DXP Enterprises, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

DXP Enterprises, Inc. ("DXP" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DXPE) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. The following are results for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2023, where appropriate. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures can be found in the back of this press release.

First Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights:

• Sales increased 1.4 percent sequentially to $412.6 million, compared to $407.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 and decreased 2.7 percent compared to $424.3 million for the first quarter of 2023.
• Net income for the first quarter of 2024 was $11.3 million, compared to $17.6 million for the first quarter of 2023.
• Earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of 2024 was $0.67 based upon 17.0 million diluted shares, compared to $0.95 earnings per diluted share in the first quarter of 2023, based on 18.4 million diluted shares. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.74 compared to $0.95 in the first quarter of 2023.
• Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2024 was $40.3 million compared to $43.1 million for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of sales, or Adjusted EBITDA margin, was 9.8 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively.
• Free Cash Flow (cash flow from operating activities less capital expenditures) for the first quarter of 2024 was $24.1 million, compared to $22.6 million for the first quarter of 2023.

David R. Little, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, “Our first quarter results reflect sequential sales growth driven by acquisitions, strong free cash flow, and continued efforts to expand and grow our business. We are encouraged by the sequential increases and the start to the year. As we look ahead to the rest of 2024, we remain optimistic around market conditions, our ability to execute our growth initiatives and the diversity of our end markets to deliver growth in 2024. DXP’s first quarter 2024 sales were $412.6 million. In terms of our business segments for the first quarter of 2024, sales were $288.4 million for Service Centers, $62.2 million for Innovative Pumping Solutions, and $62.0 million for Supply Chain Services. We believe we are well positioned to outgrow the market and to generate improved operating margins and returns for the benefit of our shareholders as we move further into 2024.”

Kent Yee, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, remarked, “Our first quarter sequential increase of 1.4 percent was great to see in addition to the $24.1 million of free cash flow along with the closing of three acquisitions. We continue to see bright spots in the market and we currently anticipate the second half of the year to drive growth as we benefit from increases in our project backlog and the diversification of our end markets. We had a strong quarter of free cash flow generation, producing $24.1 million in free cash flow during the first quarter in the midst of closing three acquisitions. DXP ended the quarter with $139.7 million in cash on the balance sheet and net debt of $407.6 million. DXP’s secured leverage ratio or net debt to EBITDA ratio was 2.3:1.0 with a covenant EBITDA of $179.3 million for the last twelve-months ending March 31, 2024. We expect to drive organic and acquisition driven growth as we move through fiscal 2024.”

Conference Call Information

DXP Enterprises, Inc. management will host a conference call, May 9, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Central Time, to discuss the Company’s financial results. The conference call may be accessed by going to https://ir.dxpe.com.

Interested investors and other parties can listen to a webcast of the live conference call by logging onto the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://ir.dxpe.com. The online replay will be available on the same website immediately following the call. A slide presentation highlighting the Company’s results and key performance indicators will also be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

To learn more about DXP Enterprises, Inc., please visit the Company's website at https://www.dxpe.com.

About DXP Enterprises, Inc.

DXP Enterprises, Inc. is a leading products and service distributor that adds value and total cost savings solutions to industrial customers throughout North America and Dubai. DXP provides innovative pumping solutions, supply chain services and maintenance, repair, operating and production ("MROP") services that emphasize and utilize DXP’s vast product knowledge and technical expertise in rotating equipment, bearings, power transmission, metal working, industrial supplies and safety products and services. DXP's breadth of MROP products and service solutions allows DXP to be flexible and customer-driven, creating competitive advantages for our customers. DXP’s business segments include Service Centers, Innovative Pumping Solutions and Supply Chain Services. For more information, go to www.dxpe.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

DXP supplements reporting of net income with certain non-GAAP measurements, including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, and Free Cash Flow. This supplemental information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the unaudited GAAP measurements. Additional information regarding EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Free Cash Flow and net debt referred to in this press release are included below under "Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Information".

The Company believes EBITDA provides additional information about: (i) operating performance, because it assists in comparing the operating performance of the business, as it removes the impact of non-cash depreciation and amortization expense as well as items not directly resulting from core operations such as interest expense and income taxes and (ii) the performance and the effectiveness of operational strategies. Additionally, EBITDA performance is a component of a measure of the Company’s financial covenants under its credit facilities. Furthermore, some investors use EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in the industry. Management believes that some investors’ understanding of performance is enhanced by including this non-GAAP financial measure as a reasonable basis for comparing ongoing results of operations. By providing this non-GAAP financial measure, together with a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, the Company believes it is enhancing investors’ understanding of the business and results of operations, as well as assisting investors in evaluating how well the Company is executing strategic initiatives. Free Cash Flow reconciles to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure of cash flows from operations as provided below. We believe Free Cash Flow is an important liquidity metric because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available to fund acquisitions, make investments, repay debt obligations, repurchase shares of the Company's common stock, and for certain other activities.

Information Related to Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe-harbor” for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made by or to be made by the Company) contains statements that are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those about the Company’s expectations regarding the Company's expectations regarding the filing of the Form 10-Q; the description of the anticipated changes in the Company's consolidated balance sheet and the results of operations and the Company's assessment of the impact of such anticipated changes; the Company’s business, the Company’s future profitability, cash flow, liquidity, and growth. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future; and accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the effectiveness of management’s strategies and decisions; our ability to implement our internal growth and acquisition growth strategies; general economic and business conditions specific to our primary customers; changes in government regulations; our ability to effectively integrate businesses we may acquire; new or modified statutory or regulatory requirements; availability of materials and labor; inability to obtain or delay in obtaining government or third-party approvals and permits; non-performance by third parties of their contractual obligations; unforeseen hazards such as weather conditions, acts of war or terrorist acts and the governmental or military response thereto; cyber-attacks adversely affecting our operations; other geological, operating and economic considerations and declining prices and market conditions, including supply or demand for maintenance, repair and operating products, equipment and service; inability of the Company or its independent auditors to complete the work necessary in order to file the Form 10-Q in the expected time frame; unanticipated changes to the Company's operating results in the Form 10-Q as filed or in relation to prior periods, including as compared to the anticipated changes stated here; unanticipated impact of such changes and its materiality; ability to obtain needed capital, dependence on existing management, leverage and debt service, domestic or global economic conditions, ability to manage changes and the continued health or availability of management personnel and changes in customer preferences and attitudes. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as, but not limited to, “may,” “will,” “should,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “goal,” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. More information on these risks and other potential factors that could affect the Company’s business and financial results is included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.

DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS ($ thousands)
		Three Months Ended March 31,
			2024				2023
Sales		$	412,635			$	424,267
Cost of sales			288,753				299,226
Gross profit			123,882				125,041
Selling, general and administrative expenses			94,751				89,642
Income from operations			29,131				35,399
Other income, net			(1,968	)			(469	)
Interest expense			15,544				11,521
Income before income taxes			15,555				24,347
Provision for income taxes			4,223				6,767
Net income			11,332				17,580
Preferred stock dividend			23				23
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	11,309			$	17,557
Diluted earnings per share attributable to DXP Enterprises, Inc.		$	0.67			$	0.95
Weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding			16,968				18,436

DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS ($ thousands, except share amounts)
	March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash	$	139,697			$	173,120
Restricted cash		91				91
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $4,946 and $5,584, respectively		313,791				311,171
Inventories		108,186				103,805
Costs and estimated profits in excess of billings		35,259				42,323
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		19,808				18,044
Total current assets		616,832				648,554
Property and equipment, net		64,039				61,618
Goodwill		370,949				343,991
Other intangible assets, net		67,675				63,895
Operating lease right of use assets, net		53,443				48,729
Other long-term assets		11,217				10,649
Total assets	$	1,184,155			$	1,177,436
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	$	5,500			$	5,500
Trade accounts payable		97,324				96,469
Accrued wages and benefits		31,655				36,238
Customer advances		12,619				12,160
Billings in excess of costs and estimated profits		8,195				9,506
Short-term operating lease liabilities		15,796				15,438
Other current liabilities		58,313				48,854
Total current liabilities		229,402				224,165
Long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts		520,217				520,697
Long-term operating lease liabilities		38,914				34,336
Other long-term liabilities		20,158				17,359
Total long-term liabilities		579,289				572,392
Total liabilities		808,691				796,557
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Series A preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized		1				1
Series B preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized		15				15
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 15,928,305 and 16,177,237 outstanding, respectively		345				345
Additional paid-in capital		217,292				216,482
Retained earnings		330,580				319,271
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(31,854	)			(31,240	)
Treasury stock, at cost 4,468,354 and 4,141,989 shares, respectively		(140,915	)			(123,995	)
Total DXP Enterprises, Inc. equity		375,464				380,879
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,184,155			$	1,177,436

Business segment financial highlights:

• Service Centers’ revenue for the first quarter was $288.4 million, a decrease of 5.7 percent year-over-year with a 14.0 percent operating income margin.
• Innovative Pumping Solutions’ revenue for the first quarter was $62.2 million, an increase of 21.0 percent year-over-year with a 11.2 percent operating income margin.
• Supply Chain Services’ revenue for the first quarter was $62.0 million, a decrease of 7.5 percent year-over-year with a 8.5 percent operating income margin.

SEGMENT DATA ($ thousands, unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
Sales	2024			2023
Service Centers	$	288,435		$	305,813
Innovative Pumping Solutions		62,216			51,411
Supply Chain Services		61,984			67,043
Total Sales	$	412,635		$	424,267
	Three Months Ended March 31,
Operating Income	2024			2023
Service Centers	$	40,320		$	45,820
Innovative Pumping Solutions		6,970			9,190
Supply Chain Services		5,262			5,514
Total Segments Operating Income	$	52,552		$	60,524

RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME FOR REPORTABLE SEGMENTS ($ thousands, unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Income from operations for reportable segments	$	52,552			$	60,524
Adjustment for:
Amortization of intangibles		4,369				4,758
Corporate expenses		19,052				20,367
Income from operations	$	29,131			$	35,399
Interest expense		15,544				11,521
Other income, net		(1,968	)			(469	)
Income before income taxes	$	15,555			$	24,347

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION
($ thousands)

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Income before income taxes	$	15,555			$	24,347
Plus: Interest expense		15,544				11,521
Plus: Depreciation and amortization		7,538				6,782
EBITDA	$	38,637			$	42,650
Plus: other non-recurring items(1)		842				—
Plus: stock compensation expense		864				476
Adjusted EBITDA	$	40,343			$	43,126
Operating Income Margin		7.1	%			8.3	%
EBITDA Margin		9.4	%			10.1	%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin		9.8	%			10.2	%
(1) Other non-recurring items includes unique acquisition integration costs and other non-cash, non-recurring costs not related to continuing business operations.

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Organic Sales and Organic Sales per Business Day to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024			2023
Sales by Business Segment
Service Centers		$	288,435		$	305,813
Innovative Pumping Solutions			62,216			51,411
Supply Chain Services			61,984			67,043
Total DXP Sales		$	412,635		$	424,267
Acquisition Sales			11,775			19,133
Organic Sales		$	400,860		$	405,134
Business Days			63			64
Sales per Business Day		$	6,550		$	6,629
Organic Sales per Business Day		$	6,363		$	6,330

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to the most comparable GAAP financial measure (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended March 31,
			2024				2023
Net cash from operating activities		$	26,989			$	26,449
Less: purchases of property and equipment			(2,894	)			(3,804	)
Free Cash Flow		$	24,095			$	22,645

The following table is a reconciliation of adjusted net income attributable to DXP Enterprises, Inc., a non-GAAP financial measure, to net income, calculated and reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024			2023
Net Income	$	11,332		$	17,580
One-time non-cash items		942			—
Adjustment for taxes		256			—
Adjusted Net Income	$	12,530		$	17,580
Weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding
Diluted		16,968			18,436
Diluted Earnings per Share	$	0.67		$	0.95
Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share	$	0.74		$	0.95

 

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The DXP Enterprises Stock at the time of publication of the news with a raise of +3,66 % to 55,50USD on Nasdaq stock exchange (08. Mai 2024, 23:20 Uhr).