NASDAQ$SABR

Sabre Corp · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong first quarter results exceeding prior guidance and raised full-year 2024 financial outlook.

Sabre's Q1 2024 revenue totaled $783 million, a 5% increase year-over-year. The company reported an operating income of $98 million, a significant improvement from the previous year. Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $71 million, and adjusted EBITDA reached $142 million.

  • Strong financial performance exceeded prior Q1 guidance, leading to raised full-year 2024 revenue and Adjusted EBITDA outlook.
  • Operating income reached $98 million with a 13 percentage point operating margin improvement; Q1 revenue increased 5% year-over-year while operating costs declined 8% over the same period.
  • Hyatt implementation to the SynXis platform is on schedule, with first bookings expected in Q2.
  • Refinanced over $300 million of 2025 debt maturities and increased liquidity by approximately $70 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$783M

Previous: $743M+5.4%
EPS

-$0.19

Previous: -$0.18-5.6%
Total Bookings

98.5M

Previous: 96.6M+1.9%
Air Bookings

85.2M

Previous: 84.3M+1.0%
Lodging, Ground & Sea

13.3M

Previous: 12.3M+8.1%
Passengers Boarded

167.9M

Previous: 165.0M+1.8%
Average Booking Fee

$5.81

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$27.7M

Previous: -$18.1M-52.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$99.2M

Previous: -$117M+15.3%
Net Income

-$71.5M

Previous: -$98.9M+27.7%
Operating Income

$98.1M

Previous: -$213K+46149.3%
Gross Profit

$462M

Previous: $436M+6.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$629M

Previous: $817M-23.0%
Total Assets

$4.74B

Previous: $5.03B-5.7%
R&D Expense

$222M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$13.9M

Previous: $17M-18.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Sabre · Revenue · Quarterly

$783M

Q1 2024+5.4%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 15 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Sabre · $751M total across 2 segments · Q3 2023

  • Distribution
    $672M+11.3%
  • IT Solutions
    $79M+17.0%

Forward guidance

Sabre's second quarter 2024 revenue is expected to be ~$750M and Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be ~$115M. The full year 2024 revenue is expected to be ~$3,040M and Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be ~$520M.

Tailwinds

  • Second quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA guidance consists of second quarter expected net loss attributable to common stockholders of approximately $68 million.
  • Expected stock-based compensation expense of approximately $14 million.
  • Expected depreciation and amortization of property and equipment and amortization of capitalized implementation costs of approximately $24 million.
  • Expected net interest expense of approximately $131 million.
  • Expected provision for income taxes of approximately $4 million.

Headwinds

  • Full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance consists of full-year expected net loss attributable to common stockholders of approximately $256 million.
  • Expected the impact of acquisition-related amortization of approximately $39 million.
  • Expected stock-based compensation expense of approximately $59 million.
  • Expected other costs including litigation, acquisition-related costs, and other foreign non-income tax matters and foreign exchange gains and losses of $5 million.
  • Expected interest expense, inclusive of amortization of issuance costs and debt discounts net of approximately $518 million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.7%

Avg return

30 days after

45%

24 / 53 earnings

Positive

+32.1%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-32.9%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+4.0%-0.5%-9.8%
Q4 2025+24.0%-4.1%+40.7%
Q3 2025-0.5%-6.0%-18.5%
Q1 2025+0.0%+16.7%+12.7%
Q4 2024+22.4%+26.8%+3.2%
Q3 2024-22.4%-19.0%-4.6%
Q2 2024-8.5%-10.2%-11.1%
Q1 2024-11.0%-8.3%+7.9%
Q4 2023-32.9%-37.2%-55.1%
Q3 2023+18.0%-4.4%+8.6%
Q2 2023+30.9%+45.3%+45.5%
Q1 2023-7.1%-7.1%-12.2%
Q4 2022-16.3%-22.8%-43.7%
Q3 2022-21.5%-21.7%+4.5%
Q2 2022+18.1%+19.8%+13.7%
Q1 2022-9.3%-17.8%-25.8%
Q4 2021+32.1%+28.0%+18.7%
Q3 2021-15.2%-8.0%-22.4%
Q2 2021-4.3%+1.1%-1.9%
Q1 2021-17.3%-13.9%-5.8%
Q4 2020+2.3%+24.9%+35.9%
Q3 2020+32.0%+21.9%+64.9%
Q2 2020-3.2%+1.7%-8.2%
Q1 2020+0.1%-12.6%+54.9%
Q4 2019-24.7%-30.3%-68.4%
Q3 2019+3.2%+1.2%+1.8%
Q2 2019+6.4%+5.2%+0.6%
Q1 2019-8.6%-4.2%-10.6%
Q4 2018-0.9%-3.9%-8.3%
Q3 2018+7.8%+6.7%+13.9%
Q2 2018-6.0%-4.5%+0.5%
Q1 2018+12.8%+12.7%+18.8%
Q4 2017+18.6%+21.6%+15.8%
Q3 2017+7.7%+3.3%+9.7%
Q2 2017-8.9%-10.8%-16.7%
Q1 2017+3.2%+4.5%-3.7%
Q4 2016-12.1%-8.2%-12.9%
Q3 2016-11.1%-10.7%-3.1%
Q2 2016-9.0%-8.0%-2.9%
Q1 2016+3.4%
Q4 2015+12.3%
Q3 2015-3.0%
Q2 2015+6.3%
Q1 2015+1.3%
Q4 2012-0.8%
Q4 2014-2.4%
Q3 2013-1.4%
Q3 2014-0.5%
Q2 2013-0.7%
Q2 2014-0.7%
Q1 2014+3.4%
Q1 2013+3.4%
Q4 2013+3.4%

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