Dean Foods reports a Q4 income gain compared to year ago
Sales for the year were down.
DALLAS, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) today announced strong fourth quarter and full year 2012 results. The Company reported fourth quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share of $0.20, compared to a fourth quarter 2011 loss per share of $0.05. These financial results reflect both the initial public offering of The WhiteWave Foods Company in October 2012, which minority interest is now reflected as a non-controlling interest, and the sale in January 2013 of the Company's Morningstar business, which is now reflected in discontinued operations. On a pro forma adjusted basis, including the Morningstar business in continuing operations and eliminating the non-controlling interest of The WhiteWave Foods Company that the Company does not own, as well as certain separation costs and certain other adjustments, fourth quarter 2012 adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.40, a 48 percent increase from the $0.27 adjusted diluted earnings per share in the prior year's fourth quarter, and well above the Company's November 2012 guidance for the fourth quarter.
Fourth quarter consolidated operating income totaled $83 million, compared to a consolidated operating loss of $50 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Pro forma adjusted fourth quarter consolidated operating income in 2012 totaled $157 million, a 16 percent increase from the $135 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2011.