London, 30 April 2024, (Oilandgaspress): – Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024.
“Dana delivered strong performance in the first quarter with improved sales, profit margins, and free cash flow over the previous year. Consistent with the past several quarters, stable demand in key markets and company-wide efficiency improvements again drove strong profit growth. We achieved 39 percent profit conversion on traditional organic sales in the quarter. This performance is well above our historical conversion for the first quarter and positions the company on a strong trajectory to achieve our full-year targets,” said James Kamsickas, Dana chairman and chief executive officer.
He added, “The Dana team is executing our core business and operating systems at a very high level, which is continuing to drive exceptional customer satisfaction that supports market share gains and our new business backlog, including traditional ICE, hybrid, and EV programs.”
Sales for the first quarter of 2024 totaled $2.74 billion, compared with $ 2.64 billion in the same period of 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2024 was $223 million, compared with $204 million for the same period in 2023. Company-wide efficiency improvements continue to offset the margin impact of inflation and spending on development for electric-vehicle products.
Net income attributable to Dana was $3 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with $28 million, or $0.19 per share, in the first quarter of 2023. During the first quarter of 2024, Dana entered into a definitive agreement to sell its European Off-Highway non-core hydraulics business for approximately $40 million. This business is classified as held for sale, and a $29 million loss was recognized to adjust the carrying value of net assets to fair value, less estimated costs to sell. Combined with European valuation allowances of $7 million triggered by the pending sale, the impact of the transaction was $0.25 per share. The sale is expected to close during the second quarter of 2024.
Operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2024 was a use of $102 million, compared with a use of $170 million in the same period of 2023. Free cash flow was a use of $172 million, compared with a use of $290 million in the first quarter of 2023, an improvement of $118 million.
“Our ongoing efforts to manage working capital have begun to show results as we have significantly improved free cash flow in the first quarter. Our ability to raise full-year guidance for free cash flow is attributed to improved working capital efficiency,” said Timothy Kraus, Dana senior vice president and chief financial officer.
Revised 2024 Financial Targets
- Sales of $10.65 to $11.15 billion;
- Adjusted EBITDA of $875 to $975 million, an implied adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 8.5 percent at the midpoint of the range;
- Operating cash flow of approximately $500 to $550 million; and
- Free cash flow of $50 to $100 million;
- Diluted EPS of $0.35 to $0.85.
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