Wynn Resorts, Limited Reports Second Quarter 2021 Results

Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) (the "Company") today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

Operating revenues were $990.1 million for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $904.4 million, from $85.7 million for the second quarter of 2020. Net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $131.4 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2021, compared to net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $637.6 million, or $5.97 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2020. Net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited for the second quarter of 2020 excluded the impact of $75.7 million of expense related to our commitment to pay salary, tips, and benefits continuation for all of our U.S. employees for the period from April 1 through May 15, 2020, which we accrued during the first quarter of 2020. Adjusted Property EBITDA (1) at our integrated resort properties increased $164.5 million, $96.7 million, $208.8 million, and $100.7 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, our Las Vegas Operations, and Encore Boston Harbor, respectively, when compared with the second quarter of 2020.

"We were pleased to see the strong return of our guests at both Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Boston Harbor during the second quarter with Adjusted Property EBITDA at our U.S. operations well above pre-pandemic levels, highlighting the significant pent-up demand for travel and leisure experiences," said Matt Maddox, CEO of Wynn Resorts, Limited. "While there have been some fits and starts along the road to recovery in Macau, we were encouraged by the strong demand we experienced during the May holiday period, particularly in our premium mass casino and luxury retail segments. On the development front, our WynnBET online casino and sports betting app is currently available in six states with additional launches planned over the coming months. We continue to enhance our product with frequent new feature releases and are advancing our marketing and branding strategy as we approach the upcoming NFL 2021 season."

Consolidated Results

Operating revenues were $990.1 million for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $904.4 million, from $85.7 million for the second quarter of 2020. Operating revenues increased $261.7 million, $172.1 million, $290.2 million, and $165.0 million at Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, our Las Vegas Operations, and Encore Boston Harbor, respectively, from the second quarter of 2020.

On a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") basis, net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited was $131.4 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2021, compared to net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $637.6 million, or $5.97 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2020. Adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited (2) was $128.7 million, or $1.12 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2021, compared to adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited of $655.7 million, or $6.14 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2020.

Adjusted Property EBITDA was $206.9 million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDA was $(322.9) million for the second quarter of 2020, which excluded the impact of $75.7 million of expense related to our commitment to pay salary, tips and benefits continuation for all of our U.S. employees for the period from April 1 through May 15, 2020, which was accrued during the first quarter of 2020.

Property Results

In response to the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, each of our properties was subject to partial or full closure for varying lengths of time during 2020, and each has since reopened with certain COVID-19 specific protective measures in place. On August 3, 2021, in response to a risk of a community outbreak, the government of Macau has announced enhanced measures including tighter border control and strict mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements. We are currently unable to determine when and what additional measures may be introduced. On May 3, 2021, the Company's Las Vegas Operations were permitted by the Nevada Gaming Control Board to reopen all gaming areas to 100% of capacity, with no continuing table game or slot machine spacing restrictions. On July 27, 2021, the Governor of Nevada issued an emergency directive, in accordance with new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, re-imposing mask protection requirements in all public indoor areas effective July 30, 2021. On April 27, 2021, the Governor of Massachusetts announced a phased plan for further reopening and on May 28, 2021 signed an executive order rescinding the COVID-related restrictions and limitations on businesses as of May 29, 2021. The Encore Boston Harbor property continues to operate its hotel tower Thursday through Sunday.

Macau Operations

Wynn Palace

Operating revenues from Wynn Palace were $270.4 million for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $261.7 million from $8.7 million for the second quarter of 2020. Adjusted Property EBITDA from Wynn Palace was $53.6 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared with $(110.9) million for the second quarter of 2020. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 3.95%, above the property's expected range of 2.7% to 3.0% and above the (1.73)% experienced in the second quarter of 2020. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 23.1%, below the 32.5% experienced in the second quarter of 2020.

Wynn Macau

Operating revenues from Wynn Macau were $184.0 million for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $172.1 million from $11.9 million for the second quarter of 2020. Adjusted Property EBITDA was $14.1 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared with $(82.6) million for the second quarter of 2020. VIP table games win as a percentage of turnover was 2.64%, below the property's expected range of 2.7% to 3.0% and above the (2.00)% experienced in the second quarter of 2020. Table games win percentage in mass market operations was 19.2%, above the 8.3% experienced in the second quarter of 2020.

Las Vegas Operations

Operating revenues from our Las Vegas Operations were $355.1 million for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $290.2 million from $64.9 million for the second quarter of 2020. Adjusted Property EBITDA from our Las Vegas Operations for the second quarter of 2021 was $133.2 million. Adjusted Property EBITDA from our Las Vegas Operations for the second quarter of 2020 was $(75.6) million, which excluded the impact of $56.4 million of expense related to our commitment to pay salary, tips, and benefits continuation for all of our U.S. employees for the period from April 1 through May 15, 2020, which we accrued within operating expenses during the first quarter of 2020. Table games win percentage for the second quarter of 2021 was 23.2%, within the property's expected range of 22% to 26% and above the 19.7% experienced in the second quarter of 2020.

Encore Boston Harbor

Operating revenues from Encore Boston Harbor were $165.2 million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted Property EBITDA from Encore Boston Harbor for the second quarter of 2021 was $46.9 million. Adjusted Property EBITDA from Encore Boston Harbor for the second quarter of 2020 was $(53.8) million, which excluded the impact of $19.3 million of expense related to our commitment to pay salary, tips, and benefits continuation for all of our U.S. employees for the period from April 1 through May 15, 2020, which we accrued within operating expenses during the first quarter of 2020. Table games win percentage for the second quarter of 2021 was 21.2%, within the property's expected range of 18% to 22%.

Balance Sheet

Our cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2021 totaled $2.80 billion, comprised of approximately $1.72 billion held by Wynn Macau, Limited ("WML") and subsidiaries, approximately $272.3 million held by Wynn Resorts Finance excluding WML, and approximately $808.2 million at Corporate and other.

As of June 30, 2021, the available borrowing capacity under the Wynn Resorts Finance Revolver and Wynn Macau Revolver was $834.2 million and $293.2 million, respectively.

Total current and long-term debt outstanding at June 30, 2021 was $11.92 billion, comprised of $5.94 billion of Macau related debt, $3.13 billion of Wynn Las Vegas debt, $2.24 billion of Wynn Resorts Finance debt, and $612.6 million of debt held by the retail joint venture which we consolidate.

In August 2021, a subsidiary of WML received lender commitments for a senior unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.50 billion with a final maturity four years from inception. The Company expects to enter into the facility during the third quarter of 2021, and to use a portion of the proceeds from borrowings under the new facility to facilitate the repayment of the outstanding $1.26 billion of borrowings under the existing Wynn Macau Credit Facilities at closing.

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 August 4, 2021 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 August 13, 2021, the Company will make Wynn Resorts Finance, LLC and Wynn Las Vegas, LLC financial information for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 available to noteholders, prospective investors, broker-dealers and securities analysts. Please contact our investor relations office at 702-770-7555 or at investorrelations@wynnresorts.com, 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, the recent global pandemic of COVID-19, caused by a novel strain of the coronavirus, and the continued impact of its consequences, extensive regulation of our business, pending or future legal proceedings, ability to maintain gaming licenses and concessions, dependence on key employees, general global political and economic 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, 2020 and the Company's other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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 EBITDA" is net loss before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expenses, property charges and other, 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. Adjusted Property EBITDA 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 EBITDA 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 EBITDA 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 EBITDA 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 EBITDA 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 EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to operating income 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, Adjusted Property EBITDA 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, interest payments, debt principal repayments, income taxes and other non-recurring charges, which are not reflected in Adjusted Property EBITDA. Also, our calculation of Adjusted Property EBITDA 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 loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited before pre-opening expenses, property charges and other, change in derivatives fair value, loss on extinguishment of debt, and foreign currency remeasurement and other, net of noncontrolling interests and income taxes calculated using the specific tax treatment applicable to the adjustments based on their respective jurisdictions. 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 income (loss) and earnings 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 loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to adjusted net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited, (ii) operating income (loss) to Adjusted Property EBITDA, and (iii) net loss attributable to Wynn Resorts, Limited to Adjusted Property EBITDA.

Note: Our casino operations in Macau were closed for a 15-day period in February 2020 and resumed operations on a reduced basis on February 20, 2020. Our casinos' operations have since been fully restored; however, certain COVID-19 specific protective measures, such as limiting the number of seats per table game, increasing the spacing between active slot machines and visitor entry checks and requirements involving temperature checkpoints, mask wearing, health declarations and proof of negative COVID-19 test results for travelers seeking entry to Macau remain in effect at the present time. We are currently unable to determine when these measures will be lifted.

NM - Not meaningful.

Note: Our casino operations in Macau were closed for a 15-day period in February 2020 and resumed operations on a reduced basis on February 20, 2020. Our casinos' operations have since been fully restored; however, certain COVID-19 specific protective measures, such as limiting the number of seats per table game, increasing the spacing between active slot machines and visitor entry checks and requirements involving temperature checkpoints, mask wearing, health declarations and proof of negative COVID-19 test results for travelers seeking entry to Macau remain in effect at the present time. We are currently unable to determine when these measures will be lifted.

NM - Not meaningful.

Note: Wynn Las Vegas ceased all operations and closed to the public on March 17, 2020 and reopened on June 4, 2020 with certain COVID-19 specific protective measures in place, such as limiting the number of seats per table game, slot machine spacing, temperature checks, mask protection, and suspension of certain entertainment and nightlife offerings. On October 19, 2020, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas adjusted its operating schedule to five days/four nights each week due to reduced customer demand levels. This adjusted operating schedule remained in effect through the first quarter of 2021, and on April 8, 2021, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas resumed full operations. On May 3, 2021, all industry restrictions were lifted and capacity limits increased to 100%.

NM - Not meaningful.