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Goodrich Petroleum First Quarter 2021 Results

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Goodrich Petroleum Corp. reported its Q1 2021 results.

Quarter Highlights

Adjusted net income (net income prior to change in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedges) was $7.1 million for the quarter. Net income was $4.5 million in the quarter ($0.34 per basic and $0.30 per fully diluted share).

Adjusted EBITDA was $20.3 million in the quarter. Discretionary cash flow ("DCF"), defined as net cash provided by operating activities before changes in working capital, was $19.6 million in the quarter.

Production totaled 11.2 Bcfe in the quarter, or an average of approximately 125,000 Mcfe per day. The Company completed 9 gross (3.3 net) wells in the quarter. Production for the quarter was negatively impacted by weather. The Company is guiding to an average of 150,000-160,000 Mcfe per day for the second quarter, and maintains its guidance for the year of an average of 160,000 Mcfe per day.

Cash Expenses

Per unit cash expense was $1.07 per Mcfe for the quarter, broken out as follows:

• Lease operating expense ("LOE") was $0.28 per Mcfe, which included workover expense of $0.04 per Mcfe;
• Production and other taxes were $0.06 per Mcfe, which included $0.04 per Mcfe for production taxes and $0.02 per Mcfe for ad valorem taxes;
• Transportation and processing expense was $0.36 per Mcfe;
• General and Administrative ("G&A") expense payable in cash was $0.29 per Mcfe; and
• Cash Interest expense was $0.08 per Mcfe.

Return on Invested Capital ("ROIC"), defined as trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDA divided by total assets less current liabilities, was 38% at quarter-end.

Cash Margin was $1.70 per Mcfe (61%), comprised of a net realized price including hedges of $2.77 per Mcfe less per unit cash expenses detailed above of $1.07 per Mcfe.

Well Result

The Company has recently completed its Lattin 3&34 No. 1 (76% WI) well in a new area northeast of its Bethany-Longstreet field in DeSoto and Caddo Parishes, Louisiana. The well, which has a usable lateral length of 9,934 feet had a 24-hour production rate of approximately 35,000 Mcfe per day.

Financial Results

Cash Flow

Adjusted EBITDA was $20.3 million in the quarter and discretionary cash flow ("DCF"), defined as net cash provided by operating activities before changes in working capital, was $19.6 million in the quarter versus Adjusted EBITDA of $16.6 million and DCF of $15.4 million in the prior year period.

Adjusted net income was $7.1 million in the quarter. Net income was $4.5 million in the quarter, or $0.34 per basic and $0.30 per fully diluted share, versus net income of $3.0 million, or $0.24 per basic and $0.22 per fully diluted share, in the prior year period.

Production totaled approximately 11.2 Bcfe in the quarter, or an average of approximately 125,000 Mcfe (98% natural gas) per day, versus 12.5 Bcfe, or an average daily production of approximately 137,000 Mcfe (98% natural gas) per day, in the prior year period.

Oil and natural gas revenues adjusted for cash settled derivatives were $31.2 million. Oil and natural gas revenues prior to net cash payments of $0.7 million for settlement of derivatives was $31.9 million. Oil and gas revenues including cash settled derivatives were $29.0 million in the prior year period. Average realized price per unit was $2.84 per Mcfe ($2.72 per Mcf of gas and $57.88 per barrel of oil) in the quarter, versus $1.84 per Mcfe in the prior year period ($1.73 per Mcf of gas and $47.64 per barrel of oil). Average realized price per unit when incorporating the Company's settled derivatives for the quarter was $2.77 per Mcfe.

Lease operating expense ("LOE") was $3.2 million in the quarter, or $0.28 per Mcfe, which included $0.5 million, or $0.04 per Mcfe, for workovers. LOE was $3.3 million, or $0.27 per Mcfe, in the prior year period, which included $0.5 million, or $0.04 per Mcfe, for workovers.

Production and other taxes were $0.6 million in the quarter, or $0.06 per Mcfe, versus $0.9 million, or $0.07 per Mcfe, in the prior year period.

Transportation and processing expense was $4.0 million in the quarter, or $0.36 per Mcfe, versus $4.9 million, or $0.39 per Mcfe, in the prior year period.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization ("DD&A") expense was $10.1 million in the quarter, or $0.90 per Mcfe, versus $13.3 million, or $1.06 per Mcfe, in the prior year period.

General and administrative expense ("G&A") was $3.5 million in the quarter, or $0.32 per Mcfe, versus $4.9 million, or $0.39 per Mcfe, in the prior year period. G&A expense payable in cash was $3.2 million, or $0.29 per Mcfe, versus $3.8 million, or $0.30 per Mcfe, in the prior year period.

Adjusted operating income was $9.9 million for the quarter, which included a $0.7 million loss on cash settled derivatives. Operating income, defined as revenues minus operating expenses, totaled $10.6 million in the quarter. Adjusted operating income was $1.7 million in the prior year period, which included $6.0 million received for cash settled derivatives. The Company had an operating loss of $4.3 million in the prior year period.

Interest expense totaled $1.9 million in the quarter, which included interest payable in cash of $0.9 million incurred on the credit facility and non-cash interest of $1.0 million incurred primarily on the Company's second lien notes, which included $0.6 million paid in-kind interest and $0.4 million amortization of debt discount and issuance costs. Interest expense for the prior year period was $2.0 million, which included interest payable in cash of $1.2 million incurred on the credit facility and non-cash interest of $0.8 million incurred primarily on the Company's second lien notes, which included $0.4 million paid in-kind interest and $0.4 million amortization of debt discount and issuance costs.

(See accompanying table at the end of this press release that reconciles interest payable in cash, which is a non-US GAAP financial measure, to its most directly comparable US GAAP financial measure.)

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures totaled $29.3 million in the quarter, of which a majority was spent on drilling and completion costs, versus $18.4 million in the prior year period, of which a majority was spent on drilling and completion costs. The Company conducted drilling and completion operations on 14 gross (6.5 net) wells and added 9 gross (3.3 net) wells to production in the quarter. The Company reaffirms its full year preliminary budget of $75 - $85 million and the Board of Directors will review the remaining 2021 capital expenditure budget quarterly and adjust, if necessary, based on commodity prices and the goal of free cash flow generation from moderate growth in volumes and a further reduction in per unit costs.

Balance Sheet

The Company exited the quarter with $1.2 million of cash, $87.4 million outstanding under the Company's credit facility, and total principal debt outstanding, including the credit facility and second lien notes, of $117.8 million.

Derivatives

The Company had a loss of $3.3 million on its derivatives not designated as hedges in the quarter, which was comprised of a loss of $0.7 million on cash settlements and a $2.6 million loss representing the change of the fair value of our open natural gas and oil derivative contracts, versus a gain of $9.1 million on its derivatives not designated as hedges in the prior year period, which was comprised of a gain of $6.0 million on cash settlements and a $3.1 million gain representing the change in fair value of our open natural gas and oil derivative contracts.

Credit Facility

In conjunction with its spring redetermination under its reserve based lending facility, the Company and participating banks have reaffirmed the existing borrowing base of $120 million.