Gates Industrial Reports Second-Quarter 2022 Results

DENVER, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --

• Net sales of $906.8 million, including core revenue growth of 3.6%, compared to a record prior-year period.
• Net income attributable to shareholders of $53.1 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.
• Adjusted Net Income of $90.2 million, or $0.32 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $180.1 million.

Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES), a leading global provider of application-specific power transmission and fluid power solutions, today reported results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2022.

Ivo Jurek, Gates Industrial's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "I'm pleased with our performance, which represents solid improvement from the first quarter under difficult operating conditions. Underlying demand trends for our products are constructive across most of our markets and our backlog has continued to grow. We have targeted capacity additions underway to support the progress we've made with our growth initiatives, which will alleviate capacity constraints we're facing in certain product lines. Also, the pricing actions we've taken have allowed us to offset the significant inflation and deliver solid sequential margin expansion."

Jurek continued, "We are experiencing more significant FX headwinds and navigating operational challenges arising from external factors, primarily the persisting unreliable supply of certain key raw materials. While we see our business in China steadily improving, it will take additional time to fully recover as our customers and suppliers progress towards more normal operating levels. Our business model is resilient, focused on delivering mission-critical, highly engineered solutions for demanding applications. Over the past several years, we've steadfastly invested in innovation and our growth initiatives, which are contributing to the solid order flows we're seeing. We have a strong team in place and are focused on managing through the present challenges to support our customers' needs. With targeted capacity coming online and continued benefit from pricing actions, we believe we are well positioned to continue to deliver sequential revenue and margin improvement in the second half of the year."

Second-quarter net sales of $906.8 million decreased 0.9% over the prior-year quarter's record net sales of $915.1 million, including a 3.6% core revenue increase offset by unfavorable foreign currency impact of 4.5%. The core revenue increase was led by the industrial end markets and achieved despite the negative impact of the suspension of the Company's business in Russia and strict COVID lockdowns in China. The Mobility and Diversified Industrial end markets generated the highest growth rates, while the Off-Highway and Energy end markets also performed well in the quarter.

Net income attributable to shareholders in the second quarter was $53.1 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to shareholders of $96.9 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, in the prior-year period. Adjusted Net Income was $90.2 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared to $125.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the prior-year period. The diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding in the second quarter of 2022 was 286,038,818 compared to 297,774,142 in the second quarter of 2021.

Second-quarter Adjusted EBITDA was $180.1 million compared to $216.0 million in the prior-year quarter. The decline was primarily the result of the negative impact of the suspension of the Company's business in Russia and strict COVID lockdowns in China, as well as operational inefficiencies stemming from supply chain challenges. Pricing actions offset the impact of significant inflation. Second-quarter Adjusted EBITDA increased by 14.9% compared to the prior quarter, with more favorable pricing offsetting the impact of the aforementioned headwinds related to Russia, China and the supply chain.

Power Transmission net sales decreased 7.7% to $543.0 million in the second-quarter compared to the prior-year quarter, reflecting a core revenue decrease of 2.4% and unfavorable foreign currency effects of 5.3%. The segment saw solid growth in the Mobility and Diversified Industrial end markets offset by its disproportionate exposure to the headwinds in Russia and China, as well as the raw material availability challenges.

Power Transmission Adjusted EBITDA was $102.4 million compared to $149.6 million in the prior-year quarter. The decline in Adjusted EBITDA was driven primarily by lower volumes in China and Russia, as well as production inefficiencies due to raw material availability challenges. The segment also experienced inefficiencies from start-up costs related to the ramp-up of targeted capacity, which is expected to come online in the second half of the year in support of the Company's growth initiatives.

Fluid Power net sales increased 11.4% to $363.8 million in the second-quarter, as compared to the prior-year quarter, reflecting a core revenue increase of 14.3% and 2.9% of unfavorable foreign currency effects. The segment generated double-digit core revenue growth across all end markets, with the strongest growth coming in the Automotive Replacement business.

Fluid Power Adjusted EBITDA was $77.7 million compared to $66.4 million in the prior-year quarter, resulting in margin expansion of 110 basis points compared to the prior-year period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA includes strong price realization to offset inflation, as well as contributions from higher-margin, recently introduced products.

During the second quarter of 2022, the Company generated $23.6 million of cash from operations. Second-quarter capital expenditures decreased to $20.1 million from $23.8 million in the prior-year period.

As of July 2, 2022, the Company had total cash and cash equivalents of $393.2 million and total outstanding debt of $2.6 billion, as well as committed borrowing headroom of $404.3 million.

To reflect the current market conditions, the Company is updating its full-year 2022 outlook. The Company continues to see the demand environment as constructive and now expects core revenue growth in the range of 6% to 9%. Adjusted EBITDA is now expected in the range of $705 million to $755 million, reflecting the negative impact of larger foreign currency headwinds from a stronger U.S. dollar, continued supply chain challenges and China exhibiting a slower pace of recovery from the COVID lockdowns. Adjusted Earnings per Share are now expected to be between $1.15 and $1.25, reflecting the negative impact of the aforementioned items partially offset by favorable impact from tax, non-controlling interest and other items. The updated Adjusted Earnings per Share range continues to include tax and other headwinds of $0.27 per share at the midpoint, primarily due to benefits from certain discrete tax items in 2021. The Company expects capital expenditures to be approximately $100 million and Free Cash Flow conversion is now expected to be greater than 75% of Adjusted Net Income, reflecting higher inventory levels to mitigate the supply chain reliability challenges.

Gates Industrial Corporation plc will host a conference call today at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's financial results. The live webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials can be accessed through Gates Industrial's website at investors.gates.com. For those unable to access the webcast, the conference call can be accessed by dialing (888) 414-4601 (domestic) or +1 (646) 960-0313 (international) and requesting the Gates Industrial Corporation Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call or providing the Conference ID of 5772067. An audio replay of the conference call can be accessed by dialing (800) 770-2030 (domestic) or +1 (647) 362-9199 (international), and providing the passcode 5772067, or by accessing Gates Industrial's website at investors.gates.com.

Gates is a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions. Gates offers a broad portfolio of products to diverse replacement channel customers, and to original equipment ("first-fit") manufacturers as specified components. Gates participates in many sectors of the industrial and consumer markets. Our products play essential roles in a diverse range of applications across a wide variety of end markets ranging from harsh and hazardous industries such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and energy, to everyday consumer applications such as printers, power washers, automatic doors and vacuum cleaners and virtually every form of transportation. Our products are sold in more than 120 countries across our four commercial regions: the Americas; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Greater China; and East Asia & India.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seeks," "predicts," "intends," "trends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to expectations regarding the performance of the Company's business and financial results (including growth initiatives and margin expansion), expectations regarding the supply chain (including raw material and logistics availability, timeliness and costs), demand trends and growing backlog, currency-related trends, cash generation capabilities, capital deployment options, investments in innovation, investments in production capacity, product initiatives, pricing actions, the recovery of certain markets, including China, and statements regarding the impact of and the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and our outlook for 2022. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, among others, economic, political and other risks associated with international operations (including those related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict), the uncertainties relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated governmental measures, risks inherent to the manufacturing industry, macroeconomic factors beyond the Company's control (including material and logistics availability, inflation, supply chain and labor challenges and end-market recovery), continued operation of our manufacturing facilities, our ability to forecast and meet demand, market acceptance of new products, and the significant influence of the Company's majority shareholders, investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc. Additional factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found under the section entitled "Risk Factors" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in the Company's filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, which management believes are useful to investors, securities analysts and other interested parties. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as its key profitability measure. This is a non-GAAP measure that represents EBITDA before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business either period-over-period or with other businesses. We use Adjusted EBITDA as our measure of segment profitability to assess the performance of our businesses, and it is used for total Gates as well because we believe it is important to consider our total profitability on a basis that is consistent with that of our operating segments. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is Adjusted EBITDA for a particular period expressed as a percentage of revenues for that period.

Management uses Adjusted Net Income as an additional measure of profitability. Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP measure that represents net income attributable to shareholders before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business, either period-over-period or with other businesses.

Core revenue growth is a non-GAAP measure that represents net sales for the period excluding the impacts of movements in foreign currency rates and the first-year impacts of acquisitions and disposals, where applicable. We present core revenue growth because it allows for a meaningful comparison of year-over-year performance without the volatility caused by foreign currency gains or losses, or the incomparability that would be caused by the impact of an acquisition or disposal.

Management uses Free Cash Flow to measure cash generation. Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure that represents net cash provided by operations less capital expenditures. Free Cash Flow Conversion is a measure of Free Cash Flow expressed as a percentage of Adjusted Net Income. We use this metric as a measure of the success of our business in converting Adjusted Net Income into cash.

Management uses Net Leverage as a measure of our liquidity and in assessing the strength of our balance sheet. Net Leverage is a non-GAAP measure that represents the number of times by which net debt (principal amount of debt less cash and cash equivalents) exceeds Adjusted EBITDA for the last twelve months of the applicable period.

These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered only as supplemental to, and not as superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Please see below for a reconciliation of historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis are not accessible, and reconciling information is not available without unreasonable effort, we have not provided reconciliations for forward-looking non-GAAP measures. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

SOURCE Gates Industrial Corporation plc

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