Quarterly Trends

Highlights
($ millions except per share amounts)
2012 2011
Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
Revenue 958 408 391 564 971 527 425 461
Net earnings attributable to equity holders 45 82 8 131 265 39 55 91
$ per common share (basic) 0.11 0.21 0.02 0.33 0.67 0.10 0.14 0.23
$ per common share (diluted) 0.11 0.21 0.02 0.33 0.67 0.10 0.14 0.23
Adjusted net earnings (non-IFRS) 237 52 34 124 249 104 72 84
$ per common share (adjusted and diluted) 0.60 0.13 0.09 0.31 0.63 0.26 0.18 0.22
Cash provided by operations (after working capital changes) 283 44 (94) 411 258 192 23 272

Key things to note:

  • Our financial results are strongly influenced by the performance of our uranium segment, which accounted for 74% of consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012.
  • The timing of customer requirements, which tend to vary from quarter to quarter, drives revenue in the uranium and fuel services segments. More than 40% of our uranium deliveries for 2012 occurred in the fourth quarter.
  • Net earnings do not trend directly with revenue due to unusual items and transactions that occur from time to time. We use adjusted net earnings, a non-IFRS measure, as a more meaningful way to compare our results from period to period (see non-IFRS for more information).
  • Cash from operations tends to fluctuate as a result of the timing of deliveries and product purchases in our uranium and fuel services segments.
  • Quarterly results are not necessarily a good indication of annual results due to the variability in customer requirements noted above.