Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI), a leading marketer of innerwear, outerwear and hosiery apparel, today reported results for the 2007 first quarter.
Total net sales increased slightly to $1.04 billion, and earnings per diluted share were $0.12, which were significantly lower than a year ago primarily because of several factors related to the company's new independent structure following its spinoff in September 2006. In addition to operating performance, results in the quarter reflect costs associated with restructuring, stand-alone independent company costs, increased interest expense and other actions.
"Our performance was on track with our expectations for the quarter, Hanesbrands Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Noll said. "We increased sales, made strategic advances in operations and generated cash for investment in our business. We are off to a solid start in our first full year, which is the foundation for achieving our long-term growth goals.
Period Highlights
Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, include:
- Total net sales increased by $7 million, or 0.7 percent, to $1.04 billion, up from $1.03 billion in the year-ago quarter ended April 1, 2006.
Growth in the outerwear segment resulted from double-digit gains
for Champion activewear and increases for Hanes casualwear and
more than offset generally flat sales in the innerwear segment and
declines in other segments.- Operating profit, as measured under generally accepted accounting principles, was $68.9 million, a decrease of 28.4 percent from $96.2 million a year ago. The profit decline primarily reflected restructuring and related charges for plant closures, higher cotton costs and increased investment in business operations.
"While we had a number of costs this quarter associated with
becoming an independent company that we did not have in the
year-ago quarter, we are benefiting from past cost-reduction
efforts, corporate consolidation and streamlining, and continued
progress with our global supply chain strategy of moving
production to lower-cost countries," Noll said. "Our operating
margin excluding actions, which we use to measure and manage our
business, was on track with our expectations for the quarter."
The operating profit margin excluding actions was 8.6 percent in
the quarter, compared with 9.8 percent a year ago, down primarily
due to higher cotton costs and selected investment behind business
initiatives. (Operating profit excluding actions is a non-GAAP
measure used to better assess underlying business performance
because it excludes the effect of unusual actions that are not
directly related to operations. The unusual actions in the quarter
were restructuring and related charges, nonrecurring spinoff and
related costs, and amortization of a gain on postretirement
benefits. See Table 4A for details and reconciliation with
reported operating results.)- Net income for the quarter was $12.0 million, down from $74.6 million a year ago, primarily as a result of the company's new independent structure. The decrease in net income reflected increased interest expense, reduced operating profit and a higher effective income tax rate.
Interest expense increased in the quarter by $48.6 million to
$51.7 million, up from $3.1 million a year ago as a result of
debt incurred in the company's spinoff. The effective income tax
rate for the quarter was 30.0 percent, up from 19.9 percent a year
ago as a result of Hanesbrands' tax structure as an independent
company.- Using cash flow from operations, the company made a voluntary $42 million pension contribution in the quarter, reducing the company's underfunded liability for qualified pension plans to approximately $131 million. The company's qualified pension plan liability is now 84 percent funded, which meets the company's 2007 goal.
Other Quarter Comments
Hanesbrands continues to make progress on its strategy of building its largest and strongest brands in core categories through innovation in key items.
In March, the Hanes brand launched a new national television, print and Internet advertising campaign for its Hanes All-Over Comfort Bra with ComfortSoft Straps featuring celebrity Jennifer Love Hewitt. Since the campaign was launched, we have seen accelerated retail sell-through of the All-Over Comfort Bra.
The Champion brand has achieved annual compound growth of more than 15 percent over the past two years and has increased distribution penetration in the mid-tier department store, sporting goods and mass retail channels. Innovative additions to the Champion product lines of performance apparel, activewear, sports bras, socks and underwear include double-dry fabric jerseys, shorts and other products.
Hanesbrands continues to execute its long-term global supply chain strategy of moving production to lower-cost countries to increase competitiveness. In the first quarter of 2007, the company announced plans to close two domestic textile facilities and two domestic distribution centers. The company also ended operations at three facilities for which closure plans had been previously announced. The company recognized $21.5 million in restructuring and related charges in the quarter, $4.6 million of which were noncash.
"We continue to successfully execute our core improvement strategies of reducing costs, increasing investment in our strongest brands and generating cash, Noll said. "These efforts are fundamental to our model to create value and drive growth in sales, operating profit and diluted earnings per share beyond this baseline year.
Hanesbrands Policy on Guidance
Hanesbrands follows a policy of not providing quarterly or annual EPS guidance. The company plans to communicate appropriately to provide investors with an understanding of long-term goals, the trends associated with its business and current financial performance.
Webcast Conference Call
Hanesbrands will host a live Internet webcast of its quarterly investor conference call at 10 a.m. EDT today. The live Internet broadcast may be accessed on the home page of the Hanesbrands corporate Web site, www.hanesbrands.com. The call is expected to conclude by 11 a.m. EDT.
An archived replay of the conference call webcast will be available in the investors section of the Hanesbrands corporate Web site. A telephone playback will be available from approximately noon EDT today until midnight EDT on May 3, 2007. The replay will be available by calling toll-free (888) 286-8010, or (617) 801-6888 for international callers. The replay pass code is 62716555.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including those regarding our launch as an independent company and the benefits expected from that launch, our long-term goals, and trends associated with our business. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and are based on our current intent, beliefs, plans and expectations. They involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results, performance or developments to differ materially from those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the following: our ability to migrate our production and manufacturing operations to lower-cost countries around the world; our ability to effectively implement other components of our business strategy; costs and adverse publicity from violations of labor or environmental laws by us or our suppliers; our ability to successfully manage adverse changes in social, political, economic, legal and other conditions affecting our foreign operations; retailer consolidation and other changes in the apparel essentials industry; our ability to keep pace with changing consumer preferences; loss of or reduction in sales to, or financial difficulties experienced by, any of our top customers; fluctuations in the price or availability of cotton or labor; our substantial debt and debt-service requirements that restrict our operating and financial flexibility and impose significant interest and financing costs; and other risks identified from time to time in our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, 2006 Transitional Report on Form 10-KT, press releases and other communications. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.
Hanesbrands Inc.
Hanesbrands Inc. is a leading marketer of innerwear, outerwear and hosiery apparel under strong consumer brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, barely there and Wonderbra. The company designs, manufactures, sources and sells T-shirts, bras, panties, men's underwear, children's underwear, socks, hosiery, casualwear and activewear. Hanesbrands has approximately 50,000 employees in 24 countries. More information may be found on the company's Web site at www.hanesbrands.com.
TABLE 1 | ||||||
| HANESBRANDS INC. | ||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income | ||||||
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
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| Quarter Ended | ||||||
| March 31, 2007 | April 1, 2006 | % Change | ||||
| Net sales: | ||||||
| Innerwear | $ 590,447 | $ 593,620 | ||||
| Outerwear | 283,635 | 267,286 | ||||
| Hosiery | 73,693 | 77,314 | ||||
| International | 90,777 | 91,966 | ||||
| Other | 15,398 | 16,997 | ||||
| Total segment net sales | 1,053,950 | 1,047,183 | ||||
| Less: Intersegment | 14,056 | 14,323 | ||||
| Total net sales | 1,039,894 | 1,032,860 | 0.7% | |||
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| Cost of sales | 700,215 | 691,968 | ||||
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| Gross profit | 339,679 | 340,892 | -0.4% | |||
| As a % of net sales | 32.7% | 33.0% | ||||
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| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 254,567 | 243,370 | ||||
| As a % of net sales | 24.5% | 23.6% | ||||
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| Restructuring | 16,246 | 1,284 | ||||
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| Operating profit | 68,866 | 96,238 | -28.4% | |||
| As a % of net sales | 6.6% | 9.3% | ||||
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| Interest expense, net | 51,717 | 3,100 | ||||
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| Income before income taxes | 17,149 | 93,138 | ||||
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| Income tax expense | 5,145 | 18,546 | ||||
| Net income | $ 12,004 | $ 74,592 | -83.9% | |||
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Earnings per share(1): | ||||||
| Basic | $ 0.12 | $ 0.77 | ||||
| Diluted | $ 0.12 | $ 0.77 | ||||
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Weighted average shares outstanding(1): | ||||||
| Basic | 96,475 | 96,306 | ||||
| Diluted | 97,105 | 96,306 | ||||
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(1) For the quarter ended April 1, 2006, basic and diluted EPS were computed using the number of common stock shares outstanding on the spinoff date (September 5, 2006). | ||||||
| TABLE 2 | |||||
| HANESBRANDS INC | |||||
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | |||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||
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| March 31, 2007 | Dec. 30, 2006 | ||||
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 149,290 | $ 155,973 | |||
| Trade accounts receivable | 513,823 | 488,629 | |||
| Inventories | 1,253,668 | 1,216,501 | |||
| Other current assets | 196,566 | 210,077 | |||
| Total current assets | 2,113,347 | 2,071,180 | |||
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| Property, net | 530,882 | 556,866 | |||
| Intangible assets and goodwill | 419,714 | 418,706 | |||
| Other noncurrent assets | 390,640 | 388,868 | |||
| Total assets | $ 3,454,583 | $ 3,435,620 | |||
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| Liabilities | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 615,847 | $ 587,542 | |||
| Other current liabilities | 30,929 | 23,639 | |||
| Total current liabilities | 646,776 | 611,181 | |||
| Long-term debt | 2,474,625 | 2,484,000 | |||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 241,862 | 271,168 | |||
| Total liabilities | 3,363,263 | 3,366,349 | |||
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| Equity | 91,320 | 69,271 | |||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ 3,454,583 | $ 3,435,620 | |||
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| TABLE 3 | |||||
| HANESBRANDS INC. | |||||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | |||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | |||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||
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| Quarter Ended | |||||
| March 31, 2007 | April 1, 2006 | ||||
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| Operating activities: | |||||
| Net income | $ 12,004 | $ 74,592 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization | 28,170 | 29,095 | |||
| Changes in assets and liabilities, net, and other | (40,765) | (1,390) | |||
| Net cash from operating activities | (591) | 102,297 | |||
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| Investing Activities: | |||||
| Purchases of property and equipment, net, and other | (3,500) | (20,472) | |||
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| Financing Activities: | |||||
| Transactions with parent companies and other | (2,759) | (136,899) | |||
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| Effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash | 167 | 337 | |||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (6,683) | (54,737) | |||
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| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 155,973 | 510,632 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ 149,290 | $ 455,895 | |||
| TABLE 4 | ||||
| HANESBRANDS INC. | ||||
| Supplemental Financial Information | ||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
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| Reconciliation of Reported Operating Results with Certain Information Excluding Actions | ||||
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| Quarter Ended | ||||
| A. Operating profit excluding actions | March 31, 2007 | April 1, 2006 | ||
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| Operating profit as reported | $ 68,866 | $ 96,238 | ||
| Plant closings | 21,513 | 1,284 | ||
Amortization of gain on postretirement benefits included in SG&A | (2,013) | - | ||
| Spinoff and related charges included in SG&A | 801 | 4,197 | ||
| Operating profit excluding actions | $ 89,167 | $ 101,719 | ||
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| Percentage of net sales | 8.6% | 9.8% | ||
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| B. Net income excluding actions | ||||
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| Net income as reported | $ 12,004 | $ 74,592 | ||
| Plant closings | 21,513 | 1,284 | ||
Amortization of gain on postretirement benefits included in SG&A | (2,013) | - | ||
| Spinoff and related charges included in SG&A | 801 | 4,197 | ||
Tax effect on plant closings, amortization of gain and spinoff and related charges in SG&A | (6,090) | (1,091) | ||
| Net income excluding actions | $ 26,215 | $ 78,982 | ||
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| C. Supply chain actions | ||||
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| Plant closings | ||||
| -Accelerated depreciation included in Cost of sales | $ 5,267 | $ - | ||
| -Restructuring | 16,246 | 1,284 | ||
| Total | $ 21,513 | $ 1,284 | ||
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| Noncash amount | $ 4,634 | $ - | ||
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| D. EBITDA | ||||
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| Net income | $ 12,004 | $ 74,592 | ||
| Interest expense, net | 51,717 | 3,100 | ||
| Income tax expense | 5,145 | 18,546 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 28,170 | 29,095 | ||
| Total EBITDA | $ 97,036 | $ 125,333 | ||
