Fourth Quarter 2018 HighlightsRecord fourth quarter sales of $10.1 billion up 5% from the fourth quarter of 2017Cash from operations of $1.6 billionReturned $585 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividendsRaised quarterly cash dividend by 11% to $0.365 per shareFull Year 2018 HighlightsRecord sales of $40.8 billion, up 12% from 2017Record diluted earnings per share of $6.61, an increase of 13%Record cash from operations of $3.7 billionReturned approximately $2.3 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividendsAURORA, Ontario, Feb. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG; NYSE: MGA) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018.A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/65ad4e4c-350d-413f-a71c-2941e952c4d2THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018
Our fourth quarter results were records for sales and adjusted diluted earnings per share and were substantially in-line with our previously provided Outlook for 2018. During the quarter, we returned $585 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.On a consolidated basis, we posted sales of $10.1 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of 5% over the fourth quarter of 2017. This strong growth was achieved in a period in which global light vehicle production declined by 4% led by a 14% decline in China and a 1% decline in Europe partly offset by an increase of 1% in North America. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation and net acquisitions, sales increased by 7% on a consolidated basis, and by segment: 3% in Power & Vision, 15% in Seating, 43% in Complete Vehicles, and a 1% decline in Body Exteriors & Structures.Adjusted EBIT of $730 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 decreased by 10% from the fourth quarter of 2017, and adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales declined to 7.2% compared to 8.4% in the fourth quarter of 2017. The margin decline reflects:lower margins in our Power & Vision segment, mainly associated with increased spending for electrification and autonomy, higher launch costs, a decline in equity income largely due to lower earnings at Getrag’s joint-ventures in China, and higher warranty expense;an increase in the proportion of sales generated in our Complete Vehicles segment relative to total sales, which have a significantly lower margin than our consolidated average; andlower margins in our Seating segment, mainly associated with pre-operating costs incurred at new facilities.These factors were partially offset by higher margins in our Body Exteriors & Structures segment, largely related to improved profitability at certain underperforming operations.Income from operations before income taxes of $607 million decreased $158 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease reflects lower Adjusted EBIT, higher interest expense, and higher other expense, net, each as compared to the fourth quarter of 2017.Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. decreased $103 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 primarily as a result of lower income from operations before income taxes, partially offset by a lower income tax rate.Diluted earnings per share decreased by 11% to $1.37 in the fourth quarter of 2018, reflecting lower net income attributable to Magna International Inc. partly offset by the favourable impact of a reduced share count. Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 3% to $1.63 compared to $1.58 for the fourth quarter of 2018.In the fourth quarter of 2018, we generated cash from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1.0 billion and $597 million in operating assets and liabilities. Investment activities for the fourth quarter of 2018 included $647 million in fixed asset additions, a $150 million increase in investments, other assets and intangible assets and $152 million in an acquisition.YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018We posted record sales of $40.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increase of 12% from the year ended December 31, 2017.Income from operations before income taxes was $2.95 billion, a decrease of $34 million from 2017.Net income attributable to Magna International Inc. was $2.30 billion and diluted earnings per share were $6.61, increases of $100 million and $0.74, respectively, each compared to 2017. Adjusted EBIT increased to $3.11 billion in 2018, compared to $3.10 billion for 2017. Our adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 13% to $6.71 for 2018 compared to $5.93 for 2017.During 2018, we generated cash from operations before changes in operating assets and liabilities of $3.87 billion, and invested $153 million in operating assets and liabilities. Investment activities for 2018 included $1.65 billion in fixed asset additions, $481 million increase in investments, other assets and intangible assets and $148 million in acquisitions. We also invested $220 million in Lyft, Inc. RETURN OF CAPITAL TO SHAREHOLDERSDuring the three months and year ended December 31, 2018, Magna repurchased 9.9 million shares for $479 million and 32.6 million shares for $1.83 billion, respectively. In addition, we paid dividends of $106 million and $448 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively.Our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.365 with respect to our outstanding Common Shares for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. This dividend is payable on March 22, 2019 to shareholders of record on March 8, 2019.A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a6dae730-aff9-4f4b-bbb2-2a16f64a7af52019 OUTLOOKOur 2019 outlook remains unchanged from the outlook provided in our January 15, 2019 press release. For further details, refer to the “2019 Outlook” section later in this press release.REVIEW OF SELECT FOURTH QUARTER 2018 FINANCIAL INFORMATIONOther Expense, netWe recorded other expense, net of $97 million ($92 million after tax) for the three months ended December 31, 2018 compared to $28 million ($35 million after tax) for the three months ended December 31, 2017. These items had an unfavourable impact of $0.28 and $0.10 on diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. For further details, refer to the “Other Expense, net” section later in this press release.Income TaxesOn December 22, 2017, the United States enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “US Tax Reform”), which reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning in 2018, required companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and created new taxes on certain foreign-sourced earnings. At December 31, 2017, we made a reasonable estimate of its effects on our deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax, recognizing a provisional $23 million net reduction in income tax expense in 2017. At December 31, 2018, we have completed our analysis of the impact of the US Tax Reform and recorded a net increase in income tax expense of $11 million in 2018.During 2018 we released a portion of our valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets in India. The valuation allowance was required due to historical losses and uncertainty as to the timing of when we would be able to generate the necessary level of earnings to recover these deferred tax assets. Over the past few years, some of our operations in India have delivered sustained profits which, together with forecasted profits have allowed us to release the valuation allowance set up against the India deferred tax assets. The effect of the valuation allowance release is a reduction of income tax expense of $17 million (“Adjustments to Valuation Allowance”).US Tax Reform and the Adjustments to Valuation Allowance together result in a net favourable impact of $0.02 and $0.06 on the diluted earnings per share for the three months ended December, 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.(i) Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales is calculated as Adjusted EBIT divided by Sales.
Sales for Body Exteriors & Structures decreased 4% or $156 million to $4.18 billion for 2018 compared to $4.33 billion for 2017. The decrease in sales was primarily due to lower production volumes on certain existing programs and a $108 million decrease due to the weakening of the Canadian dollar, euro and Russian ruble, each against the U.S. dollar, partially offset by the launch of new programs during or subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2017, including the Ram 1500 Pickup, GMC Sierra & Chevrolet Silverado, BMW X3 and the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.Adjusted EBIT for Body Exteriors & Structures decreased $3 million to $351 million for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $354 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Excluding the $8 million unfavourable impact due to the weakening of the Canadian dollar, Russian ruble and euro, each against the U.S. dollar, Adjusted EBIT increased $5 million.Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales increased 0.2% to 8.4% for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 8.2% for the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBIT, excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, and Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales was primarily due to productivity and efficiency improvements at certain underperforming facilities and lower pre-operating costs incurred at new facilities, partially offset by inefficiencies at a plant we are closing and higher launch costs.Sales for Power & Vision increased 1% or $43 million to $2.99 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $2.94 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase in sales was primarily due to the launch of new programs during or subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2017, including the GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado, Porsche Cayenne, BMW X3, Volvo XC60 and acquisitions, net of divestitures during or subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2017, which positively impacted sales by $38 million partially offset by a $76 million unfavourable impact due to the weakening of foreign currencies, including the euro, Canadian dollar and Chinese renminbi each against the U.S. dollar and lower production volumes on certain existing programs.
Adjusted EBIT for Power & Vision decreased $69 million to $253 million for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $322 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease was primarily due to higher spending associated with electrification and autonomy, higher launch costs, lower equity income and higher warranty costs partially offset by lower depreciation on assets classified as held for sale which, as of September 2018, are no longer being amortized and earnings on higher sales.Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales decreased 2.4% to 8.5% for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 10.9% for the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease was primarily due to higher spending associated with electrification and autonomy, higher launch costs, lower equity income and higher warranty costs partially offset by lower depreciation on assets classified as held for sale which, as of September 2018, are no longer being amortized.Sales for Seating Systems increased 10% or $130 million to $1.44 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $1.31 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017. This increase was primarily due to the launch of new programs during or subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2017, including the BMW X5, Lynk & Co. 01 and 02 and the Skoda Kodiaq and higher production volumes on certain existing programs, partially offset by a $59 million unfavourable impact due to the weakening of foreign currencies, including the Turkish lira, Canadian dollar, euro and Brazilian real, each against the U.S. dollar.Adjusted EBIT for Seating Systems increased $4 million to $110 million for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $106 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase was primarily due to a favourable pricing resolution, lower launch costs and a Brazilian tax recovery partially offset by higher pre-operating costs incurred at new facilities and a $5 million unfavourable impact due to the weakening of foreign currencies, including the Turkish lira, Canadian dollar and Brazilian real, each against the U.S. dollar.Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales decreased 0.4% to 7.7% for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 8.1% for the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease was primarily due to higher pre-operating costs incurred at new facilities partially offset by a favourable pricing resolution, lower launch costs and a Brazilian tax recovery.Sales for Complete Vehicles increased 39% or $474 million to $1.69 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $1.21 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017 and assembly volumes increased 35% or 9.4 thousand units. This increase was primarily due to the launch of the Jaguar I-Pace which started production during the first quarter of 2018, higher volumes on the Jaguar E-Pace which started production during the third quarter of 2017, and higher volumes on the Mercedes G-Class which launched in the second quarter of 2018 partially offset by lower volumes on the BMW 5-Series and a $54 million decrease due to the weakening of the euro against the U.S. dollar.Adjusted EBIT for Complete Vehicles decreased $4 million to $24 million and Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales declined to 1.4%, in both cases for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease in Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT as a percentage of sales were primarily due to a favourable customer pricing resolution in 2017 and reduced earnings on lower sales of the BMW 5-Series partially offset by earnings on higher sales of the Jaguar I-Pace and E-Pace.2019 OUTLOOK (3)In this outlook we have assumed no material unannounced acquisitions or divestitures or other significant transactions. The outlook reflects the divestiture of our Fluid Pressure & Controls business, which is expected to occur at the end of the first quarter of 2019. However, the outlook above does not include any estimated gain or loss on the sale. In addition, we have assumed:2019 light vehicle production volumes (as set out above);foreign exchange rates for the most common currencies in which we conduct business relative to our U.S. dollar reporting currency were:1 Canadian dollar equals U.S. dollars 0.761 euro equals U.S. dollars 1.13These foreign exchange rates are unchanged from our previous 2019 outlook dated January 15, 2019.Certain of the forward-looking financial measures above are provided on a Non-GAAP basis. We do not provide a reconciliation of such forward-looking measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To do so would be potentially misleading and not practical given the difficulty of projecting items that are not reflective of on-going operations in any future period. The magnitude of these items, however, may be significant.MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
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(1) During the fourth quarter of 2018, we recorded an impairment charge of $60 million ($59 million after tax) on our equity-accounted investment in Getrag Ford Transmission GmbH in Power & Vision. The impairment reflects the expected further industry volume decline in manual transmissions, which make up substantially all of the volume production in the joint venture.In the fourth quarter of 2017, we recorded an impairment charge of $17 million ($17 million after tax) on one of our equity-accounted investments in Power & Vision.(2) For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded net restructuring charges of $45 million ($43 million after tax), including $25 million ($23 million after tax) related to certain Body Exteriors & Structures facilities and $20 million ($20 million after tax) related to certain Power & Vision facilities. For the three months ended December 31, 2018, $20 million ($18 million after tax) of net restructuring charges relate to certain Body Exteriors & Structures facilities and $3 million ($3 million after tax) relate to certain Power & Vision facilities.For the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded net restructuring charges of $29 million ($25 million after tax), including $15 million ($11 million after tax) related to a certain Body Exteriors & Structures facility and $14 million ($14 million after tax) related to certain Power & Vision facilities. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, $15 million ($11 million after tax) of net restructuring charges relate to a certain Body Exteriors & Structures facility and $3 million ($3 million after tax) relate to certain Power & Vision facilities.(3) During the fourth quarter of 2018, we recorded fixed asset impairment charges of $14 million ($12 million after tax) related to a certain Body Exteriors & Structures facility.In the fourth quarter of 2017, we recorded fixed asset impairment charges of $64 million ($64 million after tax) related to two Body Exteriors & Structures facilities.(4) During 2018, we recorded an unrealized gain of $56 million ($53 million after tax) on the revaluation of our private equity investments.(5) We formed a new venture in China with Hubei Aviation Precision Machinery Co. Ltd. during the fourth quarter of 2017. The transaction resulted in a gain of $45 million ($34 million after tax).(6) We sold an investment during the fourth quarter of 2017 for proceeds of $33 million. A gain of $26 million ($26 million after tax) was recognized on the sale of the investment, which was accounted for under the cost method.Segmented Information
Magna is a global automotive supplier which has complete vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing expertise, as well as product capabilities which include body, chassis, exterior, seating, powertrain, active driver assistance, electronics, vision, mechatronics and roof systems. Magna also has electronic and software capabilities across many of these areas.Previously, the Company organized its businesses into four reportable operating segments: North America, Europe, Asia and Rest of World. In December 2017, the Company announced a realignment of its management structure along product lines. As a result, beginning with the first quarter of 2018, the Company changed its segments to align with the way its business is now managed. The Company is now organized under four operating segments which have been determined on the basis of technological opportunities, product similarities, and market and operating factors. These operating segments are also the Company’s reportable segments:Body Exteriors & Structures includes our body and chassis business, exteriors, roof systems, sealing systems and fuel systems operations;
Power & Vision includes our powertrain, electronics, mirrors, lighting and mechatronics operations;
Seating Systems is comprised of our complete seat assembly facilities and our foam, trim, structures and mechanisms operations; and
Complete Vehicles is comprised of our contract manufacturing operations as well as our complete vehicle engineering centers.The results of each segment are regularly reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to assess the performance of the segment and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. The Company’s chief operating decision maker uses Adjusted Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes [“Adjusted EBIT”] as the measure of segment profit or loss, since management believes Adjusted EBIT is the most appropriate measure of operational profitability or loss for its reporting segments. Adjusted EBIT is calculated by taking net income from operations and adding back income taxes, interest expense, net, and other expense, net.[i] Included in Corporate and Other Adjusted EBIT are intercompany fees charged to the automotive segments.
[ii] For a definition and reconciliation of Adjusted EBIT, refer to our Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in the “Supplemental Data” section of this Press Release.(2) 2017 amounts included in this Press Release have been adjusted for our adoption of the new revenue standard (Accounting Standards Codification 606) and recast for our new reportable segments.
This press release together with our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position and our Interim Financial Statements are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at www.magna.com/investors and filed electronically through the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com as well as on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. We will hold a conference call for interested analysts and shareholders to discuss our fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018 results on Friday, February 22, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. EST. The conference call will be chaired by Don Walker, Chief Executive Officer. The number to use for this call from North America is 1-800-616-4707. International callers should use 1-303-223-4369. Please call in at least 10 minutes prior to the call start time. We will also webcast the conference call at www.magna.com. The slide presentation accompanying the conference call as well as our financial review summary will be available on our website Friday prior to the call.TAGS
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tracy.fuerst@magna.com │ 248.631.5396OUR BUSINESS (5)We have more than 174,000 entrepreneurial-minded employees dedicated to delivering mobility solutions. We are a mobility technology company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers with 348 manufacturing operations and 91 product development, engineering and sales centres in 28 countries. Our competitive capabilities include body exteriors and structures, power and vision technologies, seating systems and complete vehicle solutions. Our common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MG) and the New York Stock Exchange (MGA). For further information about Magna, visit www.magna.com.(5) Manufacturing operations, product development, engineering and sales centres and employee figures generally include equity-accounted operations.FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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