Amcor reports first quarter result and reaffirms outlook for fiscal 2025
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Amcor (AMCR) reported solid Q1 FY2025 results with net sales of $3,353 million and GAAP net income of $191 million. The company achieved its third consecutive quarter of sequential volume growth improvement, with Adjusted EBIT up 3% to $365 million and Adjusted EPS increasing 5% to 16.2 cents on a comparable constant currency basis. The quarterly dividend was increased to 12.75 cents per share. Amcor reaffirmed its FY2025 guidance, projecting Adjusted EPS of 72-76 cents and Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $900-1,000 million.
Positive
- Sequential improvement in volume growth for third consecutive quarter
- Adjusted EBIT increased 3% to $365 million
- Adjusted EPS grew 5% to 16.2 cents
- GAAP Net income increased to $191 million from $152 million YoY
- Quarterly dividend increased to 12.75 cents from 12.5 cents YoY
- Adjusted EBIT margin improved to 10.9%, up 50 basis points
Negative
- Net sales declined 3% to $3,353 million
- Free Cash Flow outflow increased to $395 million from $227 million YoY
- Net debt at $6,872 million with leverage ratio of 3.5x
- Soft volumes in healthcare categories and North America beverage business
- Unfavorable price/mix impact of approximately 3%
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, AMCR declined 7.82%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction.
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Highlights - Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
- Third consecutive quarter of sequential improvement in volume growth;
- Net sales of
;$3,353 million - GAAP Net income of
; GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of 13.2 cps;$191 million - Adjusted EBIT of
, up$365 million 3% on a comparable constant currency basis; - Adjusted EPS of 16.2 cps, up
5% on a comparable constant currency basis; and - Quarterly dividend increased to
12.75 cents per share.
Fiscal 2025 outlook reaffirmed
- Adjusted EPS of
72-76 cents per share; Adjusted Free Cash Flow of .$900 -1,000 million
Amcor delivers another quarter of solid earnings and volume growth; Reaffirms FY25 guidance Amcor CEO Peter Konieczny said: "Amcor started fiscal 2025 well, with volume growth and customer demand dynamics continuing to improve. Adjusted EPS was up "I am pleased with the overall performance trajectory of the business and I am excited about the significant opportunities we have ahead of us to enhance our profitable organic growth profile, continue to build earnings momentum and evolve into an even stronger company than we are today. We have already taken a number of concrete actions to further leverage Amcor's market leading positions and capabilities and strengthen our ability to generate attractive, sustainable shareholder returns. We also remain committed to disciplined execution against our capital allocation framework and strategy for growth, and will continue to invest in the business, pursue M&A opportunities or repurchase shares, and return cash to shareholders through a compelling and growing dividend." |
Key Financials | Three Months Ended September 30, | |||||||
GAAP results | 2023 $ million | 2024 $ million | ||||||
Net sales | 3,443 | 3,353 | ||||||
Net income attributable to Amcor plc | 152 | 191 | ||||||
EPS (diluted US cents) | 10.5 | 13.2 | ||||||
Comparable | ||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Reported ∆% | |||||||
Adjusted non-GAAP results(1) | 2023 $ million | 2024 $ million | ||||||
Net sales | 3,443 | 3,353 | (3) | (2) | ||||
EBITDA | 459 | 466 | 2 | 3 | ||||
EBIT | 358 | 365 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Net income | 226 | 234 | 3 | 5 | ||||
EPS (diluted US cents) | 15.6 | 16.2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Free Cash Flow | (227) | (395) | ||||||
(1) Adjusted non-GAAP results exclude items which are not considered representative of ongoing operations. Comparable constant currency ∆% excludes the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates and items affecting comparability. Further details related to non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to GAAP measures can be found under "Presentation of non-GAAP information" in this release. |
Note: All amounts referenced throughout this document are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and numbers may not add up precisely to the totals provided due to rounding. |
Shareholder returns
Amcor generates significant annual cash flow and is committed to an investment grade credit rating. We believe that the Company's strong annual cash flow and balance sheet provides capacity to reinvest in the business for organic growth, pursue acquisitions or share repurchases and return cash to shareholders through a compelling and growing dividend.
Dividend
The Amcor Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of
The ex-dividend date will be November 20, 2024 for holders of CDIs trading on the ASX and November 21, 2024 for holders of shares trading on the NYSE. For all shareholders the record date will be November 21, 2024 and the payment date will be December 11, 2024.
Financial results - Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Segment information
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||
Adjusted non-GAAP | Net sales $ million | EBIT $ million | EBIT / | EBIT / Average | Net sales | EBIT $ million | EBIT / | EBIT / Average |
Flexibles | 2,568 | 322 | 12.5 | 2,552 | 329 | 12.9 | ||
Rigid Packaging | 875 | 62 | 7.1 | 801 | 62 | 7.7 | ||
Other(2) | — | (26) | — | (26) | ||||
Total Amcor | 3,443 | 358 | 10.4 | 15.0 | 3,353 | 365 | 10.9 | 14.8 |
(1) Return on average funds employed includes shareholders' equity and net debt, calculated using a four quarter average and last twelve months adjusted EBIT. |
(2) Represents corporate expenses. |
Net sales of
Volumes were up approximately
Adjusted EBIT of
Flexibles segment | Three Months Ended September 30, | Reported | Comparable | ||||
2023 $ million | 2024 $ million | ||||||
Net sales | 2,568 | 2,552 | (1) | (1) | |||
Adjusted EBIT | 322 | 329 | 2 | 3 | |||
Adjusted EBIT / Sales % | 12.5 | 12.9 | |||||
Net sales of
Volumes improved sequentially and were up approximately
In
In
Across the Asian region, sales and volumes increased at low single digit rates with growth in
Adjusted EBIT of
Rigid Packaging segment | Three Months Ended September 30, | Reported | Comparable | ||||
2023 $ million | 2024 $ million | ||||||
Net sales | 875 | 801 | (8) | (4) | |||
Adjusted EBIT | 62 | 62 | — | 2 | |||
Adjusted EBIT / Sales % | 7.1 | 7.7 | |||||
Net sales of
On a comparable constant currency basis, net sales were approximately
In
Adjusted EBIT of
Net interest and income tax expense
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, net interest expense of
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, adjusted free cash outflow was
Net debt was
Fiscal 2025 Guidance reaffirmed
For the twelve month period ending June 30, 2025, the Company continues to expect:
- Adjusted EPS of approximately 72 to
76 cents per share, which represents comparable constant currency growth of3% to8% (includes approximately4% headwind related to normalization of incentive compensation payments) compared with70.2 cents per share in fiscal 2024.- Assuming current exchange rates prevail through fiscal 2025, movements in exchange rates are not expected to have a material impact on reported EPS.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow of approximately
to$900 million .$1,000 million
Amcor's guidance contemplates a range of factors which create a degree of uncertainty and complexity when estimating future financial results. Further information can be found under 'Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements' in this release.
Conference Call
Amcor is hosting a conference call with investors and analysts to discuss these results on Thursday October 31, 2024 at 5:30pm US Eastern Daylight Time / Friday November 1, 2024 at 8:30am Australian Eastern Daylight Time. Investors are invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call at our website, www.amcor.com, in the "Investors" section.
Those wishing to access the call should use the following toll-free numbers, with the Conference ID: 2990465
USA : 800 715 9871 (toll free)USA : 646 307 1963 (local)Australia : 1800 519 630 (toll free), 02 9133 7103 (local)United Kingdom : 0800 358 0970 (toll free), 020 3433 3846 (local)Singapore : +65 3159 5133 (local)Hong Kong : +852 3002 3410 (local)
From all other countries, the call can be accessed by dialing +1 646 307 1963 (toll).
A replay of the webcast will also be available in the 'Investors" section at www.amcor.com following the call.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions across a variety of materials for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect products, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains. The Company offers a range of innovative, differentiating flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly recyclable, reusable, lighter weight and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2024, 41,000 Amcor people generated
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the
Presentation of non-GAAP information
Included in this release are measures of financial performance that are not calculated in accordance with
Amcor also evaluates performance on a comparable constant currency basis, which measures financial results assuming constant foreign currency exchange rates used for translation based on the average rates in effect for the comparable prior year period. In order to compute comparable constant currency results, we multiply or divide, as appropriate, current-year
Management has used and uses these measures internally for planning, forecasting and evaluating the performance of the Company's reporting segments and certain of the measures are used as a component of Amcor's Board of Directors' measurement of Amcor's performance for incentive compensation purposes. Amcor believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful to enable investors to perform comparisons of current and historical performance of the Company. For each of these non-GAAP financial measures, a reconciliation to the most directly comparable
Dividends
Amcor has received a waiver from the ASX's settlement operating rules, which will allow the Company to defer processing conversions between its ordinary share and CDI registers from November 20, 2024 to November 21, 2024 inclusive.
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||
($ million) | 2023 | 2024 | ||
Net sales | 3,443 | 3,353 | ||
Cost of sales | (2,798) | (2,694) | ||
Gross profit | 645 | 659 | ||
Selling, general, and administrative expenses | (302) | (315) | ||
Research and development expenses | (27) | (28) | ||
Restructuring and related expenses, net | (28) | (6) | ||
Other income/(expenses), net | (18) | 2 | ||
Operating income | 270 | 312 | ||
Interest expense, net | (75) | (75) | ||
Other non-operating expenses, net | (1) | (1) | ||
Income before income taxes and equity in loss of affiliated companies | 194 | 236 | ||
Income tax expense | (39) | (43) | ||
Equity in loss of affiliated companies, net of tax | (1) | — | ||
Net income | 154 | 193 | ||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (2) | (2) | ||
Net income attributable to Amcor plc | 152 | 191 | ||
USD:EUR average FX rate | 0.9189 | 0.9105 | ||
Basic earnings per share attributable to Amcor | 0.105 | 0.132 | ||
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Amcor | 0.105 | 0.132 | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Basic | 1,439 | 1,440 | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Diluted | 1,439 | 1,444 | ||
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||
($ million) | 2023 | 2024 | ||
Net income | 154 | 193 | ||
Depreciation, amortization and impairment | 149 | 141 | ||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquisitions, divestitures, and | (490) | (631) | ||
Other non-cash items | 52 | 28 | ||
Net cash used in operating activities | (135) | (269) | ||
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets | (124) | (145) | ||
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets | 4 | 1 | ||
Business acquisitions and investments in affiliated companies, and other | (22) | (11) | ||
Net debt proceeds | 396 | 454 | ||
Dividends paid | (176) | (180) | ||
Share buyback/cancellations | (30) | — | ||
Purchase of treasury shares, proceeds from issuance of shares and tax withholdings for share- | (46) | (34) | ||
Other, including effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents | (32) | 28 | ||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (165) | (156) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents balance at beginning of the year | 689 | 588 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents balance at end of the period | 524 | 432 | ||
($ million) | June 30, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 588 | 432 | ||
Trade receivables, net | 1,846 | 1,973 | ||
Inventories, net | 2,031 | 2,228 | ||
Property, plant, and equipment, net | 3,763 | 3,854 | ||
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net | 6,736 | 6,753 | ||
Other assets | 1,560 | 1,670 | ||
Total assets | 16,524 | 16,910 | ||
Trade payables | 2,580 | 2,380 | ||
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt | 96 | 128 | ||
Long-term debt, less current portion | 6,603 | 7,176 | ||
Accruals and other liabilities | 3,292 | 3,233 | ||
Shareholders' equity | 3,953 | 3,993 | ||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | 16,524 | 16,910 | ||
Components of Fiscal 2025 Net Sales growth | |||
Three Months Ended September 30, | |||
($ million) | Flexibles | Rigid Packaging | Total |
Net sales fiscal 2025 | 2,552 | 801 | 3,353 |
Net sales fiscal 2024 | 2,568 | 875 | 3,443 |
Reported Growth % | (1) | (8) | (3) |
FX % | — | (1) | — |
Constant Currency Growth % | (1) | (7) | (3) |
RM Pass Through % | — | (3) | (1) |
Items affecting comparability % | — | — | — |
Comparable Constant Currency Growth % | (1) | (4) | (2) |
Acquired operations % | — | — | — |
Organic Growth % | (1) | (4) | (2) |
Volume % | 3 | (4) | 2 |
Price/Mix % | (4) | — | (3) |
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures | ||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of adjusted Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), Earnings before interest | ||||||||||||||||
and tax (EBIT), Net income, Earnings per share (EPS) and Adjusted Free Cash Flow | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
($ million) | EBITDA | EBIT | Net | EPS US | EBITDA | EBIT | Net | EPS | ||||||||
Net income attributable to Amcor | 152 | 152 | 152 | 10.5 | 191 | 191 | 191 | 13.2 | ||||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Tax expense | 39 | 39 | 43 | 43 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 142 | 140 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA, EBIT, Net income, and EPS | 410 | 268 | 152 | 10.5 | 451 | 311 | 191 | 13.2 | ||||||||
Impact of highly inflationary accounting | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Restructuring and related expenses, net(2) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 1.9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Other | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles(3) | 41 | 41 | 2.8 | 39 | 39 | 2.8 | ||||||||||
Tax effect of above items | (16) | (1.1) | (11) | (0.7) | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, EBIT, Net income and EPS | 459 | 358 | 226 | 15.6 | 466 | 365 | 234 | 16.2 | ||||||||
Reconciliation of adjusted growth to comparable constant currency growth | ||||||||||||||||
% growth - Adjusted EBITDA, EBIT, Net income, and EPS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
% items affecting comparability | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
% currency impact | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
% comparable constant currency growth | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 459 | 466 | ||||||||||||||
Interest paid, net | (47) | (36) | ||||||||||||||
Income tax paid | (53) | (75) | ||||||||||||||
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets | (124) | (145) | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Movement in working capital | (459) | (586) | ||||||||||||||
Other | (7) | (20) | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted Free Cash Flow | (227) | (395) | ||||||||||||||
(1) Calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended September 30, 2024 excludes net income attributable to shares to be repurchased under forward contracts of |
(2) Includes incremental restructuring and related expenses attributable to group wide initiatives to partly offset divested earnings from the Russian business. |
(3) Amortization of acquired intangible assets from business combinations. |
Reconciliation of adjusted EBIT by reportable segment | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
($ million) | Flexibles | Rigid | Other | Total | Flexibles | Rigid | Other | Total | ||||||||
Net income attributable to Amcor | 152 | 191 | ||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tax expense | 39 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | 75 | 75 | ||||||||||||||
EBIT | 256 | 40 | (28) | 268 | 280 | 59 | (28) | 311 | ||||||||
Impact of highly inflationary accounting | — | 17 | — | 17 | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||
Restructuring and related expenses, net(1) | 24 | 4 | — | 28 | 6 | — | — | 6 | ||||||||
Other | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles(2) | 40 | 1 | — | 41 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||
Adjusted EBIT | 322 | 62 | (26) | 358 | 329 | 62 | (26) | 365 | ||||||||
Adjusted EBIT / sales % | 12.5 % | 7.1 % | 10.4 % | 12.9 % | 7.7 % | 10.9 % | ||||||||||
Reconciliation of adjusted growth to comparable constant currency growth | ||||||||||||||||
% growth - Adjusted EBIT | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||||||||||||
% items affecting comparability | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
% currency impact | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||
% comparable constant currency | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | ||||||||||||
(1) Includes incremental restructuring and related expenses attributable to group wide initiatives to partly offset divested earnings from the Russian business. |
(2) Amortization of acquired intangible assets from business combinations. |
Reconciliation of net debt | ||||
($ million) | June 30, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | (588) | (432) | ||
Short-term debt | 84 | 115 | ||
Current portion of long-term debt | 12 | 13 | ||
Long-term debt, less current portion | 6,603 | 7,176 | ||
Net debt | 6,111 | 6,872 | ||
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