DCP Midstream Reports Fourth Quarter Results and Announces 2021 Guidance

DENVER, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, DCP Midstream, LP (NYSE: DCP) reported its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020.HIGHLIGHTSFor the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, DCP generated net income (loss) attributable to partners of $86 million and $(306) million, net cash provided by operating activities of $308 million and $1,099 million, adjusted EBITDA of $289 million and $1,252 million, and distributable cash flow of $178 million and $850 million.Generated $85 million and $237 million of excess free cash flow for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, after fully funding $81 million and $406 million in distributions and $12 million and $205 million in growth capital, respectively.Utilized $237 million of excess free cash flow and positive working capital to reduce debt by $300 million in 2020, including $125 million in the fourth quarter, achieving a bank leverage of 3.9 times for the year ended December 31, 2020.Fourth quarter costs were down $15 million compared to the same period in 2019, resulting in a 14%, or $145 million, annualized reduction compared to 2019, driven by DCP 2.0 transformation efforts and workforce and operational efficiencies.Total capital in 2020, including all sustaining and growth capital, was reduced by 74% compared to 2019.Conserved over $1.1 billion of cash flow via capital, distribution, and cost reductions compared to 2019, to secure liquidity, generate excess free cash flow, and reduce debt.Logistics and Marketing segment accounted for approximately 61% of 2020 adjusted EBITDA, with adjusted segment EBITDA growing 10% year over year, driven by a full year of Gulf Coast Express, the expansions on Front Range and Texas Express, and NGL Marketing, partially offset by lower Guadalupe earnings.Brought the 225 MMcf/d Latham 2 Offload online in the DJ Basin at the end of the fourth quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END 2020 SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS
CEO’S PERSPECTIVE
“Our team demonstrated tremendous execution in the face of 2020’s challenges through early and impactful action to generate $237 million of excess free cash flow and sustainably lower our costs by $145 million, all while maintaining health and safety, improving reliability, and lowering emissions,” said Wouter van Kempen, chairman, president, and CEO. “We are taking a conservative approach to our 2021 volumes and commodity pricing outlook as a result of continued uncertainty driven by COVID-19 and demand recovery timing. We are committed to continuing the momentum established in 2020 by growing excess free cash flow by over 60% in 2021, maintaining our cost reductions, retiring debt, and remaining focused on our operational excellence.”
2021 OUTLOOK
DCP estimates the following 2021 annualized commodity sensitivities, including the effects of hedging:
DCP’s 2021 guidance expectations include the following assumptions:Sustaining 2020 cost reductions via DCP 2.0 transformation effortsNo capital markets needsAbsolute debt reduction while maintaining bank leverage ratio around 4.0 timesConservative commodity price deckIndustry overbuild driving margin compression in both segmentsSlightly increased NGL pipeline volumes due to increased ethane recoveryFull year earnings from the Cheyenne ConnectorDecreasing Guadalupe earnings as a result of tighter price spreadsOverall Gathering and Processing volumes slightly declining compared to 2020Maintain stable distribution at $1.56 per common unit (annualized)COMMON UNIT DISTRIBUTIONSOn January 21, 2021, DCP announced a quarterly common unit distribution of $0.39 per limited partner unit. This distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter.DCP generated distributable cash flow of $178 million and $850 million for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, respectively. Distributions declared were $81 million and $325 million for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, respectively.FOURTH QUARTER 2020 OPERATING RESULTS BY BUSINESS SEGMENTLogistics and MarketingLogistics and Marketing segment net income attributable to partners for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $158 million and $149 million, respectively.Adjusted segment EBITDA increased to $183 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020, from $178 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, reflecting higher earnings from Southern Hills and new earnings from the Cheyenne Connector, put into service in 2020, partially offset by lower earnings from Sand Hills and Guadalupe.The following table represents volumes for the Logistics and Marketing segment:
Gathering and ProcessingGathering and Processing segment net income attributable to partners for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $85 million and $12 million, respectively.Adjusted segment EBITDA decreased to $181 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020, from $190 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, reflecting lower volumes in the South and Midcontinent regions compared to fourth quarter 2019, partially offset by lower operating costs.The following table represents volumes for the Gathering and Processing segment:
CREDIT FACILITIES AND DEBTDCP has two credit facilities with up to $1.75 billion of total capacity. Proceeds from these facilities can be used for working capital requirements and other general partnership purposes including growth and acquisitions.DCP has a $1.4 billion senior unsecured revolving credit agreement, or the Credit Agreement, that matures on December 9, 2024. As of December 31, 2020, total available capacity under the Credit Agreement was $1,390 million net of $10 million of letters of credit.DCP has an accounts receivable securitization facility that provides up to $350 million of borrowing capacity that matures August 12, 2022. As of December 31, 2020, DCP had $350 million of outstanding borrowings under the accounts receivable securitization facility.As of December 31, 2020, DCP had $5,625 million of total consolidated principal debt outstanding, with the next maturity in September 2021. The total debt outstanding includes $550 million of junior subordinated notes which are excluded from debt pursuant to DCP’s Credit Agreement leverage ratio calculation. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, DCP’s leverage ratio was 3.9 times. The effective interest rate on DCP’s overall debt position, as of December 31, 2020, was 5.26%.CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND INVESTMENTSDuring the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, DCP had expansion capital expenditures and equity investments totaling $12 million and $205 million, and sustaining capital expenditures totaling $22 million and $45 million, respectively.CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATEGathering and Processing Projects
The Latham 2 offload entered into service in the fourth quarter of 2020 and adds up to 225 MMcf/d of incremental DJ Basin processing capacity.FOURTH QUARTER 2020 EARNINGS CALLDCP will host a conference call webcast tomorrow, February 11, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. ET, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2020 earnings and its 2021 guidance. The live audio webcast of the conference call and presentation slides can be accessed through the Investors section on the DCP website at www.dcpmidstream.com and the conference call can be accessed by dialing (844) 233-0113 in the United States or (574) 990-1008 outside the United States. The conference confirmation number is 2893317. An audio webcast replay, presentation slides and transcript will also be available by accessing the Investors section on the DCP website.NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATIONThis press release and the accompanying financial schedules include the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow, excess free cash flow and adjusted segment EBITDA, including forecasts of certain of the foregoing non-GAAP financial measures. The accompanying schedules provide reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. DCP’s non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to its financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP, including operating revenues, net income or loss attributable to partners, net cash provided by or used in operating activities or any other measure of liquidity or financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP as a measure of operating performance, liquidity or ability to service debt obligations and make cash distributions to unitholders. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by DCP may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because they may not calculate their measures in the same manner.DCP defines adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss attributable to partners adjusted for (i) distributions from unconsolidated affiliates, net of earnings, (ii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iii) net interest expense, (iv) noncontrolling interest in depreciation and income tax expense, (v) unrealized gains and losses from commodity derivatives, (vi) income tax expense or benefit, (vii) impairment expense and (viii) certain other non-cash items. Adjusted EBITDA further excludes items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. Management believes these measures provide investors meaningful insight into results from ongoing operations.The commodity derivative non-cash losses and gains result from the marking to market of certain financial derivatives used by us for risk management purposes that we do not account for under the hedge method of accounting. These non-cash losses or gains may or may not be realized in future periods when the derivative contracts are settled, due to fluctuating commodity prices.Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental liquidity and performance measure and adjusted segment EBITDA is used as a supplemental performance measure by DCP’s management and by external users of its financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others to assess:financial performance of DCP’s assets without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis;DCP’s operating performance and return on capital as compared to those of other companies in the midstream energy industry, without regard to financing methods or capital structure;viability and performance of acquisitions and capital expenditure projects and the overall rates of return on investment opportunities;performance of DCP’s business excluding non-cash commodity derivative gains or losses; andin the case of adjusted EBITDA, the ability of DCP’s assets to generate cash sufficient to pay interest costs, support its indebtedness, make cash distributions to its unitholders and pay sustaining capital expenditures.
DCP defines adjusted segment EBITDA for each segment as segment net income or loss attributable to partners adjusted for (i) distributions from unconsolidated affiliates, net of earnings, (ii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iii) net interest expense, (iv) noncontrolling interest in depreciation and income tax expense, (v) unrealized gains and losses from commodity derivatives, (vi) income tax expense or benefit, (vii) impairment expense and (viii) certain other non-cash items. Adjusted segment EBITDA further excludes items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations for that segment.DCP defines distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA less sustaining capital expenditures, net of reimbursable projects, interest expense, cumulative cash distributions earned by the Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Units (collectively the “Preferred Limited Partnership Units”) and certain other items.DCP defines excess free cash flow as distributable cash flow, as defined above, less distributions to limited partners and the general partner, less expansion capital expenditures, net of reimbursable projects, and contributions to equity method investments, and less certain other items. Expansion capital expenditures are cash expenditures to increase DCP’s cash flows, operating or earnings capacity. Expansion capital expenditures add on to or improve the capital assets owned, or acquire or construct new gathering lines and well connects, treating facilities, processing plants, fractionation facilities, pipelines, terminals, docks, truck racks, tankage and other storage, distribution or transportation facilities and related or similar midstream assets.Sustaining capital expenditures are cash expenditures made to maintain DCP’s cash flows, operating capacity or earnings capacity. These expenditures add on to or improve capital assets owned, including certain system integrity, compliance and safety improvements. Sustaining capital expenditures also include certain well connects, and may include the acquisition or construction of new capital assets. Income attributable to preferred units represent cash distributions earned by the Preferred Limited Partnership Units. Cash distributions to be paid to the holders of the Preferred Limited Partnership Units, assuming a distribution is declared by DCP’s board of directors, are not available to common unit holders. Non-cash mark-to-market of derivative instruments is considered to be non-cash for the purpose of computing distributable cash flow because settlement will not occur until future periods, and will be impacted by future changes in commodity prices and interest rates. DCP compares the distributable cash flow it generates to the cash distributions it expects to pay to its partners. Distributable cash flow is used as a supplemental liquidity and performance measure by DCP’s management and by external users of its financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, to assess DCP’s ability to make cash distributions to its unitholders. Excess free cash flow is used as a supplemental liquidity and performance measure by our management and by external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, and is useful to investors and management as a measure of our ability to generate cash particularly in light of an ongoing transition in the midstream industry that has shifted investor focus from distribution growth to capital discipline, cost efficiency, and balance-sheet strength. Once business needs and obligations are met, including cash reserves to provide funds for distribution payments on our units and the proper conduct of our business, which includes cash reserves for future capital expenditures and anticipated credit needs, this cash can be used to reduce debt, reinvest in the company for future growth, or return to unitholders.ABOUT DCP MIDSTREAM, LPDCP Midstream, LP (NYSE: DCP) is a Fortune 500 midstream master limited partnership headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a diversified portfolio of gathering, processing, logistics and marketing assets. DCP is one of the largest natural gas liquids producers and marketers, and one of the largest natural gas processors in the U.S. The owner of DCP’s general partner is a joint venture between Enbridge and Phillips 66. For more information, visit the DCP Midstream, LP website at www.dcpmidstream.com.CAUTIONARY STATEMENTSThis press release may contain or incorporate by reference forward-looking statements as defined under the federal securities laws regarding DCP Midstream, LP, including projections, estimates, forecasts, plans and objectives. Although management believes that expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, these statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other assumptions that are difficult to predict and may be beyond DCP’s control. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, DCP’s actual results may vary materially from what management forecasted, anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.The key risk factors that may have a direct bearing on DCP’s results of operations and financial condition are described in detail in the “Risk Factors” section of DCP’s most recently filed annual report and subsequently filed quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are encouraged to closely consider the disclosures and risk factors contained in DCP’s annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward looking statements contained herein speak as of the date of this announcement. DCP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Information contained in this press release is unaudited and subject to change.Investors or Analysts:Sarah Sandbergscsandberg@dcpmidstream.com303-605-1626
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