NYSE$RM

Regional Management Corp · Q4 2019 earnings

Q4 2019 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced fourth quarter 2019 results, with revenue growth driven by average finance receivables growth.

Regional Management Corp. reported a strong fourth quarter in 2019, marked by a 17.0% increase in revenue and a 45.6% increase in net income compared to the prior-year period. Diluted earnings per share increased to $1.38, and total finance receivables reached $1.1 billion, demonstrating substantial growth in the loan portfolio.

  • Net income increased by 45.6% year-over-year, reaching $15.7 million.
  • Diluted earnings per share rose to $1.38, compared to $0.90 in the prior-year period.
  • Total finance receivables grew by 18.5% to $1.1 billion.
  • Revenue increased by 17.0% to $98.0 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$98M

Previous: $83.7M+17.0%
EPS (adj)

$1.38

Previous: $0.90+53.3%
Net finance receivables growth

17.4%

No prior period
30+ day delinquencies

7.2%

Previous: 7.7%-6.5%
Capital Expenditures

$1.91M

Previous: $2.32M-17.7%
Free Cash Flow

$48.3M

Previous: $39.2M+23.1%
Net Income

$15.7M

Previous: $10.8M+45.8%
Gross Profit

$61.7M

Previous: $50.4M+22.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$56.4M

Previous: $50.1M+12.5%
Total Assets

$1.16B

Previous: $956M+21.1%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.74M

Previous: $1.7M+2.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Regional Management · Revenue · Quarterly

$98M

Q4 2019+17%vs Q4 2018
Beat estimate in 11 of 16 quarters(69%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Regional Management · $15.4M total across 2 segments · Q3 2022

  • Insurance income, net
    $12M+27.3%
  • Other income
    $3.45M+28.2%

Forward guidance

The company expects that the outage will adversely impact net income by approximately $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2020 and by an additional $0.3 million throughout the remainder of the year. The company continues to expect to open a total of between 25 and 30 de novo branches for the full year 2020.

Tailwinds

  • The loan management system has functioned normally since its restoration, and all branches have been fully operational.
  • The company continues to expect to open a total of between 25 and 30 de novo branches for the full year 2020.
  • The company had a funded debt-to-equity ratio of 2.7 to 1.0 and a shareholder equity ratio of 26.1% as of December 31, 2019.
  • The company’s unused capacity on its revolving credit facilities (subject to the borrowing base) was $369.3 million, or 48.3%, as of December 31, 2019.
  • The company is confident that the IT issue will not occur again.

Headwinds

  • The company expects that the outage will adversely impact net income by approximately $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2020 and by an additional $0.3 million throughout the remainder of the year.
  • Management is also evaluating the event in relation to its 2019 year-end assessment of internal controls.
  • In January 2020, Regional experienced an isolated information technology infrastructure event that caused an extended outage of its loan management system.
  • The outage affected the company’s ability to originate branch loans and process certain types of payments.
  • Regional replaced its previous incurred loss impairment model for estimating credit losses on financial assets with a current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model.

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 Q4 2019

Historical avgQ4 2019

+0.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.5%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.1%

Avg return

30 days after

51%

31 / 61 earnings

Positive

+28.7%

Q4 2017

Best reaction

-34.9%

Q3 2014

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.9%-9.6%-5.5%
Q4 2025-14.6%-13.9%-20.1%
Q3 2025-10.3%-7.4%-10.2%
Q1 2025-16.2%-13.6%-19.7%
Q4 2024-0.9%-0.7%-13.2%
Q3 2024+3.9%+2.3%+12.2%
Q2 2024-2.3%-8.5%+6.1%
Q1 2024+8.4%+20.7%+9.1%
Q4 2023-3.6%-11.1%-0.8%
Q3 2023-9.7%-11.1%-6.5%
Q2 2023-1.3%-6.8%-13.9%
Q1 2023+3.0%+4.4%+6.7%
Q4 2022-6.4%-9.8%-24.4%
Q3 2022-13.2%-15.3%-10.7%
Q2 2022+0.3%-4.4%-18.2%
Q1 2022+6.6%+1.1%+4.2%
Q4 2021+5.6%+3.7%-13.1%
Q3 2021+12.5%+14.3%+7.8%
Q2 2021+14.5%+13.8%+12.7%
Q1 2021+9.5%+12.7%+22.5%
Q4 2020+8.3%+7.5%+21.1%
Q3 2020+2.5%+16.6%+38.0%
Q2 2020+2.7%+8.2%+11.8%
Q1 2020+1.1%-6.6%+48.6%
Q4 2019+1.9%-9.3%-41.1%
Q3 2019+15.2%+13.5%+6.2%
Q2 2019+5.1%+4.5%+2.8%
Q1 2019-5.1%-3.0%-0.5%
Q4 2018+4.8%+1.5%-2.2%
Q3 2018-4.4%-4.1%-12.5%
Q2 2018+2.9%+2.8%+4.5%
Q1 2018+5.0%+7.0%+8.6%
Q4 2017+28.7%+20.4%+16.9%
Q3 2017+4.4%-1.2%+9.4%
Q2 2017-0.7%-1.2%-8.5%
Q1 2017+6.2%+4.1%+5.2%
Q4 2016-10.1%-9.5%-20.6%
Q3 2016+2.7%-0.7%+11.8%
Q2 2016+6.8%+8.5%+19.6%
Q1 2016-11.7%
Q4 2015-3.8%
Q3 2015+0.1%
Q2 2015+8.1%
Q1 2015+13.2%
Q4 2014-5.1%
Q3 2014-34.9%
Q2 2014+5.6%
Q1 2014-31.2%
Q4 2013-7.4%
Q3 2013-3.7%
Q2 2013+12.7%
Q1 2013+7.9%
Q4 2010-0.3%
Q4 2012+2.6%
Q3 2011-1.3%
Q3 2012-1.7%
Q2 2012-3.4%
Q2 2011-3.4%
Q1 2012-0.6%
Q1 2011-0.6%
Q4 2011-0.6%
Q3 2010
Q2 2010
Q1 2010

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