Matrix Service Company Reports Fiscal Year 2025 Second Quarter Results

TULSA, Okla., Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matrix Service Company (Nasdaq: MTRX), a leading North American industrial engineering, construction, and maintenance contractor, today announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 ended December 31, 2024.

SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2025 RESULTS
(all comparisons versus the prior year quarter unless otherwise noted)

• Total backlog of $1.3 billion
• Total project awards in the quarter of $90.5 million, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 0.5x
• Revenue of $187.2 million, an increase of 7%
• Net loss per share of $(0.20) versus $(0.10); adjusted net loss per share of $(0.20)⁽¹⁾ versus $(0.18)
• Adjusted EBITDA of $(2.2) million⁽¹⁾ versus $0.1 million
• Cash flow from operations of $33.6 million
• Liquidity at December 31, 2024 of $211.7 million with no outstanding debt

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⁽¹⁾ Adjusted net loss and adjusted loss per share are non-GAAP financial measures which exclude gain on sale of non-core assets, Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure which excludes interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, gain on asset sales, and stock-based compensation. See the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section included at the end of this release for a reconciliation to net loss and net loss per share.

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

“We continued to execute on our diverse backlog of large, multi-year projects during the second quarter, culminating in sustained organic revenue growth in the period,” said John Hewitt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Matrix Service Company. “We delivered year-over-year revenue growth within both our Storage and Terminal Solutions and Utility and Power Infrastructure segments during the second quarter, as we continue to drive strong project execution across the organization,” continued Hewitt. “As backlog conversion to revenue continues to accelerate in the second half of our fiscal year, we expect to realize an improvement in fixed cost absorption, operating leverage and margin realization, consistent with our strategic focus on improved profitability.

“The pace of recent project awards and starts on booked work converting to revenue slowed during the first half of fiscal 2025. This slowness is due to a combination of temporary permitting and project start delays caused by third parties, which we believe have now concluded, together with pre-election policy uncertainty within our core energy markets,” continued Hewitt. “As a result, we’ve lowered our full-year revenue forecast by approximately 5% at the midpoint of our guided range, as approximately $50 million in projected revenue was pushed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026. Looking ahead, we continue to expect a return to profitability during the second half of fiscal 2025. We anticipate more than 40% year-over-year revenue growth in the second half of fiscal 2025, when compared to the second half of fiscal 2024, and expect to deliver a book-to-bill ratio of at least 1.0x for the full year fiscal 2025.

“Our strategic focus on large, complex projects across the energy and industrial landscape position Matrix to capitalize on what we expect will be an historic period for domestic infrastructure investment over the next decade,” said Hewitt. “Our proven ability to service the full project lifecycle, from engineering and fabrication to construction and maintenance, provide customers with a turnkey solution that continues to drive high customer retention, with approximately 90% of historical revenue derived from repeat customers.

“Exiting the fiscal second quarter, we continue to maintain strong balance sheet discipline, with more than $211 million in available liquidity and no debt outstanding. We remain focused on expanding both our capabilities and serviceable markets through a combination of organic and complementary inorganic growth, as we build a growing platform of scale within high-value specialty E&C markets.”

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Fiscal 2025 second quarter revenue was $187.2 million, compared to $175.0 million in the fiscal second quarter of 2024. The difference is attributable to increased revenue volumes in our Storage and Terminal Solutions and Utility and Power Infrastructure segments, partially offset by reduced revenue volumes in Process and Industrial Facilities.

Gross margin was $10.9 million, or 5.8%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to $10.6 million, or 6.0% for the second quarter of fiscal 2024. While project execution remained strong, gross margins were negatively impacted by the under-recovery of construction overhead costs. Construction overhead resources have been structured to support the strong market demand and anticipated revenue growth in each of our segments, while supporting continued high quality project execution and efficient utilization of the cost structure.

SG&A expenses were $17.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, in line with the company’s normal run rate. The company continues to conservatively manage its cost structure as it executes its growth strategy.

For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company had a net loss of $5.5 million, or $(0.20) per share, compared to a net loss of $2.9 million, or $(0.10) per share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Adjusted net loss for the second quarter fiscal 2025 was $5.5 million, or $(0.20) per share compared to $4.9 million, or $(0.18) for the second quarter fiscal 2024.

SEGMENT RESULTS

Storage and Terminals Solutions segment revenue increased 53% to $95.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to $62.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, due to increased volume of work for specialty vessel and LNG storage. Gross margin was 7.6% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to 2.9% in the second quarter fiscal 2024. The improved gross margin relative to the prior year period reflects consistent project execution and improved construction overhead cost absorption as a result of higher revenues.

Utility and Power Infrastructure segment revenue increased 52% to $61.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to $40.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, benefiting from a higher volume of work associated with LNG peak shaving projects, partially offset by decreases in power delivery work. Gross margin was 5.6% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to 3.5% for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, an increase of 2.1% due to an improved mix of work. Gross margins in both periods were negatively impacted by the under-recovery of construction overhead costs.

Process and Industrial Facilities segment revenue decreased to $30.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to $71.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower revenue volumes resulting from the completion of a large renewable diesel project, in addition to lower revenue volumes for thermal vacuum chambers. Gross margin was 1.2% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to 9.4% for the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Gross margins decreased due to changes in the mix of work, as well as an increase in under-recovery of construction overhead costs due to lower revenues.

BACKLOG

The Company’s backlog was $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2024. Project awards totaled $90.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 0.5x for the quarter, and a trailing twelve month book-to-bill ratio of 0.9x. The table below summarizes our awards, book-to-bill ratios and backlog by segment for our second quarter (amounts are in thousands, except for book-to-bill ratios):

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(1)   Calculated by dividing project awards by revenue recognized during the period.

FINANCIAL POSITION

Net cash provided by operating activities during the first half of fiscal 2025 was $45.5 million and primarily reflects scheduled payments from customers associated with active projects in backlog.

As of December 31, 2024, Matrix had total liquidity of $211.7 million. Liquidity is comprised of $156.8 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and $54.9 million of borrowing availability under the credit facility. The Company also has $25.0 million of restricted cash to support the facility. As of December 31, 2024, we had no outstanding borrowings under the facility.

FISCAL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL GUIDANCE

The following forward-looking guidance reflects the Company’s current expectations and beliefs as of February 5, 2025. Various factors outside of the Company’s control may impact the Company’s revenue and business. This includes the timing of project awards and starts which may be impacted by market fundamentals, client decision-making, federal policy uncertainty, and the associated regulatory environment. The following statements apply only as of the date of this disclosure and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included elsewhere in this document.

Today, Matrix provided an update to its fiscal year 2025 revenue guidance:

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

In conjunction with the earnings release, Matrix Service Company will host a conference call with John R. Hewitt, President and CEO, and Kevin S. Cavanah, Vice President and CFO. The call will take place at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) / 9:30 a.m. (Central) on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

Investors and other interested parties can access a live audio-visual webcast using this webcast link, or through the Company’s website at www.matrixservicecompany.com on the Investors Relations page under Events & Presentations.

If you would like to dial in to the conference call, please register at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. Upon registration, participants will receive a dial-in number and unique PIN to join the call as well as an e-mail confirmation with the details.

For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website.

The conference call will be recorded and will be available for replay within one hour of completion of the live call and can be accessed following the same link as the live call.

ABOUT MATRIX SERVICE COMPANY

Matrix Service Company (Nasdaq: MTRX), through its subsidiaries, is a leading North American industrial engineering, construction, and maintenance contractor headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma with offices located throughout the United States and Canada, as well as Sydney, Australia and Seoul, South Korea.

The Company reports its financial results in three key operating segments: Storage and Terminal Solutions, Utility and Power Infrastructure, and Process and Industrial Facilities.

With a focus on sustainability, building strong Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) practices, and living our core values, Matrix ranks among the Top Contractors by Engineering-News Record, was recognized for its Board diversification by 2020 Women on Boards, is an active signatory to CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, and is consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work®.   To learn more about Matrix Service Company, visit matrixservicecompany.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “continues,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “believe,” “estimate,” “should” and “will” and words of similar effect that convey future meaning, concerning the Company’s operations, economic performance and management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future.   Future events involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those we currently anticipate. The actual results for the current and future periods and other corporate developments will depend upon a number of economic, competitive and other influences, including the successful implementation of the Company’s business improvement plan and the factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements” sections and elsewhere in the Company’s reports and filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of the Company, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially and adversely affect the results of the Company’s operations and its financial condition.   We undertake no obligation to update information contained in this release, except as required by law.

For more information, please contact:

Kellie Smythe
Senior Director, Investor Relations, Marketing, Communications & Sustainability
T: 918-359-8267
Email: ksmythe@matrixservicecompany.com

Backlog

We define backlog as the total dollar amount of revenue that we expect to recognize as a result of performing work that has been awarded to us through a signed contract, limited notice to proceed or other type of assurance that we consider firm. The following arrangements are considered firm:

• fixed-price awards;
• minimum customer commitments on cost plus arrangements; and
• certain time and material arrangements in which the estimated value is firm or can be estimated with a reasonable amount of certainty in both timing and amounts.

For long-term maintenance contracts with no minimum commitments and other established customer agreements, we include only the amounts that we expect to recognize as revenue over the next 12 months. For arrangements in which we have received a limited notice to proceed, we include the entire scope of work in our backlog if we conclude that the likelihood of the full project proceeding as high. For all other arrangements, we calculate backlog as the estimated contract amount less revenue recognized as of the reporting date.

Three Months Ended December 31, 2024

The following table provides a summary of changes in our backlog for the three months ended December 31, 2024:

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(1)   Calculated by dividing project awards by revenue recognized.
(2)   Backlog was reduced as a result of the closure of a customer’s facility. This customer has historically represented less than 1% of our consolidated revenues.

Six Months Ended December 31, 2024

The following table provides a summary of changes in our backlog for the six months ended December 31, 2024:

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(1)   Calculated by dividing project awards by revenue recognized.
(2)   Backlog was reduced as a result of the closure of a customer’s facility. This customer has historically represented less than 1% of our consolidated revenues.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted Net Loss

We have presented Adjusted net loss, which we define as Net loss before gain on sale of assets, and the tax impact of these adjustments, because we believe it better depicts our core operating results. We believe that the line item on our Consolidated Statements of Income entitled “Net loss” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Adjusted net loss. Since Adjusted net loss is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, Net loss as an indicator of operating performance. Adjusted net loss, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, this measure is not a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. As Adjusted net loss excludes certain financial information compared with Net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, users of this financial information should consider the type of events and transactions that are excluded. Our non-GAAP performance measure, Adjusted net loss, has certain material limitations as follows:

• It does not include gain on the sale of assets. While these sales occurred outside the normal course of business, any measure that excludes this gain has inherent limitations since the sales resulted in material inflows of cash.

A reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted net loss follows:

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Net Loss
(In thousands, except per share data)

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(1)   In fiscal 2024, we sold our Burlington, ON office in the first quarter and recorded a gain of $2.5 million. In the second quarter of fiscal 2024, we sold a facility in Catoosa, Oklahoma for $2.7 million in net proceeds, which resulted in a gain of $2.0 million.
(2)   Represents the tax impact of the adjustments to Net loss, calculated using the applicable effective tax rate of the adjustment. Due to the existence of valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets and net operating losses, there was no tax impact of any of the adjustments in any period presented.

Adjusted EBITDA

We have presented Adjusted EBITDA, which we define as net loss before gain on sale of assets, stock-based compensation, interest expense, interest income, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization, because it is used by the financial community as a method of measuring our performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. We believe that the line item on our Consolidated Statements of Income entitled “Net loss” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Adjusted EBITDA. Since Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings as an indicator of operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, this measure is not a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. As Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain financial information compared with net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, users of this financial information should consider the type of events and transactions that are excluded. Our non-GAAP performance measure, Adjusted EBITDA, has certain material limitations as follows:

• It does not include interest expense. Because we have borrowed money to finance our operations and to acquire businesses, pay commitment fees to maintain our senior secured revolving credit facility, and incur fees to issue letters of credit under the senior secured revolving credit facility, interest expense is a necessary and ongoing part of our costs and has assisted us in generating revenue. Therefore, any measure that excludes interest expense has material limitations.
• It does not include interest income. Because we have money invested in money market depository accounts and we will have earned interest income on these investments, any measure that excludes interest income has material limitations.
• It does not include income taxes. Because the payment of income taxes is a necessary and ongoing part of our operations, any measure that excludes income taxes has material limitations.
• It does not include depreciation or amortization expense. Because we use capital and intangible assets to generate revenue, depreciation and amortization expense is a necessary element of our cost structure. Therefore, any measure that excludes depreciation or amortization expense has material limitations.
• It does not include gain on asset sales. While these sales occurred outside the normal course of business and are not expected to be recurring, any measure that excludes this gain has inherent limitations since the sale resulted in a material inflow of cash.
• It does not include equity-settled stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation represents material amounts of equity that are awarded to our employees and directors for services rendered. While the expense is non-cash, we historically release vested shares out of our treasury stock, which has been replenished by using cash to periodically repurchase our stock. Therefore, any measure that excludes stock-based compensation has material limitations.

A reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA follows:

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(1)   Beginning with fiscal 2024, to be more consistent with our peers, we updated our calculation methodology of adjusted EBITDA to include interest income, prior periods have been adjusted to the new methodology.
(2)   In fiscal 2024, we sold our Burlington, ON office in the first quarter and recorded a gain of $2.5 million. In the second quarter of fiscal 2024, we sold a facility in Catoosa, Oklahoma for $2.7 million in net proceeds, which resulted in a gain of $2.0 million.
3)   Represents only the equity-settled portion of our stock-based compensation expense.