Insteel Industries Reports Third Quarter 2019 Results

MOUNT AIRY, N.C., July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Insteel Industries, Inc. IIIN today announced financial results for its third quarter ended June 29, 2019.

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Third Quarter 2019 Results

Insteel's results for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 were unfavorably impacted by increasing low-priced import competition resulting from the Section 232 tariff on imported steel together with adverse weather conditions. Net earnings decreased to $2.2 million, or $0.11 per share, from $12.9 million, or $0.67 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Net sales were essentially unchanged at $126.3 million compared to $126.7 million in the prior year quarter as a 3.7% increase in average selling prices was offset by a 3.9% decrease in shipments. Shipments for the current year quarter were adversely impacted by increasing low-priced import competition spurred by the lower raw material costs available to offshore competitors following the March 2018 implementation of the Section 232 steel tariff together with unusually wet weather across many of Insteel's markets, which slowed the usual start of the construction season. On a sequential basis, shipments increased 17.5% from the second quarter of fiscal 2019 while average selling prices decreased 4.0%. Gross margin narrowed to 6.5% from 19.1% in the prior year quarter due to narrower spreads between selling prices and raw material costs, higher manufacturing costs and the reduction in shipments.

Operating activities provided $14.3 million of cash compared with $25.3 million in the prior year quarter primarily due to the decrease in earnings and the relative changes in net working capital. Net working capital provided $9.2 million of cash in the current year quarter due to a reduction in inventories compared to $10.3 million in the prior year quarter.

Nine Month 2019 Results

Net earnings for the first nine months of fiscal 2019 decreased to $7.4 million, or $0.38 per share, from $26.9 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago. Net sales increased 3.2% to $342.3 million from $331.8 million in the prior year period driven by a 16.4% increase in average selling prices that offset an 11.4% decrease in shipments. Gross margin narrowed to 7.7% from 15.4% due to the lower spreads, higher manufacturing costs and the reduction in shipments.

Other income for the current year period includes a $1.2 million gain from insurance proceeds and a $0.6 million gain on the disposition of property, plant and equipment, which, in the aggregate, increased net earnings per share by $0.07. The income tax provision for the prior year period benefited from a $3.7 million, or $0.19 per share, gain on the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities related to the lower corporate tax rate enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Excluding the deferred tax gain in the prior year period, Insteel's effective tax rate decreased to 22.4% from 24.0% a year ago.  

Operating activities used $25.9 million of cash while providing $49.8 million in the prior year period primarily due to the relative changes in net working capital and the decrease in earnings. Net working capital used $43.4 million of cash in the current year period to fund a reduction in accounts payable and accrued expenses and an increase in inventories while providing $14.6 million in the prior year period.

Capital Allocation and Liquidity

Capital expenditures for the first nine months of fiscal 2019 decreased to $9.4 million from $12.5 million in the prior year period. Capital outlays for fiscal 2019 are expected to total up to $15.0 million primarily related to cost and productivity improvement initiatives in addition to recurring maintenance requirements. The reduction in forecasted outlays from the previous estimate of up to $22.0 million is related to the deferral of certain projects into fiscal 2020.

Insteel ended the quarter with $7.4 million of cash and no borrowings outstanding on its $100.0 million revolving credit facility.

Outlook

"Looking ahead to the remainder of 2019, the infrastructure-related portion of our business should benefit from the recent acceleration in state and local spending supported by various funding initiatives and the federal funding provided for under the FAST Act and supplemental measures," commented H.O. Woltz III, Insteel's president and CEO. "The most recent industry forecasts for nonresidential construction, our other primary demand driver, indicate that growth rates are likely to moderate, but remain positive.    

"We expect continued pricing pressure, however, in our PC strand and standard welded wire reinforcement markets driven by the surge in imports resulting from the Section 232 tariff program. The tariffs have enabled offshore competitors to further their penetration of the U.S. market by leveraging their access to lower cost raw materials and significantly underpricing domestic producers. We continue to have dialogue with the Administration regarding the detrimental impact of the tariffs and are hopeful a solution will be reached that addresses the deterioration in the competitive position of downstream producers of steel products."

Conference Call

Insteel will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET today to discuss its third quarter financial results. A live webcast of this call can be accessed on Insteel's website at https://insteelgcs.gcs-web.com/ and will be archived for replay until the next quarterly conference call.

About Insteel

Insteel is the nation's largest manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. Insteel manufactures and markets PC strand and welded wire reinforcement, including engineered structural mesh ("ESM"), concrete pipe reinforcement and standard welded wire reinforcement. Insteel's products are sold primarily to manufacturers of concrete products that are used in nonresidential construction. Headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Insteel operates ten manufacturing facilities located in the United States.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this news release, the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "appears," "plans," "intends," "may," "should," "could" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and we can provide no assurances that such plans, intentions or expectations will be implemented or achieved. Many of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in detail and are updated from time to time in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in particular in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2018.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. All forward-looking statements speak only to the respective dates on which such statements are made and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, except as may be required by law.

It is not possible to anticipate and list all risks and uncertainties that may affect our future operations or financial performance; however, they include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic and competitive conditions in the markets in which we operate; changes in the spending levels for nonresidential and residential construction and the impact on demand for our products; changes in the amount and duration of transportation funding provided by federal, state and local governments and the impact on spending for infrastructure construction and demand for our products; the cyclical nature of the steel and building material industries; credit market conditions and the relative availability of financing for us, our customers and the construction industry as a whole; fluctuations in the cost and availability of our primary raw material, hot-rolled steel wire rod, from domestic and foreign suppliers; competitive pricing pressures and our ability to raise selling prices in order to recover increases in raw material or operating costs; changes in United States or foreign trade policy affecting imports or exports of steel wire rod or our products; unanticipated changes in customer demand, order patterns and inventory levels; the impact of fluctuations in demand and capacity utilization levels on our unit manufacturing costs; our ability to further develop the market for ESM and expand our shipments of ESM; legal, environmental, economic or regulatory developments that significantly impact our operating costs; unanticipated plant outages, equipment failures or labor difficulties; and the "Risk Factors" discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2018 and in other filings made by us with the SEC.

 

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES



CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS



(In thousands, except for per share amounts)



(Unaudited)



































































Three Months Ended



Nine Months Ended







June 29,



June 30,



June 29,



June 30,







2019



2018



2019



2018























Net sales



$     126,252



$     126,688



$     342,310



$     331,846



Cost of sales



118,016



102,502



316,077



280,583



    Gross profit



8,236



24,186



26,233



51,263



Selling, general and administrative expense



5,516



7,541



18,606



20,779



Other expense (income), net



(23)



(32)



(1,823)



153



Interest expense



62



23



137



74



Interest income



(9)



(150)



(176)



(279)



    Earnings before income taxes



2,690



16,804



9,489



30,536



Income taxes



500



3,936



2,124



3,678



    Net earnings



$         2,190



$       12,868



$         7,365



$       26,858











































Net earnings per share:



















    Basic



$           0.11



$           0.67



$           0.38



$           1.41



    Diluted



0.11



0.67



0.38



1.40























Weighted average shares outstanding:



















    Basic



19,252



19,070



19,239



19,054



    Diluted



19,334



19,274



19,336



19,252























Cash dividends declared per share



$           0.03



$           0.03



$           0.09



$           1.09



 

 

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)











































(Unaudited)







(Unaudited)





June 29,



March 30,



September 29,



June 30,





2019



2019



2018



2018

Assets

















Current assets:

















    Cash and cash equivalents



$            7,449



$               490



$          43,941



$          45,232

    Accounts receivable, net



50,743



50,574



51,484



55,832

    Inventories



104,624



117,227



94,157



54,751

    Other current assets



6,911



6,265



5,895



5,075

        Total current assets



169,727



174,556



195,477



160,890

Property, plant and equipment, net



107,331



109,377



106,148



102,789

Intangibles, net



8,884



9,157



9,703



9,976

Goodwill



8,293



8,293



8,293



8,293

Other assets



10,560



10,188



9,913



9,778

        Total assets



$        304,795



$        311,571



$        329,534



$        291,726



















Liabilities and shareholders' equity

















Current liabilities:

















    Accounts payable



$          31,311



$          35,124



$          60,059



$          34,420

    Accrued expenses



6,396



5,991



11,929



10,017

        Total current liabilities



37,707



41,115



71,988



44,437

Long-term debt



-



5,365



-



-

Other liabilities



18,764



18,561



15,881



16,602

Shareholders' equity:

















    Common stock



19,252



19,252



19,223



19,085

    Additional paid-in capital



73,849



73,667



72,852



70,982

    Retained earnings



156,717



155,105



151,084



141,953

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss



(1,494)



(1,494)



(1,494)



(1,333)

        Total shareholders' equity



248,324



246,530



241,665



230,687

        Total liabilities and shareholders' equity



$        304,795



$        311,571



$        329,534



$        291,726



















 

 

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)























Three Months Ended



Nine Months Ended





June 29,



June 30,



June 29,



June 30,





2019



2018



2019



2018

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

















  Net earnings



$        2,190



$      12,868



$        7,365



$      26,858

  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used for)

















    operating activities:

















      Depreciation and amortization



3,462



3,169



10,084



9,578

      Amortization of capitalized financing costs



16



16



48



48

      Stock-based compensation expense



182



168



1,201



1,241

      Deferred income taxes



57



(51)



2,193



(2,321)

      Loss (gain) on sale and disposition of property, plant and equipment



(2)



49



(1,760)



270

      Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies over premiums paid



(142)



(153)



(204)



(428)

      Net changes in assets and liabilities (net of assets and liabilities acquired):

















        Accounts receivable, net



(169)



(5,377)



741



(15,548)

        Inventories



12,603



8,405



(10,467)



27,102

        Accounts payable and accrued expenses



(3,283)



7,229



(33,640)



3,011

        Other changes



(662)



(981)



(1,500)



24

          Total adjustments



12,062



12,474



(33,304)



22,977

            Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities



14,252



25,342



(25,939)



49,835



















Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

















  Capital expenditures



(1,273)



(3,165)



(9,380)



(12,481)

  Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies



(42)



(46)



(305)



(291)

  Proceeds from property insurance



144



-



1,192



-

  Proceeds from surrender of life insurance policies



49



31



67



152

  Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment



9



-



17



-

  Acquisition of business



-



-



-



(3,300)

            Net cash used for investing activities



(1,113)



(3,180)



(8,409)



(15,920)



















Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

















  Proceeds from long-term debt



26,613



121



44,239



290

  Principal payments on long-term debt



(31,978)



(121)



(44,239)



(290)

  Cash dividends paid



(578)



(572)



(1,732)



(20,756)

  Cash received from exercise of stock options



-



242



-



242

  Financing costs



(237)



-



(237)



-

  Payment of employee tax withholdings related to net share transactions



-



(64)



(175)



(274)

            Net cash used for financing activities



(6,180)



(394)



(2,144)



(20,788)



















Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents



6,959



21,768



(36,492)



13,127

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period



490



23,464



43,941



32,105

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period



$        7,449



$      45,232



$        7,449



$      45,232



















Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:

















  Cash paid during the period for:

















    Interest



$             49



$             -



$             49



$             -

    Income taxes, net



372



2,493



1,759



3,553

  Non-cash investing and financing activities:

















    Purchases of property, plant and equipment in accounts payable



518



499



518



499

    Restricted stock units and stock options surrendered for withholding taxes payable

-



64



175



274

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