The Marcus Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Aug 14, 2012
The Marcus Corp. (MCS, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-05-31.

The Marcus Corporation has a market cap of $382.1 million; its shares were traded at around $13.07 with a P/E ratio of 15.9 and P/S ratio of 0.9. The dividend yield of The Marcus Corporation stocks is 2.6%. The Marcus Corporation had an annual average earning growth of 0.2% over the past 5 years.

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We reported income tax expense for fiscal 2012 of $14.7 million, an increase of approximately $6.4 million, or 78.1%, compared to fiscal 2011 income tax expense of $8.3 million. Our effective income tax rate during fiscal 2012 was 39.3% compared to an effective rate of 37.8% during fiscal 2011. This higher rate was primarily due to significantly increased pre-tax earnings during fiscal 2012 compared to the prior year, which had the effect of reducing the impact of favorable decreases in our liability for unrecognized tax benefits on our effective rate. Unrecognized tax benefits decreased by approximately $1.3 million during fiscal 2012. The reduction reflects a settlement during fiscal 2012 of prior year tax issues that were under appeal with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), partially offset by an increase in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions currently under review by taxing authorities. Due to the temporary nature of the underlying tax positions, the reduction favorably impacted tax expense by approximately $400,000, primarily as a result of the reversal of penalties. As of May 31, 2012, examination of our consolidated federal income tax returns by the IRS was underway for fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010 and the outcome of this examination is still uncertain. We currently anticipate that our fiscal 2013 effective income tax rate will remain close to its historical range of 38-40%, excluding any further changes in our liability for unrecognized tax benefits or potential changes in federal and state income tax rates.

Our oldest and most profitable division is our theatre division. The theatre division contributed 55.1% of our consolidated revenues and 78.7% of our consolidated operating income, excluding corporate items, during fiscal 2012, compared to 55.0% and 84.7%, respectively, during fiscal 2011 and 59.1% and 96.9%, respectively, during fiscal 2010. The theatre division operates motion picture theatres in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Nebraska and a family entertainment center in Wisconsin. The following tables set forth revenues, operating income, operating margin, screens and theatre locations for the last three fiscal years:

The hotels and resorts division contributed 44.7% of our consolidated revenues and 21.3% of our consolidated operating income, excluding corporate items, during fiscal 2012, compared to 44.8% and 15.3%, respectively, during fiscal 2011 and 40.6% and 3.1%, respectively, during fiscal 2010. As of May 31, 2012, the hotels and resorts division owned and operated three full-service hotels in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a full-facility destination resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and full-service hotels in Madison, Wisconsin, Kansas City, Missouri, Chicago, Illinois and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In addition, the hotels and resorts division managed 10 hotels, resorts and other properties for other owners. Included in the 10 managed properties are two hotels owned by joint ventures in which we have a minority interest and two condominium hotels in which we own the public space. The following table sets forth revenues, operating income, operating margin and rooms data for the hotels and resorts division for the last three fiscal years:

Net cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2012 totaled $35.9 million compared to $32.9 million during fiscal 2011, an increase of $3.0 million or 9.4%. The increase in net cash used in investing activities was primarily the result of an increase in capital expenditures, partially offset by increased proceeds from disposals of property, equipment and other assets. Proceeds from the disposal of property, equipment and other assets of $4.2 million related primarily to the sale of previously owned digital projection systems to our digital cinema licensor. In accordance with accounting guidance for sale-leaseback transactions, the difference between the sale proceeds and our book value of the underlying assets resulted in a deferred gain of approximately $635,000 that we will amortize to earnings over the ten-year life of our master license agreement with our digital cinema licensor.

Net cash used in financing activities in fiscal 2012 totaled $30.6 million, a decrease of $3.6 million, or 10.4%, compared to $34.2 million during fiscal 2011. The difference related primarily to decreased net payments of notes payable and long-term debt, partially offset by increased repurchases of our common shares. We made total principal payments on notes payable and long-term debt of $128.0 million and $73.4 million during fiscal 2012 and 2011, respectively, representing primarily the payment of current maturities of senior notes and the payment of short-term revolving credit borrowings during both years. Excess cash during both years was used to reduce our borrowings under our revolving credit agreement. As short-term borrowings became due, we replaced them as necessary with new short-term borrowings. As a result, we added $117.0 million of new debt during fiscal 2012 compared to $52.0 million of new debt added during fiscal 2011. Our total debt (including notes payable and current maturities, but excluding our capital lease obligation related to digital cinema projection systems) decreased by $11.0 million to $204.2 million at the end of fiscal 2012, compared to $215.2 million at the end of fiscal 2011. Our debt-capitalization ratio (excluding the capital lease obligation) was 0.37 at May 31, 2012, compared to 0.39 at the prior fiscal year-end. Based upon our current expectations for fiscal 2013 capital expenditure levels, we anticipate our long-term debt total and debt-capitalization ratio will increase slightly during fiscal 2013. Our actual long-term debt total and debt-capitalization ratio at the end of fiscal 2013 are dependent upon, among other things, our actual operating results, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions, asset sales proceeds and equity transactions during the year.

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