Xerox Posts $1.0B Q3 Loss on Goodwill Impairment, Slashes Guidance and Suspends Dividends
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Summary
Xerox reported a $1,015 million Q3 net loss including a $959 million non-cash goodwill impairment, cut full-year free cash flow guidance to $50-100 million from $250 million, and suspended its common and preferred dividends to preserve cash.
Updates
· Reuters — Xerox's Q3 adjusted EPS was 2 cents, beating the 4-cent loss expected, on revenue of $1.87 billion versus $1.86 billion expected.
Key Events · Earnings and Guidance · XRX
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Q3 Swings to $1.0B Net Loss
GAAP net loss of $(1,015) million, or $(7.73) per share, versus $(760) million a year earlier, on revenue of $1.87 billion, down 4.7%.
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$959M Non-Cash Goodwill Impairment
A $959 million pre-tax ($955 million after-tax, $6.87 per share) impairment on the Print and Other reporting unit after lowered projections tied to macro uncertainty and sustained memory price increases.
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Guidance Cut and Dividend Suspended
Full-year adjusted operating income guidance cut to $450-475 million from $555-605 million and free cash flow to $50-100 million from $250 million; common and preferred dividends suspended to preserve cash.
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Cash Generation Deteriorates
Q3 operating cash flow of $30 million, down $86 million year-over-year, and free cash flow of $7 million, down $81 million, with cash and equivalents at $412 million against $4.06 billion of long-term debt.
Analysis · XRX · Technology
The headline loss is largely accounting: a $959 million non-cash goodwill impairment on the Print and Other unit, taken after management lowered its long-term projections for that business, drove a $1,015 million net loss in Q3. The cash story is the bigger problem. Full-year free cash flow guidance was cut to $50-100 million from $250 million, and adjusted operating income guidance fell to $450-475 million from $555-605 million. To preserve cash, the company suspended both common and preferred dividends — a stark admission that the turnaround is not generating enough liquidity. Adjusted operating margin did improve to 6.6% from 3.3%, but that is cold comfort against a balance sheet with $4.06 billion of long-term debt and shareholders' equity now negative at $(683) million. The impairment is accounting, not cash, but the guidance cut and dividend suspension are real.
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