Flowserve Q4 2020 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Flowserve Corporation reported a decrease in sales and bookings for Q4 2020 compared to the previous year, but highlighted strong free cash flow generation and progress on transformation initiatives. The company's Flowserve 2.0 transformation efforts helped limit the decline in adjusted operating margins.
Reported EPS was $0.43 and adjusted EPS was $0.53.
Total bookings decreased by 21.6% to $825.1 million.
Sales decreased by 7.8% to $985.3 million.
Generated strong free cash flow of $185 million.
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Forward Guidance
Flowserve anticipates a larger impact from the COVID-driven downturn in 2021 due to lower starting backlog and ongoing pandemic management, but expresses increasing optimism as vaccines progress and end markets potentially grow.
Positive Outlook
- Progress of the vaccines
- Increased global mobility
- Stability in commodity prices
- Pent-up demand for parts and services
- Return to bookings growth this calendar year
Challenges Ahead
- COVID-driven downturn impacting financial performance
- Lower starting backlog
- Ongoing management of the pandemic across global footprint
- Modest end-market improvement reflected in guidance
- Inability to accurately predict the timing of the inflection
Revenue & Expenses
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income