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CN reports Q1-2016 net income of C$792 million, or C$1.00 per diluted share

by pmnationtalk on April 26, 2016704 Views

Press Release

Diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased by 16 per cent

MONTREAL, April 25, 2016 – CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

First-quarter 2016 financial highlights

  • Net income increased 13 per cent to C$792 million, while diluted EPS increased 16 per cent to C$1.00, compared with the first quarter of 2015.
  • Operating income increased 14 per cent to C$1,217 million.
  • Revenues decreased by four per cent to C$2,964 million. Carloadings declined seven per cent and revenue ton-miles declined nine per cent.
  • Operating expenses declined 14 per cent to C$1,747 million.
  • Operating ratio of 58.9 per cent, an improvement of 6.8 points over the prior-year quarter.
  • Free cash flow (1) for first-quarter 2016 was C$584 million, up from C$521 million for the year-earlier quarter.

Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer, said: “CN delivered a very solid quarterly performance in a challenging economic environment. We successfully aligned our resources with the reduced volume level to achieve strong efficiency gains, while continuing to offer superior customer service and significantly improving our safety performance. These achievements allowed the CN team to deliver record first-quarter financial results.”

Revised 2016 financial outlook (2)
Weaker than expected freight demand in certain markets and the strengthening of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar have prompted a downward revision to CN’s 2016 financial outlook. Under its revised outlook, CN now aims to deliver 2016 EPS in line with last year’s adjusted diluted EPS (1) of C$4.44 (compared with its Jan. 26, 2016, financial outlook calling for mid-single digit EPS growth this year).

Foreign currency impact on results
Although CN reports its earnings in Canadian dollars, a large portion of its revenues and expenses is denominated in U.S. dollars. The fluctuation of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar affects the conversion of the Company’s U.S.-dollar-denominated revenues and expenses. On a constant currency basis, (1) CN’s net income for the first quarter of 2016 would have been lower by C$57 million, or C$0.07 per diluted share.

First-quarter 2016 revenues, traffic volumes and expenses
Revenues for the first quarter of 2016 were C$2,964 million, a decrease of four per cent, when compared to the same period in 2015. Revenues increased for automotive (18 per cent), forest products (11 per cent), and intermodal (one per cent). Revenues declined for grain and fertilizers (two per cent), petroleum and chemicals (10 per cent), metals and minerals (18 per cent), and coal (42 per cent).

The decrease in revenues was mainly attributable to decreased shipments of energy-related commodities including crude oil, frac sand, drilling pipe and semi-finished steel products as a result of declining energy markets; reduced shipments of coal due to weaker North American and global demand; reduced U.S. grain exports via the Gulf of Mexico; and lower applicable fuel surcharge rates. These factors were partly offset by the positive translation impact of the weaker Canadian dollar on U.S.-dollar-denominated revenues; freight rate increases; as well as increased shipments of lumber and panels to U.S. markets, higher volumes of finished vehicle traffic, and increased domestic retail intermodal shipments.

Carloadings for the quarter declined by seven per cent to 1,255 thousand.

Revenue ton-miles (RTMs), measuring the relative weight and distance of rail freight transported by CN, declined by nine per cent from the year-earlier quarter. Rail freight revenue per RTM, a measurement of yield defined as revenue earned on the movement of a ton of freight over one mile, increased by four per cent over the year-earlier period, driven by the positive translation impact of the weaker Canadian dollar and freight rate increases, partly offset by a significant increase in the average length of haul and lower applicable fuel surcharge rates.

Read More: http://www.cn.ca/en/media/2016/04/pressrelease_20160425040124_4420

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