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IT SERVICES
Analysis of CSC’s Third Fiscal 2005 Quarter Business Results
Gearing Down on Purpose
Revenue, Profit Growth Slows, New Contracts Drop, Following Divestitures
PHOENIX, Feb 9 – After a year of ferocious upward spurt, Computer Sciences Corp.’s (CSC) growth engine is starting the sputter. Revenue grew by only 5.6% in its third fiscal 2005 quarter that ended Dec 31, while earnings from continuing operations increased even more modestly (70 cents per share vs. 68 cents per share a year ago). But at least they were $398 million of bottom line profits, not losses that needed executive tap dancing to be turned into earnings.
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Sacrificing
Profits for Morals
As for the divested DynCorp businesses, the
company disclosed that its revenue growth rate has been higher than that
of the rest of CSC, and that its profit margins during the last 15 months
have been “high and rising,” according to CSC’s CFO, Leon Level.
Naturally, this raised some analysts’
eyebrows.
“They’ve been higher than the average and
rising?” one perplexed analyst repeated the statement during the
teleconference that followed the earnings release.
“Yes,” Level confirmed.
“So why would you divest it?”
Good question.
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Business Segment Analysis
On the bright side, CSC’s global commercial revenues increased 11% in the quarter (up 6% in constant currency) to $2.37 billion, led by the same rate of growth in the U.S. market ($994 million). European revenues rose 15% (5% in constant currency) to $1.07 billion, while the rest of CSC’s international business was essentially flat at $039 million (down 4% in constant currency).
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Outlook
For the full fiscal year 2005, we expect CSC’s federal government business to decline in double digits, while its commercial revenues are likely to rise moderately (in single digits). Coupled with the four-to-one commercial new contract awards ratio in favor of commercial customers, it seems that we are once again on the doorstep of another reversal in CSC’s business.
The pendulum seems to be swinging in the direction of commercial customers once again. Given that bigger competitors, such as IBM, are also experiencing a revival in corporate spending, the timing of CSC’s strategy change seems to be right, whether or not Wall Street sees it just yet.
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