GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Steelcase Inc. reported third quarter revenue of $719.4 million and net income of $22.4 million, or $0.17 per share. Excluding restructuring costs, adjusted earnings were $0.19 per share. Revenue was ahead of company estimates; earnings per share were in line with expectations and reflected a decrease in the cash surrender value of variable life company owned life insurance (COLI). Steelcase reported $672.6 million of revenue and earnings of $0.14 per share in the third quarter of the prior year.
Organic revenue growth in the third quarter was 10 percent after adjusting for the net negative impact of $20 million associated with the deconsolidation of IDEO and other acquisitions and divestitures and approximately $4 million related to favorable currency translation effects. The Americas posted 15 percent organic growth over prior year while EMEA experienced a 2 percent organic decline. Revenue growth in the Americas was broad-based and included a higher mix of revenue from some of the company's largest corporate customers, services and owned dealers.
"The Americas segment posted another strong quarter with organic revenue growth of 15 percent and an adjusted operating margin of approximately 9 percent," said James P. Hackett, president and CEO. "Based on the strength of third quarter orders and the highest backlog in more than three years, we expect this momentum to continue in the fourth quarter."
Current quarter operating income of $38.2 million represents an improvement of $11.4 million over the prior year. Excluding restructuring costs, third quarter adjusted operating income of $42.0 million improved $7.2 million compared to the prior year. The improvement was driven largely by organic revenue growth but impacted by the deconsolidation of IDEO and a higher mix of revenue from some of the company's largest corporate customers, services and owned dealers. The results also reflect higher spending on product development, sales and distribution strategies and other initiatives. Benefits from recent pricing adjustments exceeded higher commodity costs for the first time in six quarters.
Cost of sales was 69.0 percent of revenue in the current quarter compared with 68.7 percent of revenue in the prior year. Higher absorption of fixed costs associated with the revenue growth in the quarter was offset by the impact of deconsolidating IDEO and a shift in business mix.
Operating expenses in the third quarter were $181.1 million compared with $176.0 million in the prior year. The increase was largely due to higher variable compensation expenses, a dealer acquisition and increased spending on product development, sales and distribution strategies and other initiatives, partially offset by the impact of deconsolidating IDEO.
Investment income decreased $4.3 million in the current quarter compared to the prior year primarily due to variable life COLI losses of $1.1 million in the third quarter which compared to variable life COLI income of $2.9 million in the prior year.
The company repurchased 2.7 million shares at a cost of $18.0 million in the third quarter, including repurchases made under a stock repurchase agreement entered into on November 4, 2011.
Cash, short-term investments and the cash surrender value of variable life COLI totaled $274.6 million and total debt was $292.1 million at the end of the third quarter.
The Board of Directors of Steelcase Inc. today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share to be paid on or before January 13, 2012 to shareholders of record as of January 3, 2012.
"We are pleased with the improvement in EMEA operating income compared to the second quarter," said David C. Sylvester, senior vice president and CFO. "In the face of ongoing uncertainty and mixed performance within that segment, overall sequential revenue growth was relatively consistent with normal seasonality."
Outlook
Third quarter orders reflected growth compared to the prior year in the Americas and EMEA segments. Order growth in the Americas was particularly strong, approximating 16% over the prior year, which included a pull-forward impact of a November 2010 price increase. The company expects fourth quarter fiscal 2012 revenue to be in the range of $675 to $700 million. This estimate includes an assumption of approximately $2 million from unfavorable currency translation effects compared to the prior year, as well as revenue from a dealer acquisition completed during the first quarter of fiscal 2012. The company reported revenue of $622.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, which included $5 million of revenue from a small division at PolyVision which has been divested. Adjusting for these impacts, the company projects organic revenue growth in the range of 7 to 11 percent over the prior year.
Steelcase expects to report earnings between $0.09 and $0.13 per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, including restructuring costs of approximately $0.04 per share. This earnings estimate reflects a similar level of revenue from some of the company's largest corporate customers and sequentially higher spending on various initiatives as compared to the third quarter. Steelcase reported earnings of $0.08 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.
"Our pattern of success is a clear signal that our customers value our strategy of turning insights into innovation," Hackett said. "We are making incremental investments in product development and other growth initiatives to build upon on the momentum we are seeing in our business."
| Business Segment Results | |||
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| As of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we realigned our reportable segments for financial reporting purposes primarily as a result of the previously announced organizational changes to strengthen our position as a globally integrated enterprise. The accompanying segment data for the prior period has been reclassified to reflect these realignments. | |||
| (Unaudited) | |||
| Three Months Ended | |||
| November 25, | November 26, | % | |
| 2011 | 2010 | Change | |
| Revenue | |||
| Americas (1) | $ 484.1 | $ 406.6 | 19.1% |
| EMEA (2) | 159.6 | 161.4 | (1.1%) |
| Other (3) | 75.7 | 104.6 | (27.6%) |
| Consolidated revenue | $ 719.4 | $ 672.6 | 7.0% |
| Operating income (loss) | |||
| Americas | $ 39.2 | $ 26.2 | |
| EMEA | 4.4 | 3.2 | |
| Other | 3.6 | 4.5 | |
| Corporate (4) | (9.0) | (7.1) | |
| Consolidated operating income | $ 38.2 | $ 26.8 | |
| Operating income percent | 5.3% | 4.0% | |
| Revenue Mix | |||
| Americas (1) | 67.3% | 60.5% | |
| EMEA (2) | 22.2% | 24.0% | |
| Other (3) | 10.5% | 15.5% | |
| YEAR OVER YEAR ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH (DECLINE) BY SEGMENT | ||||
| Q3 2012 vs. Q3 2011 | ||||
| Steelcase Inc. | Americas | EMEA | Other category | |
| Q3 2011 revenue, reported | $ 672.6 | $ 406.6 | $ 161.4 | $ 104.6 |
| IDEO ownership transition & divestiture | (37.3) | -- | -- | (37.3) |
| Currency translation effects* | 4.0 | -- | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Adjusted Q3 2011 revenue | 639.3 | 406.6 | 163.4 | 69.3 |
| Q3 2012 revenue, reported | 719.4 | 484.1 | 159.6 | 75.7 |
| Dealer acquisition | (17.6) | (17.6) | -- | -- |
| Adjusted Q3 2012 revenue | 701.8 | 466.5 | 159.6 | 75.7 |
| Organic growth (decline) $ | $ 62.5 | $ 59.9 | $ (3.8) | $ 6.4 |
| Organic growth (decline) % | 10% | 15% | (2%) | 9% |
| * Currency translation effects represent the estimated net effect of translating Q3 2011 foreign currency revenues using the average exchange rates during Q3 2012. | ||||
| YEAR OVER YEAR ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH | ||||
| Q3 YTD 2012 vs. Q3 YTD 2011 | ||||
| Steelcase Inc. | ||||
| YTD 2011 revenue, reported | $ 1,814.2 | |||
| IDEO ownership transition & divestiture | (107.6) | |||
| Currency translation effects* | 33.0 | |||
| Adjusted YTD 2011 revenue | 1,739.6 | |||
| YTD 2012 revenue, reported | 2,059.3 | |||
| Dealer acquisition | (40.0) | |||
| Adjusted YTD 2012 revenue | 2,019.3 | |||
| Organic growth $ | $ 279.7 | |||
| Organic growth % | 16% | |||
| * Currency translation effects represent the estimated net effect of translating Q3 2011, Q2 2011 and Q1 2011 foreign currency revenues using the average exchange rate during Q3 2012, Q2 2012 and Q1 2012, respectively. | ||||
| PROJECTED ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH | ||||
| Q4 2012 vs. Q4 2011 | ||||
| Steelcase Inc. | ||||
| Q4 2011 revenue, reported | $ 623 | |||
| Divestiture | (5) | |||
| Currency translation effects* | (2) | |||
| Adjusted Q4 2011 revenue | 616 | |||
| Q4 2012 revenue, projected | 675 - 700 | |||
| Dealer acquisition | (16) | |||
| Adjusted Q4 2012 projected revenue | 659 - 684 | |||
| Organic growth $ | $ 43 - 68 | |||
| Organic growth % | 7% - 11% | |||
| * Currency translation effects represent the estimated net effect of translating Q4 2012 foreign currency revenues using the exchange rate at the end of Q3 2012. | ||||
| STEELCASE INC. | |
| ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE | Q3 2012 |
| Earnings per share, reported | $ 0.17 |
| Restructuring costs, net of tax, per share | 0.02 |
| Adjusted earnings per share | $ 0.19 |
| Steelcase Inc. | ||||||||
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| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | |||||
| Revenue | $ 719.4 | 100.0% | $ 672.6 | 100.0% | $ 2,059.3 | 100.0% | $ 1,814.2 | 100.0% |
| Cost of sales | 496.3 | 69.0 | 461.8 | 68.7 | 1,430.5 | 69.5 | 1,258.1 | 69.3 |
| Restructuring costs | 3.3 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 24.7 | 1.2 | 20.1 | 1.1 |
| Gross profit | 219.8 | 30.6 | 203.9 | 30.3 | 604.1 | 29.3 | 536.0 | 29.6 |
| Operating expenses | 181.1 | 25.2 | 176.0 | 26.1 | 524.2 | 25.4 | 500.7 | 27.6 |
| Restructuring costs | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Operating income | $ 38.2 | 5.3% | $ 26.8 | 4.0% | $ 78.6 | 3.8% | $ 31.9 | 1.8% |
| Add: restructuring costs | 3.8 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 26.0 | 1.3 | 23.5 | 1.3 |
| Adjusted operating income | $ 42.0 | 5.8% | $ 34.8 | 5.2% | $ 104.6 | 5.1% | $ 55.4 | 3.1% |
| Americas | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | |||||
| Revenue | $ 484.1 | 100.0% | $ 406.6 | 100.0% | $ 1,378.3 | 100.0% | $ 1,108.4 | 100.0% |
| Cost of sales | 337.7 | 69.8 | 286.4 | 70.4 | 962.3 | 69.8 | 786.1 | 70.9 |
| Restructuring costs | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Gross profit | 143.4 | 29.6 | 117.8 | 29.0 | 400.5 | 29.1 | 316.6 | 28.6 |
| Operating expenses | 103.8 | 21.4 | 91.4 | 22.5 | 297.0 | 21.6 | 260.9 | 23.6 |
| Restructuring costs | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -- | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Operating income | $ 39.2 | 8.1% | $ 26.2 | 6.4% | $ 103.1 | 7.5% | $ 54.8 | 4.9% |
| Add: restructuring costs | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
| Adjusted operating income | $ 42.6 | 8.8% | $ 28.8 | 7.1% | $ 119.0 | 8.6% | $ 61.4 | 5.5% |
| EMEA | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | |||||
| Revenue | $ 159.6 | 100.0% | $ 161.4 | 100.0% | $ 447.3 | 100.0% | $ 393.9 | 100.0% |
| Cost of sales | 110.1 | 69.0 | 112.5 | 69.7 | 316.3 | 70.7 | 282.2 | 71.6 |
| Restructuring costs | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 3.5 |
| Gross profit | 49.1 | 30.8 | 44.8 | 27.8 | 122.8 | 27.5 | 97.9 | 24.9 |
| Operating expenses | 44.5 | 27.9 | 41.4 | 25.7 | 131.3 | 29.4 | 113.4 | 28.8 |
| Restructuring costs | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Operating income (loss) | $ 4.4 | 2.8% | $ 3.2 | 2.0% | $ (9.5) | (2.1%) | $ (15.8) | (4.0%) |
| Add: restructuring costs | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 14.1 | 3.6 |
| Adjusted operating income (loss) | $ 5.0 | 3.1% | $ 7.5 | 4.6% | $ (0.3) | (0.1%) | $ (1.7) | (0.4%) |
| Other | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | |||||
| Revenue | $ 75.7 | 100.0% | $ 104.6 | 100.0% | $ 233.7 | 100.0% | $ 311.9 | 100.0% |
| Cost of sales | 48.5 | 64.1 | 62.9 | 60.1 | 151.9 | 65.0 | 189.8 | 60.9 |
| Restructuring costs | (0.1) | (0.2) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Gross profit | 27.3 | 36.1 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 80.8 | 34.6 | 121.5 | 38.9 |
| Operating expenses | 23.8 | 31.4 | 36.1 | 34.5 | 73.8 | 31.6 | 106.5 | 34.1 |
| Restructuring costs | (0.1) | (0.1) | 0.7 | 0.7 | (0.1) | (0.0) | 2.2 | 0.7 |
| Operating income | $ 3.6 | 4.8% | $ 4.5 | 4.3% | $ 7.1 | 3.0% | $ 12.8 | 4.1% |
| Add: restructuring costs | (0.2) | (0.3) | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| Adjusted operating income | $ 3.4 | 4.5% | $ 5.6 | 5.4% | $ 8.0 | 3.4% | $ 15.6 | 5.0% |
| Corporate | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | November 25, 2011 | November 26, 2010 | |||||
| Operating expenses | $ 9.0 | $ 7.1 | $ 22.1 | $ 19.9 | ||||
| Add: restructuring costs | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Adjusted operating loss | $ (9.0) | $ (7.1) | $ (22.1) | $ (19.9) | ||||
| STEELCASE INC. | ||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) | ||||
| (in millions, except per share data) | ||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||
| November 25, | November 26, | November 25, | November 26, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Revenue | $ 719.4 | $ 672.6 | $ 2,059.3 | $ 1,814.2 |
| Cost of sales | 496.3 | 461.8 | 1,430.5 | 1,258.1 |
| Restructuring costs | 3.3 | 6.9 | 24.7 | 20.1 |
| Gross profit | 219.8 | 203.9 | 604.1 | 536.0 |
| Operating expenses | 181.1 | 176.0 | 524.2 | 500.7 |
| Restructuring costs | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Operating income | 38.2 | 26.8 | 78.6 | 31.9 |
| Interest expense | (4.1) | (4.8) | (20.1) | (13.9) |
| Investment income (loss) | (0.6) | 3.7 | (0.3) | 10.5 |
| Other income (expense), net | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Income before income taxes | 34.6 | 25.8 | 61.3 | 32.3 |
| Income tax expense | 12.2 | 7.5 | 19.5 | 22.3 |
| Net income | 22.4 | $ 18.3 | 41.8 | $ 10.0 |
| Basic and diluted per share data: | ||||
| Basic earnings per share | $ 0.17 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.07 |
| Diluted earnings per share | $ 0.17 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.07 |
| Dividends declared and paid per common share | $ 0.06 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.12 |
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | 131.3 | 135.1 | 132.8 | 135.0 |
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 131.3 | 135.6 | 132.8 | 135.4 |
| STEELCASE INC. | ||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||
| (in millions) | ||
| (Unaudited) | ||
| November 25, | February 25, | |
| ASSETS | 2011 | 2011 |
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 114.9 | $ 142.2 |
| Short-term investments | 51.0 | 350.8 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 315.1 | 271.0 |
| Inventories | 153.9 | 127.1 |
| Deferred income taxes | 53.1 | 58.0 |
| Other current assets | 63.4 | 63.2 |
| Total current assets | 751.4 | 1,012.3 |
| Property and equipment, net | 342.3 | 345.8 |
| Company-owned life insurance | 222.2 | 223.1 |
| Deferred income taxes | 126.4 | 132.2 |
| Goodwill and other intangible assets, net | 195.2 | 196.5 |
| Other assets | 96.3 | 86.6 |
| Total assets | $ 1,733.8 | $ 1,996.5 |
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Accounts payable | $ 214.0 | $ 195.0 |
| Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt | 2.6 | 255.5 |
| Accrued expenses: | ||
| Employee compensation | 131.6 | 136.3 |
| Employee benefit plan obligations | 22.1 | 15.5 |
| Other | 137.5 | 134.5 |
| Total current liabilities | 507.8 | 736.8 |
| Long-term liabilities: | ||
| Long-term debt less current maturities | 289.5 | 291.3 |
| Employee benefit plan obligations | 167.8 | 170.0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 76.8 | 80.0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | 534.1 | 541.3 |
| Total liabilities | 1,041.9 | 1,278.1 |
| Shareholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock | 7.9 | 48.5 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 30.1 | 20.2 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) | (13.1) | 0.6 |
| Retained earnings | 667.0 | 649.1 |
| Total shareholders' equity | 691.9 | 718.4 |
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ 1,733.8 | $ 1,996.5 |
| STEELCASE INC. | ||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (Unaudited) | ||
| (in millions) | ||
| Nine Months Ended | ||
| November 25, | November 26, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | |
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Net income | $ 41.8 | $ 10.0 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 41.7 | 49.1 |
| Changes in cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance | 0.9 | (10.7) |
| Changes in deferred income taxes | 3.8 | 6.9 |
| Changes in accounts receivable, net, inventories and accounts payable | (47.4) | (68.7) |
| Changes in employee compensation liabilities | (1.1) | 20.6 |
| Changes in other operating assets and liabilities | (10.7) | 33.3 |
| Other, net | 18.9 | 18.3 |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 47.9 | 58.8 |
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Capital expenditures | (49.0) | (33.3) |
| Purchases of investments | (161.8) | (14.8) |
| Liquidations of investments | 460.2 | 3.9 |
| Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets | 8.1 | 14.3 |
| Acquisitions, net of divestiture | (18.2) | -- |
| Other, net | 7.5 | (3.5) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 246.8 | (33.4) |
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Repayments of long-term debt | (255.5) | (2.2) |
| Dividends paid | (23.9) | (16.2) |
| Common stock repurchases | (41.0) | (0.3) |
| Other, net | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (320.1) | (18.2) |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (1.9) | 0.7 |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (27.3) | 7.9 |
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 142.2 | 111.1 |
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ 114.9 | $ 119.0 |
Source: Steelcase Inc.
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