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CNH Industrial N.V. Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

Third quarter consolidated revenue declined 22% on lower industry demandThird quarter diluted EPS at $0.24Results reflect continued execution of cost savings initiatives partially offsetting the market headwindsFull year 2024 guidance lowered to reflect continued weak end markets and elevated channel inventory levels Basildon , UK - November 7, 2024 - CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNH)today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2024, with net income of $310...

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Third quarter consolidated revenue declined 22% on lower industry demand

Third quarter diluted EPS at $0.24

Results reflect continued execution of cost savings initiatives partially offsetting the market headwinds

Full year 2024 guidance lowered to reflect continued weak end markets and elevated channel inventory levels

Basildon , UK - November 7, 2024 - CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNH ) today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2024, with net income of $310 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.24 compared with net income of $540 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.40 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 . Consolidated revenues were $4.65 billion (down 22% compared to Q3 2023) and Net sales of Industrial Activities were $4.00 billion (down 25% compared to Q3 2023). Net cash provided by operating activities was $791 million and Industrial Free Cash Flow absorption was $180 million in Q3 2024.

“With the current challenging market conditions facing farmers across the globe, CNH is implementing decisions to advance our transformation journey. We have focused on making the Company's operations more efficient and on being more responsive to our customers' needs. But dealer inventories remain elevated and will require additional efforts to align with retail demand. As we further adjust production levels while making investments in technology and quality-improving processes, we are positioning ourselves for the long term and cementing our leading position in the industry. We look forward to sharing more details of our strategy at our investor day on May 8, 2025.”

Gerrit Marx, Chief Executive Officer

2024 Third Quarter Results

(all amounts $ million, comparison vs Q3 2023 - unless otherwise stated)

Please note that in this and in the following tables and commentary, prior periods have been revised to reflect an immaterial correction to the financial statements. See note 7 for further details and a reconciliation to previously reported amounts.

The decline in Net sales of Industrial Activities is mainly due to lower shipments on decreased industry demand and reduced dealer inventory requirements.

Adjusted net income was $304 million with adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.24. In comparison, in Q3 2023, adjusted net income was $540 million with adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.40. The decrease in adjusted net income is primarily due to the lower shipment volumes in Agriculture and Construction.

Income tax expense was $75 million ($171 million in Q3 2023), and the effective tax rate (ETR) was 20.8% (25.8% in Q3 2023) with an adjusted ETR of 20.7% for the third quarter (25.7% in Q3 2023). The Company forecasts full year 2024 adjusted ETR to be in the range of 22-24% .

Cash flow provided by operating activities in the quarter was $791 million ($232 million provided in Q3 2023). Free cash flow of Industrial Activities was an outflow of $180 million, consistent with the seasonality of working capital in the third quarter.

In North America, industry volume was down 18% year-over-year in the third quarter for tractors under 140 HP and was down 17% for tractors over 140 HP; combines were down 29%. In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), tractor and combine demand was down 20% and 50%, respectively. South America tractor and combine demand was down 12% and 32%, respectively, continuing the negative trend of previous quarters. Asia Pacific tractor demand was up 1%, while combine demand was down 33%.

Agriculture net sales decreased for the quarter by 24% to $3.31 billion, primarily due to lower shipment volumes on decreased industry demand, dealer inventory unit requirements across all regions and unfavorable net price realization due to enhanced retail actions.

Adjusted EBIT decreased to $336 million ($642 million in Q3 2023) driven by the lower industry volumes, partially offset by improved purchasing and manufacturing costs, and a continued reduction in SG&A expenses. R&D investments accounted for 6.0% of sales (5.5% in Q3 2023). Adjusted EBIT margin was 10.2% (14.6% in Q3 2023). The comparative prior quarter results have been revised to reflect an immaterial correction of $30 million for the accounting treatment related to highly inflationary accounting for our unconsolidated affiliate in Türkiye, TürkTraktör ve Ziraat Makineleri A.S.

Global industry volume for construction equipment increased 1% year-over-year in the third quarter for Heavy construction equipment; Light construction equipment was down 9%. Aggregated demand decreased 16% in EMEA and 7% in North America, but increased 11% in South America and 3% in Asia Pacific.

Construction net sales decreased for the quarter by 28% to $687 million, due to lower volumes driven mainly by a decrease in market demand across all regions.

Adjusted EBIT decreased to $40 million ($60 million in Q3 2023) as a result of lower volumes and unfavorable net price realization, partially offset by improved product costs, better plant efficiencies and lower SG&A expenses. Adjusted EBIT margin was 5.8% (6.3% in Q3 2023).

Revenues of Financial Services increased 1% due to favorable volumes in all regions except EMEA and higher yields in North America; partially offset by decreased yields in South America due to product mix, and lower used equipment sales due to decreased operating lease maturities.

Net income was $78 million in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of $8 million compared to the same quarter of 2023, primarily due to increased risk costs driven by higher delinquencies in South America, partially offset by higher volumes and interest margin improvements in most regions.

The managed portfolio (including unconsolidated joint ventures) was $29.0 billion as of September 30, 2024 (of which retail was 67% and wholesale was 33%), up $2.2 billion compared to September 30, 2023 (up $2.2 billion on a constant currency basis).

At September 30, 2024, the receivables balance greater than 30 days past due as a percentage of receivables was down sequentially to 2.2%, however was elevated from prior year (1.6% as of September 30, 2023) due to economic and environmental factors, specifically in South America.

2024 Outlook

The Company's forecast of continued weak industry retail demand in both the agriculture and construction equipment markets, coupled with elevated dealer inventories is requiring lower production levels. CNH will further reduce production output to manage channel inventory while continuing its efforts to improve through-cycle margins with its successful cost reduction programs. Due to the lower productions levels, the Company is revising its segment net sales and margins and its EPS results. In addition, because of the adverse net working capital impact from lowering production levels, the Company is lowering its Industrial Free Cash Flow forecast. The updated Agriculture adjusted EBIT margin and adjusted diluted EPS outlook also reflect the revision for highly inflationary accounting.

CNH is updating its 2024 outlook as follows:

CNH will host an Investor Day on Thursday, May 8, 2025, to review its strategic initiatives and targets. The event will be held at the New York Stock Exchange and will be webcast on the CNH website. Additional details will be provided closer to the event date.

Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

(all amounts $ million, comparison vs YTD Q3 2023 - unless otherwise stated)

Notes

CNH reports quarterly and annual consolidated financial results under U.S. GAAP and annual consolidated financial results under EU-IFRS. The tables and discussion related to the financial results of the Company and its segments shown in this press release are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

CNH monitors its operations through the use of several non-GAAP financial measures. CNH's management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful and relevant information regarding its operating results and enhance the readers' ability to assess CNH's financial performance and financial position. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to identify operational trends, as well as make decisions regarding future spending, resource allocations and other operational decisions as they provide additional transparency with respect to our core operations. These non-GAAP financial measures have no standardized meaning under U.S. GAAP and are unlikely to be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies and are not intended to be substitutes for measures of financial performance and financial position as prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

CNH's non-GAAP financial measures are defined as follows:

The tables attached to this press release provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Forward-looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release including competitive strengths; business strategy; future financial position or operating results; budgets; projections with respect to revenue, income, earnings (or loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity, capital structure or other financial items; costs; and plans and objectives of management regarding operations and products, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding the future performance of CNH and its subsidiaries on a standalone basis. These statements may include terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “could”, “should”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “outlook”, “continue”, “remain”, “on track”, “design”, “target”, “objective”, “goal”, “forecast”, “projection”, “prospects”, “plan”, or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Rather, they are based on current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside our control and are difficult to predict. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize (or they occur with a degree of severity that the Company is unable to predict) or other assumptions underlying any of the forward-looking statements prove to be incorrect, including any assumptions regarding strategic plans, the actual results or developments may differ materially from any future results or developments expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, among others: economic conditions in each of our markets, including the significant uncertainty caused by geopolitical events; production and supply chain disruptions, including industry capacity constraints, material availability, and global logistics delays and constraints; the many interrelated factors that affect consumer confidence and worldwide demand for capital goods and capital goods-related products, changes in government policies regarding banking, monetary and fiscal policy; legislation, particularly pertaining to capital goods-related issues such as agriculture, the environment, debt relief and subsidy program policies, trade and commerce and infrastructure development; government policies on international trade and investment, including sanctions, import quotas, capital controls and tariffs; volatility in international trade caused by the imposition of tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, and trade wars; actions of competitors in the various industries in which we compete; development and use of new technologies and technological difficulties; the interpretation of, or adoption of new, compliance requirements with respect to engine emissions, safety or other aspects of our products; labor relations; interest rates and currency exchange rates; inflation and deflation; energy prices; prices for agricultural commodities and material price increases; housing starts and other construction activity; our ability to obtain financing or to refinance existing debt; price pressure on new and used equipment; the resolution of pending litigation and investigations on a wide range of topics, including dealer and supplier litigation, intellectual property rights disputes, product warranty and defective product claims, and emissions and/or fuel economy regulatory and contractual issues; security breaches, cybersecurity attacks, technology failures, and other disruptions to the information technology infrastructure of CNH and its suppliers and dealers; security breaches with respect to our products; our pension plans and other post-employment obligations; political and civil unrest; volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, including pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), terrorist attacks in Europe and elsewhere; the remediation of a material weakness; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from our business initiatives as part of our strategic plan; including targeted restructuring actions to optimize our cost structure and improve the efficiency of our operations; our failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances or divestitures and other similar risks and uncertainties, and our success in managing the risks involved in the foregoing.

Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions relating to the factors described in this press release, which are sometimes based upon estimates and data received from third parties. Such estimates and data are often revised. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside CNH's control. CNH expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to provide, update or revise any forward-looking statements in this announcement to reflect any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based.

Further information concerning CNH, including factors that potentially could materially affect its financial results, is included in the Company's reports and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

All future written and oral forward-looking statements by CNH or persons acting on the behalf of CNH are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein or referred to above.

Additional factors could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements included in the Company's filings with the SEC (including, but not limited to, the factors discussed in our 2023 Annual Report and subsequent quarterly reports).

Conference Call and Webcast

On November 8, at 11:30 a.m. EST (4:30 p.m. GMT / 5:30 p.m. CET), management will hold a conference call to present third quarter 2024 results to financial analysts and investors. The call can be followed live online at bit.ly/CNH_Q3_2024 and a recording will be available later on the Company's website www.cnh.com .

CONTACTS

Media Inquiries – Laura Overall Tel +44 207 925 1964 or Rebecca Fabian Tel +1 312 515 2249
(Email mediarelations@cnh.com )

Investor Relations – Jason Omerza Tel +1 630 740 8079 or Federico Pavesi Tel +39 345 605 6218
(Email investor.relations@cnh.com )

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

These Consolidated Statements of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Company's Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. These Consolidated Statements of Operations represent the consolidation of all CNH Industrial N.V. subsidiaries.

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

These Consolidated Balance Sheets should be read in conjunction with the Company's Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. These Consolidated Balance Sheets represent the consolidation of all CNH Industrial N.V. subsidiaries.

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

These Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the Company's Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. These Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows represent the consolidation of all CNH Industrial N.V. subsidiaries.

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Supplemental Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

(1) Industrial Activities represents the enterprise without Financial Services. Industrial Activities includes the Company's Agriculture and Construction segments, and other corporate assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses not reflected within Financial Services.
(2) Elimination of Financial Services' interest income earned from Industrial Activities.
(3) Elimination of Industrial Activities' interest expense to Financial Services.

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.

Supplemental Statements of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Supplemental Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

(2) This item includes the elimination of receivables/payables between Industrial Activities and Financial Services.
(3) This item primarily represents the reclassification of deferred tax assets/liabilities in the same taxing jurisdiction and elimination of intercompany activity between Industrial Activities and Financial Services.

CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Supplemental Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited, U.S. GAAP)

(1) Industrial Activities represents the enterprise without Financial Services. Industrial Activities includes the Company's Agriculture and Construction segments, and other corporate assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses not reflected within Financial Services.
(2) This item includes the elimination of dividends from Financial Services to Industrial Activities, which are included in Industrial Activities net cash provided (used) by operating activities.
(3) This item includes the elimination of certain minor activities between Industrial Activities and Financial Services.