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CatchMark Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Results, Declares Dividend, and Provides 2021 Guidance
•Delivered strong fourth quarter results above plan and prior year with a 75% improvement in net loss and a 15% increase in Adjusted EBITDA.
•Improved full-year net loss by 81% to $17.5 million.
•Exceeded full-year company guidance realizing Adjusted EBITDA of $52.1 million as the company’s business strategy — investing in prime timberlands and principally utilizing delivered wood sales as well as opportunistic stumpage sales — helped navigate pandemic-related economic volatility.
•Achieved full-year pricing premiums in the U.S. South of 49% and 20% relative to TMS South-wide averages for pulpwood and sawtimber, respectively, and realized an 18% increase in year-over-year sawtimber pricing in the Pacific Northwest.
•Increased total harvests by 3% for full-year 2020 over 2019, continuing to benefit from superior management of timberland assets located in high-demand mill markets which produced predictable and stable operating cash flows that again helped fully cover quarterly dividends.
•Completed $15.6 million of timberland sales during the year, exceeding full-year guidance and capturing significantly higher margins.
ATLANTA – February 11, 2021 – CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CTT) today reported fourth quarter and full-year 2020 results. The company also declared a cash dividend of $0.135 per share for its common stockholders of record as of February 26, 2021, payable on March 15, 2021.
Brian M. Davis, CatchMark's Chief Executive Officer, said: “Despite unprecedented pandemic-related business disruptions and economic turbulence, CatchMark exceeded our full-year 2020 guidance, benefiting from a very strong fourth quarter in our core operations, securing premium timber sale prices substantially above market averages, realizing higher annual harvest volumes and completing higher-than-targeted timberland sales. Our resilient business model, based on investments in prime timberlands in leading mill markets and superior management, has proved out again through a difficult year for the U.S. economy, keeping us on the front-end to meet customer demand. During the year, we exceeded key performance
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