WESTCHESTER, Ill., Oct 29, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, today reported results for the third quarter 2015.
"Our solid third quarter results reflect the overall positive trajectory of our business," said Ilene Gordon, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Higher core and specialty volumes, improved mix, good operating efficiency, and the impact of acquisitions, more than offset foreign-exchange headwinds. Year-over-year operating income improved in North America, South America, and Asia Pacific.
"Our growth strategy continues to drive robust results and we remain confident in our 2015 outlook. Volume growth, disciplined cost management, and improved mix are expected to continue in the fourth quarter. Our Kerr acquisition, which broadens our wholesome and clean-label ingredient portfolio, was finalized in August and the Penford integration remains on track for at least $20 million in annualized cost synergies. We continue to take actions to optimize our cost structure for the future. Our expectation for adjusted EPS for the year is raised to $5.75-$5.90, including accretion resulting from both transactions, but excluding costs related to acquisitions and restructuring," Gordon added.
Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS)
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3Q14 3Q15 YTD14 YTD15
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Reported EPS $1.60 $1.48 $3.89 $4.09
Acquisition/Integration costs - 0.03 - 0.16
Impairment/Restructuring - 0.13 - 0.22
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Adjusted EPS* $1.60 $1.64 $3.89 $4.47
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*Totals may not foot due to rounding
Estimated factors affecting change in adjusted EPS
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3Q15 YTD15
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Margin 0.43 1.14
Volume 0.07 0.16
Foreign exchange (0.24) (0.47)
Other income/(expense) (0.11) (0.19)
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Total operating items 0.15 0.64
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Financing costs 0.01 0.05
Shares outstanding 0.03 0.15
Tax rate (0.15) (0.26)
Non-controlling interest - -
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Total non-operating items (0.11) (0.06)
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Total items affecting EPS 0.04 0.58
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Financial Highlights
- At September 30, 2015, total debt and cash and short-term investments were $2.3 billion and $731 million, respectively, versus $1.8 billion and $614 million, respectively, at December 31, 2014.
- During the third quarter of 2015, net financing costs were $14 million, or $1 million lower than the year-ago period due to the benefit of lower interest rates on debt.
- The third quarter reported and adjusted effective tax rates were 31.8 percent and 31.9 percent, respectively, compared to a 26.1 percent reported effective tax rate in the year-ago period. The higher rates were primarily driven by greater earnings in higher tax jurisdictions as well as the devaluation of the Mexican peso during the quarter.
- Capital expenditures, net of disposals, were $193 million for the first nine months of 2015, $6 million higher than in the year-ago period.
- During the first nine months of the year, the Company repurchased approximately 435,000 shares of common stock for $34 million.
Business Review
Total Ingredion
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$ in millions A B C D E F
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Third quarter 1,460 -157 130 3 1,437 -2%
Year-to-date 4,300 -345 282 -21 4,216 -2%
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A: 2014 Net sales
B: FX Impact
C: Volume
D: Price/mix
E: 2015 Net sales
F: % change
Net Sales
- Net sales were down for both periods as a result of changes in foreign currency-exchange rates and the pass through of lower corn costs, partially offset by volume growth, both organic and acquisition-related, and increased prices in South America which partially compensated for currency headwinds.
Operating income
- Third quarter reported and adjusted operating income were $175 million and $192 million, respectively. These were a two percent decrease and eight percent increase, respectively, compared to $178 million of reported operating income in the third quarter of 2014. The increase in adjusted operating income was primarily due to: organic volume growth in core and specialty ingredients; acquisition-related volume growth; margin expansion in North America; and improved price/mix in South America. These positives were partially offset by the negative effect of foreign exchange.
- Year-to-date 2015 reported and adjusted operating income were $487 million and $529 million, respectively. These were five percent and 14 percent increases, respectively, compared to $463 million of year-to-date 2014 reported operating income. The increases in operating income were primarily due to: organic volume growth in core and specialty ingredients; acquisition-related volume growth; margin expansion in North America; and improved price/mix in South America. These positives were partially offset by the negative effect of foreign exchange.
- Third quarter reported operating income was lower than adjusted operating income by $17 million. Of this, $12 million is related to Brazil restructuring; $2 million is related to severance-related charges for the sale of our plant in Port Colborne, Canada expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015; and $3 million is for acquisition-related costs for Penford and Kerr.
North America
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$ in millions A B C D E F
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Third quarter 806 -22 118 -22 880 9%
Year-to-date 2,362 -48 267 -78 2,503 6%
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A: 2014 Net sales
B: FX Impact
C: Volume
D: Price/mix
E: 2015 Net sales
F: % change
Operating income
- Third quarter operating income increased from $113 million to $133 million. Higher organic and acquisition-related volumes, lower corn costs, and lower manufacturing expenses due to operational efficiencies accounted for the increase.
- Year-to-date operating income increased from $289 million to $362 million. Higher organic and acquisition-related volumes, lower corn costs, lower manufacturing expenses due to operational efficiencies, and nonrecurrence of costs attributable to the adverse weather effects in the first quarter of last year drove the increase.
South America
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$ in millions A B C D E F
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Third quarter 308 -102 22 28 256 -17%
Year-to-date 906 -216 -1 76 765 -16%
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A: 2014 Net sales
B: FX Impact
C: Volume
D: Price/mix
E: 2015 Net sales
F: % change
Operating income
- Operating income in the third quarter was $28 million, up four percent, or $1 million, largely as a result of improved price/mix and good cost discipline, partially offset by the foreign-exchange impact and higher input costs.
- Year-to-date operating income was $73 million, down $1 million, largely as a result of the negative effect of foreign-exchange and higher input costs resulting from inflation. This was partially mitigated by improved price/mix.
Asia Pacific
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$ in millions A B C D E F
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Third quarter 206 -22 -6 -4 174 -15%
Year-to-date 594 -42 17 -16 553 -7%
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A: 2014 Net sales
B: FX Impact
C: Volume
D: Price/mix
E: 2015 Net sales
F: % change
Operating income
- Third quarter operating income was $28 million, up slightly from a year ago. Margin expansion was partially offset by foreign-exchange impacts.
- Year-to-date operating income was $81 million, up slightly from a year ago. Increased volume and margin expansion were partially offset by foreign-exchange impacts.
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)
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$ in millions A B C D E F
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Third quarter 141 -12 -4 1 126 -11%
Year-to-date 438 -39 -1 -3 395 -10%
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A: 2014 Net sales
B: FX Impact
C: Volume
D: Price/mix
E: 2015 Net sales
F: % change
Operating income
- Third quarter operating income was $22 million, down less than $1 million from a year ago. Year-to-date operating income was $67 million, down $2 million from a year ago. In both periods, good cost management was offset by foreign-exchange impacts and lower volumes.
2015 Guidance
2015 adjusted EPS, including anticipated $0.08-$0.12 per share accretion resulting from the Penford and Kerr acquisitions but excluding acquisition-related and restructuring costs, is expected to be in the range of $5.75 to $5.90 compared to adjusted EPS of $5.20 in 2014. The full-year guidance assumes, compared to last year: overall improvement in North America, modest improvement in Asia Pacific, South America in line, and EMEA down given anticipated unfavorable changes in currency rates; an effective tax rate of approximately 32 percent; and earnings per share accretion attributable to the 2014 accelerated share repurchase program. Sales of higher-value specialty ingredients are expected to continue to contribute to margin expansion.
In 2015, cash generated by operations and capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $650-$700 million and $300 million, respectively.
Conference Call and Webcast
Ingredion will conduct a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time) to be hosted by Ilene Gordon, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Jack Fortnum, chief financial officer.
The call will be webcast in real time, and will include a visual presentation accessible through the Ingredion website at www.ingredion.com. The presentation will be available to download approximately 60 minutes prior to the start of the call. A replay of the webcast will be available at www.ingredion.com.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) is a leading global ingredients solutions provider specializing in nature-based sweeteners, starches and nutrition ingredients and biomaterial solutions. With customers in more than 100 countries, Ingredion serves approximately 60 diverse sectors in food, beverage, brewing, pharmaceuticals and other industries. For more information, visit ingredion.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for such statements.
Forward-looking statements include, among other things, any statements regarding the Company's prospects or future financial condition, earnings, revenues, tax rates, capital expenditures, expenses or other financial items, any statements concerning the Company's prospects or future operations, including management's plans or strategies and objectives therefor and any assumptions, expectations or beliefs underlying the foregoing.
These statements can sometimes be identified by the use of forward looking words such as "may," "will," "should," "anticipate," "assume", "believe," "plan," "project," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "continue," "pro forma," "forecast," "outlook" or other similar expressions or the negative thereof. All statements other than statements of historical facts in this release or referred to in this release are "forward-looking statements."
These statements are based on current circumstances or expectations, but are subject to certain inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond our control. Although we believe our expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, stockholders are cautioned that no assurance can be given that our expectations will prove correct.
Actual results and developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in or implied by these statements, based on various factors, including the effects of global economic conditions, including, particularly, continuation or worsening of the current economic, currency and political conditions in South America and economic conditions in Europe, and their impact on our sales volumes and pricing of our products, our ability to collect our receivables from customers and our ability to raise funds at reasonable rates; fluctuations in worldwide markets for corn and other commodities, and the associated risks of hedging against such fluctuations; fluctuations in the markets and prices for our co-products, particularly corn oil; fluctuations in aggregate industry supply and market demand; the behavior of financial markets, including foreign currency fluctuations and fluctuations in interest and exchange rates; volatility and turmoil in the capital markets; the commercial and consumer credit environment; general political, economic, business, market and weather conditions in the various geographic regions and countries in which we buy our raw materials or manufacture or sell our products; future financial performance of major industries which we serve, including, without limitation, the food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, paper, corrugated, textile and brewing industries; energy costs and availability, freight and shipping costs, and changes in regulatory controls regarding quotas, tariffs, duties, taxes and income tax rates; operating difficulties; availability of raw materials, including potato starch, tapioca and the specific varieties of corn upon which our products are based; energy issues in Pakistan; boiler reliability; our ability to effectively integrate and operate acquired businesses, including the Penford business; our ability to achieve budgets and to realize expected synergies; our ability to complete planned maintenance and investment projects successfully and on budget; labor disputes; genetic and biotechnology issues; changing consumption preferences including those relating to high fructose corn syrup; increased competitive and/or customer pressure in the corn-refining industry; and the outbreak or continuation of serious communicable disease or hostilities including acts of terrorism. Factors relating to the acquisition of Penford Corporation that could cause actual results and developments to differ from expectations include that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition, including synergies, may not be realized; and that the integration of Penford's operations with our operations may be materially delayed or may be more costly or difficult than expected.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statement as a result of new information or future events or developments. If we do update or correct one or more of these statements, investors and others should not conclude that we will make additional updates or corrections. For a further description of these and other risks, see "Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
CONTACT:
Investors: Heather Kos, +1-708-551-2592
Media: Claire Regan, +1-708-551-2602
Q3 2015 PR Tables: http://hugin.info/147221/R/1962214/715619.pdf
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