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HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Results

11/01/2017

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported third quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $272.0 million or $1.53 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, compared to $74.5 million or $0.42 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.

The third quarter results reflect special items that collectively increased net income by a total of $69.6 million. These items include a lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment that increased pre-tax earnings by $111.1 million, slightly offset by $4.2 million of pre-tax integration costs related to our Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. (“PCLI”) acquisition.

Excluding these items, net income for the current quarter was $202.4 million ($1.14 per diluted share) compared to $74.7 million ($0.42 per diluted share) for the third quarter 2016, which excludes an after-tax inventory valuation charge of $0.2 million. Adjusted for these items, net income for the third quarter increased $127.7 million from the same period of 2016 driven by both higher sales volumes and refining margins combined with earnings attributable to our recently acquired PCLI operations totaling $22.6 million. For the current quarter, crude oil charges averaged 454,790 barrels per day (“BPD”) compared to 443,560 BPD for the third quarter of 2016. On a per barrel basis, consolidated refinery gross margin was $14.55 per produced barrel, a 48% increase compared to $9.83 for the third quarter of 2016. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $321.7 million compared to $256.2 million for the third quarter of last year and include $56.1 million in costs attributable to our PCLI operations.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, George Damiris, commented, “HollyFrontier's strong financial results reflect our ability to capitalize on the margins available during the third quarter. Additionally, PCLI operations performed well and we are reaching the conclusion of our integration project. To date, fourth quarter refining margins have held steady and we are looking forward to a strong finish to 2017.”

For the third quarter of 2017, net cash provided by operations totaled $312.0 million compared to $133.9 million in the third quarter of 2016. During the period, we declared and paid a dividend of $0.33 per share to shareholders totaling $58.8 million. At September 30, 2017, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $630.7 million, a $170.4 million increase over cash and cash equivalents of $460.3 million at June 30, 2017. Additionally, our consolidated debt was $2,236.5 million. Our debt, exclusive of Holly Energy Partners' debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $991.4 million at September 30, 2017.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, November 1, 2017, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss third quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1163136&tp_key=1acd2d5b91. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through November 15, 2017.

HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products. HollyFrontier operates through its subsidiaries a 135,000 barrels per stream day (“BPSD”) refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas, two refinery facilities with a combined capacity of 125,000 BPSD located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 100,000 BPSD refinery located in Artesia, New Mexico, a 52,000 BPSD refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and a 45,000 BPSD refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. HollyFrontier markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. In addition, HollyFrontier, through its subsidiary, owns Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc., whose Mississauga, Ontario facility produces 15,600 barrels per day of base oils and other specialized lubricant products, and also owns a 59% interest and a non-economic general partner interest in Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the Company’s markets, the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil, the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products, the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies, the availability and cost of financing to the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies, the Company’s efficiency in carrying out construction projects, the ability of the Company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any recent and future acquired operations, the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks, general economic conditions and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)

         
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Change from 2016
2017     2016 Change     Percent
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues $ 3,719,247 $ 2,847,270 $ 871,977 31 %
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment) 2,888,530 2,341,837 546,693 23
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment   (111,128 )   312     (111,440 ) (35,718 )
2,777,402 2,342,149 435,253 19
Operating expenses 321,668 256,232 65,436 26
Selling, general and administrative expenses 68,013 32,994 35,019 106
Depreciation and amortization   102,884     91,130     11,754   13
Total operating costs and expenses   3,269,967     2,722,505     547,462   20
Income from operations 449,280 124,765 324,515 260
 
Other income (expense):
Earnings of equity method investments 5,072 3,767 1,305 35
Interest income 1,074 778 296 38
Interest expense (28,731 ) (19,550 ) (9,181 ) 47
Gain on foreign currency transactions 19,122 19,122
Other, net   286     107     179   167
  (3,177 )   (14,898 )   11,721   (79 )
Income before income taxes 446,103 109,867 336,236 306
Income tax expense   158,386     22,196     136,190   614
Net income 287,717 87,671 200,046 228
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest   15,703     13,174     2,529   19
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders $ 272,014   $ 74,497   $ 197,517   265 %
 
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
Basic $ 1.53   $ 0.42   $ 1.11   264 %
Diluted $ 1.53   $ 0.42   $ 1.11   264 %
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.33   $ 0.33   $   %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 176,149 175,871 278 %
Diluted 176,530 175,993 537 %
EBITDA $ 560,941 $ 206,595 $ 354,346 172 %
Adjusted EBITDA $ 454,029 $ 206,907 $ 247,122 119 %
 
         
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Change from 2016
2017     2016 Change     Percent
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues $ 10,258,594 $ 7,580,632 $ 2,677,962 35 %
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment) 8,283,127 6,215,155 2,067,972 33
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment   (15,323 )   (194,282 )   178,959   (92 )
8,267,804 6,020,873 2,246,931 37
Operating expenses 944,437 760,151 184,286 24
Selling, general and administrative expenses 184,659 88,270 96,389 109
Depreciation and amortization 304,206 269,433 34,773 13
Goodwill and asset impairment   19,247     654,084     (634,837 ) (97 )
Total operating costs and expenses   9,720,353     7,792,811     1,927,542   25
Income (loss) from operations 538,241 (212,179 ) 750,420 (354 )
 
Other income (expense):
Earnings of equity method investments 10,965 10,155 810 8
Interest income 2,069 1,380 689 50
Interest expense (85,534 ) (45,888 ) (39,646 ) 86
Loss on early extinguishment of debt (12,225 ) (8,718 ) (3,507 ) 40
Gain on foreign currency swaps 24,545 24,545
Loss on foreign currency transactions 19,517 19,517
Other, net   23     300     (277 ) (92 )
  (40,640 )   (42,771 )   2,131   (5 )
Income (loss) before income taxes 497,601 (254,950 ) 752,551 (295 )
Income tax expense   173,593     6,459     167,134   2,588
Net income (loss) 324,008 (261,409 ) 585,417 (224 )
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest   39,695     52,209     (12,514 ) (24 )
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders $ 284,313   $ (313,618 ) $ 597,931   (191 )%
 
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
Basic $ 1.60   $ (1.78 ) $ 3.38   (190 )%
Diluted $ 1.60   $ (1.78 ) $ 3.38   (190 )%
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.99   $ 0.99   $   %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 176,143 176,157 (14 ) %
Diluted 176,616 176,157 459 %
EBITDA $ 857,802 $ 15,500 $ 842,302 5,434 %
Adjusted EBITDA $ 845,558 $ 475,302 $ 370,256 78 %
 
       

Balance Sheet Data

 
September 30, December 31,
2017 2016
(In thousands)
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities $ 630,742 $ 1,134,727
Working capital $ 1,396,046 $ 1,767,780
Total assets $ 10,148,355 $ 9,435,661
Long-term debt $ 2,236,514 $ 2,235,137
Total equity $ 5,465,777 $ 5,301,985
 
 

Segment Information

Our operations are organized into three reportable segments, Refining, PCLI and HEP. Our operations that are not included in the Refining, PCLI and HEP segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Consolidations and Eliminations. The Refining segment includes the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries and HFC Asphalt (aggregated as a reportable segment). Refining activities involve the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. These petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Additionally, the Refining segment includes specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa refineries that are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America. HFC Asphalt operates various asphalt terminals in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

On February 1, 2017, we acquired PCLI, a Canadian-based producer of lubricant products such as base oils, white oils, specialty products and finished lubricants. The PCLI segment involves production operations, located in Mississauga, Ontario, and marketing of its products to both retail and wholesale outlets through a global sales network with locations in Canada, the United States, Europe and China.

The HEP segment involves all of the operations of HEP, a consolidated variable interest entity, which owns and operates logistics assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminals, tankage, loading rack facilities and refinery process units in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. At September 30, 2017, the HEP segment also includes a 75% interest in the UNEV Pipeline (an HEP consolidated subsidiary), a 50% ownership interest in each of the Frontier Pipeline, Osage Pipeline and the Cheyenne Pipeline and a 25% ownership interest in SLC Pipeline. Revenues from the HEP segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations. Due to certain basis differences, our reported amounts for the HEP segment may not agree to amounts reported in HEP's periodic public filings.

    Refining     PCLI     HEP    

Corporate
and Other

   

Consolidations
and
Eliminations

   

Consolidated
Total

(In thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
Sales and other revenues $ 3,409,795 $ 298,137 $ 110,364 $ (325 ) $ (98,724 ) $ 3,719,247
Operating expenses $ 249,478 $ 56,111 $ 35,998 $ 817 $ (20,736 ) $ 321,668
Depreciation and amortization $ 74,312 $ 7,492 $ 18,601 $ 2,686 $ (207 ) $ 102,884
Income (loss) from operations $ 408,739 $ 28,511 $ 52,142 $ (39,549 ) $ (563 ) $ 449,280
Net income (loss) $ 408,739 $ 22,553 $ 43,467 $ (186,982 ) $ (60 ) $ 287,717
Capital expenditures $ 31,152 $ 9,643 $ 10,151 $ 5,121 $ $ 56,067
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
Sales and other revenues $ 2,832,195 $ $ 92,611 $ 11 $ (77,547 ) $ 2,847,270
Operating expenses $ 227,079 $ $ 32,099 $ 1,390 $ (4,336 ) $ 256,232
Depreciation and amortization $ 69,565 $ $ 18,515 $ 3,257 $ (207 ) $ 91,130
Income (loss) from operations $ 120,985 $ $ 39,332 $ (34,965 ) $ (587 ) $ 124,765
Net income (loss) $ 120,985 $ $ 28,809 $ (62,096 ) $ (27 ) $ 87,671
Capital expenditures $ 74,173 $ $ 20,730 $ 2,529 $ $ 97,432
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
Sales and other revenues $ 9,413,008 $ 809,643 $ 325,141 $ (283 ) $ (288,915 ) $ 10,258,594
Operating expenses $ 751,858 $ 144,792 $ 102,584 $ 3,152 $ (57,949 ) $ 944,437
Depreciation and amortization $ 219,636 $ 19,868 $ 56,515 $ 8,808 $ (621 ) $ 304,206
Income (loss) from operations $ 445,087 $ 58,416 $ 157,170 $ (120,730 ) $ (1,702 ) $ 538,241
Net income (loss) $ 445,087 $ 43,609 $ 115,010 $ (279,543 ) $ (155 ) $ 324,008
Capital expenditures $ 131,016 $ 19,995 $ 30,675 $ 11,431 $ $ 193,117
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Sales and other revenues $ 7,530,804 $ $ 289,517 $ 168 $ (239,857 ) $ 7,580,632
Operating expenses $ 680,591 $ $ 89,067 $ 3,797 $ (13,304 ) $ 760,151
Depreciation and amortization $ 210,466 $ $ 49,852 $ 9,736 $ (621 ) $ 269,433
Income (loss) from operations $ (259,296 ) $ $ 141,980 $ (93,017 ) $ (1,846 ) $ (212,179 )
Net income (loss) $ (259,296 ) $ $ 116,102 $ (118,156 ) $ (59 ) $ (261,409 )
Capital expenditures $ 284,755 $ $ 96,115 $ 6,607 $ $ 387,477
 
September 30, 2017
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities $ 10,713 $ 91,485 $ 7,476 $ 521,068 $ $ 630,742
Total assets $ 6,637,119 $ 1,282,396 $ 1,903,307 $ 610,341 $ (284,808 ) $ 10,148,355
Long-term debt $ $ $ 1,245,066 $ 991,448 $ $ 2,236,514
 
December 31, 2016
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities $ 49 $ $ 3,657 $ 1,131,021 $ $ 1,134,727
Total assets $ 6,513,806 $ $ 1,920,487 $ 1,306,169 $ (304,801 ) $ 9,435,661
Long-term debt $ $ $ 1,243,912 $ 991,225 $ $ 2,235,137
 
 

Refining Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP performance measures about our refinery operations. The cost of products and refinery gross and net operating margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)
Crude charge (BPD) (1) 262,470 271,780 258,420 258,680
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2) 275,270 289,010 274,200 277,870
Refinery production (BPD) (3) 263,760 276,720 263,520 266,510
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) 252,350 262,060 254,000 253,390
Sales of refined products (BPD) (4) 270,720 292,310 278,180 280,150
Refinery utilization (5) 101.0 % 104.5 % 99.4 % 99.5 %
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
Net sales $ 69.81 $ 61.71 $ 67.12 $ 56.61
Cost of products (7)   56.40     52.08     57.19     48.19  
Refinery gross margin (8) 13.41 9.63 9.93 8.42
Refinery operating expenses (9)   4.98     4.70     5.14     4.87  
Net operating margin (8) $ 8.43   $ 4.93   $ 4.79   $ 3.55  
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10) $ 4.57 $ 4.26 $ 4.76 $ 4.44
 
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil 65 % 62 % 62 % 58 %
Sour crude oil 14 % 15 % 17 % 17 %
Heavy sour crude oil 16 % 17 % 15 % 18 %
Other feedstocks and blends   5 %   6 %   6 %   7 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines 50 % 51 % 50 % 49 %
Diesel fuels 34 % 33 % 33 % 34 %
Jet fuels 6 % 6 % 7 % 6 %
Fuel oil 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 %
Asphalt 3 % 3 % 3 % 3 %
Lubricants 4 % 5 % 4 % 5 %
LPG and other   2 %   1 %   2 %   2 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)
Crude charge (BPD) (1) 112,060 100,180 96,350 99,990
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2) 122,890 109,350 105,190 110,020
Refinery production (BPD) (3) 121,040 107,940 103,620 108,660
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) 125,770 107,010 103,680 110,240
Sales of refined products (BPD) (4) 125,790 110,270 109,070 111,850
Refinery utilization (5) 112.1 % 100.2 % 96.4 % 100.0 %
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
Net sales $ 70.21 $ 60.24 $ 67.99 $ 55.81
Cost of products (7)   55.38     50.74     55.94     46.64  
Refinery gross margin (8) 14.83 9.50 12.05 9.17
Refinery operating expenses (9)   4.04     4.86     5.05     4.62  
Net operating margin (8) $ 10.79   $ 4.64   $ 7.00   $ 4.55  
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10) $ 4.13 $ 4.76 $ 4.98 $ 4.63
 
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil 25 % 26 % 23 % 29 %
Sour crude oil 66 % 66 % 68 % 62 %
Other feedstocks and blends   9 %   8 %   9 %   9 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines 51 % 52 % 52 % 54 %
Diesel fuels 42 % 42 % 41 % 41 %
Fuel oil 4 % 3 % 3 % 2 %
Asphalt 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 %
LPG and other   2 %   2 %   3 %   2 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
Crude charge (BPD) (1) 80,260 71,600 76,510 62,490
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2) 87,620 75,470 84,050 66,490
Refinery production (BPD) (3) 84,800 72,080 81,370 63,320
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) 77,840 68,630 78,140 63,800
Sales of refined products (BPD) (4) 78,230 71,450 78,570 67,800
Refinery utilization (5) 82.7 % 73.8 % 78.9 % 71.3 %
 
   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
Average per produced barrel (6)
Net sales $ 72.43 $ 61.89 $ 68.91 $ 56.76
Cost of products (7)   54.65     50.83     53.20     47.13  
Refinery gross margin (8) 17.78 11.06 15.71 9.63
Refinery operating expenses (9)   10.50     9.48     10.30     10.14  
Net operating margin (8) $ 7.28   $ 1.58   $ 5.41   $ (0.51 )
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10) $ 9.33 $ 8.62 $ 9.58 $ 9.73
 
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil 32 % 33 % 34 % 39 %
Heavy sour crude oil 37 % 42 % 36 % 37 %
Black wax crude oil 23 % 20 % 21 % 18 %
Other feedstocks and blends   8 %   5 %   9 %   6 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines 59 % 58 % 59 % 59 %
Diesel fuels 33 % 34 % 33 % 34 %
Fuel oil 3 % 2 % 2 % 2 %
Asphalt 2 % 3 % 4 % 2 %
LPG and other   3 %   3 %   2 %   3 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
Consolidated
Crude charge (BPD) (1) 454,790 443,560 431,280 421,160
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2) 485,780 473,830 463,440 454,380
Refinery production (BPD) (3) 469,600 456,740 448,510 438,490
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) 455,960 437,700 435,820 427,430
Sales of refined products (BPD) (4) 474,740 474,030 465,820 459,800
Refinery utilization (5) 99.5 % 97.1 % 94.4 % 94.1 %
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
Net sales $ 70.37 $ 61.38 $ 67.65 $ 56.43
Cost of products (7)   55.82     51.55     56.18     47.64  
Refinery gross margin (8) 14.55 9.83 11.47 8.79
Refinery operating expenses (9)   5.67     5.49     6.04     5.59  
Net operating margin (8) $ 8.88   $ 4.34   $ 5.43   $ 3.20  
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10) $ 5.32 $ 5.07 $ 5.69 $ 5.26
 
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil 49 % 49 % 48 % 48 %
Sour crude oil 25 % 25 % 25 % 26 %
Heavy sour crude oil 16 % 17 % 16 % 16 %
Black wax crude oil 4 % 3 % 4 % 3 %
Other feedstocks and blends   6 %   6 %   7 %   7 %
Total   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
Consolidated
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines 52 % 52 % 52 % 52 %
Diesel fuels 36 % 35 % 35 % 36 %
Jet fuels 4 % 4 % 4 % 4 %
Fuel oil 2 % 2 % 2 % 1 %
Asphalt 2 % 2 % 2 % 2 %
Lubricants 2 % 3 % 3 % 3 %
LPG and other 2 % 2 % 2 % 2 %
Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
 
(1) Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2) Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3) Refinery production represents the barrels per day of refined products yielded from processing crude and other refinery feedstocks through the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(4) Includes refined products purchased for resale.
(5) Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (BPSD). Effective July 1, 2016, our consolidated crude capacity increased from 443,000 BPSD to 457,000 BPSD upon completion of our Woods Cross Refinery expansion project.
(6) Represents average per barrel amount for produced refined products sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(7) Transportation, terminal and refinery storage costs billed from HEP are included in cost of products.
(8) Excludes lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments of $(111.1) million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $(15.3) million and $(194.3) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(9) Represents operating expenses of our refineries, exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
(10) Represents refinery operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.
 
 

PCLI Operating Data

The following table sets forth information about our PCLI operations for the period from February 1, 2017 (date of acquisition) through September 30, 2017.

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

Period From
February 1, 2017 Through
September 30, 2017

PCLI
Throughput (BPD) (1) 22,360 21,980
Production (BPD) (2) 21,670 21,390
Sales of produced products (BPD) 20,600 20,660
 
(1) Throughput represents the barrels per day of feedstocks (principally vacuum gas oil and hydrocracker bottoms) input into our PCLI production facilities.
(2) Production represents the barrels per day of products yielded from our PCLI production facilities.
 
 

Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and EBITDA excluding lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and PCLI acquisition and integration costs, incremental cost of products sold attributable to our PCLI inventory value step-up and net gain on foreign currency swaps ("Adjusted EBITDA") to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus (i) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, (ii) incremental cost of products sold attributable to our PCLI inventory value step-up, (iii) PCLI acquisition and integration costs, (iv) goodwill and asset impairment charges, (v) our RINs cost reduction related to our Cheyenne Refinery small refinery exemption, and (vi) net gain on foreign currency swaps.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not calculations provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in these calculations are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These are presented here because they are widely used financial indicators used by investors and analysts to measure performance.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants. Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA.

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
(In thousands)
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders $ 272,014 $ 74,497 $ 284,313 $ (313,618 )
Add income tax provision 158,386 22,196 173,593 6,459
Add interest expense (1) 28,731 19,550 97,759 54,606
Subtract interest income (1,074 ) (778 ) (2,069 ) (1,380 )
Add depreciation and amortization   102,884     91,130     304,206     269,433  
EBITDA $ 560,941 $ 206,595 $ 857,802 $ 15,500
Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment (111,128 ) 312 (15,323 ) (194,282 )
Add Incremental cost of products sold attributable to PCLI inventory value step-up 15,327
Add PCLI acquisition and integration costs 4,216 23,506
Add goodwill and asset impairment 19,247 654,084
Subtract RINs cost reduction (30,456 )
Subtract gain on foreign currency swaps           (24,545 )    
Adjusted EBITDA $ 454,029   $ 206,907   $ 845,558   $ 475,302  
 
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our PCLI segment is calculated as follows:
PCLI income from operations (see segment data on page 6) $ 28,511 $ 58,416
Add depreciation and amortization (see segment data on page 6)   7,492     19,868  
PCLI EBITDA $ 36,003 $ 78,284
Add Incremental cost of products sold attributable to PCLI inventory value step-up       15,327  
Adjusted PCLI EBITDA $ 36,003   $ 93,611  
 
(1) Includes loss on early extinguishment of debt of $12.2 million and $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
 
 

Reconciliations of refinery operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Refinery gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our refining performance on a relative and absolute basis. Refinery gross margin per barrel is the difference between average net sales price and average cost of products per barrel of produced refined products. Net operating margin per barrel is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per barrel of produced refined products.

These two margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments or depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of income. Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Refinery Gross and Net Operating Margins

Below are reconciliations to our consolidated statements of income for (i) net sales, cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment) and operating expenses, in each case averaged per produced barrel sold, and (ii) net operating margin and refinery gross margin. Due to rounding of reported numbers, some amounts may not calculate exactly.

Reconciliation of produced refined product sales to total sales and other revenues

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Average sales price per produced barrel sold $ 70.37 $ 61.38 $ 67.65 $ 56.43
Times sales of produced refined products (BPD) 455,960 437,700 435,820 427,430
Times number of days in period   92     92     273     274  
Produced refined product sales $ 2,951,903   $ 2,471,674   $ 8,048,920   $ 6,608,846  
 
Total produced refined product sales $ 2,951,903 $ 2,471,674 $ 8,048,920 $ 6,608,846
Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)   125,519     207,698     558,786     500,509  
Total refined product sales 3,077,422 2,679,372 8,607,706 7,109,355
Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2) 277,810 103,145 658,117 294,845
Add other refining segment revenue (3)   54,563     49,678     147,185     126,604  
Total refining segment revenue 3,409,795 2,832,195 9,413,008 7,530,804
Add PCLI segment sales and other revenues 298,137 809,643
Add HEP segment sales and other revenues 110,364 92,611 325,141 289,517
Add corporate and other revenues (325 ) 11 (283 ) 168
Subtract consolidations and eliminations   (98,724 )   (77,547 )   (288,915 )   (239,857 )
Sales and other revenues $ 3,719,247   $ 2,847,270   $ 10,258,594   $ 7,580,632  
 
 

Reconciliation of average cost of products per produced barrel sold to cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Average cost of products per produced barrel sold $ 55.82 $ 51.55 $ 56.18 $ 47.64
Times sales of produced refined products (BPD) 455,960 437,700 435,820 427,430
Times number of days in period   92     92     273     274  
Cost of products for produced products sold $ 2,341,555   $ 2,075,836   $ 6,684,232   $ 5,579,398  
 
Total cost of products for produced products sold $ 2,341,555 $ 2,075,836 $ 6,684,232 $ 5,579,398
Add refined product costs from purchased products sold and rounding (1)   126,739     211,309     560,313     508,127  
Total cost of refined products sold 2,468,294 2,287,145 7,244,545 6,087,525
Add crude oil cost of direct sales of excess crude oil(2) 282,751 104,187 664,035 297,494
Add other refining segment cost of products sold (4)   37,349     22,922     83,923     54,222  
Total refining segment cost of products sold 2,788,394 2,414,254 7,992,503 6,439,241
Add PCLI segment cost of products sold 177,324 519,187
Subtract consolidations and eliminations   (77,188 )   (72,417 )   (228,563 )   (224,086 )
Costs of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment and depreciation and amortization) $ 2,888,530   $ 2,341,837   $ 8,283,127   $ 6,215,155  
 
 

Reconciliation of average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold to total operating expenses

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold $ 5.67 $ 5.49 $ 6.04 $ 5.59
Times sales of produced refined products (BPD) 455,960 437,700 435,820 427,430
Times number of days in period   92     92     273     274  
Refinery operating expenses for produced products sold $ 237,847   $ 221,074   $ 718,632   $ 654,677  
 
Total refinery operating expenses for produced products sold $ 237,847 $ 221,074 $ 718,632 $ 654,677
Add other refining segment operating expenses and rounding(5)   11,631     6,005     33,226     25,914  
Total refining segment operating expenses 249,478 227,079 751,858 680,591
Add PCLI segment operating expenses 56,111 144,792
Add HEP segment operating expenses 35,998 32,099 102,584 89,067
Add corporate and other costs 817 1,390 3,152 3,797
Subtract consolidations and eliminations   (20,736 )   (4,336 )   (57,949 )   (13,304 )
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) $ 321,668   $ 256,232   $ 944,437   $ 760,151  
 
 

Reconciliation of net operating margin per barrel to refinery gross margin per barrel to total sales and other revenues

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

     

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2017     2016 2017     2016
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
Net operating margin per barrel $ 8.88 $ 4.34 $ 5.43 $ 3.20
Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel   5.67     5.49     6.04     5.59  
Refinery gross margin per barrel 14.55 9.83 11.47 8.79
Add average cost of products per produced barrel sold   55.82     51.55     56.18     47.64  
Average sales price per produced barrel sold $ 70.37 $ 61.38 $ 67.65 $ 56.43
Times sales of produced refined products (BPD) 455,960 437,700 435,820 427,430
Times number of days in period   92     92     273     274  
Produced refined product sales $ 2,951,903   $ 2,471,674   $ 8,048,920   $ 6,608,846  
 
Total produced refined product sales $ 2,951,903 $ 2,471,674 $ 8,048,920 $ 6,608,846
Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)   125,519     207,698     558,786     500,509  
Total refined product sales 3,077,422 2,679,372 8,607,706 7,109,355
Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2) 277,810 103,145 658,117 294,845
Add other refining segment revenue (3)   54,563     49,678     147,185     126,604  
Total refining segment revenue 3,409,795 2,832,195 9,413,008 7,530,804
Add PCLI segment sales and other revenues 298,137 809,643
Add HEP segment sales and other revenues 110,364 92,611 325,141 289,517
Add corporate and other revenues (325 ) 11 (283 ) 168
Subtract consolidations and eliminations   (98,724 )   (77,547 )   (288,915 )   (239,857 )
Sales and other revenues $ 3,719,247   $ 2,847,270   $ 10,258,594   $ 7,580,632  
 
(1) We purchase finished products to facilitate delivery to certain locations or to meet delivery commitments.
(2) We purchase crude oil that at times exceeds the supply needs of our refineries. Quantities in excess of our needs are sold at market prices to purchasers of crude oil that are recorded on a gross basis with the sales price recorded as revenues and the corresponding acquisition cost as inventory and then upon sale as cost of products sold. Additionally, at times we enter into buy/sell exchanges of crude oil with certain parties to facilitate the delivery of quantities to certain locations that are netted at cost.
(3) Other refining segment revenue includes the incremental revenues associated with HFC Asphalt, product purchased and sold forward for profit as market conditions and available storage capacity allows and miscellaneous revenue.
(4) Other refining segment cost of products sold includes the incremental cost of products for HFC Asphalt, the incremental cost associated with storing product purchased and sold forward as market conditions and available storage capacity allows and miscellaneous costs.
(5) Other refining segment operating expenses include the marketing costs associated with our refining segment and the operating expenses of HFC Asphalt.
 

Source: HollyFrontier Corporation

HollyFrontier Corporation

Richard L. Voliva III, 214-954-6510

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

or

Craig Biery, 214-954-6510

Director, Investor Relations