Pitney Bowes Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

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 2023.

“The trends in the first quarter were largely a continuation of the dynamics we experienced last quarter,” said Marc B. Lautenbach, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our SendTech and Presort businesses performed as expected. We remain pleased with domestic parcel improvement, network performance and volume growth, although with softer than expected revenue per parcel.”

“In addition, strong service levels in domestic parcel are driving a robust new business pipeline, while cross-border continues to face headwinds. That said, to be clear, the long-term value creation remains centered in domestic parcel, and we continue to be confident in that business.”

First Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue in the quarter was $835 million, a decrease of 10 percent on a reported basis and 4 percent on a comparable basis versus prior year ⁽¹⁾
• GAAP EPS was a loss of $0.04 and Adjusted EPS was a loss of $0.01 in the quarter versus GAAP EPS of $0.12 and Adjusted EPS of $0.08 in first quarter of 2022
• Net loss of $8 million in the quarter compares to net income of $21 million in first quarter 2022; Adjusted EBIT was $33 million compared to $53 million in first quarter 2022
• GAAP cash from operating activities was a net use of $40 million; Free Cash Flow was a net use of $61 million ⁽²⁾
• Cash and short-term investments were $527 million at quarter-end
• Announced a restructuring plan which, combined with other productivity efforts, will target $75 million of annual expense savings by yearend 2024

First Quarter Business Highlights

• Global Ecommerce processed 50 million domestic parcels in the quarter, up 22 percent from 41 million in first quarter 2022
• Global Ecommerce on-time delivery performance remains excellent, and is now in the mid-90 percent range
• Presort grew Adjusted Segment EBIT margins by nearly 500 basis points in the quarter versus prior year
• SendTech shipping-related revenues grew 8 percent in the quarter; SaaS subscription revenues grew 24 percent

Earnings per share results are summarized in the table below:

	First Quarter
	2023	2022
GAAP EPS	($0.04)	$0.12
Restructuring Charges	$0.01	$0.02
(Gain)/Loss on Debt Redemption/Refinancing	($0.01)	$0.02
Proxy Solicitation Fees	$0.03	-
Gain on Sale of Assets	-	($0.06)
Gain on Sale of Business	-	($0.02)
Transaction Costs	-	$0.01
Adjusted EPS (3)	($0.01)	$0.08

(1)		Comparable basis is defined in the “Use of Non-GAAP Measures” section
(2)		We updated our definition of free cash flow to remove the impact of changes in customer deposits at PB Bank
(3)		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)	2023		2022	% Change Reported	% Change Comparable Basis
Revenue	$348		$419	(17%)	(5%)
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	($18)		$8	>(100%)
Adjusted Segment EBIT	($34)		($14)	>(100%)

Revenue decline was driven by cross-border, which continues to face macroeconomic challenges as well as a reduction in parcel volumes primarily from two clients. Domestic parcel revenue grew from higher volumes. Revenue growth was, however, lower than expected due to softer revenue per piece.

Adjusted Segment EBIT declined, primarily due to lower cross-border revenue.

Presort Services

Presort Services provides sortation services that enable clients to qualify for USPS workshare discounts in First Class Mail, Marketing Mail, Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter.

	First Quarter
($ millions)	2023		2022	% Change Reported
Revenue	$159		$161	(1%)
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$35		$26	36%
Adjusted Segment EBIT	$27		$20	37%

Revenue declined modestly due to lower first class and marketing mail volumes. The decline was partially offset by new client additions and higher revenue per piece.

Adjusted Segment EBIT improved driven by higher revenue per piece, improved labor productivity from investments in automation, and lower unit 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, retail, enterprise, and government clients around the world to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats.

	First Quarter
($ millions)	2023		2022	% Change Reported	% Change Comparable Basis
Revenue	$327		$348	(6%)	(4%)
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$104		$112	(7%)
Adjusted Segment EBIT	$97		$105	(8%)

Lower equipment sales and financing revenue drove the decline in total revenue. Shipping-related revenue growth partially offset this decline.

Adjusted Segment EBIT decreased as a result of lower financing and support services revenues, both of which are tied to the secular decline in mail.

Full Year 2023 Guidance

We continue to expect flat to mid-single digit percentage revenue growth on a comparable basis.

We also continue to expect adjusted EBIT performance to outpace the percent change in revenue.

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. ET. 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

Our financial results are reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We also disclose certain non-GAAP measures, such as adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT), adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA), adjusted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS), revenue growth on a comparable basis and free cash flow.

Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS exclude the impact restructuring charges, gains, losses and costs related to the sale of assets, acquisitions and dispositions, losses on debt redemptions and refinancings and other unusual items. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide investors greater insight into the underlying operating trends of the business.

We disclose revenue growth on a comparable basis, which excludes three items. First, the comparison excludes the impacts of foreign currency. Second, we are excluding the impact of the divestiture of the Borderfree business effective July 1, 2022. Third, we are excluding the impact of a change in the presentation of revenue beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022, from a gross basis to net basis due to an adjustment in terms of one of our contracts with the United States Postal Service. The change in revenue presentation impacts both our Global Ecommerce and SendTech Solutions segments. The change in revenue presentation does not impact gross profit. Management believes that excluding these items provides investors with a better understanding of the underlying revenue performance.

Free cash flow adjusts cash flow from operations calculated in accordance with GAAP for discontinued operations, capital expenditures, restructuring payments and other special items. Management believes free cash flow provides investors better insight into the amount of cash available for other discretionary uses.

Adjusted 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. Adjusted Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring charges, and other items not allocated to a business segment. The Company also reports Adjusted 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. While conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have improved, the pandemic continues to be dynamic, and near-term challenges across the economy remain and the effects that they may have on our, and our clients' businesses remain uncertain. Other factors which could cause future financial performance to differ materially from expectations 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; our ability to continue to grow and manage unexpected fluctuations in volumes, gain additional economies of scale and improve profitability within our Global Ecommerce segment; the loss of some of our larger clients in our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments; the loss of, or significant changes to, United States Postal Service (USPS) commercial programs, or our contractual relationships with the USPS or their performance under those contracts; the impacts of inflation and rising prices, higher interest rates and a slow-down in economic activity, including a global recession, to the company, our clients and retail consumers; and other factors as more fully outlined in the Company's 2022 Form 10-K Annual Report and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission during 2023. 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, adjusted segment EBIT and adjusted segment EBITDA by business segment; and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are attached.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share amounts)
	Three months ended March 31,
		2023				2022
Revenue:
Business services	$	523,491			$	597,384
Support services		105,284				110,352
Financing		67,049				72,029
Equipment sales		82,610				89,296
Supplies		38,835				41,061
Rentals		17,269				16,820
Total revenue		834,538				926,942
Costs and expenses:
Cost of business services		446,317				503,215
Cost of support services		36,840				37,134
Financing interest expense		14,536				11,602
Cost of equipment sales		57,171				63,771
Cost of supplies		11,225				11,517
Cost of rentals		5,428				5,309
Selling, general and administrative		242,120				242,785
Research and development		10,493				11,334
Restructuring charges		3,599				4,184
Interest expense, net		22,342				22,124
Other components of net pension and postretirement (income) cost		(1,710	)			844
Other income, net		(2,836	)			(11,901	)
Total costs and expenses		845,525				901,918
(Loss) income before taxes		(10,987	)			25,024
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(3,250	)			4,203
Net (loss) income	$	(7,737	)		$	20,821
(Loss) earnings per share:
Basic	$	(0.04	)		$	0.12
Diluted	$	(0.04	)		$	0.12
Weighted-average shares used in diluted earnings per share		174,626				178,034

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited; in thousands)
Assets	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	511,761			$	669,981
Short-term investments		15,614				11,172
Accounts and other receivables, net		271,496				343,557
Short-term finance receivables, net		551,348				564,972
Inventories		94,016				83,720
Current income taxes		19,318				8,790
Other current assets and prepayments		125,746				115,824
Total current assets		1,589,299				1,798,016
Property, plant and equipment, net		411,793				420,672
Rental property and equipment, net		26,955				27,487
Long-term finance receivables, net		636,518				627,124
Goodwill		1,069,660				1,066,951
Intangible assets, net		74,028				77,944
Operating lease assets		287,703				296,129
Noncurrent income taxes		44,595				46,613
Other assets		390,298				380,419
Total assets	$	4,530,849			$	4,741,355
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	800,050			$	907,083
Customer deposits at Pitney Bowes Bank		594,546				628,072
Current operating lease liabilities		53,848				52,576
Current portion of long-term debt		262,439				32,764
Advance billings		86,802				105,207
Current income taxes		981				2,101
Total current liabilities		1,798,666				1,727,803
Long-term debt		1,910,529				2,172,502
Deferred taxes on income		268,193				263,131
Tax uncertainties and other income tax liabilities		23,778				23,841
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		256,158				265,696
Other noncurrent liabilities		213,561				227,729
Total liabilities		4,470,885				4,680,702
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock		323,338				323,338
Retained earnings		5,060,852				5,125,677
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(819,978	)			(835,564	)
Treasury stock, at cost		(4,504,248	)			(4,552,798	)
Total stockholders' equity		59,964				60,653
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	4,530,849			$	4,741,355

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Business Segment Revenue
(Unaudited; in thousands)
	Three months ended March 31,
		2023			2022			% Change
Global Ecommerce
Revenue, as reported	$	348,391		$	418,527			(17	%)
Impact of change in revenue presentation					(37,586	)
Impact of Borderfree divestiture					(11,730	)
Comparable revenue before currency		348,391			369,211			(6	%)
Impact of currency on revenue		2,841
Comparable revenue	$	351,232		$	369,211			(5	%)
Presort Services
Revenue, as reported	$	158,902		$	160,544			(1	%)
Sending Technology Solutions
Revenue, as reported	$	327,245		$	347,871			(6	%)
Impact of change in revenue presentation					(3,690	)
Comparable revenue before currency		327,245			344,181			(5	%)
Impact of currency on revenue		4,844
Comparable revenue	$	332,089		$	344,181			(4	%)
Consolidated
Revenue, as reported	$	834,538		$	926,942			(10	%)
Impact of change in revenue presentation					(41,276	)
Impact of Borderfree divestiture					(11,730	)
Comparable revenue before currency		834,538			873,936			(5	%)
Impact of currency on revenue		7,685
Comparable revenue	$	842,223		$	873,936			(4	%)

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Adjusted Segment EBIT & EBITDA
(Unaudited; in thousands)
		Three months ended March 31,
		2023									2022									% change
		Adjusted Segment EBIT (1)			D&A		Adjusted Segment EBITDA				Adjusted Segment EBIT (1)			D&A		Adjusted Segment EBITDA				Adjusted Segment EBIT		Adjusted Segment EBITDA
Global Ecommerce		$	(34,206	)	$	16,414	$	(17,792	)		$	(13,696	)	$	21,444	$	7,748			>(100%)		>(100%)
Presort Services			26,905			8,523		35,428				19,632			6,418		26,050			37	%	36	%
Sending Technology Solutions			96,671			7,467		104,138				104,575			7,003		111,578			(8	%)	(7	%)
		$	89,370		$	32,404		121,774			$	110,511		$	34,865		145,376			(19	%)	(16	%)
Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to Net (Loss) Income:
Segment depreciation and amortization								(32,404	)								(34,865	)
Unallocated corporate expenses								(56,349	)								(57,834	)
Restructuring charges								(3,599	)								(4,184	)
Gain (loss) on debt redemption/refinancing								2,836									(4,993	)
Proxy solicitation fees								(6,367	)								-
Gain on sale of assets								-									14,372
Gain on sale of business								-									2,522
Transaction costs								-									(1,644	)
Interest, net								(36,878	)								(33,726	)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes								3,250									(4,203	)
Net (loss) income							$	(7,737	)							$	20,821

(1)	Adjusted segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, and other items that are not allocated to a particular business segment.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Reconciliation of Reported Consolidated Results to Adjusted Results
(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share amounts)
		Three months ended March 31,
			2023				2022
Reconciliation of reported net (loss) income to adjusted EBIT and adjusted EBITDA
Net (loss) income		$	(7,737	)		$	20,821
(Benefit) provision for income taxes			(3,250	)			4,203
(Loss) income before taxes			(10,987	)			25,024
Restructuring charges			3,599				4,184
Proxy solicitation fees			6,367				-
(Gain) loss on debt redemption/refinancing			(2,836	)			4,993
Gain on sale of assets			-				(14,372	)
Gain on sale of business			-				(2,522	)
Transaction costs			-				1,644
Adjusted net (loss) income before tax			(3,857	)			18,951
Interest, net			36,878				33,726
Adjusted EBIT			33,021				52,677
Depreciation and amortization			39,897				42,002
Adjusted EBITDA		$	72,918			$	94,679
Reconciliation of reported diluted (loss) earnings per share to adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share
Diluted (loss) earnings per share		$	(0.04	)		$	0.12
Restructuring charges			0.01				0.02
(Gain) loss on debt redemption/refinancing			(0.01	)			0.02
Proxy solicitation fees			0.03				-
Gain on sale of assets			-				(0.06	)
Gain on sale of businesses			-				(0.02	)
Transaction costs			-				0.01
Adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share (1)		$	(0.01	)		$	0.08
(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		$	(39,714	)		$	10,562
Capital expenditures			(28,666	)			(32,555	)
Restructuring payments			4,641				3,285
Proxy solicitation fees paid			3,038				-
Transaction costs paid			-				2,132
Free cash flow		$	(60,701	)		$	(16,576	)

 

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