Vectrus Announces Solid First Quarter Results

• Q1 revenue +5.2% Y/Y to $456.5 million
• Operating income of $5.2 million; Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ of 4.0%
• Q1 fully diluted EPS of $0.24; Adjusted diluted EPS¹ of $1.01
• Several key wins expand and solidify work with Army, Navy, and National Security clients
• Reiterating revenue and adjusted diluted EPS¹ guidance

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vectrus, Inc. (NYSE:VEC) announced first quarter 2022 financial results.

"Vectrus reported solid first quarter results driven by the continued expansion into LOGCAP V and our focus on diversification to new clients and markets," said Chuck Prow, Chief Executive Officer of Vectrus.

"During the quarter, revenue grew 5% year-over-year and 9% sequentially to $456 million. Revenue growth was driven by the continued phase-in of LOGCAP V, high op-tempo in the regions we operate in support of ongoing world affairs, as well as the progress made in executing growth in our core programs," said Prow.  "With a continued focus on the needs of our clients, the Vectrus team supported several important missions during the quarter, including assisting the DoD with the establishment of a water supply system and water remediation efforts in Hawaii.  In addition, we demonstrated our ability to transition quickly and recently became fully operational on LOGCAP V Kwajalein, approximately a month and a half ahead of schedule. We also leveraged our process-oriented phase in system and in a short period of time, achieved full operations at Ft. Benning following our December 2021 $250 million award.  We are proud of this achievement and look forward to providing world class maintenance, transportation, and supply services for the US Army's Maneuver Training Center over the next five years."

"Notably, late in the first quarter Vectrus was awarded a strategically important task order to provide support for the U.S. Air Force in Europe as part of the European Deterrence Initiative," said Prow. "While currently small in value, this contingency task is providing mission critical services to our Air Force client in Europe. This effort exemplifies our global positioning and rapid response capabilities supporting our clients' most challenging and important missions."

Prow continued, "Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $18.2 million or 4.0% margin as we work through program efficiencies in the early phases of LOGCAP V implementation. Additionally, LOGCAP V is generating higher revenue volume with a greater amount of material and pass-through content that has a different margin complexion."

"We are continuing our positive momentum working with the Navy and during the first quarter were selected to complete the final phases of application development for the 5G Naval Base Coronado Smart Warehouse, which is demonstrative of our ability to provide converged solutions and operational technologies to clients," said Prow. "We were also recently awarded the follow-on contract for Spectrum Management with the Navy valued at $60 million. This award continues more than 30 years of support to the Navy in solving afloat electromagnetic interference and compatibility challenges for the fleet.  Furthermore, Vectrus won a position on a $250 million five-year IDIQ vehicle that provides rapid development, prototyping, and systems integration to the Navy, Joint, and coalition forces worldwide utilizing numerous platforms and integrated capabilities. Vectrus will focus on embarkable systems that include cyber hardening, new technology insertion and retrofit of existing systems. In addition, we won an effort as subcontractor performing electromagnetic test and evaluation engineering. These are key wins that demonstrate our capabilities in engineering and operational technology, and our commitment to delivering a more integrated and comprehensive suite of solutions in support of the converged environment," Prow elaborated.

Prow continued, "Vectrus has worked diligently over the past several years to expand its presence with national security clients and, during the first quarter our teams were successful in securing several wins that enhance our footprint in the intelligence community."  

Prow concluded, "Our first quarter results demonstrate Vectrus' realization and execution of our strategy to strengthen and grow the business through outstanding program execution, capability expansion, and diversification of our geographic and client footprint."

First Quarter 2022 Results

First quarter 2022 revenue of $456.5 million was up $22.5 million year-on-year.  "Revenue grew 5.2% year over year boosted by our transition to full operational capability on LOGCAP V programs in Iraq and Kuwait late last year, and Kwajalein this year. In addition, revenue benefitted from transitioning Ft Benning and volume associated with rapid response and contingency efforts," said Susan Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "This revenue growth was impressive given the headwinds associated with the withdrawal of the US military from Afghanistan," added Lynch.  Operating income was $5.2 million or 1.1% margin.  This includes M&A and integration related expenses of $9.1 million and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $2.3 million which were incurred in the quarter.

Adjusted operating income¹ was $16.6 million or 3.6% margin.  Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $18.2 million or 4.0% margin as compared to $20.7 million or 4.8% in the prior year.  "The year-on-year margin change was influenced by the significant amount of revenue and contracts that are in the early stages of their lifecycle.  We believe margin on these contracts will improve over time as we apply our process improvement and Enterprise Vectrus initiatives. In addition, as we continue to support our LOGCAP V clients' supply chain needs, we are experiencing an increase in material and pass-through content which carries a lower margin. In aggregate, on average and over time we expect to see improvement in the margin profile as we drive operational efficiencies and diversify into higher margin scopes of work," said Lynch.

Fully diluted EPS for the first quarter of 2022 was $0.24 as compared to $1.02 in the prior year.  Fully diluted EPS in the quarter included the aforementioned M&A and integration related costs.  Adjusted diluted EPS¹ was $1.01 in the quarter as compared to $1.20 in the prior year. The change in adjusted diluted EPS¹ was primarily due to the above-mentioned change in Adjusted EBITDA¹.

Cash used in operating activities through April 1, 2022, was $26.4 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $21.7 million through the first quarter of 2021. Cash used in operating activities was negatively impacted in the current quarter by an approximately $8.0 million repayment of CARES Act tax deferrals and $2 million of merger related payments.

Net debt on April 1, 2022, was $96.8 million, down $41.9 million from April 2, 2021.  Total debt on April 1, 2022, was $119.8 million, down $57.2 million from $177.0 million on April 2, 2021. Cash at quarter-end was $23.0 million.  Total consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA¹ (total leverage ratio) was 1.4x compared to 2.0x at the same time last year.

Total backlog as of April 1, 2022, was $4.5 billion representing almost 2.5x the company's estimated 2022 revenue mid-point.  Funded backlog was $0.8 billion.  The trailing twelve-month book-to-bill was 1.0x as of April 1, 2022.

2022 Guidance

Lynch continued, "In light of our solid first quarter performance, we are reiterating our full-year 2022 guidance ranges for revenue and adjusted EBITDA, adjusted diluted EPS, and net cash provided by operating activities, excluding M&A related activities."

Due to the merger activities with Vertex, the company is not providing GAAP guidance or a reconciliation of forward-looking measures including adjusted diluted EPS to GAAP diluted EPS or adjusted EBITDA margin to GAAP net income due to the difficulty in forecasting the transaction timing and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliation.  Reconciliations to the closest corresponding U.S. GAAP measures are not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to the charges excluded from these non-GAAP measures. The variability of such charges could potentially have a significant impact on our future U.S. GAAP financial results.

Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested here, including those factors set forth in the Safe Harbor Statement below. 

First Quarter 2022 Conference Call

Management will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. U.S.-based participants may dial in to the conference call at 844-825-9789, while international participants may dial 412-317-5180. A live webcast of the conference call as well as an accompanying slide presentation will be available on the Vectrus Investor Relations website at https://app.webinar.net/b4KdmrqJ7En.

A replay of the conference call will be posted on the Vectrus website shortly after completion of the call and will be available for one year. A telephonic replay will also be available through May 24, 2022, at 844-512-2921 (domestic) or 412-317-6671 (international) with passcode 10166668.    

Footnotes:

¹ See "Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for reconciliation.

About Vectrus

For more than 70 years, Vectrus has provided critical mission support for our customers' toughest operational challenges. As a high-performing organization with exceptional talent, deep domain knowledge, a history of long-term customer relationships, and groundbreaking technical expertise, we deliver innovative, mission-matched solutions for our military and government customers worldwide. Whether it's base operations support, supply chain and logistics, IT mission support, engineering and digital integration, security, or maintenance, repair and overhaul, our customers count on us for on-target solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve readiness, and strengthen national security. Vectrus is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and includes about 8,100 employees spanning 205 locations in 28 countries. In 2021, Vectrus generated sales of $1.8 billion. For more information, visit the company's website at www.vectrus.com or connect with Vectrus on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Safe Harbor Statement

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"): Certain material presented herein includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Act. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all the statements and items listed in the table in "2022 Guidance" above and other assumptions contained therein for purposes of such guidance, other statements about our 2021 performance outlook, five-year growth plan, revenue, DSO, contract opportunities, the potential impact of COVID-19, and any discussion of future operating or financial performance.

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Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures

The primary financial performance measures we use to manage our business and monitor results of operations are revenue trends and operating income trends. Management believes that these financial performance measures are the primary drivers for our earnings and net cash from operating activities. Management evaluates its contracts and business performance by focusing on revenue, operating income, and operating margin. Operating income represents revenue less both cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses. Cost of revenue consists of labor, subcontracting costs, materials, and an allocation of indirect costs, which includes service center transaction costs. SG&A expenses consist of indirect labor costs (including wages and salaries for executives and administrative personnel), bid and proposal expenses and other general and administrative expenses not allocated to cost of revenue. We define operating margin as operating income divided by revenue.

We manage the nature and amount of costs at the program level, which forms the basis for estimating our total costs and profitability. This is consistent with our approach for managing our business, which begins with management's assessing the bidding opportunity for each contract and then managing contract profitability throughout the performance period.

In addition to the key performance measures discussed above, we consider adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA margin, and organic revenue to be useful to management and investors in evaluating our operating performance, and to provide a tool for evaluating our ongoing operations. This information can assist investors in assessing our financial performance and measures our ability to generate capital for deployment among competing strategic alternatives and initiatives. We provide this information to our investors in our earnings releases, presentations, and other disclosures.

Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA margin, and organic revenue, however, are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for operating income, operating margin, net income, and diluted earnings per share as determined in accordance with GAAP.  Definitions and reconciliations of these items are provided below.

• Adjusted operating income is defined as operating income, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items, such as M&A, integration and related costs, LOGCAP V pre-operational legal costs, and amortization of acquired intangible assets that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations.
• Adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted operating income divided by revenue.
• Adjusted net income is defined as net income, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items, such as M&A, integration and related costs, LOGCAP V pre-operational legal costs, and amortization of acquired intangible assets that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations.
• Adjusted diluted earnings per share is defined as adjusted net income divided by the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding.
• EBITDA is defined as operating income, adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization.
• Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits and unusual and infrequent non-operating items, such as M&A, integration and related costs, LOGCAP V pre-operational legal costs that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations.
• EBITDA margin is defined as EBITDA divided by revenue.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.
• Organic revenue is defined as revenue, adjusted to exclude revenue from acquired companies.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Revenue by client branch, contract type, contract relationship, and geographic region for the periods presented below was as follows: 

CONTACT:

Vectrus
Mike Smith, CFA
719-637-5773
[email protected]

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