BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwired - Nov 19, 2015) - Esterline Corporation (
- Revenue of $349.6 million for the two-month fiscal fourth quarter
- Earnings from continuing operations of $20.7 million, or $0.69 per diluted share
- Adjusted earnings from continuing operations of $39.9 million, or $1.33 per diluted share
- Full-year free cash flow conversion of 159% of net income
- Company issues fiscal 2016 guidance
Esterline Corporation (
Earnings from continuing operations in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2015 were $20.7 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, compared with fourth quarter fiscal 2014 earnings from continuing operations of $20.0 million, or $0.63 per diluted share.
Adjusted earnings from continuing operations for the fiscal fourth quarter in 2015 were $39.9 million, or $1.33 per diluted share. As previously noted by the company, adjusted results exclude $0.17 per diluted share related to integration and compliance activities, $0.16 per diluted share related to the financial results of the DAT business, and $0.31 per diluted share in conjunction with debt refinancing activity (see Table 1). In the prior-year period, the company would have reported adjusted earnings from continuing operations of $23.5 million, or $0.74 per diluted share.
Curtis Reusser, Esterline's Chief Executive Officer, said, "2015 marked an important year for Esterline, as we navigated through strategic initiatives that touched many aspects of our business. Operationally this included continued progress on our accelerated integration, strategic sourcing and continuous improvement activities as well as reshaping our business portfolio. Also, we refinanced our outstanding debt, adjusted our reporting calendar to better align with our industry, and returned $260 million of cash to shareholders through our share repurchase program."
Reusser continued, "While 2015 was a challenging year by many measures, I'm pleased with the focus of our teams to successfully execute on our plans and finish on a strong note."
| Table 1: | Effect of Certain Items on 4th Fiscal Quarter | |||||
| 2015 Earnings from Continuing Operations | ||||||
| $ millions | EPS | |||||
| Earnings - U.S. GAAP | $ | 20.7 | $ | 0.69 | ||
| Accelerated Integration Costs | 1.6 | 0.05 | ||||
| Compliance Costs | 3.3 | 0.12 | ||||
| DAT Net Loss | 5.0 | 0.16 | ||||
| Bond Redemption Costs | 9.3 | 0.31 | ||||
| Adjusted Earnings | $ | 39.9 | $ | 1.33 | ||
Including discontinued operations, net earnings for the nine-week fiscal fourth quarter of 2015 were $3.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $31.4 million, or $(0.98) per diluted share, in the comparable period last year. Net earnings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 included a $17.7 million loss from discontinued operations, while the prior year included a $51.5 million loss from discontinued operations.
For the 11-month fiscal year of 2015, the company reported revenues of $1.77 billion compared with $1.80 billion in the comparable prior-year period. Fiscal 2015 earnings from continuing operations were $96.7 million, or $3.10 per diluted share. In the comparable period of 2014, the company would have reported earnings from continuing operations of $133.7 million, or $4.12 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings from continuing operations in fiscal 2015 were $145.5 million, or $4.67 per diluted share, excluding the discrete items shown in Table 2. Adjusted earnings in the comparable period of 2014 were $154.0 million, or $4.75 per diluted share, excluding compliance and integration expenses.
Net income in fiscal 2015 was $59.6 million, or $1.91 per diluted share, compared with $74.5 million, or $2.29 per diluted share, in the prior year period. The loss from discontinued operations was $37.1 million in fiscal 2015 and $59.2 million in the comparable period of 2014.
| Table 2: | Effect of Certain Items on Full-Year | |||||||
| 2015 Earnings from Continuing Operations | ||||||||
| $ millions | EPS | |||||||
| Earnings - U.S. GAAP | $ | 96.7 | $ | 3.10 | ||||
| Accelerated Integration Costs | 9.8 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Compliance Costs | 15.3 | 0.49 | ||||||
| DAT Closing Expenses | 4.7 | 0.15 | ||||||
| DAT Net Loss | 13.4 | 0.43 | ||||||
| Long-term Contract Adjustments | 7.7 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Pension Expense | 2.3 | 0.08 | ||||||
| Bond Redemption Costs | 9.3 | 0.30 | ||||||
| Non-Income Tax Gain | (13.7 | ) | (0.44 | ) | ||||
| Adjusted Earnings | $ | 145.5 | $ | 4.67 | ||||
New orders in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2015 were $306.8 million, compared with $273.7 million in the comparable prior-year period. Backlog at the end of fiscal 2015 was $1.2 billion, compared with $1.1 billion at the end of the fiscal year ending October 31, 2014.
Reported gross margin as a percentage of sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 was 32.7%, compared with 32.6% in the prior-year period. For the 2015 fiscal year, reported gross margin as a percentage of sales was 33.2%, compared with 34.7% in the prior year. The lower gross margins in fiscal 2015 were due to weaker sales mix and lower sales in Avionics & Controls and Advanced Materials.
Fiscal fourth quarter selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses as a percent of sales were 17.8%, compared with the prior-year level of 18.0%. For fiscal-year 2015, selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales were 19.5%, compared with 18.0% in the prior-year period. The higher rate in fiscal 2015 mainly reflected higher incremental SG&A expenses from the DAT acquisition and increased compliance expense.
Research, development and engineering (R&D) spending in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 was $13.1 million, or 3.7% of sales, compared with $14.1 million, or 4.5% of sales, in the prior-year period. Fiscal 2015 R&D spending was $91.5 million, or 5.2% of sales, compared with $88.7 million, or 4.9% of sales, in the comparable period of 2014.
The company's income tax rate in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 was 1.3%, compared with 19.1% for the prior-year period. Lower taxes in the fourth quarter of 2015 reflect certain discrete tax benefits during the period, including those associated with the DAT net loss. The fiscal 2015 tax rate was 16.3%, compared with a tax rate of 21.0% during the comparable 2014 period. The company expects a tax rate in a range of 21% to 22% in fiscal 2016.
Cash flow from operations for fiscal 2015 was $144.3 million. Free cash flow conversion was 159% of net income. During fiscal 2015, the company repurchased 2.6 million shares of common stock for $259.5 million. Within the company's $400 million share repurchase authorization, it has purchased a total of 2.8 million shares for a purchase price of approximately $290 million.
Guidance for Fiscal Year 2016
The company today also provided guidance for fiscal 2016 ending on September 30, 2016. Revenues for fiscal 2016 are expected to be in the range of $2.03 billion to $2.08 billion. Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations, excluding anticipated integration and compliance costs, are expected to be in the range of $5.50 to $5.80 per diluted share.
Reusser said 2016 would not be without challenges, but that the company "...looked closely at our plan and took into account some of the uncertainty that still exists in several of our core markets when we developed this guidance." He further commented that as the company completes its accelerated integration projects and continues to make progress within strategic sourcing, the Esterline operating system, the DAT integration and its trade compliance activities, incremental sales and profits should become more evident.
Conference Call Information
Esterline will host a conference call to discuss this announcement today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The U.S. dial-in number is 1-866-318-8611; outside the U.S., use 617-399-5130. The pass code for the call is: 23783176. The company has posted a presentation on its website (www.esterline.com) to provide additional information about its fourth fiscal quarter operational and financial results.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
This press release and the related presentation providing supplemental financial information include non-GAAP financial measures -- adjusted earnings from continuing operations, adjusted earnings from continuing operations per diluted share, adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT), adjusted sales, adjusted gross margin, and free cash flow conversion -- that have not been calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (GAAP). Adjusted earnings from continuing operations consists of earnings from continuing operations attributable to Esterline less the costs associated with certain integration activities -- including restructuring charges -- and incremental compliance costs as well as discrete items associated with the acquisition of the DAT business in January 2015, a bond redemption completed in August 2015, adjustments to reserves on long-term contracts incurred in the periods presented, and unique amounts related to pension expense and a non-income tax gain, in each case, as further detailed in the tables below. Adjusted earnings from continuing operations per diluted share divides each element of adjusted earnings from continuing operations by the weighted average number of shares outstanding, diluted for the periods presented (except the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014). EBIT is defined as operating earnings from continuing operations. Adjusted EBIT excludes the same costs excluded from adjusted earnings from continuing operations, as well as excluding from GAAP sales the DAT sales of $20.0 million in the fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and $82.5 million for full fiscal year 2015. Adjusted gross margin excludes the cost of certain integration activities and DAT's gross margin from GAAP gross margin and excludes DAT's sales from GAAP sales. Full-year 2015 free cash flow conversion is calculated by dividing free cash flow of $95.0 million (cash flow from operations of $144.3 million less capital expenditures of $49.3 million) by net earnings of $59.6 million. In accordance with the SEC's requirements, the reconciliations of adjusted sales, adjusted gross margin, and adjusted EBIT to their respective GAAP measures are included in the supplemental information related to this press release. Below is the reconciliation of the non-GAAP adjusted earnings from continuing operations to the comparable GAAP earnings from continuing operations.
| In millions, except per share amounts | |||||||||||||
| Two Months Ended | Two Months Ended | ||||||||||||
| Oct. 2, 2015 | Sept. 26, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Per Diluted | Per Diluted | ||||||||||||
| Share | Share | ||||||||||||
| Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline (GAAP), Net of Tax | $ | 20.7 | $ | 0.69 | $ | 20.0 | $ | 0.63 | |||||
| Accelerated Integration Costs, Net of $0 and $0.7 Tax Benefit | 1.6 | 0.05 | 2.4 | 0.07 | |||||||||
| Compliance Costs, Net of $0 and $0.3 Tax Benefit | 3.3 | 0.12 | 1.1 | 0.04 | |||||||||
| DAT Net Loss, Net of $0.7 Tax Benefit | 5.0 | 0.16 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Bond Redemption Costs, Net of $1.8 Tax Benefit | 9.3 | 0.31 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Adjusted Earnings from Continuing Operations (non-GAAP), Net of Tax | $ | 39.9 | $ | 1.33 | $ | 23.5 | $ | 0.74 | |||||
| In millions, except per share amounts | |||||||||||||||
| Eleven Months Ended | Eleven Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| Oct. 2, 2015 | Sept. 26, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Per Diluted | Per Diluted | ||||||||||||||
| Share | Share | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline (GAAP), Net of Tax | $ | 96.7 | $ | 3.10 | $ | 133.7 | $ | 4.12 | |||||||
| Accelerated Integration Costs, Net of $2.0 and $3.7 Tax Benefit | 9.8 | 0.31 | 13.8 | 0.43 | |||||||||||
| Compliance Costs, Net of $3.0 and $1.8 Tax Benefit | 15.3 | 0.49 | 6.5 | 0.20 | |||||||||||
| DAT Closing Expenses, Net of $1.3 Tax Benefit | 4.7 | 0.15 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| DAT Net Loss, Net of $2.6 Tax Benefit | 13.4 | 0.43 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Long-term Contract Adjustments, Net of $2.2 Tax Benefit | 7.7 | 0.25 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Pension Expense, Net of $0.7 Tax Benefit | 2.3 | 0.08 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Bond Redemption Costs, Net of $1.8 Tax Benefit | 9.3 | 0.30 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Non-Income Tax Gain, Net of $4.4 Tax Expense | (13.7 | ) | (0.44 | ) | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Adjusted Earnings from Continuing Operations (non-GAAP), Net of Tax | $ | 145.5 | $ | 4.67 | $ | 154.0 | $ | 4.75 | |||||||
The company provides these non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental information to the GAAP financial measures. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to (a) evaluate the company's historical and prospective financial performance and its performance relative to its competitors, (b) allocate resources, and (c) measure the operational performance of the company's business units.
In addition, management believes investors' and financial analysts' understanding of the company's performance is enhanced by including these non-GAAP financial measures as a reasonable basis for comparing the company's historical results of operations.
These non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the comparable GAAP measures, and free cash flow is not necessarily indicative of amounts available for discretionary use. There are limitations to these non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in methods of calculation and items that comprise the calculation. The company compensates for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as a supplement to the GAAP measures and by providing reconciliations of the non-GAAP and comparable GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures should be read only in conjunction with the company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or the company's future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will," or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are only predictions based on the current intent and expectations of the management of Esterline, are not guarantees of future performance or actions, and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and may cause Esterline's or its industry's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Esterline's actual results and the timing and outcome of events may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements due to risks detailed in Esterline's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statement of Operations (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||
| In thousands, except per share amounts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Two Months Ended | Eleven Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| Oct. 2, | Sept. 26, | Oct. 2, | Sept. 26, | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Segment Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Avionics & Controls | $ | 151,086 | $ | 112,412 | $ | 727,801 | $ | 668,595 | ||||||||||
| Sensors & Systems | 117,835 | 110,719 | 633,446 | 689,850 | ||||||||||||||
| Advanced Materials | 80,706 | 90,069 | 413,202 | 442,682 | ||||||||||||||
| Net Sales | 349,627 | 313,200 | 1,774,449 | 1,801,127 | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of Sales | 235,462 | 211,100 | 1,185,056 | 1,176,413 | ||||||||||||||
| 114,165 | 102,100 | 589,393 | 624,714 | |||||||||||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 62,356 | 56,285 | 346,781 | 323,957 | ||||||||||||||
| Research, development and engineering | 13,075 | 14,142 | 91,491 | 88,656 | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring charges | 1,264 | 1,824 | 6,639 | 12,103 | ||||||||||||||
| Other income | 241 | -- | (12,503 | ) | -- | |||||||||||||
| Total Expenses | 76,936 | 72,251 | 432,408 | 424,716 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Earnings From Continuing Operations | 37,229 | 29,849 | 156,985 | 199,998 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest Income | (131 | ) | (101 | ) | (578 | ) | (501 | ) | ||||||||||
| Interest Expense | 5,067 | 5,062 | 30,090 | 29,986 | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on Extinguishment of Debt | 11,122 | -- | 11,451 | 533 | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | 21,171 | 24,888 | 116,022 | 169,980 | ||||||||||||||
| Income Tax Expense | 284 | 4,761 | 18,956 | 35,759 | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings From Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests | 20,887 | 20,127 | 97,066 | 134,221 | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests | (183 | ) | (98 | ) | (401 | ) | (527 | ) | ||||||||||
| Earnings From Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax | 20,704 | 20,029 | 96,665 | 133,694 | ||||||||||||||
| Loss From Discontinued Operations, | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax | (17,718 | ) | (51,465 | ) | (37,053 | ) | (59,240 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline | $ | 2,986 | $ | (31,436 | ) | $ | 59,612 | $ | 74,454 | |||||||||
| Earnings (Loss) Per Share--Basic: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing Operations | $ | .70 | $ | .63 | $ | 3.15 | $ | 4.20 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued Operations | (.60 | ) | (1.61 | ) | (1.21 | ) | (1.86 | ) | ||||||||||
| Earnings (Loss) Per Share--Basic | $ | .10 | $ | (.98 | ) | $ | 1.94 | $ | 2.34 | |||||||||
| Earnings (Loss) Per Share--Diluted: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing Operations | $ | .69 | $ | .63 | $ | 3.10 | $ | 4.12 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued Operations | (.59 | ) | (1.61 | ) | (1.19 | ) | (1.83 | ) | ||||||||||
| Earnings (Loss) Per Share--Diluted | $ | .10 | $ | (.98 | ) | $ | 1.91 | $ | 2.29 | |||||||||
| Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding--Basic | 29,543 | 31,975 | 30,729 | 31,839 | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding--Diluted | 29,901 | 31,975 | 31,215 | 32,443 | ||||||||||||||
| ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Sales and Earnings From Continuing Operations by Segment (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||
| In thousands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Two Months Ended | Eleven Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| Oct. 2, | Sept. 26, | Oct. 2, | Sept. 26, | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Segment Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Avionics & Controls | $ | 151,086 | $ | 112,412 | $ | 727,801 | $ | 668,595 | ||||||||||
| Sensors & Systems | 117,835 | 110,719 | 633,446 | 689,850 | ||||||||||||||
| Advanced Materials | 80,706 | 90,069 | 413,202 | 442,682 | ||||||||||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 349,627 | $ | 313,200 | $ | 1,774,449 | $ | 1,801,127 | ||||||||||
| Earnings From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Avionics & Controls | $ | 15,230 | $ | 11,402 | $ | 65,910 | $ | 92,227 | ||||||||||
| Sensors & Systems | 16,296 | 11,842 | 71,787 | 73,653 | ||||||||||||||
| Advanced Materials | 15,043 | 18,539 | 80,951 | 94,450 | ||||||||||||||
| Segment Earnings | 46,569 | 41,783 | 218,648 | 260,330 | ||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense | (9,099 | ) | (11,934 | ) | (74,166 | ) | (60,332 | ) | ||||||||||
| Other income | (241 | ) | -- | 12,503 | -- | |||||||||||||
| Interest income | 131 | 101 | 578 | 501 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (5,067 | ) | (5,062 | ) | (30,090 | ) | (29,986 | ) | ||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | (11,122 | ) | -- | (11,451 | ) | (533 | ) | |||||||||||
| Earnings From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | $ | 21,171 | $ | 24,888 | $ | 116,022 | $ | 169,980 | ||||||||||
| ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | |||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited) | |||||||
| In thousands | |||||||
| October 2, | October 31, | ||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | ||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Current Assets | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 191,355 | $ | 238,144 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 380,748 | 379,889 | |||||
| Inventories | 446,768 | 433,595 | |||||
| Income tax refundable | 12,575 | 5,266 | |||||
| Deferred income tax benefits | 41,082 | 48,679 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses | 23,008 | 20,336 | |||||
| Other current assets | 5,427 | 2,149 | |||||
| Current assets held for sale | 27,851 | 41,446 | |||||
| Total Current Assets | 1,128,814 | 1,169,504 | |||||
| Property, Plant and Equipment, Net | 309,399 | 319,342 | |||||
| Other Non-Current Assets | |||||||
| Goodwill | 1,041,991 | 1,071,786 | |||||
| Intangibles, net | 452,040 | 471,377 | |||||
| Debt issuance costs, net | 8,467 | 4,295 | |||||
| Deferred income tax benefits | 28,979 | 71,307 | |||||
| Other assets | 12,423 | 14,179 | |||||
| Non-current assets held for sale | 24,917 | 71,677 | |||||
| $ | 3,007,030 | $ | 3,193,467 | ||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | |||||||
| Current Liabilities | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 117,976 | $ | 115,284 | |||
| Accrued liabilities | 259,734 | 262,536 | |||||
| Current maturities of long-term debt | 13,589 | 12,774 | |||||
| Deferred income tax liabilities | 11 | 1,773 | |||||
| Federal and foreign income taxes | 2,393 | 1,571 | |||||
| Current liabilities held for sale | 17,106 | 14,191 | |||||
| Total Current Liabilities | 410,809 | 408,129 | |||||
| Long-Term Liabilities | |||||||
| Credit facilities | 160,000 | 100,000 | |||||
| Long-term debt, net of current maturities | 707,786 | 509,720 | |||||
| Deferred income tax liabilities | 73,849 | 149,165 | |||||
| Pension and post-retirement obligations | 75,019 | 62,693 | |||||
| Other liabilities | 29,367 | 46,884 | |||||
| Non-current liabilities held for sale | 2,409 | 18,876 | |||||
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 1,547,791 | 1,898,000 | |||||
| $ | 3,007,030 | $ | 3,193,467 | ||||