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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2024
 
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Oregon
0-27140
93-0557988
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
201 NE Park Plaza Drive, Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98684
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 360-397-6250
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
NWPX
 
Nasdaq Global Select Market
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company    
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐
 
 

 
 
Item 2.02.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
     
   
On July 31, 2024, Northwest Pipe Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and its current outlook. The press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company, and includes cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The press release issued July 31, 2024 is furnished herewith as Exhibit No. 99.1 to this Report, and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
     
     
Item 9.01.
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
     
(d)
 
Exhibits
     
   
     
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on July 31, 2024.
 
 
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
 
(Registrant)
     
 
By
/s/ Aaron Wilkins
   
Aaron Wilkins,
   
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Northwest Pipe Company Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

 

  Net sales of $129.5 million increased 11.3% year-over-year
  Record net sales of $89.5 million for the Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe segment (SPP)
  Record gross profit of $25.8 million increased 14.8% year-over-year
  Net income of $0.86 per diluted share
  Generated strong net cash provided by operating activities of $22.3 million
 

Backlog1 of $282 million; backlog including confirmed orders2 of $348 million for SPP

  Order book3 of $62 million for the Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems segment (“Precast”)

 

VANCOUVER, Washington—July 31, 2024—Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ: NWPX) (the “Company”), a leading manufacturer of water-related infrastructure products, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. The Company will broadcast its second quarter 2024 earnings conference call on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. PT.

 

Management Commentary

 

“Our second quarter results were very strong despite the weather-related challenges we encountered in Texas which disrupted production, shipping, and order intake,” said Scott Montross, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Pipe Company. “We delivered record quarterly revenue of $89.5 million in our Steel Pressure Pipe business and enjoyed continued strength in the residential side of our Precast business despite persistent interest rate headwinds. In addition, record quarterly profitability levels, coupled with effective working capital management, led to strong free cash flow4 generation of $16.2 million in the second quarter, up significantly versus last year. The SPP segment benefitted from the strong pipeline of bidding opportunities in the first half of this year. We expect our SPP business to remain strong for the rest of 2024. In Precast, reduced production and shipments on the non-residential construction portion of our business at Park offset much of the strength we saw on the residential side at Geneva, primarily due to multiple severe weather events in Texas. Following a slow first half of the year in Precast, we are expecting a stronger third quarter with improving revenue and gross margins.”

 

Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

 

Consolidated

 

 

Net sales increased 11.3% to $129.5 million from $116.4 million in the second quarter of 2023.
  Gross profit increased 14.8% to a record of $25.8 million, or 19.9% of net sales, from $22.5 million, or 19.3% of net sales, in the second quarter of 2023.
  Net income was $8.6 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, compared to $7.4 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2023.
 

 

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Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe Segment (SPP)

 

 

SPP net sales increased 15.9% to a quarterly record of $89.5 million from $77.3 million in the second quarter of 2023 driven by a 56% increase in tons produced resulting from an improved bidding environment coupled with changes in project timing, partially offset by a 26% decrease in selling price per ton due to a combination of lower raw materials costs and product mix.
  SPP gross profit increased 35.1% to $17.0 million, or 19.0% of SPP net sales, from $12.6 million, or 16.3% of SPP net sales, in the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to increased volume and changes in product mix.
  SPP backlog was $282 million as of June 30, 2024 compared to $255 million as of March 31, 2024 and $292 million as of June 30, 2023. Backlog including confirmed orders was $348 million as of June 30, 2024 compared to $337 million as of March 31, 2024 and $343 million as of June 30, 2023.

 

Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems Segment (Precast)

 

 

Precast net sales increased 2.2% to $40.0 million from $39.1 million in the second quarter of 2023 driven by a 30% increase in volume shipped, partially offset by a 22% decrease in selling prices due to changes in product mix.

  Precast gross profit decreased 10.9% to $8.8 million, or 22.1% of Precast net sales, from $9.9 million, or 25.3% of Precast net sales, in the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to changes in product mix.
  Precast order book was $62 million as of June 30, 2024 compared to $52 million as of March 31, 2024 and $58 million as of June 30, 2023.

 

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

 

 

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $75.9 million of outstanding revolving loan borrowings and additional borrowing capacity of approximately $47 million under the revolving credit facility.
  Net cash provided by operating activities was $22.3 million in the second quarter of 2024 compared to $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to an $18.9 million increase in cash provided by changes in working capital and a $2.2 million increase in cash provided by net income adjusted for non-cash items.
  Capital expenditures were $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2024 compared to $4.0 million in the second quarter of 2023.
  The Company repurchased approximately 18,000 shares of its common stock at an average price of $31.81, for a total of $0.6 million during the second quarter of 2024.

 

 


1 Northwest Pipe Company defines “backlog” as the balance of remaining performance obligations under signed contracts for Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe products for which revenue is recognized over time.

 

2 Northwest Pipe Company defines “confirmed orders” as Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe projects for which the Company has been notified that it is the successful bidder, but a binding agreement has not been executed.

 

3 Northwest Pipe Company defines “order book” as unfulfilled orders outstanding at the measurement date for its Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems segment.

 

4 Northwest Pipe Company defines “free cash flow” as cash flows from operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. For purposes of the second quarter of 2024, $22.3 million of net cash provided by operating activities, less $6.1 million in purchases of property and equipment, resulted in $16.2 million of free cash flow.

 

2

Conference Call Details

 

A conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss the Company’s second quarter 2024 financial results will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The call will be broadcast live on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investor.nwpipe.com and will be archived online upon completion of the conference call. For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay will be available approximately three hours after the event and will remain available until Thursday, August 15, 2024, by dialing 1‑844‑512‑2921 in the U.S. or 1‑412‑317‑6671 internationally and entering the replay access code: 10190352.

 

About Northwest Pipe Company

 

Founded in 1966, Northwest Pipe Company is a leading manufacturer of water-related infrastructure products. In addition to being the largest manufacturer of engineered steel water pipeline systems in North America, the Company manufactures stormwater and wastewater technology products; high-quality precast and reinforced concrete products; pump lift stations; steel casing pipe, bar-wrapped concrete cylinder pipe, and one of the largest offerings of pipeline system joints, fittings, and specialized components. Strategically positioned to meet growing water and wastewater infrastructure needs, Northwest Pipe Company provides solution-based products for a wide range of markets under the ParkUSA, Geneva Pipe and Precast, Permalok®, and Northwest Pipe Company lines. The Company’s diverse team is committed to quality and innovation while demonstrating the Company’s core values of accountability, commitment, and teamwork. The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and has 13 manufacturing facilities across North America. Please visit www.nwpipe.com for more information.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements in this press release by Scott Montross contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about the Company’s business, management’s beliefs, and assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of important factors. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, those that could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company include changes in demand and market prices for its products, product mix, bidding activity and order modifications or cancelations, timing of customer orders and deliveries, production schedules, price and availability of raw materials, excess or shortage of production capacity, international trade policy and regulations, changes in tariffs and duties imposed on imports and exports and related impacts on the Company, economic uncertainty and associated trends in macroeconomic conditions, including potential recession, inflation, and the state of the housing market, interest rate risk and changes in market interest rates, including the impact on the Company’s customers and related demand for its products, the Company’s ability to identify and complete internal initiatives and/or acquisitions in order to grow its business, the Company’s ability to effectively integrate future acquisitions into its business and operations and achieve significant administrative and operational cost synergies and accretion to financial results, effects of security breaches, computer viruses, and cybersecurity incidents, timing and amount of share repurchases, impacts of U.S. tax reform legislation on the Company’s results of operations, adequacy of the Company’s insurance coverage, supply chain challenges, labor shortages, ongoing military conflicts in areas such as Ukraine and Israel, and related consequences, operating problems at the Company’s manufacturing operations including fires, explosions, inclement weather, and floods and other natural disasters, material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and its ability to remediate such weaknesses, uncertainty around the outcome of political elections, impacts of pandemics, epidemics, or other public health emergencies, and other risks discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and from time to time in its other Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. If the Company does update or correct one or more forward-looking statements, investors and others should not conclude that it will make additional updates or corrections with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements.

 

3

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

The Company is presenting backlog including confirmed orders and free cash flow. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided to better enable investors and others to assess the Company’s ongoing operating results and compare them with its competitors. These should be considered a supplement to, and not a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

 

For more information, visit www.nwpipe.com.

 

Contact:

Aaron Wilkins

Chief Financial Officer

Northwest Pipe Company

investors@nwpipe.com

 

Or

 

Addo Investor Relations

nwpx@addo.com

 

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NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

   

Three Months Ended June 30,

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

2024

   

2023

   

2024

   

2023

 

Net sales:

                               

Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe

  $ 89,523     $ 77,255     $ 169,530     $ 140,801  

Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems

    39,982       39,117       73,190       74,668  

Total net sales

    129,505       116,372       242,720       215,469  
                                 

Cost of sales:

                               

Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe

    72,542       64,684       138,307       120,448  

Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems

    31,149       29,207       58,465       55,963  

Total cost of sales

    103,691       93,891       196,772       176,411  
                                 

Gross profit:

                               

Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe

    16,981       12,571       31,223       20,353  

Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems

    8,833       9,910       14,725       18,705  

Total gross profit

    25,814       22,481       45,948       39,058  
                                 

Selling, general, and administrative expense

    12,195       11,016       23,639       22,882  

Operating income

    13,619       11,465       22,309       16,176  

Other expense

    (228 )     (134 )     (221 )     (163 )

Interest expense

    (1,823 )     (1,191 )     (3,297 )     (2,560 )

Income before income taxes

    11,568       10,140       18,791       13,453  

Income tax expense

    2,949       2,692       4,934       3,643  

Net income

  $ 8,619     $ 7,448     $ 13,857     $ 9,810  
                                 

Net income per share:

                               

Basic

  $ 0.87     $ 0.74     $ 1.40     $ 0.98  

Diluted

  $ 0.86     $ 0.74     $ 1.38     $ 0.97  
                                 

Shares used in per share calculations:

                               

Basic

    9,912       10,000       9,914       9,970  

Diluted

    9,995       10,066       10,025       10,081  

 

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NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

 

   

June 30, 2024

   

December 31, 2023

 

Assets

               

Current assets:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 4,528     $ 4,068  

Trade and other receivables, net

    70,933       47,645  

Contract assets

    139,481       120,516  

Inventories

    87,732       91,229  

Prepaid expenses and other

    5,274       9,026  

Total current assets

    307,948       272,484  

Property and equipment, net

    147,351       143,955  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

    85,491       88,155  

Goodwill

    55,504       55,504  

Intangible assets, net

    29,058       31,074  

Other assets

    6,393       6,709  

Total assets

  $ 631,745     $ 597,881  
                 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

               

Current liabilities:

               

Current debt

  $ 10,756     $ 10,756  

Accounts payable

    24,508       31,142  

Accrued liabilities

    23,234       27,913  

Contract liabilities

    37,105       21,450  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

    5,108       4,933  

Total current liabilities

    100,711       96,194  

Borrowings on line of credit

    75,923       54,485  

Operating lease liabilities

    82,919       85,283  

Deferred income taxes

    11,159       10,942  

Other long-term liabilities

    9,850       10,617  

Total liabilities

    280,562       257,521  
                 

Stockholders’ equity

    351,183       340,360  

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $ 631,745     $ 597,881  

 

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NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

2024

   

2023

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

               

Net income

  $ 13,857     $ 9,810  

Depreciation and finance lease amortization

    7,106       5,642  

Amortization of intangible assets

    2,016       2,104  

Deferred income taxes

    227       417  

Share-based compensation expense

    2,674       2,304  

Other, net

    360       1,325  

Changes in working capital

    (30,055 )     5,877  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (3,815 )     27,479  
                 

Cash flows from investing activities:

               

Purchases of property and equipment

    (10,634 )     (8,414 )

Payment of working capital adjustment in acquisition of business

    -       (2,731 )

Other investing activities

    61       9  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (10,573 )     (11,136 )
                 

Cash flows from financing activities:

               

Borrowings on line of credit

    105,324       72,912  

Repayments on line of credit

    (83,886 )     (86,539 )

Payments on finance lease obligations

    (712 )     (311 )

Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity awards

    (1,449 )     (1,652 )

Repurchase of common stock

    (4,429 )     -  

Other financing activities

    -       (282 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    14,848       (15,872 )
                 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

    460       471  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    4,068       3,681  

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 4,528     $ 4,152  

 

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