Vale (VALE) Lags Q2 Earnings, Stock Up On Q/Q Sales Growth
Zacks Investment Research | Jul 28, 2016 11:24PM ET
Mining giant Vale S.A.’s (NYSE:VALE) second-quarter 2016 diluted earnings of 14 cents per share that missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 17 cents. The bottom line also plunged 26.3% year over year.
Apart from the quarterly earnings, the company’s revenues came in below the year-ago tally. However, the company witnessed substantial top-line growth on a sequential basis, which resulted in its share price hike in the afterhours trading session.
Revenues
Net operating revenue fell 4.9% year over year but jumped 15.9% sequentially to $6.6 billion. The sequential improvement was driven by higher selling prices of pellets and iron ore fines as well as greater volume of sales of iron ore fines.
Of total net operating revenues, sales of ferrous minerals accounted for 68.5%, coal contributed 2.2%, base metals comprised 21.8%, fertilizer nutrients made up for 7%. The remaining 0.4% was sourced miscellaneously.
Geographically, 15% of revenues were generated from South America, 55.4% from Asia, 7.7% from North America, 17.2% from Europe, 3.6% from the Middle East and 1.1% from Rest of the World.
Expenses
In the second quarter, cost of goods sold totaled $4.8 billion, down 7.5% year over year. Selling, general and administrative expenditure declined 11.9% to $140 million, while research and development expenses decreased 33.9% to $78 million, both on a year-over-year basis.
Balance Sheet/Cash Flow
Vale exited the second quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $4.2 billion compared with $3.2 billion in the year-ago period. Non-current liabilities came in at $47.9 billion, up from $47.1 billion recorded a year ago.
Net cash from operating activities came in at $2.2 billion as against $996 million in the year-ago comparable period. Capital spending totaled $1.2 billion compared with $2.1 billion in second-quarter 2015.
Outlook
Vale expects to improve its financial fundamentals on the back of specialized cost-saving plans, productivity enhancement schemes, growth projects and superior mining yield, going forward. Moreover, the company aims to stabilize its absolute debt level in the coming quarters through efficient disinvestment programs and suitable capital-deployment strategies.
Share Price
As of Jul 28, 2016, Vale closed the trading session at $5.80 per share. Shares of the company rallied roughly 1% in afterhours trading on Jul 28, after the second-quarter result announcement.
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