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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-15The 5 Most Interesting Analyst Questions From Pitney Bowes’s Q1 Earnings Call
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The 5 Most Interesting Analyst Questions From Pitney Bowes’s Q1 Earnings Call
Pitney Bowes’ first quarter was met with a negative market reaction as the company reported a 3.2% decline in sales compared to the prior year, though revenue and non-GAAP profit were in line with Wall Street expectations. Management attributed the performance to improvements in the SendTech and Presort segments, emphasizing better customer retention efforts, renewed focus on sales execution, and early signs of stabilization. CEO Kurt Wolf noted, “We’re not delusional about the future of mail, but there’s still a lot we can be doing,” outlining new retention and analytics initiatives that slowed the decline in core business areas. Is now the time to buy PBI? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $477.4 million vs analyst estimates of $476.9 million (3.2% year-on-year decline, in line) Adjusted EPS: $0.47 vs analyst estimates of $0.47 (in line) Adjusted EBITDA: $156 million vs analyst estimates of $153.9 million (32.7% margin, 1.4% beat) The company lifted its revenue guidance for the full year to $1.83 billion at the midpoint from $1.81 billion, a 1.1% increase Management lowered its full-year Adjusted EPS guidance to $1.25 at the midpoint, a 16.7% decrease Operating Margin: 23.4%, up from 19.6% in the same quarter last year Market Capitalization: $2.15 billion While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Jasper Bibb (Truist Securities) asked if hiring Greenhill signaled a shift toward larger Presort acquisitions. CEO Kurt Wolf said the primary focus remains on smaller tuck-in deals, but outside advisers could accelerate opportunity evaluation. Aaron Kimson (Citizens) questioned the sustainability of strong free cash flow. CFO Paul Evans highlighted improved working capital management and expressed optimism about cash flow durability, but cautioned against assuming recent strength will persist indefinitely. George Tong (Goldman Sachs) inquired about strategies to regain Presort market share. Evans pointed to competitive pricing, a rebuilt sales pipeline, and increased investment, while Wolf emphasized the importance of long-term free cash flow over immediate gains. Anthony Lebiedzinski (Sidot...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-09The Bull Case For Pitney Bowes (PBI) Could Change Following Mixed Q1 Results And Strategy Shift
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The Bull Case For Pitney Bowes (PBI) Could Change Following Mixed Q1 Results And Strategy Shift
Pitney Bowes recently reported first-quarter 2026 results showing revenue of US$477.41 million, higher net income of US$58.14 million, a higher dividend of US$0.10 per share, and reaffirmed full-year 2026 revenue guidance of US$1.80 billion to US$1.86 billion, while trimming its adjusted earnings outlook. Alongside these results, management highlighted plans for smaller tuck-in acquisitions in its Presort business and progress in securing U.S. defense-related cloud authorizations for its SendPro 360 platform, signaling an emphasis on targeted growth and government-focused shipping solutions. We’ll now examine how the combination of stronger profitability and a lower adjusted EPS outlook affects Pitney Bowes’ pre-existing investment narrative. Rare earth metals are an input to most high-tech devices, military and defence systems and electric vehicles. The global race is on to secure supply of these critical minerals. Beat the pack to uncover the 33 best rare earth metal stocks of the very few that mine this essential strategic resource. To own Pitney Bowes today, you have to believe that management can keep expanding margins and cash flow even as core mail volumes shrink and debt stays elevated. The immediate catalyst is whether higher profitability, buybacks and dividend growth can support sentiment despite the reduced adjusted EPS guidance, while the biggest risk remains that structural mail decline and leverage combine to squeeze earnings if execution wobbles. The most relevant development here is Pitney Bowes’ plan to pursue smaller tuck in acquisitions in Presort, using its balance sheet and low cost position to add volume into existing capacity. This directly intersects with the key catalyst of bolstering contribution margins in a shrinking market, but also ties back to the risk that adding debt funded deals in a declining segment could magnify the impact if volumes fall short of expectations. Yet even with improving profits and higher dividends, investors should be aware of how Pitney Bowes’ high leverage could quickly become a problem if... Read the full narrative on Pitney Bowes (it's free!) Pitney Bowes' narrative projects $1.8 billion revenue and $239.7 million earnings by 2029. Uncover how Pitney Bowes' forecasts yield a $15.05 fair value, a 3% downside to its current price. Some of the most optimistic analysts were assuming earnings could climb t...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07Pitney Bowes (PBI) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript
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Pitney Bowes (PBI) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET Chief Executive Officer — Kurt Wolf Chief Financial Officer — Paul Evans Kurt Wolf: Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. As reflected in our earnings release, first quarter results were strong and broad-based. Our results and outlook reflects momentum in the business and supported the upping of our guidance. SendTech performed well in the quarter and is showing potential signs of turning the corner on sales. Presort continues to win business and build sales momentum. We continue to expect growth to return to the business in the third quarter. Turning to Pitney Bowes Bank. Steve and his team are making rapid progress with respect to operational improvements and in identifying value-driving opportunities. Additionally, we've delivered significant shareholder value through our capital allocation policy, including dividend increases and significant share repurchases. Finally, we have started interviewing advisers for the second stage of our strategic review. In summary, Pitney Bowes is extremely well positioned for the long term. In closing, I feel obliged to send out a special thank you to the over 6,000 Pitney Bowes team members. Our results are a direct reflection of their talent and dedication to the company. With that, let's open the call for questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Jasper Bibb with Truist Securities. Jasper Bibb: Can you talk about the consolidation opportunity in Presort? The letter this quarter mentioned hiring Greenhill to evaluate opportunities there historically. I think a lot of your acquisitions in that business has been pretty much mom-and-pops, which I imagine you can handle internally without having to have an investment bank involved. So I guess does hiring Greenhill signal any change there that you would potentially consider larger acquisitions in that segment or you're approaching the consolidation opportunity any differently than you have in the past? Kurt Wolf: Yes. Jasper, thanks for joining us, and thanks for the question. With respect to the Presort acquisition, we've been talking about that for quite a bit in terms of being a real strategy for us. As we've mentioned, there's great opportunity to create value. So yes, we can go out and pursue these opportunities on our own. But just having an outside adviser r...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06Pitney Bowes Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2026 and Issues CEO Letter
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Pitney Bowes Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2026 and Issues CEO Letter
Reports Complete Q1 Results Consistent with Strong Pre-Announced Financials and Reaffirms Upgraded Guidance Repurchased 17.2 Million Shares for $186 Million Year-to-Date Through May 1, 2026 Increases Quarterly Dividend from $0.09 to $0.10 per Share, Marking the Fifth Increase in the Past Six Quarters SHELTON, Conn., May 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) ("Pitney Bowes" or the "Company"), a technology-driven company that provides digital shipping solutions, mailing innovation, and financial services to clients around the world, today disclosed its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. In conjunction with this announcement, CEO Kurt Wolf has released a letter to shareholders to provide his commentary on the quarter and updates on strategic initiatives. To read and/or download a copy of this quarter’s CEO letter, please click here. Financial Highlights: The following table summarizes the Company’s financial highlights for the first quarter 2026: Update on Capital Allocation Year-to-date through May 1, 2026, the Company repurchased 17.2 million shares for $186 million, including 12.9 million shares for $136 million in the first quarter. As of May 1, 2026, the Company’s cumulative share repurchases since the beginning of the existing authorization were 53.1 million shares for $565 million. The Board approved a $0.01 per share increase to the regular quarterly dividend. The $0.10 per share first quarter regular dividend is payable on June 5, 2026, to shareholders of record as of May 18, 2026. Business Segment Reporting SendTech Solutions SendTech Solutions offers physical and digital shipping and mailing technology solutions, financing, services, supplies and other applications for small and medium businesses, retail, enterprise, and government clients around the world to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats. SendTech revenue performance was impacted by the anticipated continuation of mailing-related declines, which were partially offset by growth across digital mailing and shipping solutions as well as the Pitney Bowes Bank. The decline in mailing-related revenues moderated in the quarter, driven by strong sales execution and the lapping of difficult comparisons from the prior IMI product migration. Year-over-year comparisons also benefited by approximately 1 percentage point...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06Pitney Bowes Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
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Pitney Bowes Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Management attributed strong Q1 results to a broad-based recovery, specifically noting that SendTech is nearing a sales inflection point while Presort builds momentum toward a return to growth. The SendTech turnaround is driven by a shift from treating meter cancellations as processing tasks to active retention and the use of predictive analytics to identify at-risk customers proactively. Operational efficiency is being improved through a 'management-led' cost-cutting approach that replaces legacy processes with new leadership, identifying low-hanging fruit such as north of $1 million in third-party benefit spend. Strategic positioning in shipping software is being refined by narrowing and simplifying the product portfolio to improve optimization and focusing development on customer needs rather than pure technology innovation. The company is leveraging its unique banking charter as a competitive differentiator, using its low cost of capital to offer financing solutions that competitors cannot match. Presort's competitive positioning has shifted to a low-cost provider model, allowing for more aggressive pricing to win back market share and create a 'flywheel effect' on profitability per piece. Guidance was raised based on positive sales momentum and pipeline growth, though management remains conservative regarding cash flow due to potential pull-forward effects from previous quarters. Presort volumes are expected to return to growth in the third quarter of 2026, supported by a pipeline of net new business wins and the cessation of previous customer losses. Management anticipates potential one-time headwinds in the second half of the year from the planned decline of a non-core fulfillment customer, though this is not viewed as a reflection of core business health. The capital allocation strategy is shifting toward deleveraging, with plans to pay off the 2027 debt maturities within the next few months using existing cash and liquidity without issuing new debt. The company has initiated the second stage of its strategic review and is currently interviewing advisers to evaluate further value-driving opportunities. Management clarified that the updated guidance includes a more conservative treatment of legacy pension expenses, requiring a 'triggering event' before backing them out of adjusted numbers. The company is actively pursuing inorganic growth through 'mom...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06Pitney Bowes: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
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Pitney Bowes: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SHELTON , Conn. (AP) — SHELTON, Conn. (AP) — Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) on Tuesday reported profit of $58.1 million in its first quarter. The Shelton, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of 39 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and restructuring costs, were 47 cents per share. The mailing equipment and software company posted revenue of $477.4 million in the period. Pitney Bowes expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.50 to $1.65 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.8 billion to $1.86 billion. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PBI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PBI
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06Pitney Bowes (PBI) Q1 Earnings Meet Estimates
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Pitney Bowes (PBI) Q1 Earnings Meet Estimates
Pitney Bowes (PBI) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.47 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to earnings of $0.33 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. A quarter ago, it was expected that this mailing equipment and software company would post earnings of $0.38 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.45, delivering a surprise of +18.42%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once. Pitney Bowes, which belongs to the Zacks Office Automation and Equipment industry, posted revenues of $477.41 million for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.14%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $493.42 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Pitney Bowes shares have added about 44.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 5.2%. While Pitney Bowes has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Pitney Bowes was favorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to outperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be interesting to se...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-06FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Good morning, and thank you for joining us. Included in today's presentation are forward-looking statements about our future business and financial performance. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from our projections. More information about these items can be found in our earnings press release, our Form 10-K and other reports filed with the SEC that are located on our website at www.pb.com and by clicking on Investor Relations. Please keep in mind that we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information or developments. Also included in today's presentation are non-GAAP measures, specifically EBIT, EBITDA, EPS, and free cash flow are all on an adjusted basis. You can find reconciliations for these items to the appropriate GAAP measures in the tables attached to our press release.
We have also provided a slide presentation and spreadsheet with historical segment information on our website. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Kurt.
Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. As reflected in our earnings release, first quarter results were strong and broad-based. Our results and outlook reflects momentum in the business and supported the upping of our guidance. SendTech performed well in the quarter and is showing potential signs of turning the corner on sales. Presort continues to win business and build sales momentum. We continue to expect growth to return to the business in the third quarter. Turning to Pitney Bowes Bank, Steve and his team are making rapid progress with respect to operational improvements and in identifying value-driving opportunities. Additionally, we've delivered significant shareholder value through our capital allocation policy, including dividend increases and significant share repurchases. Finally, we have started interviewing advisors for the second stage of our strategic review. In summary, Pitney Bowes is extremely well-positioned for the long term.
In closing, I feel obliged to send out a special thank you to the over 6,000 Pitney Bowes team members. Our results are a direct reflection of their talent and dedication to the company. With that, let's open the call for questions.
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have a question or comment at this time, please press star one one on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you wish to remove yourself from the queue, please press star one one again. We'll pause for a moment while we compile our Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Jasper Bibb with Truist Securities. Your line is open.
Good morning, guys. Can you talk about the consolidation opportunity in Presort? You know, whether this quarter mentioned hiring Greenhill to evaluate opportunities there. Historically, I think a lot of your acquisitions in that business has been pretty much mom and pops, which I imagine you can, you know, handle internally without having to have an investment bank involved. I guess does hiring Greenhill signal any change there? Did you potentially consider larger acquisitions in that segment? You're approaching consolidation opportunity any differently than you have in the past?
Jasper, thanks for joining us and thanks for the question. With respect to the Presort acquisition, we've been talking about that for quite a bit in terms of being a, you know, a real strategy for us. As we've mentioned, there's great opportunity to create value. Yes, we can go out and pursue these opportunities on our own. Just having an outside advisor really can help, you know, accelerate that. You know, we have a team that's heavily dedicated on execution within the business, but having dedicated resources to really accelerate those discussions can only help. With respect to size of acquisition, you know, the sweet spot really is quite frequently the smaller mom-and-pop type Presort opportunities.
Again, you know, as we continue to progress, get better at running our business, we wanna look at all opportunities to really create value for the business. As we've said so many times before, these deals typically come at a pretty low multiple or, you know, immediately accretive to the business. You know, as our capital position gets better, as our balance sheet gets stronger, you know, it starts to open up additional opportunities. We're primarily focused on trying to find some of these smaller tuck-in acquisitions that we can pursue.
Thanks. You know, really nice quarter for SendTech. Can you maybe just talk about, you know, what worked this quarter, how you see that business trending over the balance of the year? You know, in your guidance scenario, do you think SendTech could potentially flatten out on the year-over-year revenue growth or maybe even grow by the end of the year and what gets you there?
Yeah. Jasper, we don't wanna get ahead of ourselves, but I'll just start by pointing out or answering the part of your question is of what's working. Todd and his team are doing a fantastic job as you know, as re-reflected in our results. I'd highlight sort of 2 categories and then a few points under each. With respect to our meters business, I think there's been a level of perhaps neglect in terms of focusing on slowing the rate of decline. We're not delusional about the future of mail, but there's still a lot we can be doing. There's three areas of focus that Todd and his team have been really digging into that are helping us slow that rate of decline.
One, we're starting to look, you know, historically, we've handled virtually all cancellations as a processing issue, not as a retention issue. Historically, if somebody asked to cancel their meter, we processed it, and that was the end of it. We're now switching to, when those requests come in, doing outreach to try to figure out can we save that customer? What can we do to make sure they're getting the most value out of the meter and make them hopefully reconsider the decision? Second of all, one of the things we're looking is predictive analytics. What we're doing now is trying to, you know, it's one thing to try to save somebody when they've decided to leave.
We're putting a lot of work into understanding what are the metrics, what are the signs that a customer is at risk, and trying to proactively get to those customers, figure out can we offer them a better solution in advance, figure out how they can get more value out of their meter, which we expect to, you know, reduce the rate of cancellations. Finally, we're refocusing on customer acquisition. You know, historically, we've been so focused on GEC and other parts of the business that, you know, I don't know that we put enough effort into our actual sales effort. We believe we have the best products, best services in the space. We're proud of it. We should be out talking to the market more about it. Todd and his team are really focusing on go-to-market strategies there.
You know, the real opportunity for growth comes from the shipping software side. There again, there's three things we're really doing. One is we're narrowing and simplifying our offerings. Right now, we offer a high number of shipping software solutions, which I think can create some confusion in the market. It also limits our ability to optimize those offerings. We're putting a lot of effort into narrowing our product base and improving those products for our customers to help accelerate growth. Second of all, you know, Pitney Bowes has a proud tradition of product innovation and technology development, that's somewhat driven our product development within shipping software. Often we would look at what's a really cool technology we can implement in the shipping software space, then figure out what customers want that.
We're flipping that on its head and figuring out what do our customers want and how do we meet that need. Then finally, and this will become more apparent in coming quarters, we're using the bank as a differentiator in the shipping software space. You know, financing, it can be pretty important in the shipping software space. There's a lot of cash that flows through that business, and being the only player out there with a bank gives us real opportunities to offer products and services to customers that our competitors simply can't. You know, I guess put that all together, you know, that's the progress we're making in terms of when we get to growth.
I think we've made a lot of promises in the past and not be able to deliver. I, you know, we and, you know, our team, I keep emphasizing let's focus on getting things right day to day, and the future will take care of itself. We, you know, I believe that day is coming, but we'll update as we get closer to that date.
That all makes a lot of sense. Maybe last one for me. It sounded like a good quarter for net new business in Presort. I think the letter mentioned you think volumes might get back to growth in the back half of the year. I guess just on that comment, can you piece out maybe how much of that is, you know, net new business wins and incremental volume that you won versus, I guess lapping the customer losses in the prior year?
Yeah. Yeah. Paul, I know you've done a lot of work on that. Do you want to take that one?
On Presort? Yeah, look, we've stopped the losses, and we're picking up wins, and we're obviously filling our pipeline, which is the right thing. I think as we get into the latter half of the year, we should start to see some positive momentum again in Presort.
Got it. Thanks for taking the question.
Thank you, Jasper.
One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Aaron Kimson with Citizens. Your line is open.
Great. Thanks for the questions. Can you help us think about the drivers of the strong 1Q free cash flow of forty-three and a half million dollars? I think the consensus before you pre-announced on April 21st was a $14 million outflow, so call it a $57.5 Delta to the upside. Is there a signal investors should be taking away about the durability of free cash flow between years, given that cash flow can vary quarter to quarter, but you followed up a strong 4Q 2025 number with a strong 1Q 2026 number? Thanks.
Hi, Aaron Kimson. Now, listen, this is Paul. Thanks for the question. You know, look, we had good working capital management in Q1, better than I would have originally thought. So that was a good thing, and you are right to point out it was strong in Q4. At the end of the day, we don't totally control all aspects of when our Presort customers prepay. You know, obviously we benefit from that, and we used it to improve our operating performance. Yeah, overall solid operating performance, Q4, Q1, and just good working capital management are the reasons. Yeah, absolutely, I think there's durability in our free cash flow.
I mean, Kurt and I have both said for many times, you know, we're an undervalued stock if you believe in free cash flow, and obviously the durability is sort of proving itself out.
Yeah. Aaron, just to add to that, you know, the way that we're really looking at it, in your question about durability, Q4 was obviously an incredibly strong quarter for cash flow. There was a little bit of concern on our part that, you know, as you mentioned with working capital, there could have been a pull forward effect of cash flow that maybe would have normally come in Q1, got pushed into Q4. With the strength we saw in Q1, there's two real takeaways. One, it makes us more confident that our Q4 cash flow was a real number, not a artificially impacted number by, you know, by the pull forward of cash. Secondarily, you know, the strength of Q1 also gives us a lot of optimism for the current year.
You know, this is the first positive free cash flow quarter we've had in quite a few years. We're trying to be a little conservative on the guidance side. This is, you know, a whole new world for us in terms of the strength we're seeing in our cash flow. We like to think it's durable and will lead to a strong 2026. We're trying to be a little bit conservative on the cash flow side just in case there was a pull-forward effect into Q4 and Q1.
Okay, that's helpful. Then bigger picture, Kurt, this has been a great story since you formally stepped into the CEO seat from the board almost a year ago now. Stock closed at $15.54 yesterday versus $9.10 before you came down from the board and officially took over. What's the one thing you're most proud of over the last year, and then maybe something that's proven harder than you thought it would have been initially that you're hoping to get right in the remaining 2/3 of 2026? Thank you.
Yeah. In terms of the thing I'm most proud of, I'd really say the employees of Pitney Bowes. We have over 6,000 team members. You know, I'm an ex-consultant. I've, you know, been in, you know, been in startups, worked inside of, you know, more than a dozen companies. One thing that impressed me even before joining the board and, you know, before the proxy campaign, it's just evident how dedicated the employees are to the company. I think maybe they needed better guidance and leadership, but the commitment is there. You know, I think it's a Peter Drucker saying that culture eats strategy for lunch. The culture of Pitney Bowes is incredibly strong.
Just seeing the ability of employees to stay focused on execution, remain upbeat, remain committed to the transformation despite not having maybe the clarity they might want in terms of strategy. I think the way to run a business is to fix what you have and then figure out how to grow from there. For a company in our situation, that can be incredibly hard on employees, and they've performed admirably. You know, that's certainly been the thing I've been most proud of. As far as the biggest challenge, I would just point to our forecasting, you know, that, you know, it's always difficult as a CEO to come out, you know, reiterate guidance and then miss.
I think, you know, that highlighted some of the problems we had in terms of forecasting within the business. Paul and his team have done an incredible job over the past few months to really improve our ability to forecast. There's been a silver lining to it. To get better at forecasting, it's really forced the team to dig into the nuts and bolts of the business, to get down into the weeds. As we do that, we're learning a lot about the business and helping us make better decisions on a go-forward basis.
Thank you. One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from George Tong with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open.
Hi. Thanks. Good morning. On Presort, you're now competitively priced versus peers and are starting to win back market share. Can you elaborate on the near-term and then longer-term strategies you have to drive a further revenue recovery from both a product and sales perspective?
Yeah. Paul, do you wanna take this one as well? Like, I know you've put a lot of work in the Presort side of things.
Look, I mean, obviously, it's important for us to know our cost in Presort. We, you know, we have an advantage given we're the low-cost provider, we can sort of flex that muscle if we so choose to do that. What we're seeing is, you know, Debbie and her team are doing a great job and their new sales team of building up our pipeline. That in part is one of the reasons it led us to take actions on our guidance where we increased the lower end and in some places raised the upper end. We know our costs, we know where our position is. We've done a good job of, you know, stemming the losses, picking up some wins, and I see momentum picking up.
Kurt, anything you wanna add to that?
Yeah. I would just say, George, I think you've known our company for quite some time. Looking back with GEC, there was such a focus on generating cash flow from the core businesses to fuel the growth of GEC, that I would say that SendTech and Presort were really starved of resources. Debbie and her team have done a fantastic job. You know, we've opened up the purse strings to allow Debbie to invest in new capital, get more aggressive on pricing. Rather than focusing on how do we maximize free cash flow tomorrow, how do we maximize long-term free cash flow? If you think about it's not just on the revenue side, it's also on the cost side. You know, sometimes you have to spend money to save money.
A lot of things we could do to improve efficiency require resources to evaluate, to look into, and those weren't there for Debbie in the past. You know, I think we'll continue to get more efficient. Our cost advantage should grow over time, and as Paul said, just gives us more ability to price aggressively, win more business. It's, you know, there's a bit of a flywheel effect. The bigger we get, the more profitable we get, you know, on a, on a per piece basis.
George, the only other part to that is obviously we're in a great liquidity position these days, you know, we can now sort of look at acquisition opportunities. Kurt mentioned that in his letter about that. You know, inorganic growth and also organic growth.
Thank you. One moment for our next question.
Thank you, George.
Thank you. Our next question comes from Anthony Lebiedzinski with Sidoti. Your line is open.
Good morning, thank you for taking the questions. You know, it certainly was nice to see the SendTech business down only less than 1%. You know, quite an achievement there. Can you comment on the number of paid software subscribers that you talked about in the press release and how that contributed to Q1 and your increased guidance? Also you talked about booking sales also up in Q1 and Q2, if you could comment on that as well. Then I have one other question about the SendTech as well.
Yeah. Do you wanna take that, Paul?
Yeah. Let's talk about bookings. You know, we're seeing growth in our pipeline and the sales teams where they are at their quotas. They're achieving targets that we set out for them. Again, reason why we did what we did on guidance, we're seeing positive momentum there. As far as the subscriptions, I mean, we are seeing, you know, we are seeing better enterprise subscriptions. I don't know if we actually give the exact number, if we've ever given that out. You know, the reason we have better sales subscription, paid subscription is also our sales team's performing. That's what it is. One is really linked to the other.
I don't, again, I don't wanna be evasive on you, Anthony, but I don't think we've ever given out exact paid subscription numbers.
Yeah.
If it is something that-
That's fair.
that we should, you know, something maybe we'll consider putting on our investor website at some point, but let us think about that. Kurt, you wanna add to that?
Yeah, yeah. Anthony, a couple things I'd add as well. You know, I think we put in our release, this is the first year that bookings were up year-over-year. In terms of impact on the quarter, you know, one thing important to understand about our shipping software business and our meter business as well, is we have what we have equipment sales, you know, upfront one-time revenue. We also have what we call stream revenue. Think of it as SaaS or recurring revenue. You know, that's, you know, discounts on shipping labels, et cetera. Whenever you see strong sales and bookings like we saw in Q1, it certainly helps revenue. One of the encouraging part is we do get that stream revenue that's gonna help us in future quarters. That's been really encouraging.
You know, going back to the previous question about what you're proud of, you know, what's really driving it is, you know, Todd has reignited the sales organization, the go-to-market strategy. Just one anecdote that I personally love is we had our Winners Circle Conference down in Florida or Fort Lauderdale recently, and it was all the top salespeople across the organization. And it was in a big hotel that hosts all sorts of conferences. In coming out of that conference, there's multiple companies there. We had one of our salespeople go over to the big conference right next to us, you know, start talking to people, find out what it is they did.
Got in touch with, you know, some of the leadership there, started pitching our solution. We have a, you know, a sales lead coming out of that. That type of initiative, you know, hasn't always been there with us, but we've gotten incredibly aggressive in our go-to-market. Again, the energy and the enthusiasm is great to see. It's very encouraging. We're getting better at our product, you know, developing products. We're getting a lot better in go-to-market strategies, and we're also getting a lot more aggressive. You know, more to come, but it's an encouraging sign. It's again showing up in our results.
That's great to hear. Kurt, in your shareholder letter, you did say that you could experience some one-time headwinds later in the year for SendTech. What did you mean by that? Maybe if you can elaborate on that.
Without going into too much detail 'cause, you know, it does pertain to customers that we work with. What I'd say is when you really think about the core of our business within SendTech, it's the meters and shipping software. We do have some related businesses that are, I would call non-core. You know, some of them get into things like fulfillment, and they're not really central to what our business is. Just the reality is it's not a core business to us, and over time we expect those to go away. You know, there's certainly the potential in the second half. You know, we have one customer in particular that the volumes decline almost quarterly, and that could pick up in the second half of the year.
Unfortunately it will create a headwind, but it doesn't reflect on the overall health of the core business. We just wanna be cognizant and, you know, that may not come to pass, but we just want to be very transparent with investors about, you know, some things that might be coming down the pike.
Gotcha. Okay. Last question from me. A few weeks ago, you guys announced a partnership or collaboration with Temu. Can you just comment maybe on that? You know, what have you seen thus far? Could we see additional partnerships like this, being announced by the company?
Yes. We don't wanna get, you know, too much into the weeds on, you know, our customer relationships with any particular customer. Again, this is something that we're really focused on, and it's figuring out how do we make the most of the assets we have. You know, you know, we've looked into ways to offer, you know, banking services to customers. We've looked at all sorts of ways trying to think creatively about, with our unique set of assets, how we can do that. You know, what you're discussing is more of what I'd call, you know, sort of a beta test, where we're trying to figure out, is this something that'll work? We don't wanna lean too heavily into it. You know, we'll see how that particular deal works out.
If we have success there, we'll certainly try to, you know, spread it throughout the organization. I would just say it's just a little bit too early to talk more about that. You know, maybe in a future call, assuming we have success, we can, you know, have a fuller discussion on that.
Very good. Well, thank you very much and best of luck.
All right. Thank you, Anthony.
One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Kartik Mehta with Northcoast Research. Your line is open.
Hey, good morning. Kurt, you know, you talked about potentially adding, I don't wanna use this word, but adding maybe another business line to SendTech, to help the growth profile of that business and being a complementary business. I'm wondering, you know, if you have any more thoughts on that and if that would be something that's small or something that you're thinking of that would be bigger that could actually change the trajectory of that business?
Yeah. Kartik, I apologize. Is this from the letter? Is this previous calls we've talked about adding?
Yeah, just, I think where we've had previous conversations.
Okay
where I think SendTech has an opportunity to maybe use some of the strengths of that business, and if it's possible to maybe add another business line or maybe that's too big of a word, but add another business to help that.
Got it. Yeah. I guess, you know, the easiest thing that I can that I can point to that we've discussed publicly really relies on the Bank. You know, as you can imagine, if you're an e-commerce company producing a tremendous amount of shipping labels, there's a lot of outflow of cash. You know, obviously we don't wanna expose ourselves to undesirable credit risk. We can really, you know, by extending credit to those customers, if they're credit worthy, you know, we have a strong balance sheet, a lot of access to capital. With the Bank, we have access to brokered CDs and low cost of capital.
It's a way to essentially take advantage of our low cost of capital in the bank to profit by improving opportunities for our customers that have a significantly higher cost of capital. That would just be one example of a real opportunity for us. Again, just to I can't emphasize it enough 'cause I don't feel like we get appropriate value for the bank that we have. You know, our borrowing rate at the bank is, you know, on deposits is incredibly low. Again, we have access to brokered CDs, which is well below the cost of capital for any of our competitors. It's a really unique asset we have.
You'll see over time with Steve and his team, ramping up, you know, some of the value we can create out of the bank, not just through the bank, but also for our customers and other businesses.
No, I think the bank is a pretty big asset and probably an area you can leverage a lot more. Kurt, just on cost cutting, you've done a great job reducing the cost of the business, and it seems like from your commentary in sales hasn't suffered. You know, one of the biggest issues or questions comes up is the company cutting too much cost, and is it going to hurt the eventual long-term prospects of the company? I'm wondering how you're managing the cost cutting to make sure that the true meat of the company doesn't get hurt.
Yeah. Why don't I let Paul take that? Obviously, he's, you know, integral to what we're doing on the cost side, but I think he can answer that pretty well for you.
Yeah. Kartik, I mean, obviously we're the initial round of cuts, that's more like blunt force, we've been very surgical in how we do cuts going forward. Obviously, we don't wanna cut into our muscles. We've got muscles to flex. I don't think that our costs are such that it's gonna impact our ability to grow this business in the future. I spend a lot of time here in the office, you know, I live through this, as does Kurt. We're very mindful of that, not to overcut this such that this company doesn't have a viable future going forward.
The bigger point is initially, you know, it was as it always, a lot of times it happens, you know, you bring in a consulting firm to do this. This last round of cuts, this was all management led. You know, we were very, refined on how we did that. You know, to this point, we're seeing positive results.
Kartik, just a couple things to add as well. Contrary to, I would almost say our experience has been a little bit different to than the concept of your question. A great example I'd point to. First of all, just for some context, a lot of our focus has been, you know, employee focused. You know, we've gone through some painful [rifts], which has been really hard on the team. You know, we're of the mindset that at this point we have You know, hopefully that's not something that's a part of our future. Associated with those rifts, not only have we not cut into muscle, but we're a 105-year-old company.
We've had some processes in place that have, you know, been what they've been for, you know, 20, 30, 40 years. As we've made some changes, you know, people have stepped up into new roles, had to learn those roles. Just as 1 example, you know, within HR, we elevated somebody who's, you know, looking at benefits and having to get up to speed on our benefits plan. That person's taking a whole new look at them, and they've identified, you know, north of $1 million of just low-hanging fruit that we can take out of the business from third party spend. That was a direct result of bringing somebody new into the chair as a result of the cuts we've had.
In a way, these cuts are leading to new thinking within the business and are leading to better outcomes rather than worse.
Thanks, Kurt, and Paul. That was very helpful.
Yeah. Thank you, Kartik.
Yep.
One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Justin Dopierala with DOMO Capital. Your line is open.
Good morning. On your pre-release, there seemed to be some confusion regarding the pension expenses, and I'd say also some even skepticism about whether or not you actually raised guidance. I was just wondering if you could provide some clarity on that.
Yeah, no, I can, I can address that. We absolutely did raise guidance. You know, we further refined our thoughts on how we treat, how we sort of take pension out of our numbers. I mean, it's true that we've annuitized our U.S. and Canadian pensions very successfully, and now we're turning our attention to a few other ones. What we've decided on is we need a triggering event, and when we have that triggering event, we'll back that out of our adjusted numbers. You know, if you, if you didn't have that, our guidance would have gone up even more. What you're seeing is we're erring on the side of conservatism. There's many examples out there of companies backing out all legacy pensions.
We decided we're gonna tie it to a triggering event.
Just to be clear, I don't know if the genesis of your question, Justin, to put a very fine point on it, you know, Value Investors Club, other places, you know, we've seen comments that, hey, this pension issue actually was artificially made things look better, and it's quite the opposite. Our guidance would have been stronger were it not for this change. I think, you know, some of those investors, presumably shorts, you know, have the story backwards.
Perfect. Makes a lot of sense. Lastly, Kurt, reading your CEO letter, you know, at the very end, you know, there seemed to be to me a shift in tone perhaps or emphasis and at least regarding debt. It seemed to be, you know, some emphasis. I don't know. The way I read it sounded like we should be expecting, you know, some more material payments on reducing leverage. I guess if you could just maybe provide your thoughts on that. Thank you.
Yeah. I'll give a quick answer, Paul obviously is the guy to give the more detailed answer. You know, obviously, you know, we have a fiduciary duty to do what's in the best interest of our shareholders. At the same time, part of doing that is we have partners in our, you know, in our lenders, whether it's banks or debt holders. You know, our obligation is to our shareholders, but a part of that obligation is to make sure we have a good relationship with our debt holders. You know, we've done a lot for our shareholder. We think it's appropriate to de-risk for the lenders to, you know, make sure that they wanna continue to work with us and be a lender to us.
Specific to de-levering, we're in a really strong financial position. We have the 2027s coming up. We have cash and liquidity to take that out. Our expectation would be within the next couple of months that we should be able to pay off the 2027s without having to issue any additional debt.
Wow.
answer to the broader issue.
Yeah. I mean, look, I'll just to sort of add to what Kurt said, obviously, you know, we have a duty to our shareholders. It was the best course of action to do the share buybacks in the manner of which we did. You know, now we shift to other aspects. You know, obviously, we desire to have improved credit ratings. We're working on that. With improved credit ratings is obviously a goal to de-lever the company. I've said, you know, to keep our net debt to EBITDA, you know, around three or slightly lower than that. That's just our next focus area. Obviously, the most prompt thing we have, which is current to us, is our 2027.
As Kurt said, you know, between cash and liquidity, you know, and other tools that our banking partners have out there, you know, we're gonna address that in the next few months. We need to get this company back to the right, appropriate leverage, and that's now our focus.
That's amazing. Thank you.
Thank you, Justin.
I'm not showing any further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the call back over to Kurt for any further remarks.
Great. Thank you. Yes, everybody, thank you for joining us. Again, I can't be more excited about the performance of the business. You know, it's a great quarter for us. We had a lot of progress that makes us optimistic about the coming quarters and years. You know, and I would just like to say a thank you to, first of all, our shareholders for the trust you put in us. We work hard every day to try to deliver value for you. I think we're doing a pretty good job so far, and I think there's a lot of good things to come. Second, you know, a big thank you to the employees. As I've said before, this truly is an exceptional set of employees at this company.
The dedication to the company is phenomenal, and I can't thank all of them enough for the hard work they put in. Then finally, a thank you as well to our customers. You know, they're incredibly important partners to us, and we strive every day to do a better job for them. You know, just appreciate the trust they put in us, and we continue to drive value for them and look forward to, you know, continued business with them in the future. Thank you, everybody, for joining, and I look forward to next quarter's call.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This concludes today's presentation. We thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful day.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-04Pitney Bowes (PBI) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect
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Pitney Bowes (PBI) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect
Shipping and mailing solutions provider Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for. Pitney Bowes missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $477.6 million, down 7.5% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates. Is Pitney Bowes a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting Pitney Bowes’s revenue to decline 3.4% year on year, improving from the 5.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Pitney Bowes has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. Looking at Pitney Bowes’s peers in the industrial & environmental services segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. CECO Environmental delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 16.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.1%, and Tetra Tech reported a revenue decline of 4.9%, topping estimates by 4.8%. CECO Environmental traded up 11.6% following the results while Tetra Tech was also up 1.4%. Read our full analysis of CECO Environmental’s results here and Tetra Tech’s results here. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial & environmental services segment, with share prices up 10.1% on average over the last month. Pitney Bowes is up 40.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $15.05 (compared to the current share price of $15.49). ALSO WORTH WATCHING: Nvidia’s Quiet Partner. Nvidia’s chips cost a hundred grand. The connectors that make them work cost even more. One company makes them all. Every AI server needs specialized infrastructure the chip companies don’t make. High-speed cables. Power connectors. Thermal sensors. This 90-year-old company built a monopoly on it. The AI boom just started. This stock is still flying under the radar. Claim The Stock Ticker Here for FREE.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-03How The Pitney Bowes (PBI) Investment Story Is Shifting Around Buybacks And Earnings Assumptions
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Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Pitney Bowes just saw its modeled fair value per share revised from US$12.70 to US$15.05, a change that puts fresh attention on how analysts are thinking about the stock today. This uplift is closely tied to recent research discussions around how much support buybacks may provide to earnings and how realistic current assumptions look in light of the company’s latest updates. As you read on, you will see what is driving this evolving narrative and how to track it over the next few quarters. Analyst Price Targets don't always capture the full story. Head over to our Company Report to find new ways to value Pitney Bowes. Citizens recently raised its price target on Pitney Bowes by US$3, which signals that at least some analysts see room for the shares to better reflect their view of the company’s fundamentals. Goldman Sachs also lifted its target, increasing it by US$1.70, suggesting that the firm’s updated work points to a higher assessment of the stock than before. BofA reinstated coverage on Pitney Bowes with an Underperform rating and initially set a US$9 price target, indicating caution around execution and earnings power relative to peers in its coverage universe. After the Q4 report, BofA raised its target to US$9.50 but highlighted that buybacks are a key earnings driver and may have peaked unless operating results show evidence of improvement, which keeps the focus on core business progress rather than purely capital returns. Do your thoughts align with the Bull or Bear Analysts? Perhaps you think there's more to the story. Head to the Simply Wall St Community to discover more perspectives! We've flagged 3 risks for Pitney Bowes. See which could impact your investment. Fair value per share revised from US$12.70 to US$15.05. Revenue growth moved from a 1.67% decline to a 1.79% decline. Net profit margin updated from 13.16% to 13.37%. Future P/E ratio shifted from 8.32x to 9.62x. Discount rate adjusted from 8.92% to 8.48%. Narratives link a company's business story to a financial forecast and fair value, so you can see how specific assumptions and events fit together. They update over time as new data, guidance and analyst views come through. Head over to the Simply Wall St Community and follow the Narrative on Pitney Bowes to stay up to date on: H...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-28Pitney Bowes (PBI) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
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The market expects Pitney Bowes (PBI) to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended March 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company's earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on May 5, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower. While management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it's worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise. This mailing equipment and software company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.47 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +42.4%. Revenues are expected to be $476.73 million, down 3.4% from the year-ago quarter. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period. Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Estimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. This insight is at the core of our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction). The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier. Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive p...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-21Pitney Bowes Announces Strong Preliminary Results for Q1 2026 and Raises Full-Year Financial Guidance
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Pitney Bowes Announces Strong Preliminary Results for Q1 2026 and Raises Full-Year Financial Guidance
Company Will Issue Complete Q1 2026 Results Post-Market on May 5, 2026, and Host an Investor Conference Call the Following Morning SHELTON, Conn., April 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) ("Pitney Bowes" or the "Company"), a technology-driven company that provides digital shipping solutions, mailing innovation, and financial services to clients around the world, today announced preliminary, unaudited financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026. In addition, Pitney Bowes announced it is raising its full-year financial guidance. Kurt Wolf, Chief Executive Officer and Director, commented: "We delivered strong financial results in the first quarter thanks to exceptional execution across the organization. Our performance reflects broad-based revenue strength in SendTech, competitive wins in Presort, and continued cost management throughout all of our functional areas and business units. Our robust start to the year, combined with improving sales trends and share repurchases, has given us the confidence to raise our full-year guidance across all financial metrics. Our strong results and improving outlook are a testament to the dedication of the Pitney Bowes employee base. Their hard work has enabled us to build momentum as we pivot to pursuing profitable growth." Preliminary, Unaudited Financial Results for Q1 2026 Revenue of approximately $477 million, compared to Q1 2025 revenue of $493 million. This 3% rate of decline represents an improvement from our 5% Y-o-Y decline in Q1 of 2025 and a 7% Y-o-Y decline last quarter. Adjusted EBIT (AEBIT) of approximately $130 million, compared to Q1 2025 Adjusted EBIT of $120 million. Adjusted EPS of approximately $0.47, compared to Q1 2025 Adjusted EPS of $0.33. Free Cash Flow of approximately $44 million, compared to Q1 2025 use of $20 million. Updated Full-Year 2026 Guidance *Initial Guidance for Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EPS excluded approximately $15.4 million and $0.08, respectively, in certain pension related expenses. After further analysis, the Company concluded it will no longer exclude these expenses. As such, Updated Guidance for Adjusted EBIT now includes an addback of approximately $15.4 million of pension related costs, and Adjusted EPS now includes an addback of $0.08 of post-tax pension related costs. Please note that, even after accounting for the inclusion of these co...

