LEAWOOD, Kan., July 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (“Euronet” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading electronic payments provider, reports second quarter 2019 financial results.
Euronet reports the following consolidated results for the second quarter 2019 compared with the same period of 2018:
- Revenues of $691.9 million, an 11% increase from $622.2 million (16% increase on a constant currency(1) basis).
- Operating income of $117.9 million, a 30% increase from $90.4 million (38% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Adjusted operating income(2) of $116.6 million, a 29% increase from $90.4 million (36% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Adjusted EBITDA(3) of $150.4 million, a 24% increase from $121.2 million (31% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Net income attributable to Euronet of $68.2 million or $1.25 diluted earnings per share, compared with net income of $43.7 million or $0.82 diluted earnings per share.
- Adjusted earnings per share(4) of $1.69, a 28% increase from $1.32.
- Transactions of 1.15 billion, a 19% increase from 968 million.
"Our efforts to expand our network, state-of-the-art technology and broad product portfolio continue to result in strong double-digit earnings growth - including adjusted earnings per share of $1.69 for the second quarter, a 28% year-over-year increase," stated Michael J. Brown, Euronet's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "This strong growth includes double-digit constant currency earnings growth from all three segments. EFT continued to benefit from new ATM and product deployments. Money transfer delivered a solid quarter with continued success in both the physical and digital channels. And, epay continued to benefit from expansion of digital media products."
See the reconciliation of non-GAAP items in the attached financial schedules.
Segment and Other Results
The EFT Processing Segment reports the following results for the second quarter 2019 compared with the same period or date in 2018:
- Revenues of $231.9 million, a 19% increase from $194.9 million (26% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Operating income of $76.5 million, a 45% increase from $52.9 million (53% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Adjusted operating income of $75.2 million, a 42% increase from $52.9 million (50% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Adjusted EBITDA of $93.0 million, a 34% increase from $69.3 million (42% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Transactions of 752 million, an 11% increase from 677 million.
- Operated 46,636 ATMs as of June 30, 2019, a 13% increase from 41,205.
Double-digit constant currency revenue, adjusted operating income and adjusted EBITDA growth was largely the result of a 13% year-over-year increase in active ATMs, an 11% increase in transactions, and the expansion of Visa dynamic currency conversion (DCC) to worldwide ATM cash withdrawals. The increase in transactions was primarily from growth in Europe and Asia - including an increase in traditional cash withdrawals as well as the number of value-added transactions, such as DCC, domestic and international surcharge, and foreign currency dispensing transactions - on both ATMs and point-of-sale terminals.
Year-over-year ATM growth is the result of more than 5,800 new high-value ATM deployments in Europe and Asia, including approximately 1,000 outsourcing ATMs in Asia, and 100 more low-margin ATMs in India, partially offset by de-installation of 500 unprofitable ATMs at YourCash.
Adjusted operating income was reduced by a $1.3 million post-acquisition adjustment.
The epay Segment reports the following results for the second quarter 2019 compared with the same period or date in 2018:
- Revenues of $184.2 million, an 11% increase from $166.5 million (16% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Operating income of $17.6 million, an 8% increase from $16.3 million (13% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Adjusted EBITDA of $19.4 million, a 7% increase from $18.2 million (12% increase on a constant currency basis).
- Transactions of 369 million, a 40% increase from 264 million.
- Point-of-sale ("POS") terminals of approximately 700,000 as of June 30, 2019, a 2% increase from approximately 688,000.
- Retailer locations of approximately 325,000 as of June 30, 2019, a 3% increase from approximately 315,000.
epay double-digit constant currency revenue, operating income and adjusted EBITDA growth was primarily from continued digital media growth and the benefit of a certain promotion where revenue was recorded on a gross versus net basis.
Transaction growth was the result of increases across Europe and strong contributions from India, which included a large volume of low-margin mobile top-up transactions.
epay terminal and location counts for the prior period have been restated to conform with the current presentation which eliminates intra-segment counts.
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