Park Aerospace Corp. Reports First Quarter Results

NEWTON, Kan., July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park Aerospace Corp. (NYSE-PKE) reported results for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter ended June 2, 2024. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results and other matters at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. A live audio webcast of the event, along with presentation materials, will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/f7gkgg8i at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. The presentation materials will also be available at approximately 4:15 p.m. EDT today at https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/ and on the Company's website at www.parkaerospace.com under "Investor Conference Calls" on the "Shareholders" page.

Park reported net sales of $13,970,000 for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter ended June 2, 2024 compared to $15,551,000 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter ended May 28, 2023 and $16,333,000 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter ended March 3, 2024. Net earnings for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter were $993,000 compared to $1,854,000 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter and $2,670,000 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter.

Net earnings before special items for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter were $1,781,000 compared to $2,407,000 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter and $2,308,000 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter was $2,610,000 compared to $3,311,000 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter and $3,201,000 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter.

During the 2025 fiscal year, the Company recorded a $1,052,000 pre-tax charge related to storm damage to the Company's facilities in Newton Kansas. During the 2024 fiscal year first quarter, the Company recorded $570,000 of pre-tax activist shareholder defense costs, $65,000 of pre-tax losses on sales of investments to fund the $1.00 per share special cash dividend paid on April 6, 2023 to shareholders of record on March 9, 2023 and a $109,000 pre-tax charge for the modification of previously granted stock options in connection with the special cash dividend in the 2024 fiscal year first quarter. During the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company recorded $70,000 of pre-tax costs to settle an insurance claim as the result of the bankruptcy of an insurer and $38,000 of pre-tax recruiting fees. The Company recognized a tax benefit of $657,000 in the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter primarily from the reductions of uncertain tax positions related to expiring statutes of limitations on tax positions taken in prior years regarding the taxability of funds repatriated from the Company's subsidiary in Singapore, and the Company recorded $224,000 of additional tax expense for tax deductions becoming unavailable related to stock options expiring unexercised in the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter.

Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.05 for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter compared to $0.09 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter and $0.13 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.09 for the 2025 fiscal year first quarter compared to $0.12 for the 2024 fiscal year first quarter and $0.11 for the 2024 fiscal year fourth quarter.

The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results at 5:00 p.m. EDT today. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference call dial-in number is [phone] in the United States and Canada, and [phone] in other countries. The required conference ID for attendance by phone is 13747817.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 8:00 p.m. EDT today through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The conference call replay will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/f7gkgg8i and on the Company's website at www.parkaerospace.com under "Investor Conference Calls" on the "Shareholders" page. It can also be accessed by dialing [phone] in the United States and Canada, and [phone] in other countries. The required passcode for accessing the replay by phone is 13747817.

Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the conference call, including the investor presentation, will also be available at the time of the conference call on the Company's web site at
https://parkaerospace.com/shareholders/investor-conference-calls/.

Park believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations would be difficult if the disclosure of its operating results were limited to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") financial measures, which include special items, such as a charge related to storm damage, activist shareholder defense costs, losses on sales of investments, charges for modification of previously granted stock options, reductions in uncertain tax positions, tax deductions becoming unavailable, costs to settle an insurance claim and recruiting fees. Accordingly, in addition to disclosing its operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, Park discloses non-GAAP measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, and operating results that exclude special items in order to assist its shareholders and other readers in assessing the Company's operating performance, since the Company's on-going, normal business operations do not include such special items. The detailed operating information presented below includes a reconciliation of the non-GAAP operating results before special items to earnings determined in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of GAAP pre-tax earnings to Adjusted EBITDA. Such non-GAAP financial measures are provided to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP.

Park Aerospace Corp. develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the global aerospace markets. Park's advanced composite materials include film adhesives (Aeroadhere^®) and lightning strike protection materials (Electroglide^®). Park offers an array of composite materials specifically designed for hand lay-up or automated fiber placement (AFP) manufacturing applications. Park's advanced composite materials are used to produce primary and secondary structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft, military aircraft, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs commonly referred to as "drones"), business jets, general aviation aircraft and rotary wing aircraft. Park also offers specialty ablative materials for rocket motors and nozzles and specially designed materials for radome applications. As a complement to Park's advanced composite materials offering, Park designs and fabricates composite parts, structures and assemblies and low volume tooling for the aerospace industry. Target markets for Park's composite parts and structures (which include Park's proprietary composite SigmaStrut and AlphaStrut product lines) are, among others, prototype and development aircraft, special mission aircraft, spares for legacy military and civilian aircraft and exotic spacecraft. Park's objective is to do what others are either unwilling or unable to do. When nobody else wants to do it because it is too difficult, too small or too annoying, sign us up.

Additional corporate information is available on the Company's website at www.parkaerospace.com

Performance table, including non-GAAP information (in thousands, except per share amounts - unaudited):

	13 Weeks Ended					13 Weeks Ended					14 Weeks Ended
	June 2, 2024					May 28, 2023					March 3, 2024
Sales	$	13,970				$	15,551				$	16,333
Net Earnings before Special Items1	$	1,781				$	2,407				$	2,308
Special Items, Net of Tax:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-					(570	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-					(109	)				-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-					(65	)				-
Insurer Bankruptcy Cost		-					-					(70	)
Recruiting Fees		-					-					(38	)
Storm Damage Charge		(1,052	)				-					-
Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items		264					191					37
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-					-					(224	)
Reduction in Uncertain Tax Positions		-					-					657
Net Earnings	$	993				$	1,854				$	2,670
Basic Earnings per Share:
Basic Earnings before Special Items1	$	0.09				$	0.12				$	0.11
Special Items:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-					(0.03	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-					(0.01	)				-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-					-					-
Insurer Bankruptcy Cost		-					-					-
Recruiting Fees		-					-					-
Storm Damage Charge		(0.05	)				-					-
Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items		0.01					0.01					-
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-					-					(0.01	)
Reduction in Uncertain Tax Positions		-					-					0.03
Basic Earnings per Share	$	0.05				$	0.09				$	0.13
Diluted Earnings before Special Items1	$	0.09				$	0.12				$	0.11
Special Items:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-					(0.03	)				-
Stock Option Modification		-					(0.01	)				-
Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities		-					-					-
Insurer Bankruptcy Cost		-					-					-
Recruiting Fees		-					-					-
Storm Damage Charge		(0.05	)				-					-
Income Tax Effect on Pretax Special Items		0.01					0.01					-
Tax Impact of Cancelled Stock Options		-					-					(0.01	)
Reduction in Uncertain Tax Positions		-					-					0.03
Diluted Earnings per Share	$	0.05				$	0.09				$	0.13
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
Basic		20,253					20,461					20,253
Diluted		20,371					20,526					20,357
1Refer to "Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures" below for information regarding Special Items.

Comparative balance sheets (in thousands):

	June 2, 2024				March 3, 2024
Assets	(unaudited)
Current Assets
Cash and Marketable Securities	$	74,418			$	77,211
Accounts Receivable, Net		11,386				12,381
Inventories		8,312				6,404
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets		3,180				2,849
Total Current Assets		97,296				98,845
Fixed Assets, Net		22,185				23,499
Operating Right-of-use Assets		81				95
Other Assets		9,866				9,870
Total Assets	$	129,428			$	132,309
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	$	2,201			$	3,514
Accrued Liabilities		1,513				1,986
Operating Lease Liability		17				53
Income Taxes Payable		4,206				4,105
Total Current Liabilities		7,937				9,658
Long-term Operating Lease Liability		107				82
Non-current Income Taxes Payable		5,259				5,259
Deferred Income Taxes		3,240				3,222
Other Liabilities		1,198				1,174
Total Liabilities		17,741				19,395
Shareholders' Equity		111,687				112,914
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$	129,428			$	132,309
Additional information
Equity per Share	$	5.51			$	5.58

Comparative statements of operations (in thousands - unaudited):

	13 Weeks Ended					13 Weeks Ended					14 Weeks Ended
	June 2, 2024					May 28, 2023					March 3, 2024
Net Sales	$	13,970				$	15,551				$	16,333
Cost of Sales		9,871					10,718					11,880
Gross Profit		4,099					4,833					4,453
% of net sales		29.3%					31.1%					27.3%
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses		2,017					2,615					1,882
% of net sales		14.4%					16.8%					11.5%
Earnings from Operations		2,082					2,218					2,571
Storm Damage Charge		(1,052	)				-					-
Interest and Other Income:
Interest Income		339					324					329
Earnings from Operations before Income Taxes		1,369					2,542					2,900
Income Tax Provision		376					688					230
Net Earnings	$	993				$	1,854				$	2,670
% of net sales		7.1%					11.9%					16.3%

Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measure (in thousands - unaudited):

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Earnings to Adjusted EBITDA
	13 Weeks Ended					13 Weeks Ended					14 Weeks Ended
	June 2, 2024					May 28, 2023					March 3, 2024
GAAP Net Earnings	$	993				$	1,854				$	2,670
Adjustments:
Income Tax Provision		376					688					230
Interest Income		(339	)				(324	)				(329	)
Depreciation		439					305					418
Stock Option Expense		89					109					104
Special Items:
Activist Shareholder Defense Costs		-					570					-
Stock Option Modification Charge (a)		-					109					-
Insurer Bankruptcy Cost		-					-					70
Recruiting Fees		-					-					38
Storm Damage Charge		1,052					-					-
Adjusted EBITDA	$	2,610				$	3,311				$	3,201
(a) pre-tax charge for the modification of previously granted stock options in connection with the special dividend in the 2024 fiscal year first quarter

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