Pitney Bowes Announces First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Rhea-AI Summary

Pitney Bowes (PBI) reported Q1 2022 revenue of $927 million, a 1% increase year-over-year. GAAP EPS was $0.12, while adjusted EPS rose to $0.08 from $0.07 in Q1 2021. Global Ecommerce saw margin expansion, marking its highest quarterly gross margin. Presort Services revenue grew 12%, driven by improved net revenue per piece, though SendTech experienced a 3% decline. The company reduced debt by $99 million and anticipates low-to-mid single-digit revenue growth for the year, with cash flow levels similar to 2021.

Positive

• Global Ecommerce recorded highest quarterly gross margin ever.
• Presort revenue increased by 12% year-over-year.
• Debt reduced by $99 million during the quarter.
• Adjusted EBIT grew by 6% from Q1 2021.

Negative

• SendTech revenue declined by 3%.
• Free cash flow was a net use of $30 million, up from $1 million year-over-year.
• EBITDA and EBIT margins in Presort Services declined due to rising labor and transportation costs.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI), a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services, today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2022.

“Our first quarter performance was very good and marks a continuation of the trend that we were on for most of last year,” said Marc B. Lautenbach, President and CEO of Pitney Bowes. “We saw substantial margin expansion in our Global Ecommerce business and excellent execution in our SendTech and Presort businesses. Importantly, Global Ecommerce recorded its highest quarterly gross margin ever and SendTech and Presort, in aggregate, once again grew top line in the first quarter.”

Financial Highlights

• Revenue in the quarter was $927 million, an increase of 1 percent from the comparable quarter in 2021
• GAAP EPS in the quarter was $0.12; Adjusted EPS was $0.08 versus $0.07 in first quarter 2021
• Adjusted EBIT in the quarter was $53 million, an increase of 6 percent from the comparable quarter in 2021
• GAAP cash from operations in the quarter was $11 million
• Free cash flow was a net use of $30 million versus a net use of $1 million in first quarter 2021; year-over-year decrease was driven primarily by changes in working capital
• Debt reduced by $99 million during the quarter, primarily through the early redemption of the 2023 Notes

Business Highlights

• Improved Global Ecommerce EBIT margins by over 300 basis points on a year-over-year basis with positive EBITDA
• Processed 41 million domestic standard delivery and return parcels through our Global Ecommerce network in the quarter compared to 42 million parcels in first quarter 2021
• Implemented additional network enhancements in Global Ecommerce that are expected to drive meaningful service and efficiency benefits
• Grew Presort revenue 12 percent on a year-over-year basis
• Processed 4.4 billion pieces through our Presort network in the quarter
• Launched a new state-of-the-art Presort facility in Las Vegas capable of processing all portfolio products
• Reported SendTech revenue decline of 3 percent, with a 3 percent increase in equipment revenue from the comparable quarter in 2021
• Increased shipping-related revenue in SendTech 26 percent on year-over-year basis
• Launched PitneyShip Pro, a new enterprise-oriented, cloud-based sending solution with combined shipping and mailing capabilities

Earnings per share results are summarized in the table below

		First Quarter
		2022		2021
GAAP EPS		$0.12		($0.18)
Discontinued Operations		-		$0.02
GAAP EPS from Continuing Operations		$0.12		($0.16)
Loss on Debt Redemption/Refinancing		$0.02		$0.22
Restructuring Charges		$0.02		$0.01
Gain on Sale of Assets/Business		($0.08)		-
Transaction Costs		$0.01		-
Adjusted EPS		$0.08		$0.07

* The sum of the earnings per share may not equal the totals due to rounding.

Business Segment Reporting

Global Ecommerce

Global Ecommerce provides business to consumer logistics services for domestic and cross border delivery, returns and fulfillment.

		First Quarter
($ millions)		2022		2021		% Change Reported		% Change Ex Currency
Revenue		$419		$413		1%		1%
EBITDA		$8		($8)		>100%
EBIT		($14)		($26)		48%

Revenue growth benefited from better pricing, partially offset by lower volumes. Improvements in EBITDA and EBIT were primarily driven by higher domestic parcel revenues as well as efficiency gains in transportation and improvements in labor productivity.

Presort Services

Presort Services provides sortation services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail, Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal workshare discounts.

		First Quarter
($ millions)		2022		2021		% Change Reported		% Change Ex Currency
Revenue		$161		$143		12%		12%
EBITDA		$26		$27		(2%)
EBIT		$20		$19		3%

Revenue growth driven by continued improvement in net revenue per piece along with expansion in marketing mail volumes. EBITDA and EBIT margins declined in the quarter due to higher labor and transportation costs.

SendTech Solutions

Sending Technology Solutions offers physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions, financing, services, supplies and other applications for small and medium businesses to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats.

		First Quarter
($ millions)		2022		2021		% Change Reported		% Change Ex Currency
Revenue		$348		$359		(3%)		(2%)
EBITDA		$112		$122		(9%)
EBIT		$105		$114		(9%)

A 3 percent increase in Equipment sales and 26 percent increase in shipping-related revenue were more than offset by a 7 percent decrease in both Financing and Support Services. The decline in high-margin Financing and Support Services revenue resulted in lower EBITDA and EBIT.

2022 Expectations

The Company continues to expect annual revenue and adjusted EBIT to grow over prior year in the low-to-mid single digit range. Additionally, we expect to generate similar levels of free cash flow in 2022 as 2021.

The Company will adjust 2022 guidance should macroeconomic conditions warrant.

Conference Call and Webcast

Management of Pitney Bowes will discuss the Company’s results in a broadcast over the Internet today at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Instructions for listening to the earnings results via the Web are available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s web site at www.pitneybowes.com.

About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services to more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500. Small business, retail, enterprise, and government clients around the world rely on Pitney Bowes to remove the complexity of sending mail and parcels. For additional information, visit: www.pitneybowes.com

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

The Company's financial results are reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); however, in its disclosures the Company uses certain non-GAAP measures, such as adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted earnings per share (EPS), revenue growth on a constant currency basis and free cash flow.

Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS exclude the impact of discontinued operations, restructuring charges, gains, losses and costs related to acquisitions and dispositions, asset and goodwill impairment charges, and other unusual or one-time items. Such items are often inconsistent in amount and frequency and as such, the Company believes that these non-GAAP measures provide investors greater insight into the underlying operating trends of the business.

In addition, revenue growth is presented on a constant currency basis to exclude the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates since the prior period under comparison. Constant currency is calculated by converting the current period non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue using the prior year’s exchange rate for the comparable quarter. We believe that excluding the impacts of currency exchange rates provides investors a better understanding of the underlying revenue performance.

Free cash flow adjusts cash from operations calculated in accordance with GAAP for discontinued operations, capital expenditures, restructuring payments, changes in customer deposits held at the Pitney Bowes Bank, transaction costs and other special items. The Company reports free cash flow to provide investors insight into the amount of cash that management could have available for other discretionary uses.

Segment EBIT is the primary measure of profitability and operational performance at the segment level and is determined by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring charges, asset and goodwill impairment charges, and other items not allocated to a segment. The Company also reports segment EBITDA as an additional useful measure of segment profitability and operational performance.

Complete reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to comparable GAAP measures can be found in the attached financial schedules and at the Company's web site at www.pb.com/investorrelations

This document contains “forward-looking statements” about the Company’s expected or potential future business and financial performance. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future revenue and earnings guidance and future events or conditions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, we continue to navigate the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic (Covid-19), and the effect that its unpredictability is having on our, and our client’s business, financial performance and results of operations. Other factors which could cause future financial performance to differ materially from expectations, and which may also be exacerbated by Covid-19 or a negative change in the economy, include, without limitation, declining physical mail volumes; changes in postal regulations or the operations and financial health of posts in the U.S. or other major markets or changes to the broader postal or shipping markets; the loss of, or significant changes to, our contractual relationships with the United States Postal Service (USPS) or USPS’ performance under those contracts; our ability to continue to grow and manage volumes, gain additional economies of scale and improve profitability within our Global Ecommerce segment; changes in labor and transportation availability and costs; and other factors as more fully outlined in the Company's 2021 Form 10-K Annual Report and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pitney Bowes assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, events or developments.

Note: Consolidated statements of income; revenue, EBIT and EBITDA by business segment; and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, and consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are attached.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share amounts)
					Three months ended March 31,
					2022				2021
Revenue:
		Business services			$	597,384			$	570,454
		Support services				110,352				118,697
		Financing				72,029				77,812
		Equipment sales				89,296				86,803
		Supplies				41,061				42,224
		Rentals				16,820				19,207
			Total revenue			926,942				915,197
Costs and expenses:
		Cost of business services				503,215				499,534
		Cost of support services				37,134				36,717
		Financing interest expense				11,602				11,886
		Cost of equipment sales				63,771				61,840
		Cost of supplies				11,517				11,211
		Cost of rentals				5,309				6,447
		Selling, general and administrative				242,785				238,102
		Research and development				11,334				11,316
		Restructuring charges				4,184				2,889
		Interest expense, net				22,124				25,158
		Other components of net pension and postretirement expense				844				350
		Other (income) expense, net				(11,901	)			51,394
			Total costs and expenses			901,918				956,844
Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes						25,024				(41,647	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes						4,203				(13,992	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations						20,821				(27,655	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax						-				(3,886	)
Net income (loss)					$	20,821			$	(31,541	)
Basic earnings (loss) per share (1):
		Continuing operations			$	0.12			$	(0.16	)
		Discontinued operations				-				(0.02	)
		Net income (loss)			$	0.12			$	(0.18	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1):
		Continuing operations			$	0.12			$	(0.16	)
		Discontinued operations				-				(0.02	)
		Net income (loss)			$	0.12			$	(0.18	)
Weighted-average shares used in diluted earnings per share						178,034				172,856
(1)		The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited; in thousands)
Assets			March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	622,575			$	732,480
	Short-term investments			11,383				14,440
	Accounts and other receivables, net			297,713				334,630
	Short-term finance receivables, net			564,835				560,680
	Inventories			87,661				78,588
	Current income taxes			12,778				13,894
	Other current assets and prepayments			145,167				157,341
Total current assets				1,742,112				1,892,053
Property, plant and equipment, net				430,498				429,162
Rental property and equipment, net				33,849				34,774
Long-term finance receivables, net				588,040				587,427
Goodwill				1,129,027				1,135,103
Intangible assets, net				124,739				132,442
Operating lease assets				236,477				208,428
Noncurrent income taxes				66,208				68,398
Other assets				436,114				471,084
Total assets			$	4,787,064			$	4,958,871
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	876,645			$	922,543
	Customer deposits at Pitney Bowes Bank			619,103				632,062
	Current operating lease liabilities			41,600				40,299
	Current portion of long-term debt			24,746				24,739
	Advance billings			102,289				99,280
	Current income taxes			2,864				9,017
Total current liabilities				1,667,247				1,727,940
Long-term debt				2,199,833				2,299,099
Deferred taxes on income				286,536				286,445
Tax uncertainties and other income tax liabilities				31,358				31,935
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities				220,614				192,092
Other noncurrent liabilities				288,594				308,728
Total liabilities				4,694,182				4,846,239
Stockholders' equity:
	Common stock			323,338				323,338
	Additional paid-in-capital			-				2,485
	Retained earnings			5,141,636				5,169,270
	Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(800,330	)			(780,312	)
	Treasury stock, at cost			(4,571,762	)			(4,602,149	)
Total stockholders' equity				92,882				112,632
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity			$	4,787,064			$	4,958,871

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Business Segment Revenue
(Unaudited; in thousands)
			Three months ended March 31,
			2022			2021			% Change
	Global Ecommerce		$	418,527		$	413,086		1	%
	Presort Services			160,544			143,126		12	%
	Sending Technology Solutions			347,871			358,985		(3	%)
	Total revenue - GAAP			926,942			915,197		1	%
	Currency impact on revenue			3,992			-
	Revenue, at constant currency		$	930,934		$	915,197		2	%

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Business Segment EBIT & EBITDA
(Unaudited; in thousands)
		Three months ended March 31,
		2022									2021									% change
		EBIT (1)			D&A		EBITDA				EBIT (1)			D&A		EBITDA				EBIT		EBITDA
Global Ecommerce		$	(13,696	)	$	21,444	$	7,748			$	(26,376	)	$	18,176	$	(8,200	)		48	%	>100	%
Presort Services			19,632			6,418		26,050				19,051			7,499		26,550			3	%	(2	%)
Sending Technology Solutions			104,575			7,003		111,578				114,470			7,604		122,074			(9	%)	(9	%)
Segment total		$	110,511		$	34,865		145,376			$	107,145		$	33,279		140,424			3	%	4	%
Reconciliation of Segment EBITDA to Net Income (Loss):
Segment depreciation and amortization								(34,865	)								(33,279	)
Unallocated corporate expenses								(57,834	)								(57,465	)
Restructuring charges								(4,184	)								(2,889	)
Gain on sale of assets								14,372									-
Gain on sale of business								2,522									-
Loss on debt redemption/refinancing								(4,993	)								(51,394	)
Transaction costs								(1,644	)								-
Interest, net								(33,726	)								(37,044	)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes								(4,203	)								13,992
Income (loss) from continuing operations								20,821									(27,655	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax								-									(3,886	)
Net income (loss)							$	20,821								$	(31,541	)

(1)

Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, and other items that are not allocated to a particular business segment. In 2022, we refined the methodology for allocating transportation costs between Global Ecommerce and Presort Services, resulting in a $3 million increase in Global Ecommerce EBIT and corresponding decrease in Presort Services EBIT.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Reconciliation of Reported Consolidated Results to Adjusted Results
(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share amounts)
		Three months ended March 31,
		2022				2021
Reconciliation of reported net income (loss) to adjusted EBIT and EBITDA
Net income (loss)		$	20,821			$	(31,541	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			-				3,886
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			4,203				(13,992	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes			25,024				(41,647	)
Restructuring charges			4,184				2,889
Gain on sale of assets			(14,372	)			-
Gain on sale of business			(2,522	)			-
Loss on debt redemption/refinancing			4,993				51,394
Transaction costs			1,644				-
Adjusted net income before tax			18,951				12,636
Interest, net			33,726				37,044
Adjusted EBIT			52,677				49,680
Depreciation and amortization			42,002				39,594
Adjusted EBITDA		$	94,679			$	89,274
Reconciliation of reported diluted earnings (loss) per share to adjusted diluted earnings per share
Diluted earnings (loss) per share		$	0.12			$	(0.18	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			-				0.02
Restructuring charges			0.02				0.01
Gain on sale of assets			(0.06	)			-
Gain on sale of business			(0.02	)			-
Loss on debt redemption/refinancing			0.02				0.22
Transaction costs			0.01				-
Adjusted diluted earnings per share (1)		$	0.08			$	0.07
(1) The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.
Reconciliation of reported net cash from operating activities to free cash flow
Net cash from operating activities		$	10,562			$	65,923
Capital expenditures			(32,555	)			(43,328	)
Restructuring payments			3,285				3,955
Change in customer deposits at PB Bank			(12,959	)			(27,794	)
Transaction costs paid			2,132				-
Free cash flow		$	(29,535	)		$	(1,244	)

 

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FAQ

What were Pitney Bowes' earnings results for Q1 2022?

Pitney Bowes reported Q1 2022 revenue of $927 million with a GAAP EPS of $0.12 and adjusted EPS of $0.08.

How did Global Ecommerce perform in Q1 2022?

Global Ecommerce achieved its highest quarterly gross margin, with EBIT margins improving by over 300 basis points year-over-year.

What is the outlook for Pitney Bowes in 2022?

The company expects annual revenue and adjusted EBIT growth in the low-to-mid single digit range.

How much debt did Pitney Bowes reduce in Q1 2022?

Pitney Bowes reduced its debt by $99 million during the quarter.