TechPrecision Corporation Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results

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WESTMINSTER, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 14, 2023 / TechPrecision Corporation (OTCQB:TPCS) ("TechPrecision" or "the Company"), an industry-leading manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and tested systems with customers in the defense and precision industrial sectors, today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 ended December 31, 2022.

"Third quarter consolidated net sales were $8.3 million or 28% higher when compared to $6.5 million in same quarter a year ago," stated Alexander Shen, TechPrecision's Chief Executive Officer. "Our Ranor segment reported a strong third quarter with net sales of $4.7 million and gross profit of $1.7 million. Our third quarter net sales included $3.6 million from our Stadco subsidiary. Gross profit and gross margin also significantly improved year-over-year for both the quarter and year-to-date periods."

"We continue to make progress rebuilding Stadco manufacturing and throughput," Mr. Shen continued. "We will continue at Stadco to focus on shepherding cash, rebuilding customer and supplier relationships, establishing operational discipline, improving gross margins, and growing the backlog. Total backlog remained strong at $43.9 million as of December 31, 2022. We expect to deliver that backlog over the course of the next one to three fiscal years with revenue growth and gross margin expansion."

As to our applications to uplist to NASDAQ and for the reverse split, both have been filed and are pending with the appropriate entities, although there can be no assurance that our listing application with NASDAQ and our authorization to effect the reverse stock split will be approved by the appropriate entities in a timely manner or at all.

The following summary compares the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 to the same prior year periods:

Fiscal 2023 Third Quarter Consolidated Financial Results

  • Net sales were $8.3 million, an increase of 28%, due to strong revenue growth at Ranor.

  • Cost of sales were $6.8 million, or 13% higher, due primarily to increased net sales at Ranor and higher unabsorbed overhead at Stadco.

  • Gross profit was $1.5 million, or $1.0 million higher when compared to the same quarter last year. Gross margin percentage was higher primarily due to a profitable project mix and strong throughput at Ranor.

  • SG&A was $1.2 million, a year-over-year decrease of $0.4 million. Prior period SG&A included one-time costs for legal, accounting, and other outside advisory services related to the Stadco acquisition.

  • Operating income was $0.3 million, compared to operating loss of $1.1 million in the same quarter a year ago.

Fiscal 2023 Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022 Consolidated Financial Results

  • Net sales were $23.9 million, an increase of $9.2 million or 63% when compared to the same nine-month period in the prior year. A profitable project mix of repeat business at Ranor plus twenty-one weeks of additional activity at Stadco were the drivers behind the revenue growth.

  • Cost of sales were $19.9 million, or 59% higher, due to the increase in net sales for both Ranor and Stadco.

  • Gross profit was $4.1 million, or 81% higher when compared to the same period last year. Gross margin percentage was higher because of a profitable production mix and better operating throughput.

  • SG&A was $4.4 million, an increase of $0.9 million, primarily due to the added Stadco SG&A. The same period a year ago only included eighteen weeks of business activity at Stadco.

  • Operating loss was $0.4 million, compared to operating loss of $1.3 million in the same period a year ago.

Financial Position

On December 31, 2022, TechPrecision had $0.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, a decrease since March 31, 2021. Working capital was $7.2 million at December 31, 2022 compared to $2.8 million at March 31, 2021 as we extended the Ranor term loan for an additional five years in December and converted a significant current liability to long-term. Total debt at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022 was $7.1 million and $7.4 million, respectively. In December 2022, our revolver loan was renewed for one year.

About TechPrecision Corporation

TechPrecision Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ranor, Inc. and Stadco, manufactures large-scale, metal fabricated and machined precision components and equipment. These products are used in a variety of markets including: defense, aerospace, nuclear, industrial, and medical. TechPrecision's goal is to be an end-to-end service provider to its customers by furnishing customized solutions for completed products requiring custom fabrication and machining, assembly, inspection and testing. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.techprecision.com. Information on the Company's website or any other website does not constitute a part of this press release.

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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)


December 31,
2022

March 31,
2022

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

316,185

$

1,052,139

Accounts receivable

2,927,407

3,009,249

Contract assets

9,356,242

8,350,231

Raw materials

1,271,558

874,538

Work-in-process

1,020,566

1,360,137

Other current assets

986,024

1,421,459

Total current assets

15,877,982

16,067,753

Property, plant and equipment, net

12,640,077

13,153,165

Right of use asset, net

6,043,056

6,383,615

Deferred income taxes

2,117,985

2,126,770

Other noncurrent assets, net

726,456

121,256

Total assets

$

37,405,556

$

37,852,559

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

1,489,972

$

3,426,921

Accrued expenses

2,443,285

3,435,866

Contract liabilities

1,905,262

1,765,319

Current portion of long-term lease liability

727,803

593,808

Current portion of long-term debt

2,069,859

4,093,079

Total current liabilities

8,636,181

13,314,993

Long-term debt, net

4,863,602

3,114,936

Long-term lease liability

5,481,895

5,853,791

Other noncurrent liabilities

2,828,737

305,071

Total liabilities

21,810,415

22,588,791

Commitments and contingencies - see Note 15

Stockholders' Equity:

Common stock - par value $.0001 per share, 90,000,000 shares authorized, shares

issued and outstanding: December 31, 2022 - 34,443,959; March 31, 2022 - 34,307,450

3,444

3,430

Additional paid in capital

14,945,376

14,637,771

Retained earnings

646,321

622,567

Total stockholders' equity

15,595,141

15,263,768

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

37,405,556

$

37,852,559

TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended
December 31,

Nine Months Ended
December 31,


2022

2021

2022

2021

Net sales

$

8,327,345

$

6,511,325

$

23,926,349

$

14,720,964

Cost of sales

6,828,458

6,033,267

19,870,572

12,479,531

Gross profit

1,498,887

478,058

4,055,777

2,241,433

Selling, general and administrative

1,224,572

1,623,883

4,426,894

3,530,179

Income (loss) from operations

274,315

(1,145,825

)

(371,117

)

(1,288,746

)

Other income

254

1,999

40,590

13,390

Interest expense

(93,603

)

(94,721

)

(260,978

)

(181,494

)

PPP loan forgiveness

--

--

--

1,317,100

Refundable employee retention tax credits

--

--

624,045

--

Total other (expense) income

(93,349

)

(92,722

)

403,657

1,148,996

Income (loss) before income taxes

180,966

(1,238,547

)

32,540

(139,750

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

46,991

(333,867

)

8,786

(385,749

)

Net income (loss)

$

133,975

$

(904,680

)

$

23,754

$

245,999

Other comprehensive loss:

Foreign currency translation adjustments

$

--

$

(810

)

$

--

$

(1,909

)

Other comprehensive loss

$

--

$

(810

)

$

--

$

(1,909

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

$

133,975

$

(905,490

)

$

23,754

$

244,090

Net income (loss) per share basic

$

0.00

$

(0.03

)

$

0.00

$

0.01

Net income (loss) per share diluted

$

0.00

$

(0.03

)

$

0.00

$

0.01

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

34,443,959

34,286,580

34,363,352

31,716,353

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

36,134,709

34,286,580

36,039,468

33,395,123

TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
NET SALES, COST OF SALES, GROSS PROFIT BY SEGMENT
(unaudited)

Three Months ended
December 31, 2022

Three Months ended
December 31, 2021

Changes

(dollars in thousands)

Amount

Percent of net sales

Amount

Percent of net sales

Amount

Percent

Ranor

$

4,735

57

%

$

2,790

43

%

$

1,945

70

%

Stadco

3,592

43

%

3,721

57

%

(129

)

(3

)%

Net sales

$

8,327

100

%

$

6,511

100

%

$

1,816

28

%

Ranor

$

3,056

37

%

$

2,538

39

%

$

518

20

%

Stadco

3,773

45

%

3,495

54

%

278

8

%

Cost of sales

$

6,828

82

%

$

6,033

93

%

$

795

13

%

Ranor

$

1,680

20

%

$

199

3

%

$

1,481

744

%

Stadco

(181

)

(2

)%

279

4

%

(460

)

(165

)%

Gross profit

$

1,499

18

%

$

478

7

%

$

1,021

214

%

Nine Months ended
December 31, 2022

Nine Months ended
December 31, 2021

Changes

(dollars in thousands)

Amount

Percent of net sales

Amount

Percent of net sales

Amount

Percent

Ranor

$

14,395

60

%

$

9,741

66

%

$

4,654

48

%

Stadco

9,531

40

%

4,980

34

%

4,551

91

%

Net sales

$

23,926

100

%

$

14,721

100

%

$

9,205

63

%

Ranor

$

8,849

37

%

$

7,924

54

%

$

925

12

%

Stadco

11,022

46

%

4,556

31

%

6,466

142

%

Cost of sales

$

19,871

83

%

$

12,480

85

%

$

7,391

59

%

Ranor

$

5,546

23

%

$

1,764

12

%

$

3,782

214

%

Stadco

(1,491

)

(6

)%

477

3

%

(1,968

)

nm %

Gross profit

$

4,055

17

%

$

2,241

15

%

$

1,814

81

%

TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)

Nine Months Ended December 31,

2022

2021

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income

$

23,754

$

245,999

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

1,666,741

978,517

Amortization of debt issue costs

39,961

34,588

Stock based compensation expense

307,619

141,176

Change in contract loss provision

100,880

(66,232

Deferred income taxes

8,785

(386,413

PPP loan forgiveness

--

(1,317,100

)

Change in fair value for contingent consideration

63,436

--

Gain on sale of fixed asset

(468

)

--

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

81,842

(575,181

)

Contract assets

(1,006,010

)

(871,339

)

Work-in-process and raw materials

(57,450

)

477,936

Other current assets

435,435

215,334

Other noncurrent assets

--

(50,633

)

Accounts payable

(166,749

)

(611,045

)

Accrued expenses

(1,741,606

)

(1,282,269

)

Contract liabilities

139,944

1,418,010

Other noncurrent liabilities

974,737

--

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

870,851

(1,648,652

)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Business acquisition, net of cash acquired

--

(7,795,810

)

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

7,000

--

Fixed asset deposit

(605,200

)

--

Purchases of property, plant, and equipment

(663,033

)

(436,531

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(1,261,233

)

(8,232,341

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Proceeds from term loan

--

4,000,000

Closing costs related to common stock sale

--

(335,419

)

Proceeds from sale of common stock

--

3,523,000

Debt issue costs

(43,945

)

(116,511

)

Revolver loan payments and borrowings, net

187,998

1,978,221

Payments of principal for leases

(31,058

)

(493,015

)

Repayments of long-term debt

(458,567

)

(243,510

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(345,572

)

8,312,766

Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

--

(25

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(735,954

)

(1,568,252

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

1,052,139

2,130,711

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

316,185

$

562,459

TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income (Loss)

The following table provides a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income (loss), the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the following periods:

Three Months ended December 31,

Nine Months ended December 31,

(dollars in thousands)

2022

2021

Change

2022

2021

Change

Net income (loss)

$

134

$

(905

)

$

1,039

$

24

$

246

$

(222

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

47

(334

)

381

9

(386

)

395

Interest expense (1)

94

95

(1

)

261

181

80

Depreciation and amortization

550

463

87

1,667

979

688

EBITDA

$

825

$

(681

)

$

1,506

$

1,961

$

1,020

$

941

(1) Includes amortization of debt issue costs.

Company Contact:

Investor Relations Contact:

Mr. Thomas Sammons

Hayden IR

Chief Financial Officer

Brett Maas

TechPrecision Corporation

Phone: 646-536-7331

Phone: 978-883-5109

Email: brett@haydenir.com

Email: sammonst@ranor.com

Website: www.haydenir.com

Website: www.techprecision.com

SOURCE: TechPrecision Corp.



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