Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) Announces $200M Share Buyback Program; Reports Earnings
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021.
“We achieved year-over-year revenue and earnings growth in Q2,” said Steve Kelley, president and CEO of Advanced Energy. “Although the near-term supply chain and operating environment remains challenging, demand continues to strengthen across all our markets, and we have solid visibility into 2022. We are winning with our highly-engineered, proprietary power solutions, positioning the company to deliver long-term profitable growth.”
Second Quarter Results
Sales were $361.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, compared with $351.6 million in the first quarter of 2021 and $339.9 million in the second quarter of 2020.
GAAP net income from continuing operations was $35.5 million or $0.92 per diluted share in the quarter, compared with $38.4 million or $0.99 per diluted share in the prior quarter, and $29.3 million or $0.76 per diluted share a year ago.
Non-GAAP net income was $48.1 million or $1.25 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2021. This compares with $49.7 million or $1.29 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2021, and $45.4 million or $1.18 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2020.
A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.
The company generated $33.8 million of operating cash flow from continuing operations during the quarter, made debt principal payments of $4.4 million, repurchased $6.5 million of common stock at $90.34 per share, paid $15.1 million for the acquisition of Tegam, Inc., and paid $3.9 million in a quarterly dividend.
New Share Repurchase Authorization
On July 29 the Board of Directors increased the company’s stock repurchase authorization to $200 million.
Discontinued Operations
The company’s financial statements for all periods presented reflect results for the continuing precision power business, with the discontinued inverter business included in discontinued operations for all purposes. Further financial detail regarding the amounts related to the discontinued inverter business is available in the company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
Third Quarter 2021 Guidance
Based on the company’s current view, beliefs and assumptions, guidance for the third quarter of 2021 is within the following ranges.
| Q3 2021 | ||||||
Revenues | $340M +/- $15M | ||||||
GAAP EPS from continuing operations | $0.52 +/- $0.20 | ||||||
Non-GAAP EPS | $0.80 +/- $0.20 | ||||||
Conference Call
Management will host a conference call today, August 4, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss Advanced Energy’s financial results. To register for the call please use this link (www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/3998884). A webcast will also be available on the company’s investors web page at ir.advancedenergy.com.
