Carlisle Companies Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Apr 27, 2010
Carlisle Companies Inc. (CSL, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

Carlisle Companies Inc. has a market cap of $2.56 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.63 with a P/E ratio of 19.5 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Carlisle Companies Inc. stocks is 1.5%. Carlisle Companies Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 9.1% over the past 10 years.CSL is in the portfolios of Tom Russo of Gardner Russo & Gardner, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Richard Pzena of Pzena Investment Management LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors.

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Income from continuing operations, net of tax was $23.0 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and represented a 109% increase compared to income from continuing operations of $11.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the same period in 2009.

Cost of goods sold of $448.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 increased $9.6 million, or 2.2% from $438.8 million in the first quarter of 2009, on an increase in net sales of 5.8%. The increase in cost of goods sold was primarily attributable to costs of goods sold from acquisitions of $11.9 million, which was partially offset by lower raw material costs as compared to the first quarter 2009, which was impacted by higher raw material costs.

EBIT in the first quarter of 2010 was $38.6 million, a 99% increase from EBIT of $19.4 million reported in the first quarter of 2009. With the exception of the Engineered Transportation Solutions segment, EBIT improved in all segments, primarily reflecting lower raw material costs, higher sales volumes and efficiencies gained through the Carlisle Operating System, partially offset by selling price reductions. Costs related to plant consolidations in the first quarter 2010 of $2.9 million compared to plant consolidation costs of $3.7 million in the same period in 2009. As a percent of sales, EBIT was 6.9% in the first quarter of 2010, up from 3.7% in the first quarter of 2009.

Income from continuing operations, net of tax was $23.0 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2010, up 109% compared to income from continuing operations of $11.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share for the same period in 2009.

Net cash used in operating activities was $16.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $63.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009. Cash used for working capital and other assets and liabilities was $56.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, which compared to cash provided of $39.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The increase in cash used for working capital was primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable which reflected increased sales. The net usage of cash was partially offset by an improvement in net income to $24.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 from $6.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

Cash provided by investing activities was $17.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to cash used of $9.5 million for the first three months of 2009. Capital expenditures were $8.4 million in the first three months of 2010 compared to capital expenditures of $10.3 million in the first three months of 2009. Proceeds from the sale of the refrigerated truck bodies business on February 2, 2010 were $20.3 million.

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