Enviri Corp (NVRI) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with Strategic ...

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  • Revenue: $574 million, down 4% on a reported basis.

  • Adjusted EBITDA: $85 million, an improvement of 3% year-over-year.

  • Clean Earth Adjusted EBITDA: Increased 23% to $42 million with a margin of 17.5%.

  • Harsco Environmental Revenue: $279 million, down 2% compared with the prior year quarter.

  • Harsco Environmental Adjusted EBITDA: $53 million, modestly lower versus the prior year.

  • Rail Revenue: $58 million.

  • Rail Adjusted EBITDA: Loss of $2 million.

  • Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share: $0.01 for the quarter.

  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow: Deficit of $34 million versus a deficit of $7 million in the prior year quarter.

  • Full Year Adjusted EBITDA Outlook: Expected to be within a range of $317 million to $327 million.

  • Free Cash Flow Guidance: Midpoint now negative $10 million.

Release Date: October 31, 2024

For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.

Positive Points

  • Clean Earth achieved another record quarter in terms of EBITDA and EBITDA margin, with adjusted EBITDA increasing over 20% compared to Q3 of last year.

  • The company successfully strengthened its balance sheet through asset sales and the renewal and extension of its revolver and other short-term credit facilities.

  • Enviri Corp's sizable pension fund in the UK is now fully funded, reaching this milestone about a year earlier than expected.

  • The company exceeded its goal of generating $50 million to $75 million of proceeds from asset sales, primarily from non-core businesses.

  • Enviri Corp expects to yield EBITDA in excess of $400 million in 2027 with free cash flow of more than $150 million and net leverage of 2.5 times, providing greater strategic flexibility and optionality for value creation.

Negative Points

  • Harsco Environmental faced headwinds due to a weakening steel industry, with excess capacity and weaker demand in China impacting customers in less protected markets.

  • Harsco Rail continues to face operational challenges, including late deliveries from key vendors, global shipping disruptions, and bottlenecks in manufacturing processes.

  • Hurricane Helene affected production and shipments at the end of the quarter from the primary manufacturing facility in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • The company's free cash flow for the quarter was a deficit of $34 million, primarily due to the timing of working capital and capital spending.

  • Enviri Corp's full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance was lowered, reflecting tempered expectations for Harsco Environmental and Rail, partially offset by a raised outlook for Clean Earth.