Eric Kalamaras
Analyst · Stifel. Please proceed with your question
Thank you, Brad and good morning, everyone. I will begin with a discussion of our results, review our capital program and conclude with details on continued steps we're taking to mitigate the ongoing economic uncertainty. While we did experienced positive moments through most of the quarter, the combination of COVID-19 and rapid deterioration in global commodity markets modestly impacted our results late in the first quarter. However, we still produced solid quarterly results and importantly continue to generate meaningful discretionary cash flow. First quarter 2020 total revenue was approximately $72 million, adjusted EBITDA was approximately $32 million and discretionary cash flow was approximately $10 million. Turning to our segment performance, the Permian Basin delivered first quarter revenue of $49 million, a decrease of 7% versus the prior year quarter. This decrease was primarily driven by lower average ADRs due to reduced uncontracted utilization as activity moderated across the region. In the Bakken, first quarter revenue was approximately $4 million, a 12% decline from the prior year, mainly due to decreased utilization, reflecting also low activity levels. Our governance segment remain consistent with quarterly revenue of approximately $17 million. Our all other segment, which consists primarily of construction fee revenue from the TC Energy Pipeline Project has revenue of approximately $2 million for the first quarter of 2020 compared to $8 million in same period last year. Revenue decreased as a result of significantly less activity associated with this project. As Brad mentioned, we are encouraged by recent announcement that TC Energy will proceed with the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, and anticipated additional revenue associated with this project over the remainder of 2020. The current corporate expenses for the quarter were approximately $8 million. As we have outlined, we have decisive steps to reduce cash corporate expenses across the organization in response to the continued economic uncertainties. As a result, we expect our recurring corporate expenses to be around $6 million to $7 million per quarter for the remainder of the year. We generated cash flow from operations of approximately $11 million for the first quarter of 2020. Even in this challenging environment, we expect to continue generating positive operating discretionary cash flow, providing sufficient capacity to fund all normal course of business activities. Capital expenditures for the first quarter were approximately $7 million, including $6 million related to previously announced investments in new communities and less than $1 million in maintenance capital. As a result of the deterioration in global commodity markets, we anticipated reduced activity levels. Target anticipates capital expenditures to be less than $10 million through the remainder of the year. We ended the quarter with $425 million in total long-term debt, including $85 million drawn on our revolving credit facility and consolidated net leverage of 2.8 times. As a reminder, our long-term debt consists of $340 million in senior secured notes due 2024 and $125 million of ABL facility, which have no near term maturities or immediate financial covenants, providing us with significant flexibility and liquidity within our capital structure. Now turn to the mitigating steps we're taking in response to the continued economic uncertainties. The COVID-19 pandemic and the simultaneous shocks to commodity markets have dramatically eroded global crude demand and resulted in meaningful oversupply. These events have created significant volatility and uncertainty across global financial and commodity markets, and have possibly negatively affected our energy end market customers. In this environment, we're planning for a range of scenarios and have taken immediate actions to manage our business and cash flow in what is shaping up to be a challenging year. The first quarter results reflect a small portion of what is anticipated to be a pronounced reduction in customer activity and utilization levels. Our business structure does provide meaningful variable costs of services, which will offset a portion of reduced utilization over the remainder of 2020. We anticipate this variable cost component to reduce costs of services by approximately 30% over the remainder of the year, and provide the ability to appropriately manage margins in this challenging environment. Along with these variable costs, we have taken additional steps to further reduce cash expenses across the company and restructure the organization to match activity where appropriate. We have significantly reduced our workforce, reduced discretionary spending and eliminated all non-essential travel. In addition, our board of directors, executives and senior management, have voluntarily taken cash salary reduction. We anticipate these measures in their entirety will reduce cash expenses by more than 30% over the remainder of 2020. These cumulative steps have all been taken with focus on preserving liquidity, protecting our balance sheet and retaining financial flexibility. We believe that the strength of our balance sheet and liquidity position along with the continued focus on capital stewardship will provide the opportunity for Target to prevail a stronger and more resilient company. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Brad for closing remarks.