Magna Announces First Quarter 2024 Results
Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG; NYSE: MGA) reported first quarter 2024 results with sales up 3% to $11.0 billion, diluted earnings per share at $0.03, and adjusted diluted earnings per share at $1.08. The company recorded asset impairments and restructuring costs related to Fisker, paid dividends of $134 million, and maintained its 2024 Adjusted EBIT Margin Outlook range of 5.4%-6.0%.
Sales increased by 3% to $11.0 billion, reflecting growth in global light vehicle production.
Adjusted EBIT increased to $469 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to $449 million in the first quarter of 2023.
The company benefitted from new programs and the acquisition of Veoneer Active Safety, contributing to higher sales.
Magna maintained its 2024 Adjusted EBIT Margin Outlook range of 5.4%-6.0%.
Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. decreased to $9 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to $209 million in the first quarter of 2023.
Diluted earnings per share decreased to $0.03 in the first quarter of 2024, compared to $0.73 in the first quarter of 2023.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share decreased to $1.08 compared to $1.15.
Insights
Reviewing Magna's Q1 earnings, the moderate sales increase of 3% aligns with the industry's growth but slightly outpaces the global vehicle production rise of 2%. This indicates Magna's ability to capture market share. However, the stark contrast between diluted EPS of $0.03 and adjusted diluted EPS of $1.08 reveals significant one-off costs, specifically the $316 million impairment and restructuring related to Fisker. While impairments can indicate management's recalibration of asset values and a focus on future profitability, the immediate effect is a substantial dip in net income. The maintained EBIT margin outlook of
From an investment standpoint, the significant cash generation of $591 million before changes in operating assets and liabilities is positive, but the increased capital expenditures and investments could reflect the company's reinvestment into growth and modernization, an element worth monitoring for future profitability. The unchanged EBIT margin forecast, despite the adjustments, might reassure investors about the company's operational health.
Analyzing the segment performance, the Body Exteriors & Structures segment appears robust, slightly down in sales but up in profitability, likely due to cost efficiency measures. The Seating Systems also showed improved profitability, hinting at successful optimization within that segment. In contrast, the Complete Vehicles segment saw a notable decline in both sales and profitability, which could raise questions about the sustainability of this business unit and Magna's strategy in a highly competitive market.
Investors should take note of the restructuring costs associated with Fisker, which although a negative impact in the short term, could be strategic for future alignment with EV market trends. The underlying business excluding these costs shows resilience, but the reduced net income attributable to Magna shareholders might cause near-term concern. The report signifies a stronger-than-industry sales growth, yet the reduced earnings due to asset impairments suggest the necessity for careful examination of Magna's strategic decisions and their long-term outcomes.
- Sales increased
3% to$11.0 billion , compared to a2% rise in global light vehicle production - Diluted earnings per share and Adjusted diluted earnings per share were
$0.03 and$1.08 , respectively - Recorded asset impairments and restructuring totaling
$316 million related to Fisker - Paid dividends of
$134 million - Maintaining 2024 Adjusted EBIT Margin Outlook range of
5.4% -6.0%
AURORA, Ontario, May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG; NYSE: MGA) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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| THREE MONTHS ENDED | |||||||
| March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||
| Reported | |||||||
Sales | $ | 10,970 | $ | 10,673 | |||
Income from operations before income taxes | $ | 34 | $ | 275 | |||
Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. | $ | 9 | $ | 209 | |||
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.73 | |||
Non-GAAP Financial Measures(1) Adjusted EBIT | $ | 469 | $ | 449 | |||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.08 | $ | 1.15 | |||
| All results are reported in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share figures, which are in U.S. dollars | |||||||
| (1) Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted diluted earnings per share are Non-GAAP financial measures that have no standardized meaning under U.S. GAAP, and as a result may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures by other companies. Effective July 1, 2023, we revised our calculations of Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted diluted earnings per share to exclude the amortization of acquired intangible assets. The historical presentation of these Non-GAAP measures within this press release has also been updated to reflect the revised calculations. Further information and a reconciliation of these Non-GAAP financial measures is included in the back of this press release. | |||||||
A photo of Swamy Kotagiri, Magna’s Chief Executive Officer is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d7970d44-dd53-4028-a801-4bb4eed75946
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024
We posted Sales of
Adjusted EBIT increased to
We recorded asset impairments and restructuring costs totaling
Income from operations before income taxes was
Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. was
Diluted earnings per share decreased to
In the first quarter of 2024, we generated Cash from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities of
RETURN OF CAPITAL
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we paid dividends of
Our Board of Directors declared a first quarter dividend of
SEGMENT SUMMARY
| ($Millions) | For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | Adjusted EBIT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||||||||
| Body Exteriors & Structures | $ | 4,429 | $ | 4,439 | $ | (10 | ) | $ | 298 | $ | 272 | $ | 26 | ||||||
| Power & Vision | 3,842 | 3,323 | 519 | 98 | 92 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Seating Systems | 1,455 | 1,486 | (31 | ) | 52 | 37 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Complete Vehicles | 1,383 | 1,626 | (243 | ) | 27 | 52 | (25 | ) | |||||||||||
| Corporate and Other | (139 | ) | (201 | ) | 62 | (6 | ) | (4 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||
| Total Reportable Segments | $ | 10,970 | $ | 10,673 | $ | 297 | $ | 469 | $ | 449 | $ | 20 | |||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||
| Body Exteriors & Structures | 6.7 | % | 6.1 | % | 0.6 | % | ||||
| Power & Vision | 2.6 | % | 2.8 | % | (0.2 | )% | ||||
| Seating Systems | 3.6 | % | 2.5 | % | 1.1 | % | ||||
| Complete Vehicles | 2.0 | % | 3.2 | % | (1.2 | )% | ||||
| Consolidated Average | 4.3 | % | 4.2 | % | 0.1 | % | ||||
For further details on our segment results, please see our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position and our Interim Financial Statements.
2024 OUTLOOK
We disclose a full-year Outlook annually in February with quarterly updates. The following Outlook is an update to our previous Outlook in February 2024.
Updated 2024 Outlook Assumptions
| Current | Previous | ||||
| Light Vehicle Production (millions of units) North America Europe China | 15.7 17.4 29.0 | 15.7 17.4 28.3 | |||
| Average Foreign exchange rates: 1 Canadian dollar equals 1 euro equals | U.S. U.S. | U.S. U.S. | |||
Updated 2024 Outlook
| Current(2) | Previous | ||||
| Segment Sales Body Exteriors & Structures Power & Vision Seating Systems Complete Vehicles | |||||
| Total Sales | |||||
| Adjusted EBIT Margin(3) | |||||
| Equity Income (included in EBIT) | |||||
| Interest Expense, net | Approximately | Approximately | |||
| Income Tax Rate(4) | Approximately | Approximately | |||
| Adjusted Net Income attributable to Magna(5) | |||||
| Capital Spending | Approximately | ||||
| Notes: (2) Our current Outlook assumes no further production of the Fisker Ocean (3) Adjusted EBIT Margin is the ratio of Adjusted EBIT to Total Sales. Refer to the reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures in the back of this press release for further information (4) The Income Tax Rate has been calculated using Adjusted EBIT and is based on current tax legislation (5) Adjusted Net Income attributable to Magna represents Net Income excluding Other expense, net and Amortization of acquired intangible assets, net of tax | |||||
Our Outlook is intended to provide information about management's current expectations and plans and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Although considered reasonable by Magna as of the date of this document, the 2024 Outlook above and the underlying assumptions may prove to be inaccurate. Accordingly, our actual results could differ materially from our expectations as set forth herein. The risks identified in the “Forward-Looking Statements” section below represent the primary factors which we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations.
Key Drivers of Our Business
Our operating results are primarily dependent on the levels of North American, European, and Chinese car and light truck production by our customers. While we supply systems and components to every major original equipment manufacturer ("OEM"), we do not supply systems and components for every vehicle, nor is the value of our content consistent from one vehicle to the next. As a result, customer and program mix relative to market trends, as well as the value of our content on specific vehicle production programs, are also important drivers of our results.
OEM production volumes are generally aligned with vehicle sales levels and thus affected by changes in such levels. Aside from vehicle sales levels, production volumes are typically impacted by a range of factors, including: labour disruptions; free trade arrangements and tariffs; relative currency values; commodities prices; supply chains and infrastructure; availability and relative cost of skilled labour; regulatory frameworks; and other factors.
Overall vehicle sales levels are significantly affected by changes in consumer confidence levels, which may in turn be impacted by consumer perceptions and general trends related to the job, housing, and stock markets, as well as other macroeconomic and political factors. Other factors which typically impact vehicle sales levels and thus production volumes include: vehicle affordability; interest rates and/or availability of credit; fuel and energy prices; relative currency values; uncertainty as to consumer acceptance of EVs; government subsidies to consumers for the purchase of low- and zero-emission vehicles; and other factors.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES RECONCILIATION
Effective July 1, 2023, we revised our calculations of Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted diluted earnings per share to exclude the amortization of acquired intangible assets. Revenue generated from acquired intangible assets is included within revenue in determining net income attributable to Magna. We believe that excluding the amortization of acquired intangible assets from these Non-GAAP measures helps management and investors in understanding our underlying performance and improves comparability between our segmented results of operations and our peers.
The historical presentation of these Non-GAAP measures within this press release has also been updated to reflect the revised calculations.
| The reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures is as follows: Adjusted EBIT | |||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Net Income | $ | 26 | $ | 217 | |||
| Add: | |||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 28 | 12 | |||||
| Interest expense, net | 51 | 20 | |||||
| Other expense, net | 356 | 142 | |||||
| Income taxes | 8 | 58 | |||||
| Adjusted EBIT | $ | 469 | $ | 449 | |||
| Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales ("Adjusted EBIT margin") | |||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Sales | $ | 10,970 | $ | 10,673 | |||
| Adjusted EBIT | $ | 469 | $ | 449 | |||
| Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales | 4.3 | % | 4.2 | % | |||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share | |||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. | $ | 9 | $ | 209 | |||
| Add (deduct): | |||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 28 | 12 | |||||
| Other expense, net | 356 | 142 | |||||
| Tax effect on Amortization of acquired intangible assets | |||||||
| and Other (income) expense, net | (82 | ) | (34 | ) | |||
| Adjusted net income attributable to Magna International Inc. | $ | 311 | $ | 329 | |||
| Diluted weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the period (millions): | 287.1 | 286.6 | |||||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.08 | $ | 1.15 | |||
Certain of the forward-looking financial measures above are provided on a Non-GAAP basis. We do not provide a reconciliation of such forward-looking measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To do so would be potentially misleading and not practical given the difficulty of projecting items that are not reflective of on-going operations in any future period. The magnitude of these items, however, may be significant.
This press release together with our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position and our Interim Financial Statements are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at www.magna.com/company/investors and filed electronically through the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com as well as on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), which can be accessed at www.sec.gov.
We will hold a conference call webcast for interested analysts and shareholders to discuss our first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be chaired by Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Executive Officer. Please register for the webcast here or through our website www.magna.com. If unable to join the webcast, North American callers can dial 1-800-715-9871 and International callers can dial 1-646-307-1963, conference ID 9829976. The slide presentation accompanying the conference call as well as our financial review summary will be available on our website Friday prior to the call.
TAGS
Quarterly earnings, financial results, vehicle production
INVESTOR CONTACT
Louis Tonelli, Vice-President, Investor Relations
louis.tonelli@magna.com │ 905.726.7035
MEDIA CONTACT
Tracy Fuerst, Vice-President, Corporate Communications & PR
tracy.fuerst@magna.com │ 248.761.7004
TELECONFERENCE CONTACT
Nancy Hansford, Executive Assistant, Investor Relations
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OUR BUSINESS(6)
Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team of over 179,000(7) employees across 343 manufacturing operations and 105 product development, engineering and sales centres spanning 28 countries. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
For further information about Magna (NYSE:MGA; TSX:MG), please visit www.magna.com or follow us on social.
(6) Manufacturing operations, product development, engineering and sales centres include certain operations accounted for under the equity method.
(7) Number of employees includes over 168,000 employees at our wholly owned or controlled entities and over 11,000 employees at certain operations accounted for under the equity method.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking information" or "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Any such forward-looking statements are intended to provide information about management's current expectations and plans and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements may include financial and other projections, as well as statements regarding our future plans, strategic objectives or economic performance, or the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, and other statements that are not recitations of historical fact. We use words such as "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "likely", "expect", "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "intend", "plan", "aim", "forecast", "outlook", "project", "potential", "cyclicality", "estimate", "target" and similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events to identify forward-looking statements. The following table identifies the material forward-looking statements contained in this document, together with the material potential risks that we currently believe could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Readers should also consider all of the risk factors which follow below the table:
| Material Forward-Looking Statement | Material Potential Risks Related to Applicable Forward-Looking Statement |
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| Total Sales Segment Sales |
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| Adjusted EBIT Margin Net Income Attributable to Magna |
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| Equity Income |
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Forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and are based on assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. While we believe we have a reasonable basis for making any such forward-looking statements, they are not a guarantee of future performance or outcomes. In addition to the factors in the table above, whether actual results and developments conform to our expectations and predictions is subject to a number of risks, assumptions, and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and the effects of which can be difficult to predict, including, without limitation:
Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and Other Risks
| Pricing Risks
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In evaluating forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. Additionally, readers should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including the risks, assumptions and uncertainties above which are:
- discussed under the "Industry Trends and Risks" heading of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis; and
- set out in our Annual Information Form filed with securities commissions in Canada, our annual report on Form 40-F with the United States Securities and Exchange commission, and subsequent filings.
Readers should also consider discussion of our risk mitigation activities with respect to certain risk factors, which can be also found in our Annual Information Form. Additional information about Magna, including our Annual Information Form, is available through the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) at www.sedarplus.ca.
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