Sonida Senior Living, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results

Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) (NYSE: SNDA) announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

“The Company’s consistent occupancy and revenue growth year-over-year and the additional financial flexibility created by successful agreements with our two largest lending partners enable us to continue building on our strong operational momentum and prepare for strategic expansion,” said Brandon Ribar, CEO and President. “Demand for senior housing continues to accelerate, and inventory supply remains slow. With our strong, stable leadership across the portfolio and dedication to operational excellence, Sonida is well positioned to serve the growing aging population and drive significant operating income growth for the Company.”

Second Quarter Highlights

• Weighted average occupancy for the Company’s consolidated portfolio increased 120 basis points to 83.9% year-over-year.
• Resident revenue increased $5.0 million, or 9.5% year-over-year.
• Net loss for the second quarter was $12.2 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $7.5 million for Q2 2023, an increase of 78.0% year-over-year.
• Net cash provided by operating activities was $5.5 million year-to-date as compared to a use of cash of $2.1 million for the same period in 2022.
• Results for the Company’s consolidated portfolio of communities:
  • Q2 2023 vs. Q2 2022:
    • Revenue Per Available Unit (“RevPAR”) increased 9.9% to $3,300.
    • Revenue Per Occupied Unit (“RevPOR”) increased 8.3% to $3,932.
    • Community Net Operating Income, a non-GAAP measure, increased $2.9 million. Adjusted Community Net Operating Income, a non-GAAP measure, which excludes $0.4 million and $0.5 million of state grant revenue received in Q2 2023 and Q2 2022, respectively, was $13.5 million and $10.6 million for Q2 2023 and Q2 2022, respectively.
    • Community Net Operating Income Margin and Adjusted Community Net Operating Income Margin (non-GAAP measures with the latter adjusted for non-recurring state grant revenue) were 23.8% and 23.2%, for Q2 2023, respectively, and were 20.4% and 19.6% for Q2 2022, respectively.
  • Q2 2023 vs. Q1 2023:
    • RevPAR increased 0.5% to $3,300.
    • RevPOR increased 0.6% to $3,932.
    • Community Net Operating Income increased $0.2 million. Adjusted Community Net Operating Income, excluding $0.4 million and $2.0 million of state grant revenue received in Q2 2023 and Q1 2023, respectively, was $13.1 million and $11.4 million for Q2 2023 and Q1 2023, respectively.
    • Community Net Operating Income Margin and Adjusted Community Net Operating Income Margin (adjusted for non-recurring state grant revenue) were 23.8% and 23.2% for Q2 2023, respectively, and 23.7% and 20.9% for Q1 2023, respectively.

Results of Operations

Three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to three months ended June 30, 2022

Revenues

Resident revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $57.0 million as compared to $52.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $5.0 million, or 9.5%. The increase in revenue was primarily due to increased occupancy and increased average rent rates.

Expenses

Operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $44.7 million as compared to $41.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $3.2 million, or 7.7%. The increase is primarily due to a $2.3 million increase in labor and employee-related expenses and $0.9 million in other expenses.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $6.6 million as compared to $9.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, representing a decrease of $2.8 million. This decrease is primarily due to a $1.6 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense from the prior period and a $1.2 million net decrease in recurring corporate expenses.

The Company reported a net loss of $12.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to net loss of $7.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. A major factor impacting the comparison of net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 includes federal grants received of $9.1 million in Q2 2022.

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $7.5 million compared to $4.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

Six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to six months ended June 30, 2022

Revenues

Resident revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $113.6 million as compared to $102.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $10.8 million, or 10.5%. The increase in revenue was primarily due to increased occupancy and increased average rent rates.

Expenses

Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $88.5 million as compared to $83.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $5.1 million, or 6.1%. The increase is primarily due to a $3.6 million increase in labor and employee-related expenses, a $0.4 million increase in service contracts, a $0.5 million increase in computer software/internet costs and $0.6 million increase in other expenses.

General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $13.6 million as compared to $17.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, representing a decrease of $4.1 million. This decrease is primarily due to a $2.6 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense from the prior year period and a $1.5 million net decrease in recurring corporate expenses.

The Company reported a net income of $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to a net loss of $24.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to the $36.3 million of gain on extinguishment of debt during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Significant Transactions

Fannie Mae Loan Modification

On June 29, 2023, the Company entered into a binding forbearance agreement with the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and (“Fannie Forbearance”) for all 37 of its encumbered communities, effective as of June 1, 2023. Under the Fannie Forbearance, Fannie Mae agreed to forbear on its legal and equitable remedies otherwise available under the community loan agreements and mortgages and Master Credit Facility (“MCF”) in connection with reduced debt service payments made by the Company during the Fannie Forbearance period, which expires on October 1, 2023. The Fannie Forbearance is the first of a two-step process to modify all existing mortgage agreements with Fannie Mae under a proposed loan modification agreement, as defined in the Fannie Forbearance (“Loan Modification Agreement”). The terms outlined in the agreed upon term sheet accompanying the Fannie Forbearance will be included in the proposed subsequent Loan Modification Agreement. In the second step, the Company and Fannie Mae have agreed to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to enter into the Loan Modification Agreement for each of their existing mortgage agreements before October 1, 2023. The execution of the Loan Modification Agreement is subject to certain conditions, including Sonida continuing to perform under the Forbearance Agreement, the completion of the definitive documentation, and the absence of any other events of default under the community mortgages and MCF. The forbearance and subsequent loan modification provide the Company with additional financial flexibility and increases its liquidity position.

Under the terms of the Fannie Forbearance and anticipated Loan Modification Agreement, the mortgage principal payments on 18 community mortgages, ranging from July 2024 to December 2026, will be extended to December 2026. The remaining 19 communities under the MCF have existing maturities in December 2028. The Company will not be required to make scheduled principal payments due under the 18 community mortgages and 19 communities under the MCF through the revised maturity date of December 2026 and 36 months from June 1, 2023, respectively. The monthly interest rate will be reduced by a 1.5% weighted average on all 37 communities for 12 months.

Ally Loan Amendment

On June 29, 2023 and concurrent with the Fannie Forbearance, the Company executed a second amendment (“Ally Amendment”) to its refinance facility (“Ally Term Loan”) and limited payment guaranty with Ally Bank (“Second Amended and Restated Limited Payment Guaranty”) with terms that include a waiver of its current $13.0 million liquid assets requirement through June 30, 2024. During the waiver period (June 30, 2023 through July 1, 2024, the “Waiver Period”), a new and temporary liquid assets minimum threshold will be established at $6.0 million and measured weekly. Beginning on July 1, 2024, a new liquid assets requirement of $7.0 million will be effective, with such threshold increasing $1.0 million per month through the earlier of the release of the Waiver Period or December 31, 2024. In addition, the Company must replace its current $2.3 million interest rate cap (“IRC”) on the $88.1 million notional value of the Ally Term Loan at a 2.25% SOFR strike rate once the current IRC expires on November 30, 2023. On July 3, the Company funded the $2.3 million interest rate cap reserve to Ally Bank.

Conversant Equity Commitment

In connection with the Fannie Forbearance and Ally Amendment signed on June 29, 2023, the Company entered into a $13.5 million equity commitment agreement (“Equity Commitment”) with Conversant Dallas Parkway (A) LP and Conversant Dallas Parkway (B) LP, (together “Conversant”) for a term of 18 months. The Equity Commitment had a commitment fee of $675,000 payable through the issuance of 67,500 shares of common stock of the Company. Sonida shall have the right, but not the obligation, to utilize Conversant’s equity commitment and may draw on the commitment in whole or in part. The Company made a $6.0 million equity draw on July 3, 2023 in exchange for 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company.

The foregoing description of the Fannie Forbearance, the Ally Amendment, Second Amended & Restated Limited Payment Guaranty, and Equity Commitment and related transactions contemplated do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Fannie Forbearance, the Ally Amendment, Second Amended and Restated Limited Payment Guaranty, and Equity Commitment which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2023, incorporated herein by reference.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash flows

The table below presents a summary of the Company’s net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing, and financing activities (in thousands):

In addition to $7.2 million of unrestricted cash on hand as of June 30, 2023, our future liquidity will depend in part upon our operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. Principal sources of liquidity are expected to be cash flows from operations, proceeds from debt refinancings or loan modifications, proceeds from the issuance of common or preferred stock, COVID-19 or related relief grants from various state agencies, and/or proceeds from the sale of owned assets. In June 2023, the Company entered into the Fannie Forbearance, the Ally Amendment, Second Amended and Restated Limited Payment Guaranty, and the Equity Agreement, as disclosed above. These transactions are expected to provide additional financial flexibility to the Company and increase its liquidity position. In March 2022, the Company completed the refinancing of certain existing mortgage debt, which was further amended in December 2022 and June 2023.

The Company has implemented plans, which include strategic and cash-preservation initiatives, designed to provide the Company with adequate liquidity to meet its obligations for at least the 12-month period following the date its second quarter 2023 financial statements are issued. While the Company’s plans are designed to provide it with adequate liquidity to meet its financial obligations, the remediation plan is dependent on conditions and matters that may be outside of the Company’s control, and no assurance can be given that certain options will be available on terms acceptable to the Company, or at all. If the Company is unable to successfully execute all of the planned initiatives or if the plan does not fully mitigate the Company’s liquidity challenges, the Company’s operating plans and resulting cash flows along with its cash and cash equivalents and other sources of liquidity may not be sufficient to fund operations for the 12-month period following the date the financial statements are issued.

The Company, from time to time, considers and evaluates financial and capital raising transactions related to its portfolio, including debt refinancings and modifications, purchases and sales of assets and other transactions. There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to generate cash flows at or above current levels, or that the Company will be able to obtain the capital necessary to meet the Company’s short and long-term capital requirements.

Recent changes in the current economic environment, and other future changes, could result in decreases in the fair value of assets, slowing of transactions, and the tightening of liquidity and credit markets. These impacts could make securing debt or refinancings for the Company or buyers of the Company’s properties more difficult or on terms not acceptable to the Company. The Company’s actual liquidity and capital funding requirements depend on numerous factors, including its operating results, its capital expenditures for community investment, and general economic conditions, as well as other factors described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023 and “Item. 1A. Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2023.

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call with senior management to discuss the Company’s financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2023, on Monday August 14, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To participate, dial 877-407-0989 (no passcode required). A link to the simultaneous webcast of the teleconference will be available at: https://www.webcast-eqs.com/register/sonidaseniorliving_q22023_en/en.

For the convenience of the Company’s shareholders and the public, the conference call will be recorded and available for replay starting August 15, 2023 through August 29, 2023. To access the conference call replay, call 877-660-6853, passcode 13740287. A transcript of the call will be posted in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

About the Company

Dallas-based Sonida Senior Living, Inc. is a leading owner-operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities and services for senior adults. As of June 30, 2023, the Company operated 72 communities, with capacity for approximately 8,000 residents across 18 states, which provide comfortable, safe, affordable environment where residents can form friendships, enjoy new experiences and receive personalized care from dedicated team members who treat them like family. For more information, visit www.sonidaseniorliving.com or connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Definitions of RevPAR and RevPOR

RevPAR, or average monthly revenue per available unit, is defined by the Company as resident revenue for the period, divided by the weighted average number of available units in the corresponding portfolio for the period, divided by the number of months in the period.

RevPOR, or average monthly revenue per occupied unit, is defined by the Company as resident revenue for the period, divided by the weighted average number of occupied units in the corresponding portfolio for the period, divided by the number of months in the period.

Safe Harbor

This release contains forward-looking statements which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and financial condition of Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including, among others, the risks, uncertainties and factors set forth under “Item. 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2023 and “Item. 1A. Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2023, and also include the following: the impact of COVID-19, including the actions taken to prevent or contain the spread of COVID-19, the transmission of its highly contagious variants and sub-lineages and the development and availability of vaccinations and other related treatments, or another epidemic, pandemic or other health crisis; the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, additional proceeds from debt financings or refinancings, and proceeds from the sale of assets to satisfy its short- and long-term debt obligations and to make capital improvements to the Company’s communities; increases in market interest rates that increase the cost of certain of our debt obligations; increased competition for, or a shortage of, skilled workers, including due to the COVID-19 pandemic or general labor market conditions, along with wage pressures resulting from such increased competition, low unemployment levels, use of contract labor, minimum wage increases and/or changes in overtime laws; the Company’s ability to obtain additional capital on terms acceptable to it; the Company’s ability to extend or refinance its existing debt as such debt matures, including the Company’s ability to complete the modifications to its loan agreements; the Company’s compliance with its debt agreements, including certain financial covenants and the risk of cross-default in the event such non-compliance occurs; the Company’s ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions upon favorable terms or at all; the risk of oversupply and increased competition in the markets which the Company operates; the Company’s ability to improve and maintain controls over financial reporting and remediate the identified material weakness discussed in its recent Quarterly and Annual Reports filed with the SEC; the departure of the Company’s key officers and personnel; the cost and difficulty of complying with applicable licensure, legislative oversight, or regulatory changes; risks associated with current global economic conditions and general economic factors such as inflation, the consumer price index, commodity costs, fuel and other energy costs, competition in the labor market, costs of salaries, wages, benefits, and insurance, interest rates, and tax rates; and changes in accounting principles and interpretations.

For information about Sonida Senior Living, visit www.sonidaseniorliving.com