Emcor group, inc. reports first quarter 2021 results
Norwalk, conn.--(business wire)--emcor group, inc. (nyse: eme) today reported results for the first quarter ended march 31, 2021. for the first quarter of 2021, net income was $84.8 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, compared to $75.7 million, or $1.35 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2020. revenues for the first quarter of 2021 totaled $2.30 billion, up 0.2% from the year ago period. operating income for the first quarter of 2021 was $117.0 million, or 5.1% of revenues. this compared to $106.0 million, or 4.6% of revenues, for the first quarter of 2020. selling, general and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2021 totaled $224.1 million, or 9.7% of revenues, compared to $227.0 million, or 9.9% of revenues, for the first quarter of 2020. the company's income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 was 27.2% compared to an income tax rate of 27.4% for the first quarter of 2020. remaining performance obligations as of march 31, 2021 were $4.78 billion compared to $4.42 billion as of march 31, 2020. total remaining performance obligations grew approximately $351.3 million year-over-year. tony guzzi, chairman, president and chief executive officer of emcor, commented, “the company had an outstanding start to the year, achieving record first quarter revenues, gross profit, gross profit margin, operating income, operating income margin, net income, and diluted earnings per share. our focus on executing for our customers allowed us to deliver a robust operating income margin of 5.1%, up 50 basis points year-over-year. additionally, we continue to see a healthy project pipeline as evidenced by our record remaining performance obligations of $4.78 billion, which increased 7.9% year-over-year.” mr. guzzi added, “our u.s. construction segments continue to deliver outstanding results, posting combined revenue and operating income growth of 5.0% and 23.1% year-over-year, respectively, led by our u.s. mechanical construction segment in particular, which delivered revenue growth of 8.4% year-over-year and operating income growth of 43.8% year-over-year. u.s. building services performed exceptionally well, generating revenue and operating income growth of 10.3% and 38.0%, respectively, driven primarily by our commercial site-based and mobile mechanical services businesses. our u.s. industrial services segment experienced a difficult quarter as the texas freeze impacted our turnaround schedule, but we remain well-positioned to assist our customers when the market strengthens. lastly, our u.k. building services segment continued to take advantage of strong project demand, delivering revenue and operating income growth of 12.8% and 63.3%, respectively, which led to operating margin expansion of 230 basis points year-over-year.” based on year-to-date performance and assuming a gradual improvement of current market conditions as the year progresses, emcor is raising its full-year 2021 diluted earnings per share guidance range to $6.35 to $6.75, an increase from the prior guidance range of $6.20 to $6.70. the company is maintaining its full-year 2021 revenue guidance of $9.2 billion to $9.4 billion. mr. guzzi concluded, “we are optimistic about our prospects for the remainder of the year. our values of mission first, people always will continue to guide us as we focus on the health and safety of our employees, while executing our work for our customers with excellence. looking ahead, we will continue to invest in our business and pursue strategic acquisition opportunities, while also returning capital to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.” emcor group, inc. is a fortune 500 leader in mechanical and electrical construction services, industrial and energy infrastructure and building services. this press release and other press releases may be viewed at the company’s website at www.emcorgroup.com. emcor routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the “investor relations” section of our website at www.emcorgroup.com. investors and potential investors are encouraged to consult the emcor website regularly for important information about emcor. emcor group's first quarter conference call will be available live via internet broadcast today, thursday, april 29, at 10:30 am eastern daylight time. the live call may be accessed through the company's website at www.emcorgroup.com. forward looking statements: this release contains certain forward-looking statements. any such comments speak only as of april 29, 2021 and emcor assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements, unless required by law. these forward-looking statements may include statements regarding anticipated future operating and financial performance, the nature and impact of our remaining performance obligations, our ability to pursue acquisitions, our ability to return capital to shareholders, market opportunities, market growth and customer trends. these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated (whether expressly or implied) by the forward-looking statements. accordingly, these statements are no guarantee of future performance. such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, adverse effects of general economic conditions, changes in the political environment, changes in the specific markets for emcor’s services, adverse business conditions, availability of adequate levels of surety bonding, increased competition, unfavorable labor productivity, mix of business, and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on our revenue and operations, including employees, construction activity, and facilities utilization, and certain of the risk factors associated with emcor’s business discussed in part i, item 1a “risk factors,” of the company’s 2020 form 10-k, and in other reports filed from time to time with the securities and exchange commission and available at www.sec.gov and www.emcorgroup.com. such risk factors should be taken into account in evaluating any forward-looking statements. emcor group, inc. financial highlights condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands, except share and per share information) (unaudited) for the three months ended march 31, 2021 2020 revenues $ 2,304,049 $ 2,299,832 cost of sales 1,962,976 1,966,771 gross profit 341,073 333,061 selling, general and administrative expenses 224,069 226,997 restructuring expenses — 69 operating income 117,004 105,995 net periodic pension (cost) income 908 742 interest expense, net (1,363) (2,488) income before income taxes 116,549 104,249 income tax provision 31,604 28,584 net income including noncontrolling interests 84,945 75,665 less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (171) — net income attributable to emcor group, inc. $ 84,774 $ 75,665 basic earnings per common share $ 1.54 $ 1.35 diluted earnings per common share $ 1.54 $ 1.35 weighted average shares of common stock outstanding: basic 54,896,548 56,007,122 diluted 55,135,304 56,210,728 dividends declared per common share $ 0.13 $ 0.08 emcor group, inc. condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands) march 31, 2021 (unaudited) december 31, 2020 assets current assets: cash and cash equivalents $ 758,833 $ 902,867 accounts receivable, net 2,037,525 1,922,096 contract assets 192,369 171,956 inventories 48,212 53,338 prepaid expenses and other 68,692 70,679 total current assets 3,105,631 3,120,936 property, plant and equipment, net 157,202 158,427 operating lease right-of-use assets 239,457 242,155 goodwill 862,323 851,783 identifiable intangible assets, net 580,555 582,893 other assets 116,021 107,646 total assets $ 5,061,189 $ 5,063,840 liabilities and equity current liabilities: current maturities of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities $ 16,713 $ 16,910 accounts payable 624,884 671,886 contract liabilities 739,572 722,252 accrued payroll and benefits 384,942 450,955 other accrued expenses and liabilities 272,942 247,597 operating lease liabilities, current 54,354 53,632 total current liabilities 2,093,407 2,163,232 long-term debt and finance lease liabilities 259,714 259,619 operating lease liabilities, long-term 201,894 205,362 other long-term obligations 385,502 382,383 total liabilities 2,940,517 3,010,596 equity: total emcor group, inc. stockholders’ equity 2,119,968 2,052,668 noncontrolling interests 704 576 total equity 2,120,672 2,053,244 total liabilities and equity $ 5,061,189 $ 5,063,840 emcor group, inc. condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended march 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands) (unaudited) 2021 2020 cash flows - operating activities: net income including noncontrolling interests $ 84,945 $ 75,665 adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: depreciation and amortization 12,001 11,767 amortization of identifiable intangible assets 14,989 14,747 provision for credit losses 507 2,614 deferred income taxes 14 4,375 non-cash share-based compensation expense 3,193 3,291 other reconciling items (739) 42 changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the effect of businesses acquired (203,899) (191,314) net cash used in operating activities (88,989) (78,813) cash flows - investing activities: payments for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired (24,326) (2,582) proceeds from sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment 766 196 purchases of property, plant and equipment (8,204) (12,035) net cash used in investing activities (31,764) (14,421) cash flows - financing activities: proceeds from revolving credit facility — 200,000 repayments of revolving credit facility — (50,000) proceeds from long-term debt — 300,000 repayments of long-term debt and debt issuance costs — (257,549) repayments of finance lease liabilities (1,145) (1,277) dividends paid to stockholders (7,121) (4,500) repurchases of common stock (12,917) (99,048) taxes paid related to net share settlements of equity awards (3,750) (2,492) issuances of common stock under employee stock purchase plan 1,731 1,638 payments for contingent consideration arrangements (693) (653) distributions to noncontrolling interests (43) — net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (23,938) 86,119 effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 886 (4,678) decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (143,805) (11,793) cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year (1) 903,562 359,920 cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period (2) $ 759,757 $ 348,127 _________ (1) includes $0.7 million and $1.1 million of restricted cash classified as “prepaid expenses and other” in the consolidated balance sheets as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. (2) includes $0.9 million and $1.0 million of restricted cash classified as “prepaid expenses and other” in the consolidated balance sheets as of march 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. emcor group, inc. segment information (in thousands) (unaudited) for the three months ended march 31, 2021 2020 revenues from unrelated entities: united states electrical construction and facilities services $ 456,168 $ 461,803 united states mechanical construction and facilities services 903,925 834,112 united states building services 581,839 527,611 united states industrial services 235,382 363,929 total united states operations 2,177,314 2,187,455 united kingdom building services 126,735 112,377 total operations $ 2,304,049 $ 2,299,832 for the three months ended march 31, 2021 2020 operating income (loss): united states electrical construction and facilities services $ 40,264 $ 40,312 united states mechanical construction and facilities services 64,950 45,171 united states building services 29,334 21,261 united states industrial services (2,443) 15,425 total united states operations 132,105 122,169 united kingdom building services 9,411 5,764 corporate administration (24,512) (21,869) restructuring expenses — (69) total operations 117,004 105,995 other corporate items: net periodic pension (cost) income 908 742 interest expense, net (1,363) (2,488) income before income taxes $ 116,549 $ 104,249
