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Q1Â 2019 Earnings Call
April 24, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Six Flags Q1 2019 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Zatanya, and I will be your operator for today's call. During the presentation, all lines will be in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' remarks, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions) Thank you.
I will now turn the call over to Steve Purtell, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations.
Stephen R. Purtell -- Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer
Good morning, and welcome to our first quarter call. With me are Jim Reid-Anderson, Chairman, President and CEO of Six Flags; and Marshall Barber, our Chief Financial Officer. We will begin the call with prepared comments and then open the call to your questions. Our comments will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Securities laws. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements. In addition, on the call, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures. Investors can find both a detailed discussion of business risks and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures in the company's annual reports, quarterly reports or other forms filed or furnished with the SEC.
At this time, I will turn the call over to Jim.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much, Steve. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our call today. The 2019 season is off to a great start with all-time high guest spending per cap and a record-high Active Pass Base. First quarter revenue nearly reached our prior year record level, even with the later opening of several of our parks, due to the late April Easter holiday, placing us solidly on track to achieve our 10th consecutive record year.
I'm especially pleased with the tremendous ongoing success we've achieved in selling our multi-tiered membership program and associated membership dining plan. We grew active memberships by more than 30% in 2018, and are continuing that strong momentum in 2019. At the beginning of this year, we implemented dramatic changes in the operations at our front gate to build out membership sales centers and to expedite guest flow to these locations. As a result, we experienced significant in-park membership growth for those parks that opened in March. This program continues to be a key driver of our growth strategy providing a platform of recurring revenue at higher prices and the ability to further grow attendance as we expand our network of parks. The power of our membership program was highlighted in the first quarter. With our solid revenue performance, despite this being our seasonally smallest quarter when most parks are closed.
You are likely aware that in early March, we announced my decision to retire from Six Flags in the first quarter of 2020. I am extremely proud that our team has achieved nine consecutive years of record financial performance. Six Flags continues to build upon its global leadership position and is strongly situated to continue its growth trajectory for years to come. As I shared with you in 2016, it is my belief that many CEOs stay in their roles too long. I don't want to remain in this position so long that I potentially block opportunity for great leaders with innovative ideas from helping the company achieve its fullest potential. I remain one of the company's largest shareholders and it is because of my strong belief that the company is so well positioned to execute our current strategy and continue its growth trajectory that I feel this is the right time for me to step down from what has been the most fun and rewarding role of my career. We specifically announced my intention well in advance to ensure transparency to our shareholders and employees and to allow the board to conduct a thorough and deliberative search for a new CEO. This should ensure that we find the best possible person to lead Six Flags following my retirement and to name a successor for my role as Chairman of the Board. In the interim, I will continue to deliver 100% of my energy to our company and fully expect us to deliver our 10th consecutive record year in 2019.
I will now turn the call over to Marshall, who will share a few more details about our first quarter financial results. Marshall?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Jim, and hello to everyone on the call. Although Q1 is difficult to compare to prior year due to Easter holiday arriving later this year, we had a strong start to 2019, and indicators point to a strong season ahead. Our Active Pass Base was up 5% and guest spending per capita reached a new all-time high, due to strong membership unit sales, higher prices of memberships, and a higher number of members who have stayed with the membership program beyond their initial 12-month compulsory period. Our Active Pass Base growth would have been stronger of our operating calendar had not shifted due to the Easter holiday following three weeks later than last year.
Most people purchase their membership or season pass shortly before visiting our parks, so the later start to our operating calendars delayed many purchases into the second quarter. Despite the decrease in attendance resulted from the Easter shift, total revenue in the quarter was down less than $1 million, primarily as a result of the higher guest spending per capita and an increase in revenue from international agreements, which included revenue associated with our Park in Dubai. Continuation of the project in Dubai has become unlikely, so we've recognized revenue up to the amount of cash received. Attendance in the quarter was down 8%, or 189,000 guests to 2.2 million. The Easter shift accounted for a loss of approximately 200,000 visits in the quarter, and as of today the attendance shift has been recovered.
Total guest spending per capita increased $2.40, or 5% with admissions per capita up $2.34, or 8% from prior year and in-park spending per capita up $0.06. The increase in admissions per capita resulted from higher post compulsory revenue from our membership program, a higher mix of memberships in the base and ticket price increases at the small number of parks that were open. Deferred revenue of $178 million as of March 31st, 2019 decreased $4 million, or 2% from March 31st, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to a higher mix of longer tenured members versus last year, as well as lower past sales due to the later Easter holiday. Recall that we recognize revenue equal to the monthly membership fee once the membership goes beyond it's initial 12-month compulsory period. Unlike season passes were the first year of a membership is 13 plus memberships no longer contribute to deferred revenue. Because of the different accounting per revenue and our increasing success in upselling our guest to memberships, the company expects the deferred revenue growth will be immediate going forward as the growing number of members passed their initial commitment period.
Moving to costs, cash operating SG&A expenses increased $12 million, or 9%, primarily driven by higher lease and other start up and rebranding costs from the five parts we acquired on June 1st, 2018. Excluding these extra costs, our cash operating and SG&A expenses increased less than inflation. Although, we continue to face wage pressures in several markets due to increases in minimum wages and a tightening labor market, as you can see from our success in 2018, and in the first quarter of 2019, we are working very hard to offset these increases across our large and diverse cost base. As a result of our strong revenue growth and focus cost control, we generated an LTM modified EBITDA margin of nearly 40%. Because of that, along with our disciplined approach to capital spending our modified EBITDA less CapEx margin remains the best in the theme park industry by several hundred basis points.
Net leverage at the end of the first quarter was 4.1 times adjusted EBITDA, which we expect will soon decline as the company generates higher levels of adjusted EBITDA and cash flow. Given the recent improvement in the debt markets, we decided to opportunistically refinance our bank credit facilities, including increasing the amount of our Term Loan B from $584 million to $800 million and increasing our revolving credit facility from $250 million to $350 million. We increased the size of our revolver in proportion to the growth of our company as we've added eight new parts as part of our North American expansion strategy, since we last refinanced our bank facilities in 2015. We used the net proceeds to fully pay down the prior revolver balance and held the rest is cash, which will be available for general corporate purposes including share repurchases. We have $232 million remaining under our board authorization for share repurchases, and we'll continue to look for opportunities to repurchase shares using our strong cash flow and balance sheet.
We are in an excellent financial position with modest leverage, high interest coverage and no debt maturities before 2024. Together with the proven resilience of the regional theme park industry during an economic downturn, we stand by our firm commitment to grow our dividend every year. I feel great about our growth prospects and then we are very well positioned for yet another record year.
And now I'll turn the call back over to Jim. Jim?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much, Marshall. Innovation is in our DNA, and we continue to be recognized as the global leader in theme park ride, attraction and technology innovation. In addition to record breaking new rides, we are also adding Wi-Fi in every park, a supercharge new Six Flags app, online dining ordering and many other new and exciting benefits for our loyal guests. In 2019, we will be introducing the best and most innovative lineup of new rides in the company's history, including several world record or first of their kind rides. Max Force, a triple record breaking launch coaster at Six Flags Great America with the fastest acceleration of any coaster in North America; Batman: The Ride, a 4D free spin wing coaster and new DC Comics-themed area at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom; The Joker Wild Card, the world's tallest and fastest pendulum ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas; and El Diablo, the world's largest loop coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. And of course, I can't forget West Coast Racers, the world's first racing launch coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, the undisputed roller coaster capital of the universe.
We are pleased to welcome our 26 Park Magic Waters, a beautiful water park located an hour from Six Flags Great America in Rockford, The Illinois. We are already selling memberships and combo passes, as we prepare the park to open in May. We are also rebranding our acquired theme park in Darien Lake to Six Flags and three water parks to Hurricane Harbor. Our newly acquired water parks in Houston and Phoenix and our outdoor water park at our Great Escape Resort in New York, as part of the major expansion. We are on our way to becoming the biggest water park operator in the world, and I can see the day, when Hurricane Harbor is as well-known as the Six Flags brand.
The drivers of our business in 2019 are a continuation of the strategy we have successfully pursued over the last several years. One, upselling guests to our high value programs such as memberships, while introducing use in every park and expanding our special events to increase capacity and grow attendance. Two, implementing price increases in the mid single-digits. Three, growing in-park spending especially by increasing penetration of our all-season dining passes. Four, actively pursuing our North American expansion strategy to grow our addressable market and realize synergies. And five, licensing our brands to partners outside of North America who will develop Six Flags branded parks.
As I said at the beginning of the call, I am most excited about the incredible growth of a large recurring revenue base through our new tiered membership program and our all-season dining pass membership program, which provides opportunities to increase guest retention rates and spending. Together with our industry-leading loyalty program and our world-class marketing research capabilities, these programs provide the means for us to build strong relationships with our guests, learn what they value most and tailor our messaging and product offerings to their unique preferences. We are launching new program and capabilities that allow us to upsell any guest of any ticket type to a membership or any membership to a higher tier. This will make it easier than ever for every guest to obtain the best possible experience with a membership.
These membership programs taken together already represent approximately 20% of our guests spending revenues and we believe the upside here is tremendous. Membership is hot, delivers higher pricing and margin and drives long-term loyalty. Our strong momentum should ensure that an even more material percentage of our business comes from recurring revenues over the next decade. We are geographically diverse and no one part represents more than 10% of annual attendance. The vast majority of our guest live within driving distance of one of our parks and our North American expansion strategy actively supports building that expanding guest base. For a very modest sum, guests can come to any of our parks as many times as they like. Thus our membership and season pass offerings will continue to appeal to consumers in any economic environment.
Our strong Active Pass Base provides both a weather hedge and a powerful means to retain our customers through disciplined pricing and our ability to flexibly manage capital spending and expenses especially seasonal labor, we can successfully drive shareholder value regardless of the economy. Our long-term international opportunities remains compelling and we are positioning ourselves to participate in emerging markets for decades to come. We have only begun to build out our international function expertise and realize the potential of this strategy, as international licensing still only represents about 3% of our revenue. In the next 10 years, up to 1 billion people will enter the middle class and the vast majority of them will be in emerging markets like China and India, where there is still very low penetration of theme parks. We continue to work with our international partner in China, meeting government officials to each of our three part complexes and we believe conditions in China has slowly begun to improve like virtually every theme park project in these markets, we have experienced some opening delays. But we should not lose sight of the fact that these short-term delays and lumpy revenue patterns are not material in the context of the long-term opportunity.
Our current stock price in no way reflects the years of growth opportunities we have ahead of us and our strong financial performance over many years. We have consistently delivered the highest growth rates and margins in the industry, while increasing our dividend every year for the past 8 years and returning all excess cash to shareholders through share buybacks. Our dividend yield of more than 6% is among the highest in the US market. We strongly believe that this price dislocation, which has happened to almost every US company at some point is temporary. We also believe that the answer from our perspective is to apply a laser focus on what we can control, and that is staying true to our successful strategy and consistently delivering superior operations. Consequently, as a team, we're working diligently to deliver our 10th consecutive record year and driving the company toward achieving of our aspirational goal of $750 million of modified EBITDA by 2021.
At this time, I'm going to ask our operator Zatanya to open the call up for any questions.
Questions and Answers:
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Steve Wieczynski with Stifel.
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
Hey, guys. Good morning.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, Steve.
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
How are you, Jim?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Great.
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
So Jim, can I ask you -- it's going to be somewhat of a personal question. I know you addressed your retirement in your prepared remarks, but I guess, if I go back and I look at the last time you came out of so-called retirement, I think it was July of 2017, you mentioned your return was going to be a long-term commitment. I guess, the question is, when it's all said and done is, it's 2 years to 2.5 years, just I guess, that doesn't really seem like long-term. So, I guess, I'm getting at is, why now? Maybe help us think about that a little bit more. And then maybe also help us understand how the search process is going for your replacement and maybe some of the -- what are some of the characteristics you guys are looking for in your next CEO, that'd be helpful. Thanks.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
I think that's a fair question, Steve, and I'm happy to address that head on. Although, there were probably three questions in there, I'll tackle them one by one. First, in terms of my tenure as CEO, I do want to reinforce that they really have been the most rewarding years of my career. And I still have almost a year left in terms of what I need to do and what the company needs to do to ensure we deliver the 10th record year. But when I retired in 2016, I talked then you may remember about, about my belief that after a certain time in the CEO position, it's important to start step aside and allow for new leadership, new perspectives, and I do still believe that.
And so your question then, part two is, why is it right now to make this announcement. I think the most important thing is to ensure transparency and to provide the Board with sufficient time to complete a thoughtful deliberative selection process. So, hence the end of February 2020, it's very important to me to ensure we do deliver that 10th consecutive year. And I truly believe that timing is right because momentum at the company is very strong. And I feel extremely confident about our long-term future. You'll remember that I am one of the company's largest shareholders and because of that, it's very important to me that the company does well. And we are very well positioned right now to execute our current strategy. Our company is in a strong position. We've had an unprecedented growth trajectory for years and we see a continuation of that growth trajectory into the future. And I talked earlier, Steve, about the five key initiatives, but those initiatives from ticket yields to membership and season pass penetration in park revenue, North American expansion and international all have legs for many years to come. I truly believe that for most of those were in the second or third innings of this gain. So I feel very good about where we are, and the ability to make this transition now is appropriate and we can get someone excellent, even better than me is the goal to step up and take over. So in terms of the search itself, a search firm has been hired. It's Spencer Stuart. They are assisting the board in evaluating both internal, external candidates. And at the same time, the board not only will nominate a CEO, but also a new Chairman of the Board, that the target date is March 1st, but the exact timing obviously will depend on, you know exactly what happens with regard to that search. We're very early in the process. So there's still a long way to go. And I promise that we'll give updates when there is material news to report. But most important for me, I love the company, it's in my blood. As I said, I'm one of the biggest shareholders and all investors, including myself and by the way, pretty much every full-time employee at the company knows that I'm going to devote 100% of my time, my energy to the company to deliver the best results that we can get this year and to set the company up for decades of growth. That's my goal and we're going to work very hard to get there.
So Steve, I apologize, I know that was probably overly long answer to three and sort of individual questions you had, but I wanted to make sure I addressed all of them.
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
No, that was great. Thank you very much, and I apologize for the long-winded question. The second question will be a little bit shorter, and it's around capital allocation. And obviously you guys just refinanced your debt, but I guess, I want to understand why the lack of any share repurchases in the first quarter given where the share price was? Was that -- was that a function of having to wait until you've got the debt refinanced or is it something else? And then second, maybe give us an update in terms of how you guys view the dividend? At this point, you addressed it a little bit in your prepared remarks, but I think dividend protection right now is probably the biggest concern out there with the investors that we're talking to. Appreciate it. Thanks.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Right. So, let me set up and handover directly to Marshall on the first part of the question. And I think, big picture, in the first quarter, we moved opportunistically on the refinancing because the market turned in our favor. And so you're absolutely right in the way you described that as we're in a position where we knew we were going to do this. So we are very cautious about what else we did. And then Marshall, maybe you take part one and then shall I take the dividend.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Sure. Our policy, as you know is to return all excess cash flow to shareholders in the form of our healthy growing dividend and also share repurchases. Since we build most of our cash over the summers, the parks open. And we do -- we build most of our rides in the spring, we didn't purchase shares in Q1. Since emerging as a public company even 2010, we've reduced our share count from 110 million shares to 84 million shares, returning about $3.5 billion back to investors. So that's the reason we didn't do anything in Q1, but we'll continue to look for opportunities to repurchase shares using our strong cash flow and balance sheet as we move forward and start generating cash in 2019.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
And then Marshall, you jump in, if I miss anything with regard to the dividend. But Steve, you know, I think, very well, but a strong sustainable cash dividend is really an important part of our value proposition to shareholders and it is our goal and that remains unchanged to grow the dividend every year going forward as we have done successfully for the past eight years. You may remember that last year we raised the annualized dividend to $3.28, a 17% increase over the same period in 2017. Our dividend yield right now is very attractive and we remain committed to growing our dividend every year. And to your point around the ability to cover it, just as we've done every single year and we did last year and we will do this year, we're in a position to generate cash flow that exceeds our dividend payments and to continue that strongly into the future. Marshall, did I miss anything.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
No, I think, it's maybe speaking a little bit to 2018. We -- our cash flow exceeded our dividend payments. We were able to fully fund our capital spending at 9% of revenues. We acquired five new parks and we had money to buy shares as well. And if you think about it, we are a growing company. We grew 7% last year and we've grown every year, since 2010 and last year was a difficult year from a weather perspective. So, we firmly believe this year we're going to grow and will address the amount of dividend growth as we get to the end of the year.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
I think the other thing, Marshall, maybe talk to this is from a tax perspective, in terms of cash taxes, the outlook is fairly positive for us going forward for several years, right?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, actually. So this year we'll spend -- we'll pay about $30 million in cash taxes, which is similar to 2018. In 2020, it will probably grow to $45 million to $50 million. But again -- and then from 2021 to 2024, we'll have a tax yield of about $32.5 million of our earnings.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
So net of it is that, we expect minimal federal taxes not just in, as we had in 2018, but 2019, 2020, and then it ramps up a little bit in 2021. So it's -- we're in a position where overall from a cash perspective we feel pretty comfortable with what we've got and the commitment is there for the dividend.
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
That's great color. Appreciate it guys. Thanks a lot.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Steve.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Steve.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of David Katz with Jefferies.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, David.
David Katz -- Jefferies -- Analyst
Hi, good morning, everyone.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hi, David.
David Katz -- Jefferies -- Analyst
I just wanted to follow back up on that matter and make sure that I'm receiving information in the right way as it relates to share repurchases and dividends and the capital allocation in a broader perspective. Obviously, we want to avoid looking at a specific quarter and raising the matter that you didn't buy any. But in terms of forecasting for the full year, for the full year, next year, which we're obligated to do, we should think about dollar for dollar available cash being returned in one form or another. Is that a fair way for us to go about forecasting it?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah, I think, I think that's right. Obviously, David, you know we don't provide any -- we get the long-term guidance, but we don't provide a quarterly or a single year guidance. But I think your commentary is accurate, that is our goal every year to deliver all excess cash back to shareholders through dividends or share buybacks.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah. If we -- there may be a possibility like last year, where we have a really compelling investment like we did with the Premier Parks last year. If we do that we'll use our cash for that, but I think if you look at our track record we return our excess cash to shareholders and that'll be what we continue to do.
David Katz -- Jefferies -- Analyst
Right. And if I can just go back to one other matter that you touched on a bit and that is really the international opportunity and I hear you that we shouldn't really put it in a short-term box. I think that, that from the discussions we've had in our processing of it, there's two questions behind it. Number one, how would you have us think about those opportunities within the context of the target that you have? In other words, the project 750, how do we think about those international opportunities, which do admittedly have an opportunity or a propensity to slide. How much of the 750 really includes that? And the second part of the question, Jim, if I may, and I appreciate your perspective on the transition. What would you consider any risk, if there is of any strategic shifts in this transition that may or may not include some of those international opportunities, becoming more or less of a priority through the transition?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Right. So I think those again, two very good questions, David. In terms of international revenue and how it plays into 750, we've never broken out specific dollars associated with any of our targets ever. But the real difference here is that, we have grown to a position where we have five major initiatives that I've outlined for you that will provide growth opportunities for us -- for as I said probably decades and that we are in the second or third inning. So your question was really how should I think about it with regards to the P-7 -- project 750, and I would say that it is one part of those five initiatives. And if you ask me right now, and if you'd ask me six months ago, where would it sits in terms of the ranking it's exactly as we have listed it. I would have it fifth on the list in terms of initiatives and in terms of what's built in for it. It represents only 3% of our revenue base right now, so it's relatively immaterial overall. We are looking to grow it and a decade from now, we think it will be -- it will be material and it will grow, but it won't be a straight line. And so I can't say to you expect it to be exactly this year and next year it will play a very good part long-term, but in the near-term probably less or so. We will work very hard to try and make it a bigger part, that's the need. The biggest drivers in the near-term will be our pricing initiatives, our membership initiatives, these in-park initiatives, whether they're culinary or retail or gain base and then adding on these water parks. And then fifth, the international piece will be strong for us longer term. We've got parks in China and in Saudi Arabia that are proceeding. Haiyan in China is proceeding very nicely. Saudi Arabia is proceeding. We think the Chongqing, in terms of approval we're hoping for the second half of the year and then Nanjing in the next 12 months approval from the governments. We've met with all of them. It's one of those things where I do not want to be in the position of over promising. We think we'll make progress, but as soon as we have concrete facts to be able to support that, we will let you know. I would add that we're also working with potential partners across the globe and looking to add other parks. And the outlook there I think it's good, but we will announce those once we have deals to be able to do that.
So going to your second question, David, you asked about what happens with regard to changes or risks associated with the CEO. The new CEO coming in, strategic shifts, I think was the word that you use. And I'd say, first of all, the board is exactly the same. This is the Board that found me is looking for the new CEO. The company momentum is very strong. As I said earlier, pretty much stronger than it's ever been at any point in the 9 years that I've been here and I'm extremely confident about where we are. So, if I look at risks, of course a CEO -- a new CEO could have a new view with regard to capital allocation, I think those are the words that you use. But remember that the capital allocation policy is formulated by the board, including me as CEO and company management. Many of those same board members are leading that search. They will be on the board post the new CEO coming in, while there can be no guarantees that it will be exactly the same, there is a very strong view on the board that that's the approach we would take. So, no one can promise you that the world isn't going to change, David. But I feel fairly confident that the strategy that we have, given that it's working will remain unchanged going forward.
David Katz -- Jefferies -- Analyst
Okay. Thank you for taking my questions, and I appreciate the answers.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Not at all.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, David.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of James Hardiman with Wedbush Securities.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, James.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Hey, good morning guys. Thanks for taking my call.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Hi, James.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Good morning. So, I think you mentioned that the Easter shift as of today it's been recovered. I was just wondering what exactly that meant, are you saying that, that we're back to sort of flatter or positive attendance or revenues as we sit here today?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yes, basically what I meant was -- it was that, that we recover the Easter shift. We still do have some days ahead of us as part of the shift as the parks in the Northeast are on spring break right now and they would have already been on spring break last year. So that's really what I meant is that, that Easter shift has been recovered and we do have a little bit more spring break left.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Yeah, James, so we -- you know that we're not going to be specific in saying we're up, down or whatever. What we wanted to make sure is everybody understood that, that we have more than offset that basically and we're in a good position given that we still have more days left that's what Marshall is saying.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Right.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Okay, understood. And then help us understand that the Dubai situation a little bit better. Well, I guess, first, let's take a step back. Can you give us the international revenue and EBITDA numbers, I guess would be first. And then, which parks exactly are contributing to that. I think it sounds like just the one Chinese Park. And then what was the -- it sounds like there was maybe a catch-up payment, I'm sure that's the wrong term, but you recognized all of the revenues for Dubai in the first quarter. I guess, how much was that and should we then assume that we're no longer getting a cash from Dubai going forward?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yes. So I'll start with and just kind of go in the order that you asked the questions. The first quarter revenue was $11.4 million of International; EBITDA was a little over $9 million of EBITDA for international. In terms of the parts that did that we're in the revenue there was Jim mentioned Saudi and high-end as well as the Dubai and what we did with Dubai, is we had a deferred revenue position that we took to income because of the reasons I said in the prepared comments. We're not going to break out individual agreements for obvious reasons, other contracts. In terms of going forward we're unlikely to recognize more revenue from Dubai until we find a resolution, but my assumption is that whether we're -- if we're going to build a theme park in Dubai, it's unlikely at this point. Jim, would you add...
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
I think that's right. And I think that we feel very good about Q1 with international, where we will be measured in our approach, we're cautiously optimistic that the situation in China is improving. And as I said earlier, our partner Riverside remains very committed to developing Six Flags parks that's ongoing building going on, but it's just going to take a little while longer to open those parks and we're working very closely with local governments to ensure that happens. We'll update you probably on the second quarter on any developments there.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Got it. And then just one clarification, it's still your perspective that your Dubai partner actually owes you money for pulling out of that contract, but we shouldn't expect to see any resolution in terms of revenues that would be -- that would show up as some sort of settlement. Is that how to think about it?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah, obviously, James, we would avoid making any sort of comments with regard to what happens next. But in terms of your broad commentary that does make sense.
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Okay. Got it. Thanks guys and good luck.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, James.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, James.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Michael Swartz with SunTrust.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, Michael.
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Hey, good morning. How are you?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Great.
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Just because membership is a growing part of the business and I think, Jim, you called about 20% of your park revenue now comes from membership holders. Maybe give us a little context as to where that stood last year maybe where members are as a percentage of actives today maybe where you think that can go?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
So, I think -- maybe I think your last question first. We think the demand for memberships we know is accelerating or growing week in, week out. We're upgrading people out of season passes and out of one day tickets in the membership. So we think that will continue to grow in terms of where it was last year, it was significantly less. We've grown that in the mid double-digits in terms of just that particular stat, so...
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah, I'd say, it was really tiny comparatively because we -- you may remember we relaunched Michael this program in the first quarter of last year. And while there was a membership group it was fairly small, but since then you know it's been very successful and exploded. And so I would tell you -- you asked where it's going. I'm not going to try and predict the number, but it's 20% right now of the spending of the revenue. And so there's a lot of opportunity left in terms of the ability to grow it. So 2.2 million members at the end of the year. We will continue to grow that. We talk to you at the end of the year having an Active Pass Base of 8 million. So you could theoretically say we would try to convert all 8 millions memberships and the price points are between 50% higher and almost three times higher than a season pass depending on the tier that we're in. So not only is there a big opportunity with regard to converting members, but they spend a lot more, not just on the tickets, but also in the parks. So a lot of room still to go there.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah. The only thing I'd add to that is that really the growth came after the first quarter, because we just started selling the next level of membership 2.0, as we call it, but we just started selling that at the 1st of March. So all of that growth really came in April through March of this year.
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Okay, great. That's helpful. And maybe Marshall just talk about, I know with some of the additional parts you have coming online that you'll be operating this year that maybe you weren't last year whether that's this quarter, the third quarter. Maybe just help us understand the operating day benefit are differential from some of those new parks year-over-year?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, great. So in terms of incremental operating days in the first quarter, just little more broadly Fiesta Texas was open year round in the first quarter, which was new. Phoenix, the Phoenix water park was opened some additional days. I will tell you that in terms of attendance driven by the new parts in Q1, it was de minimis. And with most of those days those additional days were offset by lost days due to the Easter shift and nearly 10 days that we had to close in California due to weather. And maybe it might makes sense to just take up a minute to outline our approach to off days, because all off days aren't created equal. Obviously this quarter we shifted, we added some days in San Antonio and obviously in Phoenix. We removed days because of Easter that were big days, big Spring break days. So, when we look at opportunities for whether or not to open, we just want to make sure we -- if we open we're confident that we can be profitable, because we know, if we're open, we can sell more memberships and season passes. So for example in San Antonio, we open those days we were profitable without the additional passes that we sold, but we know with those additional passes that we saw we're going to make money and we're going to basically have future revenues for that. So, hopefully that sort of gives you an idea of the first quarter and operating days.
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Yeah, that's helpful. And just looking out to the second and third quarter, that was more my question. Just more of a modeling question, how many additional days with some of those new parks add?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
So, year-over-year we'll have little bit over 100 days additional operating days. Some of those like I said were in the first quarter. The majority of those, the overwhelming majority of those are going to be in the second quarter. Fiesta Texas I talked about in Q1, Mexico is going to -- we're adding days there, I think ultimately will go 365 days there, but we've added some days mostly in Q2 and Q3 in Mexico. And -- but if you look at overall we're really talking about a small percentage about 5% of our operating days were growing year-over-year. And remember these are operating days that we know we can be profitable, but you can't really look at them as an average operating day, because we know they are marginal, we know they are incremental, but there days when school kids might be in school or our holidays that are not a holiday that everybody is out. Does that help?
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Yeah, that was helpful. Thanks a lot. That's all from me.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Right. Thanks very much.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Tyler Batory with Janney Capital Market.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, Tyler.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Hi, Tyler.
Tyler Batory -- Janney Capital Market -- Analyst
Hi, good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking my questions. So wanted to circle back to the Active Pass Base growth all-time high 5% growth there. Can you talk a little bit more about how that was impacted by Easter and it was a little bit of a drag. But is there a way to think about that number maybe on an apples-to-apples basis versus last year. And then, I know I've asked this question in the past, but do you have any updated thoughts on where that growth rate might trend over the next few quarters?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Marshall, can you take this?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Sure. So, obviously 5% growth is another record. We've had actually a record high Active Pass Base every quarter, since we started tracking in 2014. The Easter shift caused both season passes and memberships to move into the second quarter. If you think about, it's about 200,000 in attendance. And you know most of those were selling season passes and memberships too. So, I guess what I'd say is that, that shift now has we've already recovered those those lost pass sales. What was the second part of the question?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
What was the second part of the question, Tyler?
Tyler Batory -- Janney Capital Market -- Analyst
Just -- how that number might trend over the next few quarters. I mean, you're 5% now, I think you were 8% in the fourth quarter of 2018, you're in the double digits a couple of years. Obviously, there's the law of large numbers impacting that, but at the same time, you guys have made a lot of progress as far as selling membership. So, I'm just wondering how we should think about that number, the growth for that number going forward?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
I think Tyler, you know, as we said before, we won't give guidance with regard to what the growth is going to be. We feel pretty good about what we're seeing right now, I would tell you that, and are encouraged. We've mentioned the success of membership. But in terms of specifics we're not going to point that out to you and obviously we'll publish that as soon as we have the data with Q2.
Tyler Batory -- Janney Capital Market -- Analyst
Okay, great. And then probably a question here for Marshall. How we're looking at the second quarter, specifically on the cost side of things. Again I'm not sure how much detail you can give, but obviously you're going to have incremental lease expense from some of the parks that you bought. I'm not sure, if there is other incremental start-up costs, but any color you can give in terms of how to think about modeling costs for the second quarter, maybe first half of the year specifically.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yes, so the second quarter, we picked up the new parts on June 1st. We will have lease expense and operating expenses in the second quarter for the first two months those will be new. A lot of the rebranding costs that I mentioned in the prepared comments have taken place. We'll have a little bit more as these parks open up. Beyond that, I'd say, in terms of other expense growth it will really be a couple of extra days in Mexico. And then I think beyond that will be less than inflation just like we have been over the last several years.
Tyler Batory -- Janney Capital Market -- Analyst
Okay, great. That's all from me. Thank you.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks very much.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Eric Wold with B Riley.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hi, Eric.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Hi, Eric.
Eric Wold -- B. Riley -- Analyst
Hey, good morning guys. So couple of questions. Just following up on the memberships kind of strategy, I guess you talked about a lot of the strategies in the parks continue to get people to migrate up from single day and season pass to membership. But have you seen now that we kind of have this for a year, if you seen any trends of members migrating up within the membership program to higher tiers once they're in there. And then in general of -- when members kind of choose the plan, have you seen any noticable shifting demand between once year or another over the past year either better tiers or lower tiers, depending on where they go?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
That's a really good question. And I would say that with regard to the approach we've taken in my prepared comments I talked about the fact that we have developed these membership centers both at the front gate, but also within the parks, Tyler to be able to address exactly this. So when a guest comes up to the gate, no matter what ticket they were looking to get whether it was a single day pass or a season pass, we will first sell them or attempt to sell them memberships. And the membership tiers range from Gold Plus through to Diamond Elite and the price points on those vary from $94 for the basic Gold Plus through to $220 and over for the Diamond Elite and that excludes dining, if you include dining obviously the price is even higher. We worked very hard to sell them and the conversion rates are very high. We've been very successful and being able to do that.
So two things happen; one, we get pretty much everybody at the front gate and worked very hard to drive conversion to membership. We also incent our folks to ensure that they get a benefit from selling membership, so there's a double benefit there. And then what we do is, within that process of selling membership, we will work very hard to try and convert people from a Gold Plus up to a Diamond, Diamond Elite to get the highest price point. So we have had great success doing that on the initial sale. But furthermore within the parks where someone comes up and either they have an existing season pass or a lower level membership, we will actively try to shift them up from one level to the other. We do that in park and we also do it online in terms of directly targeting guests who may have passes already. And the success has been really honestly much better than we anticipate. It's not just in terms of the conversions, but it's also the split of people who are buying the higher priced, higher tiered membership is much more than we originally anticipated. We really thought that'd be a much larger group that would buy the Gold Plus and Platinum and a relatively small Diamond, Diamond Elite, and the mix is -- has really shifted in a way that's very positive for us and very positive for our per caps long-term.
Eric Wold -- B. Riley -- Analyst
Perfect. That's helpful. Thank you.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Tim Conder with Wells Fargo Securities.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hi, Tim.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, Tim.
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Good morning, gentlemen, and thank you for all the color so far and much appreciated. On the international, if I may return to that, any quantification that you can give us of the $11 million, Marshall, how much of that was Dubai? And then gentlemen, just maybe a little more clarification on China given cadence here. Were you receiving revenue for all three parks, or was it just two parks. And now is it just one. So I guess that's the first part of the China question. And then if you hit some other milestones with some government clearances, is there a potential for a acceleration or recapture and we saw the bad side of it in Q4, but maybe a positive recapture later on this year related to China?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Okay, Tim. So I think your first question was with regard to Dubai. And I think you know, we've already gone through this question earlier and we -- I think we gave the answer there. We've never disclosed individual parks, Tim. So we're not going to do that now. I can tell you that it wasn't that one park had a dominant percentage of the overall revenue, it came across multiple parks and Dubai and itself was not a material amount. We got a benefit, but it's not a massive amount. So I hope that helps you in terms of that. With regard to China, you really had a couple of pieces it's like which parks do we recognize revenue on and maybe Marshall, you take that, and then I'll take part two, which is with regard to the ability to accelerate, if something changes.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Okay. Yeah, so in terms of what parts contributed to Q1, it was -- and we sort of mentioned a little bit it's the high-end parks because they're progressing nicely. Saudi Arabia, which is also progressing and Dubai, which we talked about contributed in Q1. In terms of going forward, I think those -- the two parks Haiyan and Saudi Arabia will be contributing they'll be progressing nicely in the future. And then Jim, do you want to talk about acceleration -- maybe from an accounting...
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah, I'll talk about the accounting first and then...
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
So Chongqing and Nanjing as those parts -- when they do ultimately get approved then there will be depending on when the opening date is and we've built in the 6 months and 12 months in the opening days that we talked about in the fourth quarter. We will be basically taking that cash, doing a catch up in the quarter that those get turned back on assuming that the -- they happen within the opening days stays where it was when we talked about in the fourth quarter.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah. And Tim, just with regard to where we are with those parks. I got at this a little bit earlier when we were talking, but I want to go over it again. First and most importantly issues that we're facing aren't specific to us there being faced by basically all companies especially private companies in China. I mentioned the Riverside very successfully navigating the political and regulatory environment and we're optimistic that they will continue to do so. The dates that we have described on the last call and still hold now really reflects awaiting government approval and that's something we can't define. I'd love to be able to say this is exactly going to be the date, but at least we do know there have been several meetings with the local governments including with our own people there, not just our partner and it does feel like conditions are improving. But we'll know as time goes on and obviously as I said earlier Tim we'll advise you guys and our shareholders as we know.
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Okay. That's helpful, gentlemen. Marshall, when it sounds like you're still accounting for the parks that you had last year under the lease perspective, will that have any impact or change due to the new lease accounting rules and how the expenses recognized in 2019, or would that be adopted in for 2020?
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
So, I think what you were talking about, whether any of that expense will go down and interest expense. That's really just for financing leases. We don't have any of those. Basically, what is in our operating expense and what was in the last year will be in this year from an accounting perspective. We will have the additional lease costs that we talked about from January through May, but in terms of the accounting didn't really impact our op expenses at all and won't going forward.
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Okay, great. And then last question, gentleman. Anyway you can quantify the Q1 benefit as we're starting to see now the benefit of the membership anniversary in that 13-month and smoothing your revenues into the shoulder periods, so to speak. And then related to that how are the retention rates now within Active Pass or membership? However way you want to comment on it versus maybe a year or two ago?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Let me answer part two and then Marshall will take part one. Our retention rates have improved over the last year, so they're actually better. So I feel very good about that and the success of membership continues to reinforce that we want to really focus in on this area to make sure that we continue to improve retention, because it's key obviously for the long-term success of the program. Marshall, do you want to talk about part one.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, I'm glad you asked that question, Tim, because I noticed on the report there's -- in your report there's analysis that said, if we had increased attendance by the 189,000, we were down and been flat to prior -- it's been flat on revenue per cap would have been under prior year. If we would have had 180,000 people, we would have had significantly more revenue. This quarter actually is a perfect example of what we've been saying with respect to members who go faster 12-month compulsory period in quarters with lower attendance, we're able to generate revenues regardless of that attendance. And so as that base 13-plus members grows our steady revenue from these members will continue to grow as well. It's really the reason that the top five per cap quarters in our history have been the first quarter of the last five years as we grow in the membership program. It's really one of the great benefits of the program. But since you'd asked the question I mentioned it on the analysis, we did run, we just assumed, if you adjust for the lost attendance using the current attendance mix that we had in Q1, our first quarter would still be a record, an all-time record per cap. So we love the 13-plus members. There is going to be a lot of enrolling into the 13th month in April, May, June, July, August this year that really show some growth. And again it's one of the really great benefits of the program.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
And I think Tim, building on that further, if you think about the company and where it is with such a good position and the industry overall is a great industry and it has not only has a high barriers to entry, but also it's very resilient in a downturn and with our membership program and with that recurring revenue we are simply strengthening ourselves even further for the long-term in the event that there is any impact recession wise or otherwise.
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Okay. You know, I think the point we were trying to make is, just if you just for example, take the attendance, if it was flat that your admissions only dropped -- would have dropped a little bit and without factoring in that -- related to 190 [ph], but just playing the math with the denominator that the admissions would -- barely would have been essentially flat, while the in-park spend would have been down quite a bit more. And then just making the point that you're -- there is clearly it appears to be some shift from the anniversary of the 13th month that is now smoothing the seasonality of that admissions revenue which is a good thing from a cash flow perspective.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yeah, I think overall it's a very good thing from a cash flow perspective. We've always talked about the fact that you may remember if you went back nine years, Tim, the company lost money in two quarters. We've now turned the fourth quarter into a massive moneymaker and our goal is to take the first quarter and turn that into a massive moneymaker and membership is helping us to do that. It's a very good thing under any scenario, whatever way we adjust it, we would have still had a record per cap and a record quarter. So we feel pretty good about it.
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Okay. Thank you, gentlemen. Perfect color.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Tim.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, thank you, Tim.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Ian Zaffino with Oppenheimer.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hi, Ian.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, Ian.
Mark Zhang -- Oppenheimer -- Analyst
Hi. Hey, good morning, guys. This is Mark on for Ian. So most of our questions have been answered, but I just wanted to quickly check, it seems like the majority of the -- like as key parts in China this is on track for approval, but is there any I guess like new incremental delays to any other parks that we should be aware of, or you foresee coming in the sort of near-term? Thanks.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
No, Mark, there are no delays that, that we're aware of on any of the parks, the same timing as we outlined on the fourth quarter call. And I would also add that we are working hard, our team is working very hard to identify other potential new parks and we have discussions on ongoing with various people, but obviously the timing of those will depend on when we can reach agreements.
Mark Zhang -- Oppenheimer -- Analyst
Okay, perfect. That's it for us. Thank you.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Mark.
Operator
And your final question comes from the line of Brennan Matthews with Berenberg.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, Brennan.
Brennan Matthews -- Berenberg Capital Markets -- Analyst
Hi, good morning. Thank you very much for taking my question. I just wanted to ask, I think you mentioned something about kind of launching or relaunching a new app. This year, maybe even this quarter kind of any detail on what some of those new features maybe. And are you thinking maybe about, could you ever have kind of maybe members specific features or think about using an app as a way to kind of engage your members in at all?
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
You had just -- you hit a very hot button for me. I love what you just asked and it's exactly the approach that we're taking. Our members are our most valuable and most important guests. Everything we do in and out of the park is designed to make sure that the members feel special that they're taking care of. And so what we're doing overall, is making sure that from a technology perspective, we've got a lot going on to the new app will allow multiple things, including mobile food ordering. We're also deploying point of sale in various parts of the park and allowing access that way so that we can get directly to not just members, but all guests. And then we've got new mobile front gate systems to ensure that we reduce wait time and we've dedicated some parts at the front gate just for members, so that they can get in even faster. And we've also worked on a new website that is optimized for phones first in ADA and other areas. The app itself, to your question, Mark, it's redesigned really to make it even easier to use and it has improved home screen messaging we've updated interactive park map technology, which allows for quick map update and styling changes. As I said, we've got the mobile food orderings the people can conveniently order ahead. We can upsell directly. We reduced the wait time for food, as a result of that, we've also built in -- and this was a question that came earlier the ability to purchase memberships and season passes on the app. And we're the only company I think that has this membership loyalty program and so that loyalty program is directly on the app and allows you to easily track point balances, check information, ride shows et cetera. It also gives ride wait time accurate, very accurate ride wait times. So overall it's very positive both from a user perspective as guests enjoy using something that is easier for them. But it also allows us to target upsell opportunities both in terms of our passes, but also dining and FLASH Pass. So there's a lot different in the app and really targeted one, to please the guests, but two, to ensure we can sell them more while they're in the park and even outside of the park.
Brennan Matthews -- Berenberg Capital Markets -- Analyst
Yeah. I'd say going forward, I think what we've done in the reason you see all these improvements as we brought the design of the app and programming app in-house. And so you'll see going forward, continuous improvement month-in, month-out. You'll see updates to the app that'll add new features. So yeah, we're very excited about the app and where it is today and where it's headed.
All right. Great. Thank you so much.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much.
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Brennan.
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Okay. I think that's our last question. So in closing, I would like to say thank you for joining the call and thank you for all of your ongoing support of the company. I'm very optimistic about the future of our company as our growth strategies continue to build momentum for the short, medium and long-term. I truly believe we have the best employees in the industry, and it's the hard work and dedication of the talented team members who've delivered time and time again to give me so much confidence in the future. Please come out and visit one of our parks soon to see our amazing lineup of new rides and attractions, better yet join our membership program to experience the incredible package of benefits that these programs offer. Take care. Thank you very much everyone. Zatanya?
Operator
Thank you for participation in today's conference call. You may now disconnect.
Duration: 68 minutes
Call participants:
Stephen R. Purtell -- Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer
Jim Reid-Anderson -- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Marshall Barber -- Chief Financial Officer
Steve Wieczynski -- Stifel -- Analyst
David Katz -- Jefferies -- Analyst
James Hardiman -- Wedbush Securities -- Analyst
Michael Swartz -- SunTrust Robinson -- Analyst
Tyler Batory -- Janney Capital Market -- Analyst
Eric Wold -- B. Riley -- Analyst
Timothy Conder -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Mark Zhang -- Oppenheimer -- Analyst
Brennan Matthews -- Berenberg Capital Markets -- Analyst
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