Bill Bosway
Analyst · CJS Securities. Please proceed
Thanks, Tim. So let’s move to slide nine. I want to talk a little bit about how we are accelerating our transformation. Our fundamental strategy is to improve the growth and margin profile of the company and accelerate returns by being as well-positioned as possible in attractive end markets where we can actually solve customer problems and also help shape the industries that we operate in. I believe we have a clear view of our markets. We -- I think we understand the inherent growth landscape, the profit share of the entire value chain, the role we play today and how well we play it and the expected role we have or the expanded role, we have the opportunity to play and what is required to play it well. So slide nine really outlines our market assessment rubric. It’s a disciplined thought process. We used to assess market attractiveness and our ability to generate value in that market or in those markets. Not only just for our customers but also for our shareholders. So the first assessment step is about market attractiveness and what good really looks like. So we forced ourselves through a series of questions, like, does the market have a strong outlook based on sustainable growth, margins and returns, is the demand profile stable and predictable, is the market structure based on the solid foundation? The second assessment step is about our ability to create sustainable value in these markets that we are in. So it’s important we build leading relevant positions in our markets. Such that we do solve customer problems and create opportunities for them better than anyone else can and this really does require us to have a direct connection and relationship with our customers and deliver innovation, not just through new products and services, but broader solutions and business models. So our rubric thought process is foundational to how we approach all our opportunities. How we are prioritizing our key initiatives. How we are deploying our capital, our time, our talent, our energy and managing everything about our business and executing our plans. So, with that, let’s move to slide 10, I want to talk about two of our recent acquisition. In January, we acquired assets of Thermo Energy Systems. It’s a $75 million full service provider of commercial greenhouse solutions directly serving the commercial growth -- certain commercial growers in North America. So really Thermo expands our leadership position in the design, manufacturing and installation, and systems integration for the organics -- for organic growing food market, which is really important to us. This is a very attractive market. It’s $1 billion North American commercial growing market for fruits and vegetables. We believe it’s very attractive and we think it fits our rubric thought process quite well. The market is growing mid-to-high single digits, supported by rising consumer demand for healthier food grown in an environmentally friendly way and the market has an attractive and sustainable return profile as well. We are excited about the Thermo team. They bring us great experience and main knowledge in commercial growing and they have designed and enabled over 600 acres of growing space in the past 10 years alone. So we are excited to have them join our team and expect this business to be accretive in 2020. Let’s move to slide 11 and we will talk about our second recent acquisition, Delta Separations, which just occurred a few weeks ago. So with Delta, we expanded our suite of extraction solutions for plant-based biomass processing with the acquisition of Delta’s assets, a $46 million engineering and manufacturing company, also an industry leader in centrifugal ethanol-based extraction systems. So this is our second acquisition in the extraction processing market and combined with Apeks Supercritical, the industry leader in CO2 extraction processing, we feel we have really broadened our leadership position in this space. This market is also emerging. It’s very attractive and is also growing mid-to-high single digits with strong end consumer demand for emerging product categories, whether it’s medicinal, nutraceuticals, oil extracts, cosmetics, beverages and even edibles. Delta sells directly to processors of biomass, hemp and cannabis, focused on the production of botanical oil extracts, and also provides onsite service and education. I would say that Delta team truly does lead this space with commitment and passion and really look forward to further building and scaling our extraction processing platform. We also expect Delta to be accretive in 2020. So let’s move to slide 12. Now we talked about our recent acquisitions, I want to talk briefly about how we are optimizing our portfolio and some of those key initiatives as we move into 2020. So our portfolio does continue to evolve with the relative position of our three platforms changing as we move into 2020. Renewable and Conservation becomes our largest platform, increasing as a percentage of our total revenue by 10 points versus 2019. It’s our fast -- and it’s our fastest growing business in the company. As some of you may know, the platform is made up of solar racking systems, which represents our Renewable side of the business and also our commercial growing and processing businesses, which represent our Conservation side of the business. We started the solar business with the acquisition of RBI Solar in 2015 and subsequently acquired SolarBOS in 2018. The solar market continued to experience very solid growth as the economics of solar energy continue to become more attractive. Our Commercial Growing and Processing business started with the acquisition of RBI’s commercial greenhouse business in 2015. We then acquired Nexus, a commercial greenhouse manufacturer of specializing and serving the cannabis market in 2017, and recently, as I just mentioned, Thermo Energy Systems has been added to the team. In parallel to the acquisitions, we have also expanded our customer offering to include not just the design and build of commercial growing structures, but also the selection and integration of key operating systems for each growing site, as well as general management oversight for site build out and startup for our customers. In 2019, we also made our first investment in the extraction processing market, with the acquisition of super -- Apeks Supercritical, and again, as I just recently mentioned, we added Delta Separations expertise in ethanol-based extraction just a few weeks ago. We are excited about our other two platforms as well, Residential Products and Industrial and Infrastructure, and we are well positioned in these markets. Our Residential Products platform is made up of four businesses, mail and parcel, home ventilation, roofing accessories and home improvement. And our Industrial and Infrastructure platform consist of two businesses supporting a variety of industrial transportation and infrastructure markets. All three platforms playing an important role for us in accelerating our growth and returns, and we allocate our support for each of these businesses, capital, time, talent and energy accordingly. And we will provide -- I am going to provide a lot more insight, our team will about our business overall during our upcoming Investor Day. So let’s move to slide 13. I want to talk a little bit about our operating foundation. We began our journey five years ago, building our operating foundation on four pillars, operating -- operational excellence, innovation, portfolio management and M&A. And our four pillars continuing their importance to our business but we are going to consolidate those into two operating pillars. First, we are consolidating operational excellence and innovation into pillar number one. We are going to call that our business system. Now, our business system includes disciplined focus on a number of things, business model optimization, 80/20, productivity, supply chain management, innovation, new product development and IT digital systems. Second, we are going to consolidate portfolio management and M&A into pillar number two, which we are going to call portfolio management. Our portfolio management is focused on optimizing our existing assets, but also allocating and prioritizing our capital on the right initiatives to execute our plans. We are also adding a third pillar called organization development, which really focuses on talent development, the design and structure of our organization, creating -- and creating the best place to work for our team. I think we have good alignment among our pillars, and I think, we are providing the necessary systems and processes, as well as tools, and we are building our organizational skills to help develop our plans. So now let’s move to slide 14 and I want to talk a little bit about our 2020 guidance. So in 2020, we expect to deliver another solid year of performance with organic and acquired revenue up between $160 million and $180 million or 15% to 17%, reaching $1.21 billion up to $1.23 billion. GAAP EPS will improve between 30% and 38%, reaching $2.58 up to $2.75 and adjusted EPS will improve between 14% and 21%, reaching $2.95 to $3.12. For the first quarter, we expect revenue in the range of $246 million to $256 million, that’s up 8% to 13% versus last year. GAAP EPS for the first quarter is expected to be $0.27 to $0.33 and adjusted EPS between $0.37 and $0.43. We are confident in our 2020 plan and in the opportunity to deliver increasing returns, we are better positioned in faster growing markets and we continue to build on our solid and growing backlog. Our new products and services are resonating well and we are strengthening our positions with our ongoing investments across our businesses. So I mentioned in the beginning of today’s call, we are hosting our Investor Day in New York on Wednesday, March 18th. I hope all of you will be able to attend. We do plan to provide much more insight on some of today’s thoughts I have shared with you and our leadership team, which will be there is looking forward to spending some time with you. Again, I hope you have time to join us and we will look forward to seeing you on 18th. At this point, now we will open the call for your questions.