Business Wire04.27.16
3M has reported first-quarter earnings of $2.05 per share, an increase of 10.8 percent versus the first quarter of 2015. Sales declined 2.2 percent year-on-year to $7.4 billion. Organic local-currency sales declined 0.8 percent while acquisitions, net of divestitures, added 1.6 percent to sales. Foreign currency translation reduced sales by 3 percent year-on-year.
Operating income was $1.8 billion and operating income margins for the quarter were 24.1 percent, up 1.3 percentage points year-on-year. First-quarter net income was $1.3 billion and the company converted 74 percent of net income to free cash flow.
On March 30, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued accounting standards update (ASU) 2016-09 for the accounting of employee share-based payments. 3M elected to adopt this new guidance ahead of the mandatory 2017 effective date for all U.S. public companies. The adoption of this ASU resulted in a first-quarter tax benefit to earnings of 10 cents per share, net of tax cost related to global cash optimization actions. Over the remainder of 2016, the company is planning to take further such actions, and as a result its full-year tax rate and earnings per share guidance remains unchanged.
3M paid $672 million in cash dividends to shareholders and repurchased $1.2 billion of its own shares during the quarter.
Organic local-currency sales growth was 6.2 percent in Health Care, 2.8 percent in Consumer and 2.4 percent in Safety and Graphics, with declines of 1.9 percent in Industrial and 11.7 percent in Electronics and Energy. On a geographic basis, organic local-currency sales growth was 4.2 percent in Latin America/Canada, 1.7 percent in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and 0.3 percent in the U.S., with a decline of 5.6 percent in Asia Pacific.
“Our team continued to execute the 3M playbook and delivered another solid operational performance in the first quarter,” said Inge G. Thulin, 3M’s chairman, president and CEO. “We expanded 3M’s profitability, improved our cash flow generation, and increased margins over a full percentage point. At the same time, we continued to invest in the business – including opening a new, world-class laboratory in the United States – while returning cash to our shareholders.”
For full-year 2016, 3M maintained its forecast for earnings per share in the range of $8.10 to $8.45 with organic local-currency sales growth of 1 percent to 3 percent. 3M also continues to expect its tax rate to be in the range of 29.5 to 30.5 percent and free cash flow conversion in the range of 95 to 105 percent.
First-Quarter Business Group Discussion
Health Care
Operating income was $1.8 billion and operating income margins for the quarter were 24.1 percent, up 1.3 percentage points year-on-year. First-quarter net income was $1.3 billion and the company converted 74 percent of net income to free cash flow.
On March 30, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued accounting standards update (ASU) 2016-09 for the accounting of employee share-based payments. 3M elected to adopt this new guidance ahead of the mandatory 2017 effective date for all U.S. public companies. The adoption of this ASU resulted in a first-quarter tax benefit to earnings of 10 cents per share, net of tax cost related to global cash optimization actions. Over the remainder of 2016, the company is planning to take further such actions, and as a result its full-year tax rate and earnings per share guidance remains unchanged.
3M paid $672 million in cash dividends to shareholders and repurchased $1.2 billion of its own shares during the quarter.
Organic local-currency sales growth was 6.2 percent in Health Care, 2.8 percent in Consumer and 2.4 percent in Safety and Graphics, with declines of 1.9 percent in Industrial and 11.7 percent in Electronics and Energy. On a geographic basis, organic local-currency sales growth was 4.2 percent in Latin America/Canada, 1.7 percent in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and 0.3 percent in the U.S., with a decline of 5.6 percent in Asia Pacific.
“Our team continued to execute the 3M playbook and delivered another solid operational performance in the first quarter,” said Inge G. Thulin, 3M’s chairman, president and CEO. “We expanded 3M’s profitability, improved our cash flow generation, and increased margins over a full percentage point. At the same time, we continued to invest in the business – including opening a new, world-class laboratory in the United States – while returning cash to our shareholders.”
For full-year 2016, 3M maintained its forecast for earnings per share in the range of $8.10 to $8.45 with organic local-currency sales growth of 1 percent to 3 percent. 3M also continues to expect its tax rate to be in the range of 29.5 to 30.5 percent and free cash flow conversion in the range of 95 to 105 percent.
First-Quarter Business Group Discussion
Health Care
- Sales of $1.4 billion, up 4.0 percent in U.S. dollars. Organic local-currency sales increased 6.2 percent, acquisitions increased sales by 0.9 percent and foreign currency translation reduced sales by 3.1 percent.
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On an organic local-currency basis:
- Strong sales growth across all businesses.
- Sales grew in all geographic areas led by Asia Pacific and Latin America/Canada.
- Operating income was $455 million, an increase of 11.5 percent year-on-year; operating margin of 32.9 percent.