NASDAQ$ROAD

Construction Partners Inc · Q2 2022 earnings

Q2 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported a revenue increase of approximately 36 percent compared to the same quarter last year, driven by organic and acquisitive growth. Experienced an unprecedented inflationary cost environment that negatively impacted profitability.

Construction Partners, Inc. reported a 35.9% increase in revenue compared to the second quarter of last year, with organic growth of approximately 19 percent and acquisitive growth of approximately 17 percent. The company experienced a net loss of $9.4 million, compared to a net loss of $4.9 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2021, impacted by an unprecedented inflationary cost environment.

  • Second quarter revenue increased approximately 36 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
  • Organic revenue growth of approximately 19 percent and acquisitive growth of approximately 17 percent.
  • Project backlog of $1.28 billion at March 31, 2022 was the largest in company history.
  • New project backlog margins continue to increase, and we anticipate that profit margins will further improve as higher-margin backlog is converted.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$243M

Previous: $179M+35.9%
EPS (adj)

-$0.18

Previous: -$0.04-350.0%
Project Backlog

$1.28B

Previous: $773M+65.5%
Adjusted EBITDA

$7.82M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$34.7M

Previous: -$26.9M-29.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$44.1M

Previous: -$31.8M-38.6%
Net Income

-$9.42M

Previous: -$4.94M-90.8%
Operating Income

-$11.5M

Previous: -$6.39M-79.7%
Gross Profit

$12.5M

Previous: $18.1M-30.8%
Cash & Equivalents

$29.6M

Previous: $33.7M-12.3%
Total Assets

$938M

Previous: $616M+52.3%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.74M

Previous: $460K+278.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Construction Partners · Revenue · Quarterly

$243M

Q2 2022+35.9%vs Q2 2021
Beat estimate in 11 of 15 quarters(73%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

The Company has updated its full-year 2022 guidance to reflect the strong project demand environment and to reflect the continued inflation and elevated energy costs that it believes will persist during the fiscal year.

Tailwinds

  • Revenue in the range of $1.15 billion to $1.20 billion
  • Net income in the range of $14.5 million to $25.3 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $105.0 million to $120.3 million
  • Opportunity for continued growth and expansion of the Company represents the best longer-term visibility we have seen in the Company’s more than 20-year history.
  • Construction Partners is well positioned to capitalize on future infrastructure demand that the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will create over the next decade.

Headwinds

  • Unprecedented economic challenges impeding profitability in the first half of the year
  • Continued inflation
  • Elevated energy costs
  • Supply challenges
  • Labor challenges

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 Q2 2022

Historical avgQ2 2022

+0.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.9%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.9%

Avg return

30 days after

46%

16 / 35 earnings

Positive

+24.8%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-20.9%

Q2 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026+6.0%-3.5%-16.0%
Q1 2026+11.2%+11.2%+2.9%
Q4 2025-3.6%+1.5%+4.7%
Q2 2025+3.6%+8.3%+19.3%
Q1 2025+2.7%-4.6%-17.8%
Q4 2024+9.5%+9.0%+1.6%
Q3 2024+3.7%+4.1%-2.0%
Q2 2024+2.1%+6.4%-0.4%
Q1 2024-5.7%-5.2%+2.5%
Q4 2023-0.3%+1.7%+3.4%
Q3 2023+15.2%+15.1%+18.8%
Q2 2023+14.7%+16.3%+23.4%
Q1 2023-4.0%+2.3%-8.4%
Q4 2022-15.2%-10.0%-17.2%
Q3 2022+24.8%+25.7%+23.4%
Q2 2022-20.9%-20.3%-12.6%
Q1 2022+4.3%+6.1%+2.1%
Q4 2021-6.1%-8.0%-25.0%
Q3 2021-1.8%+2.4%+2.4%
Q2 2021-3.1%-7.7%+2.5%
Q1 2021-7.1%-10.3%-6.4%
Q4 2020-4.4%-4.9%+15.4%
Q3 2020+14.2%+10.0%-0.1%
Q2 2020-2.1%-17.7%+21.7%
Q1 2020-7.4%-1.8%-1.7%
Q4 2019-16.0%-13.7%-14.4%
Q3 2019+1.4%+8.3%+9.6%
Q2 2019+4.3%+17.9%+22.6%
Q1 2019-2.7%+4.2%+8.3%
Q4 2018-2.7%-7.3%+15.7%
Q3 2017+0.1%+1.3%+2.9%
Q3 2018+0.9%+8.1%+13.6%
Q2 2018-3.2%-4.3%+2.8%
Q2 2017-3.2%-4.3%+2.8%
Q4 2017-3.2%-4.3%+2.8%
Q1 2018
Q1 2017

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