Tue, 24 Oct 2006 4:55:00 PDT
FORT WORTH, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/24/2006 -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
(BNSF) (
"BNSF experienced double-digit revenue increases in each of the Company's four business groups during the third quarter of 2006," said Matthew K. Rose, BNSF Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We again handled record volumes in the quarter led by a 10-percent unit increase in coal, and an 8-percent unit increase in both our intermodal and agricultural products businesses. This led to our 18th consecutive quarter of year-over-year volume increases."
Third-quarter 2006 freight revenues increased $597 million, or 19 percent, to an all-time quarterly record of $3.82 billion compared with $3.22 billion in the prior year. Revenue for the third quarter of 2006 included fuel surcharges of approximately $500 million compared with approximately $300 million in the third quarter of 2005. The increase in fuel surcharges was driven primarily by rising fuel prices, which was offset by the $293 million increase in fuel expense.
Coal revenues rose by $126 million, or 20 percent, to $748 million, due to record loadings of Powder River Basin coal. BNSF exceeded second quarter 2006's record loadings by nearly 3 percent. Consumer Products revenues increased $244 million, or 18 percent, to $1.58 billion due to strong revenue increases in the international and domestic intermodal sectors. Industrial Products revenues increased $128 million, or 17 percent, to $871 million led by double-digit revenue growth in chemicals and plastics, petroleum and construction products. Agricultural Products revenues were up $99 million, or 19 percent, to $621 million, due primarily to strength in corn and soybeans.
Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2006 were $3.02 billion compared with third-quarter 2005 operating expenses of $2.54 billion. The $480 million increase in operating expenses was principally driven by a $293 million increase in fuel expense primarily reflecting higher prices and a declining hedge position as well as a 7-percent increase in unit volumes.
All-time quarterly record operating income of $920 million, increased $142 million, or 18 percent, compared with the third quarter of 2005.
BNSF's subsidiary, BNSF Railway Company, operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with approximately 32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other North American railroad, transports the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.
Financial information follows:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Consolidated Income Information
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
Three Months Nine Months
Ended Ended
September 30, September 30,
2006 2005 2006 2005
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Operating revenues
Freight revenues $ 3,815 $ 3,218 $ 10,776 $ 9,160
Other revenues 124 99 327 277
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Total operating revenues 3,939 3,317 11,103 9,437
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Operating expenses
Compensation and benefits 975 900 2,822 2,602
Fuel 792 499 2,031 1,352
Purchased services 500 432 1,445 1,273
Depreciation and amortization 284 271 840 802
Equipment rents 232 223 695 654
Materials and other 236 214 695 632
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Total operating expenses 3,019 2,539 8,528 7,315
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Operating income 920 778 2,575 2,122
Interest expense 125 106 364 327
Other expense, net 10 16 30 31
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Income before income taxes 785 656 2,181 1,764
Income tax expense 297 242 813 663
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Net income $ 488 $ 414 $ 1,368 $ 1,101
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Diluted earnings per share $ 1.33 $ 1.09 $ 3.68 $ 2.88
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Diluted average shares
outstanding (in millions) 366.8 380.4 371.4 382.2
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Operating ratio (a) 75.9% 75.8% 76.1% 76.8%
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(a) Calculated as total operating expenses less other revenues
divided by freight revenues.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
September December
30, 31,
2006 2005
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 84 $ 75
Accounts receivable, net 795 678
Materials and supplies 464 396
Current portion of deferred income taxes 326 218
Current portion of fuel-hedging asset 70 303
Other current assets 206 210
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Total current assets 1,945 1,880
Property and equipment, net 27,410 26,551
Other assets 2,103 1,873
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Total assets $ 31,458 $ 30,304
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Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other current liabilities $ 2,874 $ 2,773
Long-term debt due within one year 746 456
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Total current liabilities 3,620 3,229
Long-term debt and commercial paper 6,611 6,698
Deferred income taxes 8,087 7,916
Casualty and environmental liabilities 853 878
Minimum pension liability 417 417
Employee separation costs 87 107
Other liabilities 1,654 1,551
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Total liabilities 21,329 20,796
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Stockholders' equity:
Common stock and additional paid-in capital 6,941 6,707
Retained earnings 9,177 8,045
Treasury stock and other (5,989) (5,244)
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Total stockholders' equity 10,129 9,508
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 31,458 $ 30,304
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Book value per share $ 28.21 $ 25.59
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Common shares outstanding (in millions) 359.1 371.6
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Consolidated Cash Flow Information
(in millions)
Three Months Nine Months
Ended Ended
September 30, September 30,
2006 2005 2006 2005
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Operating activities
Net income $ 488 $ 414 $ 1,368 $ 1,101
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 284 271 840 802
Deferred income taxes 56 68 170 209
Other, net 7 (46) (24) (112)
Changes in working capital (58) 110 (43) 96
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Net cash provided by operating
activities 777 817 2,311 2,096
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Investing activities
Capital expenditures (525) (447) (1,549) (1,245)
Other, net (15) 320 (241) (184)
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Net cash used for investing activities (540) (127) (1,790) (1,429)
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Financing activities
Dividends paid (73) (64) (220) (192)
Purchase of BNSF common stock (215) (133) (590) (575)
Proceeds from stock options exercised 12 66 99 193
Other, net 50 (364) 199 (141)
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Net cash used for financing activities (226) (495) (512) (715)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents 11 195 9 (48)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period 73 79 75 322
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End of period $ 84 $ 274 $ 84 $ 274
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Operating Statistics
Three Months Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
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2006 2005 2006 2005
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Cars/units (in thousands) 2,760 2,570 7,960 7,443
Average revenues per car/unit $ 1,382 $ 1,252 $ 1,354 $ 1,231
Revenue ton miles (in millions) 165,073 151,419 479,915 444,341
Gross ton miles (in millions) 287,318 269,596 837,429 790,138
RTM/GTM 0.57 0.56 0.57 0.56
Freight revenue/thousand RTM $ 23.11 $ 21.25 $ 22.45 $ 20.61
Operating expense/thousand RTM $ 18.29 $ 16.77 $ 17.77 $ 16.46
Freight revenue/thousand GTM $ 13.28 $ 11.94 $ 12.87 $ 11.59
Operating expense/thousand GTM $ 10.51 $ 9.42 $ 10.18 $ 9.26
Compensation and benefits/thousand
GTM $ 3.39 $ 3.34 $ 3.37 $ 3.29
Average employees 41,864 39,923 41,461 39,292
Period end employees 41,967 40,244 41,967 40,244
Thousand RTM/average employee 3,943 3,793 11,575 11,309
Thousand GTM/average employee 6,863 6,753 20,198 20,109
Gallons of fuel used (in millions) 370 349 1,100 1,043
Average price per gallon of fuel
(a) $ 2.12 $ 1.43 $ 1.84 $ 1.3
GTM/gallon of fuel 777 772 761 758
Freight train miles (in millions) 44 42 130 125
GTM/freight train hours (in
thousands) 123 120 122 122
Route miles operated 31,910 32,181 31,910 32,181
(a) Includes handling, taxes and hedge effect.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Revenue Statistics by Commodity
Three Months Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
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Revenues (in millions) 2006 2005 Change 2006 2005 Change
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Intermodal $ 1,343 $ 1,133 18.5% $ 3,698 $ 3,130 18.1%
Automotive 112 97 15.5 345 293 17.7
Other Consumer Products 120 101 18.8 331 279 18.6
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Total Consumer Products 1,575 1,331 18.3 4,374 3,702 18.2
Industrial Products 871 743 17.2 2,481 2,108 17.7
Coal 748 622 20.3 2,141 1,811 18.2
Agricultural Products 621 522 19.0 1,780 1,539 15.7
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Total freight revenue 3,815 3,218 18.6 10,776 9,160 17.6
Other revenue 124 99 25.3 327 277 18.1
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Total revenues $ 3,939 $ 3,317 18.8% $ 11,103 $ 9,437 17.7%
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Cars/units (in thousands)
Intermodal 1,380 1,281 7.7% 3,920 3,640 7.7%
Automotive 40 41 (2.4) 130 131 (0.8)
Other Consumer Products 50 52 (3.8) 147 148 (0.7)
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Total Consumer Products 1,470 1,374 7.0 4,197 3,919 7.1
Industrial Products 416 399 4.3 1,215 1,182 2.8
Coal 628 570 10.2 1,822 1,660 9.8
Agricultural Products 246 227 8.4 726 682 6.5
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Total cars/units 2,760 2,570 7.4% 7,960 7,443 6.9%
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Average revenue per
car/unit
Intermodal $ 973 $ 884 10.1% $ 943 $ 860 9.7%
Automotive 2,800 2,366 18.3 2,654 2,237 18.6
Other Consumer Products 2,400 1,942 23.6 2,252 1,885 19.5
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Total Consumer Products 1,071 969 10.5 1,042 945 10.3
Industrial Products 2,094 1,862 12.5 2,042 1,783 14.5
Coal 1,191 1,091 9.2 1,175 1,091 7.7
Agricultural Products 2,524 2,300 9.7 2,452 2,257 8.6
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Average revenue per
car/unit $ 1,382 $ 1,252 10.4% $ 1,354 $ 1,231 10.0%
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Revenue ton miles
(in millions)
Intermodal 33,663 30,469 10.5% 96,141 89,719 7.2%
Automotive 1,379 1,364 1.1 4,402 4,265 3.2
Other Consumer Products 3,656 3,673 (0.5) 10,562 10,370 1.9
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Total Consumer Products 38,698 35,506 9.0 111,105 104,354 6.5
Industrial Products 28,374 27,322 3.9 84,471 80,184 5.3
Coal 69,920 62,362 12.1 201,120 180,241 11.6
Agricultural Products 28,081 26,229 7.1 83,219 79,562 4.6
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Total revenue ton miles 165,073 151,419 9.0% 479,915 444,341 8.0%
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Freight revenue per
thousand ton miles
Intermodal $ 39.90 $ 37.19 7.3% $ 38.46 $ 34.89 10.2%
Automotive 81.22 71.11 14.2 78.37 68.70 14.1
Other Consumer Products 32.82 27.50 19.3 31.34 26.90 16.5
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Total Consumer Products 40.70 37.49 8.6 39.37 35.48 11.0
Industrial Products 30.70 27.19 12.9 29.37 26.29 11.7
Coal 10.70 9.97 7.3 10.65 10.05 6.0
Agricultural Products 22.11 19.90 11.1 21.39 19.34 10.6
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Freight revenue per
thousand ton miles $ 23.11 $ 21.25 8.8% $ 22.45 $ 20.61 8.9%
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Capital Expenditures and Track Maintenance
Three Months Nine Months
Ended Ended
September 30, September 30,
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2006 2005 2006 2005
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Capital expenditures (in millions)
Maintenance of way
Rail $ 95 $ 64 $ 251 $ 170
Ties 91 72 245 224
Surfacing 67 53 169 136
Other 99 90 303 259
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Total maintenance of way 352 279 968 789
Mechanical 26 32 111 94
Information services 12 16 46 50
Other 22 28 83 69
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Total maintenance of business 412 355 1,208 1,002
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Terminal and line expansion 113 92 341 243
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Total capital expenditures $ 525 $ 447 $ 1,549 $ 1,245
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Track maintenance
Track miles of rail laid
Maintenance of business 206 149 559 397
Expansion projects 51 51 111 129
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Total 257 200 670 526
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Cross ties inserted (thousands)
Maintenance of business 796 798 2,107 2,222
Expansion projects 94 113 287 303
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Total 890 911 2,394 2,525
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Track resurfaced (miles) 3,665 4,265 10,407 10,249
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Investor Contact: Marsha Morgan (817) 352-6452 Media Contact: Richard Russack (817) 867-6425
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