CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) (the "Company") today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2007. Net loss for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $(58.9) million and $(112.7) million, respectively, or $(0.58) and $(1.11) per diluted common share. The losses include non-cash items for depreciation and amortization, non-cash compensation expense and straight-line lease expense, net of deferred gain amortization, which totaled $92.9 million and $281.3 million, respectively.
Mark J. Schulte, Brookdale's Co-CEO, said, "Despite the challenging economic environment, our third quarter CFFO per share increased 59% and same store Facility Operating Income grew 8.2% over the same period last year. We believe that even with flat occupancy, Brookdale can achieve annual organic growth in CFFO per share of approximately 20%, and in addition to its dividend provide shareholders with an attractive total return."
As a dividend-paying company, Brookdale's management utilizes Adjusted EBITDA and Cash From Facility Operations to evaluate the Company's performance and liquidity because these metrics exclude non-cash expenses such as depreciation and amortization, non-cash compensation expense and straight-line lease expense, net of deferred gain amortization. Brookdale also uses Facility Operating Income to assess the performance of its facilities.
For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007, Adjusted EBITDA was $83.6 million and $237.0 million, respectively. Facility Operating Income was $162.8 million and $489.2 million for the quarter and nine month period ended September 30, 2007, respectively.
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