YRCW Beats, Yet to Turn Around - Analyst Blog
November 07 2011 - 3:00AM
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YRC Worldwide Inc.
(YRCW) reported improved financial results for the third quarter of
2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Despite this, the
company is still far away from its business turnaround. Management
expects to improve its customer services in another six months so
that YRC Worldwide can regain those clients which it lost to its
competitors.
Furthermore, YRC Worldwide is
facing delisting threat from NASDAQ, since the stock price fell
significantly below $1. The company should maintain a closing share
price higher than $1 for 10 straight days by December 31, 2011. For
this, YRC Worldwide will ask for its shareholders’ approval for a
reverse stock split and its ratio in the annual general meeting of
November 30, 2011. The proposed reverse stock split is expected to
be completed by December 15, 2011.
Quarterly GAAP net loss from
continuing operations was $177.9 million or a loss of 51 cents per
share compared with a net loss of $61.7 million or $1.27 in the
year-ago quarter. Third-quarter 2011 adjusted (excluding
restructuring charges) EPS of a loss of 38 cents was lower than the
Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 39 cents.
Quarterly operating revenues were
$1,276.4 million, up 12.3% year over year, slightly ahead of the
Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,272 million. The increase was
primarily attributable to massive growth at the YRC National and
YRC Regional Transportation segments.
Quarterly consolidated operating
expense was $1,300.1 million, up 12.5% year over year. Operating
loss in third-quarter 2011 was $23.7 million compared with an
operating loss of $18.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
Quarterly consolidated operating ratio was 101.9% compared
with 101.7% in the prior-year quarter. Third-quarter adjusted
EBITDA was $56 million compared with $45.8 million in the year-ago
quarter.
During the first nine months of
2011, YRC Worldwide consumed $52.8 million of cash for operations
compared with $9.3 million in the prior-year period. Free cash flow
in the reported period was a negative $88.9 million compared with
$22.3 million in the year-ago period.
At the end of the third quarter of
2011, YRC Worldwide had $162.8 million of cash & cash
equivalents compared with $143 million at the end of fiscal 2010.
Total debt at the end of the reported quarter was nearly $1,341.1
million compared with $1,060.1 million at the end of fiscal
2010.
YRC National Transportation
Segment
Quarterly operating revenues were
$841.6 million, up 11.5% year over year. Operating loss was $14.3
million compared with $16.4 million in the prior-year quarter.
Third-quarter 2011 operating ratio was 101.7% compared with 102.2%
in the year-ago quarter. This division improves on several
operating metrics. Tons per day were up 4.2%, shipments per day
were up 5.5%, revenue per hundredweight was up 7.5% and revenue per
shipment was up 6.2%.
YRC Regional Transportation
Segment
Quarterly operating revenues were
$404.8 million, up 14.3% year over year. Operating income was $12.4
million compared with $9.9 million in the prior-year quarter.
Third-quarter 2011 operating ratio was 96.9% compared with 97.2% in
the year-ago quarter. This division also improves on several
operating metrics. Tons per day were up 5.6%, shipments per day
inched up 3.6%, revenue per hundredweight went up 8.2% and revenue
per shipment jumped 10.4%.
YRC Truckload
Segment
Quarterly operating revenues were
$26 million, down 9.9% year over year. Operating loss was nearly
$2.7 million compared with $2.2 million in the prior-year quarter.
Third-quarter 2011 operating ratio was 110.3% compared with 107.6%
in the year-ago quarter.
Recommendation
The trucking industry is highly competitive. YRC Worldwide is
gradually losing market share to its competitors Arkansas
Best Corp. (ABFS), Con-way Inc. (CNW) and
Knight Transportation Inc. (KNX). We maintain a
long-term Neutral recommendation on YRC Worldwide. Currently, the
company holds a short-term Zacks #2 Rank (Buy) on the stock.
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