EX-99.1 2 ex_481977.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_481977.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

Granite Reports First Quarter 2023 Results

 

 

  Record Committed and Awarded Projects ("CAP") (1) of $5.1 billion, a sequential increase of $619 million and year-over-year increase of $1.2 billion
  Reiterating 2023 guidance
  Bolt-on materials acquisitions completed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Carson City, Nevada in 2023
 

Q1 comparable revenue (2) decreased $58 million year over year primarily due to the wind down of certain projects in the Central Group and the inclement weather
  Q1 diluted EPS of $(0.53) and adjusted diluted EPS (3) of $(0.41)

 

WATSONVILLE, Calif. - Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

First Quarter 2023 Results

 

Net loss totaled $23 million, or $(0.53) per diluted share, compared to net loss of $27 million, or $(0.58) per diluted share, for the same period in the prior year. Adjusted net loss (3) totaled $18 million or $(0.41) per diluted share, compared to adjusted net loss (3) of $12 million, or $(0.26) per diluted share, in the same period in the prior year.

 

 

Revenue decreased $94 million to $560 million compared to $654 million in the same period in the prior year. Comparable revenue (2), which excludes Granite Inliner revenue of $36 million in the prior year, decreased $58 million year-over-year.
  Gross profit decreased $28 million to $32 million compared to $60 million in the same period in the prior year. 
  Selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased $3 million to $73 million or 13.1% of revenue, compared to $70 million or 10.7% of revenue in the same period in the prior year. Comparable SG&A (3), which excludes Granite Inliner SG&A of $5 million in 2022, increased $8 million year-over-year primarily related to higher stock-based compensation and non-qualified deferred compensation expense.  
  Adjusted EBITDA (3) was $(9) million compared to $6 million in the same period in the prior year.
  CAP (1) totaled $5.1 billion, an increase of $619 million sequentially and $1.2 billion year-over-year.
  Cash and marketable securities decreased $104 million sequentially to $256 million. Debt was flat sequentially at $288 million.

 

"With extreme weather in parts of our business, this was not the start of the year that we were hoping for, however, I am confident that we are on the right path to realizing the targets of our strategic plan," said Kyle Larkin, Granite President and Chief Executive Officer.  "We have made significant strides not only in de-risking our portfolio, but also rebuilding the portfolio with work aligned with our financial targets.  Despite a slow first quarter of 2023 that was significantly impacted by weather across the western U.S., I am very encouraged by the current market environment and opportunities ahead of us.  Our first quarter CAP of $5.1 billion is a record for Granite, an increase of 14% from the fourth quarter and an increase of 30% from the first quarter of 2022.  Impressively, this increase was achieved while being more selective and bidding fewer projects at improved margins than the first quarter of 2022."  

 

Larkin continued, "In the first few months of 2023, we also completed two bolt-on materials acquisitions in support of our home markets in Nevada and the Pacific Northwest.  These transactions are representative of the acquisitions contemplated in our strategic plan: bolt-on materials-focused acquisitions in or adjacent to established home markets which strengthen and provide our home markets with opportunities to grow with low integration risk."

 

 

(1) CAP is comprised of revenue we expect to record in the future on executed contracts, including 100% of our consolidated joint venture contracts and our proportionate share of unconsolidated joint venture contracts, as well as the general construction portion of construction manager/general contractor, construction manager/at risk and progressive design build contracts to the extent contract execution and funding is probable.

(2) Comparable revenue, gross profit and SG&A excludes amounts attributable to Granite Inliner, which was sold in March 2022.

(3) Adjusted net loss, adjusted diluted earnings per share, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”), EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP measures. Please refer to the description and reconciliation of non-GAAP measures in the attached tables.

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter 2023 Segment Results (Unaudited - dollars in thousands)

 

Construction Segment

                               
   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
            As Restated and Recast                  
   

2023

   

2022

   

Change

 

Revenue

  $ 503,416     $ 578,266     $ (74,850 )     (12.9 )%

Gross profit

  $ 36,705     $ 58,479     $ (21,774 )     (37.2 )%

Gross profit as a percent of revenue

    7.3 %     10.1 %                

 

 

                                    As Restated                  

Committed and Awarded Projects

 

March 31, 2023

   

December 31, 2022

   

Change - Quarter over Quarter

   

March 31, 2022

   

Change - Year over Year

 

California

  $ 1,913,634     $ 1,747,163     $ 166,471       9.5 %   $ 1,480,950     $ 432,684       29.2 %

Central

    1,750,375       1,661,613       88,762       5.3 %     1,430,522       319,853       22.4 %

Mountain

    1,439,944       1,076,363       363,581       33.8 %     1,027,522       412,422       40.1 %

Total

  $ 5,103,953     $ 4,485,139     $ 618,814       13.8 %   $ 3,938,994     $ 1,164,959       29.6 %

 

Construction revenue in the first quarter decreased compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the wind down of several large projects in the Central Group, as well as the sale of Granite Inliner in the first quarter of 2022.  Granite Inliner which is reported in the Mountain Group contributed $33 million in construction revenue in 2022.  Excluding Granite Inliner, Mountain Group revenue increased $4 million year-over-year.  California Group revenue increased by $3 million with the Central Group decreasing $49 million year-over-year.  During the first quarter, inclement weather significantly disrupted operations in multiple home markets in the western U.S.  Despite high levels of CAP entering the quarter, the extreme weather delayed work from starting and progressing, shifting the work from the first quarter.  
 
Gross profit and gross profit margin  in the first quarter decreased compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to additional costs related to labor and material costs and extended project duration associated with winding down the I-64 High Rise Bridge project in Virginia and the impact of inclement weather.  The impact to gross profit in the quarter from the project was $11 million and impact after non-controlling interest was $6 million.  
 

CAP increased $619 million sequentially and $1.2 billion year-over-year. All groups contributed to the increase in CAP during the quarter led by the Mountain Group and the California Group with increases of $364 million and $166 million, respectively.  We continue to benefit from the strong public funding environment with significant opportunities to continue to build CAP over the remainder of 2023.   

 

 

Materials Segment

                               
   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
            As Recast                  
   

2023

   

2022

   

Change

 

Revenue

  $ 56,652     $ 75,620     $ (18,968 )     (25.1 )%

Gross profit

  $ (4,346 )   $ 1,613     $ (5,959 )     (369.4 )%

Gross profit as a percent of revenue

    (7.7 )%     2.1 %                

 

Materials revenue and gross profit in the first quarter decreased year-over-year primarily due to lower volumes in both asphalt and aggregates resulting from inclement weather during the quarter.  Asphalt and aggregate volumes were down 39% and 21%, respectively, year-over-year with the greatest decreases in the California Group.  Despite these volume decreases in the first quarter, order volumes remain strong going into the second quarter driven by the healthy public markets across our footprint.  

 

 

 

 

 

Outlook

 

Our guidance for 2023 is unchanged as noted below:

 

• Revenue in the range of $3.4 billion to $3.6 billion

• Adjusted EBITDA margin in the range of 7.5% to 9.0%

• SG&A expense in the range of 8.0% to 8.5% of revenue

• Low to mid-20s effective tax rate range for adjusted net income

• Capital expenditures range of $100 million to $120 million

 

The Company does not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking adjusted EBITDA margin to the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP measure of net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated because the timing and amount of the excluded items are unreasonably difficult to fully and accurately estimate.

 

Conference Call

 

Granite will conduct a conference call today, May 2, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results of the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The Company invites investors to listen to a live audio webcast of the investor conference call on its Investor Relations website, https://investor.graniteconstruction.com. The investor conference call will also be available by calling 1-877-328-5503; international callers may dial 1-412-317-5472. An archive of the webcast will be available on Granite's Investor Relations website approximately one hour after the call. A replay will be available after the live call through May 9, 2023, by calling 1-877-344-7529, replay access code 9903383; international callers may dial 1-412-317-0088.

 

About Granite

 

Granite is America’s Infrastructure Company™. Incorporated since 1922, Granite (NYSE:GVA) is one of the largest diversified construction and construction materials companies in the United States as well as a full-suite civil construction provider. Granite’s Code of Conduct and strong Core Values guide the Company and its employees to uphold the highest ethical standards. Granite is an industry leader in safety and an award-winning firm in quality and sustainability. For more information, visit the graniteconstruction.com, and connect with Granite on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

 

 

Forward-looking Statements

 

Any statements contained in this news release that are not based on historical facts, including statements regarding future events, occurrences, opportunities, circumstances, activities, performance, growth, demand, strategic plans, shareholder value, outcomes, outlook, 2023 fiscal year guidance for revenue, adjusted EBITDA margin, SG&A expense, effective tax rate, and capital expenditures, Committed and Awarded Projects (“CAP”), results, the Company's on the right path to realizing its strategic plan targets, opportunities ahead and significant opportunities to continue to build CAP during 2023 constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “future,” “outlook,” “assumes,” “believes,” “expects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “appears,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “continue,” "guidance" and the negatives thereof or other comparable terminology or by the context in which they are made. These forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting the best judgment of senior management and reflect our current expectations regarding future events, occurrences, opportunities, circumstances, activities, performance, growth, demand, strategic plans, shareholder value, outcomes, outlook, 2023 fiscal year guidance for revenue, adjusted EBITDA margin, SG&A expense, effective tax rate, and capital expenditures, CAP, results, the Company's on the right path to realizing its strategic plan targets, opportunities ahead and significant opportunities to continue to build CAP during 2023. These expectations may or may not be realized. Some of these expectations may be based on beliefs, assumptions or estimates that may prove to be incorrect. In addition, our business and operations involve numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could result in our expectations not being realized or otherwise materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

 

Due to the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with our forward-looking statements, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on them. The reader is also cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this news release and, except as required by law; we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason.

 

 

 

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited - in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

   

March 31, 2023

   

December 31, 2022

 

ASSETS

               

Current assets

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 199,751     $ 293,991  

Short-term marketable securities

    39,754       39,374  

Receivables, net

    397,231       463,987  

Contract assets

    288,146       241,916  

Inventories

    97,893       86,809  

Equity in construction joint ventures

    182,063       183,808  

Other current assets

    41,397       37,411  

Total current assets

    1,246,235       1,347,296  

Property and equipment, net

    531,457       509,210  

Long-term marketable securities

    16,575       26,569  

Investments in affiliates

    83,335       80,725  

Goodwill

    73,703       73,703  

Right of use assets

    43,886       49,079  

Deferred income taxes, net

    22,080       22,208  

Other noncurrent assets

    60,116       59,143  

Total assets

  $ 2,077,387     $ 2,167,933  
                 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

               

Current liabilities

               

Current maturities of long-term debt

  $ 1,456     $ 1,447  

Accounts payable

    295,125       334,392  

Contract liabilities

    160,245       173,286  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    266,541       288,469  

Total current liabilities

    723,367       797,594  

Long-term debt

    287,000       286,934  

Long-term lease liabilities

    27,934       32,170  

Deferred income taxes, net

    1,678       1,891  

Other long-term liabilities

    64,997       64,199  

Commitments and contingencies

               

Equity

               

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 3,000,000 shares, none outstanding

           

Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 150,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 43,880,224 shares as of March 31, 2023 and 43,743,907 shares as of December 31, 2022

    439       437  

Additional paid-in capital

    471,782       470,407  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    653       788  

Retained earnings

    452,583       481,384  

Total Granite Construction Incorporated shareholders’ equity

    925,457       953,016  

Non-controlling interests

    46,954       32,129  

Total equity

    972,411       985,145  

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 2,077,387     $ 2,167,933  

 

 

 

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited - in thousands, except per share data)

   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
            As Restated and Recast(1)  
   

2023

   

2022

 

Revenue

               

Construction

  $ 503,416     $ 578,266  

Materials

    56,652       75,620  

Total revenue

    560,068       653,886  

Cost of revenue

               

Construction

    466,711       519,787  

Materials

    60,998       74,007  

Total cost of revenue

    527,709       593,794  

Gross profit

    32,359       60,092  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    73,122       70,120  

Other costs, net

    4,523       6,279  

Gain on sales of property and equipment, net

    (2,037 )     (598 )

Operating loss

    (43,249 )     (15,709 )

Other (income) expense

               

Interest income

    (3,762 )     (570 )

Interest expense

    2,891       3,585  

Equity in income of affiliates, net

    (5,187 )     (1,289 )

Other (income) expense, net

    (1,950 )     1,308  

Total other (income) expense, net

    (8,008 )     3,034  

Loss before income taxes

    (35,241 )     (18,743 )

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    (9,469 )     6,352  

Net loss

    (25,772 )     (25,095 )

Amount attributable to non-controlling interests

    2,749       (1,638 )

Net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated

  $ (23,023 )   $ (26,733 )
                 

Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders:

               

Basic

  $ (0.53 )   $ (0.58 )

Diluted

  $ (0.53 )   $ (0.58 )

Weighted average shares outstanding:

               

Basic

    43,764       45,730  

Diluted

    43,764       45,730  

(1)  As previously disclosed in our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 21, 2023, the restatement of our unaudited quarterly financial information for the first three quarters in the year ended December 31, 2022 was necessary. In addition to those restatements, the financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2022 presented herein includes adjustments to retrospectively reclassify the results of the former Water and Mineral Services businesses from discontinued operations to continuing operations.

 

 

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited - in thousands)

 

            As Restated  

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2023

   

2022

 

Operating activities

               

Net loss

  $ (25,772 )   $ (25,095 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

               

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    19,733       16,737  

Amortization related to long-term debt

    472       652  

Gain on sale of business

          (3,278 )

Gain on sales of property and equipment, net

    (2,037 )     (598 )

Deferred income taxes

          2,545  

Stock-based compensation

    4,828       2,614  

Equity in net (income) loss from unconsolidated joint ventures

    (911 )     3,627  

Net income from affiliates

    (5,187 )     (1,289 )

Other non-cash adjustments

    (151 )     (299 )

Changes in assets and liabilities

    (67,663 )     (45,796 )

Net cash used in operating activities

  $ (76,688 )   $ (50,180 )

Investing activities

               

Purchases of marketable securities

          (19,940 )

Maturities of marketable securities

    10,000        

Purchases of property and equipment

    (40,461 )     (31,269 )

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

    4,518       2,483  

Proceeds from company owned life insurance

    1,545        

Proceeds from the sale of business

          142,571  

Issuance of notes receivable

          (4,560 )

Collection of notes receivable

    62       111  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  $ (24,336 )   $ 89,396  

Financing activities

               

Debt principal repayments

    (256 )     (63,059 )

Cash dividends paid

    (5,687 )     (5,959 )

Repurchases of common stock

    (3,523 )     (20,212 )

Contributions from non-controlling partners

    17,600       6,325  

Distributions to non-controlling partners

    (1,350 )      

Other financing activities, net

          1  

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  $ 6,784     $ (82,904 )

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

    (94,240 )     (43,688 )

Cash, cash equivalents and $0 and $1,512 in restricted cash at beginning of period

    293,991       413,655  

Cash, cash equivalents and $0 and $1,512 in restricted cash at end of period

  $ 199,751     $ 369,967  

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Financial Information

 

The tables below contain financial information calculated other than in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Specifically, management believes that non-GAAP financial measures such as EBITDA and EBITDA margin are useful in evaluating operating performance and are regularly used by securities analysts, institutional investors and other interested parties, and that such supplemental measures facilitate comparisons between companies that have different capital and financing structures and/or tax rates. We are also providing adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, non-GAAP measures, to indicate the impact of Other costs, net, which include investigation-related legal fees, reorganization costs, strategic acquisition and divestiture expenses, and a gain on sale of a business in 2022.

We provide adjusted loss before income taxes, adjusted provision for (benefit from) income taxes, adjusted net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated, and adjusted diluted loss per share attributable to common shareholders, non-GAAP measures, to indicate the impact of the following:

  Other costs, net;
  Transaction costs which includes acquired intangible amortization expense and acquisition related depreciation related to the acquisition of Layne and Liquiforce; and
  Income taxes related to the disposal of Inliner goodwill.

Management believes that these additional non-GAAP financial measures facilitate comparisons between industry peer companies and management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating the Company's performance. However, the reader is cautioned that any non-GAAP financial measures provided by the Company are provided in addition to, and not as alternatives for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Items that may have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows must be considered when assessing the Company's actual financial condition and performance regardless of whether these items are included in non-GAAP financial measures. The methods used by the Company to calculate its non-GAAP financial measures may differ significantly from methods used by other companies to compute similar measures. As a result, any non-GAAP financial measures provided by the Company may not be comparable to similar measures provided by other companies. The Company does not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking adjusted EBITDA margin to the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP measure of net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated because the timing and amount of the excluded items are unreasonably difficult to fully and accurately estimate.

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA(1)

(Unaudited - dollars in thousands)

 

   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
            As Restated and Recast  
   

2023

   

2022

 

EBITDA:

               

Net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated

  $ (23,023 )   $ (26,733 )

Net loss margin(2)

    -4.1 %     -4.1 %
                 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense(3)

    19,874       17,058  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    (9,469 )     6,352  

Interest (income) expense, net

    (871 )     3,015  

EBITDA(1)

  $ (13,489 )   $ (308 )

EBITDA margin(1)(2)

    -2.4 %     0.0 %
                 

ADJUSTED EBITDA:

               

Other costs, net

  $ 4,523     $ 6,279  

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

  $ (8,966 )   $ 5,971  

Adjusted EBITDA margin(1)(2)

    -1.6 %     0.9 %

 

(1) We define EBITDA as U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated, adjusted for net interest expense, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude the impact of Other costs, net, as described above.

(2) Represents net income (loss), EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA divided by consolidated revenue of $560 million and $654 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. 

(3) Amount includes the sum of depreciation, depletion and amortization which are classified as cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

 

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED 

ADJUSTED NET LOSS RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited - in thousands, except per share data)

   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
            As Restated and Recast  
   

2023

   

2022

 

Loss before income taxes

  $ (35,241 )   $ (18,743 )

Other costs, net

    4,523       6,279  

Transaction costs

    2,494        

Adjusted loss before income taxes

  $ (28,224 )   $ (12,464 )
                 

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

  $ (9,469 )   $ 6,352  

Tax effect of goodwill disposal related to sale of business

          (10,070 )

Tax effect of adjusting items(1)

    1,824       1,633  

Adjusted benefit from income taxes

  $ (7,645 )   $ (2,085 )
                 

Net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated

  $ (23,023 )   $ (26,733 )

After-tax adjusting items(1)

    5,193       14,716  

Adjusted net loss attributable to Granite Construction Incorporated

  $ (17,830 )   $ (12,017 )
                 

Diluted weighted average shares of common stock

    43,764       45,730  
                 

Diluted net loss per share attributable to common shareholders

  $ (0.53 )   $ (0.58 )

After-tax adjusting items per share attributable to common shareholders

    0.12       0.32  

Adjusted diluted loss per share attributable to common shareholders

  $ (0.41 )   $ (0.26 )

 

(1) The tax effect of adjusting items was calculated using the Company’s estimated annual statutory tax rate.

 

 

 

Contacts:

 

Investors

Wenjun Xu, 831-761-7861

 

Or

 

Media

Erin Kuhlman, 831-768-4111

 

Source: Granite Construction Incorporated