United Technologies Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 11, 2010
United Technologies Corp. (UTX, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2009-12-31.

United Technologies Corp. has a market cap of $62.48 billion; its shares were traded at around $66.64 with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of United Technologies Corp. stocks is 2.4%. United Technologies Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 13.6% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated United Technologies Corp. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.UTX is in the portfolios of Oak Value of Oak Value Capital Management, Diamond Hill Capital of Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc, David Williams of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Paul Tudor Jones of The Tudor Group, John Buckingham of Al Frank Asset Management, Inc., Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Bill Frels of MAIRS & POWER INC, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Dodge & Cox, Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Revenues generated by Otis international operations were 80 percent of total Otis segment revenues in 2009 and 2008. At December 31, 2009, Otis backlog was $14,550 million as compared to $15,025 million at December 31, 2008. Of the total Otis backlog at December 31, 2009, approximately $8,036 million is expected to be realized as sales in 2010.

Revenues from Pratt & Whitneys international operations, including U.S. exports, were 51 percent and 54 percent of total Pratt & Whitney segment revenues in 2009 and 2008, respectively. At December 31, 2009, Pratt & Whitneys business backlog was $22,614 million, including $4,577 million of U.S. government-funded contracts and subcontracts, as compared to $25,982 million and $5,892 million, respectively, at December 31, 2008. Of the total Pratt & Whitney backlog at December 31, 2009, approximately $7,113 million is expected to be realized as sales in 2010. Pratt & Whitneys backlog includes certain contracts for which actual costs may ultimately exceed total revenues from these contracts. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2009 Annual Report for a description of our accounting for long-term contracts.

Effective January 1, 2009, we adopted the provisions of the Collaborative Arrangements Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (FASB ASC). This topic requires that participants in a collaborative arrangement report costs incurred and revenues generated from such transactions on a gross basis and in the appropriate line items in each companys financial statements. As required, we have applied the provisions of the Collaborative Arrangements Topic retrospectively for all periods presented. As a result, the collaborators share of revenues, including its impact on business backlog (approximately $2.4 billion), which was previously reported on a net basis, is now reported on a gross basis. Prior to the adoption of the provisions of the Collaborative Arrangements Topic of the FASB ASC, Pratt & Whitneys business backlog as of December 31, 2008 was $23,570 million, including $5,871 million of U.S. government-funded contracts and subcontracts.

Revenues generated by Hamilton Sundstrands international operations, including U.S. export sales, were 50 percent and 51 percent of total Hamilton Sundstrand segment revenues in 2009 and 2008, respectively. At December 31, 2009, Hamilton Sundstrands business backlog was $5,077 million, including $835 million under U.S. government-funded contracts and subcontracts, as compared to $5,226 million and $913 million, respectively, at December 31, 2008. Of the total Hamilton Sundstrand backlog at December 31, 2009, approximately $2,245 million is expected to be realized as sales in 2010.

Sales to the U.S. government were 63% in 2009, as compared with 57% in 2008. Revenues generated by Sikorskys international operations, including U.S. export sales, were 33 percent and 36 percent of total Sikorsky revenues in 2009 and in 2008, respectively. At December 31, 2009, Sikorskys business backlog was $10,329 million, including $4,957 million under U.S. government-funded contracts and subcontracts, as compared to $13,167 million and $6,725 million, respectively, at December 31, 2008. Of the total Sikorsky backlog at December 31, 2009, approximately $5,142 million is expected to be realized as sales in 2010.

Since changes in technology can have a significant impact on our operations and competitive position, we spend substantial amounts of our own funds on research and development. These expenditures, which are charged to expense as incurred, were $1,558 million or 3.0 percent of total sales in 2009, as compared with $1,771 million or 3.0 percent of total sales in 2008 and $1,678 million or 3.1 percent of total sales in 2007. We also perform research and development work under contracts funded by the U.S. government and other customers. This contract research and development, which is performed principally in the Pratt & Whitney segment and to a lesser extent in the Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky segments, amounted to $2,124 million in 2009, as compared to $2,101 million in 2008 and $2,123 million in 2007. These contract research and development costs include amounts that are expensed as incurred, through cost of products sold, and amounts that are capitalized into inventory to be subsequently recovered through production aircraft shipments. Of the totals, $2,095 million, $2,008 million and $1,872 million were expensed in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The remaining costs have been capitalized.

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