Plains All American (PAA) Q3 Earnings Top Estimates, Sales Lag
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. PAA reported third-quarter 2023 adjusted earnings of 35 cents per unit, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 24 cents by 45.8%. The bottom line improved 6.1% from the year-ago quarter’s 33 cents.
The company reported GAAP earnings of 20 cents per unit compared with 48 cents in the year-ago period.
Total Revenues
Net sales of $12,071 million missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $15,418 million by 21.7%. The top line also declined 15.8% from the year-ago quarter figure of $14,336 million.
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 $11,837 million, down 13.7% year over year. The decrease was primarily due to a decline in purchases and related costs.
Net interest expenses totaled $97 million, down 3.2% from the prior-year quarter.
Segmental Performance
The Crude Oil segment’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $553 million, up 3.2% from $536 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase was due to higher tariff volumes and contributions from acquired assets.
Adjusted EBITDA for the NGL segment came in at $99 million, up 15.1% from the prior-year period’s $86 million. The increase was due to favorable NGL basis differentials and spot opportunities, partially offset by lower propane sales volumes
Q3 Development
Permian JV completed the acquisition of Rattler Midstream's Southern Delaware Basin crude oil gathering system and LM Energy's Northern Delaware Basin Touchdown crude oil gathering system.
Financial Update
As of Sep 30, 2023, cash and cash equivalents were $260 million compared with $401 million as of Dec 31, 2022.
As of Sep 30, 2023, total long-term debt was $7,296 million compared with $7,287 million as of Dec 31, 2022.
As of Sep 30, 2023, long-term debt-to-total book capitalization was 41% compared with 42% on Dec 31, 2022.
Guidance
For 2023, Plains All American raised the adjusted EBITDA to $2,600-$2,650 million from $2,450-$2,550 million. Free cash flow is anticipated to be $1,600 million.
Zacks Rank
PAA currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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