BRINKS CO
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 29, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 29, 2024
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Analysis of Results
Consolidated Results
GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial Measures We provide an analysis of our operations below on both a generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and non-GAAP basis. The purpose of the non-GAAP information is to report our operating profit, income from continuing operations and earnings per share without certain income and expense items that do not reflect the regular earnings of our operations. The non-GAAP financial measures are intended to provide investors with a supplemental comparison of our operating results and trends for the periods presented. Our management believes these measures are also useful to investors as such measures allow investors to evaluate our performance using the same metrics that our management uses to evaluate past performance and prospects for future performance. We do not consider these items to be reflective of our core operating performance. The non-GAAP adjustments used to reconcile our GAAP results are described in detail on pages 28-30 and are reconciled to comparable GAAP measures on pages 35-37.
Definition of Organic Growth Organic growth represents the change in revenues or operating profit between the current and prior period excluding the effect of acquisitions and dispositions for one year after the transaction and changes in currency exchange rates. See definitions on page 26.
| Years Ended December 31, · % change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions, except for per share amounts) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2023 | 2022 |
| GAAP | |||||
| Revenues | $4,874.6 | 4,535.5 | 4,200.2 | 7 | 8 |
| Cost of revenues | 3,707.1 | 3,461.9 | 3,235.8 | 7 | 7 |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 688.1 | 687.0 | 629.7 | — | 9 |
| Operating profit | 425.2 | 361.3 | 354.7 | 18 | 2 |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations(a) | 86.0 | 173.5 | 103.1 | (50) | 68 |
| Diluted EPS from continuing operations(a) | $1.83 | 3.63 | 2.06 | (50) | 76 |
| Non-GAAP(b) | |||||
| Non-GAAP revenues | $4,874.6 | 4,535.5 | 4,200.2 | 7 | 8 |
| Non-GAAP operating profit | 615.0 | 550.3 | 470.5 | 12 | 17 |
| Non-GAAP income from continuing operations(a) | 344.6 | 286.4 | 237.9 | 20 | 20 |
| Non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations(a) | $7.35 | 5.99 | 4.75 | 23 | 26 |
(a)Amounts reported in this table are attributable to the shareholders of Brink’s and exclude earnings related to noncontrolling interests.
(b)Non-GAAP results are reconciled to the applicable GAAP results on pages 35–37.
GAAP Basis
Analysis of Consolidated Results: 2023 versus 2022
Consolidated Revenues Revenues increased $339.1 million due to organic increases in Latin America ($282.0 million), Europe ($71.4 million), Rest of World ($22.7 million), and North America ($18.3 million) and the favorable impact of acquisitions ($105.5 million), partially offset by the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates ($160.8 million). The unfavorable currency impact was driven primarily by the Argentine peso. Revenues increased 9% on an organic basis primarily due to inflation-based price increases and growth in AMS and DRS revenue. See above for our definition of “organic.”
Consolidated Costs and Expenses Cost of revenues increased 7% to $3,707.1 million primarily due to higher revenue, including the impact of acquisitions, partially offset by the impact of currency exchange rates and lower costs related to restructuring actions and cost productivity. Selling, general and administrative costs increased 0.2% to $688.1 million primarily due to organic increases in labor and other administrative costs and the impact of acquisitions partially offset by the 2022 unfavorable impact of a change in allowance estimate ($15.6 million) due to a modification in our methodology to estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts and the impact of currency exchange rates.
Consolidated Operating Profit Operating profit increased $63.9 million due mainly to:
organic increases in Latin America ($77.4 million), North America ($25.2 million), Europe ($9.1 million), and Rest of World ($3.3 million),
lower costs incurred related to reorganization and restructuring ($21.2 million),
favorable operating impact of business acquisitions ($16.1 million), excluding intangible amortization and acquisition-related charges,
lower costs related to the impact of a change in allowance estimate ($15.6 million) recorded in 2022 due to a modification in our methodology to estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts,
lower costs related to business acquisitions and dispositions ($15.7 million), including the impact of acquisition-related charges and intangible asset amortization, included in "Other items not allocated to segments", and
lower corporate expenses on an organic basis ($4.8 million), partially offset by:
unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates ($118.5 million) primarily driven by the Argentine peso.
Consolidated Income from Continuing Operations Attributable to Brink’s and Related Per Share Amounts Income from continuing operations attributable to Brink’s shareholders decreased $87.5 million to $86.0 million due to higher income tax expense ($97.8 million) and higher interest expense ($65.0 million), partially offset by the increase in operating profit mentioned above, higher interest and other nonoperating income ($10.7 million), and lower noncontrolling interest ($0.7 million). Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.83, down from $3.63 in 2022.
Non-GAAP Basis
Analysis of Consolidated Results: 2023 versus 2022
Non-GAAP Consolidated Revenues There is no difference between GAAP and Non-GAAP revenue amounts for the periods presented. See page 24 for details.
Non-GAAP Consolidated Operating Profit Non-GAAP operating profit increased $64.7 million due mainly to:
organic increases in Latin America ($77.4 million), North America ($25.2 million), Europe ($9.1 million), and Rest of World ($3.3 million),
the favorable operating impact of business acquisitions ($16.1 million), excluding intangible amortization and acquisition-related charges, and
lower corporate expenses on an organic basis ($4.8 million),
partially offset by:
unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates ($71.2 million), driven primarily by the Argentine peso.
Non-GAAP Consolidated Income from Continuing Operations Attributable to Brink’s and Related Per Share Amounts Non-GAAP income from continuing operations attributable to Brink’s shareholders increased $58.2 million to $344.6 million due to the operating profit increase mentioned above, higher interest and other nonoperating income ($45.7 million), lower income tax expense ($12.3 million), and lower noncontrolling interest ($0.9 million), partially offset by higher interest expense ($65.4 million). Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $7.35, up from $5.99 in 2022.
Revenues and Operating Profit by Segment
| Organic · Acquisitions / · % Change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | 2022 | Change | Dispositions(a) | Currency(b) | 2023 | Total | Organic |
| Revenues: | |||||||
| North America | $1,584.1 | 18.3 | 3.2 | (4.5) | 1,601.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Latin America | 1,210.6 | 282.0 | 2.5 | (162.8) | 1,332.3 | 10 | 23 |
| Europe | 931.4 | 71.4 | 107.0 | 27.0 | 1,136.8 | 22 | 8 |
| Rest of World | 809.4 | 22.7 | (7.2) | (20.5) | 804.4 | (1) | 3 |
| Segment revenues(c) | 4,535.5 | 394.4 | 105.5 | (160.8) | 4,874.6 | 7 | 9 |
| Revenues - GAAP | $4,535.5 | 394.4 | 105.5 | (160.8) | 4,874.6 | 7 | 9 |
| Operating profit: | |||||||
| North America | $159.1 | 25.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 185.2 | 16 | 16 |
| Latin America | 277.7 | 77.4 | 0.8 | (75.6) | 280.3 | 1 | 28 |
| Europe | 98.4 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 125.0 | 27 | 9 |
| Rest of World | 163.9 | 3.3 | 1.0 | (4.1) | 164.1 | — | 2 |
| Segment operating profit | 699.1 | 115.0 | 16.1 | (75.6) | 754.6 | 8 | 16 |
| Corporate(d) | (148.8) | 4.8 | — | 4.4 | (139.6) | (6) | (3) |
| Operating profit - non-GAAP | 550.3 | 119.8 | 16.1 | (71.2) | 615.0 | 12 | 22 |
| Other items not allocated to segments(e) | (189.0) | 30.8 | 15.7 | (47.3) | (189.8) | — | (16) |
| Operating profit (loss) - GAAP | $361.3 | 150.6 | 31.8 | (118.5) | 425.2 | 18 | 42 |
(a)Non-GAAP amounts include the impact of prior year comparable period results for acquired and disposed businesses. GAAP results also include the impact of acquisition-related intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges, and disposition related gains/losses.
(b)The amounts in the “Currency” column consist of the effects of Argentina devaluations under highly inflationary accounting and the sum of monthly currency changes. Monthly currency changes represent the accumulation throughout the year of the impact on current period results of changes in foreign currency rates from the prior year period.
(c)Segment revenues equal our total reported non-GAAP revenues.
(d)Corporate expenses are not allocated to segment results. Corporate expenses include salaries and other costs to manage the global business and to perform activities required by public companies.
(e)See pages 28–30 for more information.
Analysis of Segment Results: 2023 versus 2022
North America
Revenues increased 1% ($17.0 million) primarily due to a 1% organic increase ($18.3 million) and the favorable impact of acquisitions ($3.2 million), partially offset by the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates ($4.5 million) from the Canadian dollar. Organic revenue increased primarily due to price increases in the U.S. partially offset by volume reductions due to the rationalization of our customer portfolio to optimize profitability and lower BGS revenue. Operating profit increased ($26.1 million), primarily due to a 16% organic increase ($25.2 million), the favorable impact of acquisitions ($0.8 million), and favorable impact of currency exchange rates ($0.1 million). The organic increase resulted primarily from higher revenue which outpaced the impact of labor and other cost increases, the impact of cost savings related to restructuring primarily in the U.S., and cost productivity.
A change in estimation methodology resulted in a $16.7 million incremental bad debt expense recorded in the first quarter of 2022 that was associated with U.S. aged receivables. In the subsequent quarters of 2022, the additional allowance was reduced by $1.1 million as a result of collections. However, as discussed in Note 1, this amount was recorded as part of "Other items not allocated to segments" and is not included in the North America segment results.
Latin America
Revenues increased 10% ($121.7 million) primarily due to a 23% organic increase of ($282.0 million) and the favorable impact of acquisitions ($2.5 million), partially offset by the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates ($162.8 million), primarily from the Argentine peso partially offset by favorable impact from the Mexican peso. The organic increase was driven by inflation-based price increases across the segment and growth in AMS and DRS revenue. Operating profit was up 1% ($2.6 million) primarily due to a 28% organic increase ($77.4 million) and the favorable impact of acquisitions ($0.8 million), partially offset by unfavorable currency exchange rates ($75.6 million). The organic increase was driven by higher revenue which outpaced the impact of labor and other cost increases.
Europe
Revenues increased 22% ($205.4 million) due to the favorable impact of the NoteMachine acquisition ($107.0 million), a 8% organic increase ($71.4 million), and the favorable impact of currency exchange rates ($27.0 million). The favorable currency impact was driven by the euro. The organic increase was primarily due to price increases throughout the segment and the growth of AMS and DRS revenue. Operating profit increased ($26.6 million) primarily due to the favorable impact of acquisitions ($13.5 million), an organic increase ($9.1 million), and the favorable impact of currency exchange rates ($4.0 million). The organic increase was primarily driven by higher revenue which outpaced the impact of labor and other cost increases and the revenue mix benefit of higher AMS and DRS revenue.
Rest of World
Revenues decreased 1% ($5.0 million) due to the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates ($20.5 million) and dispositions ($7.2 million), partially offset by a 3% organic increase ($22.7 million). The organic increase was primarily due to growth in AMS and DRS. Operating profit increased $0.2 million primarily due to a 2% organic increase ($3.3 million) and the favorable impact of dispositions ($1.0 million), partially offset by the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates ($4.1 million), driven by most currencies throughout the segment. The disposition impact relates to the disposition of our Russian based operations. The organic increase was primarily due to the impact of labor and other operational cost saving actions throughout the segment and the revenue mix benefit of higher AMS and DRS revenue.
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