Eric Kalamaras
Analyst · Stifel. Please go ahead
Thank you, Brad and good morning, everyone. In the fourth quarter, we experienced a continuation of the strengthening demand fundamentals, which benefited Target throughout 2021. Since year-end 2020, Target has experienced a 123% increase in customer demand for our premium modular accommodations and hospitality solutions. This impressive and sustained demand supported strong fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results, which exceeded the high-end of our 2021 financial outlook. Full year 2021 total revenue was $291 million and adjusted EBITDA was approximately $119 million. For the year, we had discretionary cash flow of $93 million, representing an impressive 32% DCF yield, which illustrates the cash flow resiliency within our business and allows us to continue enhancing our operating flexibility as we move through 2022. Our Government segment produced quarterly revenue of approximately $47 million compared to $40 million in the same period last year. A significant increase is from an additional U.S. Government contract award executed in March, 2021, which contributed approximately $33 million of revenue in the fourth quarter. As a reminder Target's Government segment is supported by minimum revenue contracts, which are fully backed by the U.S. Government over their respective contract terms. Our HFS segment delivered fourth quarter revenue of $34 million compared to $24 million in the same period last year. This increase was driven by sustained momentum in customer demand for Target's premium service offerings, supported by strengthening commercial activity and economic demand. While Target has significantly grown its revenue and adjusted EBITDA over the past year, we have remained diligent and appropriately managing cost components across the organization. We take an active approach in managing our input costs and benefit from our service offering flexibility, which allows us to adjust primary cost components to mitigate pricing pressure. As such, our input costs have remained within our expected ranges and have not materially impacted margin. We will continue to monitor signs of inflationary pressure and look to evaluate pricing of our services to compensate for negative cost impacts to the extent they occur. As a matter of practice, Target's maintained a disciplined approach to managing costs throughout the organization. And this provides significant flexibility, which has allowed Target to preserve margins across a variety of operating environments. Recurring corporate expenses for the quarter were approximately $8 million and illustrate our ability to significantly grow the business while incurring minimal incremental costs. As a result of the scalable business model, we anticipate recurring corporate expenses to remain around $7 million to $8 million per quarter through 2022. Total capital expenditures for the quarter were approximately $30 million predominantly directed towards enhancement within our Government Services segment directly supporting the new contractor award. As a result, the Government segment experienced 242% year-over-year quarterly revenue growth. We ended the year with $23 million of cash and $340 million of total debt, providing available liquidity of approximately $148 million, net leverage ratio of 2.7 times. Because of our high level of cash generation, we achieved a 58% improvement in our net leverage ratio during 2021, well ahead of our business plan. Because we are achieving a high level of cash generation, helped with minimal capital spending, we have industry-leading return on invested capital. We are enthusiastic about 2022 and expect these high level of cash generation to continue. We are excited by the strengthening commercial activity and associated demand for our service offerings. These elements supported Target's strong fourth quarter and full year results, and provide confidence in the cadence of customer demand in 2022. As a result, we anticipate 2022 HFS revenue to increase between 12% and 17% from of 2021 levels. Additionally, we are pleased with the progress made in contract discussions regarding the extension and expansion of our 2021 humanitarian aid contract award supporting the U.S. Government. The Government has proposed an award of a sole source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, otherwise known as an IDIQ. This is a contract through our partner who serves as the prime contractor with the U.S. Government and is a continuation of services at our influx care facility, as well as for all the humanitarian services Target Hospitality currently provides. This contract shifts the nature of the facility from an emergency influx site to a permanent site. As a reminder, the government direct prime counterparty and our partner to this contract is leading national nonprofit organization Target is the subcontractor to this agreement, provide a comprehensive hospitality to solutions to our nonprofit customer to a fully committed contract backed by the U.S. Government. The government contract award process is complex and requires many procedural steps prior to contract award. This IDIQ allows the Government to streamline the procurement process and provides for other agencies that are looking to procure the same services across various agencies. One of the final steps to prior to contract award is for the Government to publicly post its notice of intent for services that outline the contract type, the duration and other relevant scope of details. This critical step occurred in late February, nearing the completion of the statutory 15-day notice in response period. Once the formal contract is awarded to our partner, Target anticipates finalizing the terms or subcontract with our customer. While Target's new subcontract is being finalized, we intend to enter a one month extension of the existing contract, ensuring there will be no interruption to the influx care facility or the humanitarian services Target is providing. Additionally, existing economics will remain in place prior to the new contract being finalized, ensuring a seamless content continuation of these critical humanitarian services. As a result of Target and our customers past performance, as well as the United States Government's desire to maintain existing facility and services without interruption, we are highly confident of the successful outcome to this contract renewal and extension discussions. Strong business fundamentals have continued to support sustained momentum entering into 2022 and provide confidence in the continued cadence of customer demand throughout the year. As a result, today we announced our preliminary 2022 financial outlook, which consists of revenue between $325 million and $335 million and adjusted EBITDA between $125 million and $135 million. We also anticipate $12 million to $17 million of capital spending. Target has strategically positioned itself as North America's market leader in providing premier vertically integrated hospitality solutions. We accomplished this by intentionally focusing on markets and world-class customers offer the greatest long-term revenue growth potential, while optimizing our resisting asset fleet and unique capabilities to maximize economic returns. These principles have established a highly attractive financial profile that generates best-in-class margins with substantial cash flow conversion. Additionally, our asset fleet requires limited maintenance capital, leading to significant discretionary cash flow. This is illustrated by an impressive 103% increase in discretionary cash flow from full year 2020. The impressive cash flow generation, coupled with focused capital allocation, resulted in significantly enhancing our balance sheet and financial flexibility. With this accomplished, we anticipate turning our focus to strategic growth. Target's enhanced financial position and strong cash flow profile builds the foundation to pursue strategic growth initiatives focused on broadening Target's end markets, while significantly expanding long-term growth opportunities. Target's growth strategy will focus on utilizing its existing core competencies to pursue a balanced portfolio of service offerings, while expanding its reach within the government services end market, as well as select adjacent commercial markets. Foundation of our existing network and broad reaching capabilities creates a platform to pursue these opportunities with limited capital requirements, creating impressive return on invested capital, while simultaneously preserving the financial flexibility we have created. These characteristics of our growth strategy meaningfully increase revenue visibility and strengthen economic returns, while enhancing Target's unique value proposition. We believe these attributes create the greatest opportunity to accelerate value creation for our shareholders. With that, I will turn the call back over to Brad for closing comments.