Systemax Reports Record Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results
Systemax reported a robust third quarter for 2020, achieving net sales of $285.7 million, a 17% increase year-over-year. Operating income surged to $31.4 million, marking a 70% rise from the previous year, while the operating margin expanded to 11%. Net income per diluted share climbed to $0.64, reflecting a 78% growth. The company also declared a $0.14 dividend for shareholders. With strong momentum in e-commerce and customer acquisition, Systemax is poised for a strong finish to the year.
- Net sales increased 17% to $285.7 million.
- Operating income grew 70% to $31.4 million.
- Net income per diluted share rose 78% to $0.64.
- Board declared a $0.14 dividend.
- Total working capital was $141.8 million.
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PORT WASHINGTON, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2020 / Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.
Performance Summary*
(U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data)
Highlights | Quarter Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 285.7 | $ | 243.9 | $ | 755.1 | $ | 724.7 | ||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 102.3 | $ | 84.4 | $ | 263.8 | $ | 250.7 | ||||||||
Gross margin | 35.8 | % | 34.6 | % | 34.9 | % | 34.6 | % | ||||||||
Operating income from continuing operations | $ | 31.4 | $ | 18.5 | $ | 63.0 | $ | 51.7 | ||||||||
Operating margin | 11.0 | % | 7.6 | % | 8.3 | % | 7.1 | % | ||||||||
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 24.1 | $ | 13.7 | $ | 47.7 | $ | 38.6 | ||||||||
Net income per diluted share from continuing operations | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.36 | $ | 1.26 | $ | 1.02 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations | $ | 0.5 | $ | (1.0 | ) | $ | 1.5 | $ | (1.6 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) per diluted share from discontinued operations | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.04 | ) | ||||||
* Systemax manages its business and reports using a 52-53 week fiscal year that ends at midnight on the Saturday closest to December 31. For clarity of presentation, fiscal years and quarters are described as if they ended on the last day of the respective calendar month. The actual fiscal quarters ended on September 26, 2020 and September 28, 2019. The third quarters of both 2020 and 2019 included 13 weeks and the first nine months of both 2020 and 2019 included 39 weeks.
Third Quarter 2020 Financial Summary:
- Consolidated sales increased
17.1% to$285.7 million in U.S. dollars and average daily sales increased17.1% compared to prior year. - On a Non-GAAP, average daily sales, constant currency basis, sales increased
17.2% compared to prior year. - Consolidated operating income grew
69.7% to$31.4 million compared to$18.5 million last year. - Net income per diluted share from continuing operations increased
77.8% to$0.64 .
Nine Months 2020 Financial Summary:
- Consolidated sales increased
4.2% to$755.1 million in U.S. dollars and average daily sales increased4.2% compared to prior year. - On a Non-GAAP, average daily sales, constant currency basis, sales increased
4.3% compared to prior year. - Consolidated operating income increased
21.9% to$63.0 million compared to$51.7 million last year. - Net income per diluted share from continuing operations increased
23.5% to$1.26 .
Barry Litwin, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We had an exceptional third quarter performance, achieving an all time high in quarterly operating profit and operating margin. Revenue increased
"At the core of our success is our strategy and its focus on the customer, which is delivering results across customer growth, quality improvement, sales performance optimization and private label product expansion. Throughout the pandemic we anticipated where the market was heading, and were there for our customers when they needed us most. Customers that came to Global Industrial for pandemic supplies are seeing our wide assortment and are coming back to us for a broader range of needs. As a result, new customer acquisition has been healthy with strong growth in both e-commerce and our one-to-one managed sales channel. With an exceptional e-commerce centric platform and differentiated go to market strategy, we are building deeper and longer-term relationships with customers. We have great momentum in the business, and are currently on track for a strong finish to the year."
At September 30, 2020, the Company had total working capital of
Earnings Conference Call Details
Systemax Inc. will provide pre-recorded remarks on its third quarter 2020 results today, October 27, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the remarks will be available on the Company's website at www.systemax.com in the investor relations section. The webcast will also be archived on www.systemax.com for approximately 90 days.
About Systemax Inc.
Systemax Inc. (www.systemax.com), through its operating subsidiaries, is a provider of industrial products in North America going to market through a system of branded e-Commerce websites and relationship marketers. The primary brand is Global Industrial.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of that term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Additional written or oral forward-looking statements may be made by the Company from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise. Any such statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to statements regarding: i) projections or estimates of revenue, income or loss, exit costs, cash flow needs and capital expenditures; ii) fluctuations in general economic conditions; iii) future operations, such as, plans relating to new distribution facilities, plans for utilizing alternative sources of supply in response to government tariffs and trade actions and/or due to supply chain disruptions arising from the Coronavirus pandemic, and plans for new products or services; iv) plans for acquisition or sale of businesses, including expansion or restructuring plans, such as our exit from and winding down of our sold North American Technology Group ("NATG") operations and European operations; v) financing needs, and compliance with financial covenants in loan agreements; vi) assessments of materiality; vii) predictions of future events and the effects of pending and possible litigation; and viii) assumptions relating to the foregoing. In addition, when used in this release, the words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," and "plans" and variations thereof and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Other factors that may affect our future results of operations and financial condition include, but are not limited to, unanticipated developments in any one or more of the following areas, as well as other factors which may be detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings: general economic conditions, such as customer inventory levels, interest rates, borrowing ability and economic conditions in the manufacturing industry generally will continue to impact our business; the temporary closing of many businesses, and reduced business activity, during the Coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted the general economy, and decreased customer purchasing volume, generally, which negatively affected our business and may do so in future quarters until general business activity reaches pre-pandemic levels; the imposition of tariffs and other trade barriers, as well as retaliatory trade measures, have caused us to raise the prices on certain of our products and seek alternate sources of supply, which could negatively impact our sales or disrupt our operations in the future; increases in freight and shipping costs have from time to time impacted our margins to the extent the increases could not be passed along to customers in a timely manner and may impact our margins again in the future, and factors affecting the shipping and distribution of products imported to the United States by us or our domestic vendors, such as global availability of shipping containers and fuel costs can impact our results as well; our reliance on common carrier delivery services for shipping inventoried merchandise to customers; our reliance on drop ship deliveries directly to customers by our product vendors for products we do not hold in inventory; delays in the timely availability of products from our suppliers could delay receipt of needed product and result in lost sales; in this regard, global supply chains and the timely availability of products, particularly products, or product components used in domestic manufacturing, imported from China and other Asian nations as well as from other countries, have been, and in the future could continue to be adversely affected by allocation restrictions of difficult to source products by our vendors, quarantines, factory slowdowns or shutdowns, border closings and travel restrictions resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic; additionally governmental mandated shutdowns of entities deemed to be non-essential businesses has negatively impacted sales of our products to those businesses and will continue to impact our sales as long as these mandated closures are in place; the extent to which the Coronavirus pandemic continues to impact our operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors including the duration of the pandemic; our ability to keep our distribution centers operating productively and with minimal down time for Coronavirus safety and remediation efforts; governmental actions such as "stay at home" or "shelter in place" regulations or guidelines, that have been and continue to be taken in response to the pandemic; the impact, duration and severity of the pandemic on economic activity; how long it will take to return to more historic levels of economic growth, the effect of the economic downturn on our customers and customer demand for our products; liquidity constraints on our vendors or customers; our ability to maintain available capacity in our distribution operations for stocked inventory and to enable on time shipment and deliveries, such as by timely implementing additional temporary or permanent distribution resources, whether in the form of additional facilities we operate or by outsourcing certain functions to third party distribution and logistics partners; we compete with other companies for recruiting, training, integrating and retaining talented and experienced employees, particularly in markets where we and they have central distribution facilities; this aspect of competition is aggravated by the current tight labor market in the U.S. which is also undergoing competitive changes due to the Coronavirus pandemic; risks involved with e-commerce, including possible loss of business and customer dissatisfaction if outages or other computer-related problems should preclude customer access to our products and services; our information systems and other technology platforms supporting our sales, procurement and other operations are critical to our operations and disruptions or delays have occurred and could occur in the future, and if not timely addressed could have a material adverse effect on us; a data security breach due to our e-commerce, data storage or other information systems being hacked by those seeking to steal Company, vendor, employee or customer information, or due to employee error, resulting in disruption to our operations, litigation and/or loss of reputation or business; managing various inventory risks, such as being unable to profitably resell excess or obsolete inventory and/or the loss of product return rights from our vendors; meeting credit card industry compliance standards in order to maintain our ability to accept credit cards; rising interest rates, increased borrowing costs or limited credit availability, including our own ability to maintain satisfactory credit agreements and to renew credit facilities, could impact both our and our customers' ability to fund purchases and conduct operations in the ordinary course; pending or threatened litigation and investigations, as well as anti-dumping and other government trade and customs proceedings, could adversely affect our business and results of operations; sales tax laws or government enforcement priorities may be changed which could result in e-commerce and direct mail retailers having to collect sales taxes in states where the current laws and/or prior interpretations do not require us to do so; and extreme weather conditions could disrupt our product supply chain and our ability to ship or receive products, which would adversely impact sales.
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SYSTEMAX INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited
(In millions, except per share amounts)
| Quarter Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 285.7 | $ | 243.9 | $ | 755.1 | $ | 724.7 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | 183.4 | 159.5 | 491.3 | 474.0 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 102.3 | 84.4 | 263.8 | 250.7 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | ||||||||||||||||
Selling, distribution and administrative expenses | 70.9 | 66.7 | 200.8 | 199.8 | ||||||||||||
Special charges | 0.0 | (0.8 | ) | 0.0 | (0.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Operating income from continuing operations | 31.4 | 18.5 | 63.0 | 51.7 | ||||||||||||
Operating margin | ||||||||||||||||
Interest and other (income) expense, net | (0.1 | ) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | 31.5 | 18.4 | 62.9 | 51.7 | ||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 7.4 | 4.7 | 15.2 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations | 24.1 | 13.7 | 47.7 | 38.6 | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations | 0.5 | (1.0 | ) | 1.5 | (1.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 24.6 | $ | 12.7 | $ | 49.2 | $ | 37.0 | ||||||||
Net income per common share from continuing operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.36 | $ | 1.26 | $ | 1.03 | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.64 | $ | 0.36 | $ | 1.26 | $ | 1.02 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) per common share from discontinued operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.04 | ) | ||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.04 | ) | ||||||
Net income per common share: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.65 | $ | 0.33 | $ | 1.30 | $ | 0.99 | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.65 | $ | 0.33 | $ | 1.30 | $ | 0.98 | ||||||||
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 37.4 | ||||||||||||
Diluted | 37.6 | 38.0 | 37.7 | 37.9 | ||||||||||||
SYSTEMAX INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited
(In millions)
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 78.4 | $ | 97.2 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 114.0 | 88.2 | ||||||
Inventories | 132.3 | 112.5 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 7.3 | 6.4 | ||||||
Total current assets | 332.0 | 304.3 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 16.0 | 17.8 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 78.8 | 59.3 | ||||||
Goodwill, intangibles and other assets | 15.9 | 15.5 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 442.7 | $ | 396.9 | ||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 181.1 | $ | 149.9 | ||||
Operating lease liabilities | 9.1 | 9.9 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 190.2 | 159.8 | ||||||
Deferred tax liability | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 4.9 | 2.8 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities | 79.4 | 58.7 | ||||||
Shareholders' equity | 168.1 | 175.5 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 442.7 | $ | 396.9 | ||||
SYSTEMAX INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited
(In millions)
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net income from continuing operations | $ | 47.7 | $ | 38.6 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 3.1 | 3.0 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 3.5 | 4.0 | ||||||
Change in working capital | (13.7 | ) | 20.1 | |||||
Other, net | 0.9 | (0.8 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations | 41.5 | 64.9 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities from discontinued operations | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 42.4 | 64.9 | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (1.2 | ) | (6.2 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1.2 | ) | (6.2 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Dividends paid | (53.9 | ) | (257.1 | ) | ||||
Stock-based compensation share issuances, net | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||||
Repurchase of treasury shares | (7.0 | ) | 0.0 | |||||
Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations | (60.0 | ) | (256.4 | ) | ||||
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH | 0.0 | (0.1 | ) | |||||
NET DECREASE IN CASH | (18.8 | ) | (197.8 | ) | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - BEGINNING OF YEAR | 97.2 | 295.4 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD | $ | 78.4 | $ | 97.6 | ||||
SYSTEMAX INC.
Consolidated Summary Results - Unaudited
(In millions)
| Quarter ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
GAAP: | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 vs. 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 vs. 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 285.7 | $ | 243.9 | 17.1 | % | $ | 755.1 | $ | 724.7 | 4.2 | % | ||||||||||||
Average daily sales* | 4.5 | 3.9 | 17.1 | % | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Operating income from continuing operations | $ | 31.4 | $ | 18.5 | 69.7 | % | $ | 63.0 | $ | 51.7 | 21.9 | % | ||||||||||||
Operating margin % | 11.0 | % | 7.6 | % | 8.3 | % | 7.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average daily sales, constant currency** | 4.5 | 3.9 | 17.2 | % | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
*Average daily sales is calculated based upon the number of selling days in each period, with Canadian sales converted to US Dollars using the current year's average exchange rate. In Q3 2020 and Q3 2019 there were 63 selling days in the U.S. and 62 selling days in Canada. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there were 191 selling days in the U.S. and 188 selling days in Canada.
**Non-GAAP, average daily sales, constant currency is calculated based upon the number of selling days in each period, with Canadian sales converted to US Dollars using the prior year's average exchange rate.
SOURCE: Systemax Inc.
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