NYSE$CNNE

Cannae Holdings Inc · Q1 2020 earnings

Q1 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cannae Holdings reported operating results for the three-month period March 31, 2020.

Cannae Holdings reported a successful first quarter, executing its plan of monetizing legacy investments, making new investments, nurturing its core portfolio companies, and adding to the Company’s liquidity for future investment. Holding company cash totaled $398.7 million. Total book value of portfolio company investments was $2.2 billion, or $27.57 per share.

  • Dun & Bradstreet repriced its $2.53 billion term loan B facility reducing its interest rate by 100 basis points.
  • Cannae sold 3.9 million common shares of Ceridian HCM Holdings Inc. and received gross proceeds of $283.7 million and recorded a gain of $223.1 million.
  • Cannae completed the previously announced investment in AmeriLife Group, LLC with THL Partners, funding $125.0 million in equity for a 20% interest.
  • Holding company cash totaled $398.7 million, providing ample capacity for future transactions.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.09B

Previous: $287M+279.8%
EPS (adj)

$1.30

Previous: $0.07+1757.1%
Free Cash Flow

$648M

Previous: $1.9M+33989.5%
Net Income

$648M

Previous: $5.1M+12600.0%
Operating Income

-$53.3M

Previous: -$14.6M-265.1%
Gross Profit

$937M

Previous: $60.1M+1459.4%
Cash & Equivalents

$444M

Previous: $121M+266.6%
Total Assets

$2.71B

Previous: $1.98B+36.5%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.1M

Previous: $900K+22.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Cannae Holdings · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.09B

Q1 2020+279.8%vs Q1 2019
Beat estimate in 8 of 16 quarters(50%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cannae Holdings · $170M total across 1 segment · Q1 2020

  • Restaurant Group
    $170M-34.1%

Forward guidance

Cannae believes that opportunities to invest in good companies at attractive values will present themselves.

Tailwinds

  • Strong balance sheet
  • Approximately $400 million in cash
  • No debt
  • Ability to continue to nurture our portfolio companies
  • Ample capital to deploy on investments

Headwinds

  • Changes in general economic, business and political conditions
  • Changes in the financial markets
  • Changes in the conditions resulting from the outbreak of a pandemic such as the novel COVID-19
  • The overall impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 and measures to curb its spread, including the effect of governmental or voluntary mitigation measures such as business shutdowns, social distancing, and stay-at-home orders
  • Risks and uncertainties related to the success of our externalization

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2020

Historical avgQ1 2020

-0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.9%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

16 / 38 earnings

Positive

+19.6%

Q3 2019

Best reaction

-14.5%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.5%-7.4%
Q4 2025-10.2%-3.7%-13.0%
Q3 2025-9.6%-10.0%-0.8%
Q1 2025-6.0%-2.1%+5.1%
Q4 2024-0.5%+4.4%-1.8%
Q3 2024-1.1%-4.6%-3.1%
Q2 2024-1.3%-2.1%-1.5%
Q1 2024+4.1%+6.0%-12.2%
Q4 2023+9.0%+8.5%+9.3%
Q3 2023-1.3%+1.3%+6.1%
Q2 2023-4.6%-1.4%-1.7%
Q1 2023-2.4%-1.4%+9.8%
Q4 2022+2.7%-0.2%-14.5%
Q3 2022+9.2%+10.8%-4.6%
Q2 2022-1.6%+1.3%-3.2%
Q1 2022-14.5%-10.7%-3.9%
Q4 2021-8.2%-10.9%-14.8%
Q3 2021-2.6%-6.6%-4.7%
Q2 2021+4.1%+1.4%+0.3%
Q1 2021-5.3%-4.8%-8.7%
Q4 2020+0.1%-4.2%-0.3%
Q3 2020+5.6%-0.2%+5.1%
Q2 2020+0.9%+0.7%-5.6%
Q1 2020+7.9%+3.9%+19.4%
Q4 2019-4.6%-10.3%-28.8%
Q3 2019+19.6%+21.0%+25.9%
Q2 2019+0.2%-1.0%-5.4%
Q1 2019-2.7%-2.6%+1.9%
Q4 2018+3.2%+2.8%+10.4%
Q3 2018-1.0%-4.1%-8.2%
Q2 2018-1.9%+2.8%+5.3%
Q1 2017-1.9%-5.1%-2.9%
Q1 2018-1.6%-4.2%-2.9%
Q4 2015+1.0%+1.7%+9.6%
Q2 2017+1.0%+1.7%+9.6%
Q4 2017-0.1%+3.3%+2.6%
Q4 2016+1.0%-2.4%-5.0%
Q3 2017+1.0%-2.4%-5.0%
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