CON-WAY INC ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) today reported 2014 second-quarter net income of $53.7 million, or 93 cents per diluted share. The results compare to second-quarter 2013 net income of $42.9 million, or 75 cents per diluted share.
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On a non-GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share in the 2014 second quarter were 91 cents compared to 68 cents in last year's second quarter. (Non-GAAP items, consisting of tax-related adjustments and gains on sales of property for both years, and an increase in reserves for international bad debt in the prior year, are detailed in the attached reconciliation.)
Operating income in the second quarter was $102.7 million compared to $76.3 million earned in the second quarter a year ago. Revenue for the second quarter was $1.49 billion compared to $1.38 billion a year ago.
In conjunction with today's news release, the Board of Directors has approved two initiatives designed to return cash to shareholders: a share repurchase program and a dividend increase. Under the share repurchase program, the company is authorized to acquire up to $150 million of Con-way common stock in open market transactions. The quarterly dividend, which is currently $0.10 per common share, will increase to $0.15, or from $0.40 to $0.60 on an annual basis.
The company will also make an additional $80 million pre-tax contribution to its defined benefit pension plans in 2014 in order to further strengthen its balance sheet and support its credit rating. This incremental funding is in addition to the $60 million pre-tax contribution previously planned for this year.
"Our cash balance has supported strategic investments that have lowered our fleet ages, improved our pension funded status, and enabled margin expansion," said Douglas W. Stotlar, Con-way's president and CEO. "Given our progress towards these objectives, we have reached a point where we can redeploy a portion of our cash balance to fund expanded shareholder initiatives, while continuing to support a strong balance sheet."
Con-way's second-quarter effective tax rate was 40.9 percent, compared to 31.7 percent for the same period in 2013. Both years included discrete and other tax adjustments that impacted the effective tax rate (presented in the attached reconciliation). In the second quarter of 2013, Con-way recognized $3.8 million of discrete tax benefits, consisting mainly of the reversal of liabilities for uncertain tax positions. Discrete tax adjustments in the second quarter of 2014 were primarily for various state income tax adjustments.
Segment results in the second quarter for Con-way's principal operations were as follows:
FREIGHT
For the second quarter of 2014, Con-way Freight reported:
-- Revenue of $940.5 million, a 5.4 percent increase from last year's
second quarter revenue of $892.3 million. Revenue growth in the quarter
was attributable to improved yield and slightly higher tonnage per day.
-- Operating income of $83.0 million, a 51.8 percent increase from the
$54.7 million earned in the year-ago period. Results in the period
benefited from revenue management initiatives that contributed to
improved composition of freight in the network, and included a $3.4
million gain on the sale of property.
-- Revenue per hundredweight, or yield, increased 4.7 percent from the
previous-year second quarter. Excluding fuel surcharge, yield rose 4.1
percent.
-- Tonnage per day increased 1.3 percent compared to the 2013 second
quarter.
-- Operating ratio of 91.2 in the 2014 second quarter compared to 93.9 in
the previous-year period. Excluding the gain on sale of property, the
second quarter operating ratio was 91.5.
"Our strategic focus on revenue management was reinforced by strong demand and a firming rate environment," said Stotlar. "Against the backdrop of these industry dynamics, we effectively employed our proprietary planning and pricing tools to drive profit improvement."
LOGISTICS
For the second quarter of 2014, Menlo Logistics reported:
-- Revenue of $433.7 million, a 17.1 percent increase from the prior year
second quarter revenue of $370.4 million. The higher revenue reflected
increases in both transportation-management and warehouse-management
services.
-- Net revenue of $186.7 million, a 15.7 percent increase from $161.4
million in the previous year second quarter. The higher net revenue was
primarily attributable to increased warehouse-management business.
-- Operating income of $6.4 million, an increase of 6.3 percent over the
$6.0 million earned in last year's second quarter. The current period
was affected by lower margins on transportation management and higher
variable compensation expense while the previous-year quarter included
an increase in bad debt reserves for a single international customer, as
well as start-up expenses related to new and expanded
warehouse-management business.
"While Menlo grew its revenue base, tight capacity and rising rates in the truckload market increased purchased transportation expense, impacting operating income," Stotlar said. "Menlo remains focused on reducing costs and improving margins. Following last year's surge in new warehouse management business, its sales pipeline has returned to typical levels and a more balanced mix of services. We're encouraged by an increase in bids for transportation management projects as well as growth opportunities in new sectors for us such as oil and gas and health care."
TRUCKLOAD
For the second quarter of 2014, Con-way Truckload reported:
-- Revenue of $164.1 million, a 1.4 percent increase over last year's
second-quarter revenue of $161.8 million. Increased revenue was affected
by higher other revenues and an increase in revenue per loaded mile,
partially offset by a decrease in loaded miles.
-- Operating income of $13.5 million, a 24.2 percent increase over the
$10.9 million earned in last year's second quarter. Results benefited
from increased pricing and lower vehicular claims expense.
-- Empty miles of 9.5 percent, compared to 9.4 percent in the previous-year
second quarter.
-- Operating ratio, exclusive of fuel surcharges, of 89.4 compared to 91.4
in the second quarter of 2013.
"Con-way Truckload benefited from solid demand in the second quarter," noted Stotlar. "Pricing strengthened as the market dealt with capacity constraints exacerbated by the continuing industry-wide driver shortage. We made strides in reducing driver turnover, which spiked last quarter. At the same time, we are still above our fleet's normal level of unseated trucks, which adversely impacts revenue and profit. Our safety performance continued to improve throughout the quarter with June recording the lowest accident frequency rate in 16 years."
CORPORATE AND ELIMINATIONS
Corporate and Eliminations includes the company's trailer manufacturing unit as well as other corporate activities. These activities were essentially breakeven in the 2014 second quarter compared to income of $4.7 million in the second quarter of 2013. The 2013 second-quarter comparative results reflect a $5.6 million gain from the sale of excess corporate properties.
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND DECLARATION
The first increased dividend of $0.15 per common share will be paid on September 12, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 15, 2014.
INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL
Con-way will host a conference call for the investment community tomorrow, Thursday, July 31, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The call can be accessed by dialing (877) 874-4749 or (706) 643-3632 (for international callers) and is expected to last approximately one hour. The call will also be available through a live internet webcast at www.con-way.com, in the investors section. An audio replay will be available for two weeks following the call by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 (for international callers) and using access code 66754764. An Internet replay and podcast of the presentation will also be available at the Con-way site.
ABOUT CON-WAY INC. -- Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) is a $5.5 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. Con-way delivers industry-leading services through its primary operating companies of Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload and Menlo Logistics. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload (LTL), full truckload and multimodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services. Con-way also operates a trailer refurbishing and manufacturing company which supplies trailing equipment to the company's trucking fleets. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from more than 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries. For more information about Con-way, visit www.con-way.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and should not be relied upon as predictions of future events. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including: any projections of earnings, revenues, weight, yield, volumes, income or other financial or operating items, all statements of the plans, strategies, expectations or objectives of Con-way's management for future operations or other future items, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding Con-way's estimated future contributions to pension plans, any statements regarding the payment of future dividends, any statements as to the adequacy of reserves, any statements regarding the outcome of any legal and other claims and proceedings that may be brought by or against Con-way, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, any statements regarding strategic acquisitions, any statements of estimates or belief, and any statements or assumptions underlying the foregoing. Specific factors that could cause actual results and other matters to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements include: changes in general business and economic conditions, increasing competition and pricing pressure, the creditworthiness of Con-way's customers and their ability to pay for services rendered, changes in fuel prices or fuel surcharges, the possibility that Con-way may, from time to time, be required to record impairment charges for goodwill, intangible assets and other long-lived assets, the possibility of defaults under Con-way's revolving credit agreement and other debt instruments (including without limitation defaults resulting from unusual charges), uncertainty in the credit markets, including the effect on Con-way's ability to refinance indebtedness as and when it becomes due, labor matters, enforcement of and changes in governmental regulations or legislation which potentially could result in an adverse impact on the company, environmental and tax matters, and matters relating to Con-way's defined benefit pension plans, including the effect on the plans of changes in discount rates and in the value of plan assets. The factors included herein and in Item 1A of Con-way's 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results and other matters to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. As a result, no assurance can be given as to future financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations. Any forward-looking statements speak as of July 30, 2014 and are subject to change. Con-way does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
Con-way Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
(Dollars in
thousands, except
per share data) June 30, June 30,
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2014 2013 2014 2013
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Revenue
Freight $940,503 $892,275 $1,788,530 $1,719,811
Logistics 433,650 370,378 840,015 762,735
Truckload 164,064 161,804 320,074 318,807
Corporate and
Eliminations (45,868) (43,087) (87,427) (83,819)
$1,492,349 $1,381,370 $2,861,192 $2,717,534
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Operating Income (Loss)
Freight [a] $83,021 $54,689 $101,586 $70,713
Logistics [b] 6,418 6,039 12,592 12,571
Truckload 13,499 10,873 19,879 20,828
Corporate and
Eliminations [c] (238) 4,698 1,705 3,786
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102,700 76,299 135,762 107,898
Other Income
(Expense) (11,932) (13,450) (25,772) (28,274)
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Income before
Income Tax
Provision 90,768 62,849 109,990 79,624
Income Tax
Provision 37,101 19,952 43,430 22,722
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Net Income $53,667 $42,897 $66,560 $56,902
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Weighted-Average Common Shares
Outstanding
Basic 57,128,379 56,354,017 57,043,378 56,226,038
Diluted 57,694,691 56,960,738 57,577,373 56,860,095
Earnings per Common Share
Basic $0.94 $0.76 $1.17 $1.01
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Diluted $0.93 $0.75 $1.16 $1.00
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[a] Includes a $3.4 million
current-year second-quarter
gain from the sale of
property.
[b] Includes a $3.7 million prior-
year second-quarter charge
for an increased reserve on
international accounts
receivable.
[c] Includes a $5.6 million prior-
year second-quarter gain
from the sale of property.
Con-way Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands,
except per share data) June 30, June 30,
-------- --------
2014 2013 2014 2013
---- ---- ---- ----
Net Income and EPS:
Net Income (GAAP) $53,667 $42,897 $66,560 $56,902
Before-Tax Reconciling Items
Gains on sales of
properties 3,397 5,612 3,397 5,612
Reserve on international
accounts receivable - (3,736) - (3,736)
3,397 1,876 3,397 1,876
Tax-Related Reconciling Items
Tax effect of items above (1,361) (732) (1,361) (732)
Discrete and other tax
adjustments (1,066) 3,302 294 6,823
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(2,427) 2,570 (1,067) 6,091
Net Income (Adjusted Non-
GAAP) $52,697 $38,451 $64,230 $48,935
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Diluted Shares Outstanding 57,694,691 56,960,738 57,577,373 56,860,095
Earnings per Diluted Common
Share (Adjusted Non-GAAP) $0.91 $0.68 $1.12 $0.86
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Logistics' Net Revenue:
Revenue (GAAP) $433,650 $370,378 $840,015 $762,735
Purchased transportation
expense (246,963) (209,008) (470,838) (444,208)
Net revenue (Adjusted Non-
GAAP) $186,687 $161,370 $369,177 $318,527
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Information About Non-GAAP
Financial Measures:
Con-way provides financial
measures such as adjusted net
income, adjusted earnings per
share and net revenue as
additional information to
investors. These measures are not
in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in
the United States ("GAAP"). Con-
way's non-GAAP financial measures
are intended to supplement, but
not substitute for, the most
directly comparable GAAP measures.
Con-way believes that the non-
GAAP financial measures provide
meaningful information to assist
management, investors and analysts
in understanding Con-way's
financial results because they
exclude items that may not be
indicative or are unrelated to
Con-way's core operating results.
However, because non-GAAP
financial measures are not
standardized, it may not be
possible to compare these
financial measures across
companies. Investors are strongly
encouraged to review Con-way's
financial statements and publicly
filed reports in their entirety
and not to rely on any single
financial measure.
Con-way Inc.
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
June 30, December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 2014 2013
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(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets $1,345,579 $1,207,781
Property, plant and equipment,
net 1,628,421 1,656,833
Other assets 416,216 415,317
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Total Assets $3,390,216 $3,279,931
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Liabilities and Shareholders'
Equity
Current liabilities $795,730 $745,951
Long-term debt and capital
leases 728,755 735,340
Other long-term liabilities
and deferred credits 655,137 659,951
Shareholders' equity 1,210,594 1,138,689
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Total Liabilities and
Shareholders' Equity $3,390,216 $3,279,931
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