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Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

PBI • • Industrial / General
IndustrialsFreight & LogisticsIntegrated Express & Parcel DeliveryRegional & Niche Express Services
AboutPitney Bowes Inc., a shipping and mailing company, provides technology, logistics, and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, retailers, and government clients in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through Global Ecommerce, Presort Services, and SendTech Solutions segments. The Global Ecommerce segment provides domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions, and digital delivery services. The Presort Services segment offers mail sortation services, which allow clients to qualify volumes of first-class mail, marketing mail, and bound and packet mail for postal work sharing discounts. The SendTech Solutions segment provides physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions, financing, services, supplies, and other applications for sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels, and flats. Pitney Bowes Inc. markets its products, solutions, and services through direct and inside sales force, global and regional partner channels, direct mailings, and digital channels. The company was formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company. Pitney Bowes Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.Show more
  • Revenue $2.03B -2.5%
  • EBITDA $427M +27.0%
  • Net Income $10M +102.7%
  • EPS (Diluted) -1.13 +48.6%
  • Gross Margin 52.42% +5.7%
  • EBITDA Margin 21.07% +30.3%
  • Operating Margin 15.42% +43.4%
  • Net Margin 0.51% +102.7%
  • ROE -
  • ROIC 20.09% +97.2%
  • Debt/Equity -
  • Interest Coverage 2.84 +105.8%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Excellent 3Y average ROE of 42.6%
  • ✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income

✗Weaknesses

  • ✗Sales declining 8.8% over 5 years
  • ✗Dividend payout exceeds 100% of earnings

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y-6.14%
5Y-8.76%
3Y-17.98%
TTM-5.19%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-29.42%
5Y-5.08%
3Y42.95%
TTM143.79%

EPS CAGR

10Y-
5Y-
3Y-
TTM120.49%

ROCE

10Y Avg9.47%
5Y Avg7.46%
3Y Avg9.55%
Latest15.25%

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Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+3.58B2.98B3.55B3.21B3.21B3.55B3.67B3.54B2.08B2.03B
Revenue Growth %-0.06%-0.17%0.19%-0.1%-0%0.11%0.03%-0.04%-0.41%-0.03%
Cost of Goods Sold+1.56B1.23B1.72B1.79B1.92B2.4B2.55B2.46B1.05B964.3M
COGS % of Revenue0.44%0.41%0.49%0.56%0.6%0.68%0.69%0.69%0.5%0.48%
Gross Profit+2.02B1.75B1.83B1.42B1.28B1.15B1.12B1.08B1.03B1.06B
Gross Margin %0.56%0.59%0.51%0.44%0.4%0.32%0.31%0.31%0.5%0.52%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.06%-0.13%0.04%-0.22%-0.1%-0.1%-0.02%-0.04%-0.05%0.03%
Operating Expenses+1.38B1.04B1.37B1.03B1.06B1.01B966.39M921M807.1M749.85M
OpEx % of Revenue0.39%0.35%0.39%0.32%0.33%0.28%0.26%0.26%0.39%0.37%
Selling, General & Admin1.27B1.14B1.23B969.48M1.01B968.85M919.62M877.34M777.61M717.89M
SG&A % of Revenue0.36%0.38%0.35%0.3%0.31%0.27%0.25%0.25%0.37%0.35%
Research & Development110.16M107.38M129.77M58.52M51.26M38.38M46.78M43.66M29.49M31.96M
R&D % of Revenue0.03%0.04%0.04%0.02%0.02%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.02%
Other Operating Expenses0208.48M-9.77M0000000
Operating Income+634.56M572.49M456.1M393.18M222.41M142.32M155.44M159.32M223.51M312.45M
Operating Margin %0.18%0.19%0.13%0.12%0.07%0.04%0.04%0.05%0.11%0.15%
Operating Income Growth %-0.03%-0.1%-0.2%-0.14%-0.43%-0.36%0.09%0.02%0.4%0.4%
EBITDA+807.87M750.98M638.44M541.64M381.55M302.94M318.3M323.14M336.24M426.93M
EBITDA Margin %0.23%0.25%0.18%0.17%0.12%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.16%0.21%
EBITDA Growth %-0.05%-0.07%-0.15%-0.15%-0.3%-0.21%0.05%0.02%0.04%0.27%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)173.31M178.49M182.34M148.46M159.14M160.63M162.86M163.82M112.72M114.48M
EBIT697.51M364.02M393.94M303.5M138.05M-77.62M89.11M130.41M64.56M67.89M
Net Interest Income+-159.37M-144.21M-164.16M-159.76M-155.56M-153.91M-143.94M-139.09M-162.05M-110.09M
Interest Income0000000000
Interest Expense159.37M144.21M164.16M159.76M155.56M153.91M143.94M139.09M162.05M110.09M
Other Income/Expense-23.74M-370.7M-173.11M-205.06M-195.27M-325.69M-162.85M-119.44M-267.44M-364.78M
Pretax Income+610.83M201.79M282.99M188.12M27.14M-183.37M-7.42M39.88M-43.92M-52.33M
Pretax Margin %0.17%0.07%0.08%0.06%0.01%-0.05%-0%0.01%-0.02%-0.03%
Income Tax+189.78M106.97M21.65M6.42M-13.01M7.12M-10.92M2.94M17.35M-154.83M
Effective Tax Rate %0.67%0.55%0.92%0.96%0.49%1.04%-0.47%0.93%8.78%-0.2%
Net Income+407.94M111.85M261.34M181.2M13.3M-190.49M3.51M36.94M-385.63M10.24M
Net Margin %0.11%0.04%0.07%0.06%0%-0.05%0%0.01%-0.19%0.01%
Net Income Growth %0.22%-0.73%1.34%-0.31%-0.93%-15.33%1.02%9.53%-11.44%1.03%
Net Income (Continuing)421.05M94.81M261.34M181.71M40.15M-190.49M3.51M36.94M-61.27M102.5M
Discontinued Operations5.27M17.04M0-505K-26.85M000-324.36M-92.26M
Minority Interest296.37M000000000
EPS (Diluted)+2.030.491.391.190.23-1.120.020.21-2.20-1.13
EPS Growth %0.24%-0.76%1.84%-0.14%-0.81%-5.87%1.02%9.71%-11.48%0.49%
EPS (Basic)2.040.511.401.190.24-1.060.020.21-2.20-1.13
Diluted Shares Outstanding200.94M188.97M187.44M188.38M177.45M171.52M179.1M177.25M175.64M182.53M
Basic Shares Outstanding203.58M231.46M253.53M250.7M166.6M162.41M179.1M173.91M175.64M179.51M
Dividend Payout Ratio0.37%1.26%0.53%0.78%2.66%-9.92%0.94%-3.51%

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+2.33B2.33B2.64B2.7B2.24B2.11B1.89B1.8B2.06B1.32B
Cash & Short-Term Investments767.58M802.97M1.06B926.65M1.04B940.42M746.92M681.15M622.22M486.1M
Cash Only640.19M764.52M1.01B867.26M924.44M921.45M732.48M669.98M600.05M469.73M
Short-Term Investments127.39M38.45M48.99M59.39M115.88M18.97M14.44M11.17M22.17M16.37M
Accounts Receivable1.4B1.36B524.42M371.8M373.47M980.51M909.2M917.32M764.34M705.99M
Days Sales Outstanding143.02166.6153.9242.2642.53100.6990.3494.63134.2127.15
Inventory88.82M92.73M89.68M62.28M68.25M71.48M78.59M83.72M63.05M59.84M
Days Inventory Outstanding20.7927.531912.712.9610.8511.2412.4321.9522.65
Other Current Assets00964.4M1.34B754.04M120.14M157.34M115.82M608.48M66.03M
Total Non-Current Assets+3.8B3.51B4.04B3.24B3.23B3.11B3.07B2.94B2.21B2.08B
Property, Plant & Equipment507.6M502.66M557.46M588.21M618.15M631.63M672.36M744.29M404.15M356.6M
Fixed Asset Turnover7.05x5.93x6.37x5.46x5.18x5.63x5.46x4.75x5.14x5.68x
Goodwill1.75B1.57B1.95B1.33B1.32B1.15B1.14B1.07B734.41M721M
Intangible Assets187.38M165.17M272.19M213.2M190.64M159.84M132.44M77.94M20.4M15.78M
Long-Term Investments412.37M425.73M435.61M311.42M238.88M969.5M333.05M259.98M250.24M190.44M
Other Non-Current Assets944.47M847.05M589.86M795.72M858.96M198.55M793.86M794.18M804.89M795.74M
Total Assets+6.12B5.84B6.68B5.94B5.47B5.22B4.96B4.74B4.27B3.4B
Asset Turnover0.58x0.51x0.53x0.54x0.59x0.68x0.74x0.75x0.49x0.60x
Asset Growth %-0.06%-0.05%0.14%-0.11%-0.08%-0.04%-0.05%-0.04%-0.1%-0.2%
Total Current Liabilities+2.28B2.33B2.07B1.89B1.57B1.87B1.73B1.73B1.9B1.67B
Accounts Payable302.11M293.54M284.86M280.94M282.13M295.17M310.99M315.35M829.42M239.74M
Days Payables Outstanding70.7387.1560.3657.2853.5744.844.4946.83288.7990.74
Short-Term Debt461.08M614.49M271.06M199.53M20.11M259.93M24.74M32.76M58.93M53.25M
Deferred Revenue (Current)0001000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities1.26B1.21B1.26B1.16B1.01B965.69M233.88M1B117.53M143.1M
Current Ratio1.02x1.00x1.27x1.43x1.42x1.13x1.09x1.04x1.08x0.79x
Quick Ratio0.98x0.96x1.23x1.39x1.38x1.09x1.05x0.99x1.05x0.75x
Cash Conversion Cycle93.08106.9812.56-2.321.9266.7457.160.23-132.6459.06
Total Non-Current Liabilities+3.67B3.61B4.43B3.95B3.61B3.28B3.12B2.95B2.74B2.3B
Long-Term Debt2.49B2.75B3.56B3.07B2.72B2.35B2.3B2.17B2.09B1.87B
Capital Lease Obligations000125.29M177.71M199.15M192.09M309.55M126.57M100.8M
Deferred Tax Liabilities205.67M000274.44M279.45M286.44M0211.48M49.19M
Other Non-Current Liabilities970.11M862.77M870.27M755.4M439.35M455.04M340.66M470.84M243.2M286.61M
Total Liabilities5.65B5.94B6.49B5.84B5.18B5.15B4.85B4.68B4.64B3.98B
Total Debt+2.95B3.36B3.83B3.43B2.95B2.81B2.56B2.57B2.3B2.05B
Net Debt2.31B2.6B2.82B2.56B2.03B1.89B1.82B1.9B1.7B1.58B
Debt / Equity6.21x-20.31x33.64x10.32x39.75x22.70x42.33x--
Debt / EBITDA3.65x4.48x6.00x6.33x7.74x9.27x8.03x7.95x6.85x4.80x
Net Debt / EBITDA2.86x3.46x4.42x4.72x5.32x6.23x5.73x5.87x5.06x3.70x
Interest Coverage3.98x3.97x2.78x2.46x1.43x0.92x1.08x1.15x1.38x2.84x
Total Equity+475.09M-103.66M188.56M101.84M286.1M70.62M112.63M60.65M-368.58M-578.43M
Equity Growth %0.27%-1.22%2.82%-0.46%1.81%-0.75%0.59%-0.46%-7.08%-0.57%
Book Value per Share2.36-0.551.010.541.610.410.630.34-2.10-3.17
Total Shareholders' Equity178.72M-103.66M188.56M101.84M286.1M70.62M112.63M60.65M-368.58M-578.43M
Common Stock323.34M323.34M323.34M323.34M323.34M323.34M323.34M323.34M270.34M270.34M
Retained Earnings5.16B5.11B5.23B5.28B5.44B5.21B5.17B5.13B3.08B2.67B
Treasury Stock-4.57B-4.74B-4.71B-4.67B-4.73B-4.69B-4.6B-4.55B-2.87B-2.68B
Accumulated OCI-888.63M-940.13M-792.17M-948.96M-840.14M-839.13M-780.31M-835.56M-851.25M-839.17M
Minority Interest296.37M000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+514.64M490.69M495.81M344.65M267.88M301.97M301.51M175.98M79.47M229.17M
Operating CF Margin %0.14%0.16%0.14%0.11%0.08%0.08%0.08%0.05%0.04%0.11%
Operating CF Growth %-0.21%-0.05%0.01%-0.3%-0.22%0.13%-0%-0.42%-0.55%1.88%
Net Income343.63M92.81M220.54M181.71M39.86M-190.49M3.51M36.94M-385.63M102.5M
Depreciation & Amortization173.31M178.49M182.34M148.46M159.14M160.63M162.86M163.82M160.43M114.48M
Stock-Based Compensation21.05M14.88M24.39M21.04M23.15M17.48M20.86M16.63M9.6M16.52M
Deferred Taxes40.18M3.94M-23.88M64.06M4.81M15.28M-19.88M3.69M-50.81M-173.71M
Other Non-Cash Items-82.2M200.58M53.35M37.69M77.26M197.21M29.02M-27.43M362.87M66.39M
Working Capital Changes18.66M039.09M-108.31M-36.34M101.87M105.15M-17.66M-16.99M102.98M
Change in Receivables-13.84M44.02M105.4M9.25M21.14M23.27M37.5M-29.3M22.79M92.33M
Change in Inventory-7.62M-7M5.57M93K-5.18M1.58M-8.01M-4.94M14.29M2.26M
Change in Payables-111.95M-64.88M-14.08M-3.18M094.85M77.53M18.58M-43.11M47.35M
Cash from Investing+-303.19M-115.55M-663.02M309.13M457.55M-75.69M-155.25M-24.27M-122.83M-49.06M
Capital Expenditures-166.75M-160.83M-170.99M-137.81M-137.25M-104.99M-184.04M-124.84M-102.88M-72.4M
CapEx % of Revenue0.05%0.05%0.05%0.04%0.04%0.03%0.05%0.04%0.05%0.04%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing35.25M8.58M2.38M351.29M645.55M19.93M21.35M-25.74M-26.46M-23.12M
Cash from Financing+-570.73M-224.1M367.75M-766.42M-670.3M-235.37M-330.37M-198.08M-31.27M-305.45M
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid-150.11M-140.61M-139.49M-140.5M-35.36M-34.29M-34.8M-34.72M-35.22M-35.96M
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing-13.77M-319.96M35.13M-55.74M10.27M-11.97M-45.34M-25.82M60.09M-35.57M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+348.31M329.86M324.82M206.84M130.63M196.99M117.47M51.14M-23.41M156.77M
FCF Margin %0.1%0.11%0.09%0.06%0.04%0.06%0.03%0.01%-0.01%0.08%
FCF Growth %-0.27%-0.05%-0.02%-0.36%-0.37%0.51%-0.4%-0.56%-1.46%7.7%
FCF per Share1.731.751.731.100.741.150.660.29-0.130.86
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)1.26x4.39x1.90x1.90x20.15x-1.59x85.98x4.76x-0.21x22.37x
Interest Paid165.29M150.57M169.28M171.12M157.71M151.86M124.08M134.25M164.05M167.89M
Taxes Paid138.88M127.3M53.25M25.91M27.11M20.18M4.34M14.55M22.63M45.48M

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)96.13%60.23%615.63%124.79%6.85%-106.8%3.83%42.63%--
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)17.85%16.26%12.42%10.4%6.7%5%5.99%6.14%10.18%20.09%
Gross Margin56.41%58.77%51.48%44.25%40.02%32.34%30.54%30.53%49.57%52.42%
Net Margin11.4%3.75%7.36%5.64%0.41%-5.36%0.1%1.04%-18.55%0.51%
Debt / Equity6.21x-20.31x33.64x10.32x39.75x22.70x42.33x--
Interest Coverage3.98x3.97x2.78x2.46x1.43x0.92x1.08x1.15x1.38x2.84x
FCF Conversion1.26x4.39x1.90x1.90x20.15x-1.59x85.98x4.76x-0.21x22.37x
Revenue Growth-6.37%-16.65%19.08%-9.54%-0.2%10.89%3.35%-3.68%-41.24%-2.52%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Business Services----1.71B2.19B2.33B2.25B2.05B886.04M
Business Services Growth-----28.09%6.54%-3.63%-9.11%-56.67%
Support Services----506.19M473.29M460.89M438.19M410.73M374.57M
Support Services Growth------6.50%-2.62%-4.92%-6.27%-8.80%
Equipment Sales---318.39M352.1M314.88M350.14M354.96M323.74M287.6M
Equipment Sales Growth----10.59%-10.57%11.20%1.38%-8.80%-11.16%
Financing---314.78M368.09M341.03M294.42M274.51M271.2M269.89M
Financing Growth----16.94%-7.35%-13.67%-6.76%-1.21%-0.48%
Supplies Product----187.29M159.28M159.44M154.19M147.71M143.25M
Supplies Product Growth------14.95%0.10%-3.29%-4.20%-3.02%
Rentals---363.06M80.66M74.28M74M66.26M67.9M65.25M
Rentals Growth-----77.78%-7.91%-0.37%-10.47%2.48%-3.91%
Small And Medium Business Solutions1.88B1.75B1.74B-------
Small And Medium Business Solutions Growth--6.97%-0.53%-------
Enterprise Business Solutions894.79M880.28M905.1M-------
Enterprise Business Solutions Growth--1.62%2.82%-------
Digital Commerce Solutions748M776.82M904.62M-------
Digital Commerce Solutions Growth-3.85%16.45%-------
Global Commerce362.09M428.59M--------
Global Commerce Growth-18.37%--------
International Mailing445.33M406.8M--------
International Mailing Growth--8.65%--------
Production Mail421.18M404.7M--------
Production Mail Growth--3.91%--------
Software Solutions385.91M348.23M--------
Software Solutions Growth--9.76%--------
Others54.81M---------
Others Growth----------

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
UNITED STATES2.68B2.59B2.74B2.87B2.75B3.11B3.11B3.07B2.9B1.7B
UNITED STATES Growth--3.42%5.76%4.62%-4.16%13.34%0.08%-1.60%-5.41%-41.34%
Non-US--811.24M657.15M459.2M441.79M558.66M472.83M366.85M325.73M
Non-US Growth----18.99%-30.12%-3.79%26.45%-15.36%-22.41%-11.21%
Outside United States896.77M817.04M--------
Outside United States Growth--8.89%--------

Frequently Asked Questions

Growth & Financials

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) reported $1.93B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 63% decrease from $5.28B in 2011.

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) saw revenue decline by 2.5% over the past year.

Yes, Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) is profitable, generating $75.0M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (0.5% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) pays a dividend with a yield of 1.83%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) generated $227.8M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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