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EXPD - Expeditors Reports Third Quarter 2022 EPS of $2.54

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) today announced third 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 ) increased 22% to $2.54
  • Net Earnings Attributable to Shareholders increased 15% to $414 million
  • Operating Income increased 8% to $527 million
  • Revenues increased 1% to $4.4 billion
  • Airfreight tonnage volume and ocean container volume decreased 13% and 10%, respectively

“We continued to perform at a very high level, generating another strong quarter of financial performance and cash flow,” said Jeffrey S. Musser, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We accomplished this despite uncertain economic conditions that resulted in declines in tonnage and volumes, reductions in both buy and sell rates, and an overall rebalancing of capacity in the logistics freight markets. These conditions have continued in recent weeks and we believe that inflation, high energy costs, and government fiscal and monetary measures will continue to exert pressure on global supply chains. Additionally, many shippers are now looking to shrink retail inventories that were overstocked earlier in the year in reaction to COVID-related supply chain disruptions.

“All of our people and products performed well during the quarter, as buy and sell rates remained volatile while declining from their pandemic peaks. Once again, we were able to adjust quickly to rapidly evolving operating conditions in which pandemic-induced demand and supply chain constraints gave way to falling demand, and while not completely eliminated, an easing of many of the labor and equipment shortages and the bottlenecks that had so severely constrained capacity and impeded throughput at the ports over the past two years. We are also seeing air capacity return to higher levels, with Hong Kong and other origins in Asia reopening. In addition, the largely land- and port-based constraints that had so severely impacted the ocean market have significantly improved to where carriers are once again starting to manage capacity in certain trade lanes in an effort to address declining demand while sustaining falling rates.

“Based on what we currently see, these changing conditions that involve decelerating demand and an overall decline in rates are likely to continue for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023. Just as we quickly adapted to unprecedented operating conditions spurred by the pandemic, we are adjusting for this new operating environment and continue to make focused efforts to control costs. Most critically, we remain fully engaged with our customers to accommodate their needs for capacity and services, while looking forward to when the economy eventually reverses course and demand starts to increase again.”

Bradley S. Powell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, added, “As we have commented previously, we did not expect the unprecedented COVID-related operating conditions to persist long-term. We believe we are now seeing a changing environment. While many concurrent disruptions continue to plague our industry, including the quarantines in China, the conflict in Ukraine, and the shortage of labor and certain equipment, conditions are starting to ease. We now believe we are seeing a shift towards slowing volumes and falling rates. We have been here before and know which levers to pull to enhance our efficiencies and control costs. We are ready to further align ourselves with a post-COVID environment of higher inflation and tapered demand. We do not know how long these new conditions will last. We will continue to invest appropriately for the long-term in our people, processes, and technology, and we believe we will be fully capable of meeting the eventual upturn in demand.” Mr. Powell noted that the Company benefitted from a favorable tax rate during the quarter and returned over $1 billion to shareholders via repurchased stock so far this year.

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 the future stabilization of supply/demand imbalance and rate volatility; the continued unsettled operating environment due to uncertain air and ocean capacity; volatile air and ocean pricing and uneven demand for such services; port congestion; equipment imbalances; labor shortages; uncertain availability of warehouse and pier space; 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 control costs and continue to enhance our productivity; 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.

Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Release, November 8, 2022

Financial Highlights for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)

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

Three months ended September 30,

Nine months ended September 30,

2022

2021

% Change

2022

2021

% Change

Revenues

$

4,362,146

$

4,319,261

1%

$

13,629,756

$

11,127,174

22%

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

3,194,273

$

3,185,490

-

$

10,151,332

$

8,031,407

26%

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

640,950

$

644,134

-

$

1,983,759

$

1,809,970

10%

Operating income

$

526,923

$

489,637

8%

$

1,494,665

$

1,285,797

16%

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

$

414,209

$

359,068

15%

$

1,138,123

$

962,660

18%

Diluted earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

2.54

$

2.09

22%

$

6.84

$

5.61

22%

Basic earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

2.56

$

2.12

21%

$

6.90

$

5.68

21%

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

163,250

171,565

(5)%

166,398

171,549

(3)%

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

162,029

169,633

(4)%

164,944

169,398

(3)%

_______________________

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.

Employee Full-time Equivalents as of

September 30,

2022

2021

North America

7,799

7,315

Europe

4,194

3,860

North Asia

2,488

2,440

South Asia

1,845

1,740

Middle East, Africa and India

1,549

1,507

Latin America

851

801

Information Systems

1,144

976

Corporate

399

395

Total

20,269

19,034

Third quarter year-over-year

percentage decrease in:

2022

Airfreight

kilos

Ocean freight

FEU

July

(11)%

(9)%

August

(14)%

(11)%

September

(15)%

(10)%

Quarter

(13)%

(10)%

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we repurchased 4.5 million and 9.5 million shares of common stock at $103.56 and $106.84 per share, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repurchased 0.6 million and 2.0 million shares of common stock at an average price of $124.95 and $110.45 per share, respectively.

Investors may submit written questions via e-mail to: investor@expeditors.com . Questions received by the end of business on November 11, 2022 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)

September 30,

2022

December 31,

2021

Assets:

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

2,154,534

$

1,728,692

Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit loss of $9,760 at September 30, 2022 and $6,686 at December 31, 2021

2,748,322

3,810,286

Deferred contract costs

499,935

987,266

Other

184,765

108,801

Total current assets

5,587,556

6,635,045

Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $548,585 at September 30, 2022 and $541,677 at December 31, 2021

480,941

487,870

Operating lease right-of-use assets

486,980

459,158

Goodwill

7,927

7,927

Deferred federal and state income taxes, net

27,295

729

Other assets, net

16,827

19,200

Total assets

$

6,607,526

$

7,609,929

Liabilities:

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable

1,544,757

2,012,461

Accrued liabilities, primarily salaries and related costs

404,207

403,625

Contract liabilities

594,244

1,142,026

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

88,535

82,019

Federal, state and foreign income taxes

74,507

86,166

Total current liabilities

2,706,250

3,726,297

Noncurrent portion of operating lease liabilities

409,883

385,641

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders’ Equity:

Preferred stock, none issued

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Issued and outstanding: 159,128 shares at September 30, 2022 and 167,210 shares at December 31, 2021

1,591

1,672

Additional paid-in capital

118

3,160

Retained earnings

3,738,600

3,620,008

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(258,129

)

(130,414

)

Total shareholders’ equity

3,482,180

3,494,426

Noncontrolling interest

9,213

3,565

Total equity

3,491,393

3,497,991

Total liabilities and equity

$

6,607,526

$

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

September 30,

Nine months ended

September 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Revenues:

Airfreight services

$

1,480,955

$

1,628,115

$

4,682,076

$

4,477,599

Ocean freight and ocean services

1,684,579

1,598,597

5,420,471

3,651,059

Customs brokerage and other services

1,196,612

1,092,549

3,527,209

2,998,516

Total revenues

4,362,146

4,319,261

13,629,756

11,127,174

Operating Expenses:

Airfreight services

1,104,812

1,244,381

3,459,861

3,335,253

Ocean freight and ocean services

1,343,355

1,254,334

4,345,963

2,859,020

Customs brokerage and other services

746,106

686,775

2,345,508

1,837,134

Salaries and related

499,341

519,611

1,546,503

1,452,902

Rent and occupancy

52,715

46,730

155,241

137,376

Depreciation and amortization

15,187

12,753

42,416

38,415

Selling and promotion

6,239

4,237

16,174

10,479

Other

67,468

60,803

223,425

170,798

Total operating expenses

3,835,223

3,829,624

12,135,091

9,841,377

Operating income

526,923

489,637

1,494,665

1,285,797

Other Income (Expense):

Interest income

7,835

2,462

12,447

6,596

Other, net

98

733

7,731

6,382

Other income, net

7,933

3,195

20,178

12,978

Earnings before income taxes

534,856

492,832

1,514,843

1,298,775

Income tax expense

120,694

132,922

368,975

333,941

Net earnings

414,162

359,910

1,145,868

964,834

Less net (losses) earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

(47

)

842

7,745

2,174

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

$

414,209

$

359,068

$

1,138,123

$

962,660

Diluted earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

2.54

$

2.09

$

6.84

$

5.61

Basic earnings attributable to shareholders per share

$

2.56

$

2.12

$

6.90

$

5.68

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

163,250

171,565

166,398

171,549

Weighted average basic shares outstanding

162,029

169,633

164,944

169,398

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

Three months ended

September 30,

Nine months ended

September 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Operating Activities:

Net earnings

$

414,162

$

359,910

$

1,145,868

$

964,834

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

Provisions for losses on accounts receivable

5,570

3,739

9,917

6,028

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense

(3,070

)

(7,658

)

(14,928

)

2,343

Stock compensation expense

14,175

15,204

51,296

57,298

Depreciation and amortization

15,187

12,753

42,416

38,415

Other, net

1,435

626

144

1,523

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable

634,421

(714,300

)

880,364

(1,377,997

)

(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

(350,922

)

436,343

(343,902

)

769,525

Decrease (increase) in deferred contract costs

226,087

(328,932

)

437,155

(550,572

)

(Decrease) increase in contract liabilities

(249,895

)

381,192

(488,826

)

635,286

(Decrease) increase in income taxes payable, net

(31,397

)

33,378

(78,568

)

32,022

(Increase) decrease in other, net

(5,369

)

(14,884

)

2,040

(15,208

)

Net cash from operating activities

670,384

177,371

1,642,976

563,497

Investing Activities:

Purchase of property and equipment

(15,928

)

(9,870

)

(68,498

)

(24,800

)

Other, net

(590

)

(157

)

(645

)

(53

)

Net cash from investing activities

(16,518

)

(10,027

)

(69,143

)

(24,853

)

Financing Activities:

Payments from borrowing on lines of credit

(21,117

)

(1,045

)

(29,601

)

(2,570

)

Proceeds from borrowing on lines of credit

8,524

56,545

10,138

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

61,885

56,965

73,318

99,433

Repurchases of common stock

(469,041

)

(76,595

)

(1,018,106

)

(225,064

)

Dividends paid

(109,828

)

(98,387

)

Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards

(4

)

(19,333

)

(15,172

)

Distribution to noncontrolling interest

(543

)

(1,631

)

(543

)

(1,631

)

Net cash from financing activities

(428,816

)

(13,786

)

(1,047,548

)

(233,253

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(47,487

)

(7,573

)

(100,443

)

(13,076

)

Change in cash and cash equivalents

177,563

145,985

425,842

292,315

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

1,976,971

1,674,121

1,728,692

1,527,791

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

2,154,534

$

1,820,106

$

2,154,534

$

1,820,106

Taxes Paid:

Income taxes

$

150,960

$

104,617

$

465,711

$

295,153

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 September 30, 2022:

Revenues

$

1,244,515

140,622

68,057

1,489,331

518,780

637,411

264,518

(1,088

)

4,362,146

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

742,826

80,116

41,638

1,250,872

416,817

453,248

209,248

(492

)

3,194,273

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

314,442

30,151

15,057

98,758

37,577

109,308

36,181

(524

)

640,950

Operating income

$

187,247

30,355

11,362

139,701

64,386

74,855

19,089

(72

)

526,923

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,553,279

272,527

137,472

915,895

421,148

1,020,756

322,160

(35,711

)

6,607,526

Capital expenditures

$

9,278

556

419

581

426

3,619

1,049

15,928

Equity

$

2,430,632

129,346

59,494

304,496

180,855

289,595

140,147

(43,172

)

3,491,393

For the three months ended September 30, 2021:

Revenues

$

1,134,096

116,404

54,303

1,690,381

538,780

564,810

221,777

(1,290

)

4,319,261

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

661,515

63,031

34,216

1,417,283

445,970

389,208

174,733

(466

)

3,185,490

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

238,943

33,077

14,759

141,109

54,003

126,475

36,598

(830

)

644,134

Operating income

$

233,638

20,296

5,328

131,989

38,807

49,127

10,446

6

489,637

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,417,496

256,638

110,406

1,558,109

457,615

990,123

328,671

(42,675

)

7,076,383

Capital expenditures

$

6,001

248

175

435

351

2,254

406

9,870

Equity

$

2,451,584

93,084

37,087

368,535

129,941

258,805

123,304

(41,748

)

3,420,592

UNITED

STATES

OTHER

NORTH

AMERICA

LATIN

AMERICA

NORTH

ASIA

SOUTH

ASIA

EUROPE

MIDDLE

EAST,

AFRICA

AND

INDIA

ELIMI-

NATIONS

CONSOLI-

DATED

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022:

Revenues

$

3,751,102

390,220

191,900

4,840,822

1,776,355

1,871,509

811,147

(3,299

)

13,629,756

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

2,303,428

230,154

118,793

4,054,319

1,463,173

1,335,267

647,510

(1,312

)

10,151,332

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

962,817

86,328

42,654

326,767

121,634

333,971

111,481

(1,893

)

1,983,759

Operating income

$

484,857

73,738

30,453

459,736

191,548

202,271

52,156

(94

)

1,494,665

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,553,279

272,527

137,472

915,895

421,148

1,020,756

322,160

(35,711

)

6,607,526

Capital expenditures

$

45,149

2,672

705

1,878

1,152

13,343

3,599

68,498

Equity

$

2,430,632

129,346

59,494

304,496

180,855

289,595

140,147

(43,172

)

3,491,393

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

Revenues

$

3,007,053

311,986

146,148

4,208,811

1,306,264

1,576,092

574,469

(3,649

)

11,127,174

Directly related cost of transportation and other expenses 1

$

1,731,032

175,392

86,868

3,471,453

1,051,133

1,072,973

444,132

(1,576

)

8,031,407

Salaries and other operating expenses 2

$

718,762

90,114

41,871

354,841

146,214

359,338

100,899

(2,069

)

1,809,970

Operating income

$

557,259

46,480

17,409

382,517

108,917

143,781

29,438

(4

)

1,285,797

Identifiable assets at period end

$

3,417,496

256,638

110,406

1,558,109

457,615

990,123

328,671

(42,675

)

7,076,383

Capital expenditures

$

11,931

434

300

1,192

1,462

7,908

1,573

24,800

Equity

$

2,451,584

93,084

37,087

368,535

129,941

258,805

123,304

(41,748

)

3,420,592

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.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221107006017/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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