Bemis Company Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 09, 2012
Bemis Company Inc. (BMS, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

Bemis Company, Inc. has a market cap of $3.14 billion; its shares were traded at around $30.01 with a P/E ratio of 14.9 and P/S ratio of 0.6. The dividend yield of Bemis Company, Inc. stocks is 3.3%. Bemis Company, Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 4.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Bemis Company, Inc. the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

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Diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2012 were $0.40 compared to $0.51 reported in the same quarter of 2011. Results for the second quarter of 2012 included a $0.12 charge associated with facility consolidation and other costs and a $0.02 charge for acquisition-related earnout payments.

Operating profit for the second quarter of 2012 was negatively impacted by $19.7 million of facility consolidation costs and $1.7 million of acquisition-related earnout payments. The effect of currency translation decreased operating profit in the second quarter of 2012 by $4.2 million compared to the same quarter of 2011. Performance for the quarter reflects the benefits of cost reductions, improvements in sales mix, and increases in selling prices, partially offset by lower unit sales volume.

Other operating income and expenses, net included $4.4 million of fiscal incentive income in the second quarter of 2012 compared to $5.4 million for the second quarter of 2011. The reduction primarily reflects the impact of currency translation. Fiscal incentives are associated with net sales and manufacturing activities in certain South American operations and are included in our Flexible Packaging segment operating profit.

Diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were $0.82 compared to $0.98 reported in the same period of 2011. Results for 2012 included an $0.18 charge associated with facility consolidation and other costs and a $0.03 charge for acquisition-related earnout payments.

Operating profit for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was negatively impacted by $27.9 million of facility consolidation costs and $3.5 million of acquisition-related earnout payments. The effect of currency translation decreased operating profit in the six months ended June 30, 2012 by $5.6 million compared to the same period of 2011. Performance for the six months ended June 30, 2012 reflects the benefits of manufacturing cost reductions and improvements in price/mix, partially offset by lower unit sales volume.

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