Full Press Release Details
Phibro Animal Health Corporation Reports Third Quarter
Results, Provides Revised Financial Guidance
TEANECK, N.J., May 4, 2022 (Business Wire) - Phibro Animal
Health Corporation (Nasdaq:PAHC) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended March 31, 2022.
"Our fiscal year-to-date net sales reflect year-over-year growth of
12%, driven by double-digit sales growth across all segments - a 10% improvement in our core Animal Health segment, and net sales growth
of 16% and 12% in our Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products segments, respectively," said Jack Bendheim, Phibro's Chairman,
President, and Chief Executive Officer. "Given year-to-date performance, we raised full year net sales guidance to a range of $930-950
million, which is a projected year-over-year increase of 12 to 14%. However, given the macroeconomic challenges, uncertainty persists
leading us to maintain our full year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $110 - $114 million."
Net sales of $239.6 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2022, increased $27.9 million, or 13%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Animal Health, Mineral Nutrition,
and Performance Products increased $14.2 million, $10.9 million, and $2.8 million, respectively.
Net sales of $148.6 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2022, increased $14.2 million, or 11%. Net sales of MFAs and other increased $5.8 million, or 7%, driven by increased
sales of processing aids used to improve production efficiency in the ethanol fermentation industry. Net sales of nutritional specialty
products increased $4.4 million, or 12%, due to higher demand in dairy and microbial products, plus increased revenues from our companion
animal product. Net sales of vaccines increased $4.0 million, or 21%, due to increased domestic and international volumes.
Net sales of $69.0 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022, increased $10.9 million, or 19%, primarily driven by higher average selling prices of trace minerals. The increase in average selling prices is due to the movement of the underlying raw material costs.
Performance Products
Net sales of $22.0 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022, increased $2.8 million, or 15%, as a result of higher volumes of ingredients for personal care products and
higher volumes and average selling prices of copper-based products.
Gross profit of $71.6 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022, increased $2.5 million, or 4%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Gross margin decreased
280 basis points to 29.9% of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to 32.7% for the three months ended March
Animal Health gross profit increased $0.5 million,
primarily driven by higher sales volume, offset by increased raw material and logistics costs. Mineral Nutrition gross profit increased
$2.2 million, driven primarily by higher average selling prices, partially offset by an increase in raw material costs. Performance Products
gross profit decreased $0.2 million, as a result of higher raw material and production costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative
expenses ("SG&A") of $52.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, increased $3.4 million, or 7%, as compared
to the three months ended March 31, 2021. SG&A for the three months ended March 31, 2022, included acquisition-related costs of $0.3
Animal Health SG&A increased
$2.8 million, primarily due to an increase in the number of employees and employee-related costs, in addition to travel expenses. Mineral
Nutrition and Performance Products SG&A were comparable to the prior year. Excluding the acquisition-related costs, Corporate costs
increased by $0.3 million primarily due to increased technology-related costs.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net of $2.9 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2022, was comparable to the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Foreign currency (gains), net
Foreign currency (gains), net for the three months
ended March 31, 2022, amounted to net gains of $10.6 million, as compared to $0.6 million of net gains for the three months ended March
31, 2021. Foreign currency (gains), net primarily arose from intercompany balances. Current period gains were driven by the movement of
the Turkish and Brazilian currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
Provision for income taxes
The provision for income taxes was $9.1 million and $5.6 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The effective income tax rate was 34.1% and 31.6% for the three months ended
March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The provision for income taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2022, included a $0.4 million
expense for a change in deferred taxes, a $0.1 million expense related to the finalized regulations for the Global Intangible Low-Taxed
Income ("GILTI") tax, and a $0.1 million expense related to an uncertain tax position adjustment. The effective income tax
rate, without these items, would have been 31.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The provision for income taxes during the
three months ended March 31, 2021, included a $0.6 million expense related to a detailed deferred tax analysis of property, plant, and
equipment and intangible assets. The effective income tax rate, without this expense, would have been 27.9% for the three months ended
Net income of $17.7 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2022, increased $5.5 million, as compared to net income of $12.2 million for the three months ended March
31, 2021. Operating income decreased $0.9 million, driven by higher SG&A, partially offset by favorable gross profit. The increase
in gross profit in the Animal Health and Mineral Nutrition segments was due to higher product demand and higher selling prices, respectively.
Gross profit in the Performance Products segment decreased due to higher raw material and production costs. Interest expense was comparable,
while foreign currency (gains), net increased $10.0 million. Income tax expense increased $3.5 million.
Adjusted EBITDA of $28.0 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022, was comparable to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Animal Health Adjusted EBITDA decreased $1.7 million
due to higher SG&A, partially offset by higher revenue and gross profit. Mineral Nutrition Adjusted EBITDA increased $2.1 million,
driven by increased gross profit. Performance Products Adjusted EBITDA was comparable to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Corporate
expenses increased $0.3 million, primarily due to increased technology-related costs.
Adjusted provision for income taxes
The adjusted effective income tax rates
for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, were 29.1% and 28.4%,
respectively. The decrease in our adjusted effective income tax rate was driven primarily by a change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings.
Adjusted net income of $13.4 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2022, decreased $0.5 million, or 4%,
as compared to the prior year, due to increases in employee-related and technology-related costs, partially offset by higher gross profit
from an increase in volumes and average selling prices.
Adjusted diluted EPS
EPS was $0.33 for the quarter, a decrease of $0.01, as compared to $0.34 in
BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOWS
REVISED FINANCIAL GUIDANCE
We are raising our fiscal year 2022 net sales projection, while leaving
unchanged the remaining projections of financial performance for the year ending June 30, 2022, as follows:
This financial guidance assumes certain planned price increases and
freight surcharges, where applicable and competitive conditions allow, have been and will continue to be applied.
The COVID-19 global pandemic may continue to present challenges to
the animal health industry, including but not limited increased material and shipping costs and labor cost increases and shortages. Further
the impact of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and any resulting bans, sanctions, boycotts, or broader military conflict
could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Our revised guidance assumes that supply chain and
labor challenges will persist for the remainder of our fiscal year.
We will continue to monitor the impacts that the pandemic and the military
conflict between Russia and Ukraine are having on our business and adjust our financial guidance, if necessary.
WEBCAST & CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS
Phibro Animal Health Corporation will host a webcast
and conference call during which the Company will review its financial results and respond to questions.
NOTE: To join this conference call, all participants
will be required to provide the Conference ID number.
A replay of the webcast will be archived and made
available on Phibro's website.
Statements: This communication contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than
statements of historical or current fact included in this report are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss our
current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance