STANDEX REPORTS FISCAL SECOND QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS

• Sales Increased 6.4% with Contributions from Acquisitions Partially Offset by Organic Decline; Highest Sales Quarter Since Divestiture of the Refrigeration Group in April 2020
• GAAP Gross Margin of 37.6%; Adjusted Gross Margin of 40.9% - Up 60 bps YOY
• GAAP Operating Margin of 4.5%; Record Adjusted Operating Margin of 18.7% - Up 150 bps YOY
• Electronics Book to Bill 1.02 Indicating Continued Market Recovery; Sales into Electrical Grid End Market Anticipated to Provide Tailwind to Second Half of FY25

SALEM, N.H., Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 ended December 31, 2024.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results 

Commenting on the quarter's results, President and Chief Executive Officer David Dunbar said, "Following solid operational performance in the fiscal first quarter, we delivered the highest sales since the divestment of the Refrigeration business in April 2020 and record adjusted operating margin in the fiscal second quarter. These improvements reflected solid operational performance from core businesses and contribution from the recent Amran/Narayan acquisition. Completed in the quarter, this was the largest acquisition in the history of the Company and its sales exceeded our expectations. The continued strength of the electrical grid end market positions us well for continued growth and margin improvement in the second half of fiscal 2025. In the fiscal second quarter, we achieved adjusted gross margin of approximately 40.9% and adjusted operating margin of 18.7%, while continuing to support our growth initiatives."

"We remain confident about the Company's exposure to many positive secular trends in the evolving global economy, such as the electrical grid, electric and hybrid vehicles, renewable energy, commercialization of space, and defense. As the global economy evolves, the Company remains nimble to pivot towards end markets with above average growth prospects. With two months of Amran/Narayan's sales into the electrical grid end market, our fiscal second quarter sales into fast growth markets were over 20% of total company sales."

"For the remainder of fiscal year 2025, based on recent order rates and customer interaction, we continue to expect our end markets to improve, with the recent Amran/Narayan Group acquisition providing an additional tailwind. In the fiscal second quarter, we launched seven new products and remain on track to release over a dozen new products in fiscal year 2025."

"Overall, we are well positioned for continued improvements in financial performance as market conditions improve. In terms of our balance sheet, we intend to use cash flows to reduce debt, while we continue to assess an active pipeline of organic and inorganic opportunities that support future growth."

Outlook

In the fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects moderately to significantly higher revenue, driven by the impact of the recent Amran/Narayan Group acquisition and improving overall demand in Electronics. On a sequential basis, the Company expects slightly to moderately higher adjusted operating margin, benefiting from improved revenue, partially offset by higher investments in selling, marketing, and R&D.

Second Quarter Segment Operating Performance

Electronics (51% of sales; 61% of segment adjusted operating income)

Revenue increased approximately $16.5 million or 20.8% year-on-year reflecting a 32.3% benefit from recent acquisitions, partially offset by an organic decline of 10.7% and a 0.9% impact from foreign currency. The organic decline was due to softness in the automotive end markets in Europe and North America and in general industrial end markets. Adjusted operating income increased approximately $9.0 million or 51.3% year-on-year due to the contribution from the recent Amran/Narayan Group acquisition, productivity initiatives and product mix, partially offset by lower volume.

Electronics segment backlog realizable in under one year of approximately $157 million increased 40% year-on-year. The segment had a book to bill ratio of approximately 1.02 in the fiscal second quarter, with orders of approximately $98 million, driven by order strengthening in the core businesses and the contribution from the recent Amran/Narayan Group acquisition.

In fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects significantly higher revenue, primarily driven by the Amran/Narayan Group acquisition and higher sales into fast growth end markets, and moderately higher adjusted operating margin, as the contribution from the recent acquisition and pricing and productivity initiatives are partially offset by higher investments in selling, marketing, and R&D.

Engraving (16% of sales; 11% of segment adjusted operating income)

Revenue decreased approximately $9.4 million or 23.0% year-on-year reflecting a 22.2% organic decline, primarily due to continued softness in North America and Europe from delays in new platform rollouts, and a foreign currency impact of 0.8%. Adjusted operating income decreased approximately $4.8 million or 51.9% year-on-year due to the lower revenue. Operating deleverage was partially offset by the realization of previously announced productivity initiatives and restructuring actions.

In fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects slightly to moderately lower revenue and adjusted operating margin due to continued softness in the automotive end markets in North America and Europe and less favorable project timing in Asia due to the Chinese New Year. To address the continued softness in end markets served by this segment, the Company initiated additional restructuring actions that project to yield $4.0 million in annualized savings once fully implemented, starting in fiscal fourth quarter 2025.  

Scientific (10% of sales; 11% of segment adjusted operating income)

Revenue increased approximately $2.2 million or 13.4% year-on-year reflecting a 9.5% benefit from the Custom Biogenic Systems acquisition and organic growth of 3.9%, mostly due to higher volume from new product sales partially offset by lower demand from retail pharmacies. Adjusted operating income increased approximately $0.5 million or 10.1% year-on-year reflecting the contribution from the acquisition and higher volume.

In fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects slightly to moderately higher revenue and slightly to moderately lower adjusted operating margin due to higher contribution to revenue from the recent acquisition, additional R&D investments, and higher freight costs.

Engineering Technologies (12% of sales; 9% of segment adjusted operating income)

Revenue increased approximately $2.8 million or 13.9% year-on-year primarily driven by more favorable project timing in the space end market and growth in sales from new products. Operating income increased approximately $0.3 million or 8.4% year-on-year reflecting higher volume.

In fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects slightly lower revenue due to project timing and slightly higher operating margin due to product mix.

Specialty Solutions (11% of sales; 8% of segment adjusted operating income)

Specialty Solutions revenue decreased approximately $0.6 million or 2.9% year-on-year, reflecting general market softness in the Display Merchandising business and in the Hydraulics business. Operating income decreased approximately $0.4 million or 10.2% year-on-year due to lower volume.

In fiscal third quarter 2025, on a sequential basis, the Company expects similar revenue and slightly higher operating margin.

Capital Allocation

• Interest: In fiscal third quarter 2025, the Company expects interest expense to be between $7 million and $7.5 million.
  
  
• Share Repurchase: During the fiscal second quarter 2025, the Company has repurchased approximately 4,000 shares for $0.8 million. There was approximately $28 million remaining on the Company's current share repurchase authorization at the end of the fiscal second quarter 2025.
  
  
• Capital Expenditures: In fiscal second quarter 2025, the Company's capital expenditures were $7.0 million compared to $4.3 million in the fiscal second quarter of 2024. The Company expects fiscal year 2025 capital expenditures between $30 million and $35 million. Capital expenditures were $20.3 million in fiscal 2024.
  
  
• Dividend: On January 24, 2025, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 per share, an approximately 6.7% year-on-year increase. The dividend is payable February 28, 2025, to shareholders of record on February 14, 2025.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights

• Net Debt: Standex had net (cash) debt of $413.2 million on December 31, 2024, compared to $6.2 million at the end of fiscal second quarter 2024. Net (cash) debt for the second quarter of 2025 consisted primarily of long-term debt of $534.3 million and cash and equivalents of $121.1 million.

• Cash Flow: Net cash provided by continuing operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was $9.1 million compared to $23.8 million in the prior year's quarter. Free cash flow after capital expenditures was $2.2 million compared to free cash flow after capital expenditures of $19.5 million in the fiscal second quarter of 2024. 

Conference Call Details

Standex will host a conference call for investors tomorrow, January 31, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET. On the call, David Dunbar, President, and CEO, and Ademir Sarcevic, CFO, will review the Company's financial results and business and operating highlights. Investors interested in listening to the webcast and viewing the slide presentation should log on to the "Investors" section of Standex's website under the subheading, "Events and Presentations," located at www.standex.com.

A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website shortly after the conclusion of the presentation online through January 31, 2026. To listen to the teleconference playback, please dial in the U.S. (888) 660-6345 or (646) 517-4150 internationally; the passcode is 72269#. The audio playback via phone will be available through February 7, 2025. The webcast replay can be accessed in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website, located at www.standex.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP adjusted income from operations, non-GAAP adjusted net income from continuing operations, free operating cash flow, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA to net debt, and adjusted earnings per share. The attached financial tables reconcile non-GAAP measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. The Company believes that the use of non-GAAP measures which exclude the impact of restructuring charges, purchase accounting, amortization from acquired intangible assets, insurance recoveries, discrete tax events, gain or loss on sale of a business unit, acquisition costs, and litigation costs help investors to obtain a better understanding of our operating results and prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the Company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods.  An understanding of the impact in a particular quarter of specific restructuring costs, acquisition expenses, or other gains and losses, on net income (absolute as well as on a per-share basis), operating income or EBITDA can give management and investors additional insight into core financial performance, especially when compared to quarters in which such items had a greater or lesser effect, or no effect.  Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for, the corresponding GAAP measures, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

About Standex

Standex International Corporation is a multi-industry manufacturer in five broad business segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions with operations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Turkey, India, and China. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://standex.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this Press Release that are not based on historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as should," "could," "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "anticipate," "intend," "continue," or similar terms or variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. There are many factors that affect the Company's business and the results of its operations and that may cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. These factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of pandemics and other global crises or catastrophic events on employees, our supply chain, and the demand for our products and services around the world; materially adverse or unanticipated legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements; conditions in the financial and banking markets, including fluctuations in exchange rates and the inability to repatriate foreign cash; domestic and international economic conditions, including the impact, length and degree of economic downturns on the customers and markets we serve and more specifically conditions in the electrical grid, automotive, construction, aerospace, defense, transportation, food service equipment, consumer appliance, energy, oil and gas and general industrial markets; lower-cost competition; the relative mix of products which impact margins and operating efficiencies in certain of our businesses; the impact of higher raw material and component costs, particularly steel, certain materials used in electronics parts, petroleum based products, and refrigeration components; the impact of higher transportation and logistics costs, especially with respect to transportation of goods from Asia; the impact of inflation on the costs of providing our products and services; an inability to realize the expected cost savings from restructuring activities including effective completion of plant consolidations, cost reduction efforts including procurement savings and productivity enhancements, capital management improvements, strategic capital expenditures, and the implementation of lean enterprise manufacturing techniques; the potential for losses associated with the exit from or divestiture of businesses that are no longer strategic or no longer meet our growth and return expectations; the inability to achieve the savings expected from global sourcing of raw materials and diversification efforts in emerging markets; the impact on cost structure and on economic conditions as a result of actual and threatened increases in trade tariffs; the inability to attain expected benefits from acquisitions and the inability to effectively consummate and integrate such acquisitions and achieve synergies envisioned by the Company; increased costs from acquisitions to improve and coordinate managerial, operational, financial, and administrative systems, including internal controls over financial reporting and  compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and other costs related to such systems in connection with acquired businesses; market acceptance of our products; our ability to design, introduce and sell new products and related product components; the ability to redesign certain of our products to continue meeting evolving regulatory requirements; the impact of delays initiated by our customers; our ability to increase manufacturing production to meet demand including as a result of labor shortages; the impact on our operations of any successful cybersecurity attacks; and potential changes to future pension funding requirements. For a more comprehensive discussion of these and other factors, see the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and available on the Company's website. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent management's estimates only as of the day made and should not be relied upon as representing management's estimates as of any subsequent date. While the Company may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company and management specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if management's estimates change.

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