Perma-Fix Reports Financial Results and Provides Business Update for the Second Quarter of 2016

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - August 22, 2016) - Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) today announced results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2016.

Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "As previously disclosed, we experienced growth in our Services Segment and achieved positive Adjusted EBITDA, despite continued delays of waste shipments within our Treatment Segment during the second quarter of 2016. Based on our current sales pipeline, we anticipate improvement in revenue and cash flow in the second half of 2016 as many of the waste shipments that were delayed remain on track for later this year. Nevertheless, due to timing issues and our revenue recognition model, we are revising our guidance, and now believe adjusted EBITDA for the full year should be approximately of $3 to $4 million."

"We are very pleased to report continued progress on an important demonstration project we are currently conducting with a significant customer related to the treatment of high level waste streams. We believe that if this project is successful, it could open the door to a new market opportunity."

"As discussed in our preliminary financial results reported on August 16, 2016, with the expiration of our lease at our M&EC facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, scheduled for January 2018, we are proceeding to shut down this facility, which we anticipate will result in certain fixed costs savings. We believe that M&EC can reroute waste streams with minimal impact to our revenue or disruption to our customers. As a result of this decision, our second quarter financial results include certain non-cash tangible and intangible asset impairment losses and other charges as described below in connection with our M&EC subsidiary."

Financial Results

Revenue for the second quarter of 2016 was $14.8 million versus $16.4 million for the same period last year. Revenue for the Treatment Segment was $8.0 million compared to $11.1 million for the same period in 2015. Revenue from the Services Segment was $6.8 million versus $5.3 million for the same period in 2015.

Gross profit for the second quarter of 2016 was $1.8 million versus $4.0 million for the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to lower revenue in the Treatment Segment resulting from lower waste volume. Gross profit for the second quarter of 2016 also included a write-off of approximately $587,000 in prepaid fees in connection with the impairment of certain equipment at our M&EC facility which is expected to be shut down as discussed above. Gross profit decreased approximately $2.2 million and gross margin decreased to 12.3% from 24.7% for the same period last year primarily due to decreased revenue in the Treatment Segment and the impact of our fixed costs structure. Our gross profit and margin were also impacted by the $587,000 write-off as discussed above.