Exco Results For Second Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 - Seite 3

The Casting and Extrusion segment reported $7.4 million of pre-tax profit in the second quarter – and increase of $2.9 million or 65% from the prior year quarter. The segment’s profitability improvement was driven by strong efficiency gains in both material and labour usage coupled with greater overhead absorption. This, in turn, reflects our past and ongoing investments in new equipment and processes as part of our various continuous improvement initiatives. Of note, the profitability improvement occurred despite rising input cost inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and current restrictions on travel, which greatly impede management’s ability to operate its various global manufacturing facilities at optimal levels of efficiency.

Consolidated EBITDA for the second quarter totaled $20.2 million compared to $17.6 million in the same quarter last year – an increase of $2.6 million, or 15%. Year-to-date, consolidated EBITDA totaled $39.6 million compared to $33.0 million last year – an increase of $6.6 million, or 20%. For the quarter, EBITDA as a percentage of sales increased to 17.1% compared to 14.7% the prior year driven by an improvement in segment margins in both the Casting & Extrusion segment (22% compared to 17%) and the Automotive Solutions segment (16% compared to 15%).

Operating cash flow before net change in non-cash working capital totaled $17.3 million in the second quarter. After changes in working capital requirements, net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $11.9 million. This cash flow, together with cash on hand was more than sufficient to fund $0.1 million of interest expense, $5.1 million of capital expenditures, and $3.9 million of common dividend payments.

As at March 31, 2021, Exco’s consolidated balance sheet had net cash of $28.4 million. Principal sources of liquidity include generated Free Cash Flow, $37.9 million of balance sheet cash and $40.5 million of unused availability under its $50 million committed credit facility, which matures February 2023. Pursuant to the terms of the credit facility, Exco is required to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants, which the Company was in compliance with as at March 31, 2021.

For further information and prior year comparison please refer to the Company’s Second Quarter Financial Statements in the Investor Relations section posted at www.excocorp.com. Alternatively, please refer to www.sedar.com.

Non-IFRS Measures: In this News Release, reference may be made to EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Pre-tax Profit and Free Cash Flow which are not measures of financial performance under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). Exco calculates EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other expenses and EBITDA Margin as EBITDA divided by sales. Exco calculates Pre-tax Profit as segmented earnings before other income/expense, interest and taxes.  Free Cash Flow is calculated as cash provided by operating activities less interest paid less investment in fixed assets net of proceeds of disposal. EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Pre-tax Profit and Free Cash Flow are used by management, from time to time, to facilitate period-to-period operating comparisons and we believe some investors and analysts use these measures as well when evaluating Exco’s financial performance. These measures, as calculated by Exco, do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.