Q2 2022 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp Earnings Call
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Welcome to the ANCO Pittsburgh Corporation second quarter 2022 earnings results conference call.
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Thank you, Anthony, and good morning to everyone joining us on today's second quarter 2022ata index call.
Joining me today are Brett McBrayer, our Chief Executive Officer.
Also joining us on the call today are Sam Lyon, President of Union Electric Steel Corporation.
and Dave Anderson, President of Air and Liquid Systems Corporation.
Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that participants on this call may make statements or comments that are forward-looking and may include financial projections or other statements of the Corporation's plans, objectives, expectations, or intentions.
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The Corporation's actual results may differ significantly from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements due to various risk factors, including those discussed in the Corporation's most recently filed Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to update or otherwise release publicly any revision to our forward-looking statements.
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With that, I will turn the call over to Brett McBrayer, AMCO Pittsburgh's CEO . Brett? Thank you, Mike. Good morning. We shared in our recent press release AMCO Pittsburgh recorded a net income of $0.4 million in our second quarter of 2022.
Although we again recorded a positive net earnings quarter, we were negatively impacted by the lag in product surcharge coverage in our Forged and Cast Engine product segment as well as supply chain delays in our Air and Liquid System segment.
We have recently seen commodity prices decline, which will help in cost recovery. However, the volatility of energy prices in Europe continues to be a headwind for our operations, customers, and customers in markets.
Despite these challenges, net sales improved approximately 9% from the prior quarter, and our backlog has grown 7% sequentially and 19% year to day.
The first installation of new capital equipment on our Foraging Cast Engineer product segment is on track and will occur in the fourth quarter of this year.
Completion of our North American fixed asset transformation will conclude in 2023.
From a safety and health perspective, we again saw positive progress in our injury rates during the quarter. The health and safety of our team members will remain a priority as we drive improvements in our businesses.
I will now turn the call over to David Anderson, President of Air and Liquid Systems, for comments on this segment's performance.
Thank you, Brett. Good morning.
At the end of the first quarter of 2022, Air and Liquid Systems' backlog was at a historic high.
I am pleased to report that we have further increased our backlog in Q2 to a new record high.
Backlog levels have increased 35% over the past six months and 46% over the past 12 months.
we are seeing significant order activity as sales orders received in the first six months of this year exceed the orders received for the first six months of any year in the history of air and liquid systems.
Sales in Q2 increased 7.5% compared to prior year, primarily due to higher shipments of heat exchangers. In the works today, thirty years after theLAB announced thatsa.org was million on the
We continue to manage supply chain related issues, including extended lead times on materials and customer requested deferrals.
While these supply chain issues have impacted our business, they are short term in nature and do not impact the long term strategic direction of the business.
Operating income for Q2 increased 26% compared to the prior year due to higher sales, improved efficiencies, and favorable product mix.
At the beginning of 2022, Air and Liquid Systems began to implement our new multi-year strategic growth plan.
We are now just six months into that plan and we see very positive indicators.
Record levels for orders received and backlog show the early success we have already experienced and provide positive momentum as we move forward with our growth initiatives.
Thank you, Dave. I'll now turn the call over to Sam Lyon, president of our FORGE and CAS engineer product segment.
Thanks, Brett. Good morning.
The Forged in Caste segment backlog increased another 6.6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2022 and is up nearly 15% this year.
We are seeing strong activity in the US as there has been a shift toward a more local supply chain.
Inflation continued to impact operations. Materials and energy prices have remained elevated, but we have begun to see a decrease in certain key raw materials over the last few months.
If this trend continues, it should provide a tailwind for operating income and cash in the second half of the year as surcharge revenue will catch up to costs.
Energy prices in the UK, where we operate one of our cast rule plants, continues to be very volatile. Much of our order book has coverage for this volatility, but it is driving significant increases in cost and pass-through prices.
While we have seen an increase in power costs at our Sweden plant, the overall energy cost there is still only about 25% of the cost at our UK plant. We are working to shift more work to our Sweden operation.
We continue to monitor developments and costs daily and react where possible to minimize the effect on our business.
We are well into our normal third quarter seasonal maintenance shutdowns.
We kept our U.S. plants down for an additional week to reduce some working capital from the system. We took advantage of this time to do some additional needed maintenance on our porch presses and associated equipment.
As Brett stated, our expansion and modernization programs for our U.S. plant assets continue on schedule.
In the last month, we completed on-site acceptance testing for one of the new machine tools being built in Spain with positive results. We also achieved a key milestone as we received full approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the installation of four furnaces in our Bergus Town facility.
These furnaces will allow us to increase our throughput and increase utilization of our melt and forge assets.
We are excited about these investments as they will provide a lower cost structure in the rural business and further growth in the non rural business.
which is currently at capacity. We are still on target to complete this CAPEX program in 2023. I'll now turn it back over to Brett. Thank you, Sam. At this time, Mike McCaul, our Chief Financial Officer, will share more details regarding our financial performance for the quarter.
Thank you, Brett.
AMCO's net sales for the second quarter of 2022 were $102.6 million, an increase of 11% compared to net sales for the second quarter of 2021.
led by 12% sales growth in the forged and cast engineered product segment, driven by higher pricing, including surcharge revenues, and higher shipment volumes of forged engineered products to the oil and gas and steel distribution markets.
Net sales for the air and liquid processing segment for the second quarter of 2022 were 7% higher than the prior year period due to higher shipments of heat exchange coils.
Loss from operations for the second quarter of 2022 was $0.3 million. This compares to income from operations in the prior year quarter of half a million dollars.
The Fortune Cast Engineer product segment's operating results declined for the second quarter of 2022 compared to prior year. The decrease primarily reflects the inflationary impact of higher operating costs and excessive recovery through product pricing and surcharges.
and the impact of a $0.7 million reserve recorded for the refund of certain excess COVID-19 subsidies received in 2020, but to be returned in 2022.
Air and liquid processing segments operating results improved for the second quarter of 2022 compared to prior year, primarily due to improved mix and lower employee related costs.
Excluding the reserve for the excess COVID-19 subsidies, AMCO's non-GAAP adjusted income from operations was positive for the second quarter of 2022 and approximately comparable to the prior year quarter.
Other income expense net benefited from higher foreign exchange transaction gains, but declined overall for the second quarter of 2022 when compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to the timing of dividend income from one of the corporation's Chinese joint ventures.
That dividend income was $1 million in the prior year of second quarter.
At the bottom line, the corporation reported net income attributable to AMCO Pittsburgh of $0.4 million or $0.02 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2022.
compared to net income of $1.1 million or 5 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2021.
Backlog at June 30, 2022 of $348.8 million. Increased 7% sequentially.
increased 19% year-to-date and rose 37% from a year ago.
Backlog for the force and cast engineered product segment improved nearly 7% sequentially.
The increase is principally a result of an increase in orders for forged rolls due to improved demand from the segment's flat rolled steel and aluminum customers and improved pricing.
Backlog for the air and liquid processing segment is at a record high and increased 66% sequentially.
Net cash flows used in operating activities was approximately $6.7 million for Q2 2022.
due to an increase in trade working capital associated with the higher level of business activity.
and, in the case of inventories, higher costs associated with inflation and supply chain disruptions.
Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2022 were $2.9 million.
and are now $6.3 million year-to-date, primarily in the Fortune Cast Engineer product segment.
At June 30th, 2022, the Corporation's balance sheet and liquidity position included cash on hand of $7.4 million and undrawn availability on a revolving credit facility of approximately $24.4 million.
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Our first question will come from David Wright with Henry Investment Trust.
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Good morning, everyone.
Good morning, David. I have a question for Dave.
you
Can you characterize the areas, whether it's all healthcare or additional areas, where demand for air and liquid systems products is coming from?
And then part B of the question is, what kind of tension, if any, are you seeing between demand for delivery and a willingness or not to pay more?
Well, thank you, David. We are seeing demand in healthcare for sure, but it is not just healthcare. We are seeing demand really across most of the industries we serve.
As far as willingness to pay more, we usually are pretty successful in passing along pricing.
everyone knows the inflationary market is out there and we're generally pretty successful in...
getting that pass through.
I'm curious on this because it's a little counterintuitive if you think while the economy is slowing down.
this and that, you hear nothing but problems, but you can find pockets of demand, you know, things forging ahead and it sounds like...
it sounds like you're benefiting from being in one of those pockets.
Yes, we are definitely seeing strong demand.
David, this is Sam. One thing that we heard repeatedly on the...
our customers earnings calls in the US is that non-residential construction remains very strong. So it is a pocket of, I'll call it, higher demand in the US for sure.
And then Dave, do you have any comment on trends in Buffalo Pump's business, maybe with respect to Navy? There's been a lot of interest over the last many months about delays in the various shipbuilding programs, and I'm just wondering what you're seeing there.
There are certainly some delays due to supply chain customer push outs. It's not a significant problem for us in the long term, but there's been some short term issues with shipyards pushing out. We still see good demand coming from the US Navy and I think if anything it's starting to get a little stronger actually.
Great. And then I just have a comment for Mike. The good disclosure in the MDNA and your breakout of...
the kind of the pluses and minuses affecting the results from
from SAM sector, that's appreciated. Thanks very much and good luck over the balance of the year.
Thank you David.
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Our next question will come from Justin Burglar with Gabelli Funds.
You may now go ahead.
Good morning Brad, good morning Mike.
Good morning Justin.
The first question would be on forging
CAST engineered products.
I think we've
You know the forged engineer products you mentioned you were at capacity
that sort of a hard line and how much additional capacity.
Will the first major installment of new equipment in the latter part of this year add on the forged engineered product side?
We're really furnace constrained, Justin, and so the DEP approval for the four furnaces, which will take
six to nine months to install, so mid to a little bit later in the year next year is when those would go in and that would increase our capacity roughly 40% on non-roll product. Right, so forged products other than rolls. Rolls are not capacity constraint it's the other forged products. Correct.
Okay, and until that point, you'll sort of be capacity constrained at the current capacity. There's not any sort of intermediate.
checkpoints where you get part of that 40 percent.
Well, you know, the purchases won't go on all at the same time, so you put in two purchases and we'll pick up 20% and then put in the other two and you'll pick up another 20%.
Okay.
Got it. Second question relates to just balance sheet.
Second question relates to just balance sheet. I mean with
commodity prices rolling over, how does that
impact your projected, you know, free cash flow.
needs in the second half? And I mean does commodity prices rolling over indirectly?
you know, give you a little bit more wiggle room versus the availability under your asset-backed facility? Are you still actively exploring?
additional financing alternatives.
I guess Justin you're referring to the recent decline in commodity prices that we've been seeing.
post June 30th quarter end that we've been seeing. Yeah, that should provide some relief on working capital demand because of the cost of raw materials should be coming down. So that's good news. It'll also help us on the earning side and hence cash generated from the business because our surcharge mechanisms will finally be able to catch up to and potentially exceed the current period inflation that.
seen in the first half and grow at a lesser extent in the second half, but demand is still a factor even if prices are coming down.
Okay, understood.
I don't know if you've spoken to this specifically before, but have you, or do you want to quantify sort of the headwind from the price cost lag as it relates to the surcharge mechanism?
you know, for investors.
I assume that's something that you keep tabs on internally.
We do. In fact, we've disclosed it in the mDNA for the 10Q that was filed Monday evening.
uh
under the Forcing Cast Engineer product segment, we did disclose what we measured that estimate to be. It's in the range of...
$6 million for the Q2 quarter.
of under-recovery relative to price inflation for raw materials, energy, and other operating costs?
Okay, does all of that get recovered by the surcharge mechanism catching up, or is only the portion of it? dash
related to specific commodities get recovered? A portion will be recovered when material prices and inflation abate and material prices start to come down. Then we'll recapture that, a portion of it, but there is a portion of our business where we don't have full protection to do the surcharge mechanism.
Okay, but how about cost like energy and such? Are they...
of the surcharge mechanism for that part of the business where you have a surcharge mechanism or is that outside of that?
Well, it's part of the surcharge mechanism. We have spent a fair bit of time adding that to the surcharge formulas for I would say the majority of our contracts. It's not in for every single agreement, but it's in for most of them.
Okay, thanks. That detail is very helpful.
This concludes our question and answer session. I would now like to turn it over to Brett McBrayer, Chief Executive Officer for Including Now marks.
Thank you. Just recently we faced significant headwinds from the global pandemic. We now face just as significant headwinds from input cost inflation exacerbated further by the war in Ukraine.
Despite these obstacles, I'm encouraged by the proactive steps we're taking to improve profitability, as well as the hard work and resiliency of our employees.
I want to thank our employees for making a positive difference each and every day. Thank you for joining our call this morning.
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