Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | |
May 11, 2020 | NYSE American – REI |
RING ENERGY ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2020
FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS
Midland, TX. May11, 2020 - Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSEAM: REI) (“Ring”) (“Company”) announced today financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Company reported oil and gas revenues of $39,570,328 compared to revenues of $41,798,315 for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, Ring reported net income of $43,804,118, or $0.64 per diluted share, compared to net income of $4,269,260, or $0.07 per fully diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the net income included a pre-tax unrealized gain on derivatives of $47,086,681 and a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $673,795. Excluding these items, the net income per diluted share would have been $0.11. The Company believes results excluding these items are more comparable to estimates provided by security analysts and, therefore, are useful in evaluating operational trends of the Company and its performance, compared to other similarly situated oil and gas producing companies.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, oil sales volume increased to 855,603 barrels, compared to 812,565 barrels (Included Wishbone Assets as of 2/1/19) for the same period in 2019, a 5.3% increase, and gas sales volume increased to 765,551 MCF (thousand cubic feet), compared to 396,264 MCF (Included Wishbone Assets as of 2/1/19) for the same period in 2019, a 93.2% increase. On a barrel of oil equivalent (“BOE”) basis for the three months ended March 31, 2020, production sales were 983,195 BOEs, compared to 878,609 BOEs (Included Wishbone Assets as of 2/1/19) for the same period in 2019, an 11.9% increase, and 1,053,234 BOEs for the fourth quarter of 2019, a 6.6% decrease.
The average commodity prices received by the Company were $45.16 per barrel of oil and $1.22 per MCF of natural gas for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, compared to $50.31 per barrel of oil and $2.32 per MCF of natural gas for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. On a BOE basis for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the average price received was $40.25, compared to $47.57 per BOE for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
The average price differential the Company experienced from WTI pricing in the first quarter 2020 was approximately $2.00.
Management reviewed the derivative contracts (“Hedges”) it currently has in place for 2020 in the form of costless collars of NYMEX WTI Crude Oil, with an offsetting put option (“floor”) and call option (“ceiling”). The contracts are for a total of 5,500 barrels of oil per day for the period of January 2020 through December 2020. The costless collar pricing does not take into account any pricing differentials between NYMEX WTI pricing and the price received by the Company.
BOPD | Put Price | Call Price | ||
1,000 | $50.00 | $65.83 | ||
1,000 | $50.00 | $65.40 | ||
1,000 | $50.00 | $58.40 | ||
1,000 | $50.00 | $58.25 | ||
1,500 | $50.00 | $58.65 |
The Company has also entered into derivative contracts for 2021 in the form of costless collars of NYMEX WTI Crude oil. The contracts are for a total of 4,500 barrels of oil per day for the period of January 2021 through December 2021. Again, the costless collar pricing does not take into account any pricing differentials between NYMEX WTI pricing and the price received by the Company.
BOPD | Put Price | Call Price | ||
1,000 | $45.00 | $54.75 | ||
1,000 | $45.00 | $52.71 | ||
1,000 | $40.00 | $55.08 | ||
1,500 | $40.00 | $55.35 |
Management restated that the Company’s “costless collars” are derivative financial contracts. While the Company enters into these contracts to protect its cash flow from operations, and the volumes it hedges are based on its anticipated production volumes, there is no requirement for the actual production to match the volumes it has hedged. Management may reduce production to a level that is below the volumes that are currently hedged and still receive a net payment equal to the difference between the hedged price and the average NYSE WTI price for the preceding month on the total amount hedged. As the NYSE WTI indexed price decreases, the amount the Company receives on its hedges increases.
Lease operating expenses (“LOE”), including production taxes, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $12.45 per BOE, equaling 30.9% of the quarter’s revenue and a 4.8% decrease from same period in 2019. Depreciation, depletion and amortization costs, including accretion, increased 5.8% to $14.15 per BOE from the first quarter 2019 and equaled 35.2% of the first quarter 2020 revenue. General and administrative costs, which included a $673,795 charge for stock-based compensation and $289,051 for an operating lease expense, were $3.38 per BOE, a 57.1% decrease from the first quarter 2019 and equaled 8.3% of the first quarter 2020 revenue.
Cash provided by operating activities, before changes in working capital, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $23,945,189, or $0.35 per fully diluted share, compared to $23,454,168, or $0.37 per fully diluted share for the same period in 2019. Earnings before interest, taxes, depletion and other non-cash items (“Adjusted EBITDA”) for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $28,004,599, or $0.41 per fully diluted share, compared to $24,214,949, or $0.38 in 2019. (See accompanying table for a reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA).
Total capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were approximately $16.0 million.
As of March 31, 2020, the outstanding balance on the Company’s $1 billion senior credit facility was $366.5 million. The weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the senior credit facility as of March 31, 2020 was 3.72%. The redetermination evaluation scheduled for May 2020 is currently in process.
On April 13, 2020, the Company drew $21.5 million on the Credit Facility, increasing the outstanding total to $388 million. Mr. Randy Broaddrick, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, commented, “In mid-April, we drew down an additional $21.5 million to take advantage of discounts being offered by a number of our suppliers and vendors regarding payment of their invoices. To date, we have saved the Company over $2 million.”
On April 14, 2020, the Company announced it had entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement on its Delaware Basin acreage. The sales price is $31.5 million. The Company has received a $500,000 non-refundable deposit and expects the transaction to close in approximately 30 - 45 days.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kelly Hoffman, stated, “The first quarter has been a challenging time for all oil companies. Prior to suspending all drilling operations in early March, the Company had drilled four new San Andres horizontal wells and completed two additional wells on its Northwest Shelf property. The four wells drilled in the first quarter continued to exceed our expectations with average IP rates over 600 BOE per day. All of our operations were performed on time and within budget. After attaining our primary goal of becoming cash flow positive by year end 2019, we continued it in the 1st quarter, being cash flow positive by approximately $7.9 million. As oil prices continued to drop and the differentials between spot prices and well head prices grew, management began cutting costs and conserving cash. In the absence of any additional drilling, we have made additional cuts to our capital expenditure budget (“CAPEX”) for 2020 and estimate it to be between $25-$27 million. With the hedges we have in place and the cost-cutting measures we have made to date, we are confident that Ring will come through these turbulent times and emerge postured to become a better and stronger company than before. We remain focused on the importance of strengthening our balance sheet. We announced we had entered into an agreement to sell our Delaware property and will use those proceeds to reduce our long term debt. Our core assets in the Northwest Shelf and Central Basin Platform offer us years of development and growth. We stand ready to resume drilling activity once we see stability in the marketplace return, and if that should occur, we will keep everyone posted.”
About Ring Energy, Inc.
Ring Energy, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with current operations in Texas and New Mexico.
www.ringenergy.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements involve a wide variety of risks and uncertainties, and include, without limitations, statements with respect to the Company’s strategy and prospects. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which are disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the SEC, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, its Form 10Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and its other filings with the SEC. Readers and investors are cautioned that the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties or to successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells on such properties, general economic conditions both domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business by the Company, and other factors that may be more fully described in additional documents set forth by the Company.
For further information contact:
Bill Parsons
K M Financial, Inc.
(702) 489-4447
RING ENERGY, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | Unaudited) | |||||||
Oil and Gas Revenues | $ | 39,570,328 | $ | 41,798,315 | ||||
Costs and Operating Expenses | ||||||||
Oil and gas production costs | 10,378,461 | 9,408,764 | ||||||
Oil and gas production taxes | 1,870,245 | 2,082,875 | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 13,682,996 | 12,929,054 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation accretion | 231,962 | 215,945 | ||||||
Lease expense | 289,051 | 128,175 | ||||||
General and administrative expense | 3,035,895 | 6,798,017 | ||||||
Total Costs and Operating Expenses | 29,488,610 | 31,562,830 | ||||||
Income (Loss) from Operations | 10,081,718 | 10,235,485 | ||||||
Other Income (Expense) | ||||||||
Interest income | 5 | 12,236 | ||||||
Interest expense | (4,248,498 | ) | (773,017 | ) | ||||
Realized gain on derivatives | 3,334,128 | - | ||||||
Unrealized gain (loss)on change in fair value of derivatives | 47,086,681 | (340,685 | ) | |||||
Net Other Income (Expense) | 46,172,316 | (1,101,466 | ) | |||||
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes | 56,254,034 | 9,134,019 | ||||||
(Provision for) Income Taxes | (12,449,916 | ) | (4,864,759 | ) | ||||
Net Income (Loss) | $ | 43,804,118 | $ | 4,269,260 | ||||
Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.07 | ||||
Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.07 | ||||
Basic Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding | 67,993,797 | 63,229,710 | ||||||
Diluted Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding | 67,997,092 | 63,992,549 |
COMPARATIVE OPERATING STATISTICS
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | Change | % of 1st Qrt. 2020 Revenue | |||||||||||||
Net Sales - BOE per day | 10,804 | 9,762 | 10.7% | |||||||||||||
Per BOE: | ||||||||||||||||
Average Sales Price | $ | 40.25 | $ | 47.57 | -15.4% | |||||||||||
Oil and Gas Production Costs | 10.55 | 10.71 | -1.5% | 26,2% | ||||||||||||
Production Taxes | 1.90 | 2.37 | -19.8% | 4.7% | ||||||||||||
DD&A | 13.92 | 14.72 | -5.4% | 34.6% | ||||||||||||
Accretion | 0.24 | 0.25 | -4.0% | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
General & Administrative Expenses | 3.09 | 7.74 | -60.0% | 7.6% | ||||||||||||
Lease Expense | 0.29 | 0.15 | 93.3% | 0.7% |
RING ENERGY, INC. |
BALANCE SHEET |
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current Assets | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 12,531,388 | $ | 10,004,622 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 12,027,477 | 22,909,195 | ||||||
Joint interest billing receivable | 2,444,702 | 1,812,469 | ||||||
Derivative receivable | 3,334,128 | - | ||||||
Derivative asset | 34,056,600 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and retainers | 397,802 | 3,982,255 | ||||||
Total Current Assets | 64,792,097 | 38,708,541 | ||||||
Property and Equipment | ||||||||
Oil and natural gas properties subject to amortization | 1,100,005,708 | 1,083,966,135 | ||||||
Financing lease asset subject to depreciation | 858,513 | 858,513 | ||||||
Fixed assets subject to depreciation | 1,465,551 | 1,465,551 | ||||||
Total Property and Equipment | 1,102,329,772 | 1,086,290,199 | ||||||
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization | (170,757,041 | ) | (157,074,044 | ) | ||||
Net Property and Equipment | 931,572,731 | 929,216,155 | ||||||
Operating lease asset | 1,577,993 | 1,867,044 | ||||||
Derivative asset | 10,030,002 | - | ||||||
Deferred Financing Costs | 3,025,326 | 3,214,408 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ | 1,010,998,149 | $ | 973,006,148 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Current Liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 39,051,572 | $ | 54,635,602 | ||||
Financing lease liability | 284,630 | $ | 280,970 | |||||
Operating lease liability | $ | 1,056,690 | $ | 1,175,904 | ||||
Derivative liabilities | - | 3,000,078 | ||||||
Total Current Liabilities | 40,392,892 | 59,092,554 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 18,451,092 | 6,001,176 | ||||||
Revolving line of credit | 366,500,000 | 366,500,000 | ||||||
Financing lease liability, less current portion | 352,660 | 424,126 | ||||||
Operating lease liability, less current portion | 521,303 | 691,140 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligations | 16,792,356 | 16,787,219 | ||||||
Total Liabilities | 443,010,303 | 449,496,215 | ||||||
Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Preferred stock - $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; | ||||||||
no shares issued or outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock - $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized; | ||||||||
67,993,797 shares and 67,993,797 shares | ||||||||
issued and outstanding, respectively | 67,994 | 67,994 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 526,975,076 | 526,301,281 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | 40,944,776 | (2,859,342 | ) | |||||
Total Stockholders' Equity | 567,987,846 | 523,509,933 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 1,010,998,149 | $ | 973,006,148 |
RING ENERGY, INC. |
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW |
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Cash Flows From Operating Activities | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 43,804,118 | $ | 4,269,260 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash | ||||||||
Provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 13,682,996 | 12,929,054 | ||||||
Accretion expense | 231,962 | 215,945 | ||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 189,082 | - | ||||||
Share-based compensation | 673,795 | 834,465 | ||||||
Deferred income tax provision | 12,028,380 | 1,918,144 | ||||||
Excess tax deficiency related to share-based compensation | 421,536 | 2,946,615 | ||||||
Change in fair value of derivative instruments | (47,086,680 | ) | 340,685 | |||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | 6,915,357 | (15,808,739 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and retainers | 3,584,453 | 180,452 | ||||||
Accounts payable | (6,614,029 | ) | 2,111,804 | |||||
Settlement of asset retirement obligation | (293,212 | ) | (107,770 | ) | ||||
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | 27,537,758 | 9,829,915 | ||||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities | ||||||||
Payments to purchase oil and natural gas properties | (480,048 | ) | (13,358,132 | ) | ||||
Payments to develop oil and natural gas properties | (24,463,138 | ) | (42,228,740 | ) | ||||
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities | (24,943,186 | ) | (55,586,872 | ) | ||||
Cash Flows From Financing Activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from revolving line of credit | - | 45,000,000 | ||||||
Reduction of financing lease liabilities | (67,806 | ) | - | |||||
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities | (67,806 | ) | 45,000,000 | |||||
Net Change in Cash | 2,526,766 | (756,957 | ) | |||||
Cash at Beginning of Period | 10,004,622 | 3,363,726 | ||||||
Cash at End of Period | $ | 12,531,388 | $ | 2,606,769 | ||||
Supplemental Cash flow Information | ||||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 4,211,754 | $ | 708,951 | ||||
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities | ||||||||
Asset retirement obligation incurred during development | 66,387 | 175,173 | ||||||
Capitalized expenditures attributable to drilling projects | ||||||||
financed through current liabilities | 6,200,000 | 34,605,000 | ||||||
Acquisition of oil and gas properties | ||||||||
Assumption of joint interest billing receivable | - | 1,464,394 | ||||||
Assumption of prepaid assets | - | 2,864,554 | ||||||
Assumption of accounts and revenue payables | - | (1,234,862 | ) | |||||
Asset retirement obligation incurred through acquisition | - | (2,979,645 | ) | |||||
Acquisition payable to be settled through equity | - | (28,356,396 | ) | |||||
Acquisition payable to be settled through cash payment | - | (256,877,766 | ) | |||||
Oil and gas properties subject to amortization | - | 285,119,721 | ||||||
RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 27,537,758 | $ | 9,829,915 | ||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities | (3,592,569 | ) | 13,624,253 | |||||
Cash flow from operations | $ | 23,945,189 | $ | 23,454,168 |
Management believes that the non-GAAP measure of cash flow from operations is useful information for investors because it is used internally and is accepted by the investment community as a means of measuring the Company's ability to fund its capital program. It is also used by professional research analysts in providing investment recommendations pertaining to companies in the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
RING ENERGY, INC. |
NON-GAAP DISCLOSURE RECONCILIATION |
ADJUSTED EBITDA |
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
NET INCOME | $ | 43,804,118 | $ | 4,269,260 | ||||
Net other (income) expense | (46,172,316 | ) | 1,101,466 | |||||
Realized (gain) on derivatives | 3,334,128 | - | ||||||
Income tax expense | 12,449,916 | 4,864,759 | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 13,682,996 | 12,929,054 | ||||||
Accretion of discounted liabilities | 231,962 | 215,945 | ||||||
Stock based compensation | 673,795 | 834,465 | ||||||
ADJUSTED EBITDA | $ | 28,004,599 | $ | 24,214,949 |