TEXTRON REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2020 RESULTS
April 30, 2020
- Revenue down $332 million, or 10.7% from prior year largely due to COVID-19 impacts
- EPS of $0.22; adjusted EPS of $0.35, excluding first quarter special charges
- Strong liquidity position, Q1 2020 ending cash balance of $2.4 billion
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today reported first quarter 2020 net income of $0.22 per share, compared to $0.76 per share in the first quarter of 2019. Adjusted net income, a non-GAAP measure, was $0.35 per share for the first quarter of 2020, which excludes $39 million of pre-tax special charges ($0.13 per share, after-tax) recorded in the first quarter, related to the impairment of intangible assets at Textron Aviation and Industrial due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our team is meeting the unprecedented challenges presented by this pandemic with a commitment to the health and safety of our employees and communities while meeting customer commitments,” said Textron Chairman and CEO Scott C. Donnelly. “We have taken measures to reduce cost and conserve cash, including temporary plant shutdowns and employee furloughs at many of our commercial businesses. While the effects of COVID-19 on many of our end markets has been unfavorable, Bell and Textron Systems delivered higher revenue and strong margin performance for the quarter in their military businesses.”
Cash Flow
Net cash used by operating activities of continuing operations of the manufacturing group for the first quarter was $393 million, compared to $196 million of net cash used last year. Manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions, a non-GAAP measure that is defined and reconciled to GAAP in an attachment to this release, reflected a use of cash of $430 million compared to a use of cash of $291 million last year.
First Quarter Segment Results
Textron Aviation
Revenues at Textron Aviation of $872 million were down $262 million in the first quarter of 2019, primarily due to lower volume and mix of $260 million, largely the result of lower Citation jet volume of $154 million and lower commercial turboprop volume of $99 million. The decrease in Citation jet and turboprop volume reflected a decline in demand related to the pandemic, disruption in our composite manufacturing production due to a plant accident that occurred in December 2019, and delays in the acceptance of aircraft related to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Textron Aviation delivered 23 jets, down from 44 last year, and 16 commercial turboprops, down from 44 last year.
Segment profit was $3 million in the first quarter, down $103 million from a year ago, primarily due to the lower volume and the unfavorable impact of $23 million from performance, which includes $12 million of idle facility costs recognized in the first quarter of 2020 due to temporary manufacturing facility closures and employee furloughs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Textron Aviation backlog at the end of the first quarter was $1.4 billion.
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