NYSE$ARW

Arrow Electronics Inc · Q1 2020 earnings

Q1 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Arrow Electronics reported a decrease in sales and net income for Q1 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arrow Electronics reported first-quarter 2020 sales of $6.38 billion, a decrease of 11% compared to Q1 2019. Net income for the quarter was $50 million, or $0.61 per share, compared to $141 million, or $1.63 per share in the same quarter last year. The company's results were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but they focused on supporting customers and suppliers during the challenging environment.

  • First-quarter sales decreased by 11% year over year to $6.38 billion.
  • Net income for the first quarter was $50 million, or $0.61 per share, compared to $141 million, or $1.63 per share in Q1 2019.
  • Global components sales decreased by 12% year over year to $4.55 billion.
  • Global enterprise computing solutions sales decreased by 7% year over year to $1.83 billion.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$6.38B

Previous: $7.16B-10.8%
EPS (adj)

$0.97

Previous: $1.84-47.3%
Capital Expenditures

-$28M

Previous: -$33.8M+17.3%
Free Cash Flow

$21.5M

Previous: $107M-79.9%
Net Income

$49.5M

Previous: $141M-64.8%
Operating Income

$138M

Previous: $246M-43.7%
Gross Profit

$728M

Previous: $862M-15.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$201M

Previous: $352M-42.9%
Total Assets

$15.4B

Previous: $16.8B-8.6%
Stock-Based Comp

$13.9M

Previous: $19.1M-27.1%

Revenue & EPS history

Arrow Electronics · Revenue · Quarterly

$6.38B

Q1 2020-10.8%vs Q1 2019
Beat estimate in 14 of 16 quarters(88%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Arrow Electronics · $9.27B total across 2 segments · Q3 2022

  • Global Components
    $7.3B
  • Global ECS
    $1.97B

Forward guidance

Arrow Electronics provided the following outlook for the second quarter of 2020:

Tailwinds

  • Consolidated sales of $6.075 billion to $6.675 billion
  • Global components sales of $4.4 billion to $4.7 billion
  • Global enterprise computing solutions sales of $1.675 billion to $1.975 billion
  • Earnings per share on a diluted basis of $0.98 to $1.14
  • Earnings per share on a diluted basis, excluding certain items of $1.38 to $1.54 per share

Headwinds

  • Average tax rate of approximately 24 percent compared to the long-term range of 23 to 25 percent
  • Average diluted shares outstanding of 81 million
  • Interest expense of approximately $40 million
  • Expect average USD-to-Euro exchange rate of $1.10 to €1
  • Potential adverse effects of the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic

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 Q1 2020

Historical avgQ1 2020

+0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.1%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.2%

Avg return

30 days after

63%

42 / 67 earnings

Positive

+12.4%

Q4 2025

Best reaction

-10.9%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.3%+4.8%+14.0%
Q4 2025+12.4%+11.8%-1.9%
Q3 2025-2.4%-3.9%-7.0%
Q1 2025+1.5%+3.3%+6.3%
Q4 2024-4.5%-6.4%-4.8%
Q3 2024-10.9%-12.5%-11.5%
Q2 2024+1.7%+0.8%+9.2%
Q1 2024+0.0%+1.7%+5.2%
Q4 2023+2.1%+0.8%+10.1%
Q3 2023+6.4%+4.7%+5.2%
Q2 2023-10.9%-9.8%-5.3%
Q1 2023+3.2%+1.6%+11.1%
Q4 2022+10.1%+9.1%-0.1%
Q3 2022+3.9%+5.9%+6.4%
Q2 2022-8.8%-15.1%-19.1%
Q1 2022+0.2%-0.7%-2.2%
Q4 2021-2.3%-1.2%-7.8%
Q3 2021+2.8%+1.0%+2.8%
Q2 2021-0.6%-1.2%-1.5%
Q1 2021+4.0%+2.1%+8.0%
Q4 2020+0.5%+3.8%+1.4%
Q3 2020+1.8%+6.0%+21.5%
Q2 2020+4.3%+7.2%+13.4%
Q1 2020+0.6%-1.0%+11.4%
Q4 2019-1.3%-0.4%-13.6%
Q3 2019+3.7%+5.6%+1.8%
Q2 2019-3.0%-6.6%-4.7%
Q1 2019-8.8%-12.1%-25.0%
Q4 2018+2.7%+4.6%-0.0%
Q3 2018+10.7%+9.9%+13.7%
Q2 2018+1.3%+1.5%+2.5%
Q1 2018-1.4%-0.4%-0.0%
Q4 2017+0.6%-3.9%-0.1%
Q3 2017-4.8%-4.5%-3.6%
Q2 2017-2.2%-4.5%-3.0%
Q1 2017+6.2%+6.2%+6.1%
Q4 2016-3.1%-3.3%-2.0%
Q3 2016-1.6%+0.0%+11.7%
Q2 2016-3.5%-2.2%-1.5%
Q1 2016+0.4%
Q4 2015+7.1%
Q3 2015-5.6%
Q2 2015+10.6%
Q1 2015-0.8%
Q4 2014+2.7%
Q3 2014+2.4%
Q2 2014-3.1%
Q1 2014-2.3%
Q4 2013+0.5%
Q3 2013-1.0%
Q2 2013+5.7%
Q1 2013-5.4%
Q4 2012+0.4%
Q3 2012+6.9%
Q2 2012-3.2%
Q1 2012-6.8%
Q4 2011+1.5%
Q3 2011+12.0%
Q2 2011-7.9%
Q1 2010+3.1%
Q1 2011+1.8%
Q4 2008+6.4%
Q3 2009+0.9%
Q3 2010+0.9%
Q4 2009+2.7%
Q2 2010+2.7%
Q2 2009+2.7%

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