NASDAQ$FLEX

Flex Ltd · Q4 2020 earnings

Q4 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results, showing resilience amidst COVID-19 impact.

Flex reported its Q4 and Fiscal Year 2020 results, navigating the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company focused on portfolio shifts, disciplined execution, cost management, free cash flow generation, and prudent capital management.

  • Company's fourth quarter results were negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, and the resulting supply chain and demand disruptions.
  • Company continued to take proactive actions to protect employee safety, mitigate work stoppages, support customers and suppliers, and strengthen liquidity.
  • Company is electing to suspend quarterly guidance for the June quarter and is unable to provide detailed fiscal year 2021 guidance at this time.
  • Company expects June quarter sales to decline by a high-single to low-double digits percentage sequentially, due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$5.48B

Previous: $6.23B-11.9%
EPS (adj)

$0.28

Previous: $0.27+3.7%
Capital Expenditures

$86M

Previous: $134M-35.6%
Free Cash Flow

$80.1M

Previous: -$776M+110.3%
Net Income

$48.3M

Previous: -$64.4M+175.0%
Operating Income

$121M

No prior period
Gross Profit

$366M

Previous: $380M-3.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$1.92B

Previous: $1.7B+13.3%
Total Assets

$13.7B

Previous: $13.5B+1.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$71.5M

Previous: $76M-5.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Flex · Revenue · Quarterly

$5.48B

Q4 2020-11.9%vs Q4 2019
Beat estimate in 14 of 16 quarters(88%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Due to the material impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is suspending quarterly guidance for the June quarter and is unable to provide detailed fiscal year 2021 guidance at this time. The Company expects June quarter sales to decline by a high-single to low-double digits percentage sequentially, due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2020

Historical avgQ4 2020

+1.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+6.0%

Avg return

30 days after

53%

39 / 73 earnings

Positive

+36.8%

Q4 2026

Best reaction

-35.0%

Q2 2019

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026+36.8%+54.9%+73.6%
Q3 2026-8.4%+0.1%-9.2%
Q2 2026+2.9%-0.6%-8.0%
Q1 2026-0.4%-2.7%+15.3%
Q4 2025+3.3%+11.2%+17.1%
Q3 2025+2.3%-0.2%-6.7%
Q2 2025+0.0%+1.5%+12.4%
Q1 2025+4.1%+7.0%+10.8%
Q4 2024-4.3%+1.9%+15.6%
Q3 2024+4.2%+2.2%+20.7%
Q2 2024+8.1%+7.3%+10.7%
Q1 2024-5.0%-3.7%-8.0%
Q4 2023+9.9%+12.8%+25.9%
Q3 2023-2.5%-6.2%-5.3%
Q2 2023+2.4%+5.4%+11.9%
Q1 2023+8.0%+9.4%+19.4%
Q4 2022-0.2%-5.6%-1.3%
Q3 2022-1.6%+1.4%+5.1%
Q2 2022-8.4%-5.7%-6.2%
Q1 2022+6.0%+4.5%+10.4%
Q4 2021+7.4%+8.1%+11.6%
Q3 2021+2.0%+7.1%+5.1%
Q2 2021+6.2%+6.2%+24.2%
Q1 2021+3.9%+2.9%-1.8%
Q4 2020+13.1%+9.7%+32.5%
Q3 2020+0.5%+1.7%-15.1%
Q2 2020+13.3%+15.3%+14.9%
Q1 2020+9.2%+11.2%-5.8%
Q4 2019+5.8%+4.7%-14.1%
Q3 2019+8.5%+6.2%+17.5%
Q2 2019-35.0%-29.4%-24.3%
Q1 2019-6.0%-6.9%-7.3%
Q4 2018-21.5%-17.5%-15.7%
Q3 2018+2.1%-3.7%-5.2%
Q2 2018+2.0%+1.0%+8.3%
Q1 2018-4.1%-4.1%-7.4%
Q4 2017-3.8%-3.5%+5.5%
Q3 2017+5.8%+3.6%+10.6%
Q2 2017+5.7%+2.8%+6.0%
Q1 2017-1.9%-2.8%-2.8%
Q4 2016-2.2%
Q3 2016+9.3%
Q2 2016+4.4%
Q1 2016-0.2%
Q4 2015-5.3%
Q3 2015+6.6%
Q2 2015+4.7%
Q1 2015-3.8%
Q4 2014+3.4%
Q3 2014+8.1%
Q2 2014-12.4%
Q1 2014+3.6%
Q4 2013-2.0%
Q3 2013-3.0%
Q2 2013-5.1%
Q1 2013+4.8%
Q4 2012-0.9%
Q3 2012+0.7%
Q2 2012-1.2%
Q1 2012+2.0%
Q4 2008-0.1%
Q4 2011-0.1%
Q3 2011-0.2%
Q2 2011+2.3%
Q1 2011+0.0%
Q4 2010-0.3%
Q3 2009+4.6%
Q3 2010+4.6%
Q2 2010+4.5%
Q1 2009-2.2%
Q2 2009-2.2%
Q1 2010-2.2%
Q4 2009-2.2%

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