Eaton Corporation plc Q1 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Overall Company Performance

  • Q1 2020 sales were 4.8 billion dollars, down 7 percent organically versus Q1 2019. Eaton attributed roughly 4 percent of the decline (200 million dollars) to COVID-19 disruptions, which was slightly worse than the 150 million dollars expected earlier in March.
  • GAAP EPS was 1.07 dollars; adjusted EPS was 1.09 dollars, reduced by an estimated 0.14 dollars due to COVID-19 impacts.
  • Segment margins were 15.8 percent, down slightly from Q1 2019 due to unplanned restructuring charges.
  • Decremental margins were 17 percent, considered strong relative to the downturn.
  • Eaton withdrew full-year 2020 revenue guidance due to economic uncertainty. April sales were down approximately 30 percent versus the prior year, with Electrical outperforming that level and Vehicle/Aerospace underperforming.

Liquidity and Cash Flow

  • 450 million dollars in cash on hand as of March 31 plus 2 billion dollars in undrawn credit facilities, which Eaton has never drawn on historically.
  • Expected 2020 free cash flow updated to 2.3–2.7 billion dollars (midpoint 2.5 billion dollars), down modestly from the original forecast but still considered strong.
  • Share repurchases: 1.3 billion dollars executed in Q1 using proceeds from the Lighting sale.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to the Eaton First Quarter Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, today’s call is being recorded. I’d now like to turn the conference over to your host, Yan Jin, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Yan Jin: Good morning. I’m Yan Jin, Eaton’s Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you all for joining us today for Eaton’s first quarter 2020 earnings call. I hope that you and your families stay healthy and also stay safe, right? With me today are Craig Arnold, our Chairman and CEO; and Rick Fearon, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial and Planning Officer. Our agenda today, including opening remarks by Craig, highlighting the company’s performance in the first quarter. As we have done in our past calls, we’ll be taking questions at the end of Craig’s comments. The press release and the presentation we’ll go through today have been posted on our website at www.eaton.com. Please note that both the press release and the presentation include reconciliations to non-GAAP measures. A webcast of this call is accessible on our website and will be available for replay. I would like to remind you that our comments today will including statements related to expected future results of the company and are, therefore, forward-looking statements. Our actual resu

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