Adjusted EBITDA(1) for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $878 thousand compared to $823 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2017.
(1) See attached table for additional important disclosures regarding the Company’s use of Adjusted EBITDA, as well as a reconciliation of net loss from operations to Adjusted EBITDA.
Recent Initiatives:
- In November 2018, the Company appointed a new President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bill Laursen, who brings with him extensive experience in growth of technical manufacturing companies.
- In the first quarter of 2019, the Company initiated strategies to improve our organizational structure and operational processes.
- In March 2019, the Company hired a Senior Vice President of Operations.
- The Company has entered into new Sales Representation Agreements which have improved our sales pipeline.
Outlook:
“A solid sales pipeline, booked orders, a new product launch process, operational improvements along with new management team members positions us to improve revenue and EBITDA in 2019,” concluded Mr. Laursen.
About Micron Solutions, Inc.
Micron Solutions, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Micron Products, Inc., is a diversified contract manufacturing organization that produces highly-engineered, innovative medical device components requiring precision machining and injection molding. The Company also manufactures components, devices and equipment for military, law enforcement, industrial and automotive applications. In addition, the Company is a market leader in the production and sale of silver/silver chloride coated and conductive resin sensors used as consumable component parts in the manufacture of integrated disposable electrophysiological sensors. The Company’s strategy for growth is to build a best-in-class contract manufacturer with a specialized focus on plastic injection molding and highly-engineered medical devices and components requiring precision machining.
The Company routinely posts news and other important information on its websites:
http://www.micronsolutionsinc.com and http://www.micronproducts.com
Safe Harbor Statement
Forward-looking statements made herein are based on current expectations of Micron Solutions, Inc. (“our” or the “Company”) that involve a number of risks and uncertainties and should not be considered as guarantees of future performance. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include our ability to obtain and retain order volumes from customers who represent significant proportions of net sales; our ability to maintain our pricing model, offset higher costs with price increases and/or decrease our cost of sales; variability of customer delivery requirements; the level of and ability to generate sales of higher margin products and services; our ability to manage our level of debt and provisions in the debt agreements which could make the Company sensitive to the effects of economic downturns and limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry; failure to comply with financial and other covenants in our credit facility; reliance on revenues from exports and impact on financial results due to economic uncertainty or downturns in foreign markets; volatility in commodity and energy prices and our ability to offset higher costs with price increases; continued availability of supplies or materials used in manufacturing at competitive prices; variations in the mix of products sold; continued availability of supplies or materials used in manufacturing at competitive prices; and the amount and timing of investments in capital equipment, sales and marketing, engineering and information technology resources. More information about factors that potentially could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information, contact: | ||
Derek T. Welch | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
978.345.5000 | ||
FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW.
MICRON SOLUTIONS, INC.
EBITDA RECONCILIATION (1)
($ in thousands)
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (875 | ) | $ | (364 | ) | $ | (1,098 | ) | $ | (1,355 | ) | |||
Income tax benefit | 2 | (1 | ) | 2 | (1 | ) | |||||||||
Other (income) expense | (20 | ) | — | (53 | ) | (57 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense | 97 | 160 | 391 | 395 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 374 | 404 | 1,504 | 1,611 | |||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 47 | 52 | 132 | 137 | |||||||||||
Non-recurring consulting and other expenses | — | 15 | — | 93 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (375 | ) | $ | 266 | $ | 878 | $ | 823 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA margin % | -9.1 | % | 5.9 | % | 4.5 | % | 4.1 | % | |||||||