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Arcosa, Inc. Earnings Release, dated February 26, 2020 | |
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Arcosa, Inc. | ||
February 26, 2020 | By: | /s/ Scott C. Beasley |
Name: Scott C. Beasley | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||

– | Organic and Acquisition Growth Drove Double-Digit Increases in Fourth Quarter Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA |
– | Full Year Adjusted EBITDA Growth of 29% |
– | 2020 Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA Expected to Increase 17% and 19%, Respectively, at the Midpoint of Guidance Ranges |
• | Revenues increased 19% to $446.9 million |
• | Net income of $21.1 million, with Diluted EPS of $0.43 |
• | Adjusted EBITDA increased 17% to $53.1 million |
• | Operating cash flow of $139.8 million and free cash flow of $115.4 million |
• | Revenues increased 19% to $1,736.9 million |
• | Net income of $113.3 million with Diluted EPS of $2.32 and Adjusted Diluted EPS of $2.35 |
• | Adjusted EBITDA increased 29% to $240.7 million |
• | Operating cash flow of $358.8 million and free cash flow of $273.4 million |
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• | Revenues increased 56% to $102.2 million in the fourth quarter, benefitting from higher volumes in the Company's legacy businesses and the December 2018 acquisition of ACG Materials. |
• | Fourth quarter Adjusted Segment EBITDA increased $5.5 million to $17.9 million, representing a 17.5% margin compared to an 18.9% margin a year ago. |
• | Year-over-year volume growth in the legacy aggregates and specialty materials businesses demonstrates healthy underlying construction market fundamentals in the Company's markets. |
• | The year-over-year margin decrease primarily resulted from the addition of ACG Materials, which has lower margins than the legacy businesses, softer demand from ACG aggregates plants serving oil and gas markets, and higher than expected production costs at one of the Company's specialty materials plants. |
• | Fourth quarter revenues were up 3% year-over-year to $213.0 million, driven by higher volumes of wind towers, utility structures, and storage tanks, as well as improved pricing in utility structures and storage tanks. |
• | Adjusted Segment EBITDA increased 19% to $27.6 million, representing a 13.0% margin compared to an 11.2% margin a year ago. |
• | Margin increased from continued throughput improvements and increased participation in the utility structures bid market partially offset by expected lower wind tower pricing. |
• | Order activity in the utility structures business continued to be strong during the fourth quarter and totaled $189.2 million. As a result, backlog for wind towers and utility structures increased 6% to $596.8 million compared to the third quarter with a combined book to bill ratio of 1.2. |
• | Production visibility continues to be strong for 2020 based on the orders in backlog, despite booking no new wind tower orders in the fourth quarter. |
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• | Fourth quarter revenues increased 30% to $132.3 million, driven by a 114% increase in barge revenues on improving fundamentals partially offset by a 43% decline in components revenues due to continued expected softening in railcar demand. |
• | Approximately $15 million of barge revenues shifted into January 2020, causing fourth quarter revenues to be below the Company's expectations. |
• | Despite weaker component performance, Adjusted Segment EBITDA increased 12% year-over-year to $19.0 million, representing a margin of 14.4%, as the barge market continues to recover. |
• | Segment margin declined compared to the prior year level of 16.7%, as anticipated, but improved 9% sequentially as the barge business delivered a higher volume of barges taken in a stronger pricing environment. |
• | The barge business received orders for $83.9 million, representing a book to bill ratio of 0.8 on 30% higher sequential revenues. The orders, which are scheduled for delivery in 2020, included a mix of dry and liquid barges. For the second consecutive quarter, the Company received a higher proportion of dry barge orders as lower steel prices encouraged replacement of older barges. |
• | Barge backlog totaled $346.9 million at the end of December, up 50% compared to last year, with improved pricing levels. The backlog is scheduled to deliver in 2020 providing strong production visibility. |
• | Capital expenditures were $24.4 million in the fourth quarter, bringing the full year total to $85.4 million, in line with the Company's expectations. |
• | During the quarter, the Company announced the $298 million acquisition of Cherry Industries, Inc. (“Cherry”) which closed in January 2020. The Company did not have any other acquisition activity during the fourth quarter, resulting in a full year investment of $32.9 million on four complementary bolt-on acquisitions. |
• | As of the end of December, the Company continued to have $36 million available under its $50 million share repurchase authorization as no shares were repurchased during the quarter. The Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share that paid in January. |
• | Operating cash flow was $139.8 million in the quarter, driven by a $93.1 million reduction in working capital as defined by changes in current assets and liabilities on the statement of cash flows. Full year operating cash flow was $358.8 million, up 203% year-over-year. |
• | The reduction in working capital during the quarter was higher than anticipated as the Company received approximately $51 million in net advance payments from customers for 2020 scheduled production and generally improved accounts receivable and inventory management. |
• | At the end of the fourth quarter, cash and cash equivalents totaled $240.4 million, up $112.9 million compared to the third quarter on strong operating cash flow generation. |
• | Subsequent to quarter end, the Company funded the $298 million acquisition of Cherry with a combination of cash and proceeds from a new $150 million five-year term loan that was fully drawn at closing. |
• | In addition, on January 2, 2020, the Company increased its unsecured revolving credit facility to $500 million from $400 million and extended its term an additional year to January 2025. Combined with the $107.3 million of existing debt as of December 31, 2019, the Company had $257.3 million of debt outstanding after the acquisition and unused credit capacity of $357.5 million under its revolver. |
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Scott C. Beasley | Gail M. Peck | David Gold |
Chief Financial Officer | SVP, Finance & Treasurer | ADVISIRY Partners |
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Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 446.9 | $ | 374.4 | $ | 1,736.9 | $ | 1,460.4 | |||||||
Operating costs: | |||||||||||||||
Cost of revenues | 369.3 | 310.9 | 1,404.5 | 1,188.4 | |||||||||||
Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 47.1 | 36.8 | 179.5 | 153.9 | |||||||||||
Impairment charge | — | — | — | 23.2 | |||||||||||
416.4 | 347.7 | 1,584.0 | 1,365.5 | ||||||||||||
Operating profit | 30.5 | 26.7 | 152.9 | 94.9 | |||||||||||
Interest expense | 1.7 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 0.9 | |||||||||||
Other, net (income) expense | 0.3 | (3.0 | ) | (0.7 | ) | (1.0 | ) | ||||||||
2.0 | (2.1 | ) | 6.1 | (0.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 28.5 | 28.8 | 146.8 | 95.0 | |||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 7.4 | 1.1 | 33.5 | 19.3 | |||||||||||
Net income | $ | 21.1 | $ | 27.7 | $ | 113.3 | $ | 75.7 | |||||||
Net income per common share: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 2.34 | $ | 1.55 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 2.32 | $ | 1.54 | |||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding(1): | |||||||||||||||
Basic | 47.9 | 48.9 | 47.9 | 48.8 | |||||||||||
Diluted | 48.4 | 49.2 | 48.4 | 48.9 | |||||||||||
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Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
Revenues: | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||
Construction aggregates | $ | 86.2 | $ | 51.3 | $ | 364.7 | $ | 217.9 | |||||||
Other | 16.0 | 14.3 | 75.0 | 74.4 | |||||||||||
Construction Products Group | 102.2 | 65.6 | 439.7 | 292.3 | |||||||||||
Wind towers and utility structures | 156.0 | 155.4 | 625.4 | 582.9 | |||||||||||
Other | 57.0 | 51.6 | 211.2 | 197.2 | |||||||||||
Energy Equipment Group | 213.0 | 207.0 | 836.6 | 780.1 | |||||||||||
Inland barges | 100.9 | 47.2 | 293.9 | 170.2 | |||||||||||
Steel components | 31.4 | 54.9 | 171.8 | 221.2 | |||||||||||
Transportation Products Group | 132.3 | 102.1 | 465.7 | 391.4 | |||||||||||
Segment Totals before Eliminations | 447.5 | 374.7 | 1,742.0 | 1,463.8 | |||||||||||
Eliminations | (0.6 | ) | (0.3 | ) | (5.1 | ) | (3.4 | ) | |||||||
Consolidated and Combined Total | $ | 446.9 | $ | 374.4 | $ | 1,736.9 | $ | 1,460.4 | |||||||
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
Operating profit (loss): | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||
Construction Products Group | $ | 7.4 | $ | 5.1 | $ | 52.7 | $ | 50.4 | |||||||
Energy Equipment Group | 20.9 | 16.1 | 100.7 | 28.6 | |||||||||||
Transportation Products Group | 14.7 | 13.2 | 46.8 | 48.4 | |||||||||||
All Other | — | — | — | (0.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Segment Totals before Corporate Expenses | 43.0 | 34.4 | 200.2 | 127.3 | |||||||||||
Corporate | (12.5 | ) | (7.4 | ) | (47.3 | ) | (32.1 | ) | |||||||
Eliminations | — | (0.3 | ) | — | (0.3 | ) | |||||||||
Consolidated and Combined Total | $ | 30.5 | $ | 26.7 | $ | 152.9 | $ | 94.9 | |||||||
Backlog: | December 31, 2019 | December 31, 2018 | |||||
Energy Equipment Group: | |||||||
Wind towers and utility structures | $ | 596.8 | $ | 633.1 | |||
Other | $ | 36.2 | $ | 55.1 | |||
Transportation Products Group: | |||||||
Inland barges | $ | 346.9 | $ | 230.5 | |||
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Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 240.4 | $ | 99.4 | |||
Receivables, net of allowance | 200.0 | 291.4 | |||||
Inventories | 283.3 | 252.5 | |||||
Other | 33.5 | 24.1 | |||||
Total current assets | 757.2 | 667.4 | |||||
Property, plant, and equipment, net | 816.2 | 803.0 | |||||
Goodwill | 621.9 | 615.2 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | 14.3 | 6.9 | |||||
Other assets | 92.9 | 79.7 | |||||
$ | 2,302.5 | $ | 2,172.2 | ||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 90.0 | $ | 86.2 | |||
Accrued liabilities | 119.4 | 99.9 | |||||
Advance billings | 70.9 | 21.6 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 3.7 | 1.8 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 284.0 | 209.5 | |||||
Debt | 103.6 | 183.7 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | 66.4 | 58.3 | |||||
Other liabilities | 58.1 | 36.2 | |||||
512.1 | 487.7 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||
Common stock | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
Capital in excess of par value | 1,686.7 | 1,685.7 | |||||
Retained earnings | 122.9 | 19.5 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (19.7 | ) | (17.7 | ) | |||
Treasury stock | — | (3.5 | ) | ||||
1,790.4 | 1,684.5 | ||||||
$ | 2,302.5 | $ | 2,172.2 | ||||
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Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Operating activities: | |||||||
Net income | $ | 113.3 | $ | 75.7 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | 85.8 | 67.6 | |||||
Impairment charge | — | 23.2 | |||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 14.6 | 9.9 | |||||
Provision for deferred income taxes | 17.3 | 22.4 | |||||
Gains on dispositions of property and other assets | (4.0 | ) | (1.1 | ) | |||
(Increase) decrease in other assets | (0.9 | ) | 6.4 | ||||
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities | 4.2 | (1.7 | ) | ||||
Other | (4.1 | ) | (3.1 | ) | |||
Changes in current assets and liabilities: | |||||||
(Increase) decrease in receivables | 99.0 | (80.9 | ) | ||||
(Increase) decrease in inventories | (22.7 | ) | (29.9 | ) | |||
(Increase) decrease in other current assets | (11.6 | ) | (10.8 | ) | |||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable | 3.5 | 20.6 | |||||
Increase (decrease) in advance billings | 49.3 | 7.7 | |||||
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities | 15.1 | 12.5 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 358.8 | 118.5 | |||||
Investing activities: | |||||||
Proceeds from dispositions of property and other assets | 8.9 | 10.2 | |||||
Capital expenditures | (85.4 | ) | (44.8 | ) | |||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (32.9 | ) | (333.2 | ) | |||
Proceeds from divestitures | — | 3.3 | |||||
Net cash required by investing activities | (109.4 | ) | (364.5 | ) | |||
Financing activities: | |||||||
Payments to retire debt | (81.2 | ) | (0.3 | ) | |||
Proceeds from issuance of debt | — | 180.0 | |||||
Shares repurchased | (11.0 | ) | (3.0 | ) | |||
Dividends paid to common stockholders | (9.9 | ) | — | ||||
Purchase of shares to satisfy employee tax on vested stock | (4.4 | ) | (0.5 | ) | |||
Capital contribution from Former Parent | — | 200.0 | |||||
Net transfers to Former Parent and affiliates | — | (34.5 | ) | ||||
Other | (1.9 | ) | (3.1 | ) | |||
Net cash provided (required) by financing activities | (108.4 | ) | 338.6 | ||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 141.0 | 92.6 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 99.4 | 6.8 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 240.4 | $ | 99.4 | |||
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Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | Full Year 2020 Guidance | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | Low | High | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 446.9 | $ | 374.4 | $ | 1,736.9 | $ | 1,460.4 | $ | 1,950.0 | $ | 2,100.0 | |||||||||||
Net income | 21.1 | 27.7 | 113.3 | 75.7 | 118.0 | 138.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | 1.3 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 7.4 | 1.1 | 33.5 | 19.3 | 37.0 | 43.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense(1) | 22.6 | 17.9 | 85.8 | 67.6 | 105.0 | 105.0 | |||||||||||||||||
EBITDA | 52.4 | 47.2 | 238.0 | 163.1 | 269.0 | 296.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment charge | — | — | — | 23.2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Impact of acquisition-related expenses(2) | — | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Other, net (income) expense(3) | 0.7 | (2.6 | ) | 0.7 | (0.6 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 53.1 | $ | 45.4 | $ | 240.7 | $ | 186.5 | $ | 275.0 | $ | 300.0 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 11.9 | % | 12.1 | % | 13.9 | % | 12.8 | % | 14.1 | % | 14.3 | % | |||||||||||
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | Full Year 2020 Guidance | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | Low | High | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Income | $ | 21.1 | $ | 27.7 | $ | 113.3 | $ | 75.7 | $ | 118.0 | $ | 138.0 | |||||||||||
Impairment charge, net of tax | — | (7.7 | ) | — | 14.3 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Impact of acquisition-related expenses, net of tax(2) | — | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Impact of U.S. tax reform | — | (0.8 | ) | — | (1.5 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Adjusted Net Income | $ | 21.1 | $ | 19.8 | $ | 114.8 | $ | 89.1 | $ | 122.6 | $ | 141.1 | |||||||||||
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Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Construction Products | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 102.2 | $ | 65.6 | $ | 439.7 | $ | 292.3 | |||||||
Operating Profit | 7.4 | 5.1 | 52.7 | 50.4 | |||||||||||
Add: Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense | 10.5 | 6.5 | 38.0 | 21.9 | |||||||||||
Segment EBITDA | 17.9 | 11.6 | 90.7 | 72.3 | |||||||||||
Add: Impact of the fair value mark up of acquired inventory | — | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | |||||||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA | $ | 17.9 | $ | 12.4 | $ | 92.1 | $ | 73.1 | |||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA Margin | 17.5 | % | 18.9 | % | 20.9 | % | 25.0 | % | |||||||
Energy Equipment | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 213.0 | $ | 207.0 | $ | 836.6 | $ | 780.1 | |||||||
Operating Profit | 20.9 | 16.1 | 100.7 | 28.6 | |||||||||||
Add: Depreciation and amortization expense | 6.7 | 7.1 | 27.9 | 29.7 | |||||||||||
Segment EBITDA | 27.6 | 23.2 | 128.6 | 58.3 | |||||||||||
Add: Impairment charge | — | — | — | 23.2 | |||||||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA | $ | 27.6 | $ | 23.2 | $ | 128.6 | $ | 81.5 | |||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA Margin | 13.0 | % | 11.2 | % | 15.4 | % | 10.4 | % | |||||||
Transportation Products | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 132.3 | $ | 102.1 | $ | 465.7 | $ | 391.4 | |||||||
Operating Profit | 14.7 | 13.2 | 46.8 | 48.4 | |||||||||||
Add: Depreciation and amortization expense | 4.3 | 3.8 | 16.3 | 15.5 | |||||||||||
Segment EBITDA | 19.0 | 17.0 | 63.1 | 63.9 | |||||||||||
Add: Impact of the fair value mark up of acquired inventory | — | — | 0.6 | — | |||||||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA | $ | 19.0 | $ | 17.0 | $ | 63.7 | $ | 63.9 | |||||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA Margin | 14.4 | % | 16.7 | % | 13.7 | % | 16.3 | % | |||||||
Operating Loss - All Other | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (0.1 | ) | ||||||
Operating Loss - Corporate | (12.5 | ) | (7.4 | ) | (47.3 | ) | (32.1 | ) | |||||||
Eliminations | — | (0.3 | ) | — | (0.3 | ) | |||||||||
Add: Corporate depreciation expense | 1.1 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 53.1 | $ | 45.4 | $ | 240.7 | $ | 186.5 | |||||||
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Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(in dollars per share) | |||||||||||||||
Diluted EPS | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 2.32 | $ | 1.54 | |||||||
Impairment charge | — | (0.16 | ) | — | 0.30 | ||||||||||
Impact of acquisition-related expenses | — | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||||||||||
Impact of U.S. tax reform | — | (0.01 | ) | — | (0.03 | ) | |||||||||
Adjusted Diluted EPS | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 2.35 | $ | 1.82 | |||||||
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | |||||||||||||||
Cash Provided by Operating Activities | $ | 139.8 | $ | — | $ | 358.8 | $ | 118.5 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | (24.4 | ) | (11.8 | ) | (85.4 | ) | (44.8 | ) | |||||||
Free Cash Flow | $ | 115.4 | $ | (11.8 | ) | $ | 273.4 | $ | 73.7 | ||||||
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