TeleTech Announces Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results

DENVER, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), a leading global provider of customer experience, engagement, and growth solutions delivered through its proprietary end-to-end Humanify™ Customer Engagement as a Service offering, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.

"We are pleased to report another strong quarter and solid close to the first half of 2017. For the first six months of 2017, over the same period last year, we increased revenue, operating income, net income, earnings-per-share, and cash flow from operations," commented Ken Tuchman, chairman and chief executive officer of TeleTech. "Our improved performance is the result of three primary factors. First, the profit optimization improvements we began executing in the second half of 2016 are yielding favorable results. Second, our end-to-end, outcome-based customer engagement platform continues to increase in relevance in a growing market. Third, the refinement of our sales, account management, and marketing organizations are starting to generate early wins."

Tuchman continued, "The service experience has become the most important point of differentiation for many companies and the bar continues to rise. When customers experience great service from one company across one channel, they expect and feel entitled to it from every company, across every channel. Through our Humanify™ Customer Engagement as a Service offering, we are helping our clients stay ahead of the complex challenge. With our integrated platform, we are providing the strategy, insights, technology and operational excellence our clients need to orchestrate and deliver captivating experiences across every channel and interaction in the customer journey. Our integrated approach of people, process, analytics and technologies is enabling personalized experiences at scale that delight customers, drive profitable growth for our clients, and increase equity value for our shareholders."

SECOND QUARTER 2017 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Non-GAAP AHFS/WD (Excluding Assets Held for Sale and Wind-down)
As discussed below and shown in the attached reconciliation table, the definition of Non-GAAP AHFS/WD excludes from revenue and operating income i) assets held for sale and wind-down, and ii) impairment, restructuring and integration charges.

Revenue

• Second quarter 2017 GAAP revenue increased 15.8 percent to $353.4 million compared to $305.1 million in the prior year period. Inorganic revenue growth was 13.3 percent.
• Non-GAAP AHFS/WD revenue increased 17.3 percent to $347.4 million over the prior year period. Inorganic revenue growth was 13.7 percent.

Income from Operations

• Second quarter 2017 GAAP income from operations was $21.6 million, or 6.1 percent of revenue, compared to $16.2 million, or 5.3 percent of revenue in the second quarter 2016.
• Non-GAAP AHFS/WD income from operations was $25.4 million or 7.3 percent of adjusted revenue versus 6.0 percent in the prior year.

Earnings Per Share

• Second quarter 2017 GAAP fully diluted earnings per share attributable to TeleTech shareholders was 32 cents compared to 24 cents in the same period last year.
• Non-GAAP fully diluted earnings per share attributable to TeleTech shareholders was 38 cents compared to 28 cents in the same period last year.

Bookings

• During the second quarter 2017, TeleTech signed an estimated $107 million in annualized contract value revenue from new and existing client relationships. The second quarter bookings mix was diversified across all verticals with 80 percent from existing clients and 11 percent from outside of the United States.

STRONG BALANCE SHEET CONTINUES TO FUND OPERATIONS, SHARE REPURCHASES, DIVIDENDS, AND INVESTMENTS

• As of June 30, 2017, TeleTech had cash and cash equivalents of $77.9 million and $273.3 million of total debt, resulting in a net debt position of $195.4 million.
• As of June 30, 2017, TeleTech had approximately $385 million of additional borrowing capacity available under its revolving credit facility.
• Cash flow from operations in the second quarter 2017 was $50.5 million compared to $43.5 million in the second quarter 2016.
• Capital expenditures in the second quarter 2017 were $17.6 million compared to $12.8 million in the second quarter 2016.
• On April 14, 2017, TeleTech paid a $0.22 per share semi-annual dividend, totaling $10.1 million, to TeleTech shareholders of record on March 31, 2017. This dividend represents an 18.9 percent increase over the distribution in April 2016.
• During the second quarter 2017, TeleTech repurchased approximately 223 thousand shares of common stock for a total cost of $6.7 million. As of June 30, 2017, $26.6 million was authorized for future share repurchases.

SEGMENT REPORTING & COMMENTARY

TeleTech reports financial results for the following four business segments: Customer Management Services (CMS), Customer Growth Services (CGS), Customer Technology Services (CTS) and Customer Strategy Services (CSS).  Financial highlights for the segments are provided below.

Customer Management Services (CMS) – Customer Experience Delivery Solutions

• CMS second quarter 2017 revenue increased 26.4 percent to $269.1 million compared to $212.8 million in the year ago quarter. Inorganic revenue grew 19.1 percent year-over-year. Income from operations was $14.1 million or 5.2 percent of revenue compared to $8.3 million or 3.9 percent of revenue in the prior year.
• Non-GAAP income from operations was $17.7 million or 6.6 percent of revenue. This compares to $8.4 million or 3.9 percent of revenue in the prior year.

Customer Growth Services (CGS) – Digitally-Enabled Revenue Growth Solutions

• CGS second quarter 2017 revenue declined 12.2 percent to $32.4 million compared to $36.9 million in the year ago quarter. Income from operations was $2.3 million or 7.2 percent of revenue compared to $3.5 million or 9.4 percent of revenue in the prior year.
• Non-GAAP AHFS/WD revenue declined 11.9 percent over the year ago period and income from operations was $2.4 million or 7.6 percent of adjusted revenue. This compares to $4.1 million or 11.4 percent of adjusted revenue in the prior year.

Customer Technology Services (CTS) – Hosted and Managed Technology Solutions

• CTS second quarter 2017 revenue declined 6.8 percent to $34.8 million compared to $37.4 million in the year ago quarter. Income from operations was $3.8 million or 11.0 percent of revenue compared to $3.4 million or 9.0 percent of revenue in the prior year.
• Non-GAAP AHFS/WD revenue declined 0.7 percent over the year ago period and income from operations was $3.7 million or 11.6 percent of adjusted revenue. This compares to $3.8 million or 11.8 percent of adjusted revenue in the prior year.

Customer Strategy Services (CSS) – Customer Experience Strategy and Data Analytics Solutions

• CSS second quarter 2017 revenue declined 4.9 percent to $17.2 million from $18.1 million in the year ago quarter. Income from operations was $1.4 million or 8.0 percent of revenue compared to $1.0 million or 5.7 percent of revenue in the prior year.
• Non-GAAP AHFS/WD revenue declined 3.6 percent over the year ago period and income from operations was $1.7 million or 11.3 percent of adjusted revenue. This compares to operating income of $1.4 million or 9.3 percent of revenue in the prior year.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

"I want to highlight the strong performance of the business. In the first half of 2017, we executed on many fronts. We grew the top-line organically and inorganically, improved our profitability and cash flow generation, increased our vertical and geographic market share, and expanded our capabilities into more integrated, outcome-based solutions," commented Regina Paolillo, chief financial and administrative officer. "The overperformance at the half year provides improved visibility and confidence in our ability to execute our full-year 2017 revenue and operating income guidance. In comparison to our first half, we anticipate a significant increase in our revenue and operating income in the second half. We estimate our seasonal peak fourth quarter revenue and operating income, which includes acquired volumes from Connextions, to significantly exceed historical levels."

Reaffirmed full-year 2017 estimated revenue and operating income guidance for TeleTech which excludes i) assets held for sale and wind-down, and ii) impairment, restructuring and integration charges as follows:

Revenue - Revenue between $1.400 and $1.410 billion.

Operating Income Margin - Operating income margin in the range of 8.3 and 8.5 percent before impairment, restructuring and integration charges.

Capital Expenditures - Capital expenditures of 4.6 percent of revenue.

ABOUT TELETECH

TeleTech (NASDAQ: TTEC) is a leading global provider of customer experience, engagement and growth solutions delivered through its proprietary end-to-end Humanify™ Customer Engagement as a Service offering. Founded in 1982, the Company helps its clients acquire, retain, and grow profitable customer relationships. Using customer-centric strategy, technology, processes and operations, TeleTech partners with business leadership across marketing, sales and customer care to design and deliver a simple, more human customer experience across every interaction channel. TeleTech's 48,000 employees live by a set of customer-focused values that guide relationships with clients, their customers, and each other. To learn more about how TeleTech is bringing humanity to the customer experience, visit TeleTech.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this press release contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to our operations, expected financial position, results of operation, and other business matters that are based on our current expectations, assumptions, and projections with respect to the future, and are not a guarantee of performance. We use words such as "may," "believe," "plan," "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "project," "would," "could," "target," or similar expressions, or when we discuss our strategy, plans, goals, initiatives, or objectives, we are making forward-looking statements.

We caution you not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from what is expressed in the forward-looking statements, and you should review and consider carefully the risks, uncertainties and other factors that affect our business and may cause such differences as outlined but are not limited to factors discussed in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" included in TeleTech's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly financial reports on Form 10-Q. TeleTech's filings with the SEC are available in the "Investors" section of TeleTech's website, www.teletech.com and at the SEC's public website at www.sec.gov.  Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the press release and we undertake no obligation to update them, except as may be required by applicable laws.

SOURCE TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

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