NASDAQ$NWPX

Northwest Pipe Company · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced first quarter 2024 financial results.

Northwest Pipe Company reported its Q1 2024 financial results, noting weak non-residential Precast business shipments and improved margins in the SPP business. The company's backlog, including confirmed orders, grew to $337 million.

  • Backlog of $255 million; backlog including confirmed orders of $337 million for the Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe segment.
  • Precast net sales decreased 6.6% to $33.2 million from $35.6 million in the first quarter of 2023.
  • SPP business had very strong bidding activity and production levels.
  • SPP revenue of $80 million with margins that improved approximately 280 basis points over the previous quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$113M

Previous: $99.1M+14.2%
EPS

$0.52

Previous: $0.23+126.1%
Consolidated Gross Margin

17.8%

No prior period
WTS Gross Margin

17.8%

No prior period
Precast Gross Margin

17.7%

No prior period
WTS Backlog

$255M

No prior period
WTS Backlog & Confirmed

$337M

No prior period
Precast Order Book

$52M

Previous: $58M-10.3%
Capital Expenditures

-$4.57M

Previous: -$4.38M-4.3%
Free Cash Flow

$668K

Previous: -$2.02M+133.1%
Net Income

$5.24M

Previous: $2.36M+121.8%
Operating Income

$8.69M

Previous: $4.71M+84.5%
Gross Profit

$20.1M

Previous: $16.6M+21.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$4.26M

Previous: $3.93M+8.3%
Total Assets

$621M

Previous: $582M+6.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.03M

Previous: $990K+3.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Northwest Pipe · Revenue · Quarterly

$113M

Q1 2024+14.2%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 11 of 14 quarters(79%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Northwest Pipe · $38.2M total across 1 segment · Q3 2023

  • Precast Infrastructure
    $38.2M-2.8%

Forward guidance

The company anticipates strong improvement in both revenue and margins for the second quarter and a strong remainder of the year. Expecting a second quarter that is in line with the first and continued strength throughout 2024

Tailwinds

  • Expecting fairly strong improvement in both revenue and margins for the second quarter
  • Expecting a strong remainder of the year
  • SPP business had very strong bidding activity
  • SPP business had strong production levels.
  • Anticipating a second quarter that is in line with the first and continued strength throughout 2024.

Headwinds

  • Non-residential Precast business shipments were weak in the first quarter resulting in depressed margins.
  • The residential portion of our Precast business margins have come under some modest pressure due to regional differences in market demand.
  • Slow first quarter, which is generally the case in our Precast segment
  • Changes in demand and market prices for its products
  • Product mix

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+3.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+5.4%

Avg return

30 days after

48%

31 / 64 earnings

Positive

+15.4%

Q3 2021

Best reaction

-19.5%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+14.3%+29.5%+37.1%
Q4 2025+10.2%+9.4%+3.4%
Q3 2025+1.6%+14.4%+5.3%
Q1 2025-6.2%-11.0%-8.8%
Q4 2024-10.7%-13.9%-13.5%
Q3 2024-0.7%+4.5%+24.0%
Q2 2024+1.6%+4.4%+17.7%
Q1 2024+2.0%+5.6%+12.1%
Q4 2023-0.8%+13.6%+16.6%
Q3 2023+1.2%-7.0%-2.6%
Q2 2023-2.0%+0.1%+2.1%
Q1 2023-3.3%-4.5%+1.4%
Q4 2022-19.5%-18.1%-24.5%
Q3 2022-5.2%-2.2%+4.7%
Q2 2022+7.9%+11.2%+13.3%
Q1 2022+1.7%+7.5%+27.1%
Q4 2021+1.0%-3.1%-7.1%
Q3 2021+15.4%+19.7%+19.9%
Q2 2021-1.1%-4.5%-8.7%
Q1 2021-1.8%-2.6%-5.1%
Q4 2020-5.7%-3.4%-4.1%
Q3 2020-3.0%-4.8%+4.1%
Q2 2020+6.5%+10.9%+8.2%
Q1 2020+1.2%-6.3%+20.6%
Q4 2019-2.6%-8.5%-34.7%
Q3 2019+3.0%+9.6%+16.0%
Q2 2019+2.2%+11.5%+13.4%
Q1 2019+4.2%+9.7%+2.6%
Q4 2018+0.7%+1.8%+6.4%
Q3 2018+14.1%+26.4%+13.7%
Q2 2018+1.0%+0.1%-6.2%
Q1 2018-3.3%+1.2%+8.8%
Q4 2017+2.0%+5.8%-4.4%
Q3 2017-1.8%-1.9%+0.4%
Q2 2017+3.1%+7.0%+21.5%
Q1 2017+2.9%+6.2%+5.4%
Q4 2016+4.5%-1.6%-17.6%
Q3 2016+6.4%+4.6%+38.4%
Q2 2016+7.0%+8.2%+3.9%
Q1 2016-6.0%
Q4 2015-15.4%
Q3 2015+8.5%
Q2 2015+7.6%
Q1 2015-5.1%
Q4 2014-4.5%
Q3 2014-5.0%
Q2 2014-0.7%
Q1 2014-1.6%
Q4 2013-3.8%
Q3 2013-0.7%
Q2 2013-5.5%
Q1 2013-1.3%
Q4 2012+11.9%
Q3 2012-5.6%
Q2 2012+5.8%
Q1 2011-1.0%
Q4 2009-1.0%
Q3 2011-1.0%
Q3 2010-1.0%
Q4 2011-1.0%
Q1 2012-1.0%
Q2 2010+7.4%
Q2 2011+7.4%
Q4 2010+7.4%

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