EVI Industries Reports Record Second Quarter Results
- Record revenue, gross profit, and operating cash flows reported for the three and six months ended December 31, 2023.
- Strong balance sheet maintained despite investments in sales and service personnel and advanced technologies.
- 25 acquisitions, expansion into new geographies, and growth in revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA since 2016.
- Special cash dividend of $0.28 per share paid during the quarter.
- Net debt reduced by 8.3% to $26.6 million as of December 31, 2023.
- Investments in sales professionals, service technicians, and advanced technologies to drive organic growth and operational efficiency.
- None.
Insights
Examining the financial results of EVI Industries, the reported increase in revenue, gross profit and operating cash flows highlights the company's successful implementation of its growth strategies. The compounded annual growth rates (CAGRs) for revenue, net income and Adjusted EBITDA since 2016 indicate a robust expansion trajectory, which is impressive for the commercial laundry distribution and services market. The special cash dividend paid is a positive signal to shareholders, reflecting confidence in the company's financial health and future prospects.
However, the decrease in operating income and net income compared to the previous year's figures suggests margin pressures or increased operating expenses, which could be a concern for profitability sustainability. The gross margin contraction from 30% to 29% and Adjusted EBITDA margin from 6.4% to 6% may reflect this pressure. The reduction in net debt by 8.3% is a positive aspect, indicating prudent financial management and a strong balance sheet. Investors should monitor how the investments in sales and service personnel, facilities and technologies translate into future revenue and whether they can offset the margin pressures experienced.
The commercial laundry industry is characterized by its fragmented nature, which presents both challenges and opportunities for companies like EVI Industries. The company's buy-and-build strategy, resulting in twenty-five acquisitions, positions EVI to capitalize on economies of scale and expand its market share. The strategic focus on growing sales and service personnel, broadening OEM representations and deploying advanced operating technologies is a forward-thinking approach to organic growth and operational efficiency.
The mention of a strong entrepreneurial culture is crucial, as it suggests a dynamic and innovative company environment that can adapt to market changes. The emphasis on technology investments, like the Field Service Management Platform and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, indicates a commitment to operational excellence and customer satisfaction, which could be a significant differentiator in the industry. Stakeholders should consider the potential long-term benefits of these investments, such as increased market penetration and improved competitive positioning.
From an economic perspective, the performance of EVI Industries reflects broader economic trends, including pent-up demand post-pandemic and the effects of pricing actions by OEMs. The company's ability to navigate these conditions while still achieving record revenue and operating cash flows is noteworthy. The investment in working capital and inventory management is a strategic move to align with short-term customer needs, which may prove beneficial if demand continues to rise.
The special cash dividend can be seen as a distribution of excess capital, which may signal management's confidence in the company's liquidity and future earnings potential. The reduction in net debt enhances the company's financial flexibility, potentially allowing for more aggressive growth or acquisition strategies. The economic outlook for the commercial laundry industry appears positive, with continuous demand growth across all end customer markets. EVI's strategic positioning and investments aim to harness this growth, which could result in increased shareholder value over time.
Record Revenue and Gross Profits, and Improved Sales Processes Drove a
Through disciplined execution of its long-term buy-and-build growth strategy and a thriving entrepreneurial culture, EVI has established itself as a leader in the highly fragmented North American commercial laundry distribution and services market. Since 2016, EVI has, among other achievements, completed twenty-five acquisitions, expanded into new geographies, retained and invested in additional sales and service personnel, broadened its OEM representations, and implemented advanced operating technologies. Today, the Company employs 750 people including 185 and 400 sales and service personnel, respectively, and the Company represents the broadest product portfolio in the industry. As a result, since 2016, EVI’s revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA have grown at compounded annual growth rates (CAGRs) of
Results of Operations
EVI’s strong performance in the three- and six-month periods ended December 31, 2023 comes against the backdrop of record-breaking performance in the comparable periods of the prior fiscal year. Specifically, during the six months ended December 31, 2022, revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA increased by
Summary of the Company’s Achievements for the Three- and Six-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2023
- Record second quarter and six-month revenues
- Record second quarter and six-month gross profit
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Record operating cash flows of
for the six-month period, a$11 million increase over prior year$16 million -
Sustained a strong balance sheet with
of net debt as of December 31, 2023$26.6 million - New customer sales order contracts during the second fiscal quarter met the value of those fulfilled during period
- Completed one acquisition adding sales and service expertise to the Company’s Northeast Region
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Paid a
dividend, the largest dividend since the inception of the Company’s buy-and-build strategy$4.1 million
Three-Month Results (compared to the three months ended December 31, 2022)
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Revenue increased
11% to a second quarter record of$91.4 million -
Gross profit increased
6% to a second quarter record of$26.4 million -
Gross margin was
29% compared to30% -
Operating income was
compared to$3.0 million $3.6 million -
Net income was
, or$1.3 million 1.5% of revenue, compared to$2.2 million -
Adjusted EBITDA was
, or$5.5 million 6% of revenue, compared to$5.9 million
Six-Month Results (compared to the six months ended December 31, 2022)
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Revenue increased
8% to a record$179.4 million -
Gross profit increased
6% to a record$52.1 million -
Gross margin was
29.0% compared to29.7% -
Operating income was
compared to$5.6 million $8.0 million -
Net income was
, or$2.6 million 1.5% of revenue, compared to$5.1 million -
Adjusted EBITDA was
, or$11.5 million 6.4% of revenue, compared to$12.4 million
Financial Strength, Operating Cash Flow, and Liquidity
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the Company invested much of its cash flow into working capital, primarily in inventory required to support short-term customer equipment and parts needs, and to fulfill confirmed customer sales order contracts. During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, the Company continued to monetize a portion of its inventory investment resulting in
Mr. Nahmad commented: “We have been steadfast in our approach to capital allocations in connection with the buy-and-build components of our long-term growth strategy. We believe the merit to our approach has been demonstrated through a consistently growing company with low leverage, a strong balance sheet, and an attractive equity currency, and that the combination of these factors provides our Company with the financial wherewithal to invest across continuing operations and execute on strategic transactions of various size at any time. Further, notwithstanding current capital market conditions, our financial position yields us a significantly lower cost of capital over industry participants.”
Acquisitions
During the six months ended December 31, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of ALCO Washer Center, a commercial laundry distributor and service provider. The acquisition strengthens EVI’s leading market share position in the northeast region of
Mr. Nahmad commented: “We continue to pursue acquisition and other strategic opportunities in the commercial laundry industry and across those product and service categories that meet our financial and strategic criteria. Ultimately, we believe that the combination of our value proposition, which is derived from the investments being made to expand our distribution and service network, including the expansion of our product offerings, makes us the provider of choice for industrial, on premise, vended, and multifamily laundry customers and the most attractive partner for domestic and global companies seeking growth in the North American commercial laundry industry.”
Investments in Organic Growth and Operations Optimization
In connection with the Company’s long-term growth and profitability objectives, the Company increased investments in the following key areas during the three and six-month periods ended December 31, 2023.
Sales Professionals: A core component of the Company’s organic growth strategy includes the deployment of additional sales professionals into geographies that represent market share growth opportunities. Accordingly, results of the Company’s operations for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023 include 18 more sales professionals, representing a
Service Technicians: Another core component of the Company’s organic growth strategy includes the deployment of additional installation and service technicians in support of sales activities and service opportunities industry wide. In connection with these efforts, the Company actively develops the next generation of technicians to address service opportunities across all four segments of the commercial laundry industry. Accordingly, results of operation for the six-month period ended December 31, 2023 include 28 more service technicians, representing a
Field Service Management Platform: During the second fiscal quarter, the Company commenced the configuration and implementation of its Field Service Management (“FSM”) Platform aimed to transform the customer experience. The Company’s future FSM Platform will provide its field service technicians with real-time access to critical information designed to maximize technician utilization and efficiency, including real-time access to time-sensitive product detail, technical support, parts pricing and inventory availability, warranty management and route optimization. The Company believes that this advanced technology will not only improve the efficiency of service operations, but also drive future product sales growth through an improved customer experience.
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Over the last four years, the Company has consistently made significant investments to modernize and optimize its operations, including successful efforts to regionalize operations and implement new technologies at legacy business units. The Company’s new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system provides previously unavailable analytics that management now uses to make strategic growth decisions and to make decisions aimed to fine tune continuing operations. At this point, the initiatives in connection with legacy business units are nearing completion as approximately
Important Fundamentals and Growth Drivers
The essential nature of commercial laundry products and continuous demand and growth across all end customer markets of the commercial laundry industry are catalysts for a growing installed base of commercial laundry systems across
EVI’s Core Principles
EVI upholds specific core values and principles for its business, including:
- Invest and manage with a long-term perspective
- Uphold financial discipline with a view towards ensuring financial strength and flexibility
- Respect the entrepreneurs and management teams that join the EVI family
- Operate each business as a local business and empower its leaders to make local decisions
- Promote an entrepreneurial culture
- Instill a growth mindset and culture of continuous improvement
- Incentivize and reward performance with equity participation
- Establish strong relationships with our OEM partners
Mr. Nahmad further added: “Consistent with our core principles, our strategy is long-term focused and takes time, patience, and thoughtful execution. We continue to pursue acquisitions and other strategic opportunities in the commercial laundry industry and across other product and service categories that meet our financial and strategic criteria. While we are pleased with our operating performance, we continue steadfast in our pursuit of growth through the execution of our long-term buy-and-build growth strategy.”
Earnings Conference Call and Additional Information
The Company has provided a pre-recorded earnings conference call, including a business update, which can be accessed under “Financial Info” in the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at www.evi-ind.com or by visiting https://ir.evi-ind.com/message-from-the-ceo. For additional information regarding the Company’s results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2023, please see the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In this press release, EVI discloses the non-GAAP financial measure of EBITDA, which EVI defines as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and amortization of share-based compensation. EBITDA is determined by adding interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and amortization of share-based compensation to net income, as shown in the attached statement of Condensed Consolidated Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Amortization of Share-based Compensation. EVI considers EBITDA to be an important indicator of its operating performance. EBITDA is also used by companies, lenders, investors and others because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company’s capital structure, debt levels and credit ratings, and the tax positions of companies can vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity, including cash flow, derived in accordance with GAAP, or to any other method of analyzing EVI’s results as reported under GAAP.
About EVI Industries
EVI Industries, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a value-added distributor and a provider of advisory and technical services. Through its vast sales organization, the Company provides its customers with planning, designing, and consulting services related to their commercial laundry operations. The Company sells and/or leases its customers commercial laundry equipment, specializing in washing, drying, finishing, material handling, water heating, power generation, and water reuse applications. In support of the suite of products it offers, the Company sells related parts and accessories. Additionally, through the Company’s robust network of commercial laundry technicians, the Company provides its customers with installation, maintenance, and repair services. The Company’s customers include retail, commercial, industrial, institutional, and government customers. Purchases made by customers range from parts and accessories to single or multiple units of equipment, to large complex systems as well as the purchase of the Company’s installation, maintenance, and repair services.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for the historical matters contained herein, statements in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements may relate to, among other things, events, conditions, and trends that may affect the future plans, operations, business, strategies, operating results, financial position and prospects of the Company. Forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, trends, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry trends and results, to differ materially from the future results, trends, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, those associated with: general economic and business conditions in
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Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations (in thousands, except per share data) |
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6-Months Ended |
6-Months Ended |
3-Months Ended |
3-Months Ended |
12/31/23 |
12/31/22 |
12/31/23 |
12/31/22 |
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Revenues |
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Cost of Sales |
127,340 |
116,749 |
64,958 |
57,826 |
Gross Profit |
52,098 |
49,317 |
26,406 |
24,812 |
SG&A |
46,530 |
41,290 |
23,455 |
21,168 |
Operating Income |
5,568 |
8,027 |
2,951 |
3,644 |
Interest Expense, net |
1,593 |
1,002 |
823 |
625 |
Income before Income Taxes |
3,975 |
7,025 |
2,128 |
3,019 |
Provision for Income Taxes |
1,352 |
1,954 |
787 |
795 |
Net Income |
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Net Earnings per Share |
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Basic |
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Diluted |
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Weighted Average Shares Outstanding |
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Basic |
12,621 |
12,545 |
12,659 |
12,534 |
Diluted |
13,245 |
12,782 |
13,273 |
12,654 |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, except per share data) |
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12/31/23 |
06/30/23 |
Assets |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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44,255 |
48,391 |
Inventories, net |
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56,172 |
59,167 |
Vendor deposits |
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1,729 |
2,291 |
Contract assets |
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3,569 |
1,181 |
Other current assets |
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6,882 |
8,547 |
Total current assets |
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116,871 |
125,498 |
Equipment and improvements, net |
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13,386 |
12,953 |
Operating lease assets |
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9,966 |
8,714 |
Intangible assets, net |
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23,075 |
24,128 |
Goodwill |
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74,156 |
73,388 |
Other assets |
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9,562 |
9,166 |
Total assets |
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Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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Accrued employee expenses |
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10,828 |
10,724 |
Customer deposits |
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23,001 |
23,296 |
Contract liabilities |
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221 |
668 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
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3,495 |
3,027 |
Total current liabilities |
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72,159 |
76,445 |
Deferred income taxes, net |
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5,004 |
5,023 |
Long-term operating lease liabilities |
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7,387 |
6,554 |
Long-term debt, net |
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30,886 |
34,869 |
Total liabilities |
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115,436 |
122,891 |
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Shareholders' equity |
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Preferred stock, |
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Common stock, |
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321 |
318 |
Additional paid-in capital |
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104,438 |
101,225 |
Treasury stock |
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(4,339) |
(3,195) |
Retained earnings |
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31,160 |
32,608 |
Total shareholders' equity |
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131,580 |
130,956 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands) (unaudited) |
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For the six months ended |
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12/31/23 |
12/31/22 |
Operating activities: |
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Net income |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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3,000 |
2,912 |
Amortization of debt discount |
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17 |
12 |
Provision for bad debt expense |
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283 |
263 |
Non-cash lease expense |
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49 |
(30) |
Stock compensation |
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2,924 |
1,482 |
Inventory reserve |
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274 |
(250) |
(Benefit) provision for deferred income taxes |
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(19) |
178 |
Other |
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25 |
(183) |
(Increase) decrease in operating assets: |
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Accounts receivable |
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3,910 |
4,501 |
Inventories |
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3,193 |
(9,166) |
Vendor deposits |
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562 |
(480) |
Contract assets |
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(2,388) |
(7,261) |
Other assets |
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1,269 |
(1,328) |
(Decrease) increase in operating liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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(4,172) |
(519) |
Accrued employee expenses |
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104 |
(290) |
Customer deposits |
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(349) |
723 |
Contract liabilities |
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(447) |
(507) |
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
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10,858 |
(4,872) |
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Investing activities: |
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Capital expenditures |
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(2,376) |
(1,838) |
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
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(987) |
(1,874) |
Net cash used by investing activities |
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(3,363) |
(3,712) |
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Financing activities: |
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Dividends paid |
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(4,071) |
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Proceeds from borrowings |
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35,500 |
32,000 |
Debt repayments |
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(39,500) |
(23,000) |
Repurchases of common stock in satisfaction of employee tax withholding obligations |
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(1,144) |
(66) |
Issuances of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
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63 |
59 |
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities |
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(9,152) |
8,993 |
Net (decrease) increase in cash |
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(1,657) |
409 |
Cash at beginning of period |
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5,921 |
3,974 |
Cash at end of period |
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
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Supplemental disclosures of non-cash financing activities: |
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Common stock issued for acquisitions |
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The following table reconciles net income, the most comparable GAAP financial measure, to EBITDA.
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Net Income |
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Provision for Income Taxes |
1,352 |
1,954 |
787 |
795 |
Interest Expense, Net |
1,593 |
1,002 |
823 |
625 |
Depreciation and Amortization |
3,000 |
2,912 |
1,454 |
1,466 |
Amortization of Share-based Compensation |
2,924 |
1,482 |
1,068 |
802 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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EVI Industries, Inc.
Henry M. Nahmad
Chairman and CEO
(305) 402-9300
Investor Relations
(305) 402-9300
info@evi-ind.com
Source: EVI Industries, Inc.
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