BBCP - Concrete Pumping Holdings Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 Results

DENVER, June 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBCP) (the “Company” or “CPH”), a leading provider of concrete pumping services and concrete waste management services in the U.S. and U.K. markets, today reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2019.

Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 vs. Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2018

• Revenue increased 10% to $62.0 million.
• Gross margin was 39.3% compared to 43.3%.
• Net loss attributable to common shareholders was $10.1 million, or $(0.35) per basic and diluted share, compared to net income attributable to common shareholders of $3.3 million, or $0.39 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased slightly to $17.9 million.

Management Commentary

“The last few months have been extremely productive and eventful for our organization, and was capped by 10% revenue growth in the second quarter,” said Concrete Pumping Holdings CEO Bruce Young. “We saw revenue growth across all our segments as we experienced broad end-market strength in the U.S., solid price and volume increases in the U.K., and we expanded our Eco-Pan footprint to 16 locations from 14 at the end of last quarter. This was somewhat offset by the continued strengthening of the U.S. dollar on the U.K. segment’s reported results, as well as continued adverse weather in our U.S. West coast region, largely within Eco-Pan’s high-volume, mature markets.

“In the last few months we completed several strategic transactions, including the acquisition of Capital Pumping and Atlas Concrete Pumping, the successful exchange of 62% of our outstanding warrants, and the completion of our follow-on equity offering, which raised $78.2 million in net proceeds that were largely used to fund the acquisition of Capital Pumping. All of these transactions support our strategic growth plan and we believe position us well to drive long-term shareholder value.

“Looking ahead, we will be focused on the integration of Capital Pumping onto our platform and into our extensive network, which we expect will help drive efficiencies and synergies across the combined business, as well as continue to optimize utilization and generate organic growth across our legacy operations. We believe that we have the right team in place to successfully execute on our strategic plan and I am excited for this next phase to unfold.”

Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results

Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 increased 10% to $62.0 million compared to $56.4 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to growth across all of the Company’s segments from higher construction activity and the benefit from the acquisition of Richard O’Brien Companies (“O’Brien Acquisition”) in April 2018. This was partially offset by continued adverse weather conditions across the U.S. West coast region and the effect of the strengthening U.S. Dollar on the U.K. segment’s reported results.

Gross profit in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $24.4 million, flat compared to the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.3% compared to 43.3% in the year-ago quarter. The decline in gross margin was primarily due to the step-up in depreciation related to the business combination with Industrea Acquisition Corp. (“Business Combination”) in December 2018, as depreciation expense related to pumping equipment is included in cost of operations.

General and administrative expenses in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 were $21.9 million compared to $12.4 million in the year-ago quarter. As a percent of revenue, general and administrative expenses were 35.3% compared to 22.0% last year. The increase was largely due to $5.1 million of higher amortization expense caused by the step-up in fair value of certain intangible assets related to the Business Combination and a $2.3 million increase in public company-related expenses.

Net loss attributable to common shareholders in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $10.1 million, or $(0.35) per basic and diluted share, compared to net income attributable to common shareholders of $3.3 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. The decline was primarily driven by an increase in depreciation and amortization expense related to the Business Combination and higher interest expense due to increased year-over-year debt levels.

Adjusted EBITDA¹ (a non-GAAP financial measure that is not pro forma for acquisitions and is defined below) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 increased slightly to $17.9 million compared to $17.7 million in the year-ago quarter.

As of April 30, 2019, the Company had $2.9 million of cash and $366.9 million of total outstanding debt compared to $8.6 million of cash and $237.1 million of total outstanding debt at October 31, 2018. On completion of the Business Combination, all of the Predecessor’s debt was extinguished, and the Company entered into a term loan agreement and an asset-based lending credit agreement, resulting in the increased level of debt.

Segment Results

U.S. Concrete Pumping – Brundage-Bone. Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 increased 13% to $42.5 million compared to $37.7 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to the O’Brien Acquisition and improved construction activity across the majority of CPH’s end markets. This was partially offset by continued adverse weather conditions in the U.S. West coast region.

U.K. Concrete Pumping – Camfaud. Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 increased 5% to $12.7 million compared to $12.1 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was driven by improved utilization rates, which were partially offset by the continued strengthening of the U.S. dollar. On a constant currency basis, revenue increased 13% compared to the year-ago quarter.

Concrete Waste Management Services – Eco-Pan. Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 increased 2% to $6.8 million compared to $6.6 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was driven by the continued expansion of Eco-Pan’s service offering but was largely offset by continued adverse weather conditions in the West coast region, one of its high-volume, mature markets.

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¹ Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Adjusted EBITDA is not pro forma for acquisitions. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for a discussion of the definition of this measure and reconciliation of such measure to its most comparable GAAP measure.

Conference Call

The Company will hold a conference call today at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss its second quarter fiscal year 2019 results.

Date: Monday, June 10, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern time (8:00 a.m. Mountain time)
Toll-free dial-in number: 1-877-407-9039
International dial-in number: 1-201-689-8470
Conference ID: 13691417

Please call the conference telephone number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Investor Relations at 1-949-574-3860.

The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.concretepumpingholdings.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available after 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through July 1, 2019.

Toll-free replay number: 1-844-512-2921
International replay number: 1-412-317-6671
Replay ID: 13691417

About Concrete Pumping Holdings

The Company is the leading provider of concrete pumping services and concrete waste management services in the fragmented U.S. and U.K. markets, operating under the only established, national brands in both markets (Brundage-Bone and Camfaud, respectively). The Company’s large fleet of specialized pumping equipment and trained operators position it to deliver concrete placement solutions that facilitate substantial labor cost savings to customers, shorten concrete placement times, enhance worksite safety and improve construction quality. The Company is also the leading provider of concrete waste management services in the U.S. market, operating under the only established, national brand – Eco-Pan. Highly complementary to its core concrete pumping service, Eco-Pan provides a full-service, cost-effective, regulatory-compliant solution to manage environmental issues caused by concrete washout. As of April 30, 2019, the Company provided concrete pumping services in the U.S. from a footprint of 80 locations across 22 states, concrete pumping services in the U.K. from 29 locations, and route-based concrete waste management services from 16 locations in the U.S.  For more information, please visit www.concretepumpingholdings.com or the Company’s brand websites at www.brundagebone.com,  www.camfaud.co.uk, or www.eco-pan.com.

Forward?Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s expectations with respect to future performance. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company or its subsidiaries; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; and realize the expected benefits from the acquisition of Capital Pumping; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The Company believes that this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s management also uses this non-GAAP financial measure to compare the Company’s performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, determining incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. Adjusted EBITDA is also used in quarterly financial reports prepared for the Company’s board of directors. The Company believes that this non-GAAP measure provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating the Company’s ongoing operating results and in comparing the Company’s financial results with competitors who also present similar non-GAAP financial measures.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income calculated in accordance with GAAP plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, transaction expenses, gain (loss) on sale of assets, non-recurring adjustments, management fees and other one-time and non-operational expenses. Adjusted EBITDA is not pro forma for acquisitions.

The following tables reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP. Current and prospective investors should review the Company’s audited financial statements, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently and therefore this measure may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

As the underlying business and financial results of the Successor and Predecessor entities are expected to be largely consistent, excluding the impact on certain financial statement line items that were impacted by the Business Combination, management has combined the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 results of the Predecessor and Successor periods for comparability in certain tables below. Accordingly, in addition to presenting our results of operations as reported in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, the tables below present the non-GAAP combined results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Presentation of Predecessor and Successor Financial Results

As a result of the Business Combination, the Company is the acquirer for accounting purposes and CPH is the acquiree and accounting predecessor. The Company’s financial statement presentation distinguishes the Company’s presentations into two distinct periods, the period up to the Closing Date (labeled “Predecessor”) and the period including and after that date (labeled “Successor”). The merger was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting, and the Successor financial statements reflect a new basis of accounting that is based on the fair value of the net assets acquired. As a result of the application of the acquisition method of accounting as of the effective time of the Business Combination, the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include a black line to distinguish the results for Predecessor and Successor reporting entities shown, as they are presented on a different basis and are therefore, not comparable.

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