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Jun 30, 2023
Universal Stainless Q2 2023 Earnings Report
Reported a profitable second quarter of 2023 with increased sales and improved gross margin.
Key Takeaways
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. reported net sales for Q2 2023 of $69.0 million, a 32.3% increase year-over-year. The company returned to profitability with a net income of $0.9 million, or $0.10 per diluted share. Gross margin improved to $9.8 million, and operating income more than doubled to $3.1 million.
Q2 2023 sales reached $69.0 million, a 32% increase year-over-year and the highest since Q2 2019.
Gross margin improved to $9.8 million, representing 14.3% of sales.
Operating income more than doubled to $3.1 million.
The company returned to profitability with a net income of $0.9 million, or $0.10 per diluted share.
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CapyFin.com Forward Guidance
The company remains highly optimistic about its growth prospects for the remainder of the year and beyond, expecting premium alloy sales to reaccelerate driven by aerospace demand and the expansion of their premium alloy portfolio with technologically advanced, higher margin products.
Positive Outlook
- Demand for premium alloys remains robust with a substantial book of business extending through 2024.
- Expect premium alloy sales to reaccelerate beginning in the third quarter driven by tremendous aerospace demand.
- Capital project to add two Vacuum-Arc Remelt (VAR) furnaces at the North Jackson facility remains on target.
- The project is designed to expand the premium alloy portfolio with more technologically advanced, higher margin products.
- Returned to bottom line profitability in the second quarter as gross margin expansion was achieved.
Challenges Ahead
- Negative surcharge misalignment as commodity prices fell during the period.
- The company's total debt at June 30, 2023 was $93.3 million.
- Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2023 totaled $2.4 million, compared with $4.5 million in the first quarter of 2023.
- The company's ability to maintain its relationships with its significant customers and market segments.
- Changes in overall demand for the Company’s products and the prices at which the Company is able to sell its products in the aerospace industry, from which a substantial amount of its sales is derived.
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