Wynn Resorts, Limited Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2022 Results

LAS VEGAS, February 08, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) (the “Company”) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.

Operating revenues were $1.00 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $48.2 million, from $1.05 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021. Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $32.4 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $177.2 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR⁽¹⁾ was $195.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to Adjusted Property EBITDAR of $149.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021.

“Our teams at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Boston Harbor delivered a new fourth-quarter record for Adjusted Property EBITDAR at our combined North American properties. For the full year of 2022, these properties generated $1.04 billion of Adjusted Property EBITDAR, a record for us by a wide margin. These impressive results are a testament to our team’s relentless focus on delivering five-star hospitality, which continues to elevate our properties above our peers as the destinations of choice for luxury guests in both Las Vegas and Massachusetts,” said Craig Billings, CEO of Wynn Resorts, Limited. “In Macau, we were honored to be awarded with a new 10-year gaming concession during the quarter and were pleased to experience a meaningful return of visitation and demand during the recent Chinese New Year holiday period. We believe we are well-positioned for success in Macau’s next phase of growth.”

Consolidated Results

Operating revenues were $1.00 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $48.2 million, from $1.05 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021. Operating revenues for the fourth quarter of 2022 increased $91.6 million and $14.4 million at our Las Vegas Operations and Encore Boston Harbor, respectively, and decreased $80.9 million, $54.5 million, and $7.8 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, and Wynn Interactive, respectively, from the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Net income attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $32.4 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $177.2 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited⁽²⁾ was $138.7 million, or $1.23 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $157.4 million, or $1.37 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2021.

Adjusted Property EBITDAR was $195.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $149.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR for the fourth quarter of 2022 increased $33.1 million and $51.1 million at our Las Vegas Operations and Wynn Interactive, respectively, and decreased $22.5 million, $10.7 million, and $5.0 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, and Encore Boston Harbor, respectively, from the fourth quarter of 2021.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, operating revenues were $3.76 billion, flat compared to operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021. Operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022 increased $628.5 million, $139.6 million, and $12.6 million at our Las Vegas Operations, Encore Boston Harbor, and Wynn Interactive, respectively, and decreased $472.7 million and $314.8 million at Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau, respectively, from the year ended December 31, 2021.

Net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $423.9 million, or $3.73 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $755.8 million, or $6.64 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2021. Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $507.4 million, or $4.47 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $695.8 million, or $6.12 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Adjusted Property EBITDAR was $725.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $569.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR for the year ended December 31, 2022 increased $270.2 million, $33.3 million, and $168.9 million at our Las Vegas Operations, Encore Boston Harbor, and Wynn Interactive, respectively, and decreased $188.2 million and $128.3 million at Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau, respectively, from the year ended December 31, 2021.

Property Results

Macau Operations

Wynn Palace

Operating revenues from Wynn Palace were $113.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $80.9 million from $194.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Wynn Palace was $(23.9) million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $(1.4) million for the fourth quarter of 2021. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 0.11%, below the property’s expected range of 3.1% to 3.4% and below the 2.59% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 23.3%, above the 22.7% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Wynn Macau

Operating revenues from Wynn Macau were $77.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $54.5 million from $131.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Wynn Macau was $(35.2) million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $(24.5) million for the fourth quarter of 2021. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 1.20%, below the property’s expected range of 3.1% to 3.4% and below the 2.85% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 17.2%, slightly below the 17.4% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Las Vegas Operations

Operating revenues from our Las Vegas Operations were $585.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $91.6 million from $493.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from our Las Vegas Operations for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $219.3 million, compared to $186.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Table games win percentage for the fourth quarter of 2022 was 21.2%, below the property’s expected range of 22% to 26% and above the 20.8% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Encore Boston Harbor

Operating revenues from Encore Boston Harbor were $218.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $14.4 million from $204.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDAR from Encore Boston Harbor for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $63.3 million, compared to $68.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Table games win percentage for the fourth quarter of 2022 was 21.9%, within the property’s expected range of 18% to 22% and below the 22.2% experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Balance Sheet

Our cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2022 totaled $3.65 billion, comprised of $951.9 million held by Wynn Macau, Limited (“WML”) and subsidiaries, $2.31 billion held by Wynn Resorts Finance excluding WML, and $395.1 million held at Corporate and other. As of December 31, 2022, the available borrowing capacity under the Wynn Resorts Finance Revolver was $837.0 million, and the WM Cayman II Revolver was fully drawn.

Total current and long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2022 was $12.12 billion, comprised of $6.19 billion of Macau related debt, $3.14 billion of Wynn Las Vegas debt, $2.17 billion of Wynn Resorts Finance debt, and $613.5 million of debt held by the retail joint venture which we consolidate.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased 82,900 shares of common stock at an average price of $59.08 per share, for an aggregate cost of $4.9 million, bringing our total repurchases for the year ended December 31, 2022 to 2,956,331 shares of common stock for an aggregate cost of $171.3 million.

In December 2022, we closed on our sale-leaseback arrangement with respect to certain real estate assets related to Encore Boston Harbor (the “EBH Transaction”). Upon closing of the EBH Transaction, we received cash proceeds of approximately $1.7 billion in exchange for the sale of such real estate assets, and concurrently entered into a lease agreement for the purpose of continuing to operate the Encore Boston Harbor integrated resort. The lease agreement provides for an initial annual minimum rent of $100.0 million for an initial term of 30 years, subject to certain annual rent escalations and renewal provisions. We expect to use the proceeds from the EBH Transaction in accordance with the reinvestment and asset sale provisions of our senior secured credit facilities.

Conference Call and Other Information

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its results, including the results of Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, on February 8, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. PT (4:15 p.m. ET). Interested parties are invited to join the call by accessing a live audio webcast at http://www.wynnresorts.com.

On or before March 31, 2023, the Company will make Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas, LLC financial information for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 available to noteholders, prospective investors, broker-dealers and securities analysts. Please contact our investor relations office at 702-770-7555 or at [email protected], to obtain access to such financial information.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding operating trends and future results of operations. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those we express in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, adverse macroeconomic conditions and their impact on levels of income and consumer discretionary spending, changes in interest rates, inflation, a decline in general economic activity or recession in the U.S. and/or global economies, the COVID-19 pandemic and the reimposition of restrictions on the general public or certain activities, extensive regulation of our business, pending or future legal proceedings, ability to maintain gaming licenses and concessions, dependence on key employees, general global political conditions, adverse tourism trends, dependence on a limited number of resorts, competition in the casino/hotel and resort industries, uncertainties over the development and success of new gaming and resort properties, construction risks, cybersecurity risk and our leverage and debt service. Additional information concerning potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as supplemented by the Company’s other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(1) “Adjusted Property EBITDAR” is net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expenses, gain on EBH Transaction, net, property charges and other, triple-net operating lease rent expense related to Encore Boston Harbor, management and license fees, corporate expenses and other (including intercompany golf course, meeting and convention, and water rights leases), stock-based compensation, change in derivatives fair value, loss on extinguishment of debt, and other non-operating income and expenses. We use Adjusted Property EBITDAR to manage the operating results of our segments. Adjusted Property EBITDAR is presented exclusively as a supplemental disclosure because management believes that it is widely used to measure the performance, and as a basis for valuation, of gaming companies. Management uses Adjusted Property EBITDAR as a measure of the operating performance of its segments and to compare the operating performance of its properties with those of its competitors, as well as a basis for determining certain incentive compensation. We also present Adjusted Property EBITDAR because it is used by some investors to measure a company’s ability to incur and service debt, make capital expenditures and meet working capital requirements. Gaming companies have historically reported EBITDAR as a supplement to GAAP. In order to view the operations of their casinos on a more stand-alone basis, gaming companies, including us, have historically excluded from their EBITDAR calculations preopening expenses, property charges, corporate expenses and stock-based compensation, that do not relate to the management of specific casino properties. However, Adjusted Property EBITDAR should not be considered as an alternative to operating income (loss) as an indicator of our performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity, or as an alternative to any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP. Unlike net income (loss), Adjusted Property EBITDAR does not include depreciation or interest expense and therefore does not reflect current or future capital expenditures or the cost of capital. We have significant uses of cash flows, including capital expenditures, triple-net operating lease rent expense related to Encore Boston Harbor, interest payments, debt principal repayments, income taxes and other non-recurring charges, which are not reflected in Adjusted Property EBITDAR. Also, our calculation of Adjusted Property EBITDAR may be different from the calculation methods used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited.

(2) “Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited” is net income (loss) attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited before pre-opening expenses, gain on EBH Transaction, net, property charges and other, change in derivatives fair value, loss on extinguishment of debt, and foreign currency remeasurement and other, net of noncontrolling interests. Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited and adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited per diluted share are presented as supplemental disclosures to financial measures in accordance with GAAP because management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are widely used to measure the performance, and as a principal basis for valuation, of gaming companies. These measures are used by management and/or evaluated by some investors, in addition to net loss and loss per share computed in accordance with GAAP, as an additional basis for assessing period-to-period results of our business. Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited and adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited per diluted share may be different from the calculation methods used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited.

The Company has included schedules in the tables that accompany this release that reconcile (i) net income (loss) attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited, (ii) operating income (loss) to Adjusted Property EBITDAR, and (iii) net income (loss) attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to Adjusted Property EBITDAR.