Leidos Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 Results

RESTON, Va., July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos Holdings, Inc. LDOS, a FORTUNE 500^® science and technology leader, today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Roger Krone, Leidos Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Our growth momentum continues to accelerate through the second quarter, with nearly 9% organic revenue growth, a record backlog position, and strong win-rates. Our success in executing against our pipeline and driving growth across all segments of our business enables us to raise our full-year guidance for both revenue and earnings. In addition, our recently announced dividend increase demonstrates the confidence of the board of directors and management team in the strength of the Company's cash flow generation and ability to sustainably generate value for our shareholders."

Summary Results

Revenues for the quarter were $2.73 billion, compared to $2.53 billion in the prior year quarter, reflecting a 7.9% increase. Revenues grew 8.8% when adjusting for the commercial cybersecurity business that was sold during the first quarter of 2019.

Operating income for the quarter was $210 million, compared to $199 million in the prior year quarter. Operating income margin decreased to 7.7% from 7.9% in the prior year quarter. Non-GAAP operating income margin for the quarter was 9.4%, compared to 10.3% in the prior year quarter, primarily attributable to lower net profit write-ups in the current quarter.

Diluted earnings per share ("EPS") attributable to Leidos common stockholders for the quarter was $0.93, compared to $0.94 in the prior year quarter. Non-GAAP diluted EPS for the quarter was $1.16, compared to $1.12 in the prior year quarter. The weighted average diluted share count for the quarter was 146 million compared to 154 million in the prior year quarter, primarily due to stock repurchases in the first quarter of 2019 and fourth quarter of 2018.

Defense Solutions

Defense Solutions revenues for the quarter of $1,346 million increased by $84 million, or 6.7%, compared to the prior year quarter. The revenue increase was primarily attributable to new awards, partially offset by the completion of certain contracts and lower net profit write-ups in the current quarter.

Defense Solutions operating income margin for the quarter was 7.5%, compared to 7.4% in the prior year quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income margin for the quarter was 8.6%, compared to 8.8% in the prior year quarter, primarily attributable to lower net profit write-ups in the current quarter.

Civil

Civil revenues for the quarter of $881 million increased by $65 million, or 8.0%, compared to the prior year quarter. The revenue increase was primarily attributable to new awards and a net increase in program volumes, partially offset by the impact of the sale of our commercial cybersecurity business in the first quarter of 2019 and lower net profit write-ups in the current quarter.

Civil operating income margin for the quarter was 7.7%, compared to 7.4% in the prior year quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income margin for the quarter was 9.9%, compared to 10.3% in the prior year quarter, primarily attributable to lower net profit write-ups in the current quarter.

Health

Health revenues for the quarter of $501 million increased by $50 million, or 11.1%, compared to the prior year quarter. The revenue increase was primarily attributable to a net increase in program volumes and new awards, partially offset by the completion of certain contracts.

Health operating income margin for the quarter was 12.2%, compared to 15.1% in the prior year quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income margin for the quarter was 14.4%, compared to 17.7% in the prior year quarter, primarily attributable to reduced margins on awarded re-compete contracts and the completion of certain contracts.

Cash Flow Summary

Net cash provided by operating activities for the quarter was $186 million compared to $271 million in the prior year quarter. The decrease was primarily due to less favorable timing of working capital changes and higher tax payments.

Net cash used in investing activities for the quarter was $16 million compared to $13 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in cash outflows was due to higher purchases of equipment and software.

Net cash used in financing activities for the quarter was $64 million compared to $192 million in the prior year quarter. The decrease was primarily due to prior year quarter stock repurchases and cash paid related to a tax indemnification in the prior year quarter.

As of June 28, 2019, the Company had $660 million in cash and cash equivalents and $3.0 billion of debt.

New Business Awards

Net bookings totaled $3.0 billion in the quarter, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1.

Notable recent awards received include:

• NASA End-User Services & Technologies: The Company was awarded a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") to provide information technology ("IT") end-user services to support the agency's mission. Under the contract, Leidos will provide, manage, secure and maintain essential IT services that support the agency's core business, scientific, research and computational abilities. The single-award, firm-fixed-price contract has a two-year, three-month base period of performance and one two-year option period and six one-year option periods with a total potential value of $2.9 billion.
  
  
• Air Combat Command Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Support Services program: The Company was awarded a task order by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command ("ACC") to support the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ("ISR") Support Services program. Under the contract, Leidos will provide full-spectrum ISR support to the warfighter through intelligence gathering, analysis, distribution and training across the ACC enterprise. The single award, cost-plus-award-fee task order has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total ceiling of approximately $900 million if all options are exercised.
  
  
• U.S. Intelligence Community: The Company was awarded contracts valued at $392 million, if all options are exercised, by U.S. national security and intelligence clients. Though the specific nature of these contracts is classified, they all encompass mission-critical services that help to counter global threats and strengthen national security.

The Company's backlog at the end of the quarter was $21.7 billion, of which $6.3 billion was funded.

Forward Guidance

As a result of the Company's year-to-date performance and updated expectations, the Company is revising its fiscal year 2019 guidance as follows:

• Revenues of $10.65 billion to $10.95 billion, up from previous guidance of $10.50 billion to $10.90 billion;
• Adjusted EBITDA margins of 9.9% to 10.1%;
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $4.50 to $4.75, up from previous guidance of $4.30 to $4.65; and
• Cash flows provided by operating activities at or above $825 million.

Non-GAAP diluted EPS excludes amortization of acquired intangible assets and an equity method investment, asset impairment charges, integration and restructuring costs, gain (loss) on sale of business and other tax adjustments. See Leidos' non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliation to GAAP measures included elsewhere in this release.

The Company does not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking adjusted EBITDA margins (non-GAAP) or non-GAAP diluted EPS to GAAP net income, due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliation. Because certain deductions for non-GAAP exclusions used to calculate projected net income may vary significantly based on actual events, the Company is not able to forecast on a GAAP basis with reasonable certainty all deductions needed in order to provide a GAAP calculation of projected net income at this time. The amounts of these deductions may be material and, therefore, could result in projected GAAP net income and diluted EPS being materially less than projected adjusted EBITDA margins (non-GAAP) and non-GAAP diluted EPS.

Conference Call Information

Leidos management will discuss operations and financial results in an earnings conference call beginning at 8:00 A.M. eastern time on July 30, 2019. Analysts and institutional investors may participate by dialing +1 (877) 869-3847 (toll-free U.S.) or +1 (201) 689-8261 (international callers).

A live audio broadcast of the conference call along with a supplemental presentation will be available to the public through links on the Leidos Investor Relations website (http://ir.leidos.com).

After the call concludes, an audio replay can be accessed on the Leidos Investor Relations website or by dialing +1 (877) 660-6853 (toll-free U.S.) or +1 (201) 612-7415 (international callers) and entering conference ID 13689387.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500^® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018.

For more information, visit www.leidos.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release contain or are based on "forward-looking" information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "guidance" and similar words or phrases. Forward-looking statements in this release include, among others, estimates of future revenues, adjusted EBITDA margins, diluted EPS (including on a non-GAAP basis) and cash flows provided by operating activities, as well as statements about future dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions and dispositions. These statements reflect our belief and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate.

Actual performance and results may differ materially from those results anticipated by our guidance and other forward-looking statements made in this release depending on a variety of factors, including but not limited to: changes to our reputation and relationships with government agencies, developments in the U.S. government defense budget, including budget reductions, implementation of spending limits (sequestration) or changes in budgetary priorities; delays in the U.S. government budget process or approval of raises to the debt ceiling; delays in the U.S. government contract procurement process or the award of contracts; delays or loss of contracts as a result of competitor protests; changes in U.S. government procurement rules, regulations and practices; changes in interest rates and other market factors out of our control; our compliance with various U.S. government and other government procurement rules and regulations; governmental reviews, audits and investigations of our Company; our ability to effectively compete for and win contracts with the U.S. government and other customers; our reliance on information technology spending by hospitals/healthcare organizations; our reliance on infrastructure investments by industrial and natural resources organizations; energy efficiency and alternative energy sourcing investments; investments by the U.S. government and commercial organizations in environmental impact and remediation projects; our ability to attract, train and retain skilled employees, including our management team, and to obtain security clearances for our employees; the mix of our contracts and our ability to accurately estimate costs associated with our firm-fixed-price and other contracts; our ability to realize as revenues the full amount of our backlog; cybersecurity, data security or other security threats, systems failures or other disruptions of our business; resolution of legal and other disputes with our customers and others or legal or regulatory compliance issues; our ability to effectively acquire businesses and make investments; our ability to maintain relationships with prime contractors, subcontractors and joint venture partners; our ability to manage performance and other risks related to customer contracts, including complex engineering projects; the failure of our inspection or detection systems to detect threats; the adequacy of our insurance programs designed to protect us from significant product or other liability claims; our ability to manage risks associated with our international business; exposure to lawsuits and contingencies associated with the IS&GS Business; our ability to declare future dividends based on our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors, including compliance with applicable laws and contractual agreements; our ability to grow our commercial health and infrastructure business, which could be negatively affected by our budgetary constraints faced by hospitals and by developers of energy and infrastructure projects; and our ability to execute our business plan and long-term management initiatives effectively and to overcome these and other known and unknown risks that we face. These are only some of the factors that may affect the forward-looking statements contained in this release. For further information concerning risks and uncertainties associated with our business, please refer to the filings we make from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Legal Proceedings" sections of our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, all of which may be viewed or obtained through the Investor Relations section of our website at www.leidos.com.

All information in this release is as of July 30, 2019. The Company expressly disclaims any duty to update the guidance or any other forward-looking statement provided in this release to reflect subsequent events, actual results or changes in the Company's expectations. The Company also disclaims any duty to comment upon or correct information that may be contained in reports published by investment analysts or others.

CONTACTS:

Investor Relations:
Kelly P. Hernandez
571.526.6404
ir@leidos.com

Media Relations:
Melissa L. Koskovich
571.526.6850
koskovichm@leidos.com

LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED SEGMENT OPERATING RESULTS
(in millions)

Effective the beginning of fiscal 2019, the Company changed the composition of its Defense Solutions reportable segment to better align the operations within the reportable segment to the customers it serves. This resulted in the identification of new operating segments within Defense Solutions. In addition, certain contracts were reassigned between the Civil and Defense Solutions reportable segments. While this activity did not have a material impact on the Company's reportable segments, prior year segments results have been recast to reflect this change.

The segment information for the periods presented was as follows:

LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED BACKLOG BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT
(in millions)

Backlog represents the estimated amount of future revenues to be recognized under negotiated contracts. Backlog value is based on management's estimates about volume of services, availability of customer funding and other factors, and excludes contracts that are under protest. Our estimate of backlog comprises both funded and negotiated unfunded backlog. Backlog estimates are subject to change and may be affected by several factors including modifications of contracts, non-exercise of options, foreign currency movements, etc.

Funded backlog for contracts with the U.S. government represents the value on contracts for which funding is appropriated less revenues previously recognized on these contracts. Funded backlog for contracts with non-U.S. government entities and commercial customers represents the estimated value on contracts, which may cover multiple future years, under which Leidos is obligated to perform, less revenue previously recognized on the contracts.

Negotiated unfunded backlog represents estimated amounts of revenue to be earned in the future from contracts for which funding has not been appropriated and unexercised priced contract options. Negotiated unfunded backlog does not include future potential task orders expected to be awarded under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity ("IDIQ"), General Services Administration Schedule or other master agreement contract vehicles, with the exception of certain IDIQ contracts where task orders are not competitively awarded or separately priced but instead are used as a funding mechanism, and where there is a basis for estimating future revenues and funding on future task orders is anticipated.

The estimated value of backlog as of the dates presented was as follows:

The decrease in backlog within the Civil segment was primarily due to $154 million related to the sale of our commercial cybersecurity business in the first quarter of 2019.

LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(in millions, except per share amounts)

The Company uses and refers to non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP EPS, which are not measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. and, accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the comparable GAAP measures and should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide another measure of the Company's results of operations and financial condition, including its ability to comply with financial covenants. These non-GAAP measures are frequently used by financial analysts covering Leidos and its peers. The Company's computation of its non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, thus limiting their use for comparability.

Non-GAAP operating income is computed by excluding the following items from net income: (i) non-operating expense, net; (ii) income tax expense; and (iii) the following discrete items and the related tax impacts:

• Integration and restructuring costs – Represents integration, lease termination and severance costs related to the Company's acquisitions.
• Amortization of acquired intangible assets – Represents the amortization of the fair value of the acquired intangible assets.
• Amortization of equity method investment – Represents the amortization of the fair value of the acquired equity method investment.
• Gain (loss) on sale of business – Represents the net gain on sale of business. 
• Asset impairment charges – Represents impairments of long-lived tangible assets.
• Other tax adjustments – Represents discrete tax items.

Non-GAAP operating margin is computed by dividing non-GAAP operating income by revenue.

Adjusted EBITDA is computed by excluding the following items from income before income taxes: (i) discrete items as identified above; (ii) interest expense; (iii) interest income; (iv) depreciation expense; and (v) amortization of intangibles.

Adjusted EBITDA margin is computed by dividing adjusted EBITDA by revenue.

Non-GAAP EPS is computed by dividing net income, adjusted for the discrete items as identified above and the related tax impacts, by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding.