SEE Reports Q1 2021 Results
Sales Growth Accelerated
Raising Full Year Outlook
Net sales of
Net earnings of
Adjusted EBITDA of
Cash flow from operations of
“Our Q1 results reflect strong performance and our focus on automation, digital and sustainability. Net sales increased 8% with strength in eCommerce, food retail and equipment, combined with increasing momentum in industrials. Adjusted EBITDA increased 6% as higher volumes and productivity improvements more than offset global supply chain disruptions related to Winter Storm Uri,” said
“As market opportunities move to a 'touchless environment,' customers are looking to
Unless otherwise stated, all results compare first quarter 2021 to first quarter 2020 results from continuing operations. Year-over-year financial discussions present operating results from continuing operations as reported. Year-over-year comparisons are also made on a constant dollar basis, which is a non-
Business Highlights
First quarter net sales in Food were
First quarter net sales in Protective were
First Quarter 2021 U.S. GAAP Summary
Net sales of
Net earnings in first quarter 2021 were
The effective tax rate in first quarter 2021 was 34.0%, as compared to 22.2% in first quarter 2020. The current year effective tax rate was unfavorably impacted by legislative and administrative changes to enacted foreign statutes. The lower prior year tax rate was favorably impacted by the resolution of specific uncertain tax positions associated with a
First Quarter 2021 Non-
Net sales increased
Adjusted EBITDA was
The Adjusted Tax Rate was 27.6% in first quarter 2021, as compared to 27.9% in first quarter 2020.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share were
Cash Flow and Net Debt
Cash flow provided by operating activities for first quarter 2021 was a source of
During first quarter 2021, the Company repurchased 4 million shares for an aggregate cost of
Net Debt, defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, was
Updated 2021 Full Year Outlook
For the full year 2021,
Free Cash Flow in 2021 is now expected to be in the range of
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Our globally recognized brands include CRYOVAC® brand food packaging,
Our SEE Operating Model, along with industry-leading experts in materials, engineering, technology and science, are driving our innovative solution systems to be more sustainable, automated and digitally connected.
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In this press release and supplement, we have included several non-
We have not provided guidance for the most directly comparable
Forward-Looking Statements
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The following are important factors that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements: global economic and political conditions, currency translation and devaluation effects, changes in raw material pricing and availability, competitive conditions, the success of new product offerings, consumer preferences, the effects of animal and food-related health issues, the effects of epidemics or pandemics, including the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), changes in energy costs, environmental matters, the success of our restructuring activities, the success of our merger, acquisition and equity investment strategies, the success of our financial growth, profitability, cash generation and manufacturing strategies and our cost reduction and productivity efforts, changes in our credit ratings, the tax benefit associated with the Settlement agreement (as defined in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K), regulatory actions and legal matters and the other information referenced in the “Risk Factors” section appearing in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the
The supplementary information included for 2021 in this press release on the current and subsequent pages is preliminary and subject to change prior to the filing of our upcoming Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended |
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(In USD millions, except per share data) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
1,267.1 |
|
|
$ |
1,173.9 |
|
Cost of sales |
|
866.0 |
|
|
783.4 |
|
||
Gross profit |
|
401.1 |
|
|
390.5 |
|
||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
188.9 |
|
|
194.1 |
|
||
Amortization expense of intangible assets |
|
9.7 |
|
|
9.0 |
|
||
Restructuring charges |
|
— |
|
|
0.6 |
|
||
Operating profit |
|
202.5 |
|
|
186.8 |
|
||
Interest expense, net |
|
(43.1 |
) |
|
(44.4 |
) |
||
Other income, net |
|
1.0 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
||
Earnings before income tax provision |
|
160.4 |
|
|
147.2 |
|
||
Income tax provision |
|
54.6 |
|
|
32.7 |
|
||
Net earnings from continuing operations |
|
105.8 |
|
|
114.5 |
|
||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
4.3 |
|
|
12.1 |
|
||
Net earnings |
|
$ |
110.1 |
|
|
$ |
126.6 |
|
Basic: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
0.68 |
|
|
$ |
0.74 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
0.03 |
|
|
0.08 |
|
||
Net earnings per common share - basic |
|
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
0.82 |
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic |
|
154.1 |
|
|
154.5 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Diluted: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
0.68 |
|
|
$ |
0.74 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
0.03 |
|
|
0.08 |
|
||
Net earnings per common share - diluted |
|
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
0.82 |
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted |
|
155.4 |
|
|
154.8 |
|
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) |
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(In USD millions) |
|
|
|
|
||||
Assets |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
370.0 |
|
|
$ |
548.7 |
|
Trade receivables, net |
|
584.2 |
|
|
541.0 |
|
||
Income tax receivables |
|
33.5 |
|
|
71.2 |
|
||
Other receivables |
|
72.5 |
|
|
69.5 |
|
||
Inventories, net |
|
652.3 |
|
|
596.7 |
|
||
Current assets held for sale |
|
— |
|
|
0.3 |
|
||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
47.0 |
|
|
54.1 |
|
||
Total current assets |
|
1,759.5 |
|
|
1,881.5 |
|
||
Property and equipment, net |
|
1,177.5 |
|
|
1,189.7 |
|
||
|
|
2,217.2 |
|
|
2,222.6 |
|
||
Identifiable intangible assets, net |
|
164.2 |
|
|
171.0 |
|
||
Deferred taxes |
|
172.9 |
|
|
187.1 |
|
||
Operating lease right-of-use-assets |
|
70.2 |
|
|
76.1 |
|
||
Other non-current assets |
|
357.2 |
|
|
355.8 |
|
||
Total assets |
|
$ |
5,918.7 |
|
|
$ |
6,083.8 |
|
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Short-term borrowings |
|
$ |
8.8 |
|
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
22.1 |
|
|
22.3 |
|
||
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
23.8 |
|
|
24.3 |
|
||
Accounts payable |
|
814.0 |
|
|
754.2 |
|
||
Accrued restructuring costs |
|
8.3 |
|
|
12.2 |
|
||
Income tax payable |
|
25.9 |
|
|
19.9 |
|
||
Other current liabilities |
|
423.5 |
|
|
527.3 |
|
||
Total current liabilities |
|
1,326.4 |
|
|
1,367.4 |
|
||
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
3,706.6 |
|
|
3,731.4 |
|
||
Long-term operating lease liabilities, less current portion |
|
48.3 |
|
|
53.2 |
|
||
Deferred taxes |
|
32.0 |
|
|
31.0 |
|
||
Other non-current liabilities |
|
704.0 |
|
|
728.3 |
|
||
Total liabilities |
|
5,817.3 |
|
|
5,911.3 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Preferred stock |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||
Common stock |
|
23.2 |
|
|
23.2 |
|
||
Additional paid-in capital |
|
2,090.8 |
|
|
2,093.0 |
|
||
Retained earnings |
|
2,485.6 |
|
|
2,400.7 |
|
||
Common stock in treasury |
|
(3,528.6 |
) |
|
(3,380.9 |
) |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes |
|
(969.6 |
) |
|
(963.5 |
) |
||
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
101.4 |
|
|
172.5 |
|
||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
5,918.7 |
|
|
$ |
6,083.8 |
|
Calculation of Net Debt (Unaudited) |
||||||||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Short-term borrowings |
|
$ |
8.8 |
|
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
||||
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
22.1 |
|
|
22.3 |
|
||||||
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
3,706.6 |
|
|
3,731.4 |
|
||||||
Total debt |
|
3,737.5 |
|
|
3,760.9 |
|
||||||
Less: cash and cash equivalents |
|
(370.0 |
) |
|
(548.7 |
) |
||||||
Non- |
|
$ |
3,367.5 |
|
|
$ |
3,212.2 |
|
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) |
||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Net earnings |
|
$ |
110.1 |
|
|
$ |
126.6 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities(1) |
|
68.4 |
|
|
55.0 |
|
||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Trade receivables, net |
|
(56.0 |
) |
|
(33.6 |
) |
||
Inventories, net |
|
(70.9 |
) |
|
(27.6 |
) |
||
Accounts payable |
|
69.3 |
|
|
0.3 |
|
||
Customer advance payments |
|
2.6 |
|
|
5.3 |
|
||
Income tax receivable/payable |
|
44.4 |
|
|
23.1 |
|
||
Other assets and liabilities |
|
(88.0 |
) |
|
(108.1 |
) |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
$ |
79.9 |
|
|
$ |
41.0 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Capital expenditures |
|
(43.9 |
) |
|
(48.7 |
) |
||
Receipts associated with sale of business and property and equipment |
|
0.6 |
|
|
9.3 |
|
||
Payments associated with debt investments |
|
(6.0 |
) |
|
— |
|
||
Investment in marketable securities |
|
— |
|
|
12.2 |
|
||
Settlement of foreign currency forward contracts |
|
8.2 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
||
Other investing activities |
|
0.1 |
|
|
— |
|
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
$ |
(41.0 |
) |
|
$ |
(24.7 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Net proceeds of short-term borrowings |
|
1.7 |
|
|
69.4 |
|
||
Payments of long-term debt |
|
(2.8 |
) |
|
— |
|
||
Dividends paid on common stock |
|
(25.8 |
) |
|
(25.7 |
) |
||
Impact of tax withholding on share-based compensation |
|
(13.7 |
) |
|
(11.2 |
) |
||
Repurchases of common stock |
|
(177.1 |
) |
|
— |
|
||
Principal payments related to financing leases |
|
(2.6 |
) |
|
(3.0 |
) |
||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
|
$ |
(220.3 |
) |
|
$ |
29.5 |
|
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
2.7 |
|
|
$ |
(33.6 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
548.7 |
|
|
262.4 |
|
||
Restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||
Balance, beginning of period |
|
$ |
548.7 |
|
|
$ |
262.4 |
|
Net change during the period |
|
$ |
(178.7 |
) |
|
$ |
12.2 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
370.0 |
|
|
274.6 |
|
||
Restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||
Balance, end of period |
|
$ |
370.0 |
|
|
$ |
274.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Non- |
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash flow from operating activities |
|
$ |
79.9 |
|
|
$ |
41.0 |
|
Capital expenditures for property and equipment |
|
(43.9 |
) |
|
(48.7 |
) |
||
Free Cash Flow |
|
$ |
36.0 |
|
|
$ |
(7.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Supplemental Cash Flow Information: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Interest payments, net of amounts capitalized |
|
$ |
43.3 |
|
|
$ |
50.0 |
|
Income tax (refunds) payments, net |
|
$ |
(1.6 |
) |
|
$ |
15.9 |
|
Restructuring payments including associated costs |
|
$ |
5.0 |
|
|
$ |
25.7 |
|
Non-cash items: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Transfers of shares of common stock from treasury for profit-sharing contributions |
|
$ |
28.0 |
|
|
$ |
24.4 |
_______________ | |
(1) |
2021 adjustments primarily consist of depreciation and amortization of |
Reconciliation of Net Earnings and Net Earnings Per Common Share to Non- Net Earnings and Non- (Unaudited) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended |
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|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||||||
(In USD millions, except per share data) |
|
Net Earnings |
|
Diluted EPS |
|
Net Earnings |
|
Diluted EPS |
||||||||
|
|
$ |
105.8 |
|
|
$ |
0.68 |
|
|
$ |
114.5 |
|
|
$ |
0.74 |
|
Special Items(1) |
|
16.0 |
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
||||
Non- |
|
$ |
121.8 |
|
|
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
113.4 |
|
|
$ |
0.73 |
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted |
|
|
|
155.4 |
|
|
|
|
154.8 |
|
_______________ | |
(1) |
Special Items include the following: |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions, except per share data) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Special Items: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Restructuring charges |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
0.6 |
|
Other restructuring associated costs(i) |
|
5.3 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
||
Foreign currency exchange loss due to highly inflationary economies |
|
1.4 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
||
Charges related to acquisition and divestiture activity |
|
0.3 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
||
Other Special Items |
|
0.8 |
|
|
1.7 |
|
||
Pre-tax impact of Special Items |
|
7.8 |
|
|
10.1 |
|
||
Tax impact of Special Items and Tax Special Items |
|
8.2 |
|
|
(11.2 |
) |
||
Net impact of Special Items |
|
$ |
16.0 |
|
|
$ |
(1.1 |
) |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted |
|
155.4 |
|
|
154.8 |
|
||
(Loss) Gain per share impact from Special Items |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
_______________ | |
(i) |
Restructuring associated costs for the three months ended |
The calculation of the non- |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
|
|
$ |
160.4 |
|
|
$ |
147.2 |
|
Pre-tax impact of special items |
|
7.8 |
|
|
10.1 |
|
||
Non- |
|
$ |
168.2 |
|
|
$ |
157.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
$ |
54.6 |
|
|
$ |
32.7 |
|
Tax Special Items |
|
(9.1 |
) |
|
8.6 |
|
||
Tax impact of Special Items |
|
0.9 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
||
Non- |
|
$ |
46.4 |
|
|
$ |
43.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
34.0 |
% |
|
22.2 |
% |
||
Non- |
|
27.6 |
% |
|
27.9 |
% |
Components of Change in (Unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
Food |
|
Protective |
|
|
||||||||||||||||
2020 |
|
$ |
690.3 |
|
|
58.8 |
% |
|
$ |
483.6 |
|
|
41.2 |
% |
|
$ |
1,173.9 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Price |
|
4.0 |
|
|
0.6 |
% |
|
3.6 |
|
|
0.7 |
% |
|
7.6 |
|
|
0.7 |
% |
||||
Volume(1) |
|
(2.7 |
) |
|
(0.4 |
)% |
|
62.9 |
|
|
13.0 |
% |
|
60.2 |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
||||
Total constant dollar change (non- |
|
1.3 |
|
|
0.2 |
% |
|
66.5 |
|
|
13.7 |
% |
|
67.8 |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
||||
Foreign currency translation |
|
10.6 |
|
|
1.5 |
% |
|
14.8 |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
25.4 |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
||||
Total change ( |
|
11.9 |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
81.3 |
|
|
16.8 |
% |
|
93.2 |
|
|
7.9 |
% |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
2021 |
|
$ |
702.2 |
|
|
55.4 |
% |
|
$ |
564.9 |
|
|
44.6 |
% |
|
$ |
1,267.1 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
Components of Change in (Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
|
|
EMEA |
|
APAC |
|
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||||
2020 |
|
$ |
766.3 |
|
|
65.2 |
% |
|
$ |
246.1 |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
|
$ |
161.5 |
|
|
13.8 |
% |
|
$ |
1,173.9 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Price |
|
9.1 |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
|
0.3 |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
(1.8 |
) |
|
(1.1 |
)% |
|
7.6 |
|
|
0.7 |
% |
|||||
Volume(1) |
|
22.5 |
|
|
2.9 |
% |
|
16.0 |
|
|
6.5 |
% |
|
21.7 |
|
|
13.4 |
% |
|
60.2 |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|||||
Total constant dollar change (non- |
|
31.6 |
|
|
4.1 |
% |
|
16.3 |
|
|
6.6 |
% |
|
19.9 |
|
|
12.3 |
% |
|
67.8 |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
|||||
Foreign currency translation |
|
(10.0 |
) |
|
(1.3 |
)% |
|
18.9 |
|
|
7.7 |
% |
|
16.5 |
|
|
10.2 |
% |
|
25.4 |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
|||||
Total change ( |
|
21.6 |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
|
35.2 |
|
|
14.3 |
% |
|
36.4 |
|
|
22.5 |
% |
|
93.2 |
|
|
7.9 |
% |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
2021 |
|
$ |
787.9 |
|
|
62.2 |
% |
|
$ |
281.3 |
|
|
22.2 |
% |
|
$ |
197.9 |
|
|
15.6 |
% |
|
$ |
1,267.1 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
_______________ | |
(1) |
Our volume reported above includes the net impact of changes in unit volume as well as the period-to-period change in the mix of products sold. |
(2) |
Total constant dollar change is a non- |
(3) |
As of |
Segment Information Reconciliation of Net Earnings to Non- (Unaudited) |
||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Food |
|
$ |
156.9 |
|
|
$ |
156.3 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
22.3 |
% |
|
22.6 |
% |
||
Protective |
|
109.9 |
|
|
92.8 |
|
||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
19.5 |
% |
|
19.2 |
% |
||
Corporate |
|
1.4 |
|
|
4.1 |
|
||
Non- |
|
$ |
268.2 |
|
|
$ |
253.2 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
21.2 |
% |
|
21.6 |
% |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
|
|
$ |
105.8 |
|
|
$ |
114.5 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
43.1 |
|
|
44.4 |
|
||
Income tax provision |
|
54.6 |
|
|
32.7 |
|
||
Depreciation and amortization(1) |
|
56.9 |
|
|
51.5 |
|
||
Special Items: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Restructuring charges |
|
— |
|
|
0.6 |
|
||
Other restructuring associated costs |
|
5.3 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
||
Foreign currency exchange loss due to highly inflationary economies |
|
1.4 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
||
Charges related to acquisition and divestiture activity |
|
0.3 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
||
Other Special Items |
|
0.8 |
|
|
1.7 |
|
||
Pre-tax impact of Special items |
|
7.8 |
|
|
10.1 |
|
||
Non- |
|
$ |
268.2 |
|
|
$ |
253.2 |
|
_______________ | |
(1) |
Depreciation and amortization by segment are as follows: |
|
Three Months Ended |
|||||||||||
(In USD millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Food |
|
$ |
31.7 |
|
|
$ |
29.0 |
|
||||
Protective |
|
25.2 |
|
|
22.5 |
|
||||||
|
|
$ |
56.9 |
|
|
$ |
51.5 |
|
(i) |
Includes share-based incentive compensation of |
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