Why Glass Fabricator Tecnoglass' Shares Are Losing Its Charm Today
Benzinga · 2023/11/06 10:02 GMT+01:00
Revenue grew 4.4% Y/Y to $210.7 million, beating the consensus of $207.6 million, led by improved multi-family/commercial business, growth in single-family residential business, and market share gains.
Single-family residential revenues rose 2% Y/Y, aided by market share gains and the continued positive demographic trends in main markets. Multi-family/commercial revenues increased 6% Y/Y, led by increased previously-held projects.
Gross profit fell to $90.5 million from $105.3 million a year ago, with a margin of 43.0% vs 52.2% the prior year, reflecting a non-cash unfavorable foreign exchange impact of 660 bps.
Adjusted EBITDA declined to $71.3 million from $78.5 million the prior year. Backlog stood at a record level of $836 million, up 20% Y/Y
Operating cash flow came in at $51.3 million, and capital expenditures stood at $24.3 million in the quarter.
In Q3, TGLS returned capital to shareholders through $8.9 million in share repurchases and $4.3 million in cash dividends.
The company repurchased an additional $11.2 million of stock after the Q3-end and, as of November 6, 2023, had about $30 million remaining under the current repurchase program.
As of September 30, cash and cash equivalents stood at $119.0 million and had $170.0 million available under its revolving credit facilities.
FY23 Outlook: TGLS tightened sales outlook to $835 million - $848 million (consensus $854.32 million) from
$830 million - $855 million.
The company revised the adjusted EBITDA outlook to $300 million-$308 million (from $320 million-$335 million earlier), representing growth of
about 14% at the midpoint.
Santiago Giraldo, Chief Financial Officer of Tecnoglass, stated, "Our backlog of multi-family/commercial projects has accelerated and our single-family residential expansion strategy continues to gain traction, which gives us confidence that 2024 will be another year of double-digit growth at attractive margins with significant cash flow generation."
Price Action: TGLS shares are down 9.81% at $30.90 premarket on the last check Monday.
