Raising 2024 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance after Delivering Q3 Net Income of $7.5 million and Record Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of $17.3 million

WARRENDALE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2024-- Limbach Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMB) (“Limbach” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

2024 Third Quarter Financial Overview Compared to 2023 Third Quarter

• Owner Direct Relationships (“ODR”) revenue increased 41.3%, or $27.2 million, to $93.0 million accounting for 69.4% of total revenue.
• Total revenue was $133.9 million, an increase of 4.8% from $127.8 million.
• Total gross profit was $36.1 million, an increase of 15.6% from $31.2 million.
• ODR gross profit accounted for $29.6 million, or 82.1%, of total gross profit.
• Net income of $7.5 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, compared to net income of $7.2 million, or $0.61 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $17.3 million, up 27.2% from $13.6 million.
• Net cash provided by operating activities of $4.9 million compared to $17.2 million.

Management Comments

“In the third quarter, we continued to execute the three pillars of our strategy with each pillar contributing to our EBITDA growth and gross margin expansion,” said Michael McCann, President and Chief Executive Officer of Limbach Holdings. “Our results are a direct outcome of executing our plan to shift our business to working directly for building owners on existing facilities, evolving our service offerings and scaling through acquisitions.

“We are seeing durable customer demand for our value-added solutions and achieving organic growth by focusing on deeper penetration with existing customers. Demand in all verticals has been strong, and we believe the long-term growth potential of data centers is set to play an increasingly important role for demand.

“Our recent acquisition of Kent Island Mechanical increased market share within the Greater Washington, D.C. metro region. We immediately began integrating Kent Island on to the Limbach platform to expand our capabilities, gain efficiencies and add new customers to our existing ODR business. We’re pleased with the initial progress and anticipate making additional acquisitions at a pace of about two to three per year from our strong pipeline of potential targets.

“We are quickly approaching our ODR and GCR target revenue mix of 65% to 70% ODR for 2024, and in 2025 we expect to see growth in our top line, total consolidated revenue.”

The following are results for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023:

• Total revenue was $133.9 million, an increase of 4.8% from $127.8 million. ODR segment revenue of $93.0 million increased by $27.2 million, or 41.3%, while GCR revenue decreased by $21.0 million, or 33.9%. The increase in period-over-period ODR segment revenue was primarily due to the Company's continued focus on accelerating the growth of its ODR business and as a result of the Industrial Air transaction. Industrial Air was not an acquired entity for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in period-over-period GCR segment revenue was primarily due to the Company’s continued focus on the execution of its mix-shift strategy to the ODR segment.

• Total gross profit was $36.1 million, compared to $31.2 million. ODR gross profit increased $10.4 million, or 53.8%, due to the combination of an increase in revenue and higher segment margins of 31.9% versus 29.3% driven by contract mix. GCR gross profit decreased $5.5 million, or 46.0%, primarily due to lower revenue and lower margins of 15.8% compared to 19.3% in the prior period. The total gross profit percentage increased from 24.5% to 27.0%, mainly driven by the mix of higher margin ODR segment work, the Company continuing to being more selective when pursuing GCR work, and the Industrial Air transaction.

• Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by approximately $2.8 million, to $23.7 million, compared to $21.0 million. The increase in SG&A expense was primarily due to $1.0 million of SG&A expenses incurred within the Industrial Air entity that was not an acquired entity of the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2023, a $1.1 million increase in payroll related expenses, a $0.5 million increase in stock-based compensation expenses and a $0.4 million increase in professional services fees. As a percent of revenue, SG&A expenses were 17.7%, up from 16.4% in the prior period.

• Interest expense was relatively flat at $0.5 million during the current quarter compared to $0.4 million.

• Interest income was $0.6 million during the current quarter compared to $0.4 million. This increase was due to the Company's timing and amounts of investments in overnight repurchase agreements, U.S. Treasury Bills, and money market funds period-over-period.

• Net income was $7.5 million compared to $7.2 million, an increase of 4.1%. Diluted earnings per share was $0.62 as compared to $0.61 in the prior period. Adjusted EBITDA was $17.3 million compared to $13.6 million in the prior period, an increase of 27.2%.

• Net cash provided by operating activities of $4.9 million compared to $17.2 million in the prior period primarily due to changes in working capital.

Balance Sheet

At September 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $51.2 million. Current assets were $217.1 million and current liabilities were $138.2 million at September 30, 2024, representing a current ratio of 1.57x compared to 1.50x at December 31, 2023. Working capital was $78.9 million at September 30, 2024, an increase of $7.1 million from December 31, 2023. At September 30, 2024, we had $10.0 million in borrowings against our revolving credit facility and $4.3 million for standby letters of credit.

2024 Guidance

We are updating our guidance for FY 2024 as follows:

With respect to projected 2024 Adjusted EBITDA guidance and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to certain items, which are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on future financial results.

Conference Call Details

Access by Webcast

The call will also be simultaneously webcast over the Internet via the “Investor Relations” section of Limbach’s website at www.limbachinc.com or by clicking on the conference call link: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=O8Y8RPcV. An audio replay of the call will be archived on Limbach’s website for 365 days.

About Limbach

Limbach is a building systems solution firm that partners with building owners and facilities managers who have mission critical mechanical (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical and plumbing infrastructure. We strive to be an indispensable partner to our customers by providing services that are essential to the operation of their businesses. We work with building owners primarily in six vertical markets: healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, data centers, life science, higher education, and cultural and entertainment. We have more than 1,300 team members in 19 offices across the eastern United States. Our team members uniquely combine engineering expertise with field installation skills to provide custom solutions that leverage our full life-cycle capabilities, which allows us to address both the operational and capital projects needs of our customers.

Additional Information

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Forward-Looking Statements

We make forward-looking statements in this press release within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts for future events, including, without limitation, our earnings, Adjusted EBITDA, revenues, expenses, backlog, capital expenditures or other future financial or business performance or strategies, results of operations or financial condition, and in particular statements regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry in future periods, timing of the recognition of backlog as revenue, the potential for recovery of cost overruns, and the ability of Limbach to successfully remedy the issues that have led to write-downs in various business units. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “will likely result,” “should,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “target,” “goal,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date they were made and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which may cause them to turn out to be wrong. Some of these risks and uncertainties may in the future be amplified by the COVID-19 outbreak and there may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Please refer to our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as well as our subsequent filings on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, which are available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov), for a full discussion of the risks and other factors that may impact any forward-looking statements in this press release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In assessing the performance of our business, management utilizes a variety of financial and performance measures. The key measures are Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus depreciation and amortization expense, interest expense, and taxes, as further adjusted to eliminate the impact of, when applicable, other non-cash items or expenses that are unusual or non-recurring that we believe do not reflect our core operating results. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are meaningful to our investors to enhance their understanding of our financial performance for the current period and our ability to generate cash flows from operations that are available for taxes, capital expenditures and debt service. We understand that these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a measure of financial performance and to compare our performance with the performance of other companies that report Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, however, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. When assessing our operating performance, investors and others should not consider this data in isolation or as a substitute for net income calculated in accordance with GAAP. Further, the results presented by Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin cannot be achieved without incurring the costs that the measure excludes. A reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA, the most comparable GAAP measure, is provided below.

We refer to our estimated revenue on uncompleted contracts, including the amount of revenue on contracts for which work has not begun, less the revenue we have recognized under such contracts, as “backlog.” Backlog includes unexercised contract options.

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Investor Relations
Financial Profiles, Inc.
Julie Kegley
LMB@finprofiles.com

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