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Movado Group, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Results

March 28, 2019 6:45 AM

~ Fourth Quarter Revenue Increased 33.6% ~

~ Fourth Quarter Operating Income Grew to $17.1 million; Adjusted Operating Income Grew 38.5% to $19.9 million ~

~ Introduces Fiscal 2020 Outlook ~

~ Board Declares Quarterly Dividend ~

PARAMUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV) today announced fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019 results for the periods ended January 31, 2019.

Efraim Grinberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Our positive momentum continued in the fourth quarter, representing a strong end to a robust year of sales and profit growth for Movado Group. We experienced significant gross margin expansion in the fourth quarter, both with and without MVMT. Fiscal 2019 marked another year of progress on our strategies – to deliver innovation across our portfolio of powerful brands in an omni channel market, capitalize on our strong balance sheet and cash flow to acquire new brands and develop our digital presence. These activities fueled topline growth of nearly 20% with strong growth in operating income and net income for the year while we continued to invest for the long term. During the year, we acquired MVMT, which together with Olivia Burton, which we acquired last year, allows us to increase our presence in the global fashion watch market and will help to fuel our ecommerce expansion as well as leverage our global distribution capabilities. While we continue to operate in an evolving and challenging global marketplace for both retail and the watch category, we expect to continue to deliver growth on both the top line and bottom line in fiscal 2020 through continued product innovation, effective marketing and disciplined execution of our strategies and growth priorities.”

Non-GAAP Items (See attached table for GAAP and Non-GAAP measures)
Fourth quarter Fiscal 2019 results of operations included the following charges and benefits:

Fourth quarter Fiscal 2018 results of operations included the following charges and benefits:

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results (See attached table for GAAP and non-GAAP measures)

Full Year Fiscal 2019 Results (See attached table for GAAP and Non-GAAP measures)

Fiscal 2020 Outlook
During fiscal 2020, the Company will focus on the continued integration of MVMT into the Company’s systems and distribution, while also making significant brand building investments across its portfolio. The Company’s outlook includes these investments, partially offset by approximately six months of infrastructure and supply chain synergies. As such, for fiscal 2020, the Company anticipates that net sales will be in a range of $750.0 million to $765.0 million and operating income will be in a range of $82.0 million to $85.0 million. The Company anticipates net income in fiscal 2020 to be in a range of $64.0 million to $66.4 million, or $2.70 to $2.80 per diluted share, reflecting a 21% effective tax rate. The outlook excludes approximately $9.0 million of amortization of the acquired intangible assets and other expenses for fiscal 2020 related to the acquisition of MVMT and Olivia Burton. The Company's outlook assumes no significant fluctuations from prevailing foreign currency exchange rates.

Quarterly Dividend and Share Repurchase Program
The Company also announced that on March 28, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the payment on April 24, 2019 of a cash dividend in the amount of $0.20 for each share of the Company’s outstanding common stock and class A common stock held by shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 10, 2019.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company repurchased approximately 101,000 shares under its share repurchase program. As of January 31, 2019, the Company had $40.6 million remaining under the $50.0 million share repurchase authorization.

Conference Call
The Company’s management will host a conference call and audio webcast to discuss its results today, March 28th, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 888-394-8218. Additionally, a live webcast of the call can be accessed at www.movadogroup.com. The webcast will be archived on the Company’s website approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call. Additionally, a telephonic re-play of the call will be available from 12:00 p.m. ET on March 28, 2019 until 11:59 p.m. ET on April 4, 2019 and can be accessed by dialing 844-512-2921 and entering replay pin number 9003777.

Movado Group, Inc. designs, sources, and distributes MOVADO®, MVMT®, OLIVIA BURTON®, EBEL®, CONCORD®, COACH®, TOMMY HILFIGER®, HUGO BOSS®, LACOSTE®, SCUDERIA FERRARI®, REBECCA MINKOFF® and URI MINKOFF® watches worldwide, and operates Movado company stores in the United States and Canada.

In this release, the Company presents certain financial measures that are not calculated according to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Specifically, the Company is presenting adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin, adjusted operating expenses and adjusted operating income, which are gross profit, gross margin, operating expenses and operating income, respectively, under GAAP, adjusted to eliminate the expenses and amortization of acquisition accounting adjustments related to the Olivia Burton acquisition, integration and acquisition costs as well as the amortization of acquisition accounting adjustments related to MVMT and charges for the Company’s cost savings initiatives. The Company is also presenting adjusted tax provision, which is the tax provision under GAAP, adjusted to eliminate the impact of tax benefits related to the 2017 Tax Act as well as other tax benefit of foreign tax items, charges for the Olivia Burton and MVMT acquisitions, and the Company’s cost savings initiatives. The Company believes these adjusted measures are useful because they give investors information about the Company’s financial performance without the effect of certain items that the Company believes are not characteristic of its usual operations. The Company is also presenting adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share and adjusted effective tax rate, which are net income, earnings per share and effective tax rate, respectively, under GAAP, adjusted to eliminate the after-tax impact of tax benefits related to the 2017 Tax Act as well as other tax benefit of foreign tax items, amortization of acquisition accounting adjustments and other charges related to the Olivia Burton and MVMT acquisitions, and the Company’s cost savings initiatives. The Company believes that adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share and adjusted effective tax rate are useful measures of performance because they give investors information about the Company’s financial performance without the effect of certain items that the Company believes are not characteristic of its usual operations. Additionally, the Company is presenting constant currency information to provide a framework to assess how its business performed excluding the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in the current period. Comparisons of financial results on a constant dollar basis are calculated by translating each foreign currency at the same U.S. dollar exchange rate as in effect for the prior-year period for both periods being compared. The Company believes this information is useful to investors to facilitate comparisons of operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures are designed to complement the GAAP financial information presented in this release. The non-GAAP financial measures presented should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for the comparable GAAP financial measures, and the methods of their calculation may differ substantially from similarly titled measures used by other companies.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should” and variations of such words and similar expressions. Similarly, statements in this press release that describe the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals are also forward-looking statements. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements and levels of future dividends to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. These risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to general economic and business conditions which may impact disposable income of consumers in the United States and the other significant markets (including Europe) where the Company’s products are sold, uncertainty regarding such economic and business conditions, trends in consumer debt levels and bad debt write-offs, general uncertainty related to possible terrorist attacks, natural disasters, the stability of the European Union (including the impact of the United Kingdom’s process to exit from the European Union) and defaults on or downgrades of sovereign debt and the impact of any of those events on consumer spending, changes in consumer preferences and popularity of particular designs, new product development and introduction, decrease in mall traffic and increase in e-commerce, the ability of the Company to successfully implement its business strategies, competitive products and pricing, the impact of “smart” watches and other wearable tech products on the traditional watch market, seasonality, availability of alternative sources of supply in the case of the loss of any significant supplier or any supplier’s inability to fulfill the Company’s orders, the loss of or curtailed sales to significant customers, the Company’s dependence on key employees and officers, the ability to successfully integrate the operations of acquired businesses (including Olivia Burton and MVMT) without disruption to other business activities, the possible impairment of acquired intangible assets including goodwill if the carrying value of any reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, the continuation of the company’s major warehouse and distribution centers, the continuation of licensing arrangements with third parties, losses possible from pending or future litigation, the ability to secure and protect trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights, the ability to lease new stores on suitable terms in desired markets and to complete construction on a timely basis, the ability of the Company to successfully manage its expenses on a continuing basis, information systems failure or breaches of network security, the continued availability to the Company of financing and credit on favorable terms, business disruptions, general risks associated with doing business outside the United States including, without limitation, import duties, tariffs, quotas, political and economic stability, changes to existing laws or regulations, and success of hedging strategies with respect to currency exchange rate fluctuations, and the other factors discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Be advised that developments subsequent to this press release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time. The Company assumes no duty to update its forward looking statements and this release shall not be construed to indicate the assumption by the Company of any duty to update its outlook in the future.

(Tables to follow)

MOVADO GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
January 31, January 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Net sales $ 199,376 $ 149,214 $ 679,567 $ 567,953
Cost of sales 88,740 70,469 310,209 269,875
Gross profit 110,636 78,745 369,358 298,078
Operating expenses 93,545 65,399 307,161 254,878
Operating income 17,091 13,346 62,197 43,200
Interest expense (241) (319) (771) (1,510)
Interest income 49 91 307 452
Income before income taxes 16,899 13,118 61,733 42,142
(Benefit)/provision for income taxes (495) 47,026 162 57,367
Net income (loss) 17,394 (33,908) 61,571 (15,225)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (53) - (53) -
Net income (loss) attributable to Movado Group, Inc. $ 17,447 $ (33,908) $ 61,624 $ (15,225)
Diluted Income Per Share Information
Net income (loss) attributable to Movado Group, Inc. $ 0.74 $ (1.47) $ 2.61 $ (0.66)
Weighted diluted average shares outstanding 23,532 23,054 23,600 23,073
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
GAAP AND NON-GAAP MEASURES
(In thousands, except for percentage data)
(Unaudited)
As Reported % Change
Three Months Ended % Change Constant
January 31, As Reported Dollar

2019

2018

Total net sales $ 199,376 $ 149,214 33.6% 35.4%
As Reported % Change
Twelve Months Ended % Change Constant
January 31, As Reported Dollar

2019

2018

Total net sales $ 679,567 $ 567,953 19.7% 18.9%
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
GAAP AND NON-GAAP MEASURES
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Net Sales Gross Profit

Operating
Income

Pre-tax
Income

(Benefit) /
Provision for
Income
Taxes

Net Income
(Loss)
Attributable
to Movado
Group, Inc.

Diluted EPS

Three Months Ended January 31, 2019

As Reported (GAAP) $ 199,376 $ 110,636 $ 17,091 $ 16,899 $ (495) $ 17,447 $ 0.74
Olivia Burton Costs (1) - - 716 716 136 580 0.02
Cost Savings Initiatives (2) - - (281) (281) (61) (220) (0.01)
MVMT Costs (3) - 420 2,409 2,409 (46) 2,455 0.10
Other Tax Items (4) - - - 4,398 (4,398) (0.18)
Adjusted Results (Non-GAAP) $ 199,376 $ 111,056 $ 19,935 $ 19,743 $ 3,932 $ 15,864 $ 0.67

Three Months Ended January 31, 2018

As Reported (GAAP) $ 149,214 $ 78,745 $ 13,346 $ 13,118 $ 47,026 $ (33,908) $ (1.47)
Olivia Burton Costs (1) - - 901 901 187 714 0.03
Cost Savings Initiatives (2) - (150) 151 151 (65) 216 0.01
2017 Tax Act (4) - - - - (45,002) 45,002 1.95
Adjusted Results (Non-GAAP) $ 149,214 $ 78,595 $ 14,398 $ 14,170 $ 2,146 $ 12,024 $ 0.52

Twelve Months Ended January 31, 2019

As Reported (GAAP) $ 679,567 $ 369,358 $ 62,197 $ 61,733 $ 162 $ 61,624 $ 2.61
Olivia Burton Costs (1) - - 2,908 2,908 552 2,356 0.10
Cost Savings Initiatives (2) - - (281) (281) (61) (220) (0.01)
MVMT Costs (3) - 560 14,354 14,354 2,964 11,390 0.48
Other Tax Items (4) - - - - 12,031 (12,031) (0.51)
Adjusted Results (Non-GAAP) $ 679,567 $ 369,918 $ 79,178 $ 78,714 $ 15,648 $ 63,119 $ 2.67

Twelve Months Ended January 31, 2018

As Reported (GAAP) $ 567,953 $ 298,078 $ 43,200 $ 42,142 $ 57,367 $ (15,225) $ (0.66)
Olivia Burton Costs (1) - 846 6,798 6,798 574 6,225 0.27
Cost Savings Initiatives (2) - 1,289 13,588 13,588 3,116 10,472 0.45
2017 Tax Act (4) - - - - (45,002) 45,002 1.94
Adjusted Results (Non-GAAP) $ 567,953 $ 300,213 $ 63,586 $ 62,528 $ 16,055 $ 46,474 $ 2.00
(1) FY 2019 expense relates to the amortization of certain acquired finite lived assets for Olivia Burton. FY 2018 expense includes the aforementioned amortization expense as well as transaction charges, and the amortization of certain accounting adjustments associated with the acquisition of Olivia Burton.
(2) Related to a change in estimate in FY19 and the charge in FY18 for severance and payroll related, other expenses and occupancy expenses.
(3) Related to integration and acquisition costs, the amortization of acquired finite lived assets and accounting adjustments associated with the acquisition of MVMT.
(4) Related to the impact of the 2017 Tax Act as well as tax benefit of other foreign tax items.
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
January 31, January 31,

2019

2018

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents $ 189,911 $ 214,811
Trade receivables, net 84,026 83,098
Inventories 165,311 151,676
Other current assets 28,898 32,015
Total current assets 468,146 481,600
Property, plant and equipment, net 26,067 24,671
Deferred and non-current income taxes 24,503 6,443
Goodwill 136,033 60,269
Other intangibles, net 48,183 23,124
Other non-current assets 56,769 49,273
Total assets $ 759,701 $ 645,380

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Loans payable to bank, current $ - $ 25,000
Accounts payable 38,650 24,364
Accrued liabilities 44,429 32,814
Accrued payroll and benefits 18,773 15,129
Income taxes payable 10,831 2,989
Total current liabilities 112,683 100,296
Loans payable to bank, non current 50,280 -
Deferred and non-current income taxes payable 29,242 33,063
Other non-current liabilities 67,120 41,686
Redeemable noncontrolling interest 3,721 -
Shareholders' equity 496,655 470,335
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity $ 759,701 $ 645,380
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Twelve Months Ended
January 31,

2019

2018

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income / (loss) $ 61,624 $ (15,225)
Depreciation and amortization 14,165 13,457
Other non-cash adjustments (49) 8,116
Cost savings initiatives (281) 13,587
(Benefit) / charge for 2017 tax act (7,488) 45,002
Changes in working capital 16,309 (11,134)
Changes in non-current assets and liabilities 1,890 921
Net cash provided by operating activities 86,170 54,724
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures (10,635) (5,810)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (97,882) (78,991)
Restricted cash deposits - 1,018
Tradenames and other intangibles (492) (556)
Net cash used in investing activities (109,009) (84,339)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from bank borrowings 50,296 -
Repayments of bank borrowings (25,000) (5,000)
Dividends paid (18,469) (11,934)
Stock repurchase (7,418) (3,631)
Purchase of incremental ownership of joint venture - (162)
Stock options exercised and other changes 4,968 (159)
Debt issuance costs (689) -
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 3,688 (20,886)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (5,801) 9,033
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (24,952) (41,468)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 215,411 256,879
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period $ 190,459 $ 215,411
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 189,911 $ 214,811
Restricted cash included in other non-current assets 548 600
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 190,459 $ 215,411

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