BorgWarner Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results, Increases Full-Year Adjusted Operating Margin and EPS Guidance, Completes $400 Million Share Repurchase Plan

Auburn Hills, Michigan, October 31, 2024 – BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) today reported third quarter results.

Third Quarter and 2024 Guidance Update

• BorgWarner achieved an adjusted operating margin of 10.1% during the third quarter, which equated to a U.S. GAAP operating margin of 7.8%. The Company also generated net cash provided by operating activities of $356 million or $201 million in free cash flow, despite a 5.6% decline in the Company’s weighted light and commercial vehicle markets.
• The Company increased the midpoint of its full year adjusted operating margin guidance by 20 basis points and adjusted earnings per share guidance by approximately $0.18 or 4% per diluted share. This increase is being driven by strong third quarter operational performance, continued cost controls, a lower effective tax rate, and the Company’s third quarter share repurchases. The Company reduced its full year mid-point net sales guidance by $150 million primarily due to a lower market production outlook.
• BorgWarner completed the repurchase of $300 million of the Company’s outstanding shares during the third quarter. BorgWarner has now repurchased $400 million of its outstanding shares during 2024.
  

New Business Update

The Company secured multiple new business awards that are expected to support its future long-term profitable growth including:

• Two transfer case awards with a major North American OEM for their next generation full-size pickup trucks. This business is expected to launch in 2027 and 2028.
• Three high-voltage coolant heater awards with a Chinese electric vehicle OEM, a Korean OEM and a Japanese OEM. This business is expected to launch in 2025, 2025 and 2028, respectively.
• A General Motors turbocharger award for use on their Corvette ZR1 sports car platform. This is expected to be the largest passenger car twin turbochargers on the market.
  

Third Quarter Highlights (continuing operations basis):

• U.S. GAAP net sales of $3,449 million, a decrease of approximately 5% compared with third quarter 2023.
• Excluding the impact of foreign currencies and the impact of net M&A, organic sales declined 5.1% compared with third quarter 2023.
• U.S. GAAP net earnings of $1.08 per diluted share.
• Excluding $(0.01) of net gains per diluted share related to non-comparable items (detailed in the table below), adjusted net earnings were $1.09 per diluted share.
• U.S. GAAP operating income of $270 million, or 7.8% of net sales.
• Excluding $80 million of pretax expenses related to non-comparable items, adjusted operating income was $350 million, or 10.1% of net sales.
• Net cash provided by operating activities of $356 million.
• Free cash flow of $201 million.
  

Financial Results (continuing operations basis):

The Company believes the following table is useful in highlighting non-comparable items that impacted its U.S. GAAP net earnings per diluted share. The non-comparable items presented below are calculated after tax using the corresponding effective tax rate discrete to each item and the weighted average number of diluted shares for the periods presented. The Company defines adjusted earnings per diluted share as earnings per diluted share adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, other gains and losses not reflective of the Company’s ongoing operations, and related tax effects.

Net sales were $3,449 million for the third quarter 2024, a decrease of approximately 5% compared with the third quarter 2023, primarily due to declining market production volumes. Net earnings for the third quarter 2024 were $242 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $87 million, or $0.37 per diluted share for the third quarter 2023. Adjusted net earnings per diluted share for the third quarter 2024 were $1.09, up from adjusted net earnings per diluted share of $0.98 for the third quarter 2023. Adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2024 excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.01) per diluted share, while adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2023 excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.61) per diluted share. These items are listed in the table above, which is provided by the Company for comparison with other results and the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures. The increase in adjusted net earnings per diluted share was primarily due to strong operational performance, continued cost controls, customer recoveries, a lower effective tax rate, and the Company’s share repurchases.

Full Year 2024 Guidance: The Company has updated full year sales, margin, and EPS guidance. Net sales for 2024 are expected to be in the range of $14.0 billion to $14.2 billion, compared to the Company’s prior guidance of $14.1 billion to $14.4 billion and 2023 sales of approximately $14.2 billion. The Company expects its weighted light and commercial vehicle markets to be in the range of down 3.5% to down 3% year-over-year in 2024, a decrease from the Company’s prior guidance of down 3% to down 2%. The Company’s sales guidance implies a year-over-year decrease in organic sales of approximately (1.5)% to flat, or estimated outgrowth above market production of approximately 200 to 300 basis points. The Company expects its 2024 eProduct sales to be approximately $2.4 billion, up from approximately $2.0 billion in 2023. Foreign currencies are expected to result in a year-over-year decrease in sales of approximately $20 million primarily due to strengthening of the Euro, offset by the weakening of the Korean Won and Chinese Renminbi against the U.S. dollar. The acquisitions of SSE and the Electric Hybrid Systems business segment of Eldor Corporation are expected to increase year-over-year sales by approximately $30 million.

Operating margin for the full year is expected to be in the range of 8.1% to 8.2%. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items, adjusted operating margin is expected to be in the range of 9.8% to 10.0%, up from the Company’s prior guidance of 9.6% to 9.8%. Net earnings are expected to be within a range of $4.17 to $4.28 per diluted share. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items, adjusted net earnings are expected to be in the range of $4.15 to $4.30 per diluted share, up from the Company’s prior guidance of $3.95 to $4.15 per diluted share. Full-year operating cash flow is expected to be in the range of $1,325 million to $1,375 million, while free cash flow is expected to be in the range of $475 million to $575 million.

At 9:30 a.m. ET today, a brief conference call concerning third quarter 2024 results and guidance will be webcast at: https://www.borgwarner.com/investors. Additionally, an earnings call presentation will be available at https://www.borgwarner.com/investors.