NCR Corp. (NCR) Misses Q1 EPS by 1c

NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) reported Q1 EPS of $0.31, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.32. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.5 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion.

Full Year 2020 Outlook and Impact from COVID-19

As NCR continues to closely monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, our focus has been to take care of our employees, take care of our customers and take care of our company. Given this rapidly evolving environment, as previously stated on March 31, 2020, the Company’s outlook for 2020 previously provided on February 11, 2020 has been withdrawn, and investors should no longer rely upon that guidance.

While it is difficult to project how deep the pandemic will be and how long it will last, we do expect it will negatively impact our business for the remainder of 2020. We expect our Hospitality and Retail segments to be the most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but do expect our Banking segment will also experience negative impacts.

In order to build a stronger liquidity position, we have taken steps to improve working capital and are addressing certain business impacts with spending cuts. We have taken several steps to build our cash reserve to improve our financial liquidity and flexibility, and provide a cushion to help weather the impacts of the pandemic. These steps include suspending our share repurchase programs, limiting our mergers and acquisition activity, reducing salary for members of our leadership team and certain salaried employees, reducing our planned capital expenditures, eliminating most contractors, curtailing travel, and freezing merit increases and hiring. Additionally, on March 24, 2020, we drew the remaining available funds of $630 million on our five-year, $1.1 billion revolving credit facility and, on April 13, 2020, we issued $400 million senior unsecured notes. The COVID-19 pandemic is complex and rapidly evolving. The ultimate impact on our overall financial condition and operating results will depend on the currently unknowable duration and severity of the pandemic, as well as any additional governmental and public actions taken in response. There can be no assurance that the measures we have taken will offset the negative impact of COVID-19.

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