Park Aerospace Corp. Reports Third Quarter Results

NEWTON, Kan., Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) reported results for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter ended November 26, 2023. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results and other matters at 5:00 p.m. EST today. A live audio webcast of the event, along with presentation materials, will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/on4ziexw at 5:00 p.m. EST today. The presentation materials will also be available at approximately 4:15 p.m. EST today at https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/ and on the Company's website at www.parkaerospace.com under "Investor Conference Calls" on the "Shareholders" page.

Park reported net sales of $11,639,000 for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter ended November 26, 2023 compared to $13,867,000 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter ended November 27, 2022 and $12,481,000 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter ended August 27, 2023. Park's net sales for the nine months ended November 26, 2023 were $39,671,000 compared to $40,525,000 for the nine months ended November 27, 2022. Net earnings for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter were $1,203,000 compared to $2,230,000 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and $1,746,000 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter. Net earnings were $4,803,000 for the current year's first nine months compared to $6,025,000 for last year's first nine months.

Net earnings before special items for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter were $1,203,000 compared to $2,383,000 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and $1,746,000 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter. Net earnings before special items for the nine months ended November 26, 2023 were $5,356,000 compared to $6,178,000 for last fiscal year's first nine months.

Adjusted EBITDA for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter was $1,808,000 compared to $3,321,000 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and $2,669,000 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA for the current year's first nine months was $7,788,000 compared to $8,834,000 for last year's first nine months.

During the 2024 fiscal year's first nine months, the Company recorded $570,000 of pre-tax activist shareholder defense costs, $65,000 of pre-tax losses on sales of investments to fund the $1.00 per share special dividend paid on April 6, 2023 to shareholders of record on March 9, 2023 and a $109,000 pre-tax charge for the modification of previously granted stock options in connection with the special dividend in the 2024 fiscal year second quarter. During the prior year, the Company recorded $153,000 of additional tax expense for tax deductions becoming unavailable related to stock options expiring unexercised in the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and first nine months.

Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.06 for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter compared to $0.11 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and $0.09 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.06 for the 2024 fiscal year third quarter compared to $0.12 for the 2023 fiscal year third quarter and $0.09 for the 2024 fiscal year second quarter.

Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.24 for the 2024 fiscal year's first nine months compared to $0.29 for the 2023 fiscal year's first nine months. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.26 for the 2024 fiscal year's first nine months compared to $0.30 for the 2023 fiscal year's first nine months.

The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results at 5:00 p.m. EST today. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference call dial-in number is [phone] in the United States and Canada, and [phone] in other countries. The required passcode for attendance by phone is 13743214.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 8:00 p.m. EST today through 11:59 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. The conference call replay will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/on4ziexw and on the Company's website at www.parkaerospace.com under "Investor Conference Calls" on the "Shareholders" page. It can also be accessed by dialing [phone] in the United States and Canada, and [phone] in other countries. The required passcode for accessing the replay by phone is 13743214.

Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the conference call, including the investor presentation, will also be available at the time of the conference call on the Company's web site at https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/.

Park believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations would be difficult if the disclosure of its operating results were limited to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") financial measures, which include special items, such as activist shareholder defense costs, losses on sales of investments and charges for modification of previously granted stock options. Accordingly, in addition to disclosing its operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, Park discloses non-GAAP measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, and operating results that exclude special items in order to assist its shareholders and other readers in assessing the Company's operating performance, since the Company's on-going, normal business operations do not include such special items. The detailed operating information presented below includes a reconciliation of the non-GAAP operating results before special items to earnings determined in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of GAAP pre-tax earnings to Adjusted EBITDA. Such non-GAAP financial measures are provided to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP.

Park Aerospace Corp. develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the global aerospace markets. Park's advanced composite materials include film adhesives (Aeroadhere^®) and lightning strike protection materials (Electroglide^®). Park offers an array of composite materials specifically designed for hand lay-up or automated fiber placement (AFP) manufacturing applications. Park's advanced composite materials are used to produce primary and secondary structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft, military aircraft, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs commonly referred to as "drones"), business jets, general aviation aircraft and rotary wing aircraft. Park also offers specialty ablative materials for rocket motors and nozzles and specially designed materials for radome applications. As a complement to Park's advanced composite materials offering, Park designs and fabricates composite parts, structures and assemblies and low volume tooling for the aerospace industry. Target markets for Park's composite parts and structures (which include Park's proprietary composite SigmaStrut and AlphaStrut product lines) are, among others, prototype and development aircraft, special mission aircraft, spares for legacy military and civilian aircraft and exotic spacecraft. Park's objective is to do what others are either unwilling or unable to do. When nobody else wants to do it because it is too difficult, too small or too annoying, sign us up.

Additional corporate information is available on the Company's web site at www.parkaerospace.com

Performance table, including non-GAAP information (in thousands, except per share amounts -unaudited):

	13 Weeks Ended												39 Weeks Ended
	November 26, 2023				November 27, 2022					August 27, 2023			November 26, 2023					November 27, 2022
Sales	$	11,639			$	13,867				$	12,481		$	39,671				$	40,525
Net Earnings before Special Items1	$	1,203			$	2,383				$	1,746		$	5,356				$	6,178
Special Items, Net of Tax:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-				-					-			(424	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-				-					-			(81	)				-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-				-					-			(48	)				-
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-				(153	)				-			-					(153	)
Net Earnings	$	1,203			$	2,230				$	1,746		$	4,803				$	6,025
Basic Earnings per Share:
Basic Earnings before Special Items1	$	0.06			$	0.12				$	0.09		$	0.26				$	0.30
Special Items:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-				-					-			(0.02	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-				-					-			-					-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-				-					-			-					-
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-				(0.01	)				-			-					(0.01	)
Basic Earnings per Share	$	0.06			$	0.11				$	0.09		$	0.24				$	0.29
Diluted Earnings before Special Items1	$	0.06			$	0.12				$	0.09		$	0.26				$	0.30
Special Items:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-				-					-			(0.02	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-				-					-			-					-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-				-					-			-					-
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-				(0.01	)				-			-					(0.01	)
Diluted Earnings per Share	$	0.06			$	0.11				$	0.09		$	0.24				$	0.29
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
Basic		20,250				20,471					20,256			20,323					20,463
Diluted		20,355				20,510					20,338			20,406					20,506
1Refer to "Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures" below for information regarding Special Items.

Comparative balance sheets (in thousands):

	November 26, 2023			February 26, 2023
Assets	(unaudited)
Current Assets
Cash and Marketable Securities	$	73,989		$	105,440
Accounts Receivable, Net		9,897			9,989
Inventories		7,421			6,768
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets		2,463			2,844
Total Current Assets		93,770			125,041
Fixed Assets, Net		23,747			24,251
Operating Right-of-use Assets		109			150
Other Assets		9,881			9,891
Total Assets	$	127,507		$	159,333
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	$	1,110		$	4,545
Accrued Liabilities		1,587			1,346
Dividend Payable		-			20,471
Operating Lease Liability		53			53
Income Taxes Payable		3,679			2,171
Total Current Liabilities		6,429			28,586
Long-term Operating Lease Liability		94			129
Non-current Income Taxes Payable		5,259			10,938
Deferred Income Taxes		1,897			1,995
Other Liabilities		1,843			1,751
Total Liabilities		15,522			43,399
Shareholders' Equity		111,985			115,934
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$	127,507		$	159,333
Additional information
Equity per Share	$	5.53		$	5.66

Comparative statements of operations (in thousands - unaudited):

	13 Weeks Ended															39 Weeks Ended
	November 26, 2023					November 27, 2022					August 27, 2023					November 26, 2023					November 27, 2022
Net Sales	$	11,639				$	13,867				$	12,481				$	39,671				$	40,525
Cost of Sales		8,470					9,423					8,402					27,590					27,903
Gross Profit		3,169					4,444					4,079					12,081					12,622
% of net sales		27.2	%				32.0	%				32.7	%				30.5	%				31.1	%
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses		1,804					1,523					1,853					6,272					4,888
% of net sales		15.5	%				11.0	%				14.8	%				15.8	%				12.1	%
Earnings from Operations		1,365					2,921					2,226					5,809					7,734
Interest and Other Income:
Interest Income		261					299					139					724					653
Earnings from Operations before Income Taxes		1,626					3,220					2,365					6,533					8,387
Income Tax Provision		423					990					619					1,730					2,362
Net Earnings	$	1,203				$	2,230				$	1,746				$	4,803				$	6,025
% of net sales		10.3	%				16.1	%				14.0	%				12.1	%				14.9	%

Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures (in thousands - unaudited):

	13 Weeks Ended November 26, 2023													13 Weeks Ended November 27, 2022													13 Weeks Ended August 27, 2023
	GAAP				Special Items				Before Special Items					GAAP				Special Items				Before Special Items					GAAP				Special Items			Before Special Items
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses	$	1,804			$	-			$	1,804				$	1,523			$	-			$	1,523				$	1,853			$	-		$	1,853
% of net sales		15.5	%							15.5	%				11.0	%							11.0	%				14.8	%						14.8	%
Earnings from Operations		1,365				-				1,365					2,921				-				2,921					2,226				-			2,226
% of net sales		11.7	%							11.7	%				21.1	%							21.1	%				17.8	%						17.8	%
Interest Income		261				-				261					299				-				299					139				-			139
% of net sales		2.2	%							2.2	%				2.2	%							2.2	%				1.1	%						1.1	%
Earnings before Income Taxes		1,626				-				1,626					3,220				-				3,220					2,365				-			2,365
% of net sales		14.0	%							14.0	%				23.2	%							23.2	%				18.9	%						18.9	%
Income Tax Provision		423				-				423					990				(153	)			837					619				-			619
Effective Tax Rate		26.0	%							26.0	%				30.7	%							26.0	%				26.2	%						26.2	%
Net Earnings		1,203				-				1,203					2,230				153				2,383					1,746				-			1,746
% of net sales		10.3	%							10.3	%				16.1	%							17.2	%				14.0	%						14.0	%
Net Earnings Before Special Items										1,203													2,383												1,746
Addback non-cash expenses:
Income Tax Provision										423													837												619
Interest Income										(261	)												(299	)											(139	)
Depreciation										340													305												339
Stock Option Expense										103													95												104
Adjusted EBITDA										1,808													3,321												2,669

Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures - continued (in thousands - unaudited):

	39 Weeks Ended November 26, 2023													39 Weeks Ended November 27, 2022
	GAAP				Special Items				Before Special Items					GAAP				Special Items				Before Special Items
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses	$	6,272			$	(679	)		$	5,593				$	4,888			$	-			$	4,888
% of net sales		15.8	%							14.1	%				12.1	%							12.1	%
Earnings from Operations		5,809				679				6,488					7,734				-				7,734
% of net sales		14.6	%							16.4	%				19.1	%							19.1	%
Interest Income		724				65				789					653				-				653
% of net sales		1.8	%							2.0	%				1.6	%							1.6	%
Earnings before Income Taxes		6,533				744				7,277					8,387				-				8,387
% of net sales		16.5	%							18.3	%				20.7	%							20.7	%
Income Tax Provision		1,730				191				1,921					2,362				(153	)			2,209
Effective Tax Rate		26.5	%							26.4	%				28.2	%							26.3	%
Net Earnings		4,803				553				5,356					6,025				153				6,178
% of net sales		12.1	%							13.5	%				14.9	%							15.2	%
Net Earnings Before Special Items										5,356													6,178
Addback non-cash expenses:
Income Tax Provision										1,921													2,209
Interest Income										(789	)												(653	)
Depreciation										984													826
Stock Option Expense										316													274
Adjusted EBITDA										7,788													8,834

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