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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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L B Foster Company | NASDAQ:FSTR | NASDAQ | Common Stock |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 29.33 | 25.19 | 32.42 | 0 | 09:05:06 |
CEO Comments
John Kasel, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We finished 2023 on a strong note, exceeding our revenue and profitability guidance and achieving robust organic sales growth and gross margin expansion. While fourth quarter gross profit grew $2.3 million year over year, representing a 200 bps improvement in gross margin to 21.5%, adjusted EBITDA was down $1.4 million year over year due primarily to higher variable incentive costs that will reset moving into 2024. The highlight for the quarter was our delivery of an exceptional $22.1 million in cash flow from operations. In fact, we generated $40.7 million in cash flow from operations in the second half of 2023, which allowed us to make progress reducing our debt, further improve leverage and continue our stock buyback program. We finished the year with $52.7 million in net debt, down $36.3 million during the year, and we reduced our gross leverage by more than one turn to 1.7x as of year end. These results, coupled with the upcoming completion of our final $8.0 million settlement funding obligation to Union Pacific in 2024, highlight the cash flow generating power of our business which is expected to improve further in the years to come."
Mr. Kasel continued, "As an outcome of a strategic assessment of our operating and management structure, we've realigned our financial reporting structure through two reportable business segments: Rail, Technologies and Services ("Rail") and Infrastructure Solutions ("Infrastructure"). The Rail segment is largely unchanged from our previous reporting segment. Infrastructure now includes our Precast Concrete and Steel Products business units. Organic sales growth from Infrastructure was strong at 23.1% with robust gross profit expansion of 910 bps year over year to 24.0%. Results in Rail were somewhat weaker primarily due to ongoing commercial weakness in our United Kingdom ("UK") Technology Services business. Rail revenues were down 4.0% on an organic basis, with gross margins declining 390 bps to 19.2% due primarily to our UK results."
Mr. Kasel concluded, "I'm truly proud of the significant progress our team made in 2023 executing our strategic transformation. We've now completed eight portfolio actions in a little over two years, which have significantly improved the profitability and cash-generating profile of the business. End market conditions remain favorable for the most part, and we remain focused on executing our strategic playbook by pursuing organic growth opportunities in our key growth platforms of Rail Technologies and Precast Concrete. We continue to monitor the operating environment for our UK business which remains challenging, but is showing signs of bottoming. We completed a restructuring program in the UK in the fourth quarter and also reserved the remaining $1.0 million receivable balance owed from a UK customer that filed for administrative protection. Despite these isolated headwinds, we're confident that our strategic transformation remains on track and is gaining momentum as reflected in our 2024 financial guidance and our 2025 goals of approximately $600 million in sales and $50 million in EBITDA. We look forward to reporting our continuing progress in the coming year."
Guidance Update
The Company's guidance is updated as follows (in thousands, except percentages and ratios):
2023 Full Year Financial Guidance and Results | Low | High | Results | ||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||
Net sales | $ | 530,000 | $ | 540,000 | $ | 543,744 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 29,000 | $ | 31,000 | $ | 31,775 |
2024 Full Year Financial Guidance | Low | High | ||||||
Net sales | $ | 525,000 | $ | 560,000 | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 34,000 | $ | 39,000 | ||||
Free cash flow | $ | 12,000 | $ | 18,000 | ||||
Capital spending as a percent of sales | 2.0 | % | 2.5 | % |
Fourth Quarter Consolidated Highlights
The Company’s fourth quarter performance highlights are reflected below in thousands, except percentages and ratios. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company completed four acquisition and three divestiture transactions in line with its strategic transformation plan. Where meaningful, this release adjusts for the impact of these strategic portfolio changes to highlight performance from ongoing operations. See “Non-GAAP Disclosures” below for a discussion of these non-GAAP adjustments.
Three Months EndedDecember 31, | Change | PercentChange | |||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 134,877 | $ | 137,173 | $ | (2,296 | ) | (1.7) % | |||||||
Gross profit | 29,043 | 26,774 | 2,269 | 8.5 | |||||||||||
Gross profit margin | 21.5 | % | 19.5 | % | 200 bps | 10.2 | |||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses | $ | 27,247 | $ | 23,347 | $ | 3,900 | 16.7 | ||||||||
Operating profit (loss) | 601 | (6,279 | ) | 6,880 | 109.6 | ||||||||||
Net loss attributable to L.B. Foster Company | (430 | ) | (43,931 | ) | 43,501 | 99.0 | |||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 6,099 | 7,478 | (1,379 | ) | (18.4 | ) | |||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 | 4.5 | % | 5.5 | % | (100) bps | (18.3 | ) | ||||||||
New orders | $ | 105,509 | $ | 137,827 | $ | (32,318 | ) | (23.4 | ) | ||||||
Backlog | $ | 213,780 | $ | 272,251 | $ | (58,471 | ) | (21.5 | ) |
Fourth Quarter Business Results by Segment
The Company has historically reported under three reporting segments: (1) Rail, Technologies, and Services, (2) Precast Concrete Products and (3) Steel Products and Measurement. During 2023, the Company made certain organizational changes that resulted in the reorganization of the Company into two reporting segments: (1) Rail, Technologies, and Services and (2) Infrastructure Solutions. The Infrastructure Solutions segment is comprised of the previous Precast Concrete Products and Steel Products and Measurement (now Steel Products business unit) segments, and prior periods have been recast below to align to the new reporting structure.
Rail, Technologies, and Services Segment
The Rail segment's fourth quarter performance highlights are reflected below in thousands, except percentages and ratios:
Three Months EndedDecember 31, | Change | PercentChange | |||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 69,294 | $ | 77,735 | $ | (8,441 | ) | (10.9) % | |||||||
Gross profit | $ | 13,329 | $ | 17,935 | $ | (4,606 | ) | (25.7 | ) | ||||||
Gross profit margin | 19.2 | % | 23.1 | % | (390) bps | (16.9 | ) | ||||||||
Segment operating (loss) profit | $ | (940 | ) | $ | 5,877 | $ | (6,817 | ) | (116.0 | ) | |||||
Segment operating (loss) profit margin | (1.4) % | 7.6 | % | (900) bps | (119.0 | ) | |||||||||
New orders | $ | 60,058 | $ | 73,539 | $ | (13,481 | ) | (18.3 | ) | ||||||
Backlog | $ | 84,418 | $ | 105,241 | $ | (20,823 | ) | (19.8 | ) |
Infrastructure Solutions Segment
The Infrastructure segment's fourth quarter performance highlights are reflected below in thousands, except percentages and ratios:
Three Months EndedDecember 31, | Change | PercentChange | |||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 65,583 | $ | 59,438 | $ | 6,145 | 10.3 | % | |||||||
Gross profit | $ | 15,714 | $ | 8,838 | $ | 6,876 | 77.8 | ||||||||
Gross profit margin | 24.0 | % | 14.9 | % | 910 bps | 61.2 | |||||||||
Segment operating profit (loss) | $ | 5,724 | $ | (8,377 | ) | $ | 14,101 | 168.3 | |||||||
Segment operating profit (loss) margin | 8.7 | % | (14.1) % | 2,280 bps | 161.8 | ||||||||||
New orders | $ | 45,451 | $ | 64,288 | $ | (18,837 | ) | (29.3 | ) | ||||||
Backlog | $ | 129,362 | $ | 167,010 | $ | (37,648 | ) | (22.5 | ) |
Full Year Business Results
The Company’s full year 2023 performance highlights are reflected below in thousands, except percentages and ratios. Where meaningful, this release adjusts for the impact of strategic portfolio changes to highlight performance from ongoing operations. See “Non-GAAP Disclosures” below for a discussion of these non-GAAP adjustments.
Year EndedDecember 31, | Change | PercentChange | |||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 543,744 | $ | 497,497 | $ | 46,247 | 9.3 | % | |||||||
Gross profit | 112,810 | 89,611 | 23,199 | 25.9 | |||||||||||
Gross profit margin | 20.7 | % | 18.0 | % | 270 bps | 15.0 | |||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses | $ | 97,358 | $ | 82,657 | $ | 14,701 | 17.8 | ||||||||
Operating profit (loss) | 10,138 | (7,206 | ) | 17,344 | 240.7 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to L.B. Foster Company | 1,464 | (45,564 | ) | 47,028 | 103.2 | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 31,775 | 24,179 | 7,596 | 31.4 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 5.8 | % | 4.9 | % | 90 bps | 18.5 | |||||||||
New orders | $ | 529,030 | $ | 551,954 | $ | (22,924 | ) | (4.2 | ) | ||||||
Backlog | $ | 213,780 | $ | 272,251 | $ | (58,471 | ) | (21.5 | ) |
Fourth Quarter Conference CallL.B. Foster Company will conduct a conference call and webcast to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2023 operating results on March 5, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET. The call will be hosted by Mr. John Kasel, President and Chief Executive Officer. Listen via audio and access the slide presentation on the L.B. Foster website: www.lbfoster.com, under the Investor Relations page. A conference call replay will be available through March 12, 2024 via webcast through L.B. Foster’s Investor Relations page of the company’s website.
Those interested in participating in the question-and-answer session may register for the call at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI053aa2332ae24ea49a3f3aa649146af3 to receive the dial-in numbers and unique PIN to access the call. The registration link will also be available on the Company’s Investor Relations page of its website.
About L.B. Foster CompanyFounded in 1902, L.B. Foster Company is a global technology solutions provider of engineered, manufactured products and services that builds and supports infrastructure. The Company’s innovative engineering and product development solutions address the safety, reliability, and performance needs of its customer's most challenging requirements. The Company maintains locations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.lbfoster.com.
Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresThis press release contains financial measures that are not calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). These non-GAAP financial measures are provided as additional information for investors. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP measures. For definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release and reconciliations to the most directly comparable respective GAAP measures, see the “Non-GAAP Disclosures” section below.
The Company has not reconciled the forward-looking adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because this cannot be done without unreasonable effort due to the variability and low visibility with respect to certain costs, the most significant of which are acquisition and divestiture-related costs, impairment expense, and changes in operating assets and liabilities. These underlying expenses and others that may arise during the year are potential adjustments to future earnings. The Company expects the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
The Company defines new orders as a contractual agreement between the Company and a third-party in which the Company will, or has the ability to, satisfy the performance obligations of the promised products or services under the terms of the agreement. The Company defines backlog as contractual commitments to customers for which the Company’s performance obligations have not been met, including with respect to new orders and contracts for which the Company has not begun any performance. Management utilizes new orders and backlog to evaluate the health of the industries in which the Company operates, the Company’s current and future results of operations and financial prospects, and strategies for business development. The Company believes that new orders and backlog are useful to investors as supplemental metrics by which to measure the Company’s current performance and prospective results of operations and financial performance. The Company defines book-to-bill ratio as new orders divided by revenue. The Company believes this is a useful metric to assess supply and demand, including order strength versus order fulfillment.
The Company views its gross leverage ratio per its credit agreement, as defined in the Second Amendment to its Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated August 12, 2022, as an important indication of the Company's financial health and believes it is useful to investors as an indicator of the Company's ability to service its existing indebtedness and borrow additional funds for its investing and operational needs.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Forward-looking statements include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Sentences containing words such as “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “expect,” “should,” “could,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” or their negatives, or other similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature generally should be considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this release are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events that involve inherent risks and uncertainties and may concern, among other things, L.B. Foster Company’s (the “Company’s”) expectations and assumptions about future events that involve inherent risks and uncertainties and may concern, among other things, the Company’s expectations relating to our strategy, goals, projections, and plans regarding our financial position, liquidity, capital resources, and results of operations and decisions regarding our strategic growth initiatives, market position, and product development. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions readers that various factors could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Among the factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties related to: any future global health crises, and the related social, regulatory, and economic impacts and the response thereto by the Company, our employees, our customers, and national, state, or local governments; a continuation or worsening of the adverse economic conditions in the markets we serve, including recession, the continued volatility in the prices for oil and gas, governmental travel restrictions, project delays, and budget shortfalls, or otherwise; volatility in the global capital markets, including interest rate fluctuations, which could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets on terms that are favorable to us; restrictions on our ability to draw on our credit agreement, including as a result of any future inability to comply with restrictive covenants contained therein; a decrease in freight or transit rail traffic; environmental matters, including any costs associated with any remediation and monitoring of such matters; the risk of doing business in international markets, including compliance with anti-corruption and bribery laws, foreign currency fluctuations and inflation, global shipping disruptions, and trade restrictions or embargoes; our ability to effectuate our strategy, including cost reduction initiatives, and our ability to effectively integrate acquired businesses or to divest businesses, such as the recent dispositions of the Track Components, Chemtec, and Ties businesses, and acquisitions of the Skratch Enterprises Ltd., Intelligent Video Ltd., VanHooseCo Precast LLC, and Cougar Mountain Precast, LLC businesses and to realize anticipated benefits; costs of and impacts associated with shareholder activism; the timeliness and availability of materials from our major suppliers, as well as the impact on our access to supplies of customer preferences as to the origin of such supplies, such as customers’ concerns about conflict minerals; labor disputes; cybersecurity risks such as data security breaches, malware, ransomware, “hacking,” and identity theft, which could disrupt our business and may result in misuse or misappropriation of confidential or proprietary information, and could result in the disruption or damage to our systems, increased costs and losses, or an adverse effect to our reputation, business or financial condition; the continuing effectiveness of our ongoing implementation of an enterprise resource planning system; changes in current accounting estimates and their ultimate outcomes; the adequacy of internal and external sources of funds to meet financing needs, including our ability to negotiate any additional necessary amendments to our credit agreement or the terms of any new credit agreement, and reforms regarding the use of SOFR as a benchmark for establishing applicable interest rates; the Company’s ability to manage its working capital requirements and indebtedness; domestic and international taxes, including estimates that may impact taxes; domestic and foreign government regulations, including tariffs; economic conditions and regulatory changes caused by the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; geopolitical conditions, including the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas; a lack of state or federal funding for new infrastructure projects; an increase in manufacturing or material costs; the loss of future revenues from current customers; and risks inherent in litigation and the outcome of litigation and product warranty claims. Significant risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, and results of the Company’s business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, or as updated and amended by our other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date of this release and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required by the federal securities laws.
Investor Relations:Stephanie Schmidt(412) 928-3417investors@lbfoster.comL.B. Foster Company415 Holiday DriveSuite 100Pittsburgh, PA 15220
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months EndedDecember 31, | Year EndedDecember 31, | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||||||||||||
Sales of goods | $ | 113,580 | $ | 118,514 | $ | 475,350 | $ | 436,821 | ||||||||
Sales of services | 21,297 | 18,659 | 68,394 | 60,676 | ||||||||||||
Total net sales | 134,877 | 137,173 | 543,744 | 497,497 | ||||||||||||
Cost of goods sold | 85,236 | 96,193 | 367,431 | 355,106 | ||||||||||||
Cost of services sold | 20,598 | 14,206 | 63,503 | 52,780 | ||||||||||||
Total cost of sales | 105,834 | 110,399 | 430,934 | 407,886 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 29,043 | 26,774 | 112,810 | 89,611 | ||||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses | 27,247 | 23,347 | 97,358 | 82,657 | ||||||||||||
Amortization expense | 1,195 | 1,690 | 5,314 | 6,144 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges | — | 8,016 | — | 8,016 | ||||||||||||
Operating profit (loss) | 601 | (6,279 | ) | 10,138 | (7,206 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense - net | 1,124 | 1,593 | 5,528 | 3,340 | ||||||||||||
Other expense (income) - net | 203 | (454 | ) | 3,666 | (1,550 | ) | ||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | (726 | ) | (7,418 | ) | 944 | (8,996 | ) | |||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (256 | ) | 36,544 | (355 | ) | 36,681 | ||||||||||
Net (loss) income | (470 | ) | (43,962 | ) | 1,299 | (45,677 | ) | |||||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | (40 | ) | (31 | ) | (165 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to L.B. Foster Company | $ | (430 | ) | $ | (43,931 | ) | $ | 1,464 | $ | (45,564 | ) | |||||
Basic (loss) earnings per common share | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (4.09 | ) | $ | 0.14 | $ | (4.25 | ) | |||||
Diluted (loss) earnings per common share | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (4.09 | ) | $ | 0.13 | $ | (4.25 | ) | |||||
Average number of common shares outstanding - Basic | 10,784 | 10,747 | 10,799 | 10,720 | ||||||||||||
Average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted | 10,784 | 10,747 | 10,995 | 10,720 |
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(In thousands)
December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
Unaudited | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,560 | $ | 2,882 | ||||
Accounts receivable - net | 53,484 | 82,455 | ||||||
Contract assets | 29,489 | 33,613 | ||||||
Inventories - net | 73,496 | 75,721 | ||||||
Other current assets | 8,961 | 11,061 | ||||||
Total current assets | 167,990 | 205,732 | ||||||
Property, plant, and equipment - net | 75,999 | 85,344 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets - net | 14,905 | 17,291 | ||||||
Other assets: | ||||||||
Goodwill | 32,587 | 30,733 | ||||||
Other intangibles - net | 19,010 | 23,831 | ||||||
Other assets | 2,715 | 2,379 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 313,206 | $ | 365,310 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 40,305 | $ | 48,782 | ||||
Deferred revenue | 12,479 | 19,452 | ||||||
Accrued payroll and employee benefits | 16,978 | 10,558 | ||||||
Current portion of accrued settlement | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | 102 | 127 | ||||||
Other accrued liabilities | 17,442 | 16,192 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 95,306 | 103,111 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 55,171 | 91,752 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 1,232 | 3,109 | ||||||
Long-term portion of accrued settlement | — | 8,000 | ||||||
Long-term operating lease liabilities | 11,865 | 14,163 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 6,797 | 7,577 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Class A Common Stock | 111 | 111 | ||||||
Paid-in capital | 43,111 | 41,303 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 124,633 | 123,169 | ||||||
Treasury stock | (6,494 | ) | (6,240 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (19,250 | ) | (21,165 | ) | ||||
Total L.B. Foster Company stockholders’ equity | 142,111 | 137,178 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | 724 | 420 | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 142,835 | 137,598 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | 313,206 | $ | 365,310 |
Non-GAAP Disclosures(unaudited)
This earnings release discloses earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA"), adjusted EBITDA, net debt, and organic results adjusted for the impact of 2023 and 2022 acquisition and divestiture activity, which are non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that EBITDA is useful to investors as a supplemental way to evaluate the ongoing operations of the Company’s business since EBITDA may enhance investors’ ability to compare historical periods as it adjusts for the impact of financing methods, tax law and strategy changes, and depreciation and amortization. In addition, EBITDA is a financial measure that management and the Company’s Board of Directors use in their financial and operational decision-making and in the determination of certain compensation programs. Adjusted EBITDA adjusts for certain charges to EBITDA that the Company believes are unusual, non-recurring, unpredictable, or non-cash. The Company also discloses Adjusted EBITDA margin, which is Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of net sales, which is useful to demonstrate Adjusted EBITDA levels and growth relative to net sales.
In the three months ended December 31, 2023, the Company made adjustments to exclude expenses from the exit of the bridge grid deck product line, bad debt provision for customer filing for administrative protection, and restructuring costs. In the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the Company made adjustments to exclude the loss on divestitures, contingent consideration associated with the VanHooseCo acquisition, expenses from the exit of the bridge grid deck product line, bad debt provision for customer filing for administrative protection, and restructuring costs. The Company believes the results adjusted to exclude the items listed above are useful to investors as these items are nonroutine in nature.
The Company views net debt, which is total debt less cash and cash equivalents, as an important metric of the operational and financial health of the organization and believes it is are useful to investors as an indicator of its ability to incur additional debt and to service its existing debt.
Organic sales growth (decline) is a non-GAAP financial measure of sales growth (decline) (which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure) excluding the effects of acquisitions and divestitures. Management believes this measure provides investors with a supplemental understanding of underlying trends by providing sales growth on a consistent basis. Management provides organic sales growth (decline) at the consolidated and segment levels. Portfolio changes are considered based on their comparative impact over the last twelve months, to determine the differences in 2022 versus 2023 results due to these transactions.
The Company defines new orders as a contractual agreement between the Company and a third-party in which the Company will, or has the ability to, satisfy the performance obligations of the promised products or services under the terms of the agreement, and discloses organic new orders to exclude the effects of acquisitions and divestitures. Management believes this measure provides investors with a supplemental understanding of underlying trends by providing new order growth on a consistent basis. Management provides organic new orders growth (decline) at the consolidated level. Portfolio changes are considered based on their comparative impact over the last twelve months, to determine the differences in 2022 versus 2023 results due to these transactions.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP financial results and should only be considered in conjunction with the Company’s financial information that is presented in accordance with GAAP. Quantitative reconciliations of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, net debt, and organic sales and new orders growth (decline) to exclude divestiture and acquisition activity in 2023 and 2022 (in thousands, except percentages and ratios):
Three Months EndedDecember 31, | Year EndedDecember 31, | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation | ||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income, as reported | $ | (470 | ) | $ | (43,962 | ) | $ | 1,299 | $ | (45,677 | ) | |||||
Interest expense - net | 1,124 | 1,593 | 5,528 | 3,340 | ||||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (256 | ) | 36,544 | (355 | ) | 36,681 | ||||||||||
Depreciation expense | 2,500 | 2,552 | 9,949 | 8,635 | ||||||||||||
Amortization expense | 1,195 | 1,690 | 5,314 | 6,144 | ||||||||||||
Total EBITDA | $ | 4,093 | $ | (1,583 | ) | $ | 21,735 | $ | 9,123 | |||||||
Loss (gain) on divestitures | — | — | 3,074 | (22 | ) | |||||||||||
Acquisition and divestiture costs | — | 420 | — | 2,235 | ||||||||||||
Commercial contract settlement | — | — | — | 3,956 | ||||||||||||
Insurance proceeds | — | — | — | (790 | ) | |||||||||||
VanHooseCo inventory adjustment to fair value amortization | — | 284 | — | 1,135 | ||||||||||||
VanHooseCo contingent consideration | — | 341 | (26 | ) | 526 | |||||||||||
Impairment expense | — | 8,016 | — | 8,016 | ||||||||||||
Bridge grid deck exit impact | 334 | — | 4,454 | — | ||||||||||||
Bad debt provision | 996 | — | 1,862 | — | ||||||||||||
Restructuring costs | 676 | $ | — | 676 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 6,099 | $ | 7,478 | $ | 31,775 | $ | 24,179 | ||||||||
Total sales, as reported | $ | 134,877 | $ | 137,173 | $ | 543,744 | $ | 497,497 | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 4.5 | % | 5.5 | % | 5.8 | % | 4.9 | % |
December 31, | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Net Debt Reconciliation | ||||||||
Total debt | $ | 55,273 | $ | 91,879 | ||||
Less: cash and cash equivalents | (2,560 | ) | (2,882 | ) | ||||
Net debt | $ | 52,713 | $ | 88,997 |
December 31, 2023 | ||||
Free Cash Flow Reconciliation | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 37,376 | ||
Proceeds from sales and disposals of property, plant, and equipment | 539 | |||
Less capital expenditures on property, plant, and equipment | (4,933 | ) | ||
Free cash flow | $ | 32,982 |
Change in Consolidated Sales | Three Months EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | Year EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | ||||||||||
2022 net sales, as reported | $ | 137,173 | $ | 497,497 | ||||||||||
Decrease due to divestitures | (12,909 | ) | (9.4 | )% | (31,995 | ) | (6.4 | )% | ||||||
Increase due to acquisitions | — | — | % | 19,834 | 4.0 | % | ||||||||
Change due to organic sales | 10,613 | 7.7 | % | 58,408 | 11.7 | % | ||||||||
2023 net sales, as reported | $ | 134,877 | (1.7 | )% | $ | 543,744 | 9.3 | % | ||||||
Total sales change, 2022 vs 2023 | $ | (2,296 | ) | (1.7 | )% | $ | 46,247 | 9.3 | % |
Change in Consolidated New Orders | Three Months EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | Year EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | ||||||||||
2022 new orders, as reported | 137,827 | 551,954 | ||||||||||||
Decrease due to divestitures | (10,760 | ) | (7.8 | )% | (42,491 | ) | (7.7 | )% | ||||||
Increase due to acquisitions | — | — | % | 27,937 | 5.1 | % | ||||||||
Change due to organic new orders | (21,558 | ) | (15.6 | )% | (8,370 | ) | (1.5 | )% | ||||||
2023 new orders, as reported | 105,509 | (23.4 | )% | 529,030 | (4.2 | )% | ||||||||
Total new orders change, 2022 vs 2023 | $ | (32,318 | ) | (23.4 | )% | $ | (22,924 | ) | (4.2 | )% |
Change in Rail Sales | Three Months EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | Year EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | ||||||||||
2022 net sales, as reported | $ | 77,735 | $ | 300,592 | ||||||||||
Decrease due to divestitures | (5,341 | ) | (6.9 | )% | (15,976 | ) | (5.3 | )% | ||||||
Increase due to acquisitions | — | — | % | 1,504 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||
Change due to organic sales | (3,100 | ) | (4.0 | )% | 26,040 | 8.7 | % | |||||||
2023 net sales, as reported | $ | 69,294 | (10.9 | )% | $ | 312,160 | 3.8 | % | ||||||
Total sales change, 2022 vs 2023 | $ | (8,441 | ) | (10.9 | )% | $ | 11,568 | 3.8 | % |
Change in Infrastructure Sales | Three Months EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | Year EndedDecember 31, | PercentChange | ||||||||||
2022 net sales, as reported | $ | 59,438 | $ | 196,905 | ||||||||||
Decrease due to divestitures | (7,568 | ) | (12.7 | )% | (16,019 | ) | (8.1 | )% | ||||||
Increase due to acquisitions | — | — | % | 18,330 | 9.3 | % | ||||||||
Change due to organic sales | 13,713 | 23.1 | % | 32,368 | 16.4 | % | ||||||||
2023 net sales, as reported | $ | 65,583 | 10.3 | % | $ | 231,584 | 17.6 | % | ||||||
Total sales change, 2022 vs 2023 | $ | 6,145 | 10.3 | % | $ | 34,679 | 17.6 | % |
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