Addendum on CLB’s 2012 cash-flow and EPS outlook: In CLB’s 4Q11 release in Jan 2012 (#msg-71614643), the PR said:
In the 2Q12 PR (#msg-77718792), the sentence on 2012 EPS was removed, and the sentence on 2012 was changed by one word, as follows:
I.e., the word over in the 4Q11 PR was changed to approximately in the 2Q12 PR, a subtle distinction that indicates a slight reduction in cash-flow expectations.
On the CC, CEO David Demshur said the company was still comfortable with the $4.50-4.82 EPS guidance range for the full year, but they opted to not formally reiterate this guidance in the 2Q12 PR due to an increased uncertainty about the second half of the year.
Inasmuch as the prior 3Q12 guidance was $250-260M of revenue and $1.17-1.25 non-GAAP EPS (#msg-77718792), at the midpoint of the guidance ranges, the new guidance implies 5% less 3Q12 revenue and $0.10 less EPS than the old 3Q12 guidance.
What about 4Q12?
CLB’s prior 4Q12 guidance can be calculated by some simple arithmetic. The prior full-year 2012 guidance was $1.005-1.045B of revenue and $4.50-4.82 non-GAAP EPS (#msg-71614643). Adding the actual results from 1Q12, actual results from 2Q12, and the old guidance for 3Q12, and then subtracting this sum from the old full-year guidance gives the midpoint of the old guidance for 4Q12, which was $301M of revenue and $1.33 of non-GAAP EPS. Hence, CLB’s new guidance that 4Q12 will be similar to 3Q12 represents a rather drastic falloff from the old 4Q12 guidance in both revenue (-19%) and non-GAAP EPS (-$0.22).
CLB is down about 5% in AH trading. I’ll be pleased if the damage tomorrow is only 5%.