BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today provided an update on its Card Services segment.
In conjunction with the release of the Company's Master Trust Monthly Noteholder's Statement, the Company is releasing similar metrics for the overall total managed portfolio. The Master Trust data represents a subset of the Company's total managed portfolio, and the Company believes the information presented below provides a more complete view of the Card Services segment.
For the For the eight
month ended months ended
August 31, 2017 August 31, 2017
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(dollars in thousands)
Average receivables $15,744,872 $15,765,062
Year over year change in average receivables 13% 16%
Net charge-offs $84,113 $657,117
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average receivables(1)(2) 6.4% 6.3%
(1) Gross loss rates are tracking to Management's expectations of an approximate 50 basis point increase for full year 2017 as compared to 2016. In the first half of 2017, gross loss rates increased approximately
75 basis points and for the remainder of 2017, gross loss rates are expected to narrow sequentially to approximately 40 basis points in the third quarter and flat in the fourth quarter, as compared to the prior year.
Net loss rates are expected to be lower in the second half of 2017 as compared to the first half, with the absolute level dependent on the mix of recoveries between third-party sales and in-house collections. As
compared to third-party sales, in-house collections may result in higher recovery rates, but the timing of recognition may be delayed as the Company increases its in-house collections staff. Net loss rates are
consistent with the Company's full year 2017 and 2018 consolidated guidance as provided in the Company's second quarter earnings release issued July 20, 2017.
(2) Compares to 4.1% and 5.0% for the month and eight months ended August 31, 2016, respectively.
As of As of
August 31, 2017 August 31, 2016
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(dollars in thousands)
30 days + delinquencies - principal $811,285 $671,499
Period ended receivables - principal $15,312,030 $13,594,095
Delinquency rate 5.30% 4.94%
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data(®) (NYSE: ADS) is a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and emerging technologies. An S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company headquartered in Plano, Texas, Alliance Data consists of three businesses that together employ more than 17,000 associates at approximately 100 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's card services business is a leading provider of marketing-driven branded credit card programs. Epsilon(®) is a leading provider of multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and also includes Conversant(®), a leader in personalized digital marketing. LoyaltyOne(®) owns and operates the AIR MILES(®) Reward Program, Canada's premier coalition loyalty program, and Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty, a global provider of tailor-made loyalty programs for grocers.
Investor information about Alliance Data's businesses may be found here.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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We believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. Forward-looking statements, however, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release, and no assurances can be given that our expectations will prove to have been correct. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, which may be updated in Item 1A of, or elsewhere in, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed for periods subsequent to such Form 10-K.
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Contact: Investors/Analysts
Tiffany Louder
Alliance Data
214-494-3048
Tiffany.Louder@AllianceData.com
Media
Shelley Whiddon
Alliance Data
214-494-3811
Shelley.Whiddon@AllianceData.com
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