Apogee Enterprises Reports Fiscal 2022 Third Quarter Results

• Third-quarter revenue grows 6.6 percent, to $334 million

• Third-quarter earnings of $0.44 per diluted share, which includes $6.4 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment costs

• Adjusted earnings of $0.63 per diluted share

• Continued strong cash flow, with $86 million of cash from operations year to date

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG) today announced its fiscal 2022 third-quarter results. Third-quarter revenue grew 6.6 percent to $334.2 million, compared to $313.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, led by growth in Architectural Services and Architectural Framing Systems. Third quarter earnings were $0.44 per diluted share, which included $3.4 million of pre-tax costs related to previously announced restructuring actions and $3.0 million of pre-tax costs for the impairment of a minority equity investment. This compares to earnings of $1.42 per diluted share in last year’s third quarter, which included a pre-tax gain of $19.3 million on the sale of a building and $1.4 million of pre-tax costs related to COVID. Adjusted earnings in the third quarter were $0.63 per diluted share, compared to $0.90 in the third quarter of fiscal 2021.1

Commentary
“As we outlined in our recent investor day, we are shifting Apogee’s focus to become the economic leader in our target markets, while building the operating model and capabilities needed to enable profitable growth,” said Ty R. Silberhorn, Chief Executive Officer. “During the third quarter, we drove further progress on our new strategic plan. We continued to execute the restructuring and cost reduction actions we announced in August, made progress implementing our enterprise transformation initiatives, and relaunched our Lean and continuous improvement program. In the coming quarters, we expect to continue our strategic pivot, positioning Apogee for improved operating performance.”

Mr. Silberhorn continued, “While we are still early into our transformation journey, these efforts are beginning to be reflected in our financial results. Earnings this quarter improved sequentially compared to the second quarter, with encouraging progress on both revenue growth and margin expansion. We also continued to generate strong cash flow, further improving the company’s financial position. I am proud of our team for delivering these results despite continued cost inflation and supply chain challenges.”

Segment Results

Architectural Framing Systems
Architectural Framing Systems revenue grew 11 percent, to $151.7 million, from $136.7 million in the prior-year period, primarily driven by flow-through from pricing actions taken to offset inflation. Third-quarter operating income increased to $10.7 million, up from $7.2 million in last year’s third quarter, primarily driven by improved pricing and the benefits from restructuring actions, which offset the impact of cost inflation. Segment backlog increased to $419 million, compared to $406 million at the end of the second quarter.

Architectural Glass
Architectural Glass revenue in the third quarter was $74.3 million, compared to $84.8 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily reflecting lower volume, partially offset by an improved sales mix. Architectural Glass had a third-quarter operating loss of $(1.3) million, which included $3.5 million of restructuring costs. Excluding these costs, third-quarter adjusted operating income2 was $2.2 million, compared to $10.8 million in last year’s third quarter. Architectural Glass’ results in last year’s third quarter included $7.4 million of operating income related to a New Markets Tax Credit transaction.

Architectural Services
Architectural Services revenue grew 20 percent to $92.0 million, up from $76.7 million in the prior-year quarter, driven by increased volume from executing projects in backlog. Third-quarter operating income increased to $9.2 million, compared to $8.6 million in the prior-year period, primarily reflecting the increased volume, partially offset by a less favorable project mix. Segment backlog of $572 million was unchanged from the end of the second quarter.

Large-Scale Optical
Large-Scale Optical revenue grew 8 percent to $27.4 million, up from $25.3 million in the third quarter last year, primarily driven by a more favorable sales mix. Operating income was $6.0 million, compared to $26.1 million in last year’s third quarter. Last year’s third quarter included a $19.3 million gain on the sale of a building. Third-quarter adjusted operating income2 was $6.0 million, compared to $6.8 million in the prior-year period, primarily reflecting short-term costs for expedited freight, partially offset by the more favorable sales mix.

Corporate and Other
Corporate and other costs in the third quarter increased to $6.9 million, up from $3.0 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily due to increased health care costs. Corporate and other costs in last year’s third quarter included $1.4 million of COVID-related costs.

Financial Condition
Fiscal year to date, net cash provided by operating activities was $86.3 million, compared to $120.5 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021. Cash flow in the prior-year period benefited from reduced working capital and temporary actions related to COVID. Capital expenditures through the first nine months of the fiscal year were $13.1 million, down from $17.1 million in the same period last year, as the company slowed some investments while it conducted its strategic review. In the third quarter, the company repurchased 165,851 shares of stock for $6.7 million. Fiscal year to date, the company has returned $44.2 million of cash to shareholders through share repurchases and dividend payments, up from $35.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021.

Quarter-end total debt was $163 million, compared to $168 million at the end of last year’s third quarter. Cash and cash equivalents were $78.3 million, compared to $55.4 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2021.

Restructuring
On August 11, 2021, the company announced plans to realign and simplify its business structure. During the third quarter, the company incurred an additional $3.4 million of pre-tax restructuring charges related to this announcement, bringing the year-to-date total to $24.2 million. In the third quarter, $3.6 million of restructuring costs were included in cost of sales and $(0.2) million were included in selling, general and administrative expenses, for the reversal of previously accrued severance. The company anticipates $2 million to $3 million of additional pre-tax restructuring costs in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022.

Outlook
The company is narrowing its guidance for full-year adjusted earnings to a range of $2.25 to $2.40 per diluted share, from the previous range of $2.20 to $2.40. This guidance excludes the impact of restructuring and impairment costs. The company expects to record a pre-tax gain of approximately $19 million in the fourth quarter, related to the previously announced sale of its Architectural Glass facility in Statesboro, Georgia. The company intends to exclude this gain from its adjusted earnings results. The company continues to expect a long-term average tax rate of approximately 24.5 percent and now expects full-year capital expenditures of approximately $25 million, down from the previous estimate of approximately $35 million, as the company has slowed some investments while it conducted its strategic review.

Conference Call Information
The company will host a conference call today at 8:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss its financial results and provide a business update. This call will be webcast and is available in the Investor Relations section of the company’s website, along with presentation slides, at https://www.apog.com/events-and-presentations. The webcast also will be archived for replay on the company’s website.

About Apogee Enterprises
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG) delivers distinctive solutions for enclosing commercial buildings and framing art. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, we are a leader in architectural products and services, providing architectural glass, aluminum framing systems and installation services for buildings, as well as value-added glass and acrylic for custom picture framing and displays. For more information, visit www.apog.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release and other financial communications may contain the following non-GAAP measures:

• Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share (“adjusted earnings per share” or “adjusted EPS”) are used by the company to provide meaningful supplemental information about its operating performance by excluding amounts that are not considered part of core operating results to enhance comparability of results from period to period. Examples of items excluded to arrive at this adjusted measure in recent reporting periods include: impairment charges, restructuring costs, acquired project-related charges, proceeds from significant asset sales, and COVID-19 related expenditures.

• Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, minus capital expenditures. The company considers this measure an indication of its financial strength. However, free cash flow does not fully reflect the company’s ability to freely deploy generated cash, as it does not reflect, for example, required payments on indebtedness and other fixed obligations.

• Net Debt is a non-GAAP measure defined as the sum of long-term and current debt on our consolidated balance sheet, less cash and cash equivalents. The company considers this measure helpful to evaluate our capital structure and financial leverage, and our ability to fund investing and financing activities.

• Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and certain non-cash, non-recurring and other adjustment items. We believe this metric provides useful information to investors and analysts about the Company's performance because it eliminates the effects of certain items that are unusual in nature or whose fluctuation from period to period do not necessarily correspond to changes in the operations of the company.

Another non-GAAP operational measure that management uses is backlog. Backlog represents the dollar amount of signed contracts or firm orders, generally as a result of a competitive bidding process, which is expected to be recognized as revenue. Backlog is not a term defined under U.S. GAAP and is not a measure of contract profitability. Backlog should not be used as the sole indicator of future segment revenue because we have a substantial number of projects with short lead times that book-and-bill within the same reporting period and are not included in backlog.

Management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate the company’s historical and prospective financial performance, measure operational profitability on a consistent basis, and provide enhanced transparency to the investment community. These non-GAAP measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the reported financial results of the company prepared in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate these measures differently, limiting the usefulness of the measures for comparison with other companies.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements”. These statements reflect Apogee management’s expectations or beliefs as of the date of this release. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified by factors that may affect the results, performance, financial condition, prospects and opportunities of the company , including the following: (A) uncertainty regarding the potential impacts and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; (B) global economic conditions and the cyclical nature of the North American and Latin American commercial construction industries, which impact our three architectural segments, and consumer confidence and the condition of the U.S. economy, which impact our large-scale optical segment; (C) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (D) actions of new and existing competitors; (E) ability to effectively utilize and increase production capacity; (F) departure of key personnel and ability to source sufficient labor; (G) product performance, reliability and quality issues; (H) project management and installation issues that could affect the profitability of individual contracts; (I) changes in consumer and customer preference, or architectural trends and building codes; (J) dependence on a relatively small number of customers in certain business segments; (K) revenue and operating results that could differ from market expectations; (L) self-insurance risk related to a material product liability or other event for which the company is liable; (M) dependence on information technology systems and information security threats; (N) cost of compliance with and changes in environmental regulations; (O) fluctuations in the availability and cost of materials used in our products and the impact of trade; (P) integration of recent acquisitions and management of acquired contracts; (Q) impairment of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets; (R) our ability to execute our strategy to become the economic leader in our target markets and build an operating model to enable profitable growth; (S) increases in costs related to employee health care benefits; and (T) risks that anticipated results from business restructuring initiatives will not be achieved, implementation of cost-saving and business restructuring initiatives may take more time or cost more than expected, the anticipated cost savings may be materially less than anticipated, and the restructuring may result in disruption in delivery of services to our customers. The company cautions investors that actual future results could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, and that other factors may in the future prove to be important in affecting the company’s results, performance, prospects, or opportunities. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or a combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. More information concerning potential factors that could affect future financial results is included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2021 and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

1 Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Use and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures later in this press release for more information and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

2 Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure. See Use and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures later in this press release for more information and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

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