Materion Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Materion Corporation (NYSE: MTRN) today reported second quarter 2020 financial results and provided an update on key strategic initiatives.

• Net sales were $271.5 million; value-added sales increased 2% sequentially to $161.6 million
• Net income was $0.32 per share, diluted; adjusted earnings were $0.49 per share, up 14% vs. the first quarter
• Closed Optics Balzers acquisition to create a global industry leader in optical thin film coating solutions
• Significant new customer opportunity for precision clad engineered strip product on schedule

“I am very pleased with our team’s performance in the second quarter amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as we delivered sequential growth in both value-added sales and earnings,” stated Jugal Vijayvargiya, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The health and safety of our people remains our utmost priority. We are continuing to follow all recommended guidelines as all our facilities continue to operate in support of essential industries.”

Mr. Vijayvargiya continued, “Our key strategic initiatives remain on schedule. We completed the Optics Balzers acquisition just 6 weeks after signing, and I would like to welcome their talented team to the Materion family. The customer project on precision clad engineered strip product which we announced during our last earnings call continues to progress. To date, we have received $31 million of funding from the customer, and we remain on the schedule previously communicated.”

SECOND QUARTER 2020 RESULTS

Net sales for the second quarter of 2020 were $271.5 million, compared to $297.8 million in the prior year. Second quarter value-added sales of $161.6 million were up 2% from the first quarter of 2020, despite challenging market conditions, and down 17% versus the prior year. Consumer electronics, industrial, energy, aerospace, and automotive end markets were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Operating profit for the second quarter was $8.7 million, and net income was $6.7 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.15 per share, in the first quarter. Excluding special items for COVID-19 direct expenses ($2.7 million), restructuring ($2.4 million), merger and acquisition costs ($1.4 million), and a foreign currency hedge gain ($2.2 million) related to the acquisition of Optics Balzers, earnings before interest and tax expense were $13.9 million. Adjusted net income was $10.0 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, an increase of 14% compared to the first quarter.

OUTLOOK

We continue to experience significant levels of uncertainty regarding future demand in our end markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on current demand levels and assuming our factories remain operational, we expect adjusted earnings in the third quarter to be comparable to slightly better than the second quarter.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is fluid and continues to evolve, and therefore we cannot predict the extent to which our business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows will ultimately be impacted. Therefore, we are not providing full-year earnings guidance. We anticipate resuming our practice of providing full-year earnings guidance once the degree of economic uncertainty driven by the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.

ADJUSTED EARNINGS GUIDANCE

It is not possible for the Company to identify the amount or significance of future adjustments associated with potential insurance and litigation claims, legacy environmental costs, acquisition and integration costs, certain income tax items, or other non-routine costs that the Company adjusts in the presentation of adjusted earnings guidance. These items are dependent on future events that are not reasonably estimable at this time. Accordingly, the Company is unable to reconcile without unreasonable effort the forecasted range of adjusted earnings guidance for the full year to a comparable GAAP range. However, items excluded from the Company's adjusted earnings guidance include the historical adjustments noted in Attachments 4 and 5 to this press release.

CONFERENCE CALL

Materion Corporation will host an investor conference call with analysts at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, July 23, 2020. The conference call will be available via webcast through the Company’s website at www.materion.com or through www.InvestorCalendar.com. By phone, please dial (877) 407-0778. Callers outside the U.S. can dial (201) 689-8565. A replay of the call will be available until August 6, 2020 by dialing (877) 481-4010 or (919) 882-2331; please reference replay ID number 57377. The call will also be archived on the Company’s website.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Portions of the narrative set forth in this document that are not statements of historical or current facts are forward-looking statements, in particular, the outlook provided above. Our actual future performance may materially differ from that contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.

These factors include, in addition to those mentioned elsewhere herein:

• Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives related to the acquisition of Optics Balzers, including any expected synergies;
• Our ability to successfully integrate the Optics Balzers business and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive in the expected timeframe or at all;
• Actual net sales, operating rates, and margins for 2020;
• The global economy, including the impact of tariffs and trade agreements;
• The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity;
• The impact of any U.S. Federal Government shutdowns and sequestrations;
• The condition of the markets which we serve, whether defined geographically or by segment, with the major market segments being: semiconductor, industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, consumer electronics, and telecom and data center;
• Changes in product mix and the financial condition of customers;
• Our success in developing and introducing new products and new product ramp-up rates;
• Our success in passing through the costs of raw materials to customers or otherwise mitigating fluctuating prices for those materials, including the impact of fluctuating prices on inventory values;
• Our success in identifying other acquisition candidates and in acquiring and integrating such businesses;
• The impact of the results of other acquisitions on our ability to fully achieve the strategic and financial objectives related to these acquisitions;
• Our success in implementing our strategic plans and the timely and successful completion and start-up of any capital projects;
• Other financial and economic factors, including the cost and availability of raw materials (both base and precious metals), physical inventory valuations, metal financing fees, tax rates, exchange rates, interest rates, pension costs and required cash contributions and other employee benefit costs, energy costs, regulatory compliance costs, the cost and availability of insurance, credit availability, and the impact of Materion’s stock price on the cost of incentive compensation plans;
• The uncertainties related to the impact of war, terrorist activities, and acts of God;
• Changes in government regulatory requirements and the enactment of new legislation that impacts our obligations and operations;
• The conclusion of pending litigation matters in accordance with our expectation that there will be no material adverse effects;
• Our ability to successfully complete the disposition of our LAC business;
• The disruptions on operations from, and other effects of, catastrophic and other extraordinary events including the COVID-19 pandemic; and
• The risk factors as set forth in Item 1A of our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 27, 2020.

Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets. Products include precious and non-precious specialty metals, inorganic chemicals and powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys, beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal systems.

The cost of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper is passed through to customers and, therefore, the trends and comparisons of net sales are affected by movements in the market price of these metals. Internally, management also reviews net sales on a value-added basis. Value-added sales is a non-GAAP financial measure that deducts the value of the pass-through metals sold from net sales. Value-added sales allows management to assess the impact of differences in net sales between periods or segments and analyze the resulting margins and profitability without the distortion of the movements in pass-through metal prices. The dollar amount of gross margin and operating profit is not affected by the value-added sales calculation. The Company sells other metals and materials that are not considered direct pass throughs, and these costs are not deducted from net sales to calculate value-added sales.

The Company’s pricing policy is to pass the cost of these metals on to customers in order to mitigate the impact of price volatility on the Company’s results from operations. Value-added information is being presented since changes in metal prices may not directly impact profitability. It is the Company’s intent to allow users of the financial statements to review sales with and without the impact of the pass-through metals.

In addition to presenting financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this earnings release contains financial measures, including operating profit, segment operating profit, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income, and earnings per share, on a non-GAAP basis. As detailed in the above reconciliation and Attachment 4, we have adjusted the results for certain special items such as non-cash impairment charges, non-cash inventory adjustments, cost reduction initiatives (i.e., severance), COVID-19 related costs, acquisition and divestiture costs, foreign currency hedge gains, and certain discrete income tax items from the applicable GAAP financial measure. Internally, management reviews the results of operations without the impact of these costs in order to assess the profitability from ongoing activities. We are providing this information because we believe it will assist investors in analyzing our financial results and, when viewed in conjunction with the GAAP results, provide a more comprehensive understanding of the factors and trends affecting our operations.

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