Columbus McKinnon Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCO), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of intelligent motion solutions for material handling, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2022 second quarter, which ended September 30, 2021. Results include the addition of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation, which was acquired on April 7, 2021.

Second Quarter Highlights (compared with prior year period)

• 42% revenue growth driven by strong volume, contribution of acquisition and strategic pricing
• CMBS enables continued margin expansion resulting in record gross margin of 36.3%, up 80 basis points; record adjusted gross margin of 36.7% expanded 230 basis points
• Strategic pricing more than offset material cost inflation pressure
• Achieved net income of $15.2 million, or $0.53 per diluted share; adjusted earnings per diluted share was $0.74
• Adjusted EBITDA was $36.0 million, or 16.1% of revenue up 270 basis points
• Generated $25.3 million in cash from operations or $22.2 million in free cash flow¹

David Wilson, President and CEO of Columbus McKinnon, commented, “Demand for our products remains strong as we execute our Blueprint for Growth 2.0 strategy. Our team has worked tirelessly to address supply chain challenges with agility and has overcome the impacts of rapid inflation with additional price increases. We believe the Columbus McKinnon Business System (“CMBS”), which provides the framework to scale the organization, is becoming more robust and enabling improved results. Also of note, the Dorner acquisition has provided a foundation to evolve our business model into higher growth, less cyclical industries as we continue to expand in the Life Sciences, E-Commerce and Consumer Packaging markets. We expect to leverage this platform to further transform our Company into a high value, intelligent motion enterprise.”

¹ Free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as cash from operations less capital expenditures. See the accompanying discussion and reconciliation found in the Additional Data table in this release.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Sales

For the quarter, sales increased $65.8 million, or 41.7%. The Dorner acquisition added $33.5 million in sales. In the U.S., volume improved $16.7 million, or 19.7%, and price improved $2.0 million, or 2.4%. U.S. sales related to the acquisition were $27.3 million. Outside the U.S., volume improved $9.7 million, or 13.3%, and price improved $2.0 million, or 2.7%. The Dorner acquisition added $6.3 million of sales outside the U.S. Foreign currency translation was favorable $1.9 million, or 1.2% of total sales.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Operating Results

*Adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted EPS, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP measures. See accompanying discussion and reconciliation tables in this release regarding adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted EPS, and the reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA.

Dorner added $3.4 million in adjusted operating income. Adjusted earnings per diluted share was $0.74 in the fiscal 2022 second quarter compared with $0.44 in the prior year. Adjusted EPS excludes amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions. The Company believes this better represents its inherent earnings power and cash generation capability.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Outlook

Columbus McKinnon expects third quarter fiscal 2022 sales of approximately $215 million at current exchange rates. This outlook includes the expectation that supply chain constraints continue and reflects typical seasonality, given holidays and fewer shipping days.

Teleconference/webcast

Columbus McKinnon will host a conference call and live webcast today at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, at which management will review the Company’s financial results and strategy. The review will be accompanied by a slide presentation, which will be available on Columbus McKinnon’s website at investors.columbusmckinnon.com. A question and answer session will follow the formal discussion.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing 201-493-6780. The listen-only audio webcast can be monitored at investors.columbusmckinnon.com. To listen to the archived call, dial 412-317-6671 and enter the passcode 13723730. The telephonic replay will be available from 1:00 PM Eastern Time on the day of the call through Thursday, November 4. Alternatively, an archived webcast of the call can be found on the Company’s website. In addition, a transcript of the call will be posted to the website once available.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and marketer of intelligent motion solutions that moves the world forward and improves lives by efficiently and ergonomically moving, lifting, positioning and securing materials. Key products include hoists, crane components, precision conveyor systems, rigging tools, light rail workstations and digital power and motion control systems. The Company is focused on commercial and industrial applications that require the safety and quality provided by its superior design and engineering know-how. Comprehensive information on Columbus McKinnon is available at www.columbusmckinnon.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning future sales and earnings, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by such statements, including the impact of supply chain challenges and inflation, the ability of the Company to scale the organization, achieve its Blueprint for Growth 2.0 strategy and execute CMBS; and the Company’s ability to achieve revenue expectations, global economic and business conditions, conditions affecting the industries served by the Company and its subsidiaries, the Company's customers and suppliers, competitor responses to the Company's products and services, the overall market acceptance of such products and services, the ability to expand into new markets and geographic regions, and other factors disclosed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this release.

Financial tables follow.

⁽¹⁾ Free cash flow is defined as cash from operations less capital expenditures. Free cash flow is not a measure determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, commonly known as GAAP, and may not be comparable with the measures as used by other companies. Nevertheless, Columbus McKinnon believes that providing non-GAAP information, such as free cash flow, is important for investors and other readers of the Company’s financial statements.

Components may not add due to rounding.

Adjusted gross profit is defined as gross profit as reported, adjusted for certain items. Adjusted gross profit is not a measure determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, commonly known as GAAP, and may not be comparable with the measures as used by other companies. Nevertheless, Columbus McKinnon believes that providing non-GAAP information, such as adjusted gross profit, is important for investors and other readers of the Company’s financial statements and assists in understanding the comparison of the current quarter’s and current year's gross profit to the historical periods' gross profit, as well as facilitates a more meaningful comparison of the Company’s gross profit to that of other companies.

Adjusted income from operations is defined as income from operations as reported, adjusted for certain items. Adjusted income from operations is not a measure determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, commonly known as GAAP, and may not be comparable with the measures as used by other companies. Nevertheless, Columbus McKinnon believes that providing non-GAAP information, such as adjusted income from operations, is important for investors and other readers of the Company’s financial statements and assists in understanding the comparison of the current quarter’s and current year's income from operations to the historical periods' income from operations, as well as facilitates a more meaningful comparison of the Company’s income from operations to that of other companies.

⁽¹⁾ Applies a normalized tax rate of 22% to GAAP pre-tax income and non-GAAP adjustments above, which are each pre-tax.

Adjusted net income and diluted EPS are defined as net income and diluted EPS as reported, adjusted for certain items, including amortization of intangible assets, and also adjusted for a normalized tax rate. Adjusted net income and diluted EPS are not measures determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, commonly known as GAAP, and may not be comparable with the measures used by other companies. Nevertheless, Columbus McKinnon believes that providing non-GAAP information, such as adjusted net income and diluted EPS, is important for investors and other readers of the Company’s financial statements and assists in understanding the comparison of the current quarter’s and current year's net income and diluted EPS to the historical periods' net income and diluted EPS, as well as facilitates a more meaningful comparison of the Company’s net income and diluted EPS to that of other companies. The Company believes that representing adjusted EPS provides a better understanding of its earnings power inclusive of adjusting for the non-cash amortization of intangible assets, reflecting the Company’s strategy to grow through acquisitions as well as organically.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and other adjustments. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, commonly known as GAAP, and may not be comparable with the measures as used by other companies. Nevertheless, Columbus McKinnon believes that providing non-GAAP information, such as adjusted EBITDA, is important for investors and other readers of the Company’s financial statements.

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