Navistar reports Q2 adj. EBITDA near low end of guidance, misses on revs; guides Q3; reaffirms industry guidance
Reports Q2 (Apr) GAAP loss of $0.78 per share, may not be comparable to the Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.17); revenues fell 1.9% year/year to $2.69 bln vs the $2.83 bln consensus.
- Q2 adj. EBITDA $102 mln vs. $100-150 mln guidance.
- The co provided the following guidance for the third quarter:
- Q3-2015 EBITDA of $125 million -- $175 million, excluding pre-existing warranty and one-time items.
- Q3-2015 manufacturing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities between $750 million -- $850 million.
- Additionally, the co projects a continued strong North American industry for FY2016 with retail deliveries of Class 6-8 trucks and buses in the United States and Canada to be in the same range as FY2015—350,000 to 380,000 units—with a stronger mix of school buses and medium-duty trucks.
- "We continue to take the right actions to improve the business and expect to achieve in excess of an 8 percent EBITDA margin run rate as we exit the year,"