Selected Year-Over-Year Financial Data

(Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Amounts) 2016 2015
Total Revenues $13,788 $13,423
Total Segment Profit 1,309 1,255
Income from Continuing Operations1 843 698
Per share of common stock
Common Stock Price:    
High $  49.82 $  46.93
Low 30.69 32.20
Year-End 48.56 42.01
Diluted Earnings from Continuing Operations1 3.09 2.50
Common shares outstanding (In Thousands)
Diluted Average 272,365 278,727
Year-End 270,287 274,228
Financial Position
Total Assets $15,358 $14,708
Manufacturing Group Debt 2,777 2,697
Finance Group Debt 903 913
Shareholders' Equity 5,574 4,964
Manufacturing Group Debt-to-Capital (Net of Cash) 23% 26%
Manufacturing Group Debt-to-Capital 33% 35%
Key Performance Metrics
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activites of Continuing Operations for Manufacturing Group—GAAP $     988 $  1,038
Manufacturing Cash Flow Before Pension Contributions—Non-GAAP2 573 631
  1. For 2016, Income from continuing operations and Diluted earnings from continuing operations include special charges, net of income taxes, and a significant multi-year income tax settlement. See page immediately preceding Form 10-K for additional information.
  2. Manufacturing Cash Flow Before Pension Contributions is a Non-GAAP Measure. See page immediately preceding Form 10-K for Reconciliation to GAAP.

Footnote to Selected Year-Over-Year Financial Data

1 For 2016, Income from continuing operations and Diluted earnings from continuing operations include special charges, net of income taxes, of $78 million or $0.29 per diluted share, related to a plan initiated in 2016 to restructure and realign our businesses by implementing headcount reductions, facility consolidations and other actions in order to improve the overall operating efficiency across Textron. Special charges for this plan primarily include severance costs and asset impairments. In 2016, we also recognized an income tax benefit of $319 million, inclusive of interest, of which $206 million or $0.76 per diluted share is included in Income from continuing operations and $113 million is included in discontinued operations. This benefit was the result of the final settlement with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals for our 1998 to 2008 tax years.

2 We use Manufacturing Cash Flow Before Pension Contributions as our measure of free cash flow. This measure is not a financial measure under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should be used in conjunction with GAAP cash measures provided in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Our definition of manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions adjusts net cash from operating activities of continuing operations (GAAP) for the following:

  • Excludes dividends received from Textron Financial Corporation (TFC) and capital contributions to TFC provided under the Support Agreement and debt agreements as these cash flows are not representative of manufacturing operations;
  • Deducts capital expenditures and includes proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment to arrive at the net capital investment required to support ongoing manufacturing operations;
  • Adds back pension contributions as we consider our pension obligations to be debt-like liabilities. Additionally, these contributions can fluctuate significantly from period to period and we believe that they are not representative of cash used by our manufacturing operations during the period.

While we believe this measure provides a focus on cash generated from manufacturing operations, before pension contributions, and may be used as an additional relevant measure of liquidity, it does not necessarily provide the amount available for discretionary expenditures since we have certain non-discretionary obligations that are not deducted from the measure.

A reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for the Manufacturing group (GAAP) to Manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions (Non-GAAP) is provided below:

(In Millions) 2016 2015
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for the Manufacturing group—GAAP $  988 $1,038
Less: Capital expenditures (446) (420)
Dividends received from TFC (29) (63)
Plus: Total pension contributions 50 68
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment 10 8
Manufacturing Cash Flow Before Pension Contributions—Non-GAAP $  573 $  631