Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion (ex-mobile). |
• | Increased investment for the continued rollout of Altice One, FTTH, and new mobile network with annual capex within a range of $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion. |
• | Free Cash Flow growth (compared to $1.35 billion in FY 2018) including mobile related costs. |
• | Year-end leverage target of 4.5x to 5.0x net debt / Adjusted EBITDA (L2QA basis). |
• | Share repurchases of $1.5 billion (ex-M&A). |
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• | Reported revenue growth for Altice USA of +3.7% to $2.451 billion. |
• | Net income of $86 million in Q2 2019, or $0.13/share (from net loss of $98 million in Q2 2018, or $0.13/share). |
• | Adjusted EBITDA grew +7.3% YoY to $1.079 billion, an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 44.0% in Q2 2019 (+7.8% YoY Adjusted EBITDA growth and 44.2% Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding mobile losses). |
• | Cash capex for Altice USA was $317 million in Q2 2019, representing 12.9% of revenue (<10% excluding FTTH / new home build capex). |
• | Operating Free Cash Flow(3) declined -0.3% to $762 million, mostly reflecting increased investment in FTTH, new home build, DOCSIS 3.1 and mobile. |
• | Altice USA saw improved residential customer trends again in Q2 2019 with total unique Residential customer relationship quarterly net losses of -1k in Q2 2019 (vs. -4k in Q2 2018). This included Residential broadband RGU net additions of +13k, video RGU net losses of -21k, and telephony RGU net losses of -24k in Q2 2019 (vs. +10k, -24k, and -4k, respectively, in Q2 2018). Altice USA Residential ARPU increased +2.9% to $144.27. |
• | Altice USA’s Business services revenue increased +6.1% with the Enterprise & Carrier segment growing +5.3% and SMB revenue growing +6.5%. Altice USA continues to have success in marketing new initiatives including Business Hosted Voice for SMB customers and security / DDOS protection for mid-market enterprise customers. The overall SMB customer base grew by +1.2% due to improved value proposition with voice and data bundles and SMB revenue was also supported by increased demand for higher broadband speed tiers. |
• | Altice USA’s Advertising revenue increased +2.8% (approximately 11% growth ex-political advertising) supported by the growth of local and national multi-screen targeted advertising solutions provided by a4. The Advertising division now includes Cheddar within Altice News from June 2019 since the completion of this acquisition. |
• | Altice USA’s programming costs increased +3.4% due primarily to an increase in contractual programming rates, partially offset by the decrease in video customers. Programming costs per video customer are still expected to increase by high single digits going forward (+5.9% in Q2 2019). |
(3) | Operating Free Cash Flow (“OpFCF”) defined as Adjusted EBITDA less cash capital expenditures. See “Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA less Cash Capital Expenditures” on page 8 of this release. |
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• | Net debt for Altice USA at the end of the second quarter was $22.339 billion on a reported basis(4), an increase of $292 million from the end of the first quarter of 2019 reflecting $600 million of share repurchases and the completion of the acquisition of Cheddar, offset by free cash flow generation. This represents consolidated L2QA net leverage for Altice USA of 5.3x on a reported basis at the end of June 2019 (5.2x LTM). The year-end leverage target for Altice USA remains 4.5-5.0x net debt to EBITDA. |
• | Altice USA’s blended weighted average cost of debt was 6.2% and the blended weighted average life was 6.3 years at the end of June 2019 pro forma for the new $1.0 billion senior notes issued in July 2019 used to repay the drawn portion of CSC Holdings’ RCF in full. There are no significant maturities until 2021 (none in 2019) and near-term maturities could be covered by ~$2.5 billion revolving credit facility. |
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Altice USA Consolidated Operating Results | |||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | |||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | ||||
Revenue: | |||||||
Video | $1,018,426 | $1,034,404 | $2,035,756 | $2,068,112 | |||
Broadband | 806,250 | 712,202 | 1,581,823 | 1,413,823 | |||
Telephony | 150,232 | 163,499 | 304,696 | 329,537 | |||
Business services and wholesale | 357,806 | 337,388 | 708,495 | 670,478 | |||
Advertising | 112,953 | 109,898 | 206,498 | 197,480 | |||
Other | 5,414 | 6,762 | 10,380 | 14,437 | |||
Total revenue | 2,451,081 | 2,364,153 | 4,847,648 | 4,693,867 | |||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Programming and other direct costs | 818,994 | 795,127 | 1,631,979 | 1,582,488 | |||
Other operating expenses | 569,459 | 575,749 | 1,133,891 | 1,158,772 | |||
Restructuring and other expense | 11,465 | 9,691 | 26,709 | 13,278 | |||
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments) | 568,620 | 648,527 | 1,130,048 | 1,291,232 | |||
Operating income | 482,543 | 335,059 | 925,021 | 648,097 | |||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Interest expense, net | (380,613) | (385,230) | (767,077) | (759,385) | |||
Gain (loss) on investments and sale of affiliate interests, net | 103,146 | (45,113) | 357,871 | (293,715) | |||
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net | (49,624) | 42,159 | (226,653) | 210,511 | |||
Loss on interest rate swap contracts | (26,900) | (12,929) | (50,572) | (44,851) | |||
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs | (1,194) | (36,911) | (159,096) | (41,616) | |||
Other income (expense), net | 212 | (629) | 292 | (12,287) | |||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 127,570 | (103,594) | 79,786 | (293,246) | |||
Income tax benefit (expense) | (41,160) | 5,590 | (18,574) | 66,293 | |||
Net income (loss) | 86,410 | (98,004) | 61,212 | (226,953) | |||
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests | (43) | 149 | 156 | 147 | |||
Net income (loss) attributable to Altice USA stockholders | $86,367 | $(97,855) | $61,368 | $(226,806) | |||
Basic net income (loss) per share | $0.13 | $(0.13) | $0.09 | $(0.31) | |||
Diluted net income (loss) per share | $0.13 | $(0.13) | $0.09 | $(0.31) | |||
Basic weighted average common shares | 668,031 | 737,069 | 681,703 | 737,069 | |||
Diluted weighted average common shares | 668,648 | 737,069 | 682,014 | 737,069 |
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Altice USA | Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||
(Dollars in thousands) | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | ||||
Net income (loss) | $86,410 | $(98,004) | $61,212 | $(226,953) | |||
Income tax expense (benefit) | 41,160 | (5,590) | 18,574 | (66,293) | |||
Other expense (income), net | (212) | 629 | (292) | 12,287 | |||
Loss on interest rate swap contracts | 26,900 | 12,929 | 50,572 | 44,851 | |||
Loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net | 49,624 | (42,159) | 226,653 | (210,511) | |||
Loss (gain) on investments and sales of affiliate interests, net | (103,146) | 45,113 | (357,871) | 293,715 | |||
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs | 1,194 | 36,911 | 159,096 | 41,616 | |||
Interest expense, net | 380,613 | 385,230 | 767,077 | 759,385 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 568,620 | 648,527 | 1,130,048 | 1,291,232 | |||
Restructuring and other expense | 11,465 | 9,691 | 26,709 | 13,278 | |||
Share-based compensation | 16,535 | 12,226 | 30,325 | 33,849 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $1,079,163 | $1,005,503 | $2,112,103 | $1,986,456 | |||
Capital Expenditures (cash) | 316,867 | 240,682 | 657,253 | 498,297 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA less Capex (cash) | $762,296 | $764,821 | $1,454,850 | $1,488,159 |
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Altice USA Customer Metrics (in thousands, except per customer amounts) | Net increase (decrease) | ||||||||||||||||
Q1-18 | Q2-18 | Q3-18 | Q4-18 | FY-18 | Q1-19 | Q2-19 | Q2-19 | YTD-19 | |||||||||
Homes passed (5) | 8,642.0 | 8,671.0 | 8,701.7 | 8,737.3 | 8,737.3 | 8,761.9 | 8,788.6 | 26.7 | 51.3 | ||||||||
Residential | 4,543.4 | 4,539.8 | 4,534.9 | 4,542.1 | 4,542.1 | 4,563.7 | 4,562.6 | (1.1) | 20.5 | ||||||||
SMB | 373.2 | 375.3 | 376.3 | 377.5 | 377.5 | 378.4 | 379.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | ||||||||
Total Unique Customer Relationships (6) | 4,916.6 | 4,915.1 | 4,911.2 | 4,919.6 | 4,919.6 | 4,942.1 | 4,942.2 | 0.1 | 22.6 | ||||||||
Video | 3,375.1 | 3,350.9 | 3,322.8 | 3,307.5 | 3,307.5 | 3,297.3 | 3,276.5 | (20.8) | (31.0) | ||||||||
Broadband | 4,072.6 | 4,082.1 | 4,096.3 | 4,118.1 | 4,118.1 | 4,155.0 | 4,168.1 | 13.1 | 50.0 | ||||||||
Telephony | 2,549.7 | 2,545.6 | 2,533.5 | 2,531.2 | 2,531.2 | 2,511.1 | 2,486.8 | (24.3) | (44.4) | ||||||||
Total Residential RGUs | 9,997.4 | 9,978.6 | 9,952.6 | 9,956.8 | 9,956.8 | 9,963.4 | 9,931.4 | (32.0) | (25.4) | ||||||||
Residential ARPU ($) (7) | 139.63 | 140.19 | 142.96 | 142.44 | 141.32 | 142.57 | 144.27 | 1.70 | 2.95 |
(5) | Homes passed represents the estimated number of single residence homes, apartments and condominium units passed by the cable distribution network in areas serviceable without further extending the transmission lines. In addition, it includes commercial establishments that have connected to our cable distribution network. Broadband services were not available to approximately 100 homes passed and telephony services were not available to approximately 600 homes passed. |
(6) | Customers represent each customer account (set up and segregated by customer name and address), weighted equally and counted as one customer, regardless of size, revenue generated, or number of boxes, units, or outlets. In calculating the number of customers, we count all customers other than inactive/disconnected customers. Free accounts are included in the customer counts along with all active accounts, but they are limited to a prescribed group. Most of these accounts are also not entirely free, as they typically generate revenue through pay-per-view or other pay services and certain equipment fees. Free status is not granted to regular customers as a promotion. In counting bulk Residential customers, such as an apartment building, we count each subscribing family unit within the building as one customer, but do not count the master account for the entire building as a customer. We count a bulk commercial customer, such as a hotel, as one customer, and do not count individual room units at that hotel. |
(7) | ARPU calculated by dividing the average monthly revenue for the respective quarter or annual periods derived from the sale of broadband, pay television and telephony services to Residential customers by the average number of total Residential customers for the same period. |
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Altice USA (CSC Holdings) In $m | Actual | Pro Forma | Coupon / Margin | Maturity |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,096 | 1,096 | 5.375% | 2023 |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,000 | 1,000 | 6.625% | 2025 |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,499 | 1,499 | 5.500% | 2026 |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,310 | 1,310 | 5.500% | 2027 |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,000 | 1,000 | 5.375% | 2028 |
Guaranteed Notes | 1,750 | 1,750 | 6.500% | 2029 |
Senior Notes | 1,000 | 1,000 | 6.750% | 2021 |
Senior Notes | 1,241 | 1,241 | 5.125% | 2021 |
Senior Notes | 750 | 750 | 5.250% | 2024 |
Senior Notes | 1,684 | 1,684 | 10.875% | 2025 |
Senior Notes | 618 | 618 | 7.750% | 2025 |
Senior Notes | 1,046 | 1,046 | 7.500% | 2028 |
New Senior Notes | — | 1,000 | 5.750% | 2030 |
Term Loan | 2,940 | 2,940 | L+2.250% | 2025 |
Term Loan B-2 | 1,485 | 1,485 | L+2.500% | 2026 |
Term Loan B-3 | 1,272 | 1,272 | L+2.250% | 2026 |
Term Loan B-4 | 1,000 | 1,000 | L+3.000% | 2027 |
Drawn RCF | 623 | — | L+2.250% | 2021,2024 |
Finance leases and other notes | 130 | 130 | ||
CSC Holdings Total Debt | 21,444 | 21,821 | ||
Senior Notes | 500 | 500 | 8.000% | 2020 |
Senior Notes | 649 | 649 | 5.875% | 2022 |
Legacy unexchanged Cequel Notes | 15 | 6 | ||
Cablevision Total Debt | 22,608 | 22,976 | ||
Total Cash | (139) | (507) | ||
Altice USA Net Debt | 22,469 | 22,469 | ||
Undrawn RCF | 1,674 | 2,297 | ||
WACD (%) | 6.2% | 6.2% |
(8) | Pro forma for new $1.0bn senior notes issued in July 2019 used to repay the drawn portion of CSC Holdings’ RCF in full, as well as the redemption of approximately $8.8m of legacy unexchanged Cequel notes. |
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Altice USA | Actual |
Gross Debt Consolidated(9) | $22,478 |
Cash | (139) |
Net Debt Consolidated | $22,339 |
LTM EBITDA | $4,288.7 |
L2QA EBITDA | $4,224.2 |
Net Leverage (LTM) | 5.2x |
Net Leverage (L2QA) | 5.3x |
Altice USA Reconciliation to Financial Reported Debt | Actual |
Total Debenture and Loans from Financial Institutions (Carrying Amount) | $22,093 |
Unamortized Financing Costs | 227 |
Fair Value Adjustments | 158 |
Total Value of Debenture and Loans from Financial Institutions (Principal Amount) | 22,478 |
Other Debt & Capital Leases | 130 |
Gross Debt Consolidated | 22,608 |
Cash | (139) |
Net Debt Consolidated | $22,469 |
(9) | Excluding finance leases and other notes. |
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