Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) CEO Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) Q2 2013 Earnings Call July 24, 2013 4:30 PM ET

Executives

Daniel Briggs - Vice President of Investor Relations

Sheldon Adelson - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer

Robert Goldstein - Executive Vice President, President - Global Gaming Operations

Michael Leven - President, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, Director

Analysts

Shaun Kelley - Bank of America

Joe Greff - JPMorgan

Cameron McKnight - Wells Fargo

Felicia Hendrix - Barclays

Carlo Santarelli - Deutsche Bank

Steven Kent - Goldman Sachs

Thomas Allen - Morgan Stanley

Harry Curtis - Nomura Securities

Ian Weissman - ISI Group

Operator

Good afternoon and welcome to the Las Vegas Sands Corp second quarter 2013 conference call. I will now turn the conference over to Daniel Briggs.

Daniel Briggs

Thank you. Before I turn the call over to Mr. Adelson, let me remind you that today's conference call will contain forward-looking statements that we are making under the Safe Harbor provisions of federal securities laws. The company's actual results could differ materially from the anticipated results in those forward-looking statements. Please see today's press release under the caption, forward-looking statements, for a discussion of risks that may affect our results.

In addition, we may discuss adjusted net income and hold-adjusted adjusted net income, adjusted diluted EPS and hold-adjusted adjusted diluted EPS, adjusted property EBITDA and hold-adjusted adjusted property EBITDA, all which are non-GAAP measures. A definition and a reconciliation of each of these measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the press release.

Please note that this presentation is being recorded. We also want to inform you that we have posted supplementary earnings slide in our investor relations website for your use. Finally, for those of you would like to participate in the Q&A session, we would ask that you keep one question and then one follow-up question.

With that, let me please introduce our Chairman, Sheldon Adelson.

Sheldon Adelson

Thank you, Dan. Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for joining us today. We are extremely pleased with our financial results, which continue to reflect our outstanding strategic positioning, strong execution and position of leadership in integrated resort development and operations. We delivered strong growth in revenue, cash flow and earnings per share, with hold-adjusted diluted earnings per share increasing 41.2% to reach $0.72 per share.

Our results continue to reflect strong execution against our core principal strategic objectives. We are more confidence than ever that successful execution against these strategic objectives will both extend our industry leadership and maximize shareholder value. I will provide a brief progress report on those four objectives before we move to your questions.