Vail Resorts Q1 2025 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Vail Resorts reported a net loss attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. of $172.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, with Resort Reported EBITDA loss of $139.7 million. Pass product sales through December 3, 2024, decreased approximately 2% in units but increased approximately 4% in sales dollars compared to the prior year. The company reaffirmed its Resort Reported EBITDA guidance of $838 million to $894 million for fiscal 2025 and updated its net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. guidance to $240 million to $316 million.
Net loss attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. was $172.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to $175.5 million in the same period in the prior year.
Resort Reported EBITDA loss was $139.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, consistent with the prior year.
Pass product sales through December 3, 2024, decreased approximately 2% in units and increased approximately 4% in sales dollars compared to the prior year.
The Company expects $240 million to $316 million of net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. and reaffirmed its Resort Reported EBITDA guidance of $838 million to $894 million for fiscal 2025.
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Forward Guidance
The Company is updating its guidance for net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc., which it now expects to be between $240 million and $316 million, up from the prior guidance range of $224 million to $300 million. The Company continues to expect Resort Reported EBITDA for fiscal 2025 to be between $838 million and $894 million.
Positive Outlook
- Expect Resort Reported EBITDA to grow from price increases and ancillary spending.
- Resource efficiency transformation plan is expected to contribute to growth.
- The addition of Crans-Montana for the full year is expected to contribute to growth.
- Guidance includes approximately $27 million of cost efficiencies from resource efficiency transformation plan.
- Guidance includes a decrease in expected interest expense of approximately $2 million which assumes that interest rates remain at current levels for the remainder of fiscal 2025.
Challenges Ahead
- Guidance includes an estimated $15 million in one-time costs related to the multi-year resource efficiency transformation plan.
- Guidance includes an estimated $1 million of acquisition and integration related expenses specific to Crans-Montana.
- Guidance includes the assumed benefit of a return to normal weather conditions after the challenging conditions in fiscal 2024, more than offset by a return to normal operating costs and the impact of the continued industry normalization, impacting demand.
- Guidance reflects the negative impact from the record low snowfall and related shortened season in Australia in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which negatively impacted demand and resulted in a $9 million decline of Resort Reported EBITDA compared to the prior year period.
- Foreign currency exchange rates have experienced recent volatility, which could have a negative impact on fiscal 2025 Resort Reported EBITDA.
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