CIRCOR International, Inc. (NYSE: CIR), one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets, today announced GAAP and adjusted financial results for the first quarter ended April 4, 2021.

First Quarter 2021 Overview:

• Strong orders of $227 million, up 35% sequentially, with improvement across end markets
• Orders up 9% reported and 7% organically
  • Industrial orders of $154 million, up 13% reported and 11% organically
  • Aerospace & Defense orders of $73 million, up 1% reported and flat organically
• Revenue of $181 million, down (6)% reported and (8)% organically
  • Industrial revenue of $121 million, down (5)% reported and (6)% organically
  • Aerospace & Defense revenue of $60 million, down (8)% reported and (10)% organically
• GAAP operating margin of 0.2%; Adjusted operating margin of 6.9%, up 110 bps
• GAAP loss per share of $(0.35); Adjusted earnings per share of $0.24, up 20%
• GAAP operating cash flow of $(18) million; Free cash flow of $(21) million, up 23%

CIRCOR President and CEO Scott Buckhout said, “Our team delivered solid first quarter 2021 results highlighted by sequential orders growth of 35%. Notably, we secured several large orders in our Defense business and saw recovery across virtually all industrial end markets. We are well positioned to deliver our 2021 commitments."

Mr. Buckhout continued, "We continue to make progress on our strategic priorities. With eight new product launches in the first quarter, we are on track to deliver 45 new products in 2021 that will further improve our product line vitality and support our long-term organic growth targets. In addition, we expect continued margin expansion and free cash flow improvement through the year as we drive value-based pricing, and further improve our operations using the CIRCOR Operating System.”

Mr. Buckhout concluded, "With our $421 million backlog, we’re confident that we will deliver the high end of our 2021 organic revenue growth and adjusted EPS guidance provided in March. Going forward, we continue to focus on creating long-term value for shareholders by positioning the Company for growth, expanding margins, generating strong free cash flow, and de-levering the balance sheet.”

2Q'21 Guidance Update

In the second quarter of 2021, CIRCOR expects reported revenue to increase from 0 to 2% and organic revenue to decline (2) - (4)%. On a reported basis, Industrial revenue is expected to grow 1 to 4% led by our shorter cycle businesses and Aerospace & Defense revenue is expected to decrease 0 to (5)% driven by continued lower demand in Commercial Aerospace and timing of Defense shipments. In both businesses, strong orders in the first quarter will lead to higher deliveries in the second half of 2021. In addition, CIRCOR expects adjusted EPS of $0.30 to $0.35 and free cash flow is expected to be breakeven to slightly negative.

2021 Guidance Update

For the full year of 2021, CIRCOR now expects organic revenue growth in the range of 2 to 4% (previously 0 to 4%) and Adjusted EPS of $2.10 to $2.30 (previously $2.00 to $2.20). This updated guidance reflects our latest view of the Industrial business, which is now expected to grow low to mid-single digits, and increased confidence in our Aerospace & Defense outlook. We continue to expect adjusted net income to free cash flow conversion to be 85% to 95% and will use 2021 free cash flow to deleverage CIRCOR.

Presentation slides that provide supporting information to this guidance and first-quarter results are posted on the “Investors” section of the Company’s website and will be discussed during the conference call at 9:00 a.m. ET today.

Conference Call Information

CIRCOR International will hold a conference call to review its financial results at 9:00 a.m. ET today, May 12, 2021. To listen to the live conference call and view the accompanying presentation slides, please visit “Webcasts & Presentations” in the “Investors” portion of CIRCOR’s website. The live call also can be accessed by dialing (877) 407-5790 or (201) 689-8328. Participants are encouraged to dial in to the call at least 15 minutes prior to the start time. The webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for one year.

1. Orders and revenue excluding divested businesses are non-GAAP measures and are calculated by subtracting the orders and revenues generated by the divested businesses during the periods prior to their divestiture from reported orders and revenues. Divested businesses include Instrumentation & Sampling (all Industrial) which was sold during Q1 2020.
2. Adjusted consolidated and segment results for Q1 2021 exclude net loss from discontinued operations of $0.2 million and net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization, special and restructuring charges totaling $12.1 million. These charges include: (i) $12.9 million for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and depreciation expense; and (ii) $0.8 million of other special and restructuring recoveries. Adjusted consolidated and segment results for Q1 2020 exclude income from discontinued operations of $9.2 million and net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization, special and restructuring charges and goodwill impairment charge totaling $84.5 million ($92.2 million, net of tax). These charges include: (i) $11.2 million charge for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and depreciation expense; (ii) $2.4 million of professional fees associated with an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock; (iii) $53.2 million net gain from the divestiture of our Instrumentation & Sampling business; (iv) $3.5 million amortization of debt issuance fee; (v) $4.4 million of other special and restructuring charges; and (vi) $116.2 million goodwill impairment charge related to our Industrial segment.
3. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated by subtracting GAAP capital expenditures, net of proceeds from asset sales, from GAAP operating cash flow.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share (diluted), EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, net debt, free cash flow and organic growth (and such measures further excluding discontinued operations) are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management in our financial and operating decision making because we believe they reflect our ongoing business and facilitate period-to-period comparisons. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating the Company’s current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose. These non-GAAP financial measures also allow investors and others to compare the Company’s current financial results with the Company’s past financial results in a consistent manner. For example:

We exclude costs and tax effects associated with restructuring activities, such as reducing overhead and consolidating facilities. We believe that the costs related to these restructuring activities are not indicative of our normal operating costs.

We exclude certain acquisition-related costs, including significant transaction costs and amortization of inventory and fixed-asset step-ups and the related tax effects. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs.

We exclude the expense and tax effects associated with the non-cash amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets because a significant portion of the purchase price for acquisitions may be allocated to intangible assets that have lives up to 25 years. Exclusion of the non-cash amortization expense allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent over time for both our newly acquired and long-held businesses and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies.

We also exclude certain gains/losses and related tax effects, which are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any predictability, and that we believe are not indicative of our normal operating gains and losses. For example, we exclude gains/losses from items such as the sale of a business, significant litigation-related matters and lump-sum pension plan settlements. We exclude the results of discontinued operations.

We exclude goodwill impairment charges. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs.

Due to the significance of recently sold businesses and to provide a comparison of changes in our orders and revenue, we also discuss these changes on an “organic” basis. Organic is calculated assuming the divestitures completed prior to April 4, 2021 were completed on January 1, 2020 and excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

CIRCOR’s management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, as the basis for measuring the Company’s operating performance and comparing such performance to that of prior periods and to the performance of our peers. We use such measures when publicly providing our business outlook, assessing future earnings potential, evaluating potential acquisitions and dispositions and in our financial and operating decision-making process, including for compensation purposes.

Investors should recognize that these non-GAAP measures might not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These measures should be considered in addition and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flow or liquidity prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in this news release.

Safe Harbor Statement

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About CIRCOR International, Inc.

CIRCOR International is one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets. The Company has a product portfolio of market-leading brands serving its customers’ most demanding applications. CIRCOR markets its solutions directly and through various sales partners to more than 14,000 customers in approximately 100 countries. The Company has a global presence with approximately 3,100 employees and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit the Company’s investor relations website at http://investors.circor.com.

Note 1: Orders do not include the foreign exchange impact due to the re-measurement of customer backlog amounts denominated in foreign currencies. Orders for the three months ended March 29, 2020 include orders from businesses divested prior to March 29, 2020 of $4.4 million.

Note 2: Backlog includes unshipped customer orders for which revenue has not been recognized.

(1) Divested businesses are related to the Industrial Segment and include Instrumentation & Sampling. Distributed Valves are discontinued operations and not reflected in the As Reported figures in accordance with US GAAP.