Clean Harbors Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results
Clean Harbors reported Q4 2022 revenues of $1.28 billion, a 14% increase from Q4 2021, driven by strong demand in its Environmental Services segment. Net income rose to $82.5 million or $1.52 per share. The company achieved Adjusted EBITDA of $224.2 million, up 29% year-over-year, with full-year revenues of $5.17 billion and net income of $411.7 million. For 2023, Clean Harbors expects Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $1,010 million to $1,050 million and adjusted free cash flow between $305 million and $345 million. Overall, 2022 was marked by significant growth and improved profitability.
- Q4 revenue rose 14% to $1.28 billion.
- Net income increased to $82.5 million, EPS of $1.52.
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA grew 29% to $224.2 million.
- Full-Year 2022 revenues reached $5.17 billion, up 36% from 2021.
- Full-Year 2022 net income of $411.7 million, EPS of $7.56.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $289.9 million.
- Utilization of incinerator network fell to 84% due to unplanned outages.
- Seasonal slowdown in base oil demand affected Q4 performance.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow decreased from $326.3 million in 2021.
-
Posts Q4 Revenue Growth of
14% to ; Full-Year Revenues of$1.28 Billion $5.17 Billion -
Generates Q4 Net Income of
, or EPS of$82.5 Million , with Adjusted EPS of$1.52 ; Full-Year$1.44 Net Income of , or EPS of$411.7 Million , with Adjusted EPS of$7.56 $7.15 -
Achieves Q4 Adjusted EBITDA Growth of
29% to ; Generates Full-Year Adjusted EBITDA of$224.2 Million $1,022 Million -
Delivers Full-Year
Net Cash from Operating Activities of and Adjusted Free Cash Flow of$626.2 Million $289.9 Million - Provides Full-Year 2023 Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Guidance
“We concluded a record 2022 with strong fourth-quarter results, led by our Environmental Services segment,” said
Fourth-Quarter Results
Revenues increased
Net income was
Adjusted EBITDA (see description below) increased
Q4 2022 Segment Review
“Environmental Services (ES) revenues increased
“Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions (SKSS) revenues grew
2022 Financial Results
Clean Harbors’ revenues increased
Net income was
Adjusted EBITDA (see description below) increased
“2022 was another terrific year for
Business Outlook and Financial Guidance
“We enter 2023 with momentum across all our key businesses,” McKim said. “Within ES, our record backlog of waste and deferred revenue grew during the quarter, which positions us well for this year. Based on the diversity of our customer base, we expect healthy demand for our network of disposal and recycling assets to continue in 2023. Our service businesses all registered robust growth in 2022 and, with the expansion of our billable headcount throughout the year, we should benefit from those hires in 2023. We also expect ample project opportunities this year as monies from the
“Within SKSS, we continue to closely manage both ends of our re-refining spread and collect the waste oil volumes needed to support our plants. While base oil demand slowed from heightened summer levels in the fourth quarter, we are beginning to experience the normal seasonal pickup in the early part of this year and are confident overall market conditions will remain favorable for 2023. We also see numerous opportunities to enhance our profitability in this segment including raising production from 2022 levels, increasing sales of blended products and capitalizing on growing interest in our sustainable products. Our new KLEEN+ base oil brand is helping to facilitate discussions with customers seeking solutions that lower the environmental impact of their automotive and industrial lubricant products,” McKim concluded.
For the first quarter of 2023,
For full-year 2023,
-
Adjusted EBITDA in the range of
to$1,010 million or a midpoint of$1,050 million . This range is based on anticipated GAAP net income in the range of$1,030 million to$355 million ; and$391 million -
Adjusted free cash flow in the range of
to$305 million , or a midpoint of$345 million , based on anticipated net cash from operating activities in the range of$325 million to$705 million .$765 million
Non-GAAP Results
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income |
$ |
82,474 |
|
$ |
48,993 |
|
$ |
411,744 |
|
$ |
203,247 |
|
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
3,344 |
|
|
3,120 |
|
|
12,943 |
|
|
11,745 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
6,469 |
|
|
6,053 |
|
|
26,844 |
|
|
18,839 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
87,034 |
|
|
82,929 |
|
|
347,594 |
|
|
298,135 |
|
Other (income) expense, net |
|
(399) |
|
|
(1,994) |
|
|
(2,472) |
|
|
515 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
422 |
|
|
— |
|
|
422 |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on sale of business |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(8,864) |
|
|
— |
|
Interest expense, net of interest income |
|
28,309 |
|
|
23,704 |
|
|
107,663 |
|
|
77,657 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
16,591 |
|
|
11,495 |
|
|
126,254 |
|
|
66,468 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
224,244 |
|
$ |
174,300 |
|
$ |
1,022,128 |
|
$ |
676,606 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
17.5 % |
|
|
15.6 % |
|
|
19.8 % |
|
|
17.8 % |
This press release includes a discussion of net income and earnings per share adjusted for the loss on early extinguishment of debt, gain on sale of business and the impacts of tax-related valuation allowances and other items as identified in the reconciliations provided below. The Company believes that discussion of these additional non-GAAP measures provides investors with meaningful comparisons of current results to prior periods’ results by excluding items that the Company does not believe reflect its fundamental business performance. The following shows the difference between net income and adjusted net income, and the difference between earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share, for the three and twelve months ended
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Adjusted net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income |
$ |
82,474 |
|
$ |
48,993 |
|
$ |
411,744 |
|
$ |
203,247 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
422 |
|
|
— |
|
|
422 |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on sale of business |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(8,864) |
|
|
— |
|
Tax-related valuation allowances and other* |
|
(4,354) |
|
|
(428) |
|
|
(13,848) |
|
|
(3,649) |
|
Adjusted net income |
$ |
78,542 |
|
$ |
48,565 |
|
$ |
389,454 |
|
$ |
199,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Adjusted earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Earnings per share |
$ |
1.52 |
|
$ |
0.90 |
|
$ |
7.56 |
|
$ |
3.71 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
0.01 |
|
|
— |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on sale of business |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(0.16) |
|
|
— |
|
Tax-related valuation allowances and other* |
|
(0.09) |
|
|
(0.01) |
|
|
(0.26) |
|
|
(0.07) |
|
Adjusted earnings per share |
$ |
1.44 |
|
$ |
0.89 |
|
$ |
7.15 |
|
$ |
3.64 |
* For the three and twelve months ended
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between net cash from operating activities and adjusted free cash flow is as follows for the three and twelve months ended
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Adjusted free cash flow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net cash from operating activities |
$ |
268,672 |
|
$ |
177,771 |
|
$ |
626,214 |
|
$ |
545,997 |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(100,509) |
|
|
(95,202) |
|
|
(345,056) |
|
|
(241,856) |
|
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
|
3,661 |
|
|
5,732 |
|
|
8,779 |
|
|
22,156 |
|
Adjusted free cash flow |
$ |
171,824 |
|
$ |
88,301 |
|
$ |
289,937 |
|
$ |
326,297 |
Adjusted EBITDA Guidance Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between projected GAAP net income and projected Adjusted EBITDA is as follows (in millions):
|
For the Year Ending
|
||||||
Projected GAAP net income |
$ |
355 |
to |
$ |
391 |
||
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
||||
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
14 |
to |
|
13 |
||
Stock-based compensation |
|
26 |
to |
|
29 |
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
355 |
to |
|
345 |
||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
||
Interest expense, net |
|
128 |
to |
|
123 |
||
Provision for income taxes |
|
130 |
to |
|
147 |
||
Projected Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
1,010 |
to |
$ |
1,050 |
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Guidance Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between projected net cash from operating activities and projected adjusted free cash flow is as follows (in millions):
|
For the Year Ending
|
|||||
Projected net cash from operating activities |
$ |
705 |
to |
$ |
765 |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(410) |
to |
|
(430) |
|
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
|
10 |
to |
|
10 |
|
Projected adjusted free cash flow |
$ |
305 |
to |
$ |
345 |
Conference Call Information
About
Safe Harbor Statement
Any statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans to,” “seeks,” “should,” “estimates,” “projects,” “may,” “likely,” or similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are based upon the beliefs and expectations of Clean Harbors’ management as of this date only and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, without limitation, those items identified as “Risk Factors” in Clean Harbors’ most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-
|
|||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
|||||||||||
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Revenues |
$ |
1,278,098 |
|
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
$ |
5,166,605 |
|
$ |
3,805,566 |
Cost of revenues: (exclusive of items shown separately below) |
|
891,424 |
|
|
792,183 |
|
|
3,543,930 |
|
|
2,609,837 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
168,899 |
|
|
159,051 |
|
|
627,391 |
|
|
537,962 |
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
3,344 |
|
|
3,120 |
|
|
12,943 |
|
|
11,745 |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
87,034 |
|
|
82,929 |
|
|
347,594 |
|
|
298,135 |
Income from operations |
|
127,397 |
|
|
82,198 |
|
|
634,747 |
|
|
347,887 |
Other income (expense), net |
|
399 |
|
|
1,994 |
|
|
2,472 |
|
|
(515) |
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
(422) |
|
|
— |
|
|
(422) |
|
|
— |
Gain on sale of business |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
8,864 |
|
|
— |
Interest expense, net |
|
(28,309) |
|
|
(23,704) |
|
|
(107,663) |
|
|
(77,657) |
Income before provision for income taxes |
|
99,065 |
|
|
60,488 |
|
|
537,998 |
|
|
269,715 |
Provision for income taxes |
|
16,591 |
|
|
11,495 |
|
|
126,254 |
|
|
66,468 |
Net income |
$ |
82,474 |
|
$ |
48,993 |
|
$ |
411,744 |
|
$ |
203,247 |
Earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Basic |
$ |
1.53 |
|
$ |
0.90 |
|
$ |
7.59 |
|
$ |
3.73 |
Diluted |
$ |
1.52 |
|
$ |
0.90 |
|
$ |
7.56 |
|
$ |
3.71 |
Shares used to compute earnings per share – Basic |
|
54,059 |
|
|
54,398 |
|
|
54,223 |
|
|
54,514 |
Shares used to compute earnings per share – Diluted |
|
54,378 |
|
|
54,658 |
|
|
54,487 |
|
|
54,761 |
|
|||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
|||||
(in thousands) |
|||||
|
|
|
|
||
Current assets: |
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
492,603 |
|
$ |
452,575 |
Short-term marketable securities |
|
62,033 |
|
|
81,724 |
Accounts receivable, net |
|
964,603 |
|
|
792,734 |
Unbilled accounts receivable |
|
107,010 |
|
|
94,963 |
Inventories and supplies |
|
324,994 |
|
|
250,692 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
82,518 |
|
|
68,483 |
Total current assets |
|
2,033,761 |
|
|
1,741,171 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
1,980,302 |
|
|
1,863,175 |
Other assets: |
|
|
|
||
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
166,181 |
|
|
161,797 |
|
|
1,246,878 |
|
|
1,227,042 |
Permits and other intangibles, net |
|
620,782 |
|
|
644,912 |
Other |
|
81,803 |
|
|
15,602 |
Total other assets |
|
2,115,644 |
|
|
2,049,353 |
Total assets |
$ |
6,129,707 |
|
$ |
5,653,699 |
|
|
|
|
||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||
Current portion of long-term debt |
$ |
10,000 |
|
$ |
17,535 |
Accounts payable |
|
446,629 |
|
|
359,866 |
Deferred revenue |
|
94,094 |
|
|
83,749 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
396,716 |
|
|
391,414 |
Current portion of closure, post-closure and remedial liabilities |
|
23,123 |
|
|
25,136 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
49,532 |
|
|
47,614 |
Total current liabilities |
|
1,020,094 |
|
|
925,314 |
Other liabilities: |
|
|
|
||
Closure and post-closure liabilities, less current portion |
|
105,596 |
|
|
87,088 |
Remedial liabilities, less current portion |
|
106,372 |
|
|
98,752 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
2,414,828 |
|
|
2,517,024 |
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion |
|
119,259 |
|
|
117,991 |
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
350,389 |
|
|
314,853 |
Other long-term liabilities |
|
90,847 |
|
|
78,790 |
Total other liabilities |
|
3,187,291 |
|
|
3,214,498 |
Total stockholders’ equity, net |
|
1,922,322 |
|
|
1,513,887 |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
6,129,707 |
|
$ |
5,653,699 |
|
|||||
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
|||||
(in thousands) |
|||||
|
For the Year Ended |
||||
|
|
|
|
||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
||
Net income |
$ |
411,744 |
|
$ |
203,247 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: |
|
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
347,594 |
|
|
298,135 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
7,783 |
|
|
8,018 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount |
|
6,301 |
|
|
4,245 |
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
12,943 |
|
|
11,745 |
Changes in environmental liability estimates |
|
8,272 |
|
|
2,979 |
Deferred income taxes |
|
17,549 |
|
|
1,482 |
Other (income) expense, net |
|
(2,472) |
|
|
515 |
Stock-based compensation |
|
26,844 |
|
|
18,839 |
Gain on sale of business |
|
(8,864) |
|
|
— |
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
422 |
|
|
— |
Environmental expenditures |
|
(13,946) |
|
|
(15,506) |
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
|
|
|
||
Accounts receivable and unbilled accounts receivable |
|
(201,087) |
|
|
(96,551) |
Inventories and supplies |
|
(74,547) |
|
|
(31,689) |
Other current and non-current assets |
|
(17,303) |
|
|
9,268 |
Accounts payable |
|
74,460 |
|
|
108,398 |
Other current and long-term liabilities |
|
30,521 |
|
|
22,872 |
Net cash from operating activities |
|
626,214 |
|
|
545,997 |
Cash flows used in investing activities: |
|
|
|
||
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(345,056) |
|
|
(241,856) |
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
|
8,779 |
|
|
22,156 |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
(86,278) |
|
|
(1,253,232) |
Additions to intangible assets including costs to obtain or renew permits |
|
(1,966) |
|
|
(3,848) |
Purchases of available-for-sale securities |
|
(49,845) |
|
|
(129,234) |
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities |
|
68,611 |
|
|
98,412 |
Proceeds from sale of business, net of transactional costs |
|
16,811 |
|
|
— |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(388,944) |
|
|
(1,507,602) |
Cash flows (used in) from financing activities: |
|
|
|
||
Change in uncashed checks |
|
552 |
|
|
(1,806) |
Tax payments related to withholdings on vested restricted stock |
|
(8,801) |
|
|
(10,805) |
Repurchases of common stock |
|
(50,183) |
|
|
(54,410) |
Deferred financing costs paid |
|
(410) |
|
|
(13,737) |
Payments on finance leases |
|
(12,821) |
|
|
(8,458) |
Principal payments on debt |
|
(115,652) |
|
|
(7,535) |
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of discount |
|
— |
|
|
995,000 |
Net cash (used in) from financing activities |
|
(187,315) |
|
|
898,249 |
Effect of exchange rate change on cash |
|
(9,927) |
|
|
(3,170) |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
40,028 |
|
|
(66,526) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
|
452,575 |
|
|
519,101 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ |
492,603 |
|
$ |
452,575 |
Supplemental information: |
|||||
Cash payments for interest and income taxes: |
|||||
Interest paid |
$ |
105,643 |
$ |
73,440 |
|
Income taxes paid, net of refunds |
|
78,526 |
|
65,192 |
|
Non-cash investing activities: |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment accrued |
|
30,950 |
|
19,264 |
|
Remedial liability assumed in acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
|
8,092 |
|
— |
|
Supplemental Segment Data (in thousands) |
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|
For the Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Third Party
|
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct
|
|
Third Party
|
|
Intersegment
(Expense),
|
|
Direct
|
||||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
1,039,637 |
|
$ |
7,397 |
|
$ |
1,047,034 |
|
$ |
906,051 |
|
$ |
2,071 |
|
$ |
908,122 |
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
238,388 |
|
|
(7,397) |
|
|
230,991 |
|
|
213,348 |
|
|
(2,071) |
|
|
211,277 |
Corporate Items |
|
73 |
|
|
— |
|
|
73 |
|
|
82 |
|
|
— |
|
|
82 |
Total |
$ |
1,278,098 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
1,278,098 |
|
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Third Party
|
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct
|
|
Third Party
|
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct
|
||||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
4,144,973 |
|
$ |
26,733 |
|
$ |
4,171,706 |
|
$ |
3,025,907 |
|
$ |
6,547 |
|
$ |
3,032,454 |
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
1,021,125 |
|
|
(26,733) |
|
|
994,392 |
|
|
779,360 |
|
|
(6,547) |
|
|
772,813 |
Corporate Items |
|
507 |
|
|
— |
|
|
507 |
|
|
299 |
|
|
— |
|
|
299 |
Total |
$ |
5,166,605 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
5,166,605 |
|
$ |
3,805,566 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
3,805,566 |
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
239,423 |
|
$ |
176,952 |
|
$ |
953,053 |
|
$ |
659,718 |
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
54,284 |
|
|
61,598 |
|
|
306,327 |
|
|
227,354 |
Corporate Items |
|
(69,463) |
|
|
(64,250) |
|
|
(237,252) |
|
|
(210,466) |
Total |
$ |
224,244 |
|
$ |
174,300 |
|
$ |
1,022,128 |
|
$ |
676,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230301005164/en/
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
781.792.5100
InvestorRelations@cleanharbors.com
SVP Investor Relations
781.792.5100
Buckley.James@cleanharbors.com
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