Cummins Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Oct 31, 2012
Cummins Inc. (CMI, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-09-30.

Cummins Inc has a market cap of $17.86 billion; its shares were traded at around $93.05 with a P/E ratio of 9.8 and P/S ratio of 1. The dividend yield of Cummins Inc stocks is 2.1%. Cummins Inc had an annual average earning growth of 21.6% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Cummins Inc the business predictability rank of 4-star.

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In the second quarter of 2011, we sold certain assets and liabilities of our exhaust business which manufactures exhaust products and select components for emission systems for a variety of applications not core to our other product offerings. This business was historically included in our Components segment. The sales price was $123 million. We recognized a gain of $68 million ($37 million after-tax), which included a goodwill allocation of $19 million. In the second quarter of 2012, we recorded an additional $6 million gain ($4 million after-tax) related to final purchase price adjustments for our 2011 divestitures. The gains have been excluded from segment results as they were not considered in our evaluation of operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 25, 2011.

Includes intersegment sales and profit in inventory eliminations and unallocated corporate expenses. There were no significant unallocated corporate expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and September 25, 2011. The nine months ended September 30, 2012, include a $6 million gain ($4 million after-tax) related to adjustments from our 2011 divestitures. The nine months ended September 25, 2011, include a $68 million gain ($37 million after-tax) related to the sale of certain assets and liabilities of our exhaust business from the Components segment. The gains have been excluded from segment results as they were not considered in our evaluation of operating results for the corresponding periods. There were no other significant unallocated corporate expenses.

Net income attributable to Cummins was $352 million, or $1.86 per diluted share, on sales of $4.1 billion for the three month interim reporting period ended September 30, 2012, versus the comparable prior year period with net income attributable to Cummins of $452 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, on sales of $4.6 billion. The decrease in income and earnings per share was driven by lower gross margins as lower volumes, particularly in the international construction, international medium-duty truck, North American heavy-duty truck and high-horsepower markets, were partially offset by a lower effective tax rate of 24.1 percent, which included $16 million of favorable discrete items, versus the comparable prior year period of 25.0 percent, which included $29 million of favorable discrete tax items.

Net income attributable to Cummins was $ 1,276 million, or $6.72 per diluted share, on sales of $13.0 billion for the nine month interim reporting period ended September 30, 2012, versus the comparable prior year period with net income attributable to Cummins of $ 1,300 million, or $6.69 per diluted share, on sales of $13.1 billion. The decrease in income was driven by higher operating expenses, lower gains on the disposition of certain assets and liabilities of our exhaust business and lower equity, royalty and interest income from investees, partially offset by improved gross margins and a lower effective tax rate of 25.5 percent versus 28.2 percent in the comparable prior year period. Diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, also benefited $0.04 from lower shares due to the stock repurchase program.

In the second quarter of 2011, we sold certain assets and liabilities of our exhaust business which manufactures exhaust products and select components for emission systems for a variety of applications not core to our other product offerings. This business was historically included in our Components segment. The sales price was $123 million. We recognized a gain of $68 million ($37 million after-tax), which included a goodwill allocation of $19 million. In the second quarter of 2012, we recorded an additional $6 million gain ($4 million after-tax) related to final purchase price adjustments for our 2011 divestitures. The gains have been excluded from segment results as they were not considered in our evaluation of operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 25, 2011.

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