STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- February 6, 2025-- ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. For the fourth quarter, the company reported a year-over-year revenue increase of 12%, up 6% on an organic basis, primarily driven by higher volume, pricing actions and the acquisitions of Svanehøj and kSARIA.

Fourth quarter operating income of $160 million increased 35% compared to prior year, and operating margin of 17.2% increased 290 basis points versus prior year primarily due to higher volume leverage, favorable price and cost actions, lower restructuring charges and the impact of a $15 million loss on sale in prior year. On an adjusted basis, operating income of $163 million increased 16% primarily due to higher volumes, pricing actions and productivity, partially offset by higher strategic growth investments and corporate costs.

Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of $1.55 increased 38% versus prior year primarily due to the impact of non-recurring items in prior year, higher operating income and a lower tax rate, partially offset by higher interest expense related to acquisition debt. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share of $1.50 increased 12% compared to prior year due primarily to higher operating income.

Operating cash flow for the fourth quarter of $223 million increased 31% versus prior year driven by higher operating income and working capital improvements, resulting in operating cash flow margin of 24%. Free cash flow for the fourth quarter of $187 million increased 42% versus prior year, resulting in free cash flow margin of 20%. For the full year, operating cash flow of $563 million increased 5%, and free cash flow of $439 million increased 2%. Both increases were due to higher net income, improved accounts receivable collections and inventory management.

Table 1. Fourth Quarter Performance

Management Commentary

“In 2024, our teams delivered on our commitments once again. We grew revenues 11% in total, 7% organically, with strength across all segments. Our businesses drove strong margin expansion and eclipsed our long-term margin target two years ahead of plan. We deployed over $860 million of capital through the acquisitions of cryogenic pump manufacturer, Svanehøj, and defense interconnect specialist, kSARIA. These acquisitions, coupled with the divestiture of our automotive component business, significantly enhanced ITT’s opportunities in higher growth and higher margin flow and connectors businesses whilst strategically shifting our portfolio. On top of this, we invested over $100 million in growth and productivity to further our differentiation, paid down over $500 million of debt related to M&A, and returned over $200 million of capital to shareholders. We entered 2025 with a $1.6 billion backlog, continued growth and margin expansion opportunities in our core and ramping value creation from our acquisitions,” said Luca Savi, ITT’s Chief Executive Officer and President.

Table 2. Fourth Quarter Segment Results

Motion Technologies revenue decreased 11% due to the Wolverine divestiture in July 2024, partially offset by strength in rail and Friction’s automotive aftermarket. Operating income of $63 million increased 4% due to productivity, including supply chain savings, and lower material and overhead costs, partially offset by higher strategic investments.

Industrial Process revenue increased 25%, primarily due to the acquisition of Svanehøj and growth in pump projects and short cycle. This was partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency impacts. Operating income of $77 million increased 34% driven by increased volume, pricing and productivity actions, and lower restructuring charges.

Connect & Control Technologies revenue increased 37%, primarily due to the acquisition of kSARIA, as well as growth in defense and industrial connectors and pricing actions. Operating income of $40 million increased 142% due to the impact of a prior year loss on sale and current year benefits from pricing actions, productivity and contributions from kSARIA. This was partially offset by higher material, labor and overhead costs.

Table 3. 2024 Full Year Performance

Quarterly Dividend Increase

The company announced today an increase in its quarterly dividend of 10% to $0.351 per share on the company’s outstanding common stock. ITT’s Board of Directors approved the cash dividend for the first quarter of 2025, which will be payable on March 31, 2025 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 6, 2025. The 10% increase in the quarterly dividend announced today follows increases of 10% in both 2023 and 2024. Including the increase in 2025, the company’s dividend has grown at a 16% compounded annual growth rate since 2020.

2025 Guidance

We expect revenue growth of 2% to 4%, up 3% to 5% on an organic basis; operating margin of 18.0% to 18.9%, and adjusted operating margin of 18.1% to 19.0%, up 40 to 130 bps; EPS of $6.05 to $6.45, and adjusted EPS of $6.10 to $6.50; and free cash flow of $450 million to $500 million, representing free cash flow margin of 12% to 13% for full year 2025.

It is not possible, without unreasonable efforts, to estimate the impacts of foreign currency fluctuations, acquisitions, divestitures, and certain other special items that may occur in 2025 as these items are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. As a result, we are unable to quantify certain amounts that would be included in a reconciliation of organic revenue growth and adjusted operating margin to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable efforts and we have not provided reconciliations for these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures.

Investor Conference Call Details

ITT’s management will host a conference call for investors on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The briefing can be accessed live via webcast which is available on the company’s website: https://investors.itt.com. A replay of the webcast will be available two hours after the presentation concludes. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial performance metrics to their most comparable U.S. GAAP financial performance metrics are defined and presented below and should not be considered a substitute for, nor superior to, the financial data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, the conference call (including the financial results presentation material) may include, and officers and representatives of ITT may from time to time make and discuss, projections, goals, assumptions, and statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather represent only a belief regarding future events based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about our business, future financial results, the industry in which we operate, and other legal, regulatory, and economic developments. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, future strategic plans and other statements that describe the company’s business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals, and any discussion of future events and future operating or financial performance.

We use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and other similar expressions to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are uncertain and, by their nature, many are inherently unpredictable and outside of ITT’s control, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in, or reasonably inferred from, such forward-looking statements.

Where in any forward-looking statement we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is based on current plans and expectations of our management, expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, we cannot provide any assurance that the expectation or belief will occur or that anticipated results will be achieved or accomplished.

Among the factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties inherent in our business including, without limitation:

• uncertain global economic and capital markets conditions, which have been influenced by heightened geopolitical tensions, inflation, changes in monetary policies, the threat of a possible regional or global economic recession, trade disputes between the U.S. and its trading partners, political and social unrest, and the availability and fluctuations in prices of energy and commodities, including steel, oil, copper and tin;
• fluctuations in interest rates and the impact of such fluctuations on customer behavior and on our cost of debt;
• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and the impact of such fluctuations on our revenues, customer demand for our products and on our hedging arrangements;
• volatility in raw material prices and our suppliers’ ability to meet quality and delivery requirements;
• impacts and risk of liabilities from recent mergers, acquisitions, or venture investments, and past divestitures and spin-offs;
• our inability to hire or retain key personnel;
• failure to compete successfully and innovate in our markets;
• failure to manage the distribution of products and services effectively;
• failure to protect our intellectual property rights or violations of the intellectual property rights of others;
• the extent to which there are quality problems with respect to manufacturing processes or finished goods;
• the risk of cybersecurity breaches or failure of any information systems used by the Company, including any flaws in the implementation of any enterprise resource planning systems;
• loss of or decrease in sales from our most significant customers;
• risks due to our operations and sales outside the U.S. and in emerging markets, including the imposition of tariffs and trade sanctions;
• fluctuations in demand or customers’ levels of capital investment, maintenance expenditures, production, and market cyclicality;
• the risk of material business interruptions, particularly at our manufacturing facilities;
• risks related to government contracting, including changes in levels of government spending and regulatory and contractual requirements applicable to sales to the U.S. government;
• fluctuations in our effective tax rate, including as a result of changing tax laws and other possible tax reform legislation in the U.S. and other jurisdictions;
• changes in environmental laws or regulations, discovery of previously unknown or more extensive contamination, or the failure of a potentially responsible party to perform;
• failure to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (or other applicable anti-corruption legislation), export controls and trade sanctions; and
• risk of product liability claims and litigation.

The forward-looking statements included in this release speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation (and expressly disclaim any obligation) to update any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral or as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures

ITT reviews a variety of key performance indicators including revenue, operating income and margin, earnings per share, order growth, and backlog. In addition, we consider certain measures to be useful to management and investors when evaluating our operating performance for the periods presented. These measures provide a tool for evaluating our ongoing operations and management of assets from period to period. This information can assist investors in assessing our financial performance and measures our ability to generate capital for deployment among competing strategic alternatives and initiatives, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, dividends, and share repurchases. Some of these metrics, however, are not measures of financial performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and should not be considered a substitute for measures determined in accordance with GAAP. We consider the following non-GAAP measures, which may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, to be key performance indicators for purposes of our reconciliation tables.

Organic Revenues and Organic Orders are defined, respectively, as revenue and orders, excluding the impacts of foreign currency fluctuations, acquisitions, and divestitures that may or may not qualify as discontinued operations. Current year activity from acquisitions is excluded for twelve months following the closing date of acquisition. The period-over-period change resulting from foreign currency fluctuations is estimated using a fixed exchange rate for both the current and prior periods. Prior year revenue and orders are adjusted to exclude activity during the comparable period for twelve months post-closing date for divestitures that do not qualify as discontinued operations. We believe that reporting organic revenue and organic orders provide useful information to investors by helping identify underlying trends in our business and facilitating comparisons of our revenue performance with prior and future periods and to our peers.

Adjusted Operating Income is defined as operating income adjusted to exclude special items that include, but are not limited to, restructuring, certain asset impairment charges, certain acquisition- and divestiture-related impacts, and unusual or infrequent operating items. Special items represent charges or credits that impact current results, which management views as unrelated to the Company's ongoing operations and performance. Adjusted Operating Margin is defined as adjusted operating income divided by revenue. We believe these financial measures are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating ongoing operating profitability, as well as in evaluating operating performance in relation to our competitors.

Adjusted Income from Continuing Operations is defined as income from continuing operations attributable to ITT Inc. adjusted to exclude special items that include, but are not limited to, restructuring, certain asset impairment charges, certain acquisition- and divestiture-related impacts, income tax settlements or adjustments, and unusual or infrequent items. Special items represent charges or credits, on an after-tax basis, that impact current results, which management views as unrelated to the Company’s ongoing operations and performance. The after-tax basis of each special item is determined using the jurisdictional tax rate of where the expense or benefit occurred and the tax deductibility under local tax rules. Adjusted Income from Continuing Operations per Diluted Share (Adjusted EPS) is defined as adjusted income from continuing operations divided by diluted weighted average common shares outstanding. We believe that adjusted income from continuing operations and adjusted EPS are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating ongoing operating profitability, as well as in evaluating operating performance in relation to our competitors.

Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Free Cash Flow Margin is defined as free cash flow divided by revenue. We believe that free cash flow and free cash flow margin provide useful information to investors as it provides insight into a primary cash flow metric used by management to monitor and evaluate cash flows generated by our operations.

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