Helix Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
- Helix Energy Solutions Group reported strong financial results for Q3 2023, with a significant increase in net income and adjusted EBITDA compared to previous quarters. The company expects to finish 2023 with strong performance and further improvements in 2024.
- None.
Helix reported net income of
Summary of Results ($ in thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | 6/30/2023 | 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ |
395,670 |
|
$ |
272,547 |
|
$ |
308,817 |
|
$ |
954,571 |
|
$ |
585,284 |
|
||||
| Gross Profit | $ |
80,545 |
|
$ |
39,215 |
|
$ |
55,349 |
|
$ |
151,078 |
|
$ |
19,252 |
|
||||
|
20 |
% |
|
14 |
% |
|
18 |
% |
|
16 |
% |
|
3 |
% |
|||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ |
15,560 |
|
$ |
(18,763 |
) |
$ |
7,100 |
|
$ |
17,495 |
|
$ |
(90,493 |
) |
||||
| Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share | $ |
0.10 |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
$ |
0.05 |
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
$ |
(0.60 |
) |
||||
| Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share | $ |
0.10 |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
$ |
0.05 |
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
$ |
(0.60 |
) |
||||
| Adjusted EBITDA1 | $ |
96,385 |
|
$ |
52,568 |
|
$ |
71,292 |
|
$ |
202,771 |
|
$ |
71,853 |
|
||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents2 | $ |
168,370 |
|
$ |
162,268 |
|
$ |
182,651 |
|
$ |
168,370 |
|
$ |
162,268 |
|
||||
| Net Debt1 | $ |
58,887 |
|
$ |
98,807 |
|
$ |
78,317 |
|
$ |
58,887 |
|
$ |
98,807 |
|
||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities | $ |
31,611 |
|
$ |
24,650 |
|
$ |
31,501 |
|
$ |
57,720 |
|
$ |
1,396 |
|
||||
| Free Cash Flow1 | $ |
23,366 |
|
$ |
21,847 |
|
$ |
30,246 |
|
$ |
41,920 |
|
$ |
(3,594 |
) |
||||
| 1 | Adjusted EBITDA, Net Debt and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP measures; see reconciliations below |
| 2 |
Excludes restricted cash of |
Owen Kratz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helix, stated, “The efforts of our team are paying off, and with the improving market, we achieved our highest quarterly revenue and EBITDA since 2014, with sequential improvements realized in all of our business segments. Our third quarter results benefitted from seasonally strong utilization in the North Sea and Gulf of
Segment Information, Operational and Financial Highlights ($ in thousands, unaudited) |
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| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | 6/30/2023 | 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Well Intervention | $ |
225,367 |
|
$ |
143,925 |
|
$ |
154,221 |
|
$ |
522,026 |
|
$ |
356,583 |
|
||||
| Robotics |
|
75,646 |
|
|
56,182 |
|
|
70,050 |
|
|
194,918 |
|
|
143,383 |
|
||||
| Shallow Water Abandonment1 |
|
87,272 |
|
|
67,401 |
|
|
76,306 |
|
|
212,959 |
|
|
67,401 |
|
||||
| Production Facilities |
|
24,469 |
|
|
18,448 |
|
|
23,128 |
|
|
68,502 |
|
|
54,420 |
|
||||
| Intercompany Eliminations |
|
(17,084 |
) |
|
(13,409 |
) |
|
(14,888 |
) |
|
(43,834 |
) |
|
(36,503 |
) |
||||
| Total | $ |
395,670 |
|
$ |
272,547 |
|
$ |
308,817 |
|
$ |
954,571 |
|
$ |
585,284 |
|
||||
| Income (Loss) from Operations: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Well Intervention | $ |
16,120 |
|
$ |
(1,304 |
) |
$ |
3,380 |
|
$ |
11,357 |
|
$ |
(55,610 |
) |
||||
| Robotics |
|
20,665 |
|
|
11,708 |
|
|
17,467 |
|
|
43,226 |
|
|
22,854 |
|
||||
| Shallow Water Abandonment1 |
|
27,624 |
|
|
16,320 |
|
|
19,762 |
|
|
54,208 |
|
|
16,320 |
|
||||
| Production Facilities |
|
8,886 |
|
|
6,068 |
|
|
7,774 |
|
|
21,817 |
|
|
17,964 |
|
||||
| Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration |
|
(16,499 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
(10,828 |
) |
|
(31,319 |
) |
|
- |
|
||||
| Corporate / Other / Eliminations |
|
(20,568 |
) |
|
(20,566 |
) |
|
(17,350 |
) |
|
(51,159 |
) |
|
(41,255 |
) |
||||
| Total | $ |
36,228 |
|
$ |
12,226 |
|
$ |
20,205 |
|
$ |
48,130 |
|
$ |
(39,727 |
) |
||||
1 Shallow Water Abandonment includes the results of Helix Alliance beginning July 1, 2022, the date of acquisition |
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Segment Results
Well Intervention
Well Intervention revenues increased
Well Intervention revenues increased
Robotics
Robotics revenues increased
Robotics revenues increased
Shallow Water Abandonment
Shallow Water Abandonment revenues increased
Shallow Water Abandonment revenues increased
Production Facilities
Production Facilities revenues increased
Production Facilities revenues increased
Selling, General and Administrative and Other
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses were
Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration
Change in fair value of contingent consideration related to our acquisition of Alliance was
Other Income and Expenses
Other expense, net was
Cash Flows
Operating cash flows were
Capital expenditures, which are included in investing cash flows, totaled
Free Cash Flow was
Share Repurchases
Share repurchases pursuant to our share repurchase program during the third quarter 2023 totaled approximately 174,000 Helix common shares for approximately
Financial Condition and Liquidity
Cash and cash equivalents were
Conference Call Information
Further details are provided in the presentation for Helix’s quarterly teleconference to review its third quarter 2023 results (see the "For the Investor" page of Helix's website, www.helixesg.com). The teleconference, scheduled for Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time, will be audio webcast live from the "For the Investor" page of Helix’s website. Investors and other interested parties wishing to participate in the teleconference may join by dialing 1-877-283-6519 for participants in
About Helix
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., headquartered in
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Management evaluates operating performance and financial condition using certain non-GAAP measures, primarily EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt. We define EBITDA as earnings before income taxes, net interest expense, gains or losses on extinguishment of long-term debt, gains and losses on equity investments, net other income or expense, and depreciation and amortization expense. Non-cash impairment losses on goodwill and other long-lived assets are also added back if applicable. To arrive at our measure of Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude the gain or loss on disposition of assets, acquisition and integration costs, the change in fair value of the contingent consideration and the general provision (release) for current expected credit losses, if any. We define Free Cash Flow as cash flows from operating activities less capital expenditures, net of proceeds from sale of assets. Net Debt is calculated as long-term debt including current maturities of long-term debt less cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash.
We use EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt to monitor and facilitate internal evaluation of the performance of our business operations, to facilitate external comparison of our business results to those of others in our industry, to analyze and evaluate financial and strategic planning decisions regarding future investments and acquisitions, to plan and evaluate operating budgets, and in certain cases, to report our results to the holders of our debt as required by our debt covenants. We believe that our measures of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt provide useful information to the public regarding our operating performance and ability to service debt and fund capital expenditures and may help our investors understand and compare our results to other companies that have different financing, capital and tax structures. Other companies may calculate their measures of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt differently from the way we do, which may limit their usefulness as comparative measures. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, but instead are supplemental to, income from operations, net income, cash flows from operating activities, or other income or cash flow data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Users of this financial information should consider the types of events and transactions that are excluded from these measures. See reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial information presented in this press release to the most directly comparable financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. We have not provided reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures due to the challenges and impracticability with estimating some of the items without unreasonable effort, which amounts could be significant.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, any statements regarding: our plans, strategies and objectives for future operations; visibility and future utilization; energy transition or energy security; any projections of financial items including projections as to guidance and other outlook information; our share repurchase authorization or program; our ability to identify, effect and integrate acquisitions, joint ventures or other transactions, including the integration of the Alliance acquisition and the earn-out payable in connection therewith; oil price volatility and its effects and results; our protocols and plans; our current work continuing; the spot market; our spending and cost management efforts and our ability to manage changes; future operations expenditures; our ability to enter into, renew and/or perform commercial contracts; developments; our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives; future economic conditions or performance; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to market conditions; results from acquired properties; demand for our services; the performance of contracts by suppliers, customers and partners; actions by governmental and regulatory authorities; operating hazards and delays, which include delays in delivery, chartering or customer acceptance of assets or terms of their acceptance; our ability to secure and realize backlog; the effectiveness of our ESG initiatives and disclosures; human capital management issues; complexities of global political and economic developments; geologic risks; volatility of oil and gas prices and other risks described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. We assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates, except as required by law.
| HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
| Comparative Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended Sep. 30, | Nine Months Ended Sep. 30, | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | 2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Net revenues | $ |
395,670 |
|
$ |
272,547 |
|
$ |
954,571 |
|
$ |
585,284 |
|
||||
| Cost of sales |
|
315,125 |
|
|
233,332 |
|
|
803,493 |
|
|
566,032 |
|
||||
| Gross profit |
|
80,545 |
|
|
39,215 |
|
|
151,078 |
|
|
19,252 |
|
||||
| Gain on disposition of assets, net |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
367 |
|
|
- |
|
||||
| Acquisition and integration costs |
|
- |
|
|
(762 |
) |
|
(540 |
) |
|
(2,349 |
) |
||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
|
(16,499 |
) |
|
(2,664 |
) |
|
(31,319 |
) |
|
(2,664 |
) |
||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
(27,818 |
) |
|
(23,563 |
) |
|
(71,456 |
) |
|
(53,966 |
) |
||||
| Income (loss) from operations |
|
36,228 |
|
|
12,226 |
|
|
48,130 |
|
|
(39,727 |
) |
||||
| Equity in earnings of investment |
|
- |
|
|
78 |
|
|
- |
|
|
8,262 |
|
||||
| Net interest expense |
|
(4,152 |
) |
|
(4,644 |
) |
|
(12,567 |
) |
|
(14,617 |
) |
||||
| Other expense, net |
|
(8,257 |
) |
|
(20,271 |
) |
|
(10,553 |
) |
|
(37,623 |
) |
||||
| Royalty income and other |
|
78 |
|
|
348 |
|
|
2,116 |
|
|
3,286 |
|
||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
23,897 |
|
|
(12,263 |
) |
|
27,126 |
|
|
(80,419 |
) |
||||
| Income tax provision |
|
8,337 |
|
|
6,500 |
|
|
9,631 |
|
|
10,074 |
|
||||
| Net income (loss) | $ |
15,560 |
|
$ |
(18,763 |
) |
$ |
17,495 |
|
$ |
(90,493 |
) |
||||
| Earnings (loss) per share of common stock: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
0.10 |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
$ |
0.12 |
|
$ |
(0.60 |
) |
||||
| Diluted | $ |
0.10 |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
$ |
0.11 |
|
$ |
(0.60 |
) |
||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic |
|
150,550 |
|
|
151,331 |
|
|
151,031 |
|
|
151,226 |
|
||||
| Diluted |
|
153,622 |
|
|
151,331 |
|
|
153,936 |
|
|
151,226 |
|
||||
| Comparative Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||
| Sep. 30, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | |||||
| (in thousands) | (unaudited) | |||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
168,370 |
$ |
186,604 |
||
| Restricted cash |
|
- |
|
2,507 |
||
| Accounts receivable, net |
|
308,023 |
|
212,779 |
||
| Other current assets |
|
78,584 |
|
58,699 |
||
| Total Current Assets |
|
554,977 |
|
460,589 |
||
| Property and equipment, net |
|
1,574,910 |
|
1,641,615 |
||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
181,610 |
|
197,849 |
||
| Deferred recertification and dry dock costs, net |
|
75,778 |
|
38,778 |
||
| Other assets, net |
|
47,477 |
|
50,507 |
||
| Total Assets | $ |
2,434,752 |
$ |
2,389,338 |
||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ |
142,217 |
$ |
135,267 |
||
| Accrued liabilities |
|
178,118 |
|
73,574 |
||
| Current maturities of long-term debt |
|
8,749 |
|
38,200 |
||
| Current operating lease liabilities |
|
61,191 |
|
50,914 |
||
| Total Current Liabilities |
|
390,275 |
|
297,955 |
||
| Long-term debt |
|
218,508 |
|
225,875 |
||
| Operating lease liabilities |
|
129,455 |
|
154,686 |
||
| Deferred tax liabilities |
|
105,823 |
|
98,883 |
||
| Other non-current liabilities |
|
60,173 |
|
95,230 |
||
| Shareholders' equity |
|
1,530,518 |
|
1,516,709 |
||
| Total Liabilities and Equity | $ |
2,434,752 |
$ |
2,389,338 |
||
| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, unaudited) | 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | 6/30/2023 | 9/30/2023 | 9/30/2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation from Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ |
15,560 |
|
$ |
(18,763 |
) |
$ |
7,100 |
|
$ |
17,495 |
|
$ |
(90,493 |
) |
||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax provision |
|
8,337 |
|
|
6,500 |
|
|
3,312 |
|
|
9,631 |
|
|
10,074 |
|
||||||
| Net interest expense |
|
4,152 |
|
|
4,644 |
|
|
4,228 |
|
|
12,567 |
|
|
14,617 |
|
||||||
| Other expense, net |
|
8,257 |
|
|
20,271 |
|
|
5,740 |
|
|
10,553 |
|
|
37,623 |
|
||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
43,249 |
|
|
35,944 |
|
|
39,227 |
|
|
120,013 |
|
|
102,590 |
|
||||||
| Gain on equity investment |
|
- |
|
|
(78 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(8,262 |
) |
||||||
| EBITDA |
|
79,555 |
|
|
48,518 |
|
|
59,607 |
|
|
170,259 |
|
|
66,149 |
|
||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on disposition of assets, net |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(367 |
) |
|
- |
|
||||||
| Acquisition and integration costs |
|
- |
|
|
762 |
|
|
309 |
|
|
540 |
|
|
2,349 |
|
||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
|
16,499 |
|
|
2,664 |
|
|
10,828 |
|
|
31,319 |
|
|
2,664 |
|
||||||
| General provision for current expected credit losses |
|
331 |
|
|
624 |
|
|
548 |
|
|
1,020 |
|
|
691 |
|
||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ |
96,385 |
|
$ |
52,568 |
|
$ |
71,292 |
|
$ |
202,771 |
|
$ |
71,853 |
|
||||||
| Free Cash Flow: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | $ |
31,611 |
|
$ |
24,650 |
|
$ |
31,501 |
|
$ |
57,720 |
|
$ |
1,396 |
|
||||||
| Less: Capital expenditures, net of proceeds from sale of assets |
|
(8,245 |
) |
|
(2,803 |
) |
|
(1,255 |
) |
|
(15,800 |
) |
|
(4,990 |
) |
||||||
| Free Cash Flow | $ |
23,366 |
|
$ |
21,847 |
|
$ |
30,246 |
|
$ |
41,920 |
|
$ |
(3,594 |
) |
||||||
| Net Debt: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt including current maturities | $ |
227,257 |
|
$ |
263,581 |
|
$ |
260,968 |
|
$ |
227,257 |
|
$ |
263,581 |
|
||||||
| Less: Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
(168,370 |
) |
|
(164,774 |
) |
|
(182,651 |
) |
|
(168,370 |
) |
|
(164,774 |
) |
||||||
| Net Debt | $ |
58,887 |
|
$ |
98,807 |
|
$ |
78,317 |
|
$ |
58,887 |
|
$ |
98,807 |
|
||||||
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Erik Staffeldt, Executive Vice President and CFO
Ph: 281-618-0465
email: estaffeldt@helixesg.com
Source: Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
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