VSE Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2015
Third Quarter Revenue and Profit Improve
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-- VSE Corporation (Nasdaq: VSEC) reported the following unaudited consolidated financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015.
| (in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||
| Third Quarter Results | Nine Month Results | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | % Change | 2015 | 2014 | % Change | |||||||
| Revenues | $137,396 | $101,749 | 35.0% | $389,313 | $329,120 | 18.3% | ||||||
| Operating income | $13,243 | $7,183 | 84.4% | $35,423 | $29,243 | 21.1% | ||||||
| Net income | $6,474 | $3,883 | 66.7% | $17,173 | $15,202 | 13.0% | ||||||
| EPS (Diluted) | $1.20 | $0.72 | 66.7% | $3.19 | $2.83 | 12.7% | ||||||
“Our improved operating results this quarter are a result of the execution of our long term strategy to expand our logistics services and product offerings to a more diverse customer base,” said Maurice “Mo” Gauthier, VSE CEO. “The successful performance of our Supply Chain Management Group and the inclusion of our aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and parts supply and distribution businesses acquired on January 28, 2015 (Aviation Group) are the primary drivers behind our revenue and profit growth in 2015. We have also increased bookings in our Federal Government markets in September to provide further momentum going forward. Overall, we have experienced modest organic revenue growth on a quarterly basis compared to the same quarter of the previous year.”
Revenues were $137 million in the third quarter of 2015 compared to $102 million in the third quarter of 2014. For the first nine months, revenues were $389 million in 2015 compared to $329 million in 2014. The increases were primarily due to the addition of commercial revenue from our Aviation Group and increases from our Supply Chain Management Group.
Operating income was $13.2 million for the third quarter of 2015 compared to $7.2 million in the third quarter of 2014. For the first nine months, operating income was $35 million in 2015 compared to $29 million in 2014. The increases in operating income were primarily attributable to the increases in our revenues. Differences in the amount of expense related to adjustments to earn-out obligations associated with our Wheeler Bros., Inc. and Aviation Group acquisitions also contributed to the operating income increases. Earn-out obligation expense for 2015 was approximately $508 thousand for the third quarter and $1 million for the nine months, compared to approximately $2 million for the third quarter and $2.8 million for the nine months for 2014.
Net income was $6.5 million for the third quarter of 2015, or $1.20 per diluted share, compared to $3.9 million, or $0.72 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2014. Net income was $17.2 million for the first nine months of 2015, or $3.19 per diluted share, compared to $15.2 million, or $2.83 per diluted share for the first nine months of 2014.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $18.5 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to $3.9 million for the first six months of 2015. The $14.6 million of cash from operating activities in the third quarter was used primarily to make our final earn-out payment of approximately $10 million related to our Wheeler Bros., Inc. acquisition and an earn-out payment of $5 million related to our Aviation Group acquisition.
Our disclosure relative to bookings and funded contract backlog include only our Federal Services and IT, Energy and Management Consulting groups. Bookings were $184 million for the first nine months of 2015 compared to revenue of $157 million for the same period. Funded contract backlog at September 30, 2015 was $214 million, compared to $176 million at June 30, 2015 and $192 million at September 30, 2014.
Non-GAAP Financial Information (Unaudited)
| For the third quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Third Quarter Results | Nine Month Results | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | % Change | 2015 | 2014 | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Net Income | $ | 6,474 | $ | 3,883 | 67 | % | $ | 17,173 | $ | 15,202 | 13 | % | ||||||
| Interest Expense | 2,441 | 871 | 180 | % | 7,001 | 3,158 | 122 | % | ||||||||||
| Income Taxes | 4,328 | 2,425 | 78 | % | 11,249 | 9,985 | 13 | % | ||||||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization (1) | 6,437 | 4,720 | 36 | % | 19,215 | 14,274 | 35 | % | ||||||||||
| EBITDA | 19,680 | 11,899 | 65 | % | 54,638 | 42,619 | 28 | % | ||||||||||
| Earn Out Adjustments Expense | 508 | 1,971 | -74 | % | 1,035 | 2,758 | -62 | % | ||||||||||
| Acquisition Transaction Costs | 75 | 277 | -73 | % | 488 | 277 | 76 | % | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 20,263 | $ | 14,147 | 43 | % | $ | 56,161 | $ | 45,654 | 23 | % | ||||||
| (1) Amortization Expense from Acquisitions Included Above | $ | 4,162 | $ | 2,628 | 58 | % | $ | 12,280 | $ | 7,885 | 56 | % | ||||||
EBITDA was $19.7 million for the third quarter and $54.6 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to $11.9 million for the third quarter and $42.6 for the first nine months of 2014. Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $20.3 million for the third quarter and approximately $56.2 for the first nine months of 2015, compared to approximately $14.1 million for the third quarter and approximately $45.7 million for the first nine months of 2014.
Third Quarter Operational Highlights
- Revenues from our Supply Chain Management Group, which provides supply chain support for truck fleets, increased by 13% for the first nine months of 2015 as compared to the same period of 2014.
- Our combined Federal Services and IT, Management and Consulting groups had increased bookings in the third quarter, resulting in a book to bill of approximately 1.2 for the first nine months of 2015. The book to bill is a ratio of the bookings of $184 million divided by the revenues of $157 million for the nine-month period.
- Our Federal Services Group was recently awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task order under its SeaPort-e contract vehicle to provide technical, maintenance and test support to the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA. This task order has a period of performance that includes a six-month base period and four one-year options with a total value of $37 million. This award represents an increase in contract value, scope, and capabilities to work currently performed by VSE.
- In September, our Federal Services Group received several delivery orders totaling more than $27.9 million to continue work under its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Naval Ship Transfer and Repair (N*STAR) contract through the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) International Fleet Support Program.
- Our Energetics subsidiary was awarded two subcontracts through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Technical, Engineering & Programmatic Support Services Blanket Purchase Agreement. The two task order awards consist of technical and program management support for DOE Office of International Affairs and for the DOE Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis. The task orders have a three-year period of performance and a total combined estimated value to Energetics of $7 million.
About VSE
Established in 1959, VSE is a diversified logistics and services company with experience in solving issues of global significance with integrity, agility, and value. VSE is dedicated to making our federal and commercial clients successful by delivering innovative solutions for vehicle, ship, and aircraft sustainment, supply chain management, platform modernization, mission enhancement, program management, energy, IT, and consulting services. For additional information regarding VSE services and products, please see the Company's web site at www.vsecorp.com or contact Christine Kaineg, VSE Investor Relations, at (703) 329-3263.
Please refer to VSE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for further information and analysis of VSE’s financial condition and results of operations. VSE encourages investors and others to review the detailed reporting and disclosures contained in VSE’s public filings for additional discussion about the status of specific customer programs and contract awards, risks, revenue sources and funding, dependence on material customers, and management’s discussion of short and long term business challenges and opportunities.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
This earnings release contains financial measures above under the caption “Non-GAAP Financial Information” that are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") under SEC Regulation G, including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA represents net income before net interest, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA, as defined above, adjusted for earn-out expenses and other transaction costs associated with acquisitions. VSE prepares adjusted financial measures to eliminate the impact of items it does not consider indicative of ongoing operating performance due to their inherent unusual, extraordinary or non-recurring nature.
We have included a discussion on EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in this press release, which are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe that these supplemental performance measures provide another basis for comparing period to period results by excluding potential differences caused by non-operational and unusual or non-recurring items. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. This information is not audited.
Safe Harbor
This news release contains statements that to the extent they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute “forward looking statements” under federal securities laws. All such statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor protection provided by applicable securities laws. For discussions identifying some important factors that could cause actual VSE results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements in this news release, see VSE’s public filings with the SEC.
| VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries | ||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||
| (in thousands except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 194 | $ | 263 | ||||
| Receivables | 75,762 | 59,391 | ||||||
| Inventories | 113,728 | 49,363 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 4,897 | 1,834 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 10,635 | 11,517 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 205,216 | 122,368 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 65,237 | 52,911 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 153,640 | 72,209 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 184,384 | 92,052 | ||||||
| Other assets | 16,212 | 15,790 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 624,689 | $ | 355,330 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 16,620 | $ | 24,837 | ||||
| Accounts payable | 36,677 | 29,424 | ||||||
| Current portion of earn-out obligation | 9,038 | 9,455 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 26,101 | 23,245 | ||||||
| Dividends payable | - | 536 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 88,436 | 87,497 | ||||||
| Long-term debt, less current portion | 228,214 | 23,563 | ||||||
| Deferred compensation | 10,905 | 12,563 | ||||||
| Long-term lease obligations, less current portion | 23,635 | 24,584 | ||||||
| Earn-out obligation, less current portion | 12,576 | - | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 38,767 | 1,634 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 402,533 | 149,841 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.05 per share, authorized 15,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 5,374,863 and 5,358,261 respectively | 269 | 268 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 21,597 | 20,348 | ||||||
| Retained earnings | 200,916 | 184,873 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (626 | ) | - | |||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 222,156 | 205,489 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 624,689 | $ | 355,330 | ||||
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements. | ||||||||
| VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income | ||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
| For the three months | For the nine months | |||||||||||||||
| ended September 30, | ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
| Products | $ | 83,644 | $ | 44,567 | $ | 233,603 | $ | 127,550 | ||||||||
| Services | 53,752 | 57,182 | 155,710 | 201,570 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 137,396 | 101,749 | 389,313 | 329,120 | ||||||||||||
| Contract costs: | ||||||||||||||||
| Products | 72,371 | 36,440 | 200,531 | 103,223 | ||||||||||||
| Services | 51,281 | 56,948 | 150,741 | 194,257 | ||||||||||||
| Total contract costs | 123,652 | 93,388 | 351,272 | 297,480 | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 501 | 1,178 | 2,618 | 2,397 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 13,243 | 7,183 | 35,423 | 29,243 | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | 2,441 | 871 | 7,001 | 3,158 | ||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 10,802 | 6,312 | 28,422 | 26,085 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 4,328 | 2,425 | 11,249 | 9,985 | ||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations | 6,474 | 3,887 | 17,173 | 16,100 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | - | (4 | ) | - | (898 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 6,474 | $ | 3,883 | $ | 17,173 | $ | 15,202 | ||||||||
| Basic earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations | $ | 1.20 | $ | 0.73 | $ | 3.20 | $ | 3.01 | ||||||||
| Loss income from discontinued operations | - | - | - | (0.17 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 1.20 | $ | 0.73 | $ | 3.20 | $ | 2.84 | ||||||||
| Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 5,374,863 | 5,355,968 | 5,373,159 | 5,353,065 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations | $ | 1.20 | $ | 0.72 | $ | 3.19 | $ | 3.00 | ||||||||
| Loss from discontinued operations | - | - | - | (0.17 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 1.20 | $ | 0.72 | $ | 3.19 | $ | 2.83 | ||||||||
| Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 5,396,174 | 5,371,995 | 5,389,129 | 5,368,224 | ||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.19 | ||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements. |
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| VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries | ||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||
| For the nine months | ||||||||
| ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 17,173 | $ | 15,202 | ||||
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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| Depreciation and amortization | 19,215 | 14,274 | ||||||
| Deferred taxes | (1,400 | ) | 2,551 | |||||
| Stock-based compensation | 1,698 | 1,610 | ||||||
| Earn-out obligation adjustment | 1,035 | 2,758 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of acquisition: | ||||||||
| Receivables, net | (5,267 | ) | 14,548 | |||||
| Inventories | (8,821 | ) | (7,672 | ) | ||||
| Other current assets and noncurrent assets | 4,110 | (2,560 | ) | |||||
| Accounts payable and deferred compensation | (3,235 | ) | 2,429 | |||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (1,811 | ) | (2,587 | ) | ||||
| Earn-out obligation | (3,269 | ) | - | |||||
| Long-term lease obligations | (926 | ) | (835 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 18,502 | 39,718 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (7,819 | ) | (2,725 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment | 273 | - | ||||||
| Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (191,181 | ) | - | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (198,727 | ) | (2,725 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Borrowings on loan arrangement | 435,377 | 210,552 | ||||||
| Repayments on loan arrangement | (238,071 | ) | (243,023 | ) | ||||
| Earn-out obligation payments | (11,713 | ) | (1,972 | ) | ||||
| Payment of debt financing costs | (2,699 | ) | - | |||||
| Payments on capital lease obligations | (730 | ) | (629 | ) | ||||
| Payments of taxes for equity transactions | (342 | ) | (314 | ) | ||||
| Dividends paid | (1,666 | ) | (1,499 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 180,156 | (36,885 | ) | |||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (69 | ) | 108 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 263 | 220 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 194 | $ | 328 | ||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements. |
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Source: VSE Corporation
Released October 28, 2015
