NASDAQ$ROAD

Construction Partners Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported record revenue and profit growth, supported by a healthy bidding environment and strategic priorities.

Construction Partners, Inc. reported a strong fiscal year 2023, highlighted by a record fourth quarter. The company saw significant increases in revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA compared to the previous year, driven by infrastructure investments and a robust commercial market. They reported a record high project backlog of $1.6 billion at fiscal year-end.

  • Q4 revenue increased by 21% compared to Q4 FY22.
  • Q4 net income increased by 136% compared to Q4 FY22.
  • Q4 Adjusted EBITDA increased by 76% compared to Q4 FY22.
  • Company reported a record backlog of $1.60 billion.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$475M

Previous: $393M+20.9%
EPS (adj)

$0.59

Previous: $0.25+136.0%
Project Backlog

$1.6B

No prior period
Adjusted EBITDA

$69.3M

No prior period
Adjusted EBITDA Margin

14.6%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$18.8M

Previous: $16.6M-212.9%
Free Cash Flow

$43.9M

Previous: $9.6M+356.6%
Net Income

$30.9M

Previous: $13.1M+135.7%
Operating Income

$44.8M

Previous: $20.4M+118.9%
Gross Profit

$75.5M

Previous: $49.6M+52.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$48.2M

Previous: $35.5M+35.8%
Total Assets

$1.22B

Previous: $1.1B+11.3%
Stock-Based Comp

$2.85M

Previous: $2.91M-1.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Construction Partners · Revenue · Quarterly

$475M

Q4 2023+20.9%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

The Company’s outlook for fiscal year 2024 with regard to revenue, net income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin is as follows:

Tailwinds

  • Revenue in the range of $1.750 billion to $1.825 billion
  • Net income in the range of $63 million to $70 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $197 million to $219 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA Margin in the range of 11.3% to 12.0%

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 Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+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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