Yahoo Finance Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) Q1 Earnings Lag, Sales Rise Y/Y
Shares of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. AJRD slipped 0.7% to reach $56.02 on May 9, following the company's first-quarter 2023 results.
The company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 43 cents, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 44 cents by 2.3%.
Operational Performance
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s total sales of $566.3 million rose 10.8% from $511.1 million in the prior-year period. The top line, however, missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.8%.
This year-over-year increase can be attributed to an improvement in Aerospace and Defense segment sales.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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The company’s backlog for the first quarter totaled $6.8 billion, which was in line with the backlog recorded at the end of 2022. Of this amount, funded backlog amounted to $3 billion.
Total operating costs and expenses totaled $533 million, up 13.8% from the year-ago quarter’s level. Operating income of $33.3 million declined 22% from the prior-year period’s $42.7 million.
Segmental Performance
Aerospace & Defense: Revenues at this segment rose 10.8% to $565.7 million from $510.5 million a year ago.
Real Estate: This segment generated revenues of $0.6 million, which was in line with the year-ago quarter’s level.
Financial Update
Aerojet Rocketdyne exited the first quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $272.5 million, down from $322.1 million as of Dec 31, 2022.
Long-term debt amounted to $284.9 million compared with $288.4 million as of Dec 31, 2022.
Operating cash outflow from continuing operations totaled $32.8 million as of Mar 31, 2023, compared with $75 million a year ago.
Free cash outflow came in at $34.4 million compared with $77.2 million in the prior-year quarter.
Zacks Rank
Aerojet Rocketdyne currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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