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In evidenza
- Fourth quarter revenue of $2.5 billion, up 9.1% year-over-year; including organic revenue growth1 of 7.5%; net income attributable to GXO of $46 million; adjusted EBITDA1 of $205 million; diluted EPS of $0.39 and adjusted diluted EPS1 of $0.83
- Full year revenue of $9.0 billion, up 13.3% year-over-year; including organic revenue growth of 15.4%; net income attributable to GXO of $197 million; adjusted EBITDA1 of $728 million; diluted EPS of $1.67 and adjusted diluted EPS1 of $2.85
- Full year cash flow from operating activities of $542 million and free cash flow1 of $240 million; equivalent to over 30% of adjusted EBITDA1
- Reaffirming 2023 guidance communicated at Investor Day
Business Highlights
- In the fourth quarter we closed $182 million of new wins; secured $661 million incremental revenue for 2023 through fourth quarter 2022
- Robust sales pipeline of approximately $2.1 billion, up from the third quarter
- Revenue retention rate consistently in the mid-to-high 90s since spin
- Fourth quarter e-commerce revenue up 31% and reverse logistics revenue up 19% with the integration of Clipper
- Debt to net income attributable to GXO ratio was 9.2x; net leverage ratio1 reduction, down to 1.8x from 2.1x in the previous quarter, investment grade balance sheet maintained
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2022.
Malcolm Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of GXO, said, “We are pleased to have delivered another quarter of outstanding financial and operating results, as we executed a successful peak season for our customers. In the fourth quarter, we delivered $2.5 billion of revenue, $46 million of net income and stellar contract wins. We achieved strong year-over-year adjusted EBITDA growth, which at 23 percent was three times our organic revenue growth. For the full year, our revenue and organic revenue growth reached an all-time record and we are pleased to start 2023 with sizable opportunities in our pipeline across all verticals and geographies, I want to thank all of my GXO team members for delivering a standout year, our first as a standalone company.
“The integration of the Clipper acquisition is well underway, and we are already realizing significant cross sell opportunities, including an exciting new partnership with Farfetch. We now expect to realize the full synergies from this transaction even faster than initially anticipated. We continue to generate strong cash flow, and our deleveraging trajectory is on track. With our strong cash flow conversion, we expect to reduce our net leverage to about 1.5x by the end of the year.
“We’re laser-focused on executing our long-term business plan, and we are reaffirming the full year guidance we provided at our Investor Day in January. While we expect a softer macroeconomic environment this year, our wins to date, combined with the predictability and resilience of our business, give us great confidence entering 2023.”
Fourth Quarter 2022 Results
Revenue increased to $2.5 billion, compared with $2.3 billion for the fourth quarter 2021. Net income attributable to GXO was $46 million, compared with $56 million for the fourth quarter 2021. Diluted earnings per share was $0.39, compared with $0.48 for the fourth quarter 2021.
Adjusted net income attributable to GXO1 increased to $99 million, compared with $84 million for the fourth quarter 2021. Adjusted diluted earnings per share1 increased to $0.83, compared with $0.73 for the fourth quarter 2021.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA1”) increased to $205 million from $167 million in the fourth quarter 2021.
GXO generated $226 million of cash flow from operations, compared with $204 million for the fourth quarter 2021. In the fourth quarter 2022, GXO generated $141 million of free cash flow1, compared to $137 million for the fourth quarter 2021.
During the fourth quarter 2022, GXO won new customer contracts expected to contribute $182 million in annualized revenue.
Full Year 2022 Results
Revenue increased to $9.0 billion, compared with $7.9 billion for 2021. Net income attributable to GXO increased to $197 million, compared with $153 million for 2021, and pro forma net income to GXO of $162 million for 2021. 2021 net income reflected a $42 million one-time tax benefit related to the spin. Diluted earnings per share increased to $1.67, compared with $1.32 for 2021.
Adjusted net income attributable to GXO1 increased to $335 million, compared with $242 million for 2021. Adjusted diluted earnings per share1 increased to $2.85, compared with $2.09 for 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $728 million from $611 million for 2021, and pro forma adjusted EBITDA of $633 million for 2021.
GXO generated $542 million of cash flow from operations, compared with $455 million for 2021. In the 2022, GXO generated $240 million of free cash flow1, compared to $216 million for 2021.
The new customer contracts GXO won through the fourth quarter 2022 are expected to contribute $661 million in incremental revenue in 2023.
Cash Balances, Outstanding Debt and Leverage Ratio
As of December 31, 2022, cash and cash equivalents and debt outstanding were $495 million and $1,806 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2022, debt to net income attributable to GXO ratio was 9.2x, and net debt to adjusted EBITDA1 ratio (net leverage ratio) was 1.8x.
2023 Guidance
GXO announced its 2023 financial outlook as follows:
- Organic revenue growth1 of 6% to 8%;
- Adjusted EBITDA1 of $700 million to $730 million;
- Free cash flow1 conversion of approximately 30% of adjusted EBITDA1; and
- Adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $2.30 to $2.50.
- For definitions of non-GAAP measures see the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section in this press release.
Conference Call
GXO will hold a conference call on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants can call toll-free (from US/Canada) 877-407-8029; international callers dial +1 201-689-8029. Conference ID: 13735916. A live webcast of the conference will be available on the Investor Relations area of the company’s website, investors.gxo.com. The conference will be archived until March 1, 2023. To access the replay by phone, call toll-free (from US/Canada) 877-660-6853; international callers dial +1 201-612-7415. Use participant passcode 13735916.
A proposito di GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) è il più grande provider pure-player di contract logistics del mondo e sta beneficiando della rapida crescita dell'e-commerce, dell'automazione e dell'outsourcing. GXO è impegnata a fornire un ambiente di lavoro diversificato e di prim’ordine per circa 130.000 dipendenti in più di 950 depositi per un totale di circa 18,5 milioni di metri quadrati. L'azienda collabora con le principali aziende blue-chip del mondo per risolvere complesse sfide logistiche con soluzioni tecnologicamente avanzate di supply chain ed ecommerce, scalabili e veloci. La sede centrale di GXO è a Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. VisitateGXO.comper maggiori informazioni e collegatevi con GXO su LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram e YouTube.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
As required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures contained in this press release to the most directly comparable measure under GAAP, which are set forth in the financial tables attached to this release.
GXO’s non-GAAP financial measures in this press release include: adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”), adjusted EBITDA margin, pro forma adjusted EBITDA, pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (“adjusted EBITA”), adjusted EBITA, net of income taxes paid, adjusted EBITA margin, pro forma adjusted EBITA, pro forma adjusted EBITA margin, adjusted net income attributable to GXO, adjusted earnings per share (basic and diluted) (“adjusted EPS”), free cash flow, organic revenue, organic revenue growth, net leverage, net leverage ratio, net debt, and return on invested capital (“ROIC”).
We believe that the above adjusted financial measures facilitate analysis of our ongoing business operations because they exclude items that may not be reflective of, or are unrelated to, GXO’s core operating performance, and may assist investors with comparisons to prior periods and assessing trends in our underlying businesses. Other companies may calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently, and therefore our measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. GXO’s non-GAAP financial measures should only be used as supplemental measures of our operating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA, pro forma adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITA, pro forma adjusted EBITA, adjusted net income attributable to GXO and adjusted EPS include adjustments for transaction and integration costs, as well as restructuring costs and other adjustments as set forth in the financial tables below. Transaction and integration adjustments are generally incremental costs that result from an actual or planned acquisition, divestiture or spin-off and may include transaction costs, consulting fees, retention awards, internal salaries and wages (to the extent the individuals are assigned full-time to integration and transformation activities) and certain costs related to integrating and separating IT systems. Restructuring costs primarily related to severance costs associated with business optimization initiatives.
Pro forma adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITA include adjustments for allocated corporate expenses and public company standalone costs. Allocated corporate expenses are those expenses that were allocated to the combined financial statements on a carve-out basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Public company standalone costs are estimated costs of operating GXO as a public standalone company following its spin-off from XPO, Inc. (“XPO”) effective as of August 2, 2021 and represents the midpoint of our estimated corporate costs.
We believe that free cash flow is an important measure of our ability to repay maturing debt or fund other uses of capital that we believe will enhance stockholder value. We calculate free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less payment for purchases of property and equipment plus proceeds from sale of property and equipment. We believe that adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, pro forma adjusted EBITDA, pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITA, adjusted EBITA, net of income taxes paid, adjusted EBITA margin, pro forma adjusted EBITA and pro forma adjusted EBITA margin improve comparability from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure (interest and financing expenses), asset base (depreciation and amortization), tax impacts and other adjustments as set out in the attached tables, which management has determined are not reflective of core operating activities and thereby assist investors with assessing trends in our underlying businesses. We believe that adjusted net income attributable to GXO and adjusted EPS improve the comparability of our operating results from period to period by removing the impact of certain costs and gains, which management has determined are not reflective of our core operating activities, including amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets. We believe that organic revenue and organic revenue growth are important measures because they exclude the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, revenue from acquired businesses and revenue from deconsolidated operations. We believe that net leverage and net debt are important measures of our overall liquidity position and are calculated by removing cash and cash equivalents from our total debt and net debt as a ratio of our adjusted EBITDA. We calculate ROIC as our adjusted EBITA, net of income taxes paid divided by invested capital. We believe ROIC provides investors with an important perspective on how effectively GXO deploys capital and use this metric internally as a high-level target to assess overall performance throughout the business cycle.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and evaluating GXO’s ongoing performance.
With respect to our financial targets for full-year 2023 organic revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, and adjusted diluted EPS, and the reduction of net leverage by the end of 2023, a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available without unreasonable effort due to the variability and complexity of the reconciling items described above that we exclude from these non-GAAP target measures. The variability of these items may have a significant impact on our future GAAP financial results and, as a result, we are unable to prepare the forward-looking statements of income and cash flows prepared in accordance with GAAP, that would be required to produce such a reconciliation.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements, including our full year 2023 financial targets of organic revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, and adjusted diluted earnings per share, the reduction of net leverage by the end of 2023, expected timing of the realization of the full synergies from the acquisition of Clipper Logistics, and the expected incremental revenue in 2023 from new customer wins in 2022. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “will,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target,” “trajectory” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terms. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors the company believes are appropriate in the circumstances.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in our filings with the SEC and the following: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; economic conditions generally; supply chain challenges, including labor shortages; our ability to align our investments in capital assets, including equipment, and warehouses, to our customers’ demands; our ability to successfully integrate and realize anticipated synergies, cost savings and profit improvement opportunities with respect to acquired companies; unsuccessful acquisitions or other risks or developments that adversely affect our financial condition and results; our ability to develop and implement suitable information technology systems and prevent failures in or breaches of such systems; our indebtedness; our ability to raise debt and equity capital; litigation; labor matters, including our ability to manage our subcontractors, and risks associated with labor disputes at our customers’ facilities and efforts by labor organizations to organize our employees; risks associated with defined benefit plans for our current and former employees; our inability to attract or retain necessary talent; the increased costs associated with labor; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; fluctuations in fixed and floating interest rates; seasonal fluctuations; issues related to our intellectual property rights; governmental regulation, including environmental laws, trade compliance laws, as well as changes in international trade policies and tax regimes; governmental or political actions, including the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; natural disasters, terrorist attacks or similar incidents, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; a material disruption of the company’s operations; the inability to achieve the level of revenue growth, cash generation, cost savings, improvement in profitability and margins, fiscal discipline, or strengthening of competitiveness and operations anticipated or targeted; the impact of potential cyber-attacks and information technology or data security breaches; the inability to implement technology initiatives successfully; our ability to achieve our Environmental, Social and Governance goals; and a determination by the IRS that the distribution or certain related spin-off transactions should be treated as taxable transactions.
All forward-looking statements set forth in this release are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to or effects on us or our business or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by law.
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