ELS Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Continued Strong Performance;
Provides 2022 Guidance and Increases Annual Dividend

CHICAGO--()--Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) (referred to herein as “we,” “us,” and “our”) today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. All per share results are reported on a fully diluted basis unless otherwise noted.

Financial Results for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2021

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, total revenues increased $53.4 million, or 19.6 percent, to $325.3 million compared to $271.9 million for the same period in 2020. For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, net income available for Common Stockholders increased $0.9 million, or $0.01 per Common Share, to $65.5 million, or $0.36 per Common Share, compared to $64.6 million, or $0.35 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, total revenues increased $180.3 million, or 16.5 percent, to $1,271.7 million compared to $1,091.4 million for the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, net income available for Common Stockholders increased $34.2 million, or $0.18 per Common Share, to $262.5 million, or $1.43 per Common Share, compared to $228.3 million, or $1.25 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Portfolio Performance

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, Funds from Operations (“FFO”) available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders increased $14.1 million, or $0.07 per Common Share, to $123.0 million, or $0.64 per Common Share, compared to $108.9 million, or $0.57 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders increased $79.2 million, or $0.41 per Common Share, to $485.6 million, or $2.52 per Common Share, compared to $406.4 million, or $2.11 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, Normalized Funds from Operations (“Normalized FFO”) available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders increased $14.7 million, or $0.07 per Common Share, to $123.6 million, or $0.64 per Common Share, compared to $108.9 million, or $0.57 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders increased $70.3 million, or $0.36 per Common Share, to $489.0 million, or $2.53 per Common Share, compared to $418.7 million, or $2.17 per Common Share, for the same period in 2020.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, property operating revenues, excluding deferrals, increased $34.7 million to $296.6 million, compared to $261.9 million for the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, property operating revenues, excluding deferrals, increased $134.2 million to $1,185.6 million, compared to $1,051.4 million for the same period in 2020. For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, increased $19.5 million to $172.4 million, compared to $152.9 million for the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, increased $75.2 million to $682.0 million, compared to $606.8 million for the same period in 2020.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021, Core property operating revenues, excluding deferrals, increased approximately 7.8 percent and Core income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, increased approximately 8.2 percent compared to the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Core property operating revenues, excluding deferrals, increased approximately 8.3 percent and Core income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, increased approximately 8.8 percent compared to the same period in 2020.

Business Updates

Pages 1 and 2 of this Earnings Release and Supplemental Financial Information provide an update on operations and 2022 guidance.

Investment Activity

In November and December 2021, we completed the acquisitions of Hope Valley, a 164-site RV community located in Turner, Oregon, and Lake Conroe, a 261-site RV community in Montgomery, Texas, for an aggregate purchase price of $31.9 million.

In November 2021, we acquired an 80% equity interest in RVC Outdoor Destinations, an entity owning six operating RV communities containing 988 sites with a total value of $105.0 million.

As part of our strategy to expand owned communities with additional developed sites, during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, we completed the acquisitions of two parcels of land adjacent to two of our properties for an aggregate purchase price of $27.2 million.

In December 2021, we completed the acquisition of MHVillage/Datacomp for a purchase price of $43 million. MHVillage is the premier online marketplace dedicated to manufactured home buying and selling. Datacomp provides independent, market-based valuations for manufactured homes in land lease communities.

These acquisitions were funded with available cash, proceeds from our line of credit, and net proceeds from sales of common stock under our at-the-market (“ATM”) equity offering program as discussed further below.

2022 Dividends

Our Board of Directors has approved setting the annual dividend rate for 2022 at $1.64 per share of common stock, an increase of 13.1%, or $0.19, over the current $1.45 per share of common stock for 2021. Our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, will determine the amount of each quarterly dividend in advance of payment.

Balance Sheet Activity

During the quarter ended December 31, 2021 and through January 4, 2022, we sold approximately 2.0 million shares of our common stock under our ATM equity offering program with a weighted average price of $84.80 per share for net proceeds of $166.4 million.

In January 2022, we entered into a $200.0 million unsecured term loan agreement. The term of the loan is five years and bears interest at a rate of Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus approximately 1.30% to 1.80%, depending on leverage levels.

Proceeds generated from the ATM equity offering and the unsecured term loan were used to fund fourth quarter 2021 acquisition activity and repay a portion of the outstanding balance on the line of credit. As of January 24, 2022, the line of credit has an outstanding balance of $69.0 million.

About Equity LifeStyle Properties

We are a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with headquarters in Chicago. As of January 24, 2022, we own or have an interest in 444 quality properties in 35 states and British Columbia consisting of 169,296 sites.

For additional information, please contact our Investor Relations Department at (800) 247-5279 or at investor_relations@equitylifestyle.com.

Conference Call

A live webcast of our conference call discussing these results will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Please visit the Investor Relations section at www.equitylifestyleproperties.com for the link. A replay of the webcast will be available for two weeks at this site.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used, words such as "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "project," "intend," "may be" and "will be" and similar words or phrases, or the negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and may include without limitation, information regarding our expectations, goals or intentions regarding the future, and the expected effect of our acquisitions. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:

  • our ability to control costs and real estate market conditions, our ability to retain customers, the actual use of sites by customers and our success in acquiring new customers at our properties (including those that we may acquire);
  • our ability to maintain historical or increase future rental rates and occupancy with respect to properties currently owned or that we may acquire;
  • our ability to attract and retain customers entering, renewing and upgrading membership subscriptions;
  • our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
  • our assumptions and guidance concerning 2022 growth rates and Net Income and Normalized FFO per share data;
  • our ability to manage counterparty risk;
  • our ability to renew our insurance policies at existing rates and on consistent terms;
  • in the age-qualified properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential home buyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets volatility;
  • results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, including an adequate supply of homes at reasonable costs, lack of affordable manufactured home financing and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;
  • impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single-family housing and not manufactured housing;
  • effective integration of recent acquisitions and our estimates regarding the future performance of recent acquisitions;
  • the completion of future transactions in their entirety, if any, and timing and effective integration with respect thereto;
  • unanticipated costs or unforeseen liabilities associated with recent acquisitions;
  • our ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable terms or at all;
  • the effect of inflation and interest rates;
  • the effect from any breach of our, or any of our vendors', data management systems;
  • the dilutive effects of issuing additional securities;
  • the outcome of pending or future lawsuits or actions brought by or against us, including those disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
  • other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our guidance acknowledges the existence of volatile economic conditions, which may impact our current guidance assumptions. Factors impacting 2022 guidance include, but are not limited to the following: (i) the mix of site usage within the portfolio; (ii) yield management on our short-term resort and marina sites; (iii) scheduled or implemented rate increases on community, resort and marina sites; (iv) scheduled or implemented rate increases in annual payments under membership subscriptions; (v) occupancy changes; (vi) our ability to attract and retain membership customers; (vii) our ability to integrate and operate recent acquisitions in accordance with our estimates; (viii) completion of pending transactions in their entirety and on assumed schedule; (ix) ongoing legal matters and related fees; and (x) costs to restore property operations and potential revenue losses following storms or other unplanned events. In addition, these forward-looking statements, including our 2022 guidance are subject to risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are unknown, including the duration of the pandemic, the extent of the adverse health impact on the general population and on our residents, customers, and employees in particular, its impact on the employment rate and the economy, the extent and impact of governmental responses, and the impact of operational changes we have implemented and may implement in response to the pandemic.

For further information on these and other factors that could impact us and the statements contained herein, refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the “Risk Factors” section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

These forward-looking statements are based on management's present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

Supplemental Financial Information

Operations Update

We have continued our strong performance in 2021, as marked by these key operational and financial accomplishments:

  • Normalized FFO per common share on a fully diluted basis was $2.53 for the year ended December 31, 2021, 17% higher than the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • Core Portfolio generated growth of 9% in income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • MH occupancy within our Core Portfolio increased by 323 sites during the year ended December 31, 2021 from the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • Manufactured homeowners within our Core Portfolio increased by 785 to 65,730 as of December 31, 2021 compared to 64,945 as of December 31, 2020.
  • Added 1,037 expansion Sites to our Core Portfolio during the year ended December 31, 2021.
  • RV Annual occupancy within our Core RV and Thousand Trails portfolios increased by 1,180 sites during the year ended December 31, 2021 from the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • RV and MH rental income within our Core Portfolio increased by 12.9% and 4.7%, respectively, compared to December 31, 2020.
  • Membership sales and expenses, consisting of membership upgrade sales and expenses, as well as commissions on camping and Trails Collection passes, contributed $12.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $8.1 million, or 184%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • New home sales of 1,163 for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was the highest in company history.
  • Acquired eleven marinas, six RV communities, an 80% equity interest in a joint venture with six RV communities, MHVillage/Datacomp and three land parcels adjacent to our properties with an aggregate value of approximately $800 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.
  • Originated secured debt with gross proceeds of $270.0 million with a maturity of 10 years and an interest rate of 2.4% during the year ended December 31, 2021. We used these proceeds to repay $67.0 million of debt due to mature in 2022 at a weighted average rate of 5.1%. The remainder of the proceeds were used to repay a portion of the outstanding balance on the line of credit.
  • Closed on an amended revolving line of credit with borrowing capacity of $500.0 million and a $300.0 million term loan during the year ended December 31, 2021.
  • Sold approximately 1.7 million shares of our common stock under our ATM equity offering program with a weighted average price of $84.48 per share for net proceeds of $138.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.

2022 Guidance (1)

 

($ in millions except per share)

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

Full Year

Net Income/share

 

$0.38 to $0.44

 

$1.56 to $1.66

FFO and Normalized FFO/share

 

$0.66 to $0.72

 

$2.64 to $2.74

 

 

 

 

 

Core Portfolio:

 

 

 

 

MH rate growth

 

4.4% to 4.6%

 

4.6% to 4.8%

RV Annual rate growth

 

4.6% to 4.8%

 

5.0% to 5.2%

Property operating revenue growth rate

 

7.3% to 7.9%

 

4.5% to 5.5%

Property operating expense growth rate

 

7.6% to 8.2%

 

3.2% to 4.2%

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management growth rate

 

7.1% to 7.7%

 

5.4% to 6.4%

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(1)

First quarter and full year 2022 guidance ranges represent a range of possible outcomes and the midpoint reflects management's estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual growth rates and per share amounts could vary materially from growth rates and per share amounts presented above if any of our assumptions, including occupancy and rate changes, our ability to integrate and operate recent acquisitions and costs to restore property operations and potential revenue losses following storms or other unplanned events, is incorrect. See Forward-Looking Statements in this release for additional factors impacting our 2022 guidance assumptions.

Investor Information

Equity Research Coverage (1)

Bank of America Securities

Barclays

Berenberg Bank

Jeffrey Spector/ Joshua Dennerlein

Anthony Powell

Keegan Carl

 

 

 

BMO Capital Markets

Citi Research

Colliers Securities

John Kim

Michael Bilerman/ Nick Joseph

David Toti

 

 

 

Evercore ISI

Green Street Advisors

RBC Capital Markets

Steve Sakwa/ Samir Khanal

John Pawlowski

Brad Heffern

 

 

 

Robert W. Baird & Company

UBS

 

Wes Golladay

Michael Goldsmith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.

Any opinions, estimates or forecasts regarding our performance made by these analysts or agencies do not represent our opinions, forecasts or predictions. We do not, by reference to these firms, imply our endorsement of or concurrence with such information, conclusions or recommendations.

 

Financial Highlights

 

(In millions, except Common Shares and OP Units outstanding and per share data, unaudited)

 

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended

 

Dec 31,
2021

Sept 30,
2021

Jun 30,
2021

Mar 31,
2021

Dec 31,
2020

Operating Information

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

$

325.3

 

$

332.9

 

$

317.4

 

$

296.0

 

$

271.9

 

Net income

$

68.8

 

$

74.1

 

$

64.1

 

$

69.0

 

$

68.4

 

Net income available for Common Stockholders

$

65.5

 

$

70.6

 

$

61.1

 

$

65.2

 

$

64.6

 

Adjusted EBITDAre (1)

$

150.7

 

$

150.8

 

$

144.6

 

$

147.9

 

$

133.1

 

FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (1)(2)

$

123.0

 

$

124.5

 

$

117.6

 

$

120.6

 

$

108.9

 

Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (1)(2)

$

123.6

 

$

124.5

 

$

118.3

 

$

122.6

 

$

108.9

 

Funds Available for Distribution ("FAD") for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (1)(2)

$

102.3

 

$

106.1

 

$

99.0

 

$

111.0

 

$

91.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares and OP Units Outstanding (In thousands) and Per Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares and OP Units, end of the period

 

194,946

 

 

192,852

 

 

192,847

 

 

192,779

 

 

192,710

 

Weighted average Common Shares and OP Units outstanding - Fully Diluted

 

193,412

 

 

192,736

 

 

192,701

 

 

192,685

 

 

192,578

 

Net income per Common Share - Fully Diluted (3)

$

0.36

 

$

0.38

 

$

0.33

 

$

0.36

 

$

0.35

 

FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

$

0.64

 

$

0.65

 

$

0.61

 

$

0.63

 

$

0.57

 

Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

$

0.64

 

$

0.65

 

$

0.61

 

$

0.64

 

$

0.57

 

Dividends per Common Share

$

0.3625

 

$

0.3625

 

$

0.3625

 

$

0.3625

 

$

0.3425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

$

5,308

 

$

4,982

 

$

4,824

 

$

4,786

 

$

4,419

 

Total liabilities

$

3,822

 

$

3,673

 

$

3,522

 

$

3,481

 

$

3,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Capitalization

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt (4)

$

3,303

 

$

3,154

 

$

3,010

 

$

3,012

 

$

2,695

 

Total market capitalization (5)

$

20,392

 

$

18,216

 

$

17,340

 

$

15,280

 

$

14,905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt / total market capitalization

 

16.2

%

 

17.3

%

 

17.4

%

 

19.7

%

 

18.1

%

Total debt / Adjusted EBITDAre (6)

 

5.6

 

 

5.5

 

 

5.4

 

 

5.7

 

 

5.2

 

Interest coverage (7)

 

5.5

 

 

5.5

 

 

5.4

 

 

5.2

 

 

5.1

 

Fixed charges(8)

 

5.5

 

 

5.4

 

 

5.3

 

 

5.1

 

 

5.0

 

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1.

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Reconciliations at the end of the supplemental financial information for definitions of Adjusted EBITDAre, FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD and a reconciliation of Consolidated net income to Adjusted EBITDAre.

2.

See page 9 for a reconciliation of Net income available for Common Stockholders to Non-GAAP financial measures FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders and FAD for Common Stock and OP Unit holders.

3.

Net income per Common Share - Fully Diluted is calculated before Income allocated to non-controlling interest - Common OP Units.

4.

Excludes deferred financing costs of approximately $28.9 million as of December 31, 2021.

5.

See page 16 for the calculation of market capitalization as of December 31, 2021.

6.

Calculated using trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre.

7.

Calculated by dividing trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre by the interest expense incurred during the same period.

8.

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Reconciliations at the end of the supplemental financial information for a definition of fixed charges. This ratio is calculated by dividing trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre by the sum of fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, if any, during the same period.

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

December 31, 2020

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

Investment in real estate:

 

 

 

Land

$

2,019,787

 

 

$

1,676,636

 

Land improvements

 

3,912,062

 

 

 

3,543,479

 

Buildings and other depreciable property

 

1,057,215

 

 

 

940,311

 

 

 

6,989,064

 

 

 

6,160,426

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(2,103,774

)

 

 

(1,924,585

)

Net investment in real estate

 

4,885,290

 

 

 

4,235,841

 

Cash and restricted cash

 

123,398

 

 

 

24,060

 

Notes receivable, net

 

39,955

 

 

 

35,844

 

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures

 

70,312

 

 

 

19,726

 

Deferred commission expense

 

47,349

 

 

 

42,472

 

Other assets, net

 

141,567

 

 

 

61,026

 

Total Assets

$

5,307,871

 

 

$

4,418,969

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Mortgage notes payable, net

$

2,627,783

 

 

$

2,444,930

 

Term loan, net

 

297,436

 

 

 

 

Unsecured line of credit

 

349,000

 

 

 

222,000

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

172,285

 

 

 

129,666

 

Deferred membership revenue

 

176,439

 

 

 

150,692

 

Accrued interest payable

 

9,293

 

 

 

8,336

 

Rents and other customer payments received in advance and security deposits

 

118,696

 

 

 

92,587

 

Distributions payable

 

70,768

 

 

 

66,003

 

Total Liabilities

 

3,821,700

 

 

 

3,114,214

 

Equity:

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; none issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; 185,640,379 and 182,230,631 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

1,913

 

 

 

1,813

 

Paid-in capital

 

1,593,362

 

 

 

1,411,397

 

Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings

 

(183,689

)

 

 

(179,523

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

3,524

 

 

 

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

1,415,110

 

 

 

1,233,687

 

Non-controlling interests – Common OP Units

 

71,061

 

 

 

71,068

 

Total Equity

 

1,486,171

 

 

 

1,304,755

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

$

5,307,871

 

 

$

4,418,969

 

 

Consolidated Income Statements

 

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

$

258,282

 

 

$

227,565

 

 

$

1,032,575

 

 

$

923,743

 

Annual membership subscriptions

 

15,203

 

 

 

13,609

 

 

 

58,251

 

 

 

53,085

 

Membership upgrade sales current period, gross

 

6,927

 

 

 

5,217

 

 

 

36,270

 

 

 

21,739

 

Membership upgrade sales upfront payments, deferred, net

 

(3,945

)

 

 

(2,683

)

 

 

(25,079

)

 

 

(12,062

)

Other income

 

13,539

 

 

 

13,001

 

 

 

50,298

 

 

 

46,008

 

Gross revenues from home sales

 

31,534

 

 

 

12,450

 

 

 

98,457

 

 

 

45,695

 

Brokered resale and ancillary services revenues, net

 

929

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

9,351

 

 

 

2,060

 

Interest income

 

1,702

 

 

 

1,755

 

 

 

7,016

 

 

 

7,154

 

Income from other investments, net

 

1,159

 

 

 

933

 

 

 

4,555

 

 

 

4,026

 

Total revenues

 

325,330

 

 

 

271,896

 

 

 

1,271,694

 

 

 

1,091,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating and maintenance

 

98,283

 

 

 

85,875

 

 

 

398,983

 

 

 

354,340

 

Real estate taxes

 

18,517

 

 

 

16,630

 

 

 

72,671

 

 

 

66,120

 

Sales and marketing, gross

 

4,756

 

 

 

4,024

 

 

 

23,743

 

 

 

17,332

 

Membership sales commissions, deferred, net

 

(670

)

 

 

(333

)

 

 

(5,075

)

 

 

(1,660

)

Property management

 

17,024

 

 

 

13,623

 

 

 

65,979

 

 

 

57,967

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

50,317

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

188,444

 

 

 

155,131

 

Cost of home sales

 

29,743

 

 

 

12,602

 

 

 

94,314

 

 

 

46,229

 

Home selling expenses

 

1,283

 

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

5,138

 

 

 

4,572

 

General and administrative

 

9,576

 

 

 

8,120

 

 

 

40,717

 

 

 

39,276

 

Other expenses

 

805

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

3,100

 

 

 

2,567

 

Early debt retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,784

 

 

 

10,786

 

Interest and related amortization

 

27,951

 

 

 

25,231

 

 

 

108,718

 

 

 

102,771

 

Total expenses

 

257,585

 

 

 

206,685

 

 

 

999,516

 

 

 

855,431

 

Loss on sale of real estate, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(59

)

 

 

 

Income before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

67,745

 

 

 

65,211

 

 

 

272,119

 

 

 

236,017

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

1,095

 

 

 

3,160

 

 

 

3,881

 

 

 

5,399

 

Consolidated net income

 

68,840

 

 

 

68,371

 

 

 

276,000

 

 

 

241,416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income allocated to non-controlling interests – Common OP Units

 

(3,286

)

 

 

(3,717

)

 

 

(13,522

)

 

 

(13,132

)

Redeemable perpetual preferred stock dividends

 

(8

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(16

)

Net income available for Common Stockholders

$

65,546

 

 

$

64,646

 

 

$

262,462

 

 

$

228,268

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This document contains certain non-GAAP measures used by management that we believe are helpful to understand our business. We believe investors should review these non-GAAP measures along with GAAP net income and cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, when evaluating an equity REIT’s operating performance. Our definitions and calculations of these non-GAAP financial and operating measures and other terms may differ from the definitions and methodologies used by other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable. These non-GAAP financial and operating measures do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, nor do they represent cash available to pay distributions and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, determined in accordance with GAAP, as an indication of our financial performance, or to cash flows from operating activities, determined in accordance with GAAP, as a measure of our liquidity, nor are they indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. For definitions and reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to our financial statements as prepared under GAAP, refer to both Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Financial Measures on page 9 and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Reconciliations on pages 18 - 20.

 

Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

(In millions, except per share data, unaudited)

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

December 31, 2021

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management - 2021 Core (1)

$

164.5

 

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management - Non-Core (1)

 

7.9

 

Property management and general and administrative (excluding transaction costs)

 

(26.0

)

Other income and expenses

 

5.2

 

Interest and related amortization

 

(28.0

)

Normalized FFO and FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (2)

$

123.6

 

Transaction costs

 

(0.6

)

FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (2)

$

123.0

 

 

 

FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

$

0.64

 

Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

$

0.64

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (2)

$

123.6

 

Non-revenue producing improvements to real estate

 

(21.3

)

FAD for Common Stock and OP Unit holders (2)

$

102.3

 

 

 

Weighted average Common Shares and OP Units - Fully Diluted

 

193.4

 

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1.

See page 11 for details of the Core Income from Property Operations, excluding deferrals and property management. See page 12 for details of the Non-Core Income from Property Operations, excluding deferrals and property management.

2.

See page 9 for a reconciliation of Net income available for Common Stockholders to FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders and FAD for Common Stock and OP Unit holders.

 

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

 

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income available for Common Stockholders

 

$

65,546

 

 

$

64,646

 

 

$

262,462

 

 

$

228,268

 

Income allocated to non-controlling interests – Common OP Units

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

3,717

 

 

 

13,522

 

 

 

13,132

 

Membership upgrade sales upfront payments, deferred, net

 

 

3,945

 

 

 

2,683

 

 

 

25,079

 

 

 

12,062

 

Membership sales commissions, deferred, net

 

 

(670

)

 

 

(333

)

 

 

(5,075

)

 

 

(1,660

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

50,317

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

188,444

 

 

 

155,131

 

Depreciation on unconsolidated joint ventures

 

 

536

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

1,083

 

 

 

727

 

Gain on unconsolidated joint ventures

 

 

 

 

 

(1,229

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,229

)

Loss on sale of real estate, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders

 

 

122,960

 

 

 

108,861

 

 

 

485,574

 

 

 

406,431

 

Early debt retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,784

 

 

 

10,786

 

Transaction costs

 

 

598

 

 

 

 

 

 

598

 

 

 

 

COVID-19 expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,446

 

Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders

 

 

123,558

 

 

 

108,861

 

 

 

488,956

 

 

 

418,663

 

Non-revenue producing improvements to real estate

 

 

(21,247

)

 

 

(17,712

)

 

 

(70,510

)

 

 

(59,989

)

FAD for Common Stock and OP Unit holders

 

$

102,311

 

 

$

91,149

 

 

$

418,446

 

 

$

358,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available per Common Share - Basic

 

$

0.36

 

 

$

0.36

 

 

$

1.43

 

 

$

1.26

 

Net income available per Common Share - Fully Diluted (1)

 

$

0.36

 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

1.43

 

 

$

1.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Basic

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

$

2.52

 

 

$

2.11

 

FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

$

2.52

 

 

$

2.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Basic

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

$

2.54

 

 

$

2.18

 

Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit - Fully Diluted

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

0.57

 

 

$

2.53

 

 

$

2.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding - Basic

 

 

183,889

 

 

 

181,878

 

 

 

182,917

 

 

 

181,828

 

Weighted average Common Shares and OP Units outstanding - Basic

 

 

193,183

 

 

 

192,360

 

 

 

192,656

 

 

 

192,312

 

Weighted average Common Shares and OP Units outstanding - Fully Diluted

 

 

193,412

 

 

 

192,578

 

 

 

192,883

 

 

 

192,555

 

______________________

1.

Net income per fully diluted Common Share is calculated before Income allocated to non-controlling interest - Common OP Units.

 

Consolidated Income from Property Operations (1)

 

(In millions, except home site and occupancy figures, unaudited)

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

MH base rental income (2)

$

152.8

 

 

$

145.2

 

 

$

603.1

 

 

$

572.7

 

Rental home income (2)

 

4.0

 

 

 

4.2

 

 

 

16.7

 

 

 

16.4

 

RV and marina base rental income (2)

 

89.6

 

 

 

67.7

 

 

 

362.8

 

 

 

287.8

 

Annual membership subscriptions

 

15.2

 

 

 

13.6

 

 

 

58.3

 

 

 

53.1

 

Membership upgrade sales current period, gross

 

6.9

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

36.3

 

 

 

21.7

 

Utility and other income (2)

 

28.1

 

 

 

26.0

 

 

 

108.4

 

 

 

99.7

 

Property operating revenues

 

296.6

 

 

 

261.9

 

 

 

1,185.6

 

 

 

1,051.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes (2)

 

119.4

 

 

 

105.0

 

 

 

479.9

 

 

 

427.3

 

Sales and marketing, gross

 

4.8

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

23.7

 

 

 

17.3

 

Property operating expenses

 

124.2

 

 

 

109.0

 

 

 

503.6

 

 

 

444.6

 

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management (1)

$

172.4

 

 

$

152.9

 

 

$

682.0

 

 

$

606.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured home site figures and occupancy averages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total sites

 

73,457

 

 

 

72,535

 

 

 

73,232

 

 

 

72,380

 

Occupied sites

 

69,672

 

 

 

68,942

 

 

 

69,463

 

 

 

68,691

 

Occupancy %

 

94.8

%

 

 

95.0

%

 

 

94.9

%

 

 

94.9

%

Monthly base rent per site

$

731

 

 

$

702

 

 

$

723

 

 

$

695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RV and marina base rental income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

$

63.5

 

 

$

49.6

 

 

$

237.2

 

 

$

192.2

 

Seasonal

 

11.6

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

41.7

 

 

 

39.9

 

Transient

 

14.5

 

 

 

11.1

 

 

 

83.9

 

 

 

55.7

 

Total RV and marina base rental income

$

89.6

 

 

$

67.7

 

 

$

362.8

 

 

$

287.8

 

______________________

1.

Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of membership upgrade sales upfront payments and membership sales commissions, net.

2.

MH base rental income, Rental home income, RV and marina base rental income and Utility income, net of bad debt expense, are presented in Rental income in the Consolidated Income Statements on page 6. Bad debt expense is presented in Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes in this table.

Core Income from Property Operations (1)

 

(In millions, except home site and occupancy figures, unaudited)

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change (2)

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change (2)

MH base rental income

$

151.7

 

 

$

144.8

 

 

4.8

%

 

$

599.2

 

 

$

572.2

 

 

4.7

%

Rental home income

 

4.0

 

 

 

4.2

 

 

(5.8

)%

 

 

16.7

 

 

 

16.4

 

 

1.4

%

RV and marina base rental income

 

77.7

 

 

 

67.1

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

324.1

 

 

 

287.2

 

 

12.9

%

Annual membership subscriptions

 

15.2

 

 

 

13.6

 

 

11.7

%

 

 

58.2

 

 

 

53.1

 

 

9.7

%

Membership upgrade sales current period, gross

 

6.9

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

32.8

%

 

 

36.3

 

 

 

21.7

 

 

66.8

%

Utility and other income

 

25.5

 

 

 

25.8

 

 

(1.1

)%

 

 

103.2

 

 

 

99.5

 

 

3.8

%

Property operating revenues

 

281.0

 

 

 

260.7

 

 

7.8

%

 

 

1,137.7

 

 

 

1,050.1

 

 

8.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility expense

 

32.0

 

 

 

28.7

 

 

11.3

%

 

 

127.3

 

 

 

116.4

 

 

9.4

%

Payroll

 

23.8

 

 

 

23.3

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

100.1

 

 

 

95.7

 

 

4.6

%

Repair & Maintenance

 

17.5

 

 

 

16.2

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

75.0

 

 

 

72.2

 

 

3.9

%

Insurance and other (3)

 

21.1

 

 

 

19.9

 

 

5.9

%

 

 

83.5

 

 

 

76.3

 

 

9.4

%

Real estate taxes

 

17.3

 

 

 

16.5

 

 

4.5

%

 

 

68.5

 

 

 

65.9

 

 

4.0

%

Sales and marketing, gross

 

4.8

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

18.1

%

 

 

23.7

 

 

 

17.3

 

 

36.9

%

Property operating expenses

 

116.5

 

 

 

108.6

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

478.1

 

 

 

443.8

 

 

7.7

%

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management (1)

$

164.5

 

 

$

152.1

 

 

8.2

%

 

$

659.6

 

 

$

606.3

 

 

8.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupied sites (4)

 

69,192

 

 

 

68,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core manufactured home site figures and occupancy averages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total sites

 

72,591

 

 

 

72,099

 

 

 

 

 

72,451

 

 

 

72,065

 

 

 

Occupied sites

 

69,101

 

 

 

68,780

 

 

 

 

 

68,985

 

 

 

68,639

 

 

 

Occupancy %

 

95.2

%

 

 

95.4

%

 

 

 

 

95.2

%

 

 

95.2

%

 

 

Monthly base rent per site

$

732

 

 

$

702

 

 

 

 

$

724

 

 

$

695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core RV and marina base rental income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual (5)

$

53.1

 

 

$

49.3

 

 

7.8

%

 

$

205.0

 

 

$

191.9

 

 

6.8

%

Seasonal

 

11.0

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

57.4

%

 

 

39.8

 

 

 

39.9

 

 

(0.2

)%

Transient

 

13.6

 

 

 

10.8

 

 

26.0

%

 

 

79.3

 

 

 

55.4

 

 

43.2

%

Total RV and marina base rental income

$

77.7

 

 

$

67.1

 

 

15.9

%

 

$

324.1

 

 

$

287.2

 

 

12.9

%

______________________

1.

Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of membership upgrades sales upfront payments and membership sales commissions, net.

2.

Calculations prepared using actual results without rounding.

3.

Includes bad debt expense for the periods presented.

4.

Occupied sites are presented as of the end of the period. Occupied sites have increased by 323 from 68,869 at December 31, 2020.

5.

Core Annual marina base rental income represents approximately 99% of the total Core marina base rental income for all periods presented.

Non-Core Income from Property Operations (1)

 

(In millions, unaudited)

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Year Ended

 

December 31, 2021

 

December 31, 2021

MH base rental income

$

1.1

 

$

3.9

RV and marina base rental income

 

11.9

 

 

38.7

Utility and other income

 

2.5

 

 

5.4

Property operating revenues

 

15.5

 

 

48.0

 

 

 

 

Property operating expenses (2)

 

7.6

 

 

25.6

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management (1)

$

7.9

 

$

22.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

______________________

1.

Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of membership upgrade sales upfront payments and membership sales commissions, net.

2.

Includes bad debt expense for the periods presented.

 

Income from Rental Home Operations

 

(In millions, except occupied rentals, unaudited)

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Manufactured homes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental operations revenues (1)

$

11.5

 

$

12.2

 

$

48.2

 

$

47.9

Rental home operations expense (2)

 

1.6

 

 

1.6

 

 

5.7

 

 

5.9

Income from rental home operations

 

9.9

 

 

10.6

 

 

42.5

 

 

42.0

Depreciation on rental homes (3)

 

2.6

 

 

2.7

 

 

10.5

 

 

10.9

Income from rental operations, net of depreciation

$

7.3

 

$

7.9

 

$

32.0

 

$

31.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupied rentals: (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New

 

3,038

 

 

3,357

 

 

 

 

Used

 

424

 

 

567

 

 

 

 

Total occupied rental sites

 

3,462

 

 

3,924

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2021

 

As of December 31, 2020

Cost basis in rental homes: (5)

Gross

 

Net of Depreciation

 

Gross

 

Net of Depreciation

New

$

228.0

 

$

185.8

 

$

232.4

 

$

198.7

Used

 

16.1

 

 

8.7

 

 

18.3

 

 

11.8

Total rental homes

$

244.1

 

$

194.5

 

$

250.7

 

$

210.5

______________________

1.

For the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, approximately $7.5 million and $8.0 million, respectively, of the rental operations revenue is included in the MH base rental income in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 11. For the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, approximately $31.5 million and $31.4 million, respectively, of the rental operations revenue is included in the MH base rental income in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 11. The remainder of the rental operations revenue is included in Rental home income for the quarters and years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 11.

2.

Rental home operations expense is included in Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes in the Consolidated Income from Property Operations on page 10. Rental home operations expense is included in Insurance and other in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 11.

3.

Depreciation on rental homes in our Core portfolio is presented in Depreciation and amortization in the Consolidated Income Statements on page 6.

4.

Occupied rentals as of the end of the period in our Core portfolio. Included in the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were 236 and 298 homes rented through ECHO Financing LLC ("ECHO joint venture"), respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the rental home investment associated with the ECHO joint venture totaled approximately $9.1 million and $11.6 million, respectively.

5.

Includes both occupied and unoccupied rental homes in our Core portfolio. New home cost basis does not include the costs associated with our ECHO joint venture. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, our investment in the ECHO joint venture was approximately $18.1 million and $17.4 million, respectively.

 

Total Sites and Home Sales

 

(In thousands, except sites and home sale volumes, unaudited)

 

Summary of Total Sites as of December 31, 2021

 

 

Sites (1)

MH sites

73,400

RV sites:

 

Annual

33,700

Seasonal (2)

10,900

Transient

16,500

Marina slips

6,800

Membership (3)

25,100

Joint Ventures (4)

2,800

Total (5)

169,300

Home Sales - Select Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Total New Home Sales Volume (6)

 

338

 

 

173

 

 

1,163

 

 

644

New Home Sales Volume - ECHO joint venture

 

26

 

 

13

 

 

82

 

 

51

New Home Sales Gross Revenues (6)

$

30,089

 

$

11,539

 

$

94,160

 

$

40,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Used Home Sales Volume

 

118

 

 

96

 

 

432

 

 

546

Used Home Sales Gross Revenues

$

1,445

 

$

911

 

$

4,297

 

$

5,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokered Home Resales Volume

 

192

 

 

126

 

 

735

 

 

580

Brokered Home Resale Revenues, net

$

378

 

$

202

 

$

1,364

 

$

886

______________________

1.

MH sites are generally leased on an annual basis to residents who own or lease factory-built homes, including manufactured homes. Annual RV and marina sites are leased on an annual basis to customers who generally have an RV, factory-built cottage, boat or other unit placed on the site, including those Northern properties that are open for the summer season. Seasonal RV and marina sites are leased to customers generally for one to six months. Transient RV and marina sites are leased to customers on a short-term basis.

2.

Includes sites reserved but not used by seasonal customers due to travel restrictions.

3.

Sites primarily utilized by approximately 125,100 members. Includes approximately 6,300 sites rented on an annual basis.

4.

Joint ventures have approximately 1,800 annual Sites and 1,000 transient Sites.

5.

Total does not foot due to rounding.

6.

Total new home sales volume includes home sales from our ECHO joint venture. New home sales gross revenues does not include the revenues associated with the ECHO joint venture.

 

Memberships - Select Data

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

Member Count (1)

 

 

106,456

 

 

111,094

 

 

115,680

 

 

116,169

 

 

125,149

Thousand Trails Camping Pass (TTC) Origination

 

 

31,618

 

 

37,528

 

 

41,484

 

 

44,129

 

 

50,523

TTC Sales

 

 

14,128

 

 

17,194

 

 

19,267

 

 

20,587

 

 

23,923

RV Dealer TTC Activations

 

 

17,490

 

 

20,334

 

 

22,217

 

 

23,542

 

 

26,600

Number of annuals (2)

 

 

5,843

 

 

5,888

 

 

5,938

 

 

5,986

 

 

6,320

Number of upgrade sales (3)

 

 

2,514

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,919

 

 

3,373

 

 

4,863

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual membership subscriptions

 

$

45,798

 

$

47,778

 

$

51,015

 

$

53,085

 

$

58,251

RV base rental income from annuals

 

$

16,841

 

$

18,363

 

$

19,634

 

$

20,761

 

$

23,127

RV base rental income from seasonals/transients

 

$

18,231

 

$

19,840

 

$

20,181

 

$

18,126

 

$

25,562

Membership upgrade sales current period, gross

 

$

14,130

 

$

15,191

 

$

19,111

 

$

21,739

 

$

36,270

Utility and other income

 

$

2,254

 

$

2,410

 

$

2,422

 

$

2,426

 

$

2,735

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

______________________

1.

Members have entered into annual subscriptions with us that entitle them to use certain properties on a continuous basis for up to 21 days.

2.

Members who rent a specific site for an entire year in connection with their membership subscriptions.

3.

Existing members who have upgraded memberships are eligible for enhanced benefits, including but not limited to longer stays, the ability to make earlier reservations, potential discounts on rental units, and potential access to additional properties. Upgrades require a non-refundable upfront payment.

Market Capitalization

 

(In millions, except share and OP Unit data, unaudited)

 

Capital Structure as of December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common
Shares/Units

 

% of Total
Common
Shares/Units

 

Total

 

% of
Total

 

% of Total
Market
Capitalization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured Debt

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,654

 

80.4

%

 

 

Unsecured Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

649

 

19.6

%

 

 

Total Debt (1)

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,303

 

100.0

%

 

16.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

185,640,379

 

95.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

OP Units

 

 

9,305,651

 

4.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Shares and OP Units

 

 

194,946,030

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock price at December 31, 2021

 

$

87.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value of Common Shares and OP Units

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,089

 

100.0

%

 

 

Total Equity

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,089

 

100.0

%

 

83.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Market Capitalization

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,392

 

 

 

100.0

%

______________________

1.

Excludes deferred financing costs of approximately $28.9 million.

Debt Maturity Schedule

 

Debt Maturity Schedule as of December 31, 2021

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

Year

 

Secured
Debt

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Unsecured
Debt (1)

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Total Debt

 

% of Total
Debt

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

2022

 

$

73,803

 

 

4.16

%

 

$

 

 

%

 

$

73,803

 

 

2.50

%

 

4.16

%

 

2023

 

 

96,153

 

 

4.96

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

96,153

 

 

3.26

%

 

4.96

%

 

2024

 

 

10,226

 

 

5.49

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

10,226

 

 

0.35

%

 

5.49

%

 

2025

 

 

95,857

 

 

3.45

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

95,857

 

 

3.25

%

 

3.45

%

 

2026

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

300,000

 

 

1.79

%

 

 

300,000

 

 

10.16

%

 

1.79

%

 

2027

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

%

 

2028

 

 

212,192

 

 

4.19

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

212,192

 

 

7.18

%

 

4.19

%

 

2029

 

 

40,125

 

 

4.10

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

40,125

 

 

1.36

%

 

4.10

%

 

2030

 

 

275,385

 

 

2.69

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

275,385

 

 

9.32

%

 

2.69

%

 

2031

 

 

267,789

 

 

2.46

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

267,789

 

 

9.07

%

 

2.46

%

 

Thereafter

 

 

1,582,214

 

 

3.82

%

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

1,582,214

 

 

53.57

%

 

3.82

%

 

Total

 

$

2,653,744

 

 

3.65

%

 

$

300,000

 

 

1.79

%

 

$

2,953,744

 

 

100.0

%

 

3.46

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured Line of Credit (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,000

 

 

 

 

 

349,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note Premiums

 

 

341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Debt

 

 

2,654,085

 

 

 

 

 

649,000

 

 

 

 

 

3,303,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred Financing Costs

 

 

(26,303

)

 

 

 

 

(2,564

)

 

 

 

 

(28,867

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Debt, net

 

$

2,627,782

 

 

 

 

$

646,436

 

 

 

 

$

3,274,218

 

 

 

 

3.41

%

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Years to Maturity

 

 

11.9

 

 

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

______________________

1.

The balance on the existing line of credit was $69.0 million at January 24, 2022.

2.

Reflects effective interest rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, including interest associated with the line of credit and amortization of note premiums and deferred financing costs.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Reconciliations

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (FFO). We define FFO as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of properties, depreciation and amortization related to real estate, impairment charges and adjustments to reflect our share of FFO of unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis. We compute FFO in accordance with our interpretation of 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 define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. We receive non-refundable upfront payments from membership upgrade contracts. In accordance with GAAP, the non-refundable upfront payments and related commissions are deferred and amortized over the estimated membership upgrade contract term. Although the NAREIT definition of FFO does not address the treatment of non-refundable upfront payments, we believe that it is appropriate to adjust for the impact of the deferral activity in our calculation of FFO.

We believe FFO, as defined by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, is generally a measure of performance for an equity REIT. While FFO is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance for equity REITs, it does not represent cash flow from operations or net income as defined by GAAP, and it should not be considered as an alternative to these indicators in evaluating liquidity or operating performance.

NORMALIZED FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (NORMALIZED FFO). We define Normalized FFO as FFO excluding non-operating income and expense items, such as gains and losses from early debt extinguishment, including prepayment penalties and defeasance costs, and other miscellaneous non-comparable items. Normalized FFO presented herein is not necessarily comparable to Normalized FFO presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same methodology for computing this amount.

FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION (FAD). We define FAD as Normalized FFO less non-revenue producing capital expenditures.

We believe that FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD are helpful to investors as supplemental measures of the performance of an equity REIT. We believe that by excluding the effect of gains or losses from sales of properties, depreciation and amortization related to real estate and impairment charges, which are based on historical costs and may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other equity REITs. We further believe that Normalized FFO provides useful information to investors, analysts and our management because it allows them to compare our operating performance to the operating performance of other real estate companies and between periods on a consistent basis without having to account for differences not related to our operations. For example, we believe that excluding the early extinguishment of debt and other miscellaneous non-comparable items from FFO allows investors, analysts and our management to assess the sustainability of operating performance in future periods because these costs do not affect the future operations of the properties. In some cases, we provide information about identified non-cash components of FFO and Normalized FFO because it allows investors, analysts and our management to assess the impact of those items.

INCOME FROM PROPERTY OPERATIONS, EXCLUDING DEFERRALS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. We define Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management as rental income, membership subscriptions and upgrade sales, utility and other income less property and rental home operating and maintenance expenses, real estate taxes, sales and marketing expenses, excluding property management and the GAAP deferral of membership upgrade sales upfront payments and membership sales commissions, net. For comparative purposes, we present bad debt expense within Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes in the current and prior periods. We believe that this Non-GAAP financial measure is helpful to investors and analysts as a measure of the operating results of our properties.

The following table reconciles Net income available for Common Stockholders to Income from property operations:

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

(amounts in thousands)

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income available for Common Stockholders

 

$

65,546

 

 

$

64,646

 

 

$

262,462

 

 

$

228,268

 

Redeemable perpetual preferred stock dividends

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

16

 

Income allocated to non-controlling interests – Common OP Units

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

3,717

 

 

 

13,522

 

 

 

13,132

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

 

(1,095

)

 

 

(3,160

)

 

 

(3,881

)

 

 

(5,399

)

Income before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

 

67,745

 

 

 

65,211

 

 

 

272,119

 

 

 

236,017

 

Loss on sale of real estate, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

Membership upgrade sales upfront payments, deferred, net

 

 

3,945

 

 

 

2,683

 

 

 

25,079

 

 

 

12,062

 

Gross revenues from home sales

 

 

(31,534

)

 

 

(12,450

)

 

 

(98,457

)

 

 

(45,695

)

Brokered resale and ancillary services revenues, net

 

 

(929

)

 

 

(49

)

 

 

(9,351

)

 

 

(2,060

)

Interest income

 

 

(1,702

)

 

 

(1,755

)

 

 

(7,016

)

 

 

(7,154

)

Income from other investments, net

 

 

(1,159

)

 

 

(933

)

 

 

(4,555

)

 

 

(4,026

)

Membership sales commissions, deferred, net

 

 

(670

)

 

 

(333

)

 

 

(5,075

)

 

 

(1,660

)

Property management

 

 

17,024

 

 

 

13,623

 

 

 

65,979

 

 

 

57,967

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

50,317

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

188,444

 

 

 

155,131

 

Cost of home sales

 

 

29,743

 

 

 

12,602

 

 

 

94,314

 

 

 

46,229

 

Home selling expenses

 

 

1,283

 

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

5,138

 

 

 

4,572

 

General and administrative

 

 

9,576

 

 

 

8,120

 

 

 

40,717

 

 

 

39,276

 

Other expenses

 

 

805

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

3,100

 

 

 

2,567

 

Early debt retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,784

 

 

 

10,786

 

Interest and related amortization

 

 

27,951

 

 

 

25,231

 

 

 

108,718

 

 

 

102,771

 

Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management

 

 

172,395

 

 

 

152,863

 

 

 

681,997

 

 

 

606,783

 

Membership upgrade sales upfront payments, and membership sales commissions, deferred, net

 

 

(3,275

)

 

 

(2,350

)

 

 

(20,004

)

 

 

(10,402

)

Property management

 

 

(17,024

)

 

 

(13,623

)

 

 

(65,979

)

 

 

(57,967

)

Income from property operations

 

$

152,096

 

 

$

136,890

 

 

$

596,014

 

 

$

538,414

 

EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION FOR REAL ESTATE (EBITDAre) AND ADJUSTED EBITDAre. We define EBITDAre as net income or loss excluding interest income and expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses from sales of properties, impairments charges, and adjustments to reflect our share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated joint ventures. We compute EBITDAre in accordance with our interpretation of the standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to EBITDAre reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. We receive non-refundable upfront payments from membership upgrade contracts. In accordance with GAAP, the non-refundable upfront payments and related commissions are deferred and amortized over the estimated customer life. Although the NAREIT definition of EBITDAre does not address the treatment of non-refundable upfront payments, we believe that it is appropriate to adjust for the impact of the deferral activity in our calculation of EBITDAre.

We define Adjusted EBITDAre as EBITDAre excluding non-operating income and expense items, such as gains and losses from early debt extinguishment, including prepayment penalties and defeasance costs, and other miscellaneous non-comparable items.

We believe that EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre may be useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance and liquidity because the measures are widely used to measure the operating performance of an equity REIT.

The following table reconciles Consolidated net income to EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre:

 

 

Quarters Ended December 31,

 

Years Ended December 31,

(amounts in thousands)

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Consolidated net income

 

$

68,840

 

 

$

68,371

 

 

$

276,000

 

 

$

241,416

 

Interest income

 

 

(1,702

)

 

 

(1,755

)

 

 

(7,016

)

 

 

(7,154

)

Membership upgrade sales upfront payments, deferred, net

 

 

3,945

 

 

 

2,683

 

 

 

25,079

 

 

 

12,062

 

Membership sales commissions, deferred, net

 

 

(670

)

 

 

(333

)

 

 

(5,075

)

 

 

(1,660

)

Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

 

50,317

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

188,444

 

 

 

155,131

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

 

765

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

2,927

 

 

 

2,567

 

Interest and related amortization

 

 

27,951

 

 

 

25,231

 

 

 

108,718

 

 

 

102,771

 

Loss on sale of real estate, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to our share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

 

612

 

 

 

(966

)

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

(154

)

EBITDAre

 

 

150,058

 

 

 

133,107

 

 

 

590,526

 

 

 

504,979

 

Early debt retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,784

 

 

 

10,786

 

Transaction costs

 

 

598

 

 

 

 

 

 

598

 

 

 

 

COVID-19 expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,446

 

Adjusted EBITDAre

 

$

150,656

 

 

$

133,107

 

 

$

593,908

 

 

$

517,211

 

CORE. The Core properties include properties we owned and operated during all of 2020 and 2021. We believe Core is a measure that is useful to investors for annual comparison as it removes the fluctuations associated with acquisitions, dispositions and significant transactions or unique situations.

NON-CORE. The Non-Core properties include properties that were not owned and operated during all of 2020 and 2021. This includes, but is not limited to, one MH community, seven RV communities and one marina acquired during 2020 and six RV communities and eleven marinas acquired during 2021.

INCOME FROM RENTAL OPERATIONS, NET OF DEPRECIATION. We use Income from rental operations, net of depreciation as an alternative measure to evaluate the operating results of our home rental program. Income from rental operations, net of depreciation, represents income from rental operations less depreciation expense on rental homes. We believe this measure is meaningful for investors as it provides a complete picture of the home rental program operating results, including the impact of depreciation, which affects our home rental program investment decisions.

NON-REVENUE PRODUCING IMPROVEMENTS. Represents capital expenditures that do not directly result in increased revenue or expense savings and are primarily comprised of common area improvements, furniture and mechanical improvements.

FIXED CHARGES. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, amortization of note premiums and debt issuance costs.

Contacts

Paul Seavey
(800) 247-5279

Contacts

Paul Seavey
(800) 247-5279