Schnitzer Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results
Schnitzer Steel Industries reported a net loss of $18 million for Q1 fiscal 2023, translating to a diluted loss per share of $(0.64). Adjusted EBITDA was $8 million, showing the effects of extended operational disruptions at recycling facilities and lower demand for recycled metals. Revenues dropped to $599 million, driven by decreased ferrous and nonferrous sales volumes, down 33% and 12% sequentially. The company has enhanced its productivity initiatives, raising its cost reduction target from $40 million to $60 million annually. A quarterly dividend of $0.1875 per share was declared.
- Increased productivity improvement benefits target from $40 million to $60 million.
- Acquisition of ScrapSource LLC expected to expand recycling services volumes.
- Strategic investments in advanced metal recovery technologies are progressing.
- Net loss of $(18) million for Q1 fiscal 2023.
- Diluted loss per share from continuing operations of $(0.64).
- Extended operational disruptions led to an adverse impact of approximately $18 million.
- Ferrous and nonferrous sales volumes decreased by 33% and 12%, respectively.
Increased Productivity Improvement Benefits Target from
Expanded Recycling Services Platform with Acquisition of
Schnitzer Board Declares Quarterly Dividend
First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Highlights
-
Diluted loss per share from continuing operations of
. Net loss of$(0.64) and net loss per ferrous ton of$(18) million .$(21) -
Adjusted diluted loss per share from continuing operations of
, which excludes charges of$(0.44) related primarily to asset impairments and restructuring charges and other exit-related activities.$7 million -
Adjusted EBITDA of
and adjusted EBITDA per ferrous ton of$8 million .$10 -
Results reflect an adverse impact of approximately
or$18 million per ferrous ton from extended operational disruptions at the$21 Everett andOakland metals recycling facilities that were resolved in November.
The Company's performance in the quarter reflected lower demand and lower average selling prices for recycled metals and finished steel products. Demand softened throughout the quarter, influenced by macro concerns, including slower growth, inflationary pressures, and steel inventory destocking. Lower prices led to tighter supply flows and compression of metal spreads. Ferrous and nonferrous sales volumes declined sequentially reflecting the impact of the disruptions in
During the quarter, the Company made progress on its strategic growth investments in advanced metal recovery technologies and began the commissioning of two primary nonferrous recovery systems in
Summary Results |
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($ in millions, except per share amounts, and prices per ton/pound) |
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Quarter |
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|
1Q23 |
|
4Q22 |
|
1Q22 |
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Revenues |
$ |
599 |
|
$ |
894 |
|
$ |
798 |
|
|||
Gross margin (total revenues less cost of goods sold) |
$ |
49 |
|
$ |
85 |
|
$ |
115 |
|
|||
Selling, general and administrative expense |
$ |
64 |
|
$ |
69 |
|
$ |
55 |
|
|||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(18 |
) |
$ |
11 |
|
$ |
47 |
|
|||
Net (loss) income per ferrous ton |
$ |
(21 |
) |
$ |
9 |
|
$ |
41 |
|
|||
Diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to SSI shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Reported |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.36 |
|
$ |
1.55 |
|
|||
Adjusted(1) |
$ |
(0.44 |
) |
$ |
0.50 |
|
$ |
1.58 |
|
|||
Adjusted EBITDA(1) |
$ |
8 |
|
$ |
40 |
|
$ |
78 |
|
|||
Adjusted EBITDA per ferrous ton(1)(4) |
$ |
10 |
|
$ |
32 |
|
$ |
68 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Ferrous sales volumes (LT, in thousands) |
|
851 |
|
|
1,268 |
|
|
1,148 |
|
|||
Avg. net ferrous sales prices ($/LT)(2) |
$ |
340 |
|
$ |
387 |
|
$ |
446 |
|
|||
Nonferrous sales volumes (pounds, in millions)(3) |
|
163 |
|
|
186 |
|
|
153 |
|
|||
Avg. nonferrous sales prices ($/pound)(2)(3) |
$ |
0.90 |
|
$ |
1.05 |
|
$ |
1.05 |
|
|||
Finished steel average net sales price ($/ST)(2) |
$ |
1,015 |
|
$ |
1,118 |
|
$ |
979 |
|
|||
Finished steel sales volumes (ST, in thousands) |
118 |
|
125 |
|
|
99 |
|
|||||
Rolling mill utilization (%) |
|
81 |
% |
|
93 |
% |
|
78 |
% |
LT = Long Ton, which is equivalent to 2,240 pounds | ||
ST = |
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(1) |
See Non-GAAP Financial Measures for reconciliation to |
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(2) |
Price information is shown after netting the cost of freight incurred to deliver the product to the customer. |
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(3) |
Nonferrous sales volumes and average nonferrous prices excludes platinum group metals (“PGMs”) in catalytic converters. |
|
(4) |
May not foot due to rounding. |
First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Review and Analysis
Net loss per ferrous ton was
Ferrous and nonferrous sales volumes in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 were down
The first quarter of fiscal 2023 had negative operating cash flow of
Declaration of Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of
Analysts’ Conference Call: First Quarter of Fiscal 2023
A conference call and slide presentation to discuss results will be held today,
Summary financial data is provided in the following pages. The slide presentation and related materials will be available prior to the call on the above website.
About
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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($ in thousands, except per share amounts) |
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(Unaudited) |
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|
|
|
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|
Three Months Ended |
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|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
598,730 |
|
$ |
894,412 |
|
$ |
798,118 |
|
|||
Cost of goods sold |
|
550,011 |
|
|
809,587 |
|
|
683,244 |
|
|||
Selling, general and administrative expense |
|
64,228 |
|
|
69,237 |
|
|
55,267 |
|
|||
Income from joint ventures |
|
(790 |
) |
|
(1,151 |
) |
|
(236 |
) |
|||
Asset impairment charges |
|
— |
|
|
638 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
Restructuring charges and other exit-related activities |
|
1,592 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
22 |
|
|||
Operating (loss) income |
|
(16,311 |
) |
|
16,076 |
|
|
59,821 |
|
|||
Interest expense |
|
(3,324 |
) |
|
(3,042 |
) |
|
(1,372 |
) |
|||
Other loss, net |
|
(3,884 |
) |
|
(556 |
) |
|
(47 |
) |
|||
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes |
|
(23,519 |
) |
|
12,478 |
|
|
58,402 |
|
|||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
|
6,032 |
|
|
(1,390 |
) |
|
(11,097 |
) |
|||
(Loss) income from continuing operations |
|
(17,487 |
) |
|
11,088 |
|
|
47,305 |
|
|||
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
(69 |
) |
|
(37 |
) |
|
(29 |
) |
|||
Net (loss) income |
|
(17,556 |
) |
|
11,051 |
|
|
47,276 |
|
|||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
(232 |
) |
|
(699 |
) |
|
(1,077 |
) |
|||
Net (loss) income attributable to SSI shareholders |
$ |
(17,788 |
) |
$ |
10,352 |
|
$ |
46,199 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net (loss) income per share attributable to SSI shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
(Loss) income per share from continuing operations |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.37 |
|
$ |
1.64 |
|
|||
Net (loss) income per share |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.37 |
|
$ |
1.64 |
|
|||
Diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
(Loss) income per share from continuing operations |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.36 |
|
$ |
1.55 |
|
|||
Net (loss) income per share |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.36 |
|
$ |
1.55 |
|
|||
Weighted average number of common shares: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Basic |
|
27,723 |
|
|
27,803 |
|
|
28,159 |
|
|||
Diluted |
|
27,723 |
|
|
28,892 |
|
|
29,885 |
|
|||
Dividends declared per common share |
$ |
0.1875 |
|
$ |
0.1875 |
|
$ |
0.1875 |
|
|||
SELECTED OPERATING STATISTICS |
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(Unaudited) |
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|
|
|
||
|
1Q23 |
|||
Total ferrous volumes (LT, in thousands)(1) |
|
851 |
|
|
Total nonferrous volumes (pounds, in thousands)(1)(2) |
|
162,720 |
|
|
Ferrous selling prices ($/LT)(3) |
|
|
||
Domestic |
$ |
313 |
|
|
Foreign |
$ |
356 |
|
|
Average |
$ |
340 |
|
|
Ferrous sales volume (LT, in thousands) |
|
|
||
Domestic |
|
432 |
|
|
Foreign |
|
418 |
|
|
Total(6) |
|
851 |
|
|
Nonferrous average price ($/pound)(2)(3) |
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
Cars purchased (in thousands)(4) |
|
69 |
|
|
Auto stores at period end |
|
51 |
|
|
Finished steel average sales price ($/ST)(3) |
$ |
1,015 |
|
|
Sales volume (ST, in thousands) |
|
|
||
Rebar |
|
101 |
|
|
Coiled products |
|
16 |
|
|
Merchant bar and other |
|
1 |
|
|
Finished steel products sold |
|
118 |
|
|
Rolling mill utilization(5) |
|
81 |
% |
(1) |
Ferrous and nonferrous volumes sold externally and delivered to our steel mill for finished steel production. |
|
(2) |
Excludes platinum group metals (“PGMs”) in catalytic converters. |
|
(3) |
Price information is shown after netting the cost of freight incurred to deliver the product to the customer. |
|
(4) |
Cars purchased by auto parts stores only. |
|
(5) |
Rolling mill utilization is based on effective annual production capacity under current conditions of 580 thousand tons of finished steel products. |
|
(6) |
May not foot due to rounding. |
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SELECTED OPERATING STATISTICS |
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(Unaudited) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FY |
|||||||
|
1Q22 |
|
2Q22 |
|
3Q22 |
|
4Q22 |
|
2022(6) |
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Total ferrous volumes (LT, in thousands)(1) |
|
1,148 |
|
|
1,071 |
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
1,268 |
|
|
4,616 |
|
|||||
Total nonferrous volumes (pounds, in thousands)(1)(2) |
|
153,227 |
|
|
147,145 |
|
|
201,413 |
|
|
185,634 |
|
|
687,419 |
|
|||||
Ferrous selling prices ($/LT)(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Domestic |
$ |
431 |
|
$ |
418 |
|
$ |
516 |
|
$ |
389 |
|
$ |
438 |
|
|||||
Foreign |
$ |
450 |
|
$ |
455 |
|
$ |
552 |
|
$ |
387 |
|
$ |
457 |
|
|||||
Average |
$ |
446 |
|
$ |
445 |
|
$ |
541 |
|
$ |
387 |
|
$ |
452 |
|
|||||
Ferrous sales volume (LT, in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Domestic |
|
430 |
|
|
408 |
|
|
490 |
|
|
477 |
|
|
1,806 |
|
|||||
Foreign |
|
718 |
|
|
663 |
|
|
639 |
|
|
791 |
|
|
2,810 |
|
|||||
Total |
|
1,148 |
|
|
1,071 |
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
1,268 |
|
|
4,616 |
|
|||||
Nonferrous average price ($/pound)(2)(3) |
$ |
1.05 |
|
$ |
1.10 |
|
$ |
1.12 |
|
$ |
1.05 |
|
$ |
1.08 |
|
|||||
Cars purchased (in thousands)(4) |
|
80 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
84 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
312 |
|
|||||
Auto stores at period end |
|
50 |
|
|
50 |
|
|
50 |
|
|
51 |
|
|
51 |
|
|||||
Finished steel average sales price ($/ST)(3) |
$ |
979 |
|
$ |
1,045 |
|
$ |
1,129 |
|
$ |
1,118 |
|
$ |
1,075 |
|
|||||
Sales volume (ST, in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Rebar |
|
74 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
99 |
|
|
96 |
|
|
343 |
|
|||||
Coiled products |
|
25 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
119 |
|
|||||
Merchant bar and other |
|
— |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
|||||
Finished steel products sold |
|
99 |
|
|
106 |
|
|
135 |
|
|
125 |
|
|
465 |
|
|||||
Rolling mill utilization(5) |
|
78 |
% |
|
86 |
% |
|
96 |
% |
|
93 |
% |
|
88 |
% |
LT = Long Ton, which is equivalent to 2,240 pounds | ||
ST = |
||
(1) |
Ferrous and nonferrous volumes sold externally and delivered to our steel mill for finished steel production. |
|
(2) |
Excludes platinum group metals (“PGMs”) in catalytic converters. |
|
(3) |
Price information is shown after netting the cost of freight incurred to deliver the product to the customer. |
|
(4) |
Cars purchased by auto parts stores only. |
|
(5) |
Rolling mill utilization is based on effective annual production capacity under current conditions of 580 thousand tons of finished steel products. 1Q22 impacted by mill shutdown beginning in |
|
(6) |
May not foot due to rounding. |
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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($ in thousands) |
||||||
(Unaudited) |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
Assets |
|
|
||||
Current assets: |
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
3,539 |
$ |
43,803 |
||
Accounts receivable, net |
|
218,189 |
|
237,654 |
||
Inventories |
|
345,198 |
|
315,189 |
||
Other current assets |
|
67,638 |
|
74,740 |
||
Total current assets |
|
634,564 |
|
671,386 |
||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
682,738 |
|
664,120 |
||
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
117,806 |
|
122,413 |
||
|
|
387,511 |
|
368,678 |
||
Total assets |
$ |
1,822,619 |
$ |
1,826,597 |
||
|
|
|
||||
Liabilities and Equity |
|
|
||||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
||||
Short-term borrowings |
$ |
6,379 |
$ |
6,041 |
||
Operating lease liabilities |
|
21,538 |
|
21,660 |
||
Other current liabilities |
|
281,090 |
|
353,872 |
||
Total current liabilities |
|
309,007 |
|
381,573 |
||
Long-term debt, net of current maturities |
|
351,200 |
|
242,521 |
||
Environmental liabilities, net of current portion |
|
55,066 |
|
55,469 |
||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current maturities |
|
97,536 |
|
101,651 |
||
Other long-term liabilities |
|
81,306 |
|
86,909 |
||
Total liabilities |
|
894,115 |
|
868,123 |
||
|
|
|
||||
|
|
924,739 |
|
953,979 |
||
Noncontrolling interests |
|
3,765 |
|
4,495 |
||
Total equity |
|
928,504 |
|
958,474 |
||
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
1,822,619 |
$ |
1,826,597 |
||
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains performance based on adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to SSI shareholders, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA per ferrous ton, and adjusted selling, general, and administration expense which are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under
Reconciliation of adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to SSI shareholders |
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($ per share) |
Three Months Ended |
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|
1Q23 |
|
4Q22 |
|
1Q22 |
|||||||
As reported |
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
$ |
0.36 |
$ |
1.55 |
|
||||
Asset impairment charges, per share(1) |
|
0.14 |
|
|
0.02 |
|
— |
|
||||
Restructuring charges and other exit-related activities, per share |
|
0.06 |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
||||
Charges for legacy environmental matters, net, per share(2) |
|
0.05 |
|
|
0.10 |
|
0.02 |
|
||||
Business development costs, per share |
|
0.01 |
|
|
0.02 |
|
0.02 |
|
||||
Income tax benefit allocated to adjustments, per share(3) |
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
— |
|
(0.01 |
) |
||||
Adjusted |
$ |
(0.44 |
) |
$ |
0.50 |
$ |
1.58 |
|
||||
Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA per ferrous ton |
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($ in millions) |
Three Months Ended |
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|
1Q23(4) |
|
4Q22 |
|
1Q22(4) |
|||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(18 |
) |
$ |
11 |
$ |
47 |
|||||
Plus interest expense |
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|||||
Plus tax (benefit) expense(3) |
|
(6 |
) |
|
1 |
|
11 |
|||||
Plus depreciation and amortization |
|
21 |
|
|
20 |
|
17 |
|||||
Plus asset impairment charges(1) |
|
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
— |
|||||
Plus restructuring charges and other exit-related activities |
|
2 |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|||||
Plus charges for legacy environmental matters, net(2) |
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
— |
|||||
Plus business development costs |
|
— |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA(4) |
$ |
8 |
|
$ |
40 |
$ |
78 |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Ferrous sales volume (LT, in thousands) |
|
851 |
|
|
1,268 |
|
1,148 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA per ferrous ton sold ($/LT) |
$ |
10 |
|
$ |
32 |
$ |
68 |
LT = Long Ton, which is equivalent to 2,240 pounds | ||
(1) |
For the first quarter of fiscal 2023, asset impairment charges included |
|
(2) |
Legal and environmental charges, net of recoveries, for legacy environmental matters including those related to the Portland Harbor Superfund site and to other legacy environmental loss contingencies. |
|
(3) |
Income tax allocated to the aggregate adjustments reconciling reported and adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to SSI shareholders is determined based on a tax provision calculated with and without the adjustments. |
|
(4) |
May not foot due to rounding. |
|
Reconciliation of Adjusted selling, general and administrative expense: | ||||||||||||
($ in millions) |
Three Months Ended |
|||||||||||
|
1Q23 |
|
4Q22(2) |
|
1Q22 |
|||||||
As reported |
$ |
64 |
|
$ |
69 |
|
$ |
55 |
|
|||
Charges for legacy environmental matters, net(1) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
— |
|
|||
Business development costs |
|
— |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|||
Adjusted(2) |
$ |
63 |
|
$ |
66 |
|
$ |
54 |
|
(1) |
Legal and environmental charges, net of recoveries, for legacy environmental matters including those related to the Portland Harbor Superfund site and to other legacy environmental loss contingencies. |
|
(2) |
May not foot due to rounding. |
|
Reconciliation of debt, net of cash |
|
|
|
||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||
Short-term borrowings |
$ |
6,379 |
$ |
6,041 |
$ |
3,501 |
|||
Long-term debt, net of current maturities |
|
351,200 |
|
242,521 |
|
256,215 |
|||
Total debt |
|
357,579 |
|
248,562 |
|
259,716 |
|||
Less: cash and cash equivalents |
|
3,539 |
|
43,803 |
|
19,081 |
|||
Total debt, net of cash |
$ |
354,040 |
$ |
204,759 |
$ |
240,635 |
|||
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