CA Technologies Earns 65 Cents per Share

CA Technologies ($CA) just reported fiscal Q2 earnings of 65 cents per share. That’s three cents better than estimates. Here are some details from the earnings report:

Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies Chief Executive Officer, made the following comments:

“We are starting to see traction in the market as a result of our efforts. Enterprise Solutions new sales were up for the second consecutive quarter. We continued to see solid performance in connection with renewals and we maintained financial discipline across the business. Although we are pleased with this progress, we remain focused on the work needed to drive sustained revenue growth.

“The Application Economy is transforming business, creating new opportunity and enormous complexity for our customers. CA provides the software solutions businesses need to accelerate innovation, secure applications and manage their rapidly growing IT portfolios across multiple platforms. We are uniquely positioned to help our customers build the new capabilities they need to grow and reduce the complexity they need to manage, and have focused our business on solving these problems.”

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Non-GAAP EPS in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was negatively affected by $0.15 from an increase in the Company’s non-GAAP effective tax rate. The Company recognized a net discrete tax benefit of approximately $181 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which impacted the non-GAAP effective tax rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2014. This net discrete tax benefit was primarily as a result of the resolution of uncertain tax positions relating to U.S. and non-U.S. jurisdictions.

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CAPITAL STRUCTURE

-Cash, cash equivalents and investments at September 30, 2014 were $3.193 billion.

-With $1.763 billion in total debt outstanding and $139 million in notional pooling, the Company’s net cash, cash equivalents and investments position was $1.291 billion.

-The Company is currently authorized to purchase $950 million of its common stock under its current stock repurchase program.

-The Company distributed $111 million in dividends to shareholders.

-The Company’s outstanding share count at September 30, 2014 was 440 million.

OUTLOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015

The Company updated its fiscal year 2015 outlook, which represents “forward-looking statements” (as defined below).

The Company expects the following:

Total revenue to decrease in a range of minus 2 percent to minus 1 percent in constant currency, unchanged from previous guidance. At September 30, 2014 exchange rates, this translates to reported revenue of $4.27 billion to $4.33 billion.

GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations to decrease in a range of minus 12 percent to minus 8 percent in constant currency, unchanged from previous guidance. At September 30, 2014 exchange rates, this translates to reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.73 to $1.80.

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations to decrease in a range of minus 20 percent to minus 18 percent in constant currency. Previous guidance was minus 21 to minus 19 percent in constant currency. At September 30, 2014 exchange rates, this translates to reported non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.40 to $2.47.

Cash flow from continuing operations to increase in a range of 5 percent to 12 percent in constant currency, unchanged from previous guidance. At September 30, 2014 exchange rates, this translates to reported cash flow from continuing operations of $1.01 billion to $1.08 billion.

This outlook assumes no material acquisitions and a partial currency hedge of operating income. The Company expects a full-year GAAP operating margin of 27 percent, a decrease of one point from previous guidance, and non-GAAP operating margin of 37 percent, unchanged from previous guidance. The Company also expects to return to a normalized full-year GAAP and non-GAAP effective tax rate of approximately 30 percent, which would have a negative impact on GAAP and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of approximately $0.43 and $0.59, respectively.

The Company anticipates approximately 436 million shares outstanding at fiscal 2015 year-end and weighted average diluted shares outstanding of approximately 440 million for the fiscal year.

Posted by on October 22nd, 2014 at 4:12 pm


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