AK Steel Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2016
Company Earns Net Income of $50.9 Million for the Third Quarter
(firmenpresse) - WEST CHESTER, OH -- (Marketwired) -- 10/25/16 -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2016.
AK Steel reported net income of $50.9 million, or $0.21 per diluted share of common stock, for the third quarter of 2016, compared to net income of $6.7 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2015. The company's adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section below) of $156.6 million, or 10.8% of net sales, for the third quarter of 2016 increased from adjusted EBITDA of $120.0 million, or 7.0% of net sales, for the year ago third quarter.
"We continue to see benefits from our decision to focus on higher-value products, optimize our footprint and reduce our exposure to commodity products," said Roger K. Newport, Chief Executive Officer of AK Steel. "De-emphasizing commodity products and introducing new products, such as our recently announced NEXMET™ line of next-generation advanced high strength steels, are examples of our ongoing work to differentiate ourselves in the market today and for the future, and to drive long-term shareholder value."
Primarily as a result of the Company's decision to reduce sales of commodity products, net sales decreased 15% to $1.45 billion for the third quarter of 2016 from $1.71 billion in the third quarter of 2015. Shipments of 1,425,900 tons for the third quarter of 2016 were 24% less than the 1,871,200 tons from the third quarter a year ago. As a result of a better product mix and a more favorable selling environment, selling price per ton increased 11% to $1,016 from $912 for the same quarter a year ago.
The improved product mix, higher average selling price per ton, improved carbon steel market prices, focus on cost reductions and lower raw material costs contributed to the 31% increase in adjusted EBITDA. Results for the quarter included a LIFO credit of $24.2 million, compared to a LIFO credit of $44.8 million in the third quarter a year ago. Costs for planned outages for the third quarter of 2016 were $16.9 million, as compared to $11.8 million from the same quarter a year ago.
The company ended the third quarter of 2016 with total liquidity of $1,079 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents and $1,034 million of availability under the company's revolving credit facility.
For the first nine months of 2016, the company reported net income of $54.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $363.6 million, or $2.05 per diluted share, in the corresponding nine months of 2015. The first nine months of 2015 included an impairment charge of $256.3 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, to fully impair the company's investment in Magnetation LLC.
Sales for the first nine months of 2016 were $4.46 billion compared to sales of $5.15 billion in the same period a year ago. Shipments for the first nine months of 2016 were 4,639,600 tons compared to 5,433,400 tons in the first nine months of 2015. Average selling prices for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $960 per ton were 1% higher than our average selling prices of $947 per ton for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, reflecting our focus on a higher-value sales mix, partially offset by lower year-over-year pricing for spot markets and much of our sales under contracts.
The company's focus on higher value steels, improved carbon steel market prices, cost reduction efforts, strong operational performance and footprint optimization improved adjusted EBITDA to $337.0 million, or 7.5% of net sales, for the first nine months of 2016, from adjusted EBITDA of $225.1 million, or 4.4% of net sales, for the same period in 2015. The first nine months of 2016 included LIFO credits of $15.8 million, compared to LIFO credits of $96.7 million in the first nine months of 2015. The company incurred costs of $40.0 million during the first nine months of 2016 for planned outages, compared to $43.6 million during the first nine months of 2015.
AK Steel is a leading producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, and carbon and stainless tubular products, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), the company employs approximately 8,500 men and women at eight steel plants, two coke plants and two tube manufacturing operations across six states (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia) and one tube plant in Mexico. Additional information about AK Steel is available at .
Certain statements made or incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K reflect management's estimates and beliefs and are intended to be "forward-looking statements" identified in the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "plans," "estimates" and other similar references to future periods typically identify forward-looking statements. The company cautions readers that forward-looking statements reflect the company's current beliefs and judgments, but are not guarantees of future performance or outcomes. They are based on a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently affected by economic, competitive, regulatory, and operational risks, uncertainties and contingencies that are beyond the company's control, and upon assumptions about future business decisions and conditions that may change.
Forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve risks and uncertainties, resulting in the possibility that actual events or performance will differ materially from such predictions as a result of certain risk factors, including reduced selling prices, shipments and profits associated with a highly competitive and cyclical industry; increased global steel production and imports; changes in the cost of raw materials and energy; the company's significant amount of debt and other obligations; severe financial hardship or bankruptcy of one or more of the company's major customers or key suppliers; reduced demand in key product markets due to competition from aluminum or other alternatives to steel; excess inventory of raw materials; supply chain disruptions or poor quality of raw materials; production disruption or reduced production levels; the company's healthcare and pension obligations; not reaching new labor agreements on a timely basis; major litigation, arbitrations, environmental issues and other contingencies; regulatory compliance and changes; climate change and greenhouse gas emission limitations; financial, credit, capital and banking markets; derivative contracts to hedge commodity pricing volatility; potential permanent idling of facilities; inability to fully realize benefits of margin enhancement initiatives; information technology security threats and cybercrime; as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed in more detail in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as updated in subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. As such, the company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only to the company's plans, assumptions and expectations as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.
On September 7, 2016, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance from 300,000,000 to 450,000,000.
In certain of its disclosures in this news release, the company has reported adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin that exclude the effects of noncontrolling interests and an impairment charge for its investment in Magnetation. EBITDA is an acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. It is a metric that is sometimes used to compare the results of different companies by removing the effects of different factors that might otherwise make comparisons inaccurate or inappropriate. The adjusted results, although not financial measures under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and not identically applied by other companies, facilitate the ability to analyze the company's financial results in relation to those of its competitors and to the company's prior financial performance by excluding items that otherwise would distort the comparison. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are not, however, intended as alternative measures of operating results or cash flow from operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
Neither current nor potential investors in the company's securities should rely on adjusted EBITDA or adjusted EBITDA margin as a substitute for any GAAP financial measure and the company encourages current and potential investors to review the following reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA.
(a) The reconciliation of EBITDA of noncontrolling interests to net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is as follows:
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