Koppers Holdings Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results
Sales Increase 10% Over Prior Year Quarter; Global Carbon Pitch Volumes Increase Over Prior Year Quarter; Diluted EPS $0.98 Compared to $0.96 for Prior Year Quarter
(firmenpresse) - PITTSBURGH, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/09/12 -- Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) today announced results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter. Consolidated sales of $411.3 million for the second quarter of 2012 were 10%, or $36.8 million higher than sales in the prior year quarter. Sales for Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC) totaling $266.7 million increased by 12%, or $29.6 million over the prior year quarter while sales for Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS) of $144.6 million increased by 5%, or $7.2 million over the prior year quarter. The increase in sales in CMC was due primarily to higher sales volumes and prices for our major products other than naphthalene, which more than offset lower naphthalene prices and approximately $11 million of lower sales due to foreign currency translation. RUPS sales increased due mainly to higher sales prices for railroad crossties due in part to higher volumes of creosote-borate treated crossties, which was partially offset by lower sales volumes for railroad crossties.
Net income attributable to Koppers for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, was $20.4 million, or $0.98 per diluted share as compared to net income attributable to Koppers of $19.8 million, or $0.96 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. The increases in net income attributable to Koppers and diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2012 were due mainly to sales price increases in both business segments, which were partially offset by lower profitability from European operations. Adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, were $22.1 million and $1.05 per share compared to $20.3 million and $0.98 per share in the prior year quarter after excluding $0.7 million of after-tax charges and $0.8 million of tax expense in the second quarter of 2012, and after excluding the impact of discontinued operations for both periods.
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, was $49.2 million compared to $44.8 million in the second quarter of 2011 after excluding $0.5 million of closure costs in the second quarter of 2012 for our wood treating plant in Grenada, Mississippi.
Consolidated sales of $792.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, were 11%, or $76.2 million higher than the prior year period. Sales for CMC for the first six months of 2012 increased by 13%, or $60.5 million, over the prior year period while sales for RUPS increased by 6%, or $15.7 million, over the prior year period. The increase in sales in CMC was due to higher prices for our major products other than naphthalene, which more than offset lower prices for naphthalene and approximately $10 million of lower sales from foreign currency translation. Sales for RUPS increased due mainly to higher prices for railroad crossties and higher volumes for utility poles, which were partially offset by lower volumes for railroad crossties.
Net income attributable to Koppers and diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012, were $36.0 million and $1.72 per share, respectively as compared to net income attributable to Koppers of $28.7 million and $1.39 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share were $37.6 million and $1.80 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $28.7 million and $1.38 per share for the same period in 2011 after excluding $0.5 million of after-tax charges and $0.8 million of tax expense for 2012, $0.7 million of after-tax gains for 2011, and after excluding the impact of discontinued operations for both periods.
Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012, was $85.9 million compared to $71.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, after excluding $0.5 million of plant closure costs in 2012 and $0.9 million of gains for the sale of technology in 2011.
Commenting on the results, Walter W. Turner, president and CEO of Koppers, said, "Given the economic downturn in Europe which has impacted our Carbon Materials and Chemicals business, I am, overall, pleased with the second quarter results. The North American Railroad and Utility Products and Services product demand continues to be quite strong as well as the Carbon Materials and Chemicals business in other regions of the world. Due to our diversity of products and global operations, our outlook for the balance of the year continues to be positive and we remain on pace to achieve significant earnings improvement over 2011."
The following reconciliations are attached to this press release: Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Koppers and Adjusted Net Income; Unaudited Reconciliation of Diluted Earnings Per Share and Adjusted Earnings Per Share; and Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.
Koppers management will conduct a conference call this morning, August 9, 2012, beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the company's performance. Interested parties may access the live audio broadcast by dialing (877) 941 0844 in the US/Canada or +1 (480) 629 9835 for International, Conference ID number 4547466. Investors are requested to access the call at least five minutes before the scheduled start time in order to complete a brief registration. An audio replay will be available approximately two hours after the call's completion at (800) 406 7325 or +1 (303) 590 3030, Conference ID number 4547466. The recording will be available for replay through August 23, 2012.
The live broadcast of Koppers conference call will be available online: . (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.)
If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on , and shortly after the live call and continuing through August 23 2012.
Koppers, with corporate headquarters and a research center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global integrated producer of carbon compounds and treated wood products. Including its joint ventures, Koppers operates facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, The Netherlands, Australia and China. The stock of Koppers Holdings Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KOP". For more information, visit us on the Web: . Questions concerning investor relations should be directed to Leroy M. Ball at 412 227 2118 or Michael W. Snyder at 412 227 2131.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may include, but are not limited to, statements about sales levels, restructuring, declines in the value of Koppers assets and the effect of any resulting impairment charges, profitability and anticipated expenses and cash outflows. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "may," "will," "should," "continue," "plans," "potential," "intends," "likely," or other similar words or phrases are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement contained herein, in other press releases, written statements or other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in Koppers communications with and discussions with investors and analysts in the normal course of business through meetings, phone calls and conference calls, regarding expectations with respect to sales, earnings, cash flows, operating efficiencies, product introduction or expansion, the benefits of acquisitions and divestitures or other matters as well as financings and repurchases of debt or equity securities, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies. Many of these risks, uncertainties and contingencies are beyond our control, and may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. Factors that might affect such forward-looking statements, include, among other things, general economic and business conditions, demand for Koppers goods and services, competitive conditions, interest rate and foreign currency rate fluctuations, availability of key raw materials and unfavorable resolution of claims against us, as well as those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Koppers, particularly our latest annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after that date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
The following tables set forth certain sales and operating data, net of all intersegment transactions, for the company's businesses for the periods indicated.
Koppers believes that adjusted net income, adjusted operating profit and adjusted EBITDA provide information useful to investors in understanding the underlying operational performance of the company, its business and performance trends and facilitates comparisons between periods and with other corporations in similar industries. The exclusion of certain items permits evaluation and a comparison of results for ongoing business operations, and it is on this basis that Koppers management internally assesses the company's performance.
Although Koppers believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors' understanding of its business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP basis financial measures.
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