CIRCOR Reports Second-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

CIRCOR International, Inc. (NYSE: CIR), one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets, today announced GAAP and adjusted financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2020.

Second Quarter 2020 Overview

• Orders of $193 million produced a book-to-bill ratio of 1.04 and backlog increase of $7 million
• Revenue of $186 million, down 24% reported, down 14% organically
  • Aerospace & Defense revenue of $62 million, down 4% reported, down 3% organically
  • Industrial revenue of $124 million, down 32% reported, down 19% organically
• GAAP loss per share of $(1.68); Adjusted earnings per share of $0.22
• GAAP operating margin of (0.7%); Adjusted operating margin of 8.5%
• Aerospace & Defense operating margin of 21.1%, up 500 bps versus last year
• Completed exit from upstream Oil & Gas: Divested loss-making Distributed Valves
• All manufacturing facilities operating at level of demand
• Remain on track to achieve $45 million 2020 cost reduction plan
• Gross debt reduction of $156 million and net debt reduction of $205 million over last 12 months

“As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 environment, CIRCOR’s top priority remains the health and safety of our employees, customers and suppliers,” said Scott Buckhout, CIRCOR’s President and CEO. “I would like to thank the entire CIRCOR team for doing a remarkable job serving our customers during this challenging time. I am pleased to report that as of today, all of our facilities are operational, with limited direct disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Mr. Buckhout continued, “Our team has been effectively executing and building upon the 18-month strategic plan that we laid out last summer. Consistent with this plan, we completed our exit from upstream Oil & Gas, remain on track to launch 45 new products this year, and have expanded our planned 2020 cost actions to better align our cost structure with the current market environment.”

“Looking ahead, we continue to focus on creating long-term value for shareholders by positioning the Company for growth, expanding margins, generating strong free cash flow, and de-levering the balance sheet.”

1. Orders and revenue excluding divested businesses are non-GAAP measures and are calculated by subtracting the orders and revenues generated by the divested businesses during the periods prior to their divestiture from reported orders and revenues. Divested businesses include Reliability Services, Spence/Nicholson and Instrumentation & Sampling (all Industrial) which were sold before June 28, 2020.
2. Adjusted consolidated and segment results for Q2 2020 exclude net loss from discontinued operations of $43.8 million and net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization, special and restructuring charges totaling $17.3 million ($5.3 million income, net of tax). These charges include: (i) $11.7 million for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and depreciation expense; (ii) $4.6 million of professional fees associated with an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock; and (iii) $1.0 million of other special and restructuring charges. Adjusted consolidated and segment results for Q2 2019 exclude net loss from discontinued operations of $17.2 million and net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization, special and restructuring charges totaling $16.6 million ($14.3 million, net of tax). These charges include: (i) $12.4 million for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization expense and amortization of the step-up in fixed asset values; (ii) $2.1 million of professional fees associated with an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock;(iii) $1.4 million related to the divestiture of our Reliability Services business; and (iv) $0.7 million of other special and restructuring charges.
3. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated by subtracting GAAP capital expenditures, net of proceeds from asset sales, from GAAP operating cash flow.

Conference Call Information

CIRCOR International will hold a conference call to review its financial results at 9:00 a.m. ET today, August 7, 2020. To listen to the live conference call and view the accompanying presentation slides, please visit “Webcasts & Presentations” in the “Investors” portion of CIRCOR’s website. The live call also can be accessed by dialing (877) 407-5790 or (201) 689-8328. The webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for one year.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share (diluted), EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, net debt, free cash flow and organic growth (and such measures further excluding discontinued operations) are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management in our financial and operating decision making because we believe they reflect our ongoing business and facilitate period-to-period comparisons. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating the Company’s current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose. These non-GAAP financial measures also allow investors and others to compare the Company’s current financial results with the Company’s past financial results in a consistent manner. For example:

We exclude costs and tax effects associated with restructuring activities, such as reducing overhead and consolidating facilities. We believe that the costs related to these restructuring activities are not indicative of our normal operating costs.

We exclude certain acquisition-related costs, including significant transaction costs and amortization of inventory and fixed-asset step-ups and the related tax effects. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs.

We exclude the expense and tax effects associated with the non-cash amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets because a significant portion of the purchase price for acquisitions may be allocated to intangible assets that have lives up to 25 years. Exclusion of the non-cash amortization expense allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent over time for both our newly acquired and long-held businesses and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies.

We also exclude certain gains/losses and related tax effects, which are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any predictability, and that we believe are not indicative of our normal operating gains and losses. For example, we exclude gains/losses from items such as the sale of a business, significant litigation-related matters and lump-sum pension plan settlements.

We exclude the results of discontinued operations.

We exclude goodwill impairment charges.

Due to the significance of recently sold businesses and to provide a comparison of changes in our orders and revenue, we also discuss these changes on an “organic” basis. Organic is calculated assuming the divestitures completed prior to June 28, 2020 were completed on January 1, 2019 and excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

CIRCOR’s management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, as the basis for measuring the Company’s operating performance and comparing such performance to that of prior periods and to the performance of our competitors. We use such measures when publicly providing our business outlook, assessing future earnings potential, evaluating potential acquisitions and dispositions and in our financial and operating decision-making process, including for compensation purposes.

Investors should recognize that these non-GAAP measures might not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These measures should be considered in addition and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flow or liquidity prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in this news release.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains certain statements that are “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). The words “may,” “hope,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” and other expressions, which are predictions of or indicate future events and trends and which do not relate to historical matters, identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements are accompanied by such words. We believe that it is important to communicate our future expectations to our stockholders, and we, therefore, make forward-looking statements in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Act. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control and our actual results may differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, including statements about outlook for the third quarter, the expected and potential direct or indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, the realization of cost reductions from restructuring activities and expected synergies, the number of new product launches and future cash flows from operating activities, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy; changes in the price of and demand for oil and gas in both domestic and international markets; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; any adverse changes in governmental policies; variability of raw material and component pricing; changes in our suppliers’ performance; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; changes in tariffs or other taxes related to doing business internationally; our ability to hire and retain key personnel; our ability to operate our manufacturing facilities at efficient levels including our ability to prevent cost overruns and reduce costs; our ability to generate increased cash by reducing our working capital; our prevention of the accumulation of excess inventory; our ability to successfully implement our divestiture; restructuring or simplification strategies; fluctuations in interest rates; our ability to successfully defend product liability actions; as well as the uncertainty associated with the current worldwide economic conditions and the continuing impact on economic and financial conditions in the United States and around the world, including as a result of COVID-19, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, current Middle Eastern conflicts and other similar matters. BEFORE MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISIONS REGARDING OUR COMPANY, WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO READ FURTHER ABOUT THESE AND OTHER RISK FACTORS SET FORTH IN THE “RISK FACTORS” OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019, WHICH IS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ("SEC") AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV, AND SUBSEQUENT REPORTS ON FORMS 10-Q, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED UNDER THE "INVESTORS" LINK OF OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CIRCOR.COM. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About CIRCOR International, Inc.

CIRCOR International is one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets. The Company has a product portfolio of market-leading brands serving its customers’ most demanding applications. CIRCOR markets its solutions directly and through various sales partners to more than 14,000 customers in approximately 100 countries. The Company has a global presence with approximately 3,200 employees and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit the Company’s investor relations website at http://investors.circor.com.