Outlook for Fiscal Year 2022 (forward-looking statement)
For fiscal year 2022, Dole is targeting:
- Revenue in the range of $9.1 billion to $9.4 billion
- Adjusted EBITDA at the lower end of the range of $330.0 million to $350.0 million
- Capital Expenditures of approximately $95.0 million (reflects a reduction from $110.0 million)
- Interest Expense of approximately $60.0 million
- Adjusted Effective tax rate in the range of 23% to 25%
The global economic environment remains dynamic, and we are currently seeing positive trends, along with some further challenges, as we progress through the final quarter of this financial year. Our focus remains on delivering operating efficiencies and being disciplined in our deployment of capital, while continuing to push for inflation-justified price increases. Our scale and wide geographic footprint, along with our diverse portfolio of healthy and nutritious products, leaves us well positioned as we move towards 2023.
For the full year, we now expect Adjusted EBITDA to be at the lower end of our previously guided range due to the ongoing challenges within our Fresh Vegetables segment, which has taken longer in its recovery, as well as the impact of the unusual supply chain challenges encountered in the third quarter at the end of the Chilean grape season in North America.
The above outlook includes non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the appendix of this release for an explanation and reconciliation of our historical non-GAAP financial measures used in this release to comparable GAAP financial measures.