Insperity Announces Third Quarter Results

Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today reported results for the third quarter ended Sep. 30, 2019:

• Q3 revenue increased 13% on worksite employee growth of 12%
• Q3 net income and adjusted EBITDA decreased 29% and 17% to $26 million and $51 million, respectively, on elevated benefit costs
• Q3 diluted EPS and adjusted EPS decreased 27% and 22% to $0.63 and $0.75, respectively
• YTD diluted EPS and adjusted EPS up 21% and 17%, to $3.18 and $3.57, respectively
• YTD repurchase of 1.5 million shares

Third Quarter Results

Revenues increased 13% over the third quarter of 2018 to $1.04 billion on a 12% increase in the average number of worksite employees ("WSEEs”) paid per month. Sequentially, the average paid number of worksite employees increased 4% over the second quarter of 2019.

"While Q3 large medical claim activity in our plan was disappointing, our expectations for long-term trends in sales, pricing and direct costs remain solid,” said Paul J. Sarvadi, Insperity chief executive officer and chairman. "Our fall campaign is off to an excellent start with a 13% increase in trained BPAs and a 23% increase in business profiles supporting our expectation of continuing double-digit growth in 2020.”

Gross profit increased 3% over the third quarter of 2018 to $170.5 million and included higher than expected benefits costs. Higher healthcare costs were driven primarily by large claim activity, which declined from the second quarter of 2019, but remained elevated from historical and expected levels. Other areas of gross profit, including pricing, workers’ compensation costs and payroll taxes combined to a slightly favorable outcome. Operating expenses increased 15% over the third quarter of 2018, slightly below forecasted levels, and included continued investments in our growth, technology and product and service offerings.

As a result of the elevated benefit costs, third quarter 2019 net income and diluted earnings per share ("EPS”) of $25.9 million and $0.63 represented decreases of 29% and 27%, respectively, compared to the third quarter of 2018. Adjusted EPS was $0.75, a 22% decrease over the third quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 17% over the third quarter of 2018 to $51.2 million.

Year-to-Date Results

For the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2019, net income increased 18% over the first nine months of 2018 to $130.7 million, and diluted EPS increased 21% to $3.18. Adjusted EPS increased 17% over the first nine months of 2018 to $3.57. Adjusted EBITDA increased 9% over the first nine months of 2018 to $209.3 million.

Revenues for the first nine months of 2019 increased 13% to $3.2 billion, on a 14% increase in the average number of WSEEs paid per month over the 2018 period. Gross profit for the first nine months of 2019 increased 10% to $571.0 million. Operating expenses increased 10% to $412.1 million over the 2018 period and adjusted operating expenses increased 13% over the 2018 period.

Net income per WSEE per month increased 3% from $60 in the 2018 period to $62 in the 2019 period. Adjusted EBITDA per WSEE per month decreased 4% from $104 in the 2018 period to $100 in the 2019 period.

Cash outlays in the first nine months of 2019 included the repurchase of approximately 1,481,000 shares of stock at a cost of $153.7 million, dividends totaling $36.8 million and capital expenditures of $41.4 million. Adjusted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at Sep. 30, 2019 were $130.9 million.

"Our long-term outlook for growth and profitability remains strong,” said Douglas S. Sharp, Insperity senior vice president of finance, chief financial officer and treasurer. "With high levels of cash flow generation and a strong balance sheet, we continue to be positioned to invest in our growth, while providing exceptional returns to shareholders through our share repurchase and dividend programs.”

2019 Guidance

The company also announced its updated guidance for 2019, including the fourth quarter of 2019. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables at the end of this press release for the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures.

Definition of Key Metrics

Average WSEEs paid - Determined by calculating the company’s cumulative worksite employees paid during the period divided by the number of months in the period.

Adjusted EPS - Represents diluted net income per share computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding the impact of non-cash stock-based compensation and costs associated with a one-time tax reform bonus paid to corporate employees.

Adjusted EBITDA - Represents net income computed in accordance with GAAP, plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, non-cash stock-based compensation and costs associated with a one-time tax reform bonus paid to corporate employees.

Insperity will be hosting a conference call today at 9 a.m. ET to discuss these results, provide guidance for the fourth quarter and an update to the full year guidance, and answer questions from investment analysts. To listen in, call 877-651-0053 and use conference i.d. number 9756178. The call will also be webcast at http://ir.insperity.com. The conference call script will be available at the same website later today. A replay of the conference call will be available at 855-859-2056, conference i.d. 9756178. The webcast will be archived for one year.

About Insperity

Insperity, a trusted advisor to America’s best businesses for more than 33 years, provides an array of human resources and business solutions designed to help improve business performance. Insperity^® Business Performance Advisors offer the most comprehensive suite of products and services available in the marketplace. Insperity delivers administrative relief, better benefits, reduced liabilities and a systematic way to improve productivity through its premier Workforce Optimization^® solution. Additional company offerings include Traditional Payroll and Human Capital Management, Time and Attendance, Performance Management, Organizational Planning, Recruiting Services, Employment Screening, Expense Management, Retirement Services and Insurance Services. Insperity business performance solutions support more than 100,000 businesses with over 2 million employees. With 2018 revenues of $3.8 billion, Insperity operates in 78 offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.insperity.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws (Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). You can identify such forward-looking statements by the words "expects,” "intends,” "plans,” "projects,” "believes,” "estimates,” "likely,” "possibly,” "probably,” "goal,” "opportunity,” "objective,” "target,” "assume,” "outlook,” "guidance,” "predicts,” "appears,” "indicator” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. In the normal course of business, Insperity, Inc., in an effort to help keep our stockholders and the public informed about our operations, may from time to time issue such forward-looking statements, either orally or in writing. Generally, these statements relate to business plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits or other consequences of such plans or strategies, or projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings, unit growth, profit per worksite employee, pricing, operating expenses or other aspects of operating results. We base the forward-looking statements on our expectations, estimates and projections at the time such statements are made. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that we cannot predict. In addition, we have based many of these forward-looking statements on assumptions about future events that may prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, the actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are:

• adverse economic conditions;
• regulatory and tax developments and possible adverse application of various federal, state and local regulations;
• the ability to secure competitive replacement contracts for health insurance and workers’ compensation insurance at expiration of current contracts;
• cancellation of client contracts on short notice, or the inability to renew client contracts or attract new clients;
• vulnerability to regional economic factors because of our geographic market concentration;
• increases in health insurance costs and workers’ compensation rates and underlying claims trends, health care reform, financial solvency of workers’ compensation carriers, other insurers or financial institutions, state unemployment tax rates, liabilities for employee and client actions or payroll-related claims;
• failure to manage growth of our operations and the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts;
• the impact of the competitive environment and other developments in the human resources services industry, including the PEO industry, on our growth and/or profitability;
• our liability for worksite employee payroll, payroll taxes and benefits costs;
• our liability for disclosure of sensitive or private information;
• our ability to integrate or realize expected returns on our acquisitions;
• failure of our information technology systems;
• an adverse final judgment or settlement of claims against Insperity; and
• disruptions to our business resulting from the actions of certain stockholders.

These factors are discussed in further detail in Insperity’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any of these factors, or a combination of such factors, could materially affect the results of our operations and whether forward-looking statements we make ultimately prove to be accurate.

Except to the extent otherwise required by federal securities law, we do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Following is a reconciliation of payroll cost (GAAP) to non-bonus payroll costs (non-GAAP):

Following is a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (GAAP) to adjusted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (non-GAAP):

Following is a reconciliation of operating expenses (GAAP) to adjusted operating expenses (non-GAAP):

Following is a reconciliation of net income (GAAP) to EBITDA (non-GAAP) and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP):

Following reconciliation of net income (GAAP) to adjusted net income (non-GAAP):

Following is a reconciliation of diluted EPS (GAAP) to adjusted EPS (non-GAAP):

The following is a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for fourth quarter and full year 2019 guidance:

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