NYSE$FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc · Q4 2019 earnings
Q4 2019 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Fresh Del Monte Produce experienced a decrease in net sales due to lower sales in the fresh and value-added segment, driven by a product recall, but saw improved performance in the banana segment. The company reported a net loss, though less severe than the previous year.
Fresh Del Monte Produce reported a decrease in net sales for Q4 2019, primarily due to lower sales in the fresh and value-added segment related to a product recall. The company experienced a net loss of $25.8 million, an improvement over the $34.0 million loss in Q4 2018. However, the company increased the dividend by 25% from $0.08 to $0.10 per share.
- Net sales decreased to $1,025.2 million compared to $1,045.9 million in Q4 2018.
- The company reported a net loss of $25.8 million, compared to a net loss of $34.0 million in Q4 2018.
- Gross profit was $36.3 million versus $42.4 million in the same quarter last year.
- The Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.10 per share, a 25% increase.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Fresh Del Monte · Revenue · Quarterly
$1.03B
Revenue by segment
Fresh Del Monte · $1.03B total across 3 segments · Q4 2019
- Fresh & Value-Added$597M-3.3%58.3%
- Banana$399M+1.0%38.9%
- Other Products & Services$29.3M-12.5%2.9%
Forward guidance
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the intent, beliefs or current expectations of the Company or its officers with respect to the Company’s plans and future performance, including beliefs regarding the continuation of the Company's transformation process and its ability to drive innovation and growth to leverage core products to drive consistent revenue and earnings growth for the long-term.
Tailwinds
- The company is focusing on becoming a value-added and more diversified Company.
- The emphasis on strengthening our core businesses led to higher gross margins and increased profitability.
- We also saw continued demand in our value-added fresh-cut and avocado product lines.
- Fresh Del Monte Produce is a different company today than it was a year ago.
- We believe our transformation process will continue as we drive innovation and growth in our value-added businesses and leverage our core products to drive consistent revenue and earnings growth for the long-term.
Headwinds
- Our ability to successfully execute our plan to stabilize our core business, diversify our business and transform our business to a value-added business
- The impact of governmental trade restrictions, including adverse governmental regulation that may impact our ability to access certain markets such as uncertainty surrounding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (often referred as Brexit), including spillover effects to other Eurozone countries
- Our anticipated cash needs in light of our liquidity
- The continued ability of our distributors and suppliers to have access to sufficient liquidity to fund their operations
- Trends and other factors affecting our financial condition or results of operations from period to period, including changes in product mix, consumer preferences or consumer demand for branded products such as ours; anticipated price and expense levels; the impact of crop disease, such as vascular diseases, one of which is known as Tropical Race 4, or TR4 (also known as Panama Disease), which can destroy banana crops and was recently discovered in Latin America banana plantations, severe weather conditions, such as flooding, or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, on crop quality and yields and on our ability to grow, procure or export our products; our ability to improve our existing quarantine policies and other prevention strategies, as well as find contingency plans, to protect our and our suppliers’ banana crops from vascular diseases; disruptions or issues that impact our production facilities or complex logistics network; the impact of prices for petroleum-based products and packaging materials; and the availability of sufficient labor during peak growing and harvesting seasons
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 2019
-1.5%
Avg return
Earnings day
-1.6%
Avg return
5 days after
-2.8%
Avg return
30 days after
34%
23 / 67 earnings
Positive
+19.8%
Q1 2021
Best reaction
-21.3%
Q4 2018
Worst reaction
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| Q1 2026 | -1.4% | -8.5% | -27.0% | |
| Q4 2025 | +4.5% | +3.4% | -1.2% | |
| Q3 2025 | -0.2% | +4.6% | +5.2% | |
| Q1 2025 | -0.9% | -1.8% | -2.7% | |
| Q4 2024 | -3.0% | -1.3% | -4.2% | |
| Q3 2024 | +8.8% | +14.5% | +16.0% | |
| Q2 2024 | +8.9% | +7.2% | +16.7% | |
| Q1 2024 | -5.4% | -6.1% | -9.9% | |
| Q4 2023 | -2.7% | +1.9% | +8.8% | |
| Q3 2023 | -9.0% | -6.0% | -7.1% | |
| Q2 2023 | +4.6% | +7.7% | +0.1% | |
| Q1 2023 | -7.2% | -3.8% | -6.1% | |
| Q4 2022 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +4.1% | |
| Q3 2022 | +2.5% | +7.1% | +4.7% | |
| Q2 2022 | -4.0% | -5.8% | -10.3% | |
| Q1 2022 | -5.5% | -3.6% | -2.2% | |
| Q4 2021 | -9.9% | -8.1% | -5.8% | |
| Q3 2021 | -14.6% | -13.7% | -27.5% | |
| Q2 2021 | -1.5% | +1.3% | +3.6% | |
| Q1 2021 | +19.8% | +17.7% | +21.4% | |
| Q4 2020 | -7.7% | -5.1% | +5.4% | |
| Q3 2020 | -8.8% | -9.9% | +4.0% | |
| Q2 2020 | -1.3% | -1.9% | +0.3% | |
| Q1 2020 | -18.8% | -28.0% | -29.1% | |
| Q4 2019 | -10.7% | -14.7% | +0.9% | |
| Q3 2019 | +10.8% | +12.6% | +14.6% | |
| Q2 2019 | +11.3% | +7.6% | -6.0% | |
| Q1 2019 | +3.5% | -0.1% | -11.5% | |
| Q4 2018 | -21.3% | -20.9% | -22.9% | |
| Q3 2018 | +3.0% | +2.5% | +3.4% | |
| Q2 2018 | -8.4% | -7.4% | -7.8% | |
| Q1 2018 | +0.5% | -1.2% | -8.6% | |
| Q4 2017 | -0.5% | +2.2% | -3.5% | |
| Q3 2017 | -9.8% | -4.7% | -0.2% | |
| Q2 2017 | -3.3% | -2.9% | -8.7% | |
| Q1 2017 | -14.0% | -11.5% | -16.1% | |
| Q4 2016 | -3.3% | -1.2% | -0.4% | |
| Q3 2016 | +7.0% | +0.7% | -3.9% | |
| Q2 2016 | +6.2% | +7.1% | +3.6% | |
| Q1 2016 | +8.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | -3.7% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +6.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | +8.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -7.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +5.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +1.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | +8.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -4.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -3.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | +0.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -9.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | -2.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -1.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -0.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -10.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -10.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -3.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -3.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -5.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -0.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -0.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | -0.1% | — | — |
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