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EXPD - Expeditors Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 EPS of $1.38

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) today announced fourth quarter 2022 financial results including the following highlights compared to the same quarter of 2021:

  • Diluted Net Earnings Attributable to Shareholders per share (EPS 1 ) decreased 48% to $1.38
  • Net Earnings Attributable to Shareholders decreased 52% to $219 million
  • Operating Income decreased 47% to $330 million
  • Revenues decreased 36% to $3.4 billion
  • Airfreight tonnage volume decreased 20% and ocean container volume decreased 15%

“As pandemic-related bottlenecks eased and air and ocean supply/demand imbalances began to dissipate in the first half of the year, average buy and sell rates progressively declined to varying degrees, as they typically do – until they suddenly began to plummet simultaneously and faster than we would have expected in the fourth quarter,” said Jeffrey S. Musser, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The rapid turnaround in Q4 was stunning and unparalleled.”

“Fourth quarter demand also was softer than we would have expected, particularly in retail and high tech,” Musser continued. “Many shippers had stockpiled inventory and pulled orders forward early in 2022, in a concerted effort to avoid the worst of the supply chain bottlenecks that materialized during the pandemic, when abrupt shutdowns and stay-at-home orders transformed how we live and do business. Those conditions, which were already starting to ease throughout the first three quarters of 2022, quickly reversed course as we entered the fourth quarter and shippers swiftly adapted to increased consumer caution and slowing demand for their products, while also battling inflation and tighter financing. We were especially impacted in North Asia, our second largest geography, as the lingering effects of the lockdowns contributed to the largest declines in our air tonnage and ocean volumes in at least a decade.

“I am extremely grateful to our people, who continued to perform at their very best as they have throughout the many significant challenges we have faced over the past couple of years. We recognize that the pandemic tailwind is gone and we are now in a marketplace in which the supply chain appears to have largely normalized. Nevertheless, a level of uncertainty remains and shippers are prioritizing cost controls as they scramble to adapt to an increasingly fragile global economy.

“While we remain very optimistic about the future, our short-term outlook is somewhat uncertain due to a difficult economic environment and the resetting of supply and demand, which has a direct impact on available capacity and pricing. We plan to move forward with a sharp eye on aligning expenses with revenues, particularly over the next one or two quarters. Our focus will be on maintaining our existing accounts and gaining new business, while reducing overall expenses. Just as we quickly configured our operations to accommodate unprecedented chaos and complexity during the pandemic, we now need to address our operations for a post-pandemic environment of soft demand and pressured pricing.”

Bradley S. Powell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, added, “This quarter was heavily impacted by a rapid reversal from the most robust operating environment we have ever seen. Economic uncertainty, government actions directed at trying to tame inflation, and severe challenges to the global supply chain gave way to sharply decelerating volumes along with a swift and simultaneous falloff in buy/sell rates. Such quickly evolving operating conditions impacted our results for the quarter, as did year-over-year comparisons to strong results in 2021. In addition, earnings before income taxes were impacted by an increase in discretionary field and branch bonuses that were awarded at year-end within our district incentive compensation program, as well as the recording of a non-income tax contingency, which on a combined basis totaled approximately $81 million. Our teams around the world worked well managing through significant challenges in 2022 always with careful attention to cash flow. Our cash flow from operations exceeded $2.1 billion in 2022 and we returned $1.8 billion to shareholders via repurchases of common stock and dividends.”

Mr. Powell noted that the Company’s annual effective tax rate for 2022 was 25.9%, compared to 26.3% in 2021. The fourth quarter of 2022 effective tax rate was 33.1%, compared to 27.5% in the year-ago quarter. The increase is primarily due to a change in the amount of foreign taxes incurred net of available foreign tax credits.

Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The Company employs trained professionals in 176 district offices and numerous branch locations located on six continents linked into a seamless worldwide network through an integrated information management system. Services include the consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing and distribution and customized logistics solutions.

_______________________

1 Diluted earnings attributable to shareholders per share.
NOTE: See Disclaimer on Forward-Looking Statements in this release.

Disclaimer on Forward-Looking Statements:

Certain statements contained in this news release are “forward-looking statements,” based on management’s views with respect to future events and underlying assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding our optimism regarding the future and our uncertain short-term outlook; a normalized supply chain; softening demand; pressure on buy and sell rates; the continued unsettled operating environment due to uncertain air and ocean capacity; an increasingly fragile global economy; trade disruptions; rising fuels costs; the conflict in Ukraine; inflation, high energy costs, government fiscal and monetary measures, and signs of a slowing economy and drop in demand; and the uneven lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions around the world. Future financial performance could differ materially because of factors such as: our ability to leverage the strength of our carrier relationships to secure space; the strength of our non-asset-based operating model; our expectation that the supply/demand imbalance, rate volatility, and various on-shore bottlenecks may continue; our ability to align expenses with revenues and to enhance our productivity; our ability to maintain our existing accounts and gain new business; our ability to invest in our strategic efforts to explore new areas for profitable growth; and our ability to remain a strong, healthy, unified and resilient organization. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, including, without limitation, those related to the success of our strategy and desire to maintain historical unitary profitability, our ability to attract and retain customers, our ability to manage costs, interruptions to our information technology systems, the ability of third-party providers to perform and potential litigation as updated by our reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These and other factors are discussed in the Company’s regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of this date and the Company does not assume any obligation to update them except as required by law.

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

Fourth quarter 2022 Earnings Release, February 21, 2023

Financial Highlights for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)

(in 000's of US dollars except share data)

Three months ended December 31,

Twelve months ended December 31,

2022

2021

% Change

2022

2021

% Change

Revenues

$

3,441,528

$

5,396,343

(36)%

$

17,071,284

$

16,523,517

3%

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

2,425,565

$

4,026,748

(40)%

$

12,576,897

$

12,058,155

4%

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

686,257

$

746,066

(8)%

$

2,670,016

$

2,556,036

4%

Operating income

$

329,706

$

623,529

(47)%

$

1,824,371

$

1,909,326

(4)%

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

$

219,276

$

452,832

(52)%

$

1,357,399

$

1,415,492

(4)%

Diluted earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

1.38

$

2.66

(48)%

$

8.26

$

8.27

Basic earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

1.39

$

2.69

(48)%

$

8.33

$

8.37

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

158,535

170,293

164,427

171,250

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

157,269

168,393

163,010

169,145

1 Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses totals Operating Expenses from Airfreight services, Ocean freight and ocean services and Customs brokerage and other services as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2 Salaries and other operating expenses totals Salaries and related, Rent and occupancy, Depreciation and amortization, Selling and promotion and Other as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022, we repurchased 5.0 million and 14.5 million shares of common stock at an average price of $112.76 and $108.88 per share, respectively. During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2021, we repurchased 2.3 million and 4.4 million shares of common stock at an average price of $123.71 and $117.54 per share, respectively. In addition, during 2022 and 2021, we paid cash dividends of $1.34 and $1.16 per share, respectively.

Employee Full-time Equivalents as of December 31,

2022

2021

North America

7,778

7,613

Europe

4,228

3,961

North Asia

2,448

2,485

South Asia

1,851

1,783

Middle East, Africa and India

1,540

1,504

Latin America

859

833

Information Systems

1,173

994

Corporate

425

415

Total

20,302

19,588

Fourth quarter year-over-year
percentage decrease in:

Airfreight
kilos

Ocean freight
FEU

2022

October

(16)%

(11)%

November

(20)%

(15)%

December

(24)%

(19)%

Quarter

(20)%

(15)%

Investors may submit written questions via e-mail to: investor@expeditors.com . Questions received by the end of business on February 24, 2023 will be considered in management's 8-K “Responses to Selected Questions.”

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Assets:

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

2,034,131

$

1,728,692

Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit loss of $9,466 and $6,686 at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively

2,107,645

3,810,286

Deferred contract costs

257,545

987,266

Other

118,696

108,801

Total current assets

4,518,017

6,635,045

Property and equipment, net

501,916

487,870

Operating lease right-of-use assets

507,503

459,158

Goodwill

7,927

7,927

Deferred federal and state income taxes, net

37,449

729

Other assets, net

17,622

19,200

Total assets

$

5,590,434

$

7,609,929

Liabilities:

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

1,108,996

$

2,012,461

Accrued expenses, primarily salaries and related costs

479,262

403,625

Contract liabilities

323,101

1,142,026

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

95,621

82,019

Federal, state and foreign income taxes

47,075

86,166

Total current liabilities

2,054,055

3,726,297

Noncurrent portion of operating lease liabilities

422,844

385,641

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders’ Equity:

Preferred stock, none issued

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Issued and outstanding: 154,313 shares and 167,210 shares at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively

1,543

1,672

Additional paid-in capital

139

3,160

Retained earnings

3,310,892

3,620,008

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(202,553

)

(130,414

)

Total shareholders’ equity

3,110,021

3,494,426

Noncontrolling interest

3,514

3,565

Total equity

3,113,535

3,497,991

Total liabilities and equity

$

5,590,434

$

7,609,929

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

Three months ended December 31,

Twelve months ended December 31,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Revenues:

Airfreight services

$

1,204,810

$

2,293,803

$

5,886,886

$

6,771,402

Ocean freight and ocean services

1,124,088

1,894,759

6,544,559

5,545,818

Customs brokerage and other services

1,112,630

1,207,781

4,639,839

4,206,297

Total revenues

3,441,528

5,396,343

17,071,284

16,523,517

Operating Expenses:

Airfreight services

899,865

1,732,127

4,359,726

5,067,380

Ocean freight and ocean services

842,103

1,505,140

5,188,066

4,364,160

Customs brokerage and other services

683,597

789,481

3,029,105

2,626,615

Salaries and related

509,884

609,449

2,056,387

2,062,351

Rent and occupancy

54,291

48,911

209,532

186,287

Depreciation and amortization

14,922

12,897

57,338

51,312

Selling and promotion

8,119

5,547

24,293

16,026

Other

99,041

69,262

322,466

240,060

Total operating expenses

3,111,822

4,772,814

15,246,913

14,614,191

Operating income

329,706

623,529

1,824,371

1,909,326

Other Income (Expense):

Interest income

13,107

2,211

25,554

8,807

Interest expense

(22,245

)

(312

)

(23,277

)

(411

)

Other, net

480

413

9,243

6,894

Other income (expense), net

(8,658

)

2,312

11,520

15,290

Earnings before income taxes

321,048

625,841

1,835,891

1,924,616

Income tax expense

106,311

171,830

475,286

505,771

Net earnings

214,737

454,011

1,360,605

1,418,845

Less net (losses) earnings attributable to the noncontrolling
interest

(4,539

)

1,179

3,206

3,353

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

$

219,276

$

452,832

$

1,357,399

$

1,415,492

Diluted earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

1.38

$

2.66

$

8.26

$

8.27

Basic earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

1.39

$

2.69

$

8.33

$

8.37

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

158,535

170,293

164,427

171,250

Weighted average basic shares outstanding

157,269

168,393

163,010

169,145

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

Three months ended December 31,

Twelve months ended December 31,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Operating Activities:

Net earnings

$

214,737

$

454,011

$

1,360,605

$

1,418,845

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:

Provisions for losses on accounts receivable

1,133

1,512

11,050

7,540

Deferred income tax benefit

(18,312

)

(6,033

)

(33,240

)

(3,690

)

Stock compensation expense

13,101

12,087

64,397

69,385

Depreciation and amortization

14,922

12,897

57,338

51,312

Other, net

1,108

2,267

1,252

3,790

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable

711,977

(491,830

)

1,592,341

(1,869,827

)

(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

(454,221

)

272,280

(798,123

)

1,041,805

Decrease (increase) in deferred contract costs

277,805

(149,701

)

714,960

(700,273

)

(Decrease) increase in contract liabilities

(309,530

)

168,551

(798,356

)

803,837

Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable, net

23,439

25,845

(55,129

)

57,867

Decrease (increase) in other, net

10,540

3,111

12,580

(12,097

)

Net cash from operating activities

486,699

304,997

2,129,675

868,494

Investing Activities:

Purchase of property and equipment

(18,326

)

(11,447

)

(86,824

)

(36,247

)

Other, net

(245

)

(345

)

(890

)

(398

)

Net cash from investing activities

(18,571

)

(11,792

)

(87,714

)

(36,645

)

Financing Activities:

Payments from borrowing on lines of credit

(688

)

19

(30,289

)

(2,551

)

Proceeds from borrowing on lines of credit

25,211

(75

)

81,756

10,063

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

7,662

6,672

80,980

106,105

Repurchases of common stock

(563,802

)

(289,530

)

(1,581,908

)

(514,594

)

Dividends Paid

(103,971

)

(97,379

)

(213,799

)

(195,766

)

Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards

(2

)

(19,335

)

(15,172

)

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

(1,402

)

(1,945

)

(1,631

)

Net cash from financing activities

(636,992

)

(380,293

)

(1,684,540

)

(613,546

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

48,461

(4,326

)

(51,982

)

(17,402

)

Change in cash and cash equivalents

(120,403

)

(91,414

)

305,439

200,901

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

2,154,534

1,820,106

1,728,692

1,527,791

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

2,034,131

$

1,728,692

$

2,034,131

$

1,728,692

Taxes Paid:

Income taxes

$

100,822

$

147,396

$

566,533

$

442,549

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Business Segment Information

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

UNITED
STATES

OTHER
NORTH
AMERICA

LATIN
AMERICA

NORTH
ASIA

SOUTH
ASIA

EUROPE

MIDDLE
EAST,
AFRICA
AND
INDIA

ELIMI-
NATIONS

CONSOLI-
DATED

For the three months ended December 31, 2022:

Revenues

$

1,118,262

127,442

65,821

969,266

367,679

599,947

194,342

(1,231

)

3,441,528

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

639,804

80,052

41,480

799,583

288,014

432,835

144,377

(580

)

2,425,565

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

(18,767

)

101,864

29,523

178,038

117,024

239,627

39,588

(640

)

686,257

Operating income (loss)

$

497,225

(54,474

)

(5,182

)

(8,355

)

(37,359

)

(72,515

)

10,377

(11

)

329,706

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,070,697

209,516

123,003

675,022

316,777

938,660

283,872

(27,113

)

5,590,434

Capital expenditures

$

11,262

282

232

1,098

391

4,525

536

18,326

Depreciation and amortization

$

9,433

454

280

1,069

472

2,527

687

14,922

Equity

$

2,246,417

31,132

56,416

274,703

136,944

263,278

145,269

(40,624

)

3,113,535

For the three months ended December 31, 2021:

Revenues

$

1,337,772

128,240

63,013

2,154,243

740,305

682,819

291,040

(1,089

)

5,396,343

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

760,915

70,450

39,072

1,824,159

615,659

485,732

231,171

(410

)

4,026,748

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

300,474

33,033

15,908

160,862

58,360

135,422

42,682

(675

)

746,066

Operating income

$

276,383

24,757

8,033

169,222

66,286

61,665

17,187

(4

)

623,529

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,699,748

265,872

122,327

1,587,659

572,980

1,089,963

350,843

(79,463

)

7,609,929

Capital expenditures

$

7,596

549

171

594

595

1,599

343

11,447

Depreciation and amortization

$

7,476

439

270

1,269

508

2,333

602

12,897

Equity

$

2,599,804

111,952

41,743

224,765

140,129

294,348

123,598

(38,348

)

3,497,991

UNITED
STATES

OTHER
NORTH
AMERICA

LATIN
AMERICA

NORTH
ASIA

SOUTH
ASIA

EUROPE

MIDDLE
EAST,
AFRICA
AND
INDIA

ELIMI-
NATIONS

CONSOLI-
DATED

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2022:

Revenues

$

4,869,364

517,662

257,721

5,810,088

2,144,034

2,471,456

1,005,489

(4,530

)

17,071,284

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

2,943,232

310,206

160,273

4,853,902

1,751,187

1,768,102

791,887

(1,892

)

12,576,897

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

944,050

188,192

72,177

504,805

238,658

573,598

151,069

(2,533

)

2,670,016

Operating income

$

982,082

19,264

25,271

451,381

154,189

129,756

62,533

(105

)

1,824,371

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,070,697

209,516

123,003

675,022

316,777

938,660

283,872

(27,113

)

5,590,434

Capital expenditures

$

56,411

2,954

937

2,976

1,543

17,868

4,135

86,824

Depreciation and amortization

$

35,461

1,892

1,123

4,682

1,966

9,640

2,574

57,338

Equity

$

2,246,417

31,132

56,416

274,703

136,944

263,278

145,269

(40,624

)

3,113,535

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2021:

Revenues

$

4,344,825

440,226

209,161

6,363,054

2,046,569

2,258,911

865,509

(4,738

)

16,523,517

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

2,491,947

245,842

125,940

5,295,612

1,666,792

1,558,705

675,303

(1,986

)

12,058,155

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

1,019,236

123,147

57,779

515,703

204,574

494,760

143,581

(2,744

)

2,556,036

Operating income

$

833,642

71,237

25,442

551,739

175,203

205,446

46,625

(8

)

1,909,326

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,699,748

265,872

122,327

1,587,659

572,980

1,089,963

350,843

(79,463

)

7,609,929

Capital expenditures

$

19,527

983

471

1,786

2,057

9,507

1,916

36,247

Depreciation and amortization

$

29,826

1,780

1,079

5,047

1,965

9,228

2,387

51,312

Equity

$

2,599,804

111,952

41,743

224,765

140,129

294,348

123,598

(38,348

)

3,497,991

1 Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses totals Operating Expenses from Airfreight services, Ocean freight and ocean services and Customs brokerage and other services as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2 Salaries and other operating expenses totals Salaries and related, Rent and occupancy, Depreciation and amortization, Selling and promotion and Other as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

In 2022, certain intercompany fees were billed to our subsidiaries in the 4 th quarter covering the entirety of 2022. This resulted in fourth quarter operating losses or reduced operating income for some of our business segments when compared to the prior year as in 2021 these amounts were billed monthly.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230220005285/en/

Jeffrey S. Musser
President and Chief Executive Officer
(206) 674-3433

Bradley S. Powell
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(206) 674-3412

Geoffrey Buscher
Director - Investor Relations
(206) 892-4510

Stock Information

Company Name: Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
Stock Symbol: EXPD
Market: NYSE
Website: expeditors.com

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