• Kadant Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

    Source: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 02 Aug 2022 17:13:51   America/New_York

    WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) reported its financial results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2022.

    Second Quarter Financial Highlights

    • Bookings increased 25% to $266 million.
    • Revenue increased 13% to $222 million.
    • Net income increased 14% to $26 million.
    • GAAP diluted EPS increased 14% to $2.24.
    • Adjusted diluted EPS increased 11% to $2.24.
    • Adjusted EBITDA increased 11% to a record $46 million and represented 20.7% of revenue.
    • Operating cash flow decreased 58% to $19 million.
    • Backlog was a record $379 million.

    Note: Percent changes above are based on comparison to the prior year period. Adjusted diluted EPS, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, and changes in organic revenue are non-GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items as detailed later in this press release under the heading “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

    Management Commentary
    “Our strong performance continued into the second quarter with outstanding bookings and record adjusted EBITDA,” said Jeffrey L. Powell, president and chief executive officer of Kadant. “In the second quarter we delivered solid margins and revenue growth of 13 percent led by our Flow Control segment. Our global workforce once again navigated through supply chain constraints and inflationary pressures to deliver remarkable value to our customers. New order activity from both aftermarket parts and capital contributed to a sixth consecutive record quarterly backlog placing us in an excellent position to finish the year strong.”

    Second Quarter 2022 compared to 2021
    Revenue increased 13 percent to $221.6 million compared to $195.8 million in 2021. Organic revenue increased eight percent, which excludes a 10 percent increase from acquisitions and a five percent decrease from the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation. Gross margin was 43.3 percent compared to 43.6 percent in 2021.

    GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased 14 percent to $2.24 compared to $1.96 in 2021. Adjusted diluted EPS increased 11 percent to $2.24 compared to $2.01 in 2021. Adjusted diluted EPS excludes $0.05 of acquisition costs in 2021. Net income increased 14 percent to $26.2 million compared to $22.9 million in 2021. Adjusted EBITDA increased 11 percent to a record $46.0 million and represented 20.7 percent of revenue compared to $41.3 million and 21.1 percent of revenue in the prior year quarter. Operating cash flow decreased 58 percent to $18.8 million compared to $44.4 million in 2021 due to an increase in working capital to support shipments in the second half of 2022.

    Bookings increased 25 percent to $265.9 million compared to $213.2 million in 2021. Organic bookings increased 17 percent, which excludes a 12 percent increase from acquisitions and a four percent decrease from the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation.

    Summary and Outlook
    "We are pleased with the exceptionally strong first half of 2022 and our record backlog has us positioned well for the year,” Mr. Powell continued. "As we look ahead to the second half of 2022, we continue to see good levels of project activity despite the ongoing macroeconomic challenges. However, we expect industrial demand to moderate as consumer demand slows in response to actions taken by governments and central banks to control inflation.

    "We are raising the lower end of our revenue guidance and we now expect revenue of $890 to $905 million in 2022, revised from our previous guidance of $885 to $905 million. We are maintaining our GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $10.05 to $10.25, which includes a $1.30 gain on the sale of a facility, $0.04 of acquisition-related costs, and a $0.01 impairment charge. Excluding these items, we expect adjusted diluted EPS of $8.80 to $9.00. The 2022 guidance includes a negative effect from foreign currency translation, lowering revenue guidance by $45 million and adjusted diluted EPS guidance by $0.49. For the third quarter of 2022, we expect GAAP diluted EPS of $1.99 to $2.09 on revenue of $211 to $218 million."

    Conference Call
    Kadant will hold a webcast with a slide presentation for investors on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss its second quarter performance, as well as future expectations. Please note that there is a new process to access the webcast. To listen to the webcast, go to the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at www.kadant.com to access the webcast link. Participants interested in joining the call’s live question and answer session are required to register by either clicking here or the Q&A link on our website to receive a dial-in number and unique PIN. It is recommended that you join the call 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. A replay of the webcast presentation will be available on our website through September 2, 2022.

    Prior to the call, our earnings release and the slides used in the webcast presentation will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available at www.sec.gov. After the webcast, Kadant will post its updated general investor presentation incorporating the second quarter results on its website at www.kadant.com under the “Investors” section.

    Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
    In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including increases or decreases in revenue excluding the effect of acquisitions and foreign currency translation (organic revenue), adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted EPS, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, and free cash flow.

    We use organic revenue to understand our trends and to forecast and evaluate our financial performance and compare revenue to prior periods. Revenue in the second quarter of 2022 included $19.9 million from acquisitions and a $9.1 million unfavorable foreign currency translation effect. Revenue in the first six months of 2022 included $39.9 million from acquisitions and a $12.9 million unfavorable foreign currency translation effect. Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude impairment costs, acquisition costs, amortization expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog, and certain gains or losses. Collectively, these items are excluded as they are not indicative of our core operating results and are not comparable to other periods, which have differing levels of incremental costs, expenditures or income, or none at all. Additionally, we use free cash flow in order to provide insight on our ability to generate cash for acquisitions and debt repayments, as well as for other investing and financing activities.

    We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our core business, operating results, or future outlook. We believe that the inclusion of such measures helps investors gain an understanding of our underlying operating performance and future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts our performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts and to the performance of our competitors. Such measures are also used by us in our financial and operating decision-making and for compensation purposes. We also believe this information is responsive to investors' requests and gives them an additional measure of our performance.
            
    The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for the results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release have limitations associated with their use as compared to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, in that they may be different from, and therefore not comparable to, similar measures used by other companies.

    Second Quarter

    Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

    • Pre-tax acquisition costs of $0.6 million in 2021.

    Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS exclude:

    • After-tax acquisition costs of $0.6 million in 2021.

    Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow less:

    • Capital expenditures of $6.9 million in 2022 and $2.1 million in 2021.

    First Six Months

    Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

    • Pre-tax gain on the sale of a facility of $20.2 million in 2022.
    • Pre-tax acquisition costs of $0.1 million in 2022 and $1.9 million in 2021.
    • Pre-tax indemnification asset reversal of $0.6 million in 2022.
    • Pre-tax impairment costs of $0.2 million in 2022.
    • Pre-tax expense related to amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.5 million in 2022 and $0.1 million in 2021.

    Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS exclude:

    • After-tax gain on the sale of a facility of $15.1 million ($20.2 million net of tax of $5.1 million) in 2022.
    • After-tax acquisition costs of $0.1 million in 2022 and $1.7 million ($1.9 million net of tax of $0.2 million) in 2021.
    • After-tax impairment costs of $0.1 million ($0.2 million net of tax of $0.1 million) in 2022.
    • After-tax expense related to amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.4 million ($0.5 million net of tax of $0.1 million) in 2022 and $0.1 million in 2021.

    Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow less:

    • Capital expenditures of $9.8 million in 2022 and $4.3 million in 2021.

    Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in this press release.

    Financial Highlights (unaudited)        
    (In thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)  
               
        Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    Consolidated Statement of Income July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021
    Revenue $221,649  $195,811  $448,129  $368,274 
    Costs and Operating Expenses:        
     Cost of revenue 125,611   110,493   253,880   207,241 
     Selling, general, and administrative expenses 55,319   49,267   114,487   98,698 
     Research and development expenses 3,251   3,041   6,329   5,898 
     Gain on sale and other expense, net (b) —   —   (20,008)  — 
        184,181   162,801   354,688   311,837 
    Operating Income  37,468   33,010   93,441   56,437 
    Interest Income  277   56   379   121 
    Interest Expense  (1,366)  (1,066)  (2,600)  (2,177)
    Other Expense, Net  (19)  (24)  (41)  (48)
    Income Before Provision for Income Taxes  36,360   31,976   91,179   54,333 
    Provision for Income Taxes  9,951   8,949   23,329   14,510 
    Net Income  26,409   23,027   67,850   39,823 
    Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest  (239)  (163)  (488)  (398)
    Net Income Attributable to Kadant $26,170  $22,864  $67,362  $39,425 
               
    Earnings per Share Attributable to Kadant:        
      Basic $2.24  $1.97  $5.78  $3.41 
      Diluted $2.24  $1.96  $5.77  $3.39 
               
    Weighted Average Shares:        
      Basic  11,660   11,579   11,645   11,566 
      Diluted  11,689   11,650   11,672   11,631 
               


        Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended
    Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a)
    		 July 2,
    2022    		  July 2,
    2022    		  July 3,
    2021    		 July 3,
    2021
    Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported $26,170  $2.24  $22,864 $1.96
    Adjustments for the Following, Net of Tax:          
     Acquisition Costs  —   —   557  0.05
     Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog Amortization (c,d)  —   —   21  —
    Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a) $26,170  $2.24  $23,442 $2.01
                 


        Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
    Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a)
    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 July 3,
    2021
    Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported $67,362  $5.77  $39,425 $3.39
    Adjustments for the Following, Net of Tax:        
     Gain on Sale (b)  (15,143)  (1.30)  —  —
     Acquisition Costs  59   0.01   1,730  0.15
     Impairment Costs  135   0.01   —  —
     Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog Amortization (c,d)  387   0.03   65  0.01
    Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a) $52,800  $4.52  $41,220 $3.54
               


        Three Months Ended   Increase
    Excluding
    Revenue by Segment July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 Increase Acquisitions
    and FX (a,e)
    Flow Control $85,220  $70,762  $14,458 $5,458
    Industrial Processing  84,402   82,681   1,721  5,219
    Material Handling  52,027   42,368   9,659  4,312
        $221,649  $195,811  $25,838 $14,989
               
    Percentage of Parts and Consumables Revenue  66%  64%    
                 
        Six Months Ended   Increase
    Excluding 
      July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 Increase Acquisitions
    and FX (a,e)
    Flow Control $171,046  $134,516  $36,530 $16,685
    Industrial Processing  177,487   151,835   25,652  30,405
    Material Handling  99,596   81,923   17,673  5,796
        $448,129  $368,274  $79,855 $52,886
               
    Percentage of Parts and Consumables Revenue  65%  66%    
                 
        Three Months Ended   Increase
    Excluding 
    Bookings by Segment July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 Increase Acquisitions
    and FX (e)
    Flow Control $97,347  $71,819  $25,528 $15,187
    Industrial Processing  109,883   101,899   7,984  11,946
    Material Handling  58,675   39,447   19,228  9,610
        $265,905  $213,165  $52,740 $36,743
               
    Percentage of Parts and Consumables Bookings  59%  60%    
                 
        Six Months Ended   Increase
    Excluding
      July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 Increase Acquisitions
    and FX (e)
    Flow Control $197,458  $147,818  $49,640 $28,565
    Industrial Processing  216,227   188,505   27,722  33,095
    Material Handling  118,315   81,331   36,984  19,077
        $532,000  $417,654  $114,346 $80,737
               
    Percentage of Parts and Consumables Bookings  59%  62%    
               


        Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    Business Segment Information July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021
    Gross Margin:        
      Flow Control 52.8% 52.8% 52.6% 53.0%
      Industrial Processing 38.4% 40.1% 38.5% 40.3%
      Material Handling 35.9% 34.9% 36.1% 34.8%
        43.3% 43.6% 43.3% 43.7%
               


    Operating Income:        
      Flow Control $22,707  $19,324  $44,432  $34,770 
      Industrial Processing (i)  15,285   17,248   53,444   28,354 
      Material Handling (i)  8,701   5,281   14,545   9,450 
      Corporate (i)  (9,225)  (8,843)  (18,980)  (16,137)
        $37,468  $33,010  $93,441  $56,437 
               
    Adjusted Operating Income (a,f):        
      Flow Control $22,707  $19,563  $44,276  $36,006 
      Industrial Processing  15,285   17,301   34,011   28,494 
      Material Handling  8,701   5,619   15,262   10,062 
      Corporate  (9,225)  (8,843)  (18,980)  (16,137)
        $37,468  $33,640  $74,569  $58,425 
               
    Capital Expenditures:        
      Flow Control $1,031  $368  $1,556  $702 
      Industrial Processing (h)  5,073   1,191   7,025   2,995 
      Material Handling  843   495   1,227   616 
      Corporate  —   5   7   5 
        $6,947  $2,059  $9,815  $4,318 
               
        Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    Cash Flow and Other Data July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021
    Operating Cash Flow $18,797  $44,386  $42,565  $63,478 
    Less: Capital Expenditures (h)  (6,947)  (2,059)  (9,815)  (4,318)
    Free Cash Flow (a) $11,850  $42,327  $32,750  $59,160 
               
    Depreciation and Amortization Expense $8,486  $7,716  $17,931  $15,402 
             


    Balance Sheet Data     July 2,
    2022    		 January 1,
    2022
    Assets        
    Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash     $78,026 $94,161
    Accounts Receivable, net      124,704  117,209
    Inventories      156,426  134,356
    Contract Assets      11,861  8,626
    Property, Plant, and Equipment, net      105,919  107,989
    Intangible Assets      183,317  199,343
    Goodwill      384,109  396,887
    Other Assets      79,641  73,641
            $1,124,003 $1,132,212
    Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
    Accounts Payable     $55,924 $59,250
    Debt Obligations      223,817  264,597
    Other Borrowings      4,495  4,917
    Other Liabilities      233,603  237,832
     Total Liabilities      517,839  566,596
     Stockholders' Equity      606,164  565,616
            $1,124,003 $1,132,212
               


      Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation (a) July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021    		 July 2,
    2022    		 July 3,
    2021
    Consolidated        
      Net Income Attributable to Kadant $26,170  $22,864  $67,362  $39,425 
      Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest  239   163   488   398 
      Provision for Income Taxes  9,951   8,949   23,329   14,510 
      Interest Expense, Net  1,089   1,010   2,221   2,056 
      Other Expense, Net  19   24   41   48 
      Operating Income  37,468   33,010   93,441   56,437 
      Gain on Sale (b)  —   —   (20,190)  — 
      Acquisition Costs  —   603   76   1,901 
      Indemnification Asset Reversal (g)  —   —   575   — 
      Impairment Costs  —   —   182   — 
      Acquired Backlog Amortization (c)  —   27   703   87 
      Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  —   —   (218)  — 
      Adjusted Operating Income (a)  37,468   33,640   74,569   58,425 
      Depreciation and Amortization  8,486   7,689   17,228   15,315 
      Adjusted EBITDA (a) $45,954  $41,329  $91,797  $73,740 
      Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,j)  20.7%  21.1%  20.5%  20.0%
               
    Flow Control        
      Operating Income $22,707  $19,324  $44,432  $34,770 
      Acquisition Costs  —   239   62   1,236 
      Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  —   —   (218)  — 
      Adjusted Operating Income (a)  22,707   19,563   44,276   36,006 
      Depreciation and Amortization  2,297   1,568   4,644   3,140 
      Adjusted EBITDA (a) $25,004  $21,131  $48,920  $39,146 
      Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,j)  29.3%  29.9%  28.6%  29.1%
               
    Industrial Processing        
      Operating Income (i) $15,285  $17,248  $53,444  $28,354 
      Gain on Sale (b)  —   —   (20,190)  — 
      Indemnification Asset Reversal (g)  —   —   575   — 
      Impairment Costs  —   —   182   — 
      Acquisition Costs  —   53   —   80 
      Acquired Backlog Amortization (c)  —   —   —   60 
      Adjusted Operating Income (a)  15,285   17,301   34,011   28,494 
      Depreciation and Amortization  3,080   3,403   6,354   6,741 
      Adjusted EBITDA (a) $18,365  $20,704  $40,365  $35,235 
      Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,j)  21.8%  25.0%  22.7%  23.2%
               
    Material Handling        
      Operating Income (i) $8,701  $5,281  $14,545  $9,450 
      Acquisition Costs  —   311   14   585 
      Acquired Backlog Amortization (c)  —   27   703   27 
      Adjusted Operating Income (a)  8,701   5,619   15,262   10,062 
      Depreciation and Amortization  3,083   2,682   6,179   5,368 
      Adjusted EBITDA (a) $11,784  $8,301  $21,441  $15,430 
      Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,j)  22.6%  19.6%  21.5%  18.8%
               


    Corporate        
      Operating Loss (i) $(9,225) $(8,843) $(18,980) $(16,137)
      Depreciation and Amortization  26   36   51   66 
      EBITDA (a) $(9,199) $(8,807) $(18,929) $(16,071)
              
    (a)Represents a non-GAAP financial measure.
               
    (b)Includes a $20.2 million gain on the sale of a Chinese facility in our Industrial Processing segment pursuant to a relocation plan.
               
    (c)Represents intangible amortization expense associated with acquired backlog.
               
    (d)Represents income within the cost of revenue associated with amortization of acquired profit in inventory.
      
    (e)Represents the increase (decrease) resulting from the exclusion of acquisitions and from the conversion of current period amounts reported in local currencies into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of the prior period compared to the U.S. dollar amount reported in the prior period.
               
    (f)See reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure under "Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation."
      
    (g)Represents an indemnification asset reversal related to the release of tax reserves associated with uncertain tax positions.
               
    (h)Includes $3.1 million and $3.2 million in the three and six months ended July 2, 2022, respectively, related to the construction of a new manufacturing facility in China.
               
    (i)Operating income by segment has been recast in the first six months of 2021 to include acquisition costs of $0.5 million and $0.1 million in our Material Handling and Industrial Processing segments, respectively, which were previously included in Corporate.
               
    (j)Calculated as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue in each period.

    About Kadant
    Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of technologies and engineered systems that drive Sustainable Industrial Processing. The Company’s products and services play an integral role in enhancing efficiency, optimizing energy utilization, and maximizing productivity in process industries. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with approximately 3,000 employees in 20 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.kadant.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement
    The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about our future financial and operating performance, demand for our products, and economic and industry outlook. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Kadant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These include risks and uncertainties relating to adverse changes in global and local economic conditions; the variability and difficulty in accurately predicting revenues from large capital equipment and systems projects; health epidemics; our acquisition strategy; levels of residential construction activity; reductions by our wood processing customers of their capital spending or production of oriented strand board; changes to the global timber supply; development and use of digital media; cyclical economic conditions affecting the global mining industry; demand for coal, including economic and environmental risks associated with coal; failure of our information systems or breaches of data security and cybertheft; implementation of our internal growth strategy; supply chain constraints, inflationary pressure, price increases and shortages in raw materials; competition; changes in our tax provision or exposure to additional tax liabilities; our ability to successfully manage our manufacturing operations; disruption in production; future restructurings; loss of key personnel and effective succession planning; protection of intellectual property; climate change; adequacy of our insurance coverage; global operations; policies of the Chinese government; the variability and uncertainties in sales of capital equipment in China; currency fluctuations; economic conditions and regulatory changes caused by the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; changes to government regulations and policies around the world; compliance with government regulations and policies and compliance with laws; environmental laws and regulations; environmental, health and safety laws and regulations impacting the mining industry; our debt obligations; restrictions in our credit agreement and note purchase agreement; substitution of an alternative index for LIBOR; soundness of financial institutions; fluctuations in our share price; and anti-takeover provisions.

    Contacts
    Investor Contact Information:
    Michael McKenney, 978-776-2000
    IR@kadant.com
    or
    Media Contact Information:
    Wes Martz, 269-278-1715
    media@kadant.com


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