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Dec 31, 2020

Arcosa Q4 2020 Earnings Report

Arcosa's Q4 2020 earnings were announced, demonstrating resilience with a 3% increase in revenue and a 6% rise in adjusted EBITDA, driven by strong performance in the Construction Products segment.

Key Takeaways

Arcosa reported a 3% increase in revenue to $458.9 million and a 6% increase in Adjusted EBITDA to $56.4 million. The Construction Products segment was a key driver of the company's strong financial results. The company is optimistic about the underlying health of most of its markets.

Revenues increased 3% to $458.9 million.

Net income was $10.5 million, and Adjusted Net Income reached $16.5 million.

Diluted EPS stood at $0.21, with Adjusted Diluted EPS at $0.33.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 6% to $56.4 million.

Total Revenue
$459M
Previous year: $447M
+2.7%
EPS
$0.33
Previous year: $0.43
-23.3%
Wind/Utility Backlog
$334M
Previous year: $597M
-44.0%
Inland Barges Backlog
$176M
Previous year: $347M
-49.4%
Gross Profit
$83.7M
Previous year: $77.6M
+7.9%
Cash and Equivalents
$95.8M
Previous year: $240M
-60.1%
Free Cash Flow
$8M
Previous year: $115M
-93.1%
Total Assets
$2.65B
Previous year: $2.3B
+14.9%

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Forward Guidance

The Company expects full year 2021 revenues of $1.78 billion to $1.90 billion, and Adjusted EBITDA of $250 million to $270 million.

Positive Outlook

  • Construction activity remains robust, particularly in key states like Texas, and could see additional upside from new state and federal infrastructure spending.
  • We continue to see healthy activity in infrastructure and residential markets, while non-residential markets have performed better than expected, led by increased demand for distribution and data centers.
  • Our Engineered Structures product lines continue to experience healthy demand led by increased spending on electrical transmission, telecom, and traffic infrastructure
  • Dry barge demand is fundamentally strong, and a recovering agricultural economy drove our barge business to a 1.0 book-to-bill in Q4 2020.
  • Industry analysts expect a recovery in new railcar deliveries in the second half of 2021 and into 2022.

Challenges Ahead

  • We expect lower production for wind towers in 2021.
  • The largest year-over-year challenge in 2021 will be in our Transportation Products segment, as the barge business continues to be impacted by the effects of COVID-19.
  • Dry barge orders have recently been deferred by the rapid acceleration in steel prices since December 2020, driven by steel capacity that was idled during COVID.
  • Liquid barge demand remains depressed by reduced demand for refined products and petrochemicals, which began declining during the COVID pandemic and has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
  • The February 2021 winter storm in Texas and the broader Southern United States will impact our Q1 performance, as we lost more than one week of production across a significant part of our operating footprint.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income