THORNTON, Colo., Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MYR Group Inc. ("MYR”) (NASDAQ: MYRG), a holding company of leading specialty contractors serving the electric utility infrastructure, commercial and industrial construction markets in the United States and Canada, announced today its third-quarter and first nine-months 2024 financial results.
Highlights for Third Quarter 2024
- Quarterly revenues of $888.0 million
- Quarterly net income of $10.6 million, or $0.65 per diluted share
- Quarterly EBITDA of $37.2 million
- Backlog of $2.60 billion
Rick Swartz, MYR's President and CEO, said, "Our core markets remain active, and bidding activity continued at a robust pace during the quarter. Opportunities for long-term growth remain healthy as we continue to strategically expand our strong customer relationships across our business segments.” Mr. Swartz also said, "Our third quarter performance showed improvement over the second quarter, demonstrating strong project execution in core areas of our business as we continue to resolve unfavorable impacts from a relatively small group of projects expected to complete this year.”
Third Quarter Results
MYR reported third-quarter 2024 revenues of $888.0 million, a decrease of $51.5 million, or 5.5 percent, compared to the third quarter of 2023. Specifically, our Transmission and Distribution ("T&D”) segment reported quarterly revenues of $481.9 million, a decrease of $66.7 million, or 12.2 percent, from the third quarter of 2023, due to a decrease of $81.0 million in revenue on transmission projects and an increase of $14.3 million in revenue on distribution projects. Our Commercial and Industrial ("C&I”) segment reported quarterly revenues of $406.2 million, an increase of $15.3 million, or 3.9 percent, from the third quarter of 2023, which was primarily due to an increase in revenue on fixed priced contracts and T&E contracts.
Consolidated gross profit decreased to $77.3 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $92.4 million for the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in gross profit was due to lower margin and lower revenues. Gross margin decreased to 8.7 percent for the third quarter of 2024 from 9.8 percent for the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in gross margin was primarily related to clean energy projects in T&D, the unfavorable impact of a C&I project, as well as an increase in costs associated with unfavorable job closeouts, and labor and project inefficiencies. These margin decreases were partially offset by better-than-anticipated productivity and a favorable change order. Changes in estimates of gross profit on certain projects resulted in gross margin decreases of 3.9 percent and 1.3 percent for the third quarter of 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A”) decreased to $57.5 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $59.9 million for the third quarter of 2023. The period-over-period decrease was primarily due to a decrease in employee incentive compensation costs and a decrease in contingent compensation expense related to a prior acquisition, partially offset by an increase in employee-related expenses to support future growth.
Income tax expense was $7.9 million for the third quarter of 2024, with an effective tax rate of 42.5 percent, compared to income tax expense of $9.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, with an effective tax rate of 30.3 percent. The period-over-period change in tax rate was primarily due to higher permanent difference items mostly related to deductibility limits of contingent compensation, associated with a prior acquisition, which was successfully achieved during the third quarter of 2024, as well as higher U.S. taxes on Canadian income.
For the third quarter of 2024, net income was $10.6 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, compared to $21.5 million, or $1.28 per diluted share, for the same period of 2023. Third-quarter 2024 EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $37.2 million, compared to $47.0 million in the third quarter of 2023.
First Nine-Months Results
MYR reported first nine-months 2024 revenues of $2.53 billion, a decrease of $107.2 million, or 4.1 percent, compared to the first nine months of 2023. Specifically, our T&D segment reported revenues of $1.43 billion, a decrease of $67.2 million, from the first nine months of 2023, due to a decrease of $105.0 million in revenue on transmission projects, offset by an increase of $37.8 million in revenue on distribution projects. Our C&I segment reported revenues of $1.10 billion, a decrease of $40.1 million, or 3.5 percent from the first nine months of 2023, which was primarily due to the delayed start of certain projects in 2024.
Consolidated gross profit decreased to $204.4 million in the first nine months of 2024, compared to $266.9 million in the first nine months of 2023. The decrease in gross profit was due to lower margin and lower revenues. Gross margin decreased to 8.1 percent for the first nine months of 2024 from 10.1 percent for the first nine months of 2023. The decrease in gross margin was primarily related to clean energy projects in T&D, the unfavorable impact of a C&I project, labor and project inefficiencies, an increase in costs associated with schedule compression on certain projects, an unfavorable change order and an unfavorable job closeout. These margin decreases were partially offset by better-than-anticipated productivity, favorable change orders, favorable job closeouts and favorable joint venture results. Changes in estimates of gross profit on certain projects resulted in a gross margin decreases of 4.4 percent and 1.2 percent for the first nine months of 2024 and 2023, respectively.
SG&A increased to $181.5 million in the first nine months of 2024, compared to $174.6 million for the first nine months of 2023. The period-over-period increase was primarily due to an increase in contingent compensation expense related to a prior acquisition and an increase in employee-related expenses to support future growth, partially offset by a decrease in employee incentive compensation costs.
Interest expense increased to $4.3 million in the first nine months of 2024, compared to $3.1 million for the first nine months of 2023. The period-over-period increase was primarily due to higher average debt balances during the first nine months of 2024 as compared to the first nine months of 2023.
Income tax expense was $5.2 million for the first nine months of 2024, with an effective tax rate of 26.6 percent, compared to income tax expense of $22.6 million for the first nine months of 2023, with an effective tax rate of 25.2 percent. The period-over-period change in tax rate was primarily due to lower pretax income and higher other permanent difference items, offset by lower stock compensation excess tax benefits. The increase in permanent difference items primarily related to deductibility limits of contingent compensation, associated with a prior acquisition, as well as higher U.S. taxes on Canadian income.
For the first nine months of 2024, net income was $14.3 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, compared to $66.9 million, or $3.98 per diluted share, for the same period of 2023.
Backlog
As of September 30, 2024, MYR's backlog was $2.60 billion, compared to $2.54 billion as of June 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, T&D backlog was $798.7 million, and C&I backlog was $1.80 billion. Total backlog at September 30, 2024 decreased $19.7 million, or 0.8 percent, from the $2.62 billion reported at September 30, 2023.
Balance Sheet
As of September 30, 2024, MYR had $375.5 million of borrowing availability under its $490 million revolving credit facility.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement MYR's financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP”), MYR uses certain non-GAAP measures. Reconciliation to the nearest GAAP measures of all non-GAAP measures included in this press release can be found at the end of this release. MYR's definitions of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. These non-GAAP measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
MYR believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful because they (i) provide both management and investors meaningful supplemental information regarding financial performance by excluding certain expenses and benefits that may not be indicative of recurring core business operating results, (ii) permit investors to view MYR's performance using the same tools that management uses to evaluate MYR's past performance, reportable business segments and prospects for future performance, (iii) publicly disclose results that are relevant to financial covenants included in MYR's credit facility and (iv) otherwise provide supplemental information that may be useful to investors in evaluating MYR.
Conference Call
MYR will host a conference call to discuss its third-quarter 2024 results on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain time. To participate via telephone and join the call live, please register in advance here: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIcf56e5d4dfbd47ab90fa168c7ef8653c. Upon registration, telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the conference call, including the dial-in number and a unique passcode. Participants may access the audio-only webcast of the conference call from the Investors page of MYR Group's website at myrgroup.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for seven days.
About MYR Group Inc.
MYR Group is a holding company of leading, specialty electrical contractors providing services throughout the United States and Canada through two business segments: Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and Commercial & Industrial (C&I). MYR Group subsidiaries have the experience and expertise to complete electrical installations of any type and size. Through their T&D segment they provide services on electric transmission, distribution networks, substation facilities, clean energy projects and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Their comprehensive T&D services include design, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, maintenance and repair services. T&D customers include investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, private developers, government-funded utilities, independent power producers, independent transmission companies, industrial facility owners and other contractors. Through their C&I segment, they provide a broad range of services which include the design, installation, maintenance and repair of commercial and industrial wiring generally for airports, hospitals, data centers, hotels, stadiums, commercial and industrial facilities, clean energy projects, manufacturing plants, processing facilities, water/waste-water treatment facilities, mining facilities, intelligent transportation systems, roadway lighting, signalization and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. C&I customers include general contractors, commercial and industrial facility owners, government agencies and developers. For more information, visit myrgroup.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Various statements in this announcement, including those that express a belief, expectation, or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future production, revenue, income, capital spending, segment improvements and investments. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as "anticipate,” "believe,” "estimate,” "expect,” "intend,” "likely,” "may,” "objective,” "outlook,” "plan,” "project,” "possible,” "potential,” "should,” "unlikely,” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The forward-looking statements in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement. We disclaim any obligation to update these statements (unless required by securities laws), and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Forward-looking statements in this announcement should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect MYR's business, particularly those mentioned in the risk factors and cautionary statements in Item 1A. of MYR's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and in any risk factors or cautionary statements contained in MYR's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K.
MYR Group Inc. Contact:
Kelly M. Huntington, Chief Financial Officer, 847-290-1891, [email protected]
Investor Contact:
David Gutierrez, Dresner Corporate Services, 312-780-7204, [email protected]
Financial tables follow…
MYR GROUP INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) | September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 7,569 | $ | 24,899 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $977 and $1,987, respectively | 571,342 | 521,893 | |||||
| Contract assets, net of allowances of $582 and $610, respectively | 411,843 | 420,616 | |||||
| Current portion of receivable for insurance claims in excess of deductibles | 9,056 | 8,267 | |||||
| Refundable income taxes | 6,280 | 4,034 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 25,532 | 46,535 | |||||
| Total current assets | 1,031,622 | 1,026,244 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $388,180 and $380,465, respectively | 279,634 | 268,978 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 40,665 | 35,012 | |||||
| Goodwill | 115,970 | 116,953 | |||||
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $34,036 and $30,534, respectively | 79,077 | 83,516 | |||||
| Receivable for insurance claims in excess of deductibles | 34,925 | 33,739 | |||||
| Investment in joint ventures | 5,835 | 8,707 | |||||
| Other assets | 5,331 | 5,597 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,593,059 | $ | 1,578,746 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 4,364 | $ | 7,053 | |||
| Current portion of operating lease obligations | 11,136 | 9,237 | |||||
| Current portion of finance lease obligations | 1,168 | 2,039 | |||||
| Accounts payable | 329,971 | 359,363 | |||||
| Contract liabilities | 262,557 | 240,411 | |||||
| Current portion of accrued self-insurance | 25,394 | 28,269 | |||||
| Accrued income taxes | - | 237 | |||||
| Other current liabilities | 127,846 | 100,593 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 762,436 | 747,202 | |||||
| Deferred income tax liabilities | 47,722 | 48,230 | |||||
| Long-term debt | 88,822 | 29,188 | |||||
| Accrued self-insurance | 54,262 | 51,796 | |||||
| Operating lease obligations, net of current maturities | 29,529 | 25,775 | |||||
| Finance lease obligations, net of current maturities | 2,312 | 314 | |||||
| Other liabilities | 19,467 | 25,039 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 1,004,550 | 927,544 | |||||
| Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
| Shareholders' equity: | |||||||
| Preferred stock-$0.01 par value per share; 4,000,000 authorized shares; none issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 | - | - | |||||
| Common stock-$0.01 par value per share; 100,000,000 authorized shares; 16,121,901 and 16,684,492 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | 161 | 167 | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 156,799 | 162,386 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (6,216) | (3,880) | |||||
| Retained earnings | 437,765 | 492,529 | |||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 588,509 | 651,202 | |||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 1,593,059 | $ | 1,578,746 | |||
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Contract revenues | $ | 888,043 | $ | 939,476 | $ | 2,532,495 | $ | 2,639,708 | |||||||
| Contract costs | 810,755 | 847,093 | 2,328,121 | 2,372,806 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 77,288 | 92,383 | 204,374 | 266,902 | |||||||||||
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