TMST TimkenSteel Corporation

CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TimkenSteel (NYSE: TMST), a leader in high-quality specialty steel, manufactured components, and supply chain solutions, today reported third-quarter 2021 net sales of $343.7 million and net income of $50.1 million, or $0.94 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis⁽¹⁾, third-quarter 2021 net income was $55.2 million, or $1.04 per diluted share, and adjusted EBITDA was $72.0 million.

In the same quarter last year, net sales were $205.9 million with a net loss of $13.9 million, or a loss of $0.31 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis⁽¹⁾, third-quarter 2020 net loss was $17.3 million, or a loss of $0.38 per diluted share, and adjusted EBITDA was $2.6 million.

Second-quarter 2021 net sales were $327.3 million with net income of $54.0 million, or $0.98 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis⁽¹⁾, second-quarter 2021 net income was $52.5 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, and adjusted EBITDA was $71.0 million.

"As we head into the end of the year, I am encouraged that the demand environment remains robust, and our first half of 2022 order book is filling up in a strong pricing environment. Sales to the industrial market remained stable during the third quarter while shipments to mobile customers continued to be impacted by semiconductor supply chain disruption," said Mike Williams, president and chief executive officer. "With our uncompromising focus on employee safety and customer service, as well as continued cost control, we achieved record adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter and finished with a record balance of cash and total liquidity."

THIRD QUARTER OF 2021 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

• Net sales of $343.7 million increased 5 percent compared with $327.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, driven primarily by higher raw material surcharges and base sales prices. The average raw material surcharge per ton increased 17 percent sequentially as a result of higher scrap and alloy prices. Compared with the prior-year third quarter, net sales increased 67 percent largely driven by improved industrial and energy demand, and a significant increase in the average raw material surcharge per ton as a result of higher scrap and alloy prices.
• Ship tons of 212,700 were essentially flat sequentially, in line with prior guidance. Industrial demand remained strong at 111,000 ship tons, energy shipments increased 48 percent sequentially to 12,900 tons and mobile shipments declined 5 percent sequentially to 88,800 tons due to the ongoing impact of the semiconductor chip shortage. The company estimates that the semiconductor chip shortage drove an approximate 15,000 ton decrease in mobile market shipments in the quarter. Compared with the prior-year third quarter, total ship tons increased 38 percent with significant increases in both industrial and energy shipments.
• Manufacturing costs increased sequentially as a result of planned annual maintenance shutdown costs at the company's rolling and finishing operations. Compared with the prior-year quarter, manufacturing costs improved primarily due to higher melt utilization and the impact of systemic cost reduction actions.
• SG&A expense was $19.9 million, a $1.1 million decrease from the second quarter of 2021 as a result of lower variable compensation expense and lower employee benefits expense. Compared with the prior-year third quarter, SG&A expense increased by $2.0 million largely due to higher variable compensation expense and prior year COVID-19-related temporary cost reduction actions partially offset by savings from employee restructuring actions.

VOLUNTARY EXIT INCENTIVE PROGRAM
In October, the company further refined its organizational structure and offered a voluntary exit incentive to certain U.S.-based salaried non-operative employees who will be eligible for retirement by December 31, 2023. As a result of this program, the company anticipates recording a restructuring charge of approximately $4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, with cash severance payments expected primarily in 2022. Ongoing run-rate savings are estimated to be approximately $5 million as a result of this action.

CASH AND LIQUIDITY
As of September 30, 2021, the company's cash balance was $172.0 million. Operating cash flow was $53.8 million in the third-quarter 2021 and $106.2 million year-to-date through September 30, 2021, driven by higher profitability. Total liquidity⁽²⁾ was a record $444.4 million as of September 30, 2021, an improvement of $67.9 million from June 30, 2021.

OUTLOOK
The company expects fourth quarter ship tons to be lower than third-quarter levels. While the company's order book is full for the remainder of 2021, fourth quarter shipments will be negatively impacted by lower melt utilization as a result of the recently completed annual Faircrest melt shop maintenance shutdown. Additionally, periodic automotive customer manufacturing outages due to the semiconductor chip shortage may negatively impact fourth quarter mobile shipments.

From an operational perspective:

• Melt utilization is expected to be at or above 75 percent during the fourth quarter.
• Annual Faircrest shutdown maintenance was completed in the fourth quarter at a cost of approximately $5 million.
• A labor agreement ratification bonus will be paid to employees during the fourth quarter at a cost of approximately $2 million.
• Capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $15 million to $20 million in 2021.

TIMKENSTEEL EARNINGS WEBCAST INFORMATION
TimkenSteel will provide live Internet listening access to its conference call with the financial community scheduled for Friday, November 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The live conference call will be broadcast at investors.timkensteel.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available at investors.timkensteel.com.

ABOUT TIMKENSTEEL CORPORATION
TimkenSteel (NYSE: TMST) manufactures high-performance carbon and alloy steel products from recycled scrap metal in Canton, OH, serving demanding applications in mobile, energy and a variety of industrial end markets. The company is a premier U.S. producer of alloy steel bars (up to 16 inches in diameter), seamless mechanical tubing and manufactured components. In the business of making high-quality steel for more than 100 years, TimkenSteel's proven expertise contributes to the performance of our customers' products. The company employs approximately 1,900 people and had sales of $831 million in 2020. For more information, please visit us at www.timkensteel.com.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TimkenSteel reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and corresponding metrics as non-GAAP financial measures. This earnings release includes references to the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted net income (loss), EBIT, adjusted EBIT, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and base sales. These are important financial measures used in the management of the business, including decisions concerning the allocation of resources and assessment of performance. Management believes that reporting these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as these measures are representative of the company's performance and provide improved comparability of results.  See the attached schedules for definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures referred to above and corresponding reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed as additions to, and not as alternatives for, TimkenSteel's results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP measures TimkenSteel uses may differ from non-GAAP measures used by other companies, and other companies may not define the non-GAAP measures TimkenSteel uses in the same way.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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The company cautions readers that actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the company due to a variety of factors, such as: the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company's operations and financial results, including cash flows and liquidity; whether the company is able to successfully implement actions designed to improve profitability on anticipated terms and timetables and whether the company is able to fully realize the expected benefits of such actions; deterioration in world economic conditions, or in economic conditions in any of the geographic regions in which the company conducts business, including additional adverse effects from global economic slowdown, terrorism or hostilities, including political risks associated with the potential instability of governments and legal systems in countries in which the company or its customers conduct business, and changes in currency valuations; climate-related risks, including environmental and severe weather caused by climate changes, and legislative and regulatory initiatives addressing global climate change or other environmental concerns; the effects of fluctuations in customer demand on sales, product mix and prices in the industries in which the company operates, including the ability of the company to respond to rapid changes in customer demand including but not limited to changes in customer operating schedules due to supply chain constraints, the effects of customer bankruptcies or liquidations, the impact of changes in industrial business cycles, and whether conditions of fair trade exist in U.S. markets; competitive factors, including changes in market penetration, increasing price competition by existing or new foreign and domestic competitors, the introduction of new products by existing and new competitors, and new technology that may impact the way the company's products are sold or distributed; changes in operating costs, including the effect of changes in the company's manufacturing processes, changes in costs associated with varying levels of operations and manufacturing capacity, availability of raw materials and energy, the company's ability to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in raw materials and energy costs and the effectiveness of its surcharge mechanism, changes in the expected costs associated with product warranty claims, changes resulting from inventory management, cost reduction initiatives and different levels of customer demands, the effects of unplanned work stoppages, and changes in the cost of labor and benefits; the success of the company's operating plans, announced programs, initiatives and capital investments, and the company's ability to maintain appropriate relations with unions that represent its associates in certain locations in order to avoid disruptions of business; unanticipated litigation, claims or assessments, including claims or problems related to intellectual property, product liability or warranty, and environmental issues and taxes, among other matters; the availability of financing and interest rates, which affect the company's cost of funds and/or ability to raise capital, including the ability of the company to refinance or repay at maturity the convertible notes due December 1, 2025; the company's pension obligations and investment performance, and/or customer demand and the ability of customers to obtain financing to purchase the company's products or equipment that contain its products; the amount of any dividend declared by the company's Board of Directors on the company's common shares; the overall impact of pension and other postretirement benefit mark-to-market accounting; and the effects of the conditional conversion feature of the Convertible Notes due December 1, 2025, which, if triggered, entitles holders to convert the notes at any time during specified periods at their option and therefore could result in potential dilution if the holder elects to convert and the company elects to satisfy a portion or all of the conversion obligation by delivering common shares instead of cash. Further, this news release represents our current policy and intent and is not intended to create legal rights or obligations. Any standards of measurement and performance contained in this disclosure are developing and based on assumptions, and no assurance can be given that any plan, initiative, projection, goal, commitment, expectation, or prospect set forth in this news release can or will be achieved.  

Additional risks relating to the company's business, the industries in which the company operates, or the company's common shares may be described from time to time in the company's filings with the SEC. All of these risk factors are difficult to predict, are subject to material uncertainties that may affect actual results and may be beyond the company's control.  Readers are cautioned that it is not possible to predict or identify all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results and that the above list should not be considered to be a complete list. Except as required by the federal securities laws, the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow⁽¹⁾ to GAAP Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities:

This reconciliation is provided as additional relevant information about the company's financial position. Free cash flow is an important financial measure used in the management of the business. Management believes that free cash flow is useful to investors because it is a meaningful indicator of cash generated from operating activities available for the execution of its business strategy.

Reconciliation of adjusted net income (loss)⁽³⁾ to GAAP net income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share⁽³⁾ to GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended September 30, 2021, September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021

Adjusted net income (loss), adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share and other adjusted items referred to below are financial measures not required by, or presented in accordance with GAAP. These Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, the financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and a reconciliation of these financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures is presented. Management believes this data provides investors with additional useful information on the underlying operations and trends of the business and enables period-to-period comparability of the company's financial performance.

Reconciliation of adjusted net income (loss)⁽³⁾ to GAAP net income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share⁽³⁾ to GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020

Adjusted net income (loss), adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share and other adjusted items referred to below are financial measures not required by, or presented in accordance with GAAP. These Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, the financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and a reconciliation of these financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures is presented. Management believes this data provides investors with additional useful information on the underlying operations and trends of the business and enables period-to-period comparability of the company's financial performance.