Sep 27, 2024

Willdan Group Q3 2024 Earnings Report

Willdan Group's Q3 2024 results showed significant growth across various financial metrics.

Key Takeaways

Willdan Group reported a strong third quarter in 2024, with revenue and earnings exceeding expectations. The company saw significant increases in contract revenue, net revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA. As a result of this strong performance, Willdan is raising its full-year targets for fiscal year 2024.

Contract revenue increased by 19.2% to $158.3 million.

Net revenue increased by 15.9% to $75.7 million.

Net income rose to $7.3 million, a significant increase from $1.6 million.

Adjusted EBITDA increased by 49.7% to $15.2 million.

Total Revenue
$75.7M
Previous year: $65.3M
+15.9%
EPS
$0.73
Previous year: $0.37
+97.3%
Adjusted EBITDA
$15.2M
Previous year: $10.1M
+50.3%
Adjusted diluted EPS
$0.73
Previous year: $0.37
+97.3%
Gross Profit
$51.6M
Previous year: $43.4M
+18.8%
Cash and Equivalents
$53.1M
Previous year: $12.9M
+312.1%
Free Cash Flow
$8.82M
Previous year: $3.38M
+160.9%
Total Assets
$447M
Previous year: $402M
+11.4%

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Forward Guidance

Willdan is increasing all of its financial targets for fiscal year 2024.

Positive Outlook

  • Net revenue between $285 million and $295 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA between $52 million and $54 million.
  • Adjusted Diluted EPS between $2.15 per share and $2.25 per share.
  • Assumes 14.2 million diluted shares.
  • Assumes 14% effective tax rate.

Challenges Ahead

  • Guidance does not include any uncompleted or future acquisitions.
  • Inability to reconcile targeted contract revenue for fiscal year 2024 as reported in accordance with GAAP to targeted Net Revenues for fiscal year 2024.
  • The inability to provide a reconciliation is due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty of predicting the subcontractor services and other director costs that are subtracted from contract revenues in order to derive Net Revenues.
  • Inability to reconcile targeted net income for fiscal year 2024 as reported in accordance with GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal year 2024
  • The inability to provide a reconciliation is due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty of predicting the interest expense, income tax expense, stock-based compensation, interest accretion, depreciation and amortization, and gain on sale of equipment that are subtracted from net income in order to derive Adjusted EBITDA.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income