Limbach Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results

Limbach Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMB) (“Limbach” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

2024 Second Quarter Financial Overview Compared to 2023 Second Quarter

• Owner Direct Relationships (“ODR”) revenue increased 40.8%, or $24.0 million, to $82.8 million accounting for 67.7% of total revenue.
• Total revenue was $122.2 million, a decrease of 2.1% from $124.9 million.
• Total gross profit was $33.5 million, an increase of 17.5% from $28.5 million.
• ODR gross profit accounted for $25.4 million, or 75.7%, of total gross profit.
• Record quarterly total gross margin of 27.4%.
• Net income of $6.0 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, compared to net income of $5.3 million, or $0.46 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $13.8 million, up 16.0% from $11.9 million.
• Net cash provided by operating activities of $16.5 million compared to $16.9 million.

Management Comments

“Our team made strong progress in executing our strategic plan to grow our higher margin ODR business in the second quarter”, said Michael McCann, Limbach’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “In the first quarter we set a goal to achieve an ODR contribution of 65% to 70% in 2024, up from 50% last year. This quarter, our ODR business accounted for 67.7% of total revenue, so we are well on our way to achieving this objective. These strong results, which includes acquisitions, demonstrate that our strategy is working, and our customer value proposition is compelling.

“I am proud of our team as they propel the company in becoming an indispensable partner providing mission critical solutions to help customers maintain uninterrupted operations in their facilities. Our strategy is to establish long-lasting relationships by having our professionals onsite at key accounts to address immediate needs while also planning for longer-term capital projects.

“Our transition to the ODR business is evolving at a faster pace than we anticipated. As a result, we are increasing our 2024 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $55 million to $58 million from the current range of $51 million to $55 million. Once ODR reaches the approximately 80% level of our total segment revenue mix, which would include the impact of acquisitions, we expect to see total revenue growth and continued margin expansion.

“We enter the second half of 2024 with strong business momentum and a healthy balance sheet as we continue to evaluate a strong pipeline of potential acquisitions. Our focus on existing buildings with mission critical infrastructure rather than new construction allows us to address a large and underserved market with significant growth opportunities to deliver consistently strong results across economic cycles.”

The following are results for the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023:

• Total revenue was $122.2 million, a decrease of 2.1% from $124.9 million. ODR segment revenue of $82.8 million increased by $24.0 million, or 40.8%, while GCR revenue decreased by $26.6 million, or 40.3%. The increase in period-over-period ODR segment revenue was primarily due to the Company's continued focus on accelerating the growth of its ODR business and as a result of the ACME and Industrial Air transactions. These entities were not acquired entities for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in period-over-period GCR segment revenue was primarily due to the Company’s continued focus on the execution of its mix-shift strategy to the ODR segment.

• Total gross profit was $33.5 million, compared to $28.5 million. ODR gross profit increased $8.1 million, or 47.1%, due to the combination of an increase in revenue and higher segment margins of 30.6% versus 29.3% driven by contract mix. GCR gross profit decreased $3.1 million, or 27.7%, primarily due to lower revenue despite higher margins of 20.6% compared to 17.1% in the prior period. The total gross profit percentage increased from 22.8% to 27.4%, mainly driven by the mix of higher margin ODR segment work, better quality and margin work within the GCR segment, and the ACME and Industrial Air transactions.

• Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by approximately $2.8 million, to $23.2 million, compared to $20.4 million. The majority of the increase in SG&A expense was primarily due to approximately $1.5 million of collective SG&A related expenses incurred within the ACME and Industrial Air entities and a $1.7 million increase in payroll related expenses. SG&A expense also increased due to an increase in stock-based compensation expenses and travel and entertainment expenses, partly offset by a $0.6 million decrease in professional services fees. As a percent of revenue, SG&A expenses were 19.0%, up from 16.3% in the prior period.

• Interest expense was $0.4 million during the current quarter compared to $0.5 million, which was the result of a lower overall outstanding debt balance period-over-period.

• Interest income was $0.5 million during the current quarter compared to $0.2 million. This increase was due to the Company's timing and amounts of investments in overnight repurchase agreements, U.S. Treasury Bills, and money market funds period-over-period.

• Net income was $6.0 million as compared to $5.3 million, an increase of 12.1%. Diluted income per share was $0.50 as compared to $0.46 in the prior period. Adjusted EBITDA was $13.8 million as compared to $11.9 million in the prior period, an increase of 16.0%.

• Net cash provided by operating activities of $16.5 million compared to $16.9 million in the prior period.

Balance Sheet

At June 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $59.5 million. Current assets were $213.3 million and current liabilities were $130.6 million at June 30, 2024, representing a current ratio of 1.63x compared to 1.50x at December 31, 2023. Working capital was $82.7 million at June 30, 2024, an increase of $10.9 million from December 31, 2023. At June 30, 2024, we had $10.0 million in borrowings against our revolving credit facility and $4.3 million for standby letters of credit.

2024 Guidance

We are updating our guidance for FY 2024 as follows:

With respect to projected 2024 Adjusted EBITDA guidance and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to certain items, which are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on future financial results.

Conference Call Details

Access by Webcast

The call will also be simultaneously webcast over the Internet via the “Investor Relations” section of Limbach’s website at www.limbachinc.com or by clicking on the conference call link: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=sn4WF3MB. An audio replay of the call will be archived on Limbach’s website for 365 days.

About Limbach

Limbach is a building systems solution firm that partners with building owners and facilities managers who have mission critical mechanical (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical and plumbing infrastructure. We strive to be an indispensable partner to our customers by providing services that are essential to the operation of their businesses. We work with building owners primarily in six vertical markets: healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, data centers, life science, higher education, and cultural and entertainment. We have more than 1,200 team members in 19 offices across the eastern United States. Our team members uniquely combine engineering expertise with field installation skills to provide custom solutions that leverage our full life-cycle capabilities, which allows us to address both the operational and capital projects needs of our customers.

Additional Information

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Forward-Looking Statements

We make forward-looking statements in this press release within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts for future events, including, without limitation, our earnings, Adjusted EBITDA, revenues, expenses, backlog, capital expenditures or other future financial or business performance or strategies, results of operations or financial condition, and in particular statements regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry in future periods, timing of the recognition of backlog as revenue, the potential for recovery of cost overruns, and the ability of Limbach to successfully remedy the issues that have led to write-downs in various business units. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “will likely result,” “should,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “target,” “goal,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date they were made and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which may cause them to turn out to be wrong. Some of these risks and uncertainties may in the future be amplified by the COVID-19 outbreak and there may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Please refer to our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as well as our subsequent filings on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, which are available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov), for a full discussion of the risks and other factors that may impact any forward-looking statements in this press release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In assessing the performance of our business, management utilizes a variety of financial and performance measures. The key measures are Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus depreciation and amortization expense, interest expense, and taxes, as further adjusted to eliminate the impact of, when applicable, other non-cash items or expenses that are unusual or non-recurring that we believe do not reflect our core operating results. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are meaningful to our investors to enhance their understanding of our financial performance for the current period and our ability to generate cash flows from operations that are available for taxes, capital expenditures and debt service. We understand that these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a measure of financial performance and to compare our performance with the performance of other companies that report Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, however, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. When assessing our operating performance, investors and others should not consider this data in isolation or as a substitute for net income calculated in accordance with GAAP. Further, the results presented by Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin cannot be achieved without incurring the costs that the measure excludes. A reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA, the most comparable GAAP measure, is provided below.

We refer to our estimated revenue on uncompleted contracts, including the amount of revenue on contracts for which work has not begun, less the revenue we have recognized under such contracts, as “backlog.” Backlog includes unexercised contract options.

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