JLL Reports Record Full-Year 2014 Adjusted Earnings Per Share of $8.69, Up 38 Percent Over Last Year
Full-year fee revenue of $4.7 billion, up 18 percent
(firmenpresse) - CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 02/03/15 -- Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) today reported 2014 adjusted earnings per share of $8.69, up from $6.32 in the prior year. Full-year fee revenue of $4.7 billion was up 18 percent. All percentage variances are calculated on a local currency basis.
"We completed an excellent fourth quarter and full-year 2014, with strong revenue growth across all service lines and geographies, record profit, and record levels of new capital raised by LaSalle," said Colin Dyer, President and CEO of JLL. "In 2015, we will continue our consistent policy of investing in our platform to continuously improve the quality and scope of our services, and build the long-term value of our company," Dyer added.
Consolidated fee revenue for the year was $4.7 billion, up 18 percent from 2013. Consolidated fee revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.6 billion, up 19 percent from 2013.
Consolidated fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $4.2 billion for the year, compared with $3.6 billion last year, an increase of 16 percent. Consolidated fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter, compared with $1.2 billion last year, an increase of 16 percent.
LaSalle Investment Management continued to successfully raise and deploy capital with a record $8.9 billion in equity raised in the year.
Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 13.8 percent for the year, compared with 12.4 percent last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 19.1 percent for the fourth quarter, compared with 17.1 percent last year.
In December 2014, Standard & Poor''s raised the firm''s investment-grade rating to BBB, which aligns with the firm''s investment-grade rating from Moody''s of Baa2.
The firm reduced total net debt to $163 million from $437 million last year as the firm''s strong cash generation continues.
Net interest expense for 2014 was $28.3 million, down from $34.7 million in 2013. The firm continues to benefit from both lower cost of debt after renewing its bank credit facility in October 2013 and lower average borrowing.
Fee revenue for the year was $2.1 billion, an increase of 18 percent from 2013. Revenue growth was broad-based, with Leasing up 19 percent, Capital Markets & Hotels up 22 percent, Property & Facility Management up 13 percent, and Project & Development Services up 20 percent, compared with last year. Fee revenue for the fourth quarter was $688 million, an increase of 15 percent from 2013.
Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $1.9 billion for the year, compared with $1.6 billion last year, an increase of 17 percent. Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $581 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $516 million last year, an increase of 14 percent.
Operating income was $219 million for the year, compared with $184 million in 2013. Operating income was $108 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $89 million in 2013.
Adjusted EBITDA was $275 million for the year, compared with $229 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 13.0 percent for the year, compared with 12.7 percent in 2013. Adjusted EBITDA was $124 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $101 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 18.1 percent for the fourth quarter, compared with 16.7 percent in 2013.
Fee revenue for the year was $1.3 billion, an increase of 17 percent from 2013. Revenue growth was driven by Capital Markets & Hotels, up 23 percent, and Property & Facility Management, up 21 percent, compared with last year. Growth in the region for the year was broad-based, led by the UK, Germany, France, Spain, MENA, Ireland and Belgium. Fee revenue for the fourth quarter was $475 million, an increase of 24 percent from 2013.
Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $1.2 billion for the year, compared with $1.0 billion last year, an increase of 15 percent. Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $390 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $348 million last year, an increase of 18 percent.
Adjusted operating income, which excludes King Sturge amortization, was $123 million for the year, compared with $92 million in 2013. Adjusted operating income was $85 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $60 million in 2013.
Adjusted EBITDA was $145 million for the year, compared with $110 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 11.0 percent for the year, compared with 9.8 percent in 2013. Adjusted EBITDA was $91 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $65 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 19.2 percent for the quarter, compared with 16.0 percent in 2013.
Fee revenue for the year was $909 million, an increase of 11 percent from 2013. Revenue growth was driven by Leasing, up 23 percent, and Property & Facility Management, up 14 percent, compared with last year. Capital Markets & Hotels revenue for the year was down 10 percent, but up 5 percent for the quarter. Growth was led by Greater China and India geographically, but also was broad-based across the region''s Property & Facility Management business. Fee revenue for the fourth quarter was $303 million, an increase of 16 percent from 2013.
Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $825 million for the year, compared with $770 million last year, an increase of 11 percent. Fee-based operating expenses, excluding restructuring and acquisition charges, were $250 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $229 million last year, an increase of 14 percent.
Operating income was $84 million for the year, compared with $77 million in 2013. Operating income was $52 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $43 million in 2013.
Adjusted EBITDA was $98 million for the year, compared with $90 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 10.7 percent for the year, compared with 10.6 percent in 2013. Adjusted EBITDA was $56 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $46 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin calculated on a fee revenue basis was 18.4 percent for the fourth quarter, compared with 16.8 percent in 2013.
Advisory fees were $236 million for the year, up 5 percent from last year, and up 9 percent in the quarter. Total segment revenue, including $27 million of transaction fees, $105 million of incentive fees and $47 million of equity earnings, was $415 million for the year, compared with $286 million last year.
Operating expenses were $283 million for the year, compared with $218 million last year.
Operating income was $132 million for the year, compared with $68 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA was $134 million for the year, compared with $70 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 32.3 percent, compared with 24.4 percent in 2013.
Capital raise was a record $8.9 billion for the year.
Assets under management were $53.6 billion as of December 31, 2014, up from $47.6 billion at December 31, 2013. The net increase in assets under management resulted from $11.0 billion of acquisitions and takeovers, $8.6 billion of dispositions and withdrawals, $4.3 billion of net valuation increases and $0.7 billion of net foreign currency decreases. Assets under management increased $0.6 billion during the fourth quarter as a result of $4.4 billion of acquisitions and takeovers, $2.8 billion of dispositions and withdrawals, $0.5 billion of net valuation increases and $1.5 billion of foreign currency decreases.
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a professional services and investment management firm offering specialized real estate services to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying and investing in real estate. With annual fee revenue of $4.7 billion and gross revenue of $5.4 billion, JLL has more than 230 corporate offices, operates in more than 80 countries and has a global workforce of approximately 58,000. On behalf of its clients, the firm provides management and real estate outsourcing services for a property portfolio of 3.4 billion square feet, or 316 million square meters, and completed $118 billion in sales, acquisitions and finance transactions in 2014. Its investment management business, LaSalle Investment Management, has $53.6 billion of real estate assets under management. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit .
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Management will conduct a conference call with shareholders, analysts and investment professionals on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
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Supplemental information regarding the fourth-quarter 2014 earnings call has been posted to the Investor Relations section of the company''s website: .
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1. Consistent with U.S. GAAP ("GAAP"), gross contract vendor and subcontractor costs ("gross contract costs") which are managed on certain client assignments in the Property & Facility Management and Project & Development Services business lines are presented on a gross basis in both revenue and operating expenses. Gross contract costs are excluded from revenue and operating expenses in determining "fee revenue" and "fee-based operating expenses," respectively. Excluding these costs from revenue and operating expenses more accurately reflects how the firm manages its expense base and its operating margins.
Adjusted operating income excludes the impact of restructuring and acquisition charges and intangible amortization related to the King Sturge acquisition. "Adjusted operating income margin" is calculated by dividing adjusted operating income by fee revenue. Below are reconciliations of revenue and operating expenses to fee revenue and fee-based operating expenses, as well as adjusted operating income margin calculations, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
*See note 4 for more information on restructuring and acquisition charges
2. Charges excluded from GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders to arrive at adjusted net income for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2014, and 2013 are (a) net restructuring and acquisition charges and (b) net intangible amortization related to the 2011 King Sturge acquisition. Below are reconciliations of GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders to adjusted net income and calculations of earnings per share for each net income total:
*See note 4 for more information on restructuring and acquisition charges
3. Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before interest expense net of interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, adjusted for restructuring and acquisition charges. Although adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures, they are used extensively by management and are useful to investors and lenders as metrics for evaluating operating performance and liquidity. EBITDA is used in the calculations of certain covenants related to the firm''s revolving credit facility. However, adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income determined in accordance with GAAP. Because adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA are not calculated under GAAP, the firm''s adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
Below is a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA:
4. Restructuring and acquisition charges are excluded from segment operating results, although they are included for consolidated reporting. For purposes of segment operating results, the allocation of restructuring and acquisition charges to the segments has been determined not to be meaningful to investors, so the performance of segment results has been evaluated without allocation of these charges.
Restructuring and acquisition charges of $43 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 include $35 million related to the first quarter write-off of an indemnification asset which arose from prior period acquisition activity. This write-off was offset by the recognition of a tax benefit of an equal amount in the provision for income taxes, and therefore had no impact on net income.
Excluding the impact of this item, the adjusted provision for income taxes of $132.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, reflects a 25.4 percent effective tax rate on adjusted income before income taxes of $520.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. The effective tax rate on income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2014 is 25.8 percent.
5. Intangible amortization from the second-quarter 2011 King Sturge acquisition is included in depreciation and amortization in the firm''s consolidated results, as well as in EMEA''s segment results, but has been excluded from adjusted operating income and adjusted net income.
6. Each geographic region offers the firm''s full range of Real Estate Services businesses consisting primarily of tenant representation and agency leasing; capital markets; property management and facilities management; project and development services; and advisory, consulting and valuations services. LaSalle Investment Management provides investment management services to institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals.
7. The consolidated statements of cash flows are presented in summarized form. For complete consolidated statements of cash flows, please refer to the firm''s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shortly.
8. EMEA refers to Europe, Middle East and Africa. MENA refers to Middle East and North Africa. Greater China includes China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Southeast Asia refers to Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The BRIC countries include Brazil, Russia, India and China.
9. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
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