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Strong sales and operating profit drive United Technologies' performance in Q3; Robust cash generation in the quarter
- Sales of $19.5 billion, up 18% versus prior year including 5% organic growth.
- GAAP EPS of $1.33, down 14% or $0.21 versus prior year including $0.73 of charges related to Otis and Carrier portfolio separation activities.
- Adjusted EPS of $2.21, up 15% versus prior year.
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) reported third-quarter 2019 results and increased its full-year adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow outlook for 2019.
"United Technologies delivered another strong quarter with 5% organic sales growth, as well as margin expansion across all four businesses," said UTC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Hayes. "Our strong performance through the first three quarters gives us confidence in the improved adjusted EPS range of $8.05 to $8.15 and free cash flow range of $5.3 to $5.7 billion for the year.* Continued strength at Collins Aerospace, including the integration of Rockwell Collins, and a lower tax rate are expected to more than offset softness we are seeing at Carrier."
"Looking ahead," Hayes continued, "our transformational merger with Raytheon Company, which was overwhelmingly approved by both companies' shareowners this month, positions Raytheon Technologies as a premier aerospace and defense systems provider and a leader in high technology segments. We also remain on track to establish Otis and Carrier as independent companies in the first half of 2020, with the end of the first quarter as our target."
Third-quarter sales of $19.5 billion were up 18% over the prior year, including 5 points of organic sales growth and 14 points of acquisition benefit offset by 1 point of foreign exchange headwind. GAAP EPS of $1.33 was down 14% versus the prior year and included 82 cents of net nonrecurring charges and 6 cents of restructuring charges. Adjusted EPS of $2.21 was up 15 percent.
Net income in the quarter was $1.1 billion, down 7% versus the prior year and included $760 million of net nonrecurring charges. Cash flow from operations was $2.5 billion and capital expenditures were $529 million, resulting in free cash flow of $2 billion.
Collins Aerospace commercial aftermarket sales were up 78% and up 20% organically. On a pro forma basis, Collins Aerospace commercial aftermarket sales were up 17% including Rockwell Collins. Pratt & Whitney commercial aftermarket sales were up 6%. Equipment orders at Carrier were down 11% organically. Otis new equipment orders were up 6% at constant currency in the quarter and down 1% on a rolling 12-month basis.
UTC updates its 2019 outlook* and now anticipates:
- Adjusted EPS of $8.05 to $8.15, up from $7.90 to $8.05.
- Sales of $76.0 to $76.5 billion versus the prior outlook of $75.5 to $77.0 billion.
- Free cash flow of $5.3 to $5.7 billion including $1 billion of one-time cash payments related to the portfolio separation, up from $4.5 to $5.0 billion.
- There is no change in the company's previously provided 2019 expectations for organic sales growth of 4% to 5%.
*Note: When we provide expectations for adjusted EPS, organic sales and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures generally is not available without unreasonable effort. See "Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for additional information.
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(16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory and other laws and regulations (including, among other things, export and import requirements such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, anti-bribery and anti-corruption requirements, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, industrial cooperation agreement obligations, and procurement and other regulations) in the U.S. and other countries in which UTC, Raytheon and the businesses of each operate; (17) negative effects of the announcement or pendency of the proposed merger or the separation transactions on the market price of UTC' and/or Raytheon's respective common stock and/or on their respective financial performance; (18) the ability of the parties to receive the required regulatory approvals for the proposed merger (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the transaction) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the merger on a timely basis or at all; (19) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of UTC or Raytheon or both to terminate the merger agreement; (20) risks relating to the value of the UTC's shares to be issued in the proposed merger with Raytheon, significant transaction costs and/or unknown liabilities; (21) the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the proposed merger with Raytheon cannot be realized in full or at all or may take longer to realize than expected, including risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the proposed transaction; (22) risks associated with transaction-related litigation; (23) the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of UTC's and Raytheon's operations will be greater than expected; (24) risks relating to completed merger, acquisition and divestiture activity, including UTC's integration of Rockwell Collins, including the risk that the integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected or may not result in the achievement of estimated synergies within the contemplated time frame or at all; (25) the ability of each of UTC, Raytheon and the companies resulting from the separation transactions and the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; (26) the expected benefits and timing of the separation transactions, and the risk that conditions to the separation transactions will not be satisfied and/or that the separation transactions will not be completed within the expected time frame, on the expected terms or at all; (27) the intended qualification of (i) the merger as a tax-free reorganization and (ii) the separation transactions as tax-free to UTC and UTC's shareowners, in each case, for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (28) the possibility that any opinions, consents, approvals or rulings required in connection with the separation transactions will not be received or obtained within the expected time frame, on the expected terms or at all; (29) expected financing transactions undertaken in connection with the proposed merger with Raytheon and the separation transactions and risks associated with additional indebtedness; (30) the risk that dissynergy costs, costs of restructuring transactions and other costs incurred in connection with the separation transactions will exceed UTC's estimates; and (31) the impact of the proposed merger and the separation transactions on the respective businesses of UTC and Raytheon and the risk that the separation transactions may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, including the impact on UTC's resources, systems, procedures and controls, diversion of its management's attention and the impact on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and other business counterparties. 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Additional Information
In connection with the proposed merger, on September 4, 2019, UTC filed with the SEC an amendment to the registration statement on Form S-4 originally filed on July 17, 2019, which includes a joint proxy statement of UTC and Raytheon that also constitutes a prospectus of UTC (the "joint proxy statement/prospectus"). The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 9, 2019, and UTC and Raytheon commenced mailing the joint proxy statement/prospectus to shareowners of UTC and stockholders of Raytheon on or about September 10, 2019. Each party will file other documents regarding the proposed merger with the SEC. In addition, in connection with the separation transactions, subsidiaries of UTC will file registration statements on Form 10 or Form S-1. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders may obtain copies of the registration statements and the joint proxy statement/prospectus free of charge from the SEC's website or from UTC or Raytheon. The documents filed by UTC with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at UTC's website at www.utc.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from UTC by requesting them by mail at UTC Corporate Secretary, 10 Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT, 06032, by telephone at 1-860-728-7870 or by email at corpsec@corphq.utc.com. The documents filed by Raytheon with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at Raytheon's website at www.raytheon.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from Raytheon by requesting them by mail at Raytheon Company, Investor Relations, 870 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, 02451, by telephone at 1-781-522-5123 or by email at invest@raytheon.com.
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