Huntington Ingalls Industries Reports Fourth Quarter and 2013 Results

• Revenues were $1.94 billion for the fourth quarter and $6.82 billion for 2013
• Segment operating margin was 8.7 percent for the fourth quarter and 8.3 percent for the full year
• Total operating margin was 9.0 percent for the fourth quarter and 7.5 percent for 2013
• Diluted earnings per share was $1.82 for the quarter and $5.18 for 2013
• Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $1.66 for the quarter and $5.36 for 2013
• Cash and cash equivalents were $1.0 billion at year-end

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reported fourth quarter 2013 revenues of $1.94 billion, up 6.3 percent from the same period last year. Fourth quarter diluted earnings per share was $1.82, compared to $0.98 in the same period of 2012. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excludes an additional impact related to the hurricane insurance recoveries and the FAS/CAS Adjustment, was $1.66 in Q4 2013, compared to $1.30 in Q4 2012.

Segment operating income in the fourth quarter was $169 million, compared to $140 million in the same period last year, mainly driven by improved contract performance. Total operating income for the quarter was $174 million, compared to $106 million in the same period of 2012. This increase was primarily attributable to increased segment operating income and favorable variances in deferred state income taxes and the FAS/CAS Adjustment. Total operating margin was 9.0 percent for the quarter, compared to 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.

For the year, revenues were $6.82 billion, an increase of 1.7 percent over 2012. Segment operating income for the year was $567 million, compared to $457 million last year. Total operating income for the year was $512 million, compared to $358 million in 2012. 2013 diluted earnings per share was $5.18, compared to $2.91 in 2012. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excludes the impact of hurricane insurance recoveries, the Gulfport closure and the FAS/CAS Adjustment, was $5.36 in 2013, compared to $3.95 last year.

Cash provided by operating activities in the fourth quarter of 2013 was $292 million, a decrease of $81 million from the same period last year, and for the year was $236 million, a decrease of $96 million from 2012. The decrease in 2013 operating cash flow was primarily driven by an increase in income tax payments and retirement benefit funding. New business awards for 2013 were approximately $9.4 billion, of which $0.7 billion was awarded in the fourth quarter, bringing total backlog to $18.0 billion as of Dec. 31, 2013.

"As HII's three-year anniversary approaches, I am pleased with the operational improvements achieved by our team and the resulting financial performance," said Mike Petters, HII's president and CEO. "The last of our underperforming contracts, LHA-6 America, will be delivered in the coming weeks, performance continues to improve at Ingalls, and we are on schedule to meet our 2015 operating margin goal."

During the fourth quarter of 2013, the company refined its estimates related to the hurricane insurance recoveries received in Q3 2013, which resulted in a $31 million increase to revenues and an $18 million increase to segment operating margin at the Ingalls segment for the fourth quarter. The adjusted figures for the fourth quarter exclude these revenues and related operating income. The full-year adjusted figures exclude the third and fourth quarter impacts related to the hurricane insurance recoveries and the closure of the Gulfport facility. Please refer to the third quarter 2013 news release and Form 10-Q filing for more detail regarding the third quarter adjustments.

Ingalls revenues for the fourth quarter increased $93 million, or 12.9 percent, from the same period in 2012. Adjusting for $31 million of hurricane insurance recoveries, Ingalls revenues for the fourth quarter were $784 million, an increase of $62 million, or 8.6 percent, from the same period in the prior year, driven by higher sales in surface combatants and the Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC) program, partially offset by lower sales on amphibious assault ships. Increased surface combatant revenues were mainly the result of higher volumes on DDG-117 Paul Ignatius. Increased sales for the NSC program were primarily attributable to higher volumes on NSC-6 Munro. The decrease in amphibious assault ship revenues was due to lower sales on LPD-25 Somerset, LHA-6 America and LPD-24 USS Arlington, partially offset by higher sales on LPD-27 Portland and LHA-7 Tripoli.

Ingalls operating income for the fourth quarter was $65 million, up $27 million over the same period last year. Adjusting for $18 million of hurricane insurance recoveries, Ingalls operating income for the fourth quarter was $47 million, compared to $38 million in the same period of 2012. Ingalls adjusted operating margin was 6.0 percent for the quarter, an increase of 73 basis points from the same period last year. These increases were primarily attributable to risk retirement on the NSC program.

For the full year, Ingalls revenues decreased $83 million, or 2.9 percent, from 2012. Adjusting for $6 million of hurricane insurance recoveries and $9 million related to the Gulfport closure, Ingalls revenues for the full year were $2.8 billion, a decrease of $86 million, or 3.0 percent, from the prior year, driven by lower revenues in amphibious assault ships, partially offset by higher revenues in the NSC program and surface combatants. The decrease in amphibious assault ships was due to lower volumes on LPD-24 USS Arlington, LPD-23 USS Anchorage, LHA-6 America and LPD-25 Somerset, partially offset by higher volumes on LPD-27 Portland and LHA-7 Tripoli. Revenues on the NSC program increased primarily due to higher volumes on the construction contracts of NSC-6 Munro and NSC-5 James. Surface combatants increased due to higher volumes on DDG-117 Paul Ignatius and DDG-113 John Finn, partially offset by lower volumes on the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program.

Ingalls operating income for 2013 was $175 million, up $78 million from the prior year, or 80.4 percent. Adjusting for $64 million of hurricane insurance recoveries and $17 million related to the Gulfport closure in 2013, Ingalls operating income was $128 million for the full year, compared to $97 million in 2012. Ingalls adjusted operating margin was 4.6 percent in 2013, up 123 basis points from last year. These increases were primarily attributable to risk retirement on the NSC program and lower workers' compensation expense.

Key Ingalls milestones for the quarter:

• Started fabrication on NSC-6 Munro
• Delivered the amphibious transport dock LPD-25 Somerset
• Christened NSC-4 Hamilton (WMSL 753)
• Authenticated the keel of the company's 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG-113 John Finn
• Opened the 70,000-square foot Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy
• Completed successful builder's sea trials of LHA-6 America

Newport News revenues for the fourth quarter increased $18 million, or 1.6 percent, from the same period in 2012, primarily driven by higher sales in aircraft carriers, partially offset by lower sales in submarines and fleet support. The increase in aircraft carrier sales was primarily driven by higher volumes on the execution contract for the CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) and the construction preparation contract for CVN-79 John F. Kennedy, partially offset by lower volumes on the execution contract for the CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt RCOH and the construction and engineering contract for CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford. Decreased submarine sales were related to lower volume on the Virginia-class submarine (VCS) program. Lower revenues in fleet support services were primarily the result of lower volume on the San Diego multi-ship, multi-option contract, partially offset by increased repair work on SSN-765 USS Montpelier.

Newport News operating income for the fourth quarter was $104 million, compared with $102 million in the same period of 2012. The increase from the prior year was primarily attributable to lower workers' compensation expense and favorable performance on the VCS program. Newport News operating margin was 9.1 percent in Q4 2013, flat compared to the same period last year.

For the full year, Newport News revenues increased $199 million, or 5.1 percent, from 2012, primarily driven by higher sales in aircraft carriers, fleet support and submarines. The increase in aircraft carrier sales for the year was the result of the same drivers as the fourth quarter, with an additional increase in volume earlier in the year related to the inactivation contract for CVN-65 USS Enterprise. Higher revenues in fleet support services were primarily the result of increased repair work on SSN-765 USS Montpelier. Increased submarine sales were related to higher volume on the VCS program.

For 2013, Newport News operating income was $392 million, an increase of $32 million, or 8.9 percent, from 2012. The increase was primarily due to the VCS program, driven by risk retirement and the favorable resolution of outstanding contract changes, as well as lower workers' compensation expense, partially offset by the favorable resolution in 2012 of outstanding contract changes on the CVN-65 USS Enterprise Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability.

Key Newport News milestones for the quarter:

• Christened and launched CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford
• Opened the new 90,000-square foot facility for the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School

The Company

Huntington Ingalls Industries designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, Huntington Ingalls Industries has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder at its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. Employing more than 38,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, Huntington Ingalls Industries also provides a wide variety of products and services to the commercial energy industry and other government customers, including the Department of Energy. For more information, please visit www.huntingtoningalls.com.

Huntington Ingalls Industries will webcast its earnings conference call at 9 a.m. EST on Feb. 27. A live audio broadcast of the conference call and supplemental presentation will be available on the investor relations page of the company's website: www.huntingtoningalls.com.

Statements in this release, other than statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these statements. Factors that may cause such differences include: changes in government and customer priorities and requirements (including government budgetary constraints, shifts in defense spending, and changes in customer short-range and long-range plans); our ability to obtain new contracts, estimate our future contract costs and perform our contracts effectively; changes in government regulations and procurement processes and our ability to comply with such requirements; our ability to realize the expected benefits from consolidation of our Ingalls facilities; natural disasters; adverse economic conditions in the United States and globally; risks related to our indebtedness and leverage; and other risk factors discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse effect on our business, and we undertake no obligations to update any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements that we may make.

Exhibit B: Reconciliations

We make reference to "segment operating income," "segment operating margin," "adjusted sales and service revenues," "adjusted segment operating income," "adjusted segment operating margin," "adjusted total operating income," "adjusted operating margin," "adjusted net earnings," and "adjusted diluted earnings per share."

Segment operating income is defined as total operating income before the FAS/CAS Adjustment and deferred state income taxes.

Segment operating margin is defined as segment operating income as a percentage of total sales and service revenues.

Adjusted sales and service revenues is defined as total sales and service revenues adjusted for the impact of the hurricane insurance recoveries and the Gulfport closure impact in 2013, if any.

Adjusted segment operating income is defined as segment operating income adjusted for the impact of the hurricane insurance recoveries and the Gulfport closure impact in 2013, if any.

Adjusted segment operating margin is defined as adjusted segment operating income as a percentage of adjusted segment sales and service revenues.

Adjusted total operating income is defined as total operating income adjusted for the impact of the hurricane insurance recoveries and the Gulfport closure impact in 2013, if any.

Adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted total operating income as a percentage of adjusted sales and service revenues.

Adjusted net earnings is defined as net earnings adjusted for the 2013 tax effected impact of the hurricane insurance recoveries, the 2013 tax effected impact of the Gulfport closure, if any, and the tax effected FAS/CAS Adjustment.

Adjusted diluted earnings per share is defined as adjusted net earnings divided by the weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding.

Segment operating income and segment operating margin are two of the key metrics we use to evaluate operating performance because they exclude items that do not affect segment performance. We believe adjusted sales and service revenues, adjusted segment operating income, adjusted segment operating margin, adjusted total operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted earnings per share are also useful metrics because they exclude non-operating items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. Therefore, we believe it is appropriate to disclose these measures to help investors analyze our operating performance. However, these measures are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and may not be defined or calculated by other companies in the same manner.

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