McDermott International Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 29, 2012
McDermott International Inc. (MDR, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Mcdermott Intl has a market cap of $3.3 billion; its shares were traded at around $13.06 with a P/E ratio of 18.2 and P/S ratio of 1.4. Mcdermott Intl had an annual average earning growth of 10.2% over the past 5 years.

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Revenues increased approximately 43%, or $1.0 billion, to $3.4 billion in the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $2.4 billion in the year ended December 31, 2010. The revenue growth was primarily attributable to the Asia Pacific segment. Revenues in our Asia Pacific segment increased $1.0 billion to $1.9 billion in the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $870.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily influenced by the expanded scope and increased marine activity on one of our EPCI projects as well as increased marine activity on other projects. In addition, revenues in the Atlantic segment improved by $84.0 million to $267.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $183.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2010, influenced primarily by increased fabrication activities on projects that began during 2011. The revenue improvements in our Asia Pacific and Atlantic segments were partially offset by a $70.3 million revenue decline in our Middle East segment for the year ended December 31, 2011, largely as a result of reduced fabrication activity levels in 2011 on certain projects in Saudi Arabia due to the fabrication activities being completed or near completion during 2010.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the provision for income taxes increased by $45.9 million to $87.1 million, while income before provision for income taxes decreased by $52.5 million to $251.3 million. The increase in provision for income taxes was primarily attributable to a change in the mix of earnings across jurisdictions, resulting in a larger proportion of our income being taxed at higher tax rates, compounded by operating losses in our Atlantic segment for which we do not realize a benefit. As a result, our effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately 35%, as compared to 14% for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Revenues decreased approximately 27%, or $878.1 million, to $2,403.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $3,281.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2009. The Middle East segment accounted for the majority of this decrease. Revenues in the Middle East segment decreased approximately 34%, or $703.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared to 2009, primarily attributable to declines in marine activity, due to the marine installation programs for several projects being completed or near completion during 2009. To a lesser extent, declines in fabrication activity also contributed to the Middle East segment decline. In addition, revenues from the Asia Pacific segment decreased approximately 13%, or $127.5 million resulting from executing the fabrication phase on longer duration EPCI projects, which generally results in slower revenue recognition. Revenues from our Atlantic segment decreased approximately 21% influenced by lower activity levels in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico resulting in reduced marine asset utilization.

Our earnings are subject to tax at various tax rates and under various tax regimes, including deemed profits tax regimes. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our provision for income taxes decreased $19.4 million to $41.2 million, while income before provision for income taxes increased $33.7 million to $303.8 million. Our effective tax rate was approximately 14% for 2010, as compared to 22% for 2009. The decrease in the overall effective tax rate was attributable to a larger portion of earnings being taxed at lower rates compared to the prior year, partially offset by U.S. losses for which we could not record a tax benefit.

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