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FutureFuel Releases Second Quarter and Six-Month 2018 Results

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FutureFuel Second Quarter Net Income of $6.1 Million

Reports Net Income of $6.1 Million or $0.14 per Diluted Share, and Adjusted EBITDA of $11.7 Million

CLAYTON, Mo., Aug. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) (“FutureFuel”), a manufacturer of custom and performance chemicals and biofuels, today announced financial results for the second quarter and the six months ended June 30, 2018.

Second Quarter 2018 Financial Highlights (all comparisons are with the second quarter of 2017)

  • Revenues were $88.3 million, up 29.8% from $68.0 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $11.7 million, up 461.2% from $2.1 million
  • Net income increased to $6.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, from $.8 million, or $0.02 per diluted share.

Six Month 2018 Financial Highlights (all comparisons are with the first half of 2017)

  • Revenues were $144.1 million, up 17.9% from $122.2 million
  • EBITDA was $49.3 million, up 544.1% from $7.6 million
  • Net income increased to $41.9 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, from $4.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share.

“Our second quarter performance showed continued growth in both the Energy and Agrochemical sectors. Our investment and focus on reliability improvements paid dividends, as we were able to step up and meet our customers’ strong demand. We also enjoyed excellent operational performance in our Biodiesel segment. However, this market continues to be unsettled by regulatory issues with the absence of the Blenders’ Tax Credit and uncertainty over the Small Refinery Exemption eligibility weighing heavily on margins,” said Tom McKinlay, Chief Operating Officer for FutureFuel Corp.

2018 Regular Cash Dividends

FutureFuel paid a normal quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share in the second quarter of 2018.  The remaining quarterly dividends of $0.06 per share will be paid in September and December.

Financial Overview and Key Operating Metrics

Financial and operating metrics, which include non-GAAP financial measures, include dollars in thousands, except per share amounts:

FutureFuel Corp.
Certain Financial and Operating Metrics
(Unaudited)

   
  Three months ended June 30,
          Dollar   %
  2018   2017   Change   Change
Revenues $ 88,336   $ 68,048     $ 20,288     29.8 %
Income from operations $ 5,840   $ (626 )   $ 6,466     1,032.9 %
Net income $ 6,051   $ 834     $ 5,217     625.5 %
Earnings per common share:              
Basic $ 0.14   $ 0.02     $ 0.12     600.0 %
Diluted $ 0.14   $ 0.02     $ 0.12     600.0 %
Capital expenditures and intangibles (net of customer reimbursements and regulatory grants) $ 536   $ 715     $ (179 )   (25.0 %)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 11,667   $ 2,079     $ 9,588     461.3 %
               
  Six months ended June 30,
          Dollar   %
  2018   2017   Change   Change
Revenues $ 144,083   $ 122,159     $ 21,924     17.9 %
Income from operations $ 40,407   $ 2,849     $ 37,558     1,318.3 %
Net income $ 41,877   $ 4,230     $ 37,647     890.0 %
Earnings per common share:              
Basic $ 0.96   $ 0.10     $ 0.86     860.0 %
Diluted $ 0.96   $ 0.10     $ 0.86     860.0 %
Capital expenditures and intangibles (net of customer reimbursements and regulatory grants) $ 897   $ 1,557     $ (660 )   (42.4 %)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 49,264   $ 7,648     $ 41,616     544.1 %
                           

Financial and Business Summary

Consolidated sales revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 increased $20,288 and $21,924, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. The three-month period increased $8,111 from higher chemical sales volumes from strong demand in the agrochemical and energy markets; $6,628 from stronger biodiesel sales volumes, and $5,484 from higher biofuel sales prices.  The six-month period increased $9,472 from higher chemical sales volumes, $1,428 from higher chemical sales prices primarily from the adoption of ASC 606, and in part from higher prices indexed to raw materials.  Also benefiting sales revenue for the six-month period was stronger biodiesel sales volumes of $11,870 which was net of the retroactive reinstatement of the 2017 Blenders’ Tax Credit (BTC) passed into law on February 9, 2018, presented as a price effect.
   
Gross profit in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 increased $6,473 and $37,850 compared to the three months and six months ended June 30, 2017. The three-month increase was driven by higher volumes in the agrochemical and energy markets and stronger margins on higher volumes in the biofuel segment.  The six-month increase was primarily from the biofuel segment as the result of the BTC which expired on December 31, 2016 and was retroactively reinstated for 2017 (but, not beyond 2017) on February 9, 2018 resulting in the benefit being recognized in 2018. Also benefiting gross profit was increased sales volumes in both the chemicals and biofuels segments. 

Gross profit was favorably impacted in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to the prior year period, by the adjustment in the carrying value of our inventory as determined utilizing the LIFO method of inventory accounting.  The change in this adjustment increased gross profit $943 and $3,150 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.  This change in LIFO resulted in a lower of cost or market adjustment of $957 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and no such adjustment was necessary in the three months ended June 30, 2018.  Please see Note 3 for additional discussion.

Gross profit was negatively impacted by the change in the unrealized and realized activity in derivative instruments with a loss of $3,109 and $3,271 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to a gain of $524 and $1,803, in the prior year period. 

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures and intangibles were $1,103 in the first six months of 2018, compared with $1,686 in the same period in 2017. FutureFuel was reimbursed for a portion of these expenditures by certain customers as summarized in the following table.

   
  Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017
Cash paid for capital expenditures and intangibles $ 1,103     $ 1,686  
Cash received as reimbursement of capital expenditures $ (206 )   $ (129 )
Cash paid, net of reimbursement, for capital expenditures $ 897     $ 1,557  
               

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $291,485 as of June 30, 2018, compared with $235,326 as of December 31, 2017.

About FutureFuel

FutureFuel is a leading manufacturer of diversified chemical products, specialty chemical products, and biofuel products. In its chemicals business, FutureFuel manufactures specialty chemicals for specific customers (“custom chemicals”) as well as multi-customer specialty chemicals (“performance chemicals”). FutureFuel’s custom chemicals product portfolio includes a bleach activator for a major detergent manufacturer, proprietary herbicide and intermediates for major life sciences companies, and chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors for a major chemical company. FutureFuel’s performance chemicals product portfolio includes polymer (nylon) modifiers and several small-volume specialty chemicals for diverse applications. FutureFuel’s biofuels segment primarily produces and sells biodiesel to its customers. Please visit www.futurefuelcorporation.com for more information.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements deal with FutureFuel’s current plans, intentions, beliefs, and expectations, and statements of future economic performance. Statements containing such terms as “believe,” “do not believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” and other phrases of similar meaning are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time FutureFuel or its representatives have made or will make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements may be included in various filings that the company makes with United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in press releases, or in oral statements made by or with the approval of one of FutureFuel’s authorized executive officers.

These forward-looking statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in FutureFuel’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2017 and in its future filings made with the SEC. An investor should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained in this document, which reflect FutureFuel management’s opinions only as of their respective dates. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revisions to forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties described in this document and in current and future filings with the SEC are not the only ones faced by FutureFuel. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the company to predict which will arise. There may be additional risks not presently known to the company or that the company currently believes are immaterial to its business. In addition, FutureFuel cannot assess the impact of each factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. If any such risks occur, FutureFuel’s business, operating results, liquidity, and financial condition could be materially affected in an adverse manner. An investor should consult any additional disclosures FutureFuel has made or will make in its reports to the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, and any amendments thereto. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to FutureFuel or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this document.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, FutureFuel used adjusted EBITDA as a key operating metric to measure both performance and liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA is not a substitute for operating income, net income, or cash flow from operating activities (each as determined in accordance with GAAP), as a measure of performance or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of results as reported under GAAP. FutureFuel defines adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses, excluding, when applicable, non-cash share-based compensation expense, public offering expenses, acquisition-related transaction costs, purchase accounting adjustments, loss on disposal of property and equipment, gains or losses on derivative instruments, other non-operating income or expense. Information relating to adjusted EBITDA is provided so that investors have the same data that management employs in assessing the overall operation and liquidity of FutureFuel’s business. FutureFuel’s calculation of adjusted EBITDA may be different from similarly titled measures used by other companies; therefore, the results of its calculation are not necessarily comparable to the results of other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA allows FutureFuel’s chief operating decision makers to assess the performance and liquidity of FutureFuel’s business on a consolidated basis to assess the ability of its operating segments to produce operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, to fund capital expenditures, and to pay dividends. In particular, FutureFuel management believes that adjusted EBITDA permits a comparative assessment of FutureFuel’s operating performance and liquidity, relative to a performance and liquidity based on GAAP results, while isolating the effects of depreciation and amortization, which may vary among its operating segments without any correlation to their underlying operating performance, and of non-cash stock-based compensation expense, which is a non-cash expense that varies widely among similar companies, and gains and losses on derivative instruments, whose immediate recognition can cause net income to be volatile from quarter to quarter due to the timing of the valuation change in the derivative instruments relative to the sale of  biofuel.

A table included in this earnings release reconciles adjusted EBITDA with net income, the most directly comparable GAAP performance financial measure, and a table reconciles adjusted EBITDA with cash flows from operations, the most directly comparable GAAP liquidity financial measure.

 FutureFuel Corp. 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 
(Dollars in thousands)

       
  (Unaudited)    
  June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017
Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 199,921   $ 114,627
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for bad debt of $0 and $0, at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively   22,566     22,138
Inventory   47,521     43,754
Marketable securities   91,564     120,699
Other current assets   5,380     9,140
Total current assets   366,952     310,358
Property, plant and equipment, net   105,098     109,735
Other assets   5,361     5,470
Total noncurrent assets   110,459     115,205
Total Assets $ 477,411   $ 425,563
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity      
Accounts payable $ 35,493   $ 19,579
Dividends payable   5,250     10,498
Other current liabilities   12,744     5,204
Total current liabilities   53,487     35,281
Deferred revenue – long-term   17,142     16,522
Other noncurrent liabilities   18,289     22,164
Total noncurrent liabilities   35,431     38,686
  Total liabilities   88,918     73,967
Commitments and contingencies:      
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding   -     -
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 43,742,677 and 43,741,670, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively   4     4
Accumulated other comprehensive income   145     8,433
Additional paid in capital   282,178     281,964
Retained earnings   106,166     61,195
Total Stockholders’ Equity   388,493     351,596
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $ 477,411   $ 425,563
           

FutureFuel Corp. 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations  
and Comprehensive Income 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 
(Unaudited)

       
  Three months ended June 30,   Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017   2018   2017
Revenue $ 88,336     $ 68,048     $ 144,083     $ 122,159  
Cost of goods sold and distribution   80,065       66,250       98,305       114,231  
Gross profit   8,271       1,798       45,778       7,928  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses   1,647       1,579       3,405       3,479  
Research and development expenses   784       845       1,966       1,600  
    2,431       2,424       5,371       5,079  
Income/(loss) from operations   5,840       (626 )     40,407       2,849  
Other income, net   2,214       1,508       (206 )     3,026  
Income before income taxes   8,054       882       40,201       5,875  
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes   2,003       48       (1,676 )     1,645  
Net income $ 6,051     $ 834     $ 41,877     $ 4,230  
               
Earnings per common share              
Basic $ 0.14     $ 0.02     $ 0.96     $ 0.10  
Diluted $ 0.14     $ 0.02     $ 0.96     $ 0.10  
Weighted average shares outstanding              
Basic   43,716,726       43,665,171       43,716,698       43,641,038  
Diluted   43,720,942       43,675,688       43,721,568       43,649,400  
               
Comprehensive Income              
Net income $ 6,051     $ 834     $ 41,877     $ 4,230  
Other comprehensive income from unrealized              
net gain on available-for-sale securities   55       3,210       (19 )     6,096  
Income tax effect   (12 )     (1,126 )     4       (2,137 )
Total unrealized gain/(loss), net of tax   43       2,084       (15 )     3,959  
Comprehensive income $ 6,094     $ 2,918     $ 41,862     $ 8,189  
                               

FutureFuel Corp. 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited)

   
  Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017
Cash flows provided by operating activities      
Net income $ 41,877     $ 4,230  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation   5,512       5,808  
Amortization of deferred financing costs   72       72  
Benefit for deferred income taxes   (3,885 )     (1,763 )
Change in fair value of equity securities   6,412       -  
Change in fair value of derivative instruments   (1,559 )     318  
Other than temporary impairment of marketable securities   -       177  
Impairment of fixed assets   171       9  
Gain on the sale of investments   (2,324 )     392  
Stock based compensation   214       750  
Losses on disposals of fixed assets   37       77  
Noncash interest expense   14       13  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable   (417 )     5,613  
Accounts receivable – related parties   (11 )     (2,573 )
Inventory   (3,767 )     15,204  
Income tax receivable   3,456       4,262  
Prepaid expenses   706       626  
Prepaid expenses – related parties   -       (7 )
Accrued interest on marketable securities   (82 )     (11 )
Other assets   39       19  
Accounts payable   16,316       (5,150 )
Accounts payable – related parties   (402 )     525  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   4,584       1,370  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities – related parties   -       (142 )
Deferred revenue   (1,603 )     (1,972 )
Other noncurrent liabilities   -       112  
Net cash provided by operating activities   65,360       27,959  
Cash flows from investing activities      
Collateralization of derivative instruments   1,237       (34 )
Purchase of marketable securities   (10,690 )     (19,322 )
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities   35,718       10,268  
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets   20       -  
Capital expenditures   (1,103 )     (1,686 )
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities   25,182       (10,774 )
Cash flows from financing activities      
Minimum tax withholding on stock options exercised and awards vested   -       (8 )
Excess tax benefits associated with stock options and awards   -       (1 )
Payment of dividends   (5,248 )     (105,438 )
Net cash used in financing activities   (5,248 )     (105,447 )
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   85,294       (88,262 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   114,627       199,272  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 199,921     $ 111,010  
       
Cash paid for interest $ -     $ -  
Cash paid for income taxes $ 759     $ 55  
               

FutureFuel Corp. 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure to Financial Measure 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited)

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income

       
  Three months ended June 30,   Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017   2018   2017
Adjusted EBITDA $ 11,667     $ 2,079     $ 49,264     $ 7,648  
Depreciation   (2,756 )     (2,912 )     (5,512 )     (5,808 )
Non-cash stock-based compensation   (107 )     (273 )     (214 )     (750 )
Interest and dividend income   2,153       1,991       4,145       3,714  
Non-cash interest expense   (43 )     (43 )     (86 )     (86 )
Losses on disposal of property and equipment   (32 )     (46 )     (37 )     (77 )
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments   (3,109 )     524       (3,271 )     1,803  
Gains/(losses) on marketable securities   281       (438 )     (4,088 )     (569 )
Income tax (provision)/benefit   (2,003 )     (48 )     1,676       (1,645 )
Net income $ 6,051     $ 834     $ 41,877     $ 4,230  
                               

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

   
  Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017
Adjusted EBITDA $ 49,264     $ 7,648  
Benefit for deferred income taxes   (3,885 )     (1,763 )
Impairment of fixed assets   171       9  
Interest and dividend income   4,145       3,714  
Income tax benefit/(expense)   1,676       (1,645 )
(Losses)/gains on derivative instruments   (3,271 )     1,803  
Change in fair value of derivative instruments   (1,559 )     318  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net   18,819       17,876  
Other   -       (1 )
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 65,360     $ 27,959  
               

FutureFuel Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Segment Income
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

     
  Three months ended June 30,
  Six months ended June 30,
  2018   2017   2018   2017
Revenue              
Custom chemicals $ 27,072     $ 19,644     $ 50,492     $ 41,596  
Performance chemicals   4,455       3,707       10,116       8,112  
Chemicals revenue $ 31,527     $ 23,351     $ 60,608     $ 49,708  
Biofuels revenue   56,809       44,697       83,475       72,451  
Total Revenue $ 88,336     $ 68,048     $ 144,083     $ 122,159  
               
Segment gross profit              
Chemicals $ 8,016     $ 5,332     $ 15,572     $ 12,341  
Biofuels   255       (3,534 )     30,206       (4,413 )
Total gross profit   8,271       1,798       45,778       7,928  
Corporate expenses   (2,431 )     (2,424 )     (5,371 )     (5,079 )
Income/(loss) before interest and taxes   5,840       (626 )     40,407       2,849  
Interest and other income   2,434       1,991       4,145       3,714  
Interest and other expense   (220 )     (483 )     (4,351 )     (688 )
(Provision)/benefit for income taxes   (2,003 )     (48 )     1,676       (1,645 )
Net income $ 6,051     $ 834     $ 41,877     $ 4,230  
                               

Depreciation is allocated to segment costs of goods sold based on plant usage. The total assets and capital expenditures of FutureFuel have not been allocated to individual segments as large portions of these assets are shared to varying degrees by each segment, causing such an allocation to be of little value.

COMPANY CONTACT
FutureFuel Corp.
Tom McKinlay
(314) 854-8352
www.futurefuelcorporation.com

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