Greenbrier Reports Record Third Quarter Revenue, Net Earnings, EPS, Adjusted EBITDA and Backlog
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., July 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) today reported financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014.
Third Quarter Highlights
•Net earnings attributable to Greenbrier for the quarter of $33.6 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, were over double the second quarter EPS of $0.50.
•Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $78.0 million, or 13.1% of revenue.
•Railcar backlog as of May 31, 2014 was 26,400 units with an estimated value of $2.75 billion (average unit sale price of $104,000), compared to 15,200 units with an estimated value of $1.54 billion (average unit sale price of $101,000) as of February 28, 2014.
•New railcar deliveries totaled 4,300 units for the quarter, compared to 3,400 units for the quarter ended February 28, 2014.
•Orders for 15,600 new railcars valued at $1.65 billion received during the quarter. After quarter end, Greenbrier received orders for an additional 2,700 units valued at approximately $320 million.
•Marine backlog as of May 31, 2014 totaled approximately $110 million.
•Board declares a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share payable on August 5, 2014 to shareholders of record as of July 15, 2014.
•Repurchased 352,000 shares of common stock at a cost of $16.0 million during the quarter. To date, repurchased 641,327 shares of common stock at a cost of $26.3 million under a $50 million share repurchase program.
Progress on Strategic Initiatives
•Third quarter aggregate gross margin reached 16.3%, compared to 11.5% in the second quarter, and ahead of our stated goal of a minimum 13.5% by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.
•Manufacturing gross margin reached a record 17.3% in the quarter, driven by product mix, pricing and production efficiencies.
•Successfully met $100 million capital efficiency goal. Net debt has decreased nearly $160 million since February 2013 when goal was set. Management remains intensely focused on capital efficiency and ROIC.
•Greenbrier continues leadership role in tank car safety. Receives awards for 3,500 units of Tank Car of the Future; announces repair joint venture with Watco, GBW Railcar Services.
William A. Furman, Chairman and CEO, said, "This quarter represents a solid and sustainable performance level, and provides a good base for further growth and diversification. All three of our business segments improved their financial performance, with manufacturing and leasing continuing to lead the way. I am very proud of our employees for their achievements and execution against our strategic plan."
"We have diversified our product mix, added efficient capacity in lower cost facilities, and driven considerably more product through our leasing model, all in line with our announced strategy. This strategy is paying off and we expect growth from all areas in our integrated business model in the quarters ahead. Most recently, our planned repair joint venture with Watco, named GBW Railcar Services, will increase our scale in tank car repair, allowing us to participate in a meaningful way in the growing tank car repair business, with demand driven by retrofit, lining and maintenance needs from both the DOT-111 legacy and CPC-1232 fleets, as well as rapid growth in North American tank car traffic," Furman continued.
"In addition to tank car retrofits, we are also pioneering efforts to improve safety in the rail industry with our Tank Car of the Future design. Safety design features include thicker steel, more robust top and bottom outlet protections, and jacketed shells with ceramic insulation, along with full height head shields. Recently, Greenbrier received awards for 3,500 units of its Tank Car of the Future. These cars are eight times safer than legacy DOT-111 cars most widely used in oil and ethanol service today, and two times safer than the current state-of-the-art CPC 1232 tank cars, as measured by Conditional Probability of Release (CPR). We continue to call on regulators to issue new rules establishing safer tank car standards independent of rulemaking on railroad speed restrictions. Our government needs to act on this issue now. This will allow railroads to transport hazardous materials safer at any speed," Furman added.
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