• Taking action in response to COVID-19 while executing on Flowserve 2.0 transformation

• Bookings of $976.9 million produced a book-to-bill over 1.09 and backlog growth of 1.2%

• First Quarter GAAP EPS was break-even, and Adjusted EPS of $0.21, reflecting significant impact of COVID-19 and associated temporary site closures of approximately $0.19 per share

• Delivered solid free cash flow of $30 million in seasonally weak first quarter with continued strong liquidity in excess of $1.3 billion

• Initiating $100 million of aggressive cost actions, including both structural and temporary 2020 initiatives in response to current market environment

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2020-- Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020.

First Quarter 2020 Highlights (all comparisons to the 2019 first quarter, unless otherwise noted)

• Reported Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.00 and Adjusted EPS^[1] of $0.21, down 48.8%
  • Reported EPS includes after-tax adjusted items of approximately $28 million, including realignment, transformation, below-the-line foreign exchange impacts and certain non-cash impairments
  • Both reported and Adjusted EPS include the impact of COVID-19 of approximately $74 million and $25 million of deferred revenue and profit, respectively, as well as $8.4 million of discrete costs in the quarter

• Total bookings were $976.9 million, down 8.4%, or 6.6% on a constant currency basis
  • Original equipment bookings were $474.8 million, or 49% of total bookings, down 14.6%, or 12.9% on a constant currency basis
  • Aftermarket bookings were $502.0 million, or 51% of total bookings, down 1.7%, or up 0.3% on a constant currency basis

• Sales were $894.5 million, up 0.5%, or 2.2% on a constant currency basis
  • Original equipment sales were $452.3 million, up 7.7%, or 9.5% on a constant currency basis
  • Aftermarket sales were $442.2 million, down 6.0%, or 4.3% on a constant currency basis

• Reported gross and operating margins were 29.7% and 2.9%, respectively
  • Adjusted gross and operating margins^[2] were 30.8% and 5.9%, respectively

• Backlog at March 31, 2020 was $2.18 billion, up 1.2% compared to December 31, 2019

“Flowserve’s products and services are classified as essential in the majority of the locations in which we operate, and while most of our operating facilities have been impacted to varying degrees, we have taken extraordinary precautions to maintain business continuity and protect our associates,” said Scott Rowe, Flowserve’s president and chief executive officer. “Despite significant disruption in the first quarter and in early April, we have most of our facilities open and operational with the exception of our Indian manufacturing locations. As a company, we are rapidly adapting to this new environment across the globe and improving our ability to operate every day. Additionally, we are aggressively taking cost out of our business to ensure our cost structure aligns with the current environment. While we expect further disruption due to the ongoing market uncertainty, our core strategy remains in place, and we continue to build on the fundamental operational improvements that began with our Flowserve 2.0 transformation journey.”

Rowe added, “The health and safety of our associates, suppliers and customers has remained Flowserve’s highest priority as we take action to manage the unprecedented impact from this global pandemic. I am extremely proud of our global leadership teams who, in the face of significant uncertainty and disruption, remain focused on delivering critical support, products and services that our customers expect.”

Liquidity and Capital Priorities
Flowserve maintained a strong balance sheet, ending the first quarter with available liquidity of $1.3 billion, including $622 million of cash and cash equivalents and $721 million of available capacity under the company’s revolving credit facility. Flowserve also maintains an investment grade credit rating and has no material debt maturities until March 2022. We are confident in our ability to generate free cash flow and have already taken actions to preserve cash, including elimination of merit increases and non-essential travel, initiating a hiring freeze, and reducing other discretionary spending, as well as plans to keep our capital expenditures below $60 million in 2020. Additionally, we will continue to take further actions to right-size our operations to the current market environment as we work through the customer commitments in our backlog.

Outlook
Rowe concluded, “Despite the magnitude of this crisis, we are better positioned to navigate this environment thanks to the progress we have made on our Flowserve 2.0 transformation, and I am confident we will continue to build on our achievements in the new environment. While our markets have been significantly impacted, our underlying financial position remains strong and we expect to deliver our robust backlog, continue to support our customers, and provide service and support for our global installed base of equipment. We are committed to taking the necessary measures to best position Flowserve to drive long-term value creation for our customers, associates and shareholders.”

As announced on April 6, 2020, Flowserve withdrew its full year 2020 guidance in light of the significant market uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its related affects.

First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call
Flowserve will host its conference call with the financial community on Friday, May 8^th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Scott Rowe, president and chief executive officer, as well as other members of the management team will be presenting. The call can be accessed by shareholders and other interested parties at www.flowserve.com under the “Investor Relations” section.

^{[1] See Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures table for detailed reconciliation of reported results to adjusted measures.
[2] Adjusted gross and operating margins are calculated by dividing adjusted gross profit and adjusted operating income, respectively, by revenues. Adjusted gross profit and adjusted operating income are derived by excluding the adjusted items. See reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures table for detailed reconciliation.}

About Flowserve
Flowserve Corp. is one of the world’s leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services. Operating in more than 50 countries, the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves as well as a range of related flow management services. More information about Flowserve can be obtained by visiting the company’s Web site at www.flowserve.com.

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The forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on our current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions. These statements are only predictions, not guarantees. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from what is forecast in such forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation, the following: the impact of the global outbreak of COVID-19 on our business and operations; a portion of our bookings may not lead to completed sales, and our ability to convert bookings into revenues at acceptable profit margins; changes in global economic conditions and the potential for unexpected cancellations or delays of customer orders in our reported backlog; our dependence on our customers’ ability to make required capital investment and maintenance expenditures; if we are not able to successfully execute and realize the expected financial benefits from our strategic transformation and realignment initiatives, our business could be adversely affected; risks associated with cost overruns on fixed-fee projects and in taking customer orders for large complex custom engineered products; the substantial dependence of our sales on the success of the oil and gas, chemical, power generation and water management industries; the adverse impact of volatile raw materials prices on our products and operating margins; economic, political and other risks associated with our international operations, including military actions, trade embargoes, epidemics or pandemics or changes to tariffs or trade agreements that could affect customer markets, particularly North African, Russian and Middle Eastern markets and global oil and gas producers, and non-compliance with U.S. export/re-export control, foreign corrupt practice laws, economic sanctions and import laws and regulations; increased aging and slower collection of receivables, particularly in Latin America and other emerging markets; our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, including in hyperinflationary countries such as Venezuela and Argentina; our furnishing of products and services to nuclear power plant facilities and other critical processes; potential adverse consequences resulting from litigation to which we are a party, such as litigation involving asbestos-containing material claims; expectations regarding acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses; our relative geographical profitability and its impact on our utilization of deferred tax assets, including foreign tax credits; the potential adverse impact of an impairment in the carrying value of goodwill or other intangible assets; our dependence upon third-party suppliers whose failure to perform timely could adversely affect our business operations; the highly competitive nature of the markets in which we operate; environmental compliance costs and liabilities; potential work stoppages and other labor matters; access to public and private sources of debt financing; our inability to protect our intellectual property in the U.S., as well as in foreign countries; obligations under our defined benefit pension plans; our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud; the recording of increased deferred tax asset valuation allowances in the future or the impact of tax law changes on such deferred tax assets could affect our operating results; our information technology infrastructure could be subject to service interruptions, data corruption, cyber-based attacks or network security breaches, which could disrupt our business operations and result in the loss of critical and confidential information; ineffective internal controls could impact the accuracy and timely reporting of our business and financial results; and other factors described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

All forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, management believes that non-GAAP financial measures which exclude certain non-recurring items present additional useful comparisons between current results and results in prior operating periods, providing investors with a clearer view of the underlying trends of the business. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating, planning and compensation decisions and in evaluating the Company's performance. Throughout our materials we refer to non-GAAP measures as “Adjusted.” Non-GAAP financial measures, which may be inconsistent with similarly captioned measures presented by other companies, should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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Source: Flowserve Corporation