March 10, 2008
CECO ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2007 RESULTS
Annual Revenues Increase 74.3% to $235.9 Million
Annual Operating Income Increases 109% to $12.6 Million
NEW YORK, March 10, 2008 - CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of industrial ventilation and pollution control systems, today announced record fourth quarter and full year results for the period ended December 31, 2007.
Financial highlights for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to the fourth quarter of 2006 include:
Net sales increased 63.8% to $68.0 million;
Gross profit increased 39.8% to $11.5 million;
Operating income increased 13.7% to $2.8 million;
Net income - $1.8 million, a 51.4% increase over 2006;
Earnings per diluted share increased 33.3% to $0.12 from $0.09 in 2006.
Financial highlights for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 compared to twelve months ended December 31, 2006 include:
Net sales increased 74.3% to $235.9 million;
Gross profit increased 67.7% to $40.4 million;
Operating income increased 108.9% to $12.6 million;
Net income GAAP - $6.3 million (increase of 103.8%);
Net income non-GAAP - $7.0 million (increase of 204%);
GAAP Earnings per diluted share - $0.45 (increase of 87.5%);
Non-GAAP Earnings per diluted share $0.50 (increase of 256%).
CECO ’s reported results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 included $842,000 in net non-cash income from the valuation of warrants and CECO’s reported results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 include a non-cash interest expense of $740,000 related to retirement of subordinated debt.
The adjustments to non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share are detailed in the tables below.
Backlog as of December 31, 2007 was $85.5 million compared to $97.1 million as of December 31, 2006.
Chairman and CEO, Phillip DeZwirek, stated, “Our fourth quarter results mark our eighth consecutive quarter over quarter of record revenues and gross profitability. After eliminating those certain non-cash income and expense items related to the valuation of warrants and the related subordinated debt discount discussed above, our adjusted results for the quarters and twelve month periods more accurately reflect our significant progress.”
Mr. DeZwirek continued, “Our gross profit margin percentage declined slightly for the year as anticipated due to the lower gross margin on our large automotive project. It is important to note, however, that our operating margin percentage and dollars have continued to increase as expected. We anticipate that both gross and operating margin percentages will increase in the future as the large project is completed and anticipated new higher margin contracts are completed.”
Rick Blum, COO, commented, “Our order flow this year has remained consistently strong with bookings through December 2007 of over $199.7 million plus acquired backlog from Effox and GMD of $24.6 million for a total of $224.3 million compared to $203.6 million through December of 2006, which included a large $50 million order received in December. Our backlog at December 31, 2006 excluding this large order was $47.1 million and our backlog at December 31, 2007 was $85.5 million.
It is also worth noting that we recently announced the acquisition of Fisher-Klosterman, Inc (“FKI”) and that we continue to search for acquisition candidates that fit into our turn-key strategy of horizontal and vertical integration.”
CECO will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter results on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. eastern daylight time.
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Additional information on CECO’s reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP adjusted results, are included in the financial tables below.
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