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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Bird Construction Inc T.BDT

Alternate Symbol(s):  BIRDF

Bird Construction Inc. is a Canadian construction and maintenance company operating from coast-to-coast-to-coast. The Company provides a range of construction services from new construction for industrial, infrastructure and institutional markets; to industrial maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) services, heavy civil construction and mine support services; as well as vertical... see more

TSX:BDT - Post Discussion

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Post by retiredcf on May 12, 2022 1:45pm

CIBC

EQUITY RESEARCH
May 11, 2022 Earnings Update
BIRD CONSTRUCTION INC.

Record Backlog Supports Positive Outlook  Q1/22 Review
Our Conclusion

We expect that record backlog, a healthy bidding pipeline, and increasing
cross-selling opportunities from the Stuart Olson and Dagmar acquisitions
(as evidenced from recent project awards) should result in strong high-single-
digit organic top-line growth for the balance of the year. While the ongoing
Ontario construction workers strike does pose a near-term risk to certain
BDT commercial construction projects, we believe potential disruptions
should be short-lived. The outlook remains solid and we maintain our
Outperformer rating, but we are trimming our 2023 estimates slightly to build
in some contingency for a potential economic slowdown. We lower our price
target from $13 to $12.

Key Points
Backlog Levels Grow Slightly To Hit New Record; Quarterly Book-to-bill
Remains Above 1x: BDT’s backlog grew to $3.03B, up +1% Q/Q and +16%
Y/Y. Pending backlog of $1.72B is up +6% Q/Q and +2% Y/Y. New awards
($507MM) exceeded revenue drawdown in Q1/22, with BDT’s quarterly
book-to-bill at 1.1x. Note that subsequent to Q1/21-end, BDT has announced
at least $220MM of further project awards (includes Kitchener GO expansion,
several industrial, and mining services project awards). Also, we understand
that BDT is one of three groups selected for the Master Construction
Contract by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (potential to bid on ~$1B of work
over a 10-year timeframe).

High-single-digit Revenue Growth Expected For Balance Of 2022:
Employee absenteeism and supply chain delays (particularly during the first
two months of the year) led to an over $50MM impact to revenues during
Q1/22. Going into Q2/22, these factors should not be as material, and
management expects high-single-digit growth for the balance of 2022 based
on the combined strength of BDT’s backlog and healthy project bidding
pipeline.

Ontario Workers Strike A Near-term Risk: On Monday, the Carpenter’s
District Council of Ontario and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America announced a strike, affecting more than 15,000 members. Recall,
Ontario represents ~20% of BDT’s revenue profile. To date, the strike has
not resulted in any project shutdowns for BDT, but rather has caused some
minor slowdowns.

We Expect Margins To Continue To Trend Higher On An Ex-CEWS
Basis: Excluding CEWS, Q1/22 adj. EBITDA margin improved to 3.8%,
~150bps higher Y/Y (Q1 is BDT’s seasonally slowest quarter). We expect
BDT to continue to benefit from higher-quality backlog, improving project
productivity with the easing of supply chain constraints, and more higher-
margin self-perform/industrial work, and see adj. EBITDA margin improving
to 4.8% in 2022E and 5.1% in 2023E vs. 4.0% (excluding CEWS) in 2021.
Comment by WanTBe1 on May 12, 2022 2:20pm
Thanks for all of that news, Give us hope for better days ahead.
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