Universal Health Realty Income Trust Reports 2019 Second Quarter Financial Results

On July 26, 2019 Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE: UHT) reported that for the three-month period ended June 30, 2019, reported net income was $4.3 million, or $.31 per diluted share, as compared to $5.8 million, or $.42 per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2018 (Press release, Universal Health Services, JUL 26, 2019, View Source [SID1234537793]).

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As calculated on the attached Schedule of Non-GAAP Supplemental Information ("Supplemental Schedule"), our funds from operations ("FFO"), were $11.0 million, or $.80 per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2019, as compared to $12.0 million, or $.88 per diluted share during the second quarter of 2018.

Our net income, adjusted net income and FFO for the three-month period ended June 30, 2018 included a net favorable impact of approximately $1.3 million, or $.10 per diluted share, consisting of the following: (i) a favorable impact of approximately $1.7 million, or $.12 per diluted share, received in connection with a lease termination agreement entered into during the second quarter of 2018 on a single-tenant medical office building located in Texas (the building has approximately 20,500 rentable square feet and this agreement terminated a lease that was scheduled to expire in July, 2020), partially offset by; (ii) an unfavorable impact of approximately $400,000, or $.02 per diluted share, consisting of non-recurring repairs and remediation expenses incurred at one of our medical office buildings. Also included in our net income and adjusted net income during the second quarter of 2018 was a favorable impact of $194,000, or $.01 per diluted share, of business interruption insurance recoveries recorded in connection with damage sustained from Hurricane Harvey which occurred in late August, 2017.

Consolidated Results of Operations – Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, our reported net income was $8.5 million, or $.62 per diluted share, as compared to $15.4 million, or $1.12 per diluted share during the first six months of 2018.

As reflected on the attached Supplemental Schedule, our financial results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 included a gain of $250,000, or $.02 per diluted share, related to the sale of a parcel of land located at one of our buildings. Our financial results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 included $4.5 million, or $.33 per diluted share, of hurricane insurance recoveries in excess of damaged property write-downs received in connection with damage sustained from Hurricane Harvey which occurred in August, 2017. Excluding the impact of these items from each respective six-month period, and as calculated on the Supplemental Schedule, our adjusted net income was $8.2 million, or $.60 per diluted share during the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, as compared to $10.9 million, or $.79 per diluted share during the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

As also calculated on the Supplemental Schedule, our FFO were $21.9 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, during the first six months of 2019, as compared to $23.5 million, or $1.71 per diluted share, during the first six months of 2018.

Our net income and adjusted net income for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was unfavorably impacted by $355,000, or $.03 per diluted share, resulting from net asset write offs recorded in connection with early lease terminations or relocations that occurred during the first quarter of 2019 at three of our multi-tenant medical office buildings. As discussed above, our net income, adjusted net income and FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2018 included a net favorable impact of approximately $1.3 million, or $.10 per diluted share, related to the favorable impact from a lease termination agreement entered into during the second quarter of 2018 ($1.7 million, or $.12 per diluted share) partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the non-recurring repairs and remediation expenses incurred at one of our medical office buildings ($400,000, or $.02 per diluted share). In addition, our net income, adjusted net income and FFO during the six months ended June 30, 2018 included the favorable impact of approximately $1.2 million, or $.08 per diluted share, resulting from business interruption insurance recovery proceeds recorded during the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Included in this amount, which covered the period of late August, 2017 through June 30, 2018 (after satisfaction of the applicable deductibles), was approximately $500,000, or $.04 per diluted share, related to the period of August, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Dividend Information:

The second quarter dividend of $.68 per share, or $9.4 million in the aggregate, was declared on June 12, 2019 and paid on July 2, 2019.

Capital Resources Information:

At June 30, 2019, we had $191.6 million of borrowings outstanding pursuant to the terms of our $300 million credit agreement and $108.4 million of available borrowing capacity. The credit agreement has a scheduled maturity date of March, 2022, however, we have the option to extend the maturity date for up to two additional six-month periods.

Adoption of ASU 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842): Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification":

Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted ASU 2016-02 which requires lessees to, among other things, recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. As a result of our adoption of ASU 2016-02, in connection with ground leases where we are the lessee, our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 includes right-of-use land assets ($8.9 million) and ground lease liabilities ($8.9 million). Prior period financial statement amounts were not adjusted for the effects of this new standard.