CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CEMATRIX Corporation (TSXV: CVX) (OTCQB: CTXXF) ("CEMATRIX" or the "Company") a North American leading manufacturer and supplier of technologically advanced cellular concrete products announced the release of its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
“We are pleased to report to shareholders that our third quarter results reflect the highest quarterly revenue in the history of the Company,” stated Mr. Jeff Kendrick, President and CEO of CEMATRIX. “Our third quarter revenue was up 62% ($11.6M vs $7.1M) and our year-to-date revenue is up 32% ($20.7M vs 15.7M) compared to last year. The third quarter is traditionally our strongest quarter as the construction season in colder climates reaches its peak. Despite the cement supply chain issues currently being experienced in our industry in addition to other logistical challenges that affected our customer’s schedules we were still able to deliver record revenue. Nevertheless, even with the record revenue, we still experienced some project delays that extended some projects into the fourth quarter of this year setting us up for a very strong fourth quarter to finish the year.”
“Inflationary pressures across all facets of our business led to lower gross margins.In particular, cost increases in salaries, wages, logistics, consumables, cement and ready-mix pricing all contributed to lower gross margins” continued Mr. Kendrick. "Our sales teams continue to win projects as a result of our quality, innovation and competitiveness in our key markets. We continue to invest in sales resources and new equipment to expand geographically in markets that are close to our existing operations. We remain extremely confident that 2023 will be the best year in the history of the Company with the volume of work that we have contracted or in the process of being contracted for 2023,” concluded Mr. Kendrick.
The following are the business and financial highlights for the third quarter and year to date:
Business highlights for the Quarter:
- Announced $22.5 million in new contracts (August 3, 2022), which included the largest infrastructure project ever awarded in North America, a $20.3 million overpass backfill project in North Carolina
Financial highlights for the third quarter:
- Revenue was $11.6 million in Q3 2022 versus $7.1 million in Q3 2021
- Operating income was $0.3 million in Q3 2022 versus a $0.1 million loss in Q3 2021
- Adjusted EBITDA was $0.9 million in Q3 2022 versus $0.6 million in Q3 2021
- Cashflow from operations was negative $0.5 million in Q3 2022 versus negative $0.8 million in Q3 2021
Financial highlights for the nine months ended September 30th (year to date results):
- Revenue was $20.7 million in YTD 2022 versus $15.7 million in YTD 2021.
- Operating loss in YTD 2022 was $3.5 million versus a loss of $2.7 million YTD 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA was negative $1.9 million in YTD 2022 versus negative $0.7 million in YTD 2021.
- Cashflow from operations was negative, with cash used in operating activities of $3.2 million in YTD 2022 versus $1.6 million used in 2021.
- Working capital as at September 30th was $11.7 million with $12.2 million in cash.
ABOUT CEMATRIX
CEMATRIX is a rapidly growing company that manufactures and supplies technologically advanced cellular concrete products developed from proprietary formulations across North America. This unique cement-based material with superior thermal protection delivers cost-effective, innovative solutions to a broad range of problems facing the infrastructure, industrial (including oil and gas) and commercial markets. Through recent acquisitions of Chicago based MixOnSite and Bellingham based Pacific International Grout, CEMATRIX is now North America’s largest Cellular Concrete company. For more information please visit our website at www.cematrix.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Jeff Kendrick - President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (403) 219-0484
Glen Akselrod – President, Bristol Capital
Phone: (905) 326 1888 ext 1
glen@bristolir.com
Jeff Walker, The Howard Group – Investor Relations
Phone: (888) 221-0915 or (403) 221-0915
jeff@howardgroupinc.com
