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Phibro Animal Health Corporation Reports
Third Quarter Results
TEANECK, N.J., May 7, 2020 (Business
Wire) - Phibro Animal Health Corporation (NASDAQ:PAHC) today announced its financial results for its third quarter
ended March 31, 2020.
Highlights for the March 2020 quarter (compared
to the March 2019 quarter)
"The well-being of our employees, their
families and communities, and our customers is our priority during this challenging time. We also want to recognize the dedication
and sacrifices of health care professionals, first responders and many others as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic,"
said Jack Bendheim, Phibro's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "I am proud of the way Phibro has responded
to the many challenges posed by the pandemic. I thank our employees for their dedication and focus to ensure we continue to manufacture
products and support our customers. The strong results we delivered this quarter are a direct reflection of the integral role our
products play in supporting the production of healthy, affordable food.
For the March quarter, our Animal Health
sales grew at a healthy 8% rate, reflecting accelerating growth in vaccines and nutritional specialty products, plus strong sales
of MFAs and other products in many regions, almost offsetting the loss of last year's sales in China. We believe we experienced
only a modest benefit from customer stocking in the quarter. International demand for our poultry vaccines continued to increase,
driven by new product introductions and increased penetration. Poultry and dairy-focused nutritional specialty products are gaining
additional acceptance, as customers gain an understanding of the animal welfare, health and efficiency benefits of our suite of
nutritional specialty products.
For the June quarter, we are seeing unprecedented
demand disruption and production impacts in the global food animal industry, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are actively working
with our customers to support their operations and remain the same trusted industry partner that we have always been. While our
sales to date have continued close to our expectations, we anticipate a decline in demand for our products in the June quarter,
as our customers attempt to navigate rapidly evolving market conditions. Given the many uncertainties in the industry, we are unable
to estimate the overall effects on our business for the quarter and, as a result, we are withdrawing our financial guidance."
Net sales of $210.7 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2020, increased $5.0 million, or 2%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. Animal
Health increased $9.8 million, while Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products declined $4.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively.
Net sales of $139.0 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2020, increased $9.8 million, or 8%. Net sales of MFAs and other declined $1.4 million, or 2%, as increased
demand from poultry and cattle customers in the U.S. and Latin America were offset by reduced volumes in China due to African Swine
Fever and regulatory changes that took effect January 1, 2020. Net sales of nutritional specialty products grew $6.4 million, or
23%, due to growth of domestic poultry and dairy products and the recent Osprey acquisition, which accounted for approximately
half of the nutritional specialties sales growth. Net sales of vaccines increased $4.8 million, or 28%, driven by strong international
demand for our poultry vaccines and growth in adjuvant sales.
Net sales of $56.2 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2020, decreased $4.5 million, or 7%, due to lower average selling prices, partially offset by increased
overall unit volume. The decline in average selling prices is correlated with the movement of the underlying raw material costs.
Performance Products
Net sales of $15.6 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2020, decreased $0.3 million, or 2%, driven by lower volumes of ingredients for personal care products.
Gross profit of $69.6 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2020, increased $4.7 million, or 7%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. Gross
profit increased to 33.0% of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to 31.5% for the three months ended
Animal Health gross profit increased $5.4
million due to volume growth in nutritional specialty and vaccine products, partially offset by lower volume in MFAs and other.
Favorable product mix contributed to an improved gross profit ratio compared to the prior year. Mineral Nutrition gross profit
decreased $0.8 million, as the decline in average selling prices and unfavorable product mix more than offset lower raw material
costs. Performance Products gross profit increased $0.1 million.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses
("SG&A") of $48.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, increased $5.9 million, or 14%, as compared
to the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Animal Health SG&A increased $5.0 million,
due to increased investments in product development and marketing costs, the effect of the Osprey acquisition and increased variable
compensation. Mineral Nutrition SG&A increased $0.5 million due to employee-related costs. Performance Products SG&A increased
$0.1 million. Corporate expenses increased $0.3 million due to increased public company costs.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net of $3.3 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2020, increased $0.3 million, or 11%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. The
increase in interest expense was primarily driven by the increase in outstanding borrowings on the Revolver, partially offset by
the benefit of lower variable interest rates. Interest income from our short-term investments declined due to lower rates.
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net for
the three months ended March 31, 2020, amounted to net gains of ($0.6) million, as compared to $0.1 million in net losses
for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Foreign currency gains from third party balances were partially offset by foreign currency
losses from intercompany balances.
Provision for income taxes
The provision for income taxes was $5.2
million and $4.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The effective income tax rate was 27.7%
and 23.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The provision for income taxes for the three months
ended March 31, 2019, included a $0.5 million benefit from increased foreign tax credits, a $0.2 million benefit from an adjustment
to the previously recorded mandatory toll charge on deemed repatriation of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries and a
$0.1 million benefit from the exercise of employee stock options. The effective income tax rate, without these benefits, would
have been 27.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Net income of $13.5 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2020, decreased $1.3 million, as compared to net income of $14.8 million for the three months ended March
31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a $1.2 million decline in operating income, increased interest expense of $0.3 million,
increased income tax expense of $0.5 million, partially offset by favorable foreign currency gains of $0.7 million. The
decline in operating income was driven by increased SG&A costs of $5.9 million, partially offset by $4.7 million of increased
gross profit driven by volume growth in our Animal Health segment.
Adjusted EBITDA of $30.1 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2020, was comparable to the three months ended March 31, 2019. Animal Health Adjusted EBITDA increased
$1.4 million driven by increased gross profit from volume growth, partially offset by increased SG&A costs as a result of investments
in product development and marketing and the effect of the Osprey acquisition. Mineral Nutrition Adjusted EBITDA decreased $1.2
million, driven by decreased gross profit and increased SG&A costs. Performance Products Adjusted EBITDA increased $0.2 million,
while Corporate expenses increased $0.2 million.
Adjusted provision for income taxes
The adjusted effective income
tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, were 26.3% and 26.4%, respectively.
Adjusted diluted EPS
diluted EPS was $0.38 for the quarter, a decrease of $0.01, as compared to $0.39 in the prior year. Increased gross profit driven
by volume growth in the Animal Health business was more than offset by increased SG&A expense, as a result of investments
in product development and marketing and the effect of the Osprey acquisition.
BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOWS
Withdrawal of guidance for our fiscal year 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the animal
production industry is facing unprecedented demand disruption and production impacts, including its ability to process animals.