Genuine Parts Company Reports Sales And Earnings For The First Quarter Ended March 31, 2018
Genuine Parts Company Reports Sales And Earnings For The First Quarter Ended March 31, 2018
- Record Sales of $4.6 Billion, Up 17% -
- Diluted EPS $1.20 -
- Adjusted EPS Excluding Transaction-Related Costs $1.27, Up 18% -
- Maintains 2018 Revenue and Earnings Outlook -
ATLANTA, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today sales and earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.
Sales for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018 were a record $4.6 billion, a 17.4% increase compared to $3.9 billion for the same period in 2017. Net income for the first quarter was $176.6 million and earnings per share on a diluted basis were $1.20. Before the impact of certain transaction-related costs incurred for the Company's fourth quarter 2017 acquisition of Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) in Europe and a recently announced agreement to spin-off the Company's Business Products Group, S.P. Richards, adjusted net income was $186.5 million, or $1.27 per diluted share. Total sales for the first quarter included 2% organic growth, 14% from acquisitions, including AAG, and a 1% benefit from foreign currency translation.
First quarter sales for the Automotive Group were up 29.6%, including an approximate 1.5% comparable sales increase as well as the benefit of acquisitions and favorable foreign currency translation. Sales for the Industrial Group, which includes both Motion Industries and EIS, were up 8.3%, including a 5% comparable sales increase, and sales for the Business Products Group were down 4.8% for the quarter in both total and comparable sales.
Paul Donahue, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We were pleased to complete the first quarter of 2018 with double-digit total sales growth, driven by increases in our core global automotive and industrial businesses. While our operating margins were challenged, we remain focused on the execution of our plans to drive additional operating improvement and better position the Company for sustained long-term growth and profitability. With our recent announcement to spin-off the Business Products Group, we took an important step that will allow us to commit more resources and increase our focus on our core growth and higher-margin global businesses. This is an exciting time for Genuine Parts, and we look forward to effectively executing on the opportunities ahead.
2018 Outlook
The Company is maintaining its initial sales and earnings guidance and continues to expect sales to be up 12% to 13% and adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excludes any first quarter and future transaction-related costs, to be $5.60 to $5.75. The Company currently expects a tax rate of approximately 26.0%, which is down slightly from the initial guidance of 26.0 to 27.0% in 2018.
Non-GAAP Information
This release contains certain financial information not derived in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). These items include adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share. The Company does not, nor does it suggest investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, GAAP financial information. The Company believes that the presentation of adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share provides meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors that is indicative of the Company's core operations. The Company has included a reconciliation of this additional information to the most comparable GAAP measure following the financial statements below.
Conference Call
Genuine Parts Company will hold a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the results of the quarter and the future outlook. Interested parties may listen to the call on the Company's website, www.genpt.com, by clicking "Investors", or by dialing 888-394-8218, conference ID 5092677. A replay will also be available on the Company's website or at 844-512-2921, conference ID 5092677, two hours after the completion of the call until 12:00 a.m. Eastern time on May 3, 2018.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements in this report, as well as in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or otherwise release to the public and in materials that we make available on our website, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Senior officers may also make verbal statements to analysts, investors, the media and others that are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may relate, for example, to the proposed business combination transaction between the Company and Essendant, Inc. ("Essendant") in which the Company will spin-off its Business Products Group and combine this business with Essendant or the acquisition of Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) and the anticipated strategic benefits, synergies and other attributes of these transactions, as well as future operations, prospects, strategies, financial condition, economic performance (including growth and earnings), industry conditions and demand for our products and services. The Company cautions that its forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and while we believe that our expectations for the future are reasonable in view of currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events may differ materially from those indicated as a result of various important factors. Such factors may include, among other things, the Company's ability to successfully integrate AAG into the Company and to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits; changes in the European aftermarket; the Company's ability to complete the transaction to spin-off its Business Products Group; the Company's ability to successfully implement its business initiatives in each of its three business segments; slowing demand for the Company's products; changes in legislation or government regulations or policies; changes in general economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation or deflation; changes in tax policies; volatile exchange rates; high energy costs; uncertain credit markets and other macro-economic conditions; competitive product, service and pricing pressures; the ability to maintain favorable vendor arrangements and relationships; disruptions in our vendors' operations; the Company's ability to successfully integrate its acquired businesses; the uncertainties and costs of litigation; disruptions caused by a failure or breach of the Company's information systems, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2017 and from time to time in the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other reports to the SEC.
About Genuine Parts Company
Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Germany and Poland. The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts and electrical and electronic materials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through its Industrial Products Group, comprised of Motion Industries and EIS, Inc. S.P. Richards Company, the Business Products Group, distributes a variety of business products in the U.S. and Canada.
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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Three Months Ended March 31,
2018 2017
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(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales $4,586,294 $3,905,641
Cost of
goods
sold 3,150,487 2,749,920
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Gross
profit 1,435,807 1,155,721
Operating and non-
operating expenses:
Selling,
administrative
& other
expenses 1,148,125 873,814
Depreciation
and
amortization 58,363 38,132
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1,206,488 911,946
Income
before
income
taxes 229,319 243,775
Income
taxes 52,743 83,615
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Net income $176,576 $160,160
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Basic net
income
per
common
share $1.20 $1.08
Diluted
net
income
per
common
share $1.20 $1.08
Weighted
average
common
shares
outstanding 146,727 148,154
Dilutive
effect of
stock
options
and non-
vested
restricted
stock
awards 595 634
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Weighted
average
common
shares
outstanding
-
assuming
dilution 147,322 148,788
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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
SEGMENT INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Three Months Ended March 31,
2018 2017
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(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Net sales: (1)
Automotive $2,564,259 $1,978,446
Industrial
(2) 1,547,944 1,428,959
Business
Products 474,091 498,236
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Total net
sales $4,586,294 $3,905,641
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Operating profit:
Automotive $184,706 $151,757
Industrial
(2) 112,191 104,009
Business
Products 21,601 31,119
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Total
operating
profit 318,498 286,885
Interest
expense,
net (23,307) (6,174)
Intangible
amortization (21,403) (10,806)
Other, net
(3) (44,469) (26,130)
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Income
before
income
taxes $229,319 $243,775
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Capital
expenditures $31,633 $24,806
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Depreciation
and
amortization $58,363 $38,132
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(1) The net effect of discounts, incentives, freight billed to customers has been allocated to their respective segments for the current and prior period. Previously, the net effect of such items were captured and presented separately in a line item entitled "Other".
(2) Effective January 1, 2018, the Electrical/electronic material segment became a division of the Industrial segment. These two reporting segments became a single reporting segment, the Industrial Parts Group. The change in segment is presented retrospectively.
(3) Includes $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, respectively, in transaction-related costs associated with Alliance Automotive Group and the pending combination of S.P. Richards with Essendant.
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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March 31, March 31,
2018 2017
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(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $325,973 $177,917
Trade accounts receivable,
net 2,641,151 2,084,871
Merchandise inventories, net 3,772,919 3,287,042
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 841,569 644,232
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 7,581,612 6,194,062
Goodwill and other
intangible assets, less
accumulated amortization 3,618,426 1,608,466
Deferred tax assets 39,830 129,539
Other assets 588,238 497,553
Net property, plant and
equipment 931,288 737,206
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TOTAL ASSETS $12,759,394 $9,166,826
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade accounts payable $3,773,149 $3,230,985
Current portion of debt 751,614 475,000
Income taxes payable 28,144 65,270
Dividends payable 105,649 99,824
Other current liabilities 1,098,916 708,754
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 5,757,472 4,579,833
Long-term debt 2,564,111 550,000
Pension and other post-
retirement benefit
liabilities 200,253 287,589
Deferred tax liabilities 184,383 49,328
Other long-term liabilities 491,794 467,732
Common stock 146,738 147,394
Retained earnings 4,182,599 4,021,848
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss (819,258) (950,269)
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TOTAL PARENT EQUITY 3,510,079 3,218,973
Noncontrolling interests in
subsidiaries $51,302 $13,371
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TOTAL EQUITY 3,561,381 3,232,344
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $12,759,394 $9,166,826
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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Three Months Ended March 31,
2018 2017
---- ----
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $176,576 $160,160
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 58,363 38,132
Share-based compensation 3,686 2,717
Excess tax benefits from
share-based compensation (2,517) (1,546)
Changes in operating assets
and liabilities (97,741) (97,643)
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES 138,367 101,820
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant
and equipment (31,633) (24,806)
Acquisitions and other
investing activities (38,588) (106,236)
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NET CASH USED IN INVESTING
ACTIVITIES (70,221) (131,042)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from debt 1,201,441 1,005,000
Payments on debt (1,153,750) (855,000)
Share-based awards
exercised, net of taxes paid (4,176) (1,624)
Dividends paid (99,000) (97,584)
Purchase of stock - (91,984)
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NET CASH USED IN FINANCING
ACTIVITIES (55,485) (41,192)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE
CHANGES ON CASH (1,587) 5,452
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 11,074 (64,962)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 314,899 242,879
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
END OF PERIOD $325,973 $177,917
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GENUINE PARTS COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Adjusted Net Income
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Three Months Ended March 31,
2018 2017
---- ----
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share
data)
GAAP net income $176,576 $160,160
Diluted net
income per
common share $1.20 $1.08
Add after-tax adjustments:
Transaction-
related costs 9,883 -
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Adjusted net
income $186,459 $160,160
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Adjusted diluted
net income per
common share $1.27 $1.08
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CONTACT: Carol B. Yancey, Executive Vice President and CFO - (678) 934-5044, Sidney G. Jones, Senior Vice President - Investor Relations - (678) 934-5628
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