Allegion sees FY23 adjusted EPS $6.30-$6.50, consensus $6.06

Sees FY23 revenue up 9%-10.5%, consensus $3.51B. The company said, "The company expects full-year 2023 revenues to increase 9 to 10.5 percent on a reported basis and increase 2.5 to 4.5 percent organically, when compared with 2022, after excluding the expected impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency movements. Following the recent Access Technologies acquisition and the resulting increase in amortization expense, effective Jan. 1, 2023, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net earnings and adjusted EPS will exclude amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets is a non-cash expense, which the company does not believe is reflective of its core operating performance. Amortization of acquired intangible assets can also vary significantly depending on the number, timing and size of acquisitions. Accordingly, the company believes this adjustment will provide investors a more useful perspective of its underlying business results and trends, as well as a more comparable measure of period-over-period results. See Schedules 6 and 7 accompanying this press release, showing the unaudited, pro forma impact of this adjustment to the company’s non-GAAP reported results for the years ended Dec. 31, 2022, and 2021, including the quarterly results therein, as if this adjustment had been in effect during each of these periods. Full-year 2023 reported EPS is expected to be in the range of $5.70 to $5.90, or $6.30 to $6.50 on an adjusted basis, up 5 to 9 percent when compared to 2022 adjusted EPS of $5.99, which excludes acquisition-related amortization of $0.30. Adjustments to 2023 EPS include estimated impacts of approximately $0.40 per share for acquisition-related amortization, as well as $0.20 per share for restructuring, M&A and amortization expense related to acquired backlog (approximately $9 million pre-tax). The outlook assumes approximately a $0.29 headwind for interest and other income, a full-year adjusted effective tax rate of approximately 15 to 15.5 percent and an average diluted share count for the full year of approximately 88.3 million shares. The company expects full-year available cash flow of approximately $470 to $490 million."