Booz Allen Hamilton Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results
Strong Performance Consistent with Three-Year Goals
Revenue Increase of 8.1 percent to
Diluted Earnings Per Share and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share1,
both of
21.4 percent Increase in Total Backlog to
Quarterly Dividend of
The Company delivered strong first quarter results that support its fiscal year 2019 guidance, as well as the investment thesis detailed at Booz Allen’s Investor Day in June.
“We are capitalizing on the unique position in the market that we have
created by transforming Booz Allen over the past six years,” said
The Company reported first-quarter revenue growth of 8.1 percent, and a
9.2 percent increase in revenue, excluding billable expenses.1
The strong top-line growth contributed to a 25.1 percent increase in
Adjusted EBITDA1 to
Total backlog increased by 21.4 percent over the prior year period to
The Company adopted two accounting standards, ASC 606 and ASU 2017-07,
both effective
The Company declared a regular quarterly dividend of
Financial Summary
First Quarter, Ended
- Revenue:
$1.65 billion , an increase of 8.1 percent. - Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses:1
$1.17 billion , an increase of 9.2 percent. - Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Income:1
Each
$161.6 million , and each an increase of 27.6 percent. - Net Income:
$104.2 million , an increase of 47.6 percent; and Adjusted Net Income:1$104.7 million , an increase of 47.4 percent. - EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:1 Each
$177.8 million , and each an increase of 25.1 percent. - Diluted EPS and Adjusted Diluted EPS:1Each
$0.72 , and each up from$0.47 .
As of
1 Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Diluted EPS, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Information” below for additional detail. |
Financial Outlook
For our fiscal 2019, we are reaffirming guidance issued on
- Revenue: Growth in the 6 to 8 percent range
- Adjusted Diluted EPS: 1
$2.35 - $2.50
This EPS estimate is based on fiscal 2019 estimated average diluted shares outstanding in the range of 141 million to 145 million shares, and assumes an effective tax rate in the range of 25 percent to 27 percent, which reflects recent changes in U.S. tax law.
Conference Call Information
Booz Allen will host a conference call at
Analysts and institutional investors may participate on the call by
dialing (877) 375-9141 International: (253) 237-1151. The conference
call will be webcast simultaneously to the public through a link on the
investor relations section of the
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Non-GAAP Financial Information
“Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses” represents revenue less billable expenses. Booz Allen uses Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses because it provides management useful information about the Company's operating performance by excluding the impact of costs that are not indicative of the level of productivity of its consulting staff headcount and its overall direct labor, which management believes provides useful information to its investors about its core operations.
“Adjusted Operating Income” represents Operating Income before: (i)
adjustments related to the amortization of intangible assets resulting
from the acquisition of our Company by The
“Adjusted EBITDA” represents net income before income taxes, net interest and other expense and depreciation and amortization before certain other items, including transaction costs, fees, losses, and expenses, including fees associated with debt prepayments. “Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue” is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue. "Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses" is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses. Booz Allen prepares Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses to eliminate the impact of items it does not consider indicative of ongoing operating performance due to their inherent unusual, extraordinary or non-recurring nature or because they result from an event of a similar nature.
“Adjusted Net Income” represents net income before: (i) adjustments related to the amortization of intangible assets resulting from the Carlyle Acquisition, (ii) transaction costs, fees, losses, and expenses, including fees associated with debt prepayments, (iii) amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and write-off of original issue discount, (iv) release of income tax reserves, and (v) re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “2017 Tax Act”) in each case net of the tax effect where appropriate calculated using an assumed effective tax rate. Booz Allen prepares Adjusted Net Income to eliminate the impact of items, net of tax, it does not consider indicative of ongoing operating performance due to their inherent unusual, extraordinary or non-recurring nature or because they result from an event of a similar nature. We view net income excluding the impact of the re-measurement of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of the 2017 Tax Act as an important indicator of performance consistent with the manner in which management measures and forecasts the Company's performance and the way in which management is incentivized to perform.
“Adjusted Diluted EPS” represents diluted EPS calculated using Adjusted Net Income as opposed to Net Income. Additionally, Adjusted Diluted EPS does not contemplate any adjustments to net income as required under the two-class method of calculating EPS as required in accordance with GAAP.
“Free Cash Flow” represents the net cash generated from operating activities less the impact of purchases of property and equipment.
Booz Allen utilizes and discusses in this release Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS because management uses these measures for business planning purposes, including managing its business against internal projected results of operations and measuring its performance. Management views Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS as measures of the core operating business, which exclude the impact of the items detailed in the supplemental exhibits, as these items are generally not operational in nature. These supplemental performance measures also provide another basis for comparing period to period results by excluding potential differences caused by non-operational and unusual or non-recurring items. Management also utilizes Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses because it provides management useful information about the Company's operating performance by excluding the impact of costs that are not indicative of the level of productivity of its consulting staff headcount and its overall direct labor, which management believes provides useful information to its investors about its core operations. Booz Allen also utilizes and discusses Free Cash Flow in this release because management uses this measure for business planning purposes, measuring the cash generating ability of the operating business and measuring liquidity generally. Booz Allen presents these supplemental measures because it believes that these measures provide investors and securities analysts with important supplemental information with which to evaluate Booz Allen’s performance, long term earnings potential, or liquidity, as applicable, and to enable them to assess Booz Allen’s performance on the same basis as management. These supplemental performance measurements may vary from and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures by other companies in Booz Allen’s industry. Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, and Free Cash Flow are not recognized measurements under GAAP and when analyzing Booz Allen’s performance or liquidity, as applicable, investors should (i) evaluate each adjustment in our reconciliation of revenue to Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, operating income to Adjusted Operating Income, net income to Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, and net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow, (ii) use Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS in addition to, and not as an alternative to revenue, operating income, net income or diluted EPS as measures of operating results, each as defined under GAAP, and (iii) use Free Cash Flow, in addition to, and not as an alternative to, net cash provided by operating activities as a measure of liquidity, each as defined under GAAP. Exhibit 4 includes a reconciliation of Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, and Free Cash Flow to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.
With respect to our expectations under “Financial Outlook” above, a reconciliation of Adjusted Diluted EPS guidance to the closest corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to our inability to predict our stock price, equity grants and dividend declarations during the course of fiscal 2019. Projecting future stock price, equity grants and dividends to be declared would be necessary to accurately calculate the difference between Adjusted Diluted EPS and GAAP EPS as a result of the effects of the two-class method and related possible dilution used in the calculation of EPS. Consequently, any attempt to disclose such reconciliation would imply a degree of precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors. We expect the variability of the above charges to have an unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release and in related comments by our management include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include information concerning Booz Allen’s preliminary financial results, financial outlook and guidance, including forecasted revenue, Diluted EPS, and Adjusted Diluted EPS, future quarterly dividends, and future improvements in operating margins, as well as any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “preliminary,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct.
These forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
These risks and other factors include: efforts by
All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Exhibit 1 | ||||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | ||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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(Amounts in thousands, except per share data) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,646,848 | $ | 1,523,010 | ||||||
Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||||
Cost of revenue | 785,812 | 735,793 | ||||||||
Billable expenses | 477,435 | 451,664 | ||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 205,836 | 193,439 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 16,153 | 15,449 | ||||||||
Total operating costs and expenses | 1,485,236 | 1,396,345 | ||||||||
Operating income | 161,612 | 126,665 | ||||||||
Interest expense | (23,074 | ) | (18,747 | ) | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (1,171 | ) | (1,141 | ) | ||||||
Income before income taxes | 137,367 | 106,777 | ||||||||
Income tax expense | 33,163 | 36,165 | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 104,204 | $ | 70,612 | ||||||
Earnings per common share: | ||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.72 | $ | 0.47 | ||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.72 | $ | 0.47 | ||||||
Dividends declared per share | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.17 | ||||||
Exhibit 2 | ||||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | ||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||||
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) |
June 30, |
March 31, |
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(Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 149,723 | $ | 286,958 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance | 1,275,221 | 1,133,705 | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 86,567 | 71,309 | ||||||||
Total current assets | 1,511,511 | 1,491,972 | ||||||||
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation | 152,053 | 152,364 | ||||||||
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization | 285,946 | 278,504 | ||||||||
Goodwill | 1,581,160 | 1,581,146 | ||||||||
Other long-term assets | 101,362 | 102,633 | ||||||||
Total assets | $ | 3,632,032 | $ | 3,606,619 | ||||||
Liabilities and stockholders' equity | ||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 63,100 | $ | 63,100 | ||||||
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | 581,246 | 557,559 | ||||||||
Accrued compensation and benefits | 240,335 | 282,750 | ||||||||
Other current liabilities | 137,876 | 125,358 | ||||||||
Total current liabilities | 1,022,557 | 1,028,767 | ||||||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 1,740,753 | 1,755,479 | ||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 261,241 | 259,882 | ||||||||
Total liabilities | 3,024,551 | 3,044,128 | ||||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||
Common stock, Class A — $0.01 par value — authorized, 600,000,000 shares; issued, 158,794,015 shares at June 30, 2018 and 158,028,673 shares at March 31, 2018; outstanding, 143,121,936 shares at June 30, 2018 and 143,446,539 shares at March 31, 2018 | 1,588 | 1,580 | ||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost — 15,672,079 shares at June 30, 2018 and 14,582,134 shares at March 31, 2018 | (509,521 | ) | (461,457 | ) | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 360,915 | 346,958 | ||||||||
Retained earnings | 767,278 | 690,516 | ||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (12,779 | ) | (15,106 | ) | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 607,481 | 562,491 | ||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 3,632,032 | $ | 3,606,619 | ||||||
Exhibit 3 | ||||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | ||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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(Amounts in thousands) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 104,204 | $ | 70,612 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 16,153 | 15,449 | ||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 6,114 | 5,249 | ||||||||
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation | (4,438 | ) | (6,864 | ) | ||||||
Amortization of debt issuance costs | 1,360 | 1,289 | ||||||||
Losses on dispositions | 401 | 174 | ||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable | (141,516 | ) | (111,698 | ) | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (2,430 | ) | (3,249 | ) | ||||||
Other long-term assets | (1,703 | ) | (269 | ) | ||||||
Accrued compensation and benefits | (38,144 | ) | (36,203 | ) | ||||||
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | 28,322 | 44,870 | ||||||||
Accrued interest | (2,613 | ) | 4,698 | |||||||
Other current liabilities | 12,300 | 15,690 | ||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | (5,047 | ) | 4,247 | |||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (27,037 | ) | 3,995 | |||||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||
Purchases of property, equipment, and software | (20,465 | ) | (11,536 | ) | ||||||
Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (20 | ) | (204 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (20,485 | ) | (11,740 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 2,585 | 1,779 | ||||||||
Stock option exercises | 5,265 | 3,263 | ||||||||
Repurchases of common stock | (53,845 | ) | (48,428 | ) | ||||||
Cash dividends paid | (27,442 | ) | (25,412 | ) | ||||||
Dividend equivalents paid to option holders | (267 | ) | (890 | ) | ||||||
Repayment of debt | (75,775 | ) | (175,788 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from debt issuance | 60,000 | 373,291 | ||||||||
Payments on contingent liabilities from acquisitions | (234 | ) | — | |||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (89,713 | ) | 127,815 | |||||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (137,235 | ) | 120,070 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period | 286,958 | 217,417 | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents — end of period | $ | 149,723 | $ | 337,487 | ||||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information | ||||||||||
Cash paid during the period for: | ||||||||||
Interest | $ | 23,938 | $ | 12,652 | ||||||
Income taxes | $ | 11,475 | $ | 17,016 | ||||||
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||||
Share repurchases transacted but not settled and paid | $ | 3,365 | $ | — | ||||||
Noncash financing activities | $ | 3,216 | $ | — | ||||||
Exhibit 4 | ||||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP Financial Information | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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(In thousands, except share and per share data) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses | ||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,646,848 | $ | 1,523,010 | ||||||
Billable expenses | 477,435 | 451,664 | ||||||||
Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses | $ | 1,169,413 | $ | 1,071,346 | ||||||
Adjusted Operating Income | ||||||||||
Operating Income & Adjusted Operating Income | $ | 161,612 | $ | 126,665 | ||||||
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue & Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 104,204 | $ | 70,612 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 33,163 | 36,165 | ||||||||
Interest and other, net (a) | 24,245 | 19,888 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 16,153 | 15,449 | ||||||||
EBITDA & Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 177,765 | $ | 142,114 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue | 10.8 | % | 9.3 | % | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Revenue, Excluding Billable Expenses | 15.2 | % | 13.3 | % | ||||||
Adjusted Net Income | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 104,204 | $ | 70,612 | ||||||
Amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and write-off of original issue discount | 663 | 658 | ||||||||
Adjustments for tax effect (b) | (172 | ) | (263 | ) | ||||||
Adjusted Net Income | $ | 104,695 | $ | 71,007 | ||||||
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share | ||||||||||
Weighted-average number of diluted shares outstanding | 144,693,573 | 149,868,273 | ||||||||
Adjusted Net Income Per Diluted Share (c) | $ | 0.72 | $ | 0.47 | ||||||
Free Cash Flow | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | (27,037 | ) | $ | 3,995 | |||||
Less: Purchases of property and equipment | (20,465 | ) | (11,536 | ) | ||||||
Free Cash Flow | $ | (47,502 | ) | $ | (7,541 | ) | ||||
(a) | Reflects the combination of Interest expense and Other income (expense), net from the condensed consolidated statement of operations. | |
(b) | The first quarter of fiscal 2018 reflects the tax effect of adjustments at an assumed effective tax rate of 40%. For fiscal 2019 with the enactment of the 2017 Tax Act, adjustments are reflected using an assumed effective tax rate of 26%, which approximates a blended federal and state tax rate for fiscal 2019, and consistently excludes the impact of other tax credits and incentive benefits realized. | |
(c) | Excludes an adjustment of approximately $0.6 million and $0.5 million of net earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, associated with the application of the two-class method for computing diluted earnings per share. | |
Exhibit 5 | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | ||||||||
Operating Data | ||||||||
As of |
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(Amounts in millions) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Backlog | ||||||||
Funded | $ | 2,810 | $ | 2,517 | ||||
Unfunded | 4,140 | 3,243 | ||||||
Priced Options | 10,132 | 8,309 | ||||||
Total Backlog | $ | 17,082 | $ | 14,069 | ||||
Three Months Ended |
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2018 | 2017 | |||||
Book-to-Bill * | 1.64 | 1.31 | ||||
* | Book-to-bill is calculated as the change in total backlog during the relevant fiscal period plus the relevant fiscal period revenue, all divided by the relevant fiscal period revenue. | |
As of June 30, |
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2018 | 2017 | |||||
Headcount | ||||||
Total Headcount | 24,558 | 23,454 | ||||
Consulting Staff Headcount | 22,052 | 21,081 | ||||
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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2018 | 2017 | |||||
Percentage of Total Revenue by Contract Type | ||||||
Cost-Reimbursable | 52% | 51% | ||||
Time-and-Materials | 25% | 25% | ||||
Fixed-Price | 23% | 24% | ||||
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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2018 | 2017 | |||||
Days Sales Outstanding ** | 74 | 68 | ||||
** | Calculated as total accounts receivable divided by revenue per day during the relevant fiscal quarter. | |
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