Plains All American (PAA) Q2 Earnings Lag Estimates, Sales Beat

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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. PAA reported second-quarter 2024 adjusted earnings of 31 cents per unit, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents by 6.1%. However, the bottom line improved 24% from 25 cents in the year-ago quarter.

The company reported GAAP earnings of 26 cents per unit compared with 32 cents in the year-ago period.

Total Revenues

Net sales of $12.93 billion beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12.91 billion by 0.2%. The top line also increased 11.5% from the year-ago quarter’s figure of $11.6 billion.

 

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Highlights of the Release

Total costs and expenses amounted to $12.56 billion, up 11.9% year over year. The increase was primarily due to an increase in purchases and related costs.

Net interest expenses totaled $111 million, up 16.8% from the prior-year quarter’s level.

Segmental Performance

The Crude Oil segment’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $576 million, up 9% from the year-ago quarter’s figure. This increase was due to higher tariff volumes on our pipelines, tariff escalations and contributions from acquisitions.

Adjusted EBITDA for the NGL segment came in at $94 million, up 52% from the prior-year period’s figure. This was due to turnarounds impacting sales volumes in the second quarter of 2023 and incremental margins from iso-to-normal butane spread benefits in the second quarter of 2024.

Financial Update

As of Jun 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $553 million compared with $450 million as of Dec 31, 2023.

As of Jun 30, 2024, long-term debt was $7.21 billion compared with $7.31 billion as of Dec 31, 2023.

As of Jun 30, 2024, long-term debt-to-total book capitalization was 41%, which remained unchanged from the figure recorded as of Dec 31, 2023.

Guidance

For 2024, Plains All American has raised its expectation for adjusted EBITDA to the range of $2.725-$2.775 billion from the previously predicted band of $2.625-$2.725 billion. Adjusted free cash flow is anticipated to be $1.55 billion (excluding changes in assets and liabilities).

PAA remains focused on disciplined capital investments, anticipating full-year 2024 investment and maintenance capital of $375 million and $250 million, respectively.

Zacks Rank

The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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The consensus estimate for 2024 EPS is pegged at $13.7, which suggests a year-over-year decrease of 43.4%. The consensus mark for 2024 sales is pegged at $2.64 billion.

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