V2X, Inc.: V2X Delivers Solid Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Results

Fourth Quarter 2023 Summary

• Reported record revenue of $1.04 billion, up +6.4% y/y
• Achieved y/y revenue growth of 31% in the Pacific and 18% in the Middle East
• Operating income of $38.5 million; adjusted operating income¹ of $76.2 million
• Net income (loss) of ($0.5) million, up $10.1 million y/y
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $82.1 million with a margin¹ of 7.9%
• Diluted EPS of ($0.02); Adjusted diluted EPS¹ of $1.22
• Strong year-to-date cash flow from operations of $188.0 million; Achieved net debt reduction of $137.1 million
• Awarded first substantial foreign military sales program valued at $400 million over 5 years

2024 Guidance:

• Establishing full-year 2024 guidance with revenue and adjusted EBITDA¹ growth of 5% at mid-point

MCLEAN, Va., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- V2X, Inc. (NYSE:VVX) announced fourth quarter and full-year 2023 financial results.

"I'm pleased to report a strong finish to 2023, with record revenue and strong operational performance which drove significant cash generation and net debt reduction," said Chuck Prow, President and Chief Executive Officer of V2X. "I'd like to thank our teams that demonstrated agility and excellent performance, delivering 8% pro forma revenue¹ growth for the full-year and 6% for the quarter. We made significant progress advancing V2X as a leader in the operational segment of the federal services market while continuing to position the company for long-term growth. The leading indicators for our business remain strong with a backlog of approximately $13 billion, $9 billion of bids submitted currently under evaluation, and a robust pipeline of opportunities valued at $15 billion expected to be submitted over the next twelve months. Our capabilities and position in an expanding market, present opportunities to drive continued growth and value for our shareholders and clients."

"V2X achieved several milestones during the fourth quarter, which includes our first substantial foreign military sales (FMS) win valued at approximately $400 million over the next five years," said Mr. Prow. "This program is a long-term aviation support and training contract in the Middle East and was a direct result of our multi-year FMS campaign. Importantly, our evolution as a company has been an enabler to participate in this market. With this opportunity, the total value of V2X FMS' portfolio is approximately $700 million with accretive margins. We plan to build on this success and continue pursuing FMS opportunities that leverage our geographic footprint, strong partnerships, and core capabilities."

Mr. Prow continued, "Our ability to provide full life cycle solutions from concept to fielding and sustainment is a significant differentiator that's yielding results. During the quarter, we demonstrated our capabilities through the fielding of a defense platform that modernized existing systems. This program launched as an engineering development and prototyping effort with a new client and today has yielded a brand-new product that's designed, produced, and sustained by V2X. Additionally, our engineering, integration, modernization and sustainment solutions resulted in approximately $70 million of awards to V2X in the fourth quarter."

Mr. Prow concluded, "I'd like to thank our teams for their contributions in 2023 and progress executing our strategic framework: Expand the Base, Capture New Markets, Deliver with Excellence, and Enhance Culture. Looking ahead, V2X continues to transform to deliver enhanced capabilities in an expanding market. We have strong momentum, robust backlog, a highly aligned pipeline, limited recompetes, and high free cash generation that provides an excellent fundamental profile to support value creation."

Fourth Quarter 2023 Results

"V2X reported revenue of $1.0 billion in the quarter, which represents 6.4% year-over-year growth," said Shawn Mural, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "Revenue growth in the quarter was achieved through exceptional team performance delivering milestones ahead of schedule, expansion on existing programs, and new business. This solid execution resulted in year-over-year revenue growth of 31% in the Pacific and 18% in the Middle East."

"For the quarter, the Company reported operating income of $38.5 million and adjusted operating income¹ of $76.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $82.1 million with a margin of 7.9%. Fourth quarter GAAP diluted EPS was ($0.02), due primarily to merger and integration related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and interest expense. Adjusted diluted EPS¹ for the quarter was $1.22."

"V2X's ability to generate strong cash flow with low capital expenditures is an important attribute of our business and one that we are extremely focused on as a primary avenue to enhance value for shareholders. I'm pleased to announce that during the quarter, our teams demonstrated outstanding performance in all aspects of cash conversion, driving significant collections, a record low DSO, and operating cash flow that exceeded our guidance. Net cash provided by operating activities was $188.0 million year to date. Adjusted net cash provided by operating activities¹ year to date was $159.5 million, adding back $26.9 million of M&A and integration costs with $13.4 million of CARES act payments, and removing the contribution of the master accounts receivable purchase or MARPA facility of $68.8 million."

"Solid cash generation enabled net debt reduction of $137.1 million for the year. At the end of the quarter, net debt for V2X was $1,083.6 million. Net consolidated indebtedness to EBITDA¹ (net leverage ratio) was 3.3x, improved from 3.7x at the end of 2022. Additionally, we believe our strong fundamentals will allow V2X to achieve a net leverage ratio at or under 3.0x by the end of 2024."

"Total backlog as of December 31, 2023, was $12.8 billion. Funded backlog was $2.8 billion. Bookings in the quarter were $0.6 billion, resulting in a trailing twelve-month book-to-bill of 1.1x. It's important to note that backlog and bookings do not include the full performance period of the $400 million FMS program as the contract is being definitized and the $458 million F-5 Adversary aircraft award, discussed last quarter, as it remains in protest," said Mr. Mural.

Full-Year 2023 Results

Full-year revenue was $3.963 billion, up 8% pro forma year-on-year. The Company reported full-year operating income of $124.4 million and adjusted operating income¹ of $271.4 million. Full-year EBITDA¹ was $293.9 million with a margin of 7.4%. Full-year GAAP diluted EPS was ($0.73), due primarily to merger and integration related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and interest expense. Adjusted diluted EPS¹ for 2023 was $3.74.

2024 Guidance

Mr. Mural concluded, "Based on the positive trends in our business we are setting the mid-point of our guidance for revenue and Adjusted EBITDA¹ at $4.150 billion and $308 million, respectively, representing approximately 5% year-over-year growth. We expect revenue and adjusted EBITDA to be weighted more heavily in the second half of the year. Importantly, guidance at the mid-point assumes approximately 90% of revenue from existing contracts and less than 5% from recompetes."

Guidance for 2024 is as follows:

$ millions, except for per share amounts	2024 Guidance			2024 Mid-Point
Revenue	$4,100		$4,200	$4,150
Adjusted EBITDA1	$300		$315	$308
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share1	$3.85		$4.20	$4.03
Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 1	$145		$165	$155

The Company is not providing a quantitative reconciliation with respect to this forward-looking non-GAAP measure in reliance on the "unreasonable efforts" exception set forth in SEC rules because certain financial information, the probable significance of which cannot be determined, is not available and cannot be reasonably estimated. For example, unusual, one-time, non-ordinary, or non-recurring costs, which relate to M&A, integration and related activities cannot be reasonably estimated. Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested here, including those factors set forth in the Safe Harbor Statement below.

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Conference Call

Management will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors at 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. U.S.-based participants may dial in to the conference call at 877-407-3982, while international participants may dial 201-493-6780. A live webcast of the conference call as well as an accompanying slide presentation will be available here: https://app.webinar.net/WrwGVYwl6dA

A replay of the conference call will be posted on the V2X website shortly after completion of the call and will be available for one year. A telephonic replay will also be available through March 19, 2024, at 844-512-2921 (domestic) or 412-317-6671 (international) with passcode 13743860.

Presentation slides that will be used in conjunction with the conference call will also be made available online in advance on the "investors" section of the company's website at https://gov2x.com/. V2X recognizes its website as a key channel of distribution to reach public investors and as a means of disclosing material non-public information to comply with its obligations under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Regulation FD.

Footnotes:

¹ See "Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for descriptions and reconciliations.

About V2X

V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure - by aligning people, actions, and outputs. Formed by the merger of Vectrus and Vertex, we bring a combined 120 years of successful mission support. Our lifecycle solutions improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness.

The Company delivers a comprehensive suite of integrated solutions across the operations and logistics, aerospace, training, and technology markets to national security, defense, civilian and international clients. Our global team of approximately 16,000 employees brings innovation to every point in the mission lifecycle, from preparation to operations, to sustainment, as it tackles the most complex challenges with agility, grit, and dedication.

Contact Information

Investor Contact	Media Contact
Mike Smith, CFA	Angelica Spanos Deoudes
[email protected]	[email protected]
719-637-5773	571-338-5195

Safe Harbor Statement

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"): Certain material presented herein includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Act. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all the statements and items listed under "2024 Guidance" above and other assumptions contained therein for purposes of such guidance, other statements about our 2024 performance outlook, revenue, contract opportunities, and any discussion of future operating or financial performance.

Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "could," "potential," "continue" or similar terminology. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of the Company based on information currently available to management.

These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions, or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors, many of which are outside our management's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's historical experience and our present expectations or projections. For a discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements, see the risks and other factors detailed from time to time our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the SEC.

We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

V2X, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF (LOSS) INCOME
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except per share data)		2023		2022		2021
Revenue		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860		$ 1,783,665
Cost of revenue		3,628,271		2,595,848		1,623,245
Selling, general and administrative expenses		210,439		239,241		98,400
Operating income		124,416		55,771		62,020
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(22,298)		-		-
Interest expense, net		(122,442)		(61,879)		(7,985)
Other expense, net		(4,194)		-		-
(Loss) income from operations before income taxes		(24,518)		(6,108)		54,035
Income tax (benefit) expense		(1,945)		8,222		8,307
Net (loss) income		$ (22,573)		$ (14,330)		$ 45,728
(Loss) earnings per share
Basic		$ (0.73)		$ (0.68)		$ 3.91
Diluted		$ (0.73)		$ (0.68)		$ 3.86
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		31,084		20,996		11,705
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		31,084		20,996		11,836

V2X, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
		December 31,
(In thousands, except shares and per share data)		2023		2022
Assets
Current assets
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		$ 72,651		$ 116,067
Receivables		705,995		728,582
Inventory, net		46,981		44,974
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		49,242		42,309
Total current assets		874,869		931,932
Property, plant, and equipment, net		85,429		78,715
Goodwill		1,656,926		1,653,822
Intangible assets, net		407,530		497,951
Right-of-use assets		41,215		52,825
Other non-current assets		15,931		17,858
Total non-current assets		2,207,031		2,301,171
Total Assets		$ 3,081,900		$ 3,233,103
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		$ 453,052		$ 406,706
Compensation and other employee benefits		158,088		168,038
Short-term debt		15,361		11,850
Other accrued liabilities		213,700		196,538
Total current liabilities		840,201		783,132
Long-term debt, net		1,100,269		1,262,811
Deferred tax liabilities		11,763		15,813
Operating lease liabilities		34,691		41,083
Other non-current liabilities		104,176		133,185
Total non-current liabilities		1,250,899		1,452,892
Total liabilities		2,091,100		2,236,024
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Shareholders' Equity
Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; No shares issued and outstanding		-		-
Common stock; $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 31,191,628 and 30,470,475 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively		312		305
Additional paid in capital		762,324		748,877
Retained earnings		230,851		253,424
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(2,687)		(5,527)
Total shareholders' equity		990,800		997,079
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity		$ 3,081,900		$ 3,233,103

V2X, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2023		2022		2021
Operating activities
Net (loss) income		$ (22,573)		$ (14,330)		$ 45,728
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation expense		22,408		13,472		6,526
Amortization of intangible assets		90,423		48,643		10,028
Loss on disposal of property, plant, and equipment		683		59		65
Stock-based compensation		32,843		32,736		8,331
Deferred taxes		(7,509)		(15,554)		(7,280)
Amortization of debt issuance costs		9,067		7,805		912
Loss on extinguishment of debt		22,298		-		-
Gain on disposition of business		(450)		(2,082)		-
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables		19,064		(52,311)		(36,376)
Inventory, net		(311)		(3,600)		(5,232)
Other assets		12,076		14,962		(7,613)
Accounts payable		43,153		71,837		56,985
Compensation and other employee benefits		(9,901)		42,878		1,133
Other liabilities		(23,303)		(51,020)		(11,868)
Net cash provided by operating activities		187,968		93,495		61,339
Investing activities
Purchases of capital assets and intangibles		(25,021)		(12,425)		(9,776)
Proceeds from the disposition of assets		16		9		16
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired		-		193,677		262
Disposition of business		1,349		(5,303)		-
Distributions from (contributions to) joint venture		1,007		-		(3,145)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(22,649)		175,958		(12,643)
Financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		250,000		-		-
Repayments of long-term debt		(432,603)		(108,400)		(8,600)
Proceeds from revolver		922,750		392,000		529,000
Repayments of revolver		(922,750)		(472,925)		(594,000)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		34		408		379
Payment of debt issuance costs		(8,818)		(2,325)		(17)
Prepayment premium on early redemption of debt		(1,600)		-		-
Payments of employee withholding taxes on share-based compensation		(18,036)		(1,994)		(2,347)
Net cash used in financing activities		(211,023)		(193,236)		(75,585)
Exchange rate effect on cash		2,288		1,337		(3,325)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(43,416)		77,554		(30,214)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - beginning of year		116,067		38,513		68,727
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - end of year		$ 72,651		$ 116,067		$ 38,513
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid		$ 117,482		$ 54,267		$ 5,801
Income taxes paid		$ 8,356		$ 13,416		$ 9,703
Non-cash investing activities:
Purchase of capital assets on account		$ 3,043		$ 2,716		$ 277
Common stock issued for business acquisition		$ -		$ 630,636		$ -

Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures

The primary financial performance measures we use to manage our business and monitor results of operations are revenue trends and operating income trends. Management believes that these financial performance measures are the primary drivers for our earnings and net cash from operating activities. Management evaluates its contracts and business performance by focusing on revenue, and operating income. Operating income represents revenue less both cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses. Cost of revenue consists of labor, subcontracting costs, materials, and an allocation of indirect costs, which includes service center transaction costs. SG&A expenses consist of indirect labor costs (including wages and salaries for executives and administrative personnel), bid and proposal expenses and other general and administrative expenses not allocated to cost of revenue.

We manage the nature and amount of costs at the program level, which forms the basis for estimating our total costs and profitability. This is consistent with our approach for managing our business, which begins with management's assessing the bidding opportunity for each contract and then managing contract profitability throughout the performance period.

In addition to the key performance measures discussed above, we consider adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted operating cash flow, and pro forma revenue to be useful to management and investors in evaluating our operating performance, and to provide a tool for evaluating our ongoing operations. This information can assist investors in assessing our financial performance and measures our ability to generate capital for deployment among competing strategic alternatives and initiatives. We provide this information to our investors in our earnings releases, presentations, and other disclosures.

Adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, and pro forma revenue, however, are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Definitions and reconciliations of these items are provided below.

• Pro forma (PF) revenue is defined as the combined results of our operations as if the Merger had occurred on January 1, 2021.
• Adjusted operating income is defined as operating income, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations, such as M&A, integration, and related costs.
• Adjusted EBITDA is defined as operating income, adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization of intangible assets, and items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations, such as M&A, integration, and related costs.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.
• Adjusted net income is defined as net income, adjusted to exclude items that may include, but are not limited to, significant charges or credits, and unusual and infrequent non-operating items that impact current results but are not related to our ongoing operations, such as M&A, integration and related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of debt issuance costs, and loss on extinguishment of debt.
• Adjusted diluted earnings per share is defined as adjusted net income divided by the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding.
• Cash interest expense, net is defined as interest expense, net adjusted to exclude amortization of debt issuance costs.
• Adjusted net cash provided by (used in) operating activities or adjusted operating cash flow is defined as net cash provided by (or used in) operating activities adjusted to exclude infrequent non-operating items, such as M&A payments and related costs.
• Net leverage ratio is defined as net debt (or total debt less unrestricted cash) divided by trailing twelve-month (TTM) bank EBITDA.

In this document, the Company presents certain forward-looking non-GAAP metrics. The Company does not provide outlook on a GAAP basis because the items that the Company excludes from GAAP to calculate the comparable non-GAAP measure can be dependent on future events that are less capable of being controlled or reliably predicted by management and are not part of the Company's routine operating activities. Additionally, management does not forecast many of the excluded items for internal use and therefore cannot create or rely on outlook done on a GAAP basis. The occurrence, timing, and amount of any of the items excluded from GAAP to calculate non-GAAP could significantly impact the Company's fiscal 2023 GAAP results.

Non-GAAP Tables
($K, except per share data)	Three Months Ended				Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Revenue	$ 1,040,307		$ 978,167		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860
Net income (loss)	$ (492)		$ (10,619)		$ (22,573)		$ (14,330)
Plus:
Income tax expense (benefit)	8,420		10,675		(1,945)		8,222
Other expense, net	1,859		-		4,194		-
Interest expense, net	28,497		30,971		122,442		61,879
Loss on extinguishment of debt	246		-		22,298		-
Amortization of intangible assets	22,606		20,046		90,423		48,643
M&A, integration and related costs	15,055		26,379		56,610		87,108
Adjusted operating income	$ 76,191		$ 77,452		$ 271,449		$ 191,522
Plus:
Depreciation expense	5,875		4,809		22,408		13,472
Adjusted EBITDA	$ 82,066		$ 82,261		$ 293,857		$ 204,994
Adjusted EBITDA margin	7.9 %		8.4 %		7.4 %		7.1 %
Minus:
Cash interest expense, net	26,305		27,069		113,375		54,074
Income tax expense, as adjusted	9,101		19,654		35,430		36,295
Depreciation expense	5,875		4,809		22,408		13,472
Other expense, net	1,859		-		4,194		-
Adjusted net income	$ 38,926		$ 30,729		$ 118,450		$ 101,153

($K, except per share data)	Three Months Ended				Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.02)		$ (0.35)		$ (0.73)		$ (0.68)
Plus:
M&A, integration and related costs	0.45		0.69		1.42		3.28
Amortization of intangible assets	0.68		0.53		2.26		1.84
Amortization of debt issuance costs and Loss on extinguishment of debt	0.11		0.10		0.79		0.29
Adjusted diluted earnings per share	$ 1.22		$ 0.97		$ 3.74		$ 4.73
Average shares outstanding
Basic, as reported	31,192		30,465		31,084		20,996
Diluted, as reported	31,192		30,465		31,084		20,996
Adjusted diluted	31,822		31,284		31,567		21,346

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Revenue by client branch, contract type, contract relationship, and geographic region for the periods presented below was as follows:

Revenue by Client
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2023	%	2022	%	2021	%
Army		$ 1,633,525	41 %	$ 1,342,406	46 %	$ 1,134,849	64 %
Navy		1,233,463	31 %	713,732	25 %	224,407	13 %
Air Force		538,698	14 %	459,849	16 %	266,291	15 %
Other		557,440	14 %	374,873	13 %	158,118	8 %
Total revenue		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860		$ 1,783,665

Revenue by Contract Type
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2023	%	2022	%	2021	%
Cost-plus and cost-reimbursable		$ 2,209,241	56 %	$ 1,625,196	56 %	$ 1,271,167	71 %
Firm-fixed-price		1,626,262	41 %	1,159,743	40 %	452,112	25 %
Time-and-materials		127,623	3 %	105,921	4 %	60,386	4 %
Total revenue		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860		$ 1,783,665

Revenue by Contract Relationship
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2023	%	2022	%	2021	%
Prime contractor		$ 3,726,199	94 %	$ 2,695,067	93 %	$ 1,663,828	93 %
Subcontractor		236,927	6 %	195,793	7 %	119,837	7 %
Total revenue		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860		$ 1,783,665

Revenue by Geographic Region
		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2023	%	2022	%	2021	%
United States		$ 2,286,052	58 %	$ 1,494,255	52 %	$ 578,255	32 %
Middle East		1,193,598	30 %	1,024,674	35 %	1,000,877	56 %
Asia		264,346	7 %	167,629	6 %	61,927	3 %
Europe		219,130	5 %	204,302	7 %	142,606	9 %
Total revenue		$ 3,963,126		$ 2,890,860		$ 1,783,665

SOURCE V2X, Inc.