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AdvanSix Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

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4Q24 Sales of $329 million, down 14% versus prior year

4Q24 Earnings Per Share of $0.01; Adjusted Earnings Per Share of $0.09

4Q24 Cash Flow from Operations of $64 million, up $4 million versus prior year

Progressing 45Q carbon capture tax credits with initial $9.7 million claimed in 4Q24

Final insurance settlement proceeds related to 2019 PES supplier shutdown

PARSIPPANY, N.J., February 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AdvanSix (NYSE: ASIX), a diversified chemistry company, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2024. Overall, in 2024, the Company achieved commercial success and advanced targeted growth initiatives, while navigating operational challenges in the year.

Full Year 2024 Summary

  • Sales down approximately 1% versus prior year driven by an approximately 2% decrease in volume primarily as a result of disclosed operational disruptions, partially offset by a 1% favorable net pricing impact

  • Net Income of $44.1 million, a decrease of $10.5 million versus the prior year

  • Adjusted EBITDA of $142.1 million, a decrease of $11.4 million versus the prior year

  • Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 9.4%, down 60 bps versus the prior year

  • Cash Flow from Operations of $135.4 million, an increase of $17.9 million versus the prior year

  • Capital Expenditures of $133.7 million, an increase of $26.3 million versus the prior year

  • Free Cash Flow of $1.7 million, a decrease of $8.5 million versus the prior year

Summary full year 2024 financial results for the Company are included below:

($ in Thousands, Except Earnings Per Share)

FY 2024

 

FY 2023

Sales

$1,517,557

 

$1,533,599

Net Income

$44,149

 

$54,623

Diluted Earnings Per Share

$1.62

 

$1.95

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (1)

$1.96

 

$2.14

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

142,116

 

153,559

Adjusted EBITDA Margin % (1)

9.4%

 

10.0%

Cash Flow from Operations

135,413

 

117,550

Free Cash Flow (1)(2)

1,691

 

10,173

(1) See "Non-GAAP Measures" included in this press release for non-GAAP reconciliations

(2) Net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures

Sales by product line and approximate percentage of total sales are included below:

($ in Thousands)

FY 2024

 

FY 2023 (1)

 

Sales

 

% of Total

 

Sales

 

% of Total

Nylon

$

348,501

 

23%

 

$

356,632

 

23%

Caprolactam

 

276,303

 

18%

 

 

298,375

 

20%

Plant Nutrients

 

458,152

 

30%

 

 

477,929

 

31%

Chemical Intermediates

 

434,601

 

29%

 

 

400,663

 

26%

Total

$

1,517,557

 

100%

 

$

1,533,599

 

100%

(1) Previously reported amounts have been updated for a reclassification to align more closely with the Company's current sales structure, resulting in an increase to Plant Nutrients and a decrease to Chemical Intermediates for FY 2023. Total revenue amounts were not impacted.

"Our diverse portfolio, advantage of our business model and favorable industry dynamics - particularly in Plant Nutrients and Acetone - enabled us to successfully navigate a challenging operational year and deliver full year Adjusted EBITDA of $142 million, Adjusted Earnings Per Share of $1.96, and positive Free Cash Flow," said Erin Kane, president and CEO of AdvanSix. "We funded key growth and enterprise initiatives including our SUSTAIN (Sustainable U.S. Sulfate to Accelerate Increased Nutrition) program, returned cash to shareholders and maintained our healthy balance sheet. As we worked to deliver outcomes in the year, we also made significant progress on two key enterprise developments. First, we have successfully concluded our multi-year efforts to recover losses associated with the 2019 PES cumene supplier shutdown, including $5.3 million of insurance proceeds in the fourth quarter of 2024 and a final omnibus settlement of approximately $26 million in the first quarter of 2025. Second, we were pleased to be one of the first industrial companies to be recognized for our use of carbon capture technologies in our manufacturing process, claiming $9.7 million in 45Q tax credits for the 2018 and 2019 tax years, representing a meaningful medium- to long-term value driver as we continue to pursue these credits for subsequent periods."