Cat Financial Announces Third-Quarter 2014 Results

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 23, 2014 /CNW/ -- Cat Financial reported third-quarter 2014 revenues of $743 million, an increase of $44 million, or 6 percent, compared with the third quarter of 2013. Third-quarter 2014 profit after tax was $148 million, a $31 million, or 26 percent, increase from the third quarter of 2013.

The increase in revenues was primarily due to a $37 million favorable impact from higher average earning assets.

Profit before income taxes was $197 million for the third quarter of 2014, compared with $164 million for the third quarter of 2013. The increase was primarily due to a $23 million improvement on net yield on average earning assets and a $16 million favorable impact from higher average earning assets.

The provision for income taxes reflects an estimated annual tax rate of 26 percent in the third quarter of 2014, compared with 27 percent in the third quarter of 2013. The decrease in rate is primarily due to changes in the geographic mix of pre-tax profits.

During the third quarter of 2014, retail new business volume was $3.13 billion, a decrease of $38 million, or 1 percent, from the third quarter of 2013. The decrease was primarily related to lower volume in Mining, partially offset by increases in Cat equipment sales in North America.

At the end of the third quarter of 2014, past dues were 2.81 percent, compared with 2.77 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2014, 2.47 percent at the end of 2013 and 2.51 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2013. The increase reflects higher past dues in the Latin American, Asia/Pacific and European portfolios. Write-offs, net of recoveries, were $16 million for the third quarter of 2014, compared with $58 million for the third quarter of 2013.

As of September 30, 2014, Cat Financial's allowance for credit losses totaled $405 million or 1.37 percent of net finance receivables, compared with $395 million or 1.30 percent of net finance receivables as of June 30, 2014, $387 million or 1.33 percent of net finance receivables at year-end 2013 and $412 million or 1.43 percent of net finance receivables as of September 30, 2013.

"Continued growth and strong yield performance in our earning asset base and the solid performance of our portfolio have resulted in another good quarter for Cat Financial," said Kent Adams, president of Cat Financial and vice president with responsibility for the Financial Products Division of Caterpillar Inc. "We continue to be well-positioned to serve Caterpillar, Cat dealers and our customers worldwide."

These results contain immaterial corrections to prior period amounts previously reported and disclosed.

For over 30 years, Cat Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., has been providing financial service excellence to customers. The company offers a wide range of financing alternatives to customers and Cat® dealers for Cat machinery and engines, Solar® gas turbines and other equipment and marine vessels. Cat Financial has offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia and Europe, with its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee.

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS:

THIRD-QUARTER 2014 VS. THIRD-QUARTER 2013 (ENDED SEPTEMBER 30) (Millions of dollars)
	2014				2013				CHANGE
Revenues	$	743			$	699			6	%
Profit Before Income Taxes	$	197			$	164			20	%
Profit After Tax	$	148			$	117			26	%
Retail New Business Volume	$	3,130			$	3,168			(1)	%
Total Assets	$	35,380			$	35,291			—	%

NINE-MONTHS 2014 VS. NINE-MONTHS 2013 (ENDED SEPTEMBER 30) (Millions of dollars)
	2014				2013				CHANGE
Revenues	$	2,182			$	2,074			5	%
Profit Before Income Taxes	$	587			$	490			20	%
Profit After Tax	$	427			$	355			20	%
Retail New Business Volume	$	9,368			$	9,452			(1)	%

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this earnings release may be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may relate to future events or our future financial performance, which may involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. From time to time, we may also provide forward-looking statements in oral presentations to the public or in other materials we issue to the public. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events about the company. You may identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to historical or current facts and may use words such as "believes," "expects," "estimates," "anticipates," "will," "should," "plan," "project," "intend," "could" and similar words or phrases. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially due to factors that affect international businesses, including changes in economic conditions and disruptions in the global financial and credit markets, and changes in laws and regulations (including regulations implemented under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and political stability, as well as factors specific to Cat Financial and the markets we serve, including the market's acceptance of our products and services, the creditworthiness of our customers, interest rate and currency rate fluctuations and estimated residual values of leased equipment. These risk factors may not be exhaustive. We operate in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time. We cannot predict these new risk factors, nor can we assess the impact, if any, of these new risk factors on our businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, we do not assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of those statements. All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and similar sections in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, that describe risks and factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Cat Financial undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE Cat Financial

Rachel Potts, 309-675-6892 or 309-573-3444, [email protected], http://www.caterpillar.com