Yahoo Finance Xerox Holdings (XRX) Stock Loses 2.6% Post Q1 Earnings Miss
Xerox Holdings Corporation XRX reported dismal first-quarter 2024 results, wherein both earnings and revenues missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
The discouraging numbers caused the stock to decline 2.6% since the company’s earnings release on Apr 23. Xerox had depreciated 21.5% year to date against the 0.4% growth of the industry it belongs to.
First quarter adjusted EPS of 6 cents missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 84.2% and declined more than 87.8%% year over year. Total revenues of $1.5 billion missed the consensus mark by 4.8% and decreased 12.4% year over year on a reported basis. Revenues declined 13.2% on a constant-currency (CC) basis.
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Revenue Details
Post-sale revenues came in at $1.2 billion, down 8.5% year over year on a reported basis and 9.3% on a constant currency basis, and surpassing our estimate of $1.19 billion. The decline was mainly due to reductions in non-strategic, lower margin paper and IT endpoint device placements, impacts of geographic simplification, the termination of the Fuji Royalty and the absence of PARC revenue.
Equipment sales declined 25.8% year over year on a reported basis and 26.3% at cc to $290 million, lagging our estimate of $394.7 million. The decline was due to the prior-year effect of backlog reduction and geographic simplification.
Print and Other segment’s revenues totaled $1.43 billion, down 12.6% year over year. Xerox Financial Services revenues totaled $91 million, down 10.8% year over year.
Sales revenues totaled $523 million, down 20.6% year over year on a reported basis and 21.3% at cc. Services, maintenance and rental revenues totaled $937 million, down 6.7% year over year on a reported basis and 7.4% at cc. Financing revenues of $42 million decreased 19.2% year over year on a reported basis and 20.8% at cc.
Operating Performance
Adjusted operating income came in at $33 million, down 72% on a year-over-year basis. Adjusted operating margin came in at 2.2%, up 470 basis points year over year.
Kay Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Figures
Xerox exited the quarter with a cash and cash equivalent balance of $685 billion compared with $519 million at the end of the prior quarter. The company’s operating cash outflow and free cash outflow were $79 million and $89 million, respectively, in the quarter.
2024 Guidance
Xerox expects its 2024 revenues to decline 3% to 5% on a constant currency basis, adjusted operating margin to be at least 7.5%, and free cash flow of at least $600 million.
The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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