James Morgan
Analyst · MBS Value Partners. Lynn, you may begin
Thanks John. I am pleased to report that this was a record revenue and earnings quarter for ICF. Revenue was $306.5 million for the quarter, an increase of $17.6 million or 6.1% over last year’s third quarter. Approximately 50% of the revenue increased reflected growth from our commercial business. The other 50% represented year-on-year growth across our federal and our state and local government markets, which more than compensated for the decline in international government revenue which is John noted continued to be impacted by program delays and changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Service revenue increased 3.1% to $223.2 million from the 2015 third quarter. Gross profit increased $4.1 million or 3.7% as compared to 2015. Gross margin was 37.6% ahead of 36.4% we reported in this year's second quarter butt below the 38.4% of last year's third quarter. The year-on-year variation is mainly due to an increase in path through revenues in 2016, primarily from government clients which negatively affected 2016 Q3 gross margin by an estimated 80 basis points. As previously mentioned in prior earnings calls, we continue to work to effectively manage our indirect cost and selling expenses while investing in long-term growth drivers. Indirect selling expenses for the third quarter were $84.2 million, a sequential decline of $0.4 million from the second quarter, about $3.2 million higher than 2015. However, as percentage of revenue indirect selling expenses declined to 27.5% as compared to 28% a year ago and 27.7% in this year's second quarter. Operating income increased 10.6% to $23.8 million on a year-over-year basis. Excluding $0.4 million of special charges related to severance for staff realignment and international office closures, operating income would have been $24.2 million in this year's third quarter. Depreciation and amortization expense was $4.1 million, down $0.2 million from $4.3 million in 2015's third quarter. As expected certain intangibles from prior acquisitions became fully amortized this past quarter. As a result, amortization of intangibles decreased from $4.3 million reported in 2015's third quarter to $3.1 million in the third quarter of 2016. The effective tax rate was 39.2% for the quarter, compared to 38.5% in the third quarter of 2015. This increase was primarily due to reserves for tax positions related to prior years, partly offset by return to provision true up. We continue to expect the full year tax rate for 2016 to be no more than 38%. Net income was a record $13.4 million, an increase of $1.9 million or 16.4% from the $11.5 million reported in last year's third quarter. EBITDA was $31 million for the quarter, inclusive of the $0.4 million of previously mentioned special charges. For the quarter, EBITDA margin was 10.1%, adjusted EBITDA margin to exclude the impact of special charges was 10.3%. Excluding the impact of higher year-over-year pass through revenues our adjusted EBITDA margin for Q3 was 10.5% which was aligned with our Q3 expectations and similar to what we expect for Q4 of 2016. As previously mentioned, net income was a record $13.4 million for the quarter or $0.70 per diluted share compared to $0.59 in last year's third quarter, an increase of 18.6%. Non-GAAP EPS which excludes amortization of intangibles, as well as any special charges related to severance for staff realignments, office closures and acquisitions was $0.81 per diluted share for the quarter, an increase of 8% over the $0.75 in the third quarter of 2015. Cash provided by operating activities for the year totaled $57.8 million, a $14.9 million increase over the $42.9 million reported for the same period in 2015. Strong cash flow for the quarter allowed us to pay down our credit facility by $36.7 million. As of September 30, 2016, our long-term debt decreased $281.2 million. I should also note that during the third quarter of 2016 the company entered into a hedging transaction to mitigate the financial risk associated with potential future interest rate volatility for a portion of the debt outstanding under our credit facility. The details of the transaction represented in our 8-K filing dated October 5th, 2016. Day sales outstanding for the third quarter decreased to 71 days, as compared to 73 days at the end of 2015. We continue to anticipate the year end DSO to be in the 72 day to 77 day range, including the impact of deferred revenues. Capital expenditures for the first nine months of 2016 were $13.7 million. We expect capital expenditures for the full year of 2016 to be between $18 million to $20 million. Year-to-date, we repurchased 305,590 shares at an average price of $37.28 per share. As a result, we have more than achieved our previously stated intention to make share repurchases at a level to offset the dilution caused by our employee incentive programs. Per share guidance for the full year of 2016 assumes weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the year for approximately19.3 million. Additional full-year 2016 guidance for financial modeling purposes is as follows. Full year 2016 depreciation and amortization expense is expected to be in the range of $16.3 million to $16.8 million. Amortization with intangibles is expected to be between $12.3 million to $12.8 million or tax affected impact of approximately $0.40 per share. Full-year interest expense is expected to be in the range of $9 million to $9.5 million. And full-year cash flow from operations is expected to be in the range of $85 million to $95 million for 2016. With that I’d like to turn the call back to Sudhakar.