Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTO), a leading
producer and distributor of specialty alcohols and essential
ingredients, reported its financial results for the quarter ended
September 30, 2022.
“Focused on long-term growth, we created the
financial flexibility to accelerate the next phase of our capital
expenditure program, which will build upon strategic repairs and
maintenance completed in 2022,” said Mike Kandris, CEO of Alto
Ingredients. “Year-to-date, we successfully upgraded equipment and
operating systems to increase plant efficiency, reliability,
redundancy, and capacity. Regardless, and as expected, our third
quarter 2022 results were affected by logistical constraints,
increased transportation costs, and low commodity margins. With
proceeds from our announced $125 million term debt financing, we
will implement larger capital-intensive growth projects to further
our specialty alcohols and essential ingredients diversification
strategy, minimize the impact of commodity pricing volatility and
enrich our margin profile. Opportunities under evaluation include
carbon capture sequestration, yeast production, energy supply
improvements and more. We are excited about the future and look
forward to delivering additional value to all our
stakeholders.”
Financial Results for the Three Months
Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to 2021
- Net sales were $336.9 million, compared to $305.6 million.
- Cost of goods sold was $356.7 million, compared to $309.0
million.
- Gross loss was $19.8 million, compared to $3.4 million.
- Selling, general and administrative expenses were $7.4 million,
compared to $5.5 million, reflecting Eagle Alcohol
acquisition-related expenses and higher stock-compensation expenses
in the third quarter of 2022.
- Net loss available to common stockholders was $28.4 million, or
$0.39 per share, compared to $3.5 million, or $0.05 per share.
- Adjusted EBITDA was negative $20.6 million, compared to
Adjusted EBITDA of $3.0 million.
- Cash and cash equivalents were $28.5 million at September 30,
2022, compared to $50.6 million at December 31, 2021. Subsequent to
quarter end, the company entered into a new six-year term loan
facility allowing for periodic draws in an aggregate amount of up
to $125 million.
- Working capital was $131.8 million at September 30, 2022,
compared to $159.9 million at December 31, 2021. During the
quarter, the company repurchased approximately 250,000 shares of
its common stock for $1.0 million.
Third Quarter 2022 Results Conference
Call Management will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m.
Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 7, 2022,
and will deliver prepared remarks via webcast followed by a
question-and-answer session.
The webcast for the call can be accessed from
Alto Ingredients’ website at www.altoingredients.com.
Alternatively, you may register for the conference by navigating to
https://dpregister.com/sreg/10170909/f454bd37e8 to receive a number
and unique PIN by email or you may dial the following number up to
twenty minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time: (833)
630-0017. Internationally please call (412) 317-1806. Please ask to
join the Alto Ingredients call.
The webcast will be archived for replay on Alto
Ingredients’ website for one year. In addition, a telephonic replay
will be available at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 7,
2022, through 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 14, 2022.
To access the replay, please dial 877-344-7529. International
callers should dial 00-1 412-317-0088. The pass code will be
6007653.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Management believes that certain financial measures not in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
are useful measures of operations. The company defines Adjusted
EBITDA as unaudited net income (loss) before interest expense,
interest income, provision for income taxes, asset impairments,
loss on extinguishment of debt, acquisition-related expense, fair
value adjustments, and depreciation and amortization expense. A
table is provided at the end of this release that provides a
reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to its most directly comparable
GAAP measure, net income (loss). Management provides this non-GAAP
measure so that investors will have the same financial information
that management uses, which may assist investors in properly
assessing the company's performance on a period-over-period basis.
Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under
GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income
(loss) or any other measure of performance under GAAP, or to cash
flows from operating, investing or financing activities as an
indicator of cash flows or as a measure of liquidity. Adjusted
EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and you should not
consider this measure in isolation or as a substitute for analysis
of the company's results as reported under GAAP.
About Alto Ingredients,
Inc.Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) is a leading producer
and distributor of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients.
The company is focused on products for four key markets: Health,
Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Essential Ingredients; and
Renewable Fuels. The company’s customers include major food and
beverage companies and consumer products companies. For more
information, please visit www.altoingredients.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Statements and
information contained in this communication that refer to or
include Alto Ingredients’ estimated or anticipated future results
or other non-historical expressions of fact are forward-looking
statements that reflect Alto Ingredients’ current perspective of
existing trends and information as of the date of the
communication. Forward looking statements generally will be
accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,”
“could,” “should,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,”
“guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “possible,”
“potential,” “predict,” “project,” or other similar words, phrases
or expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements concerning Alto Ingredients’ near- and
long-term outlook; its capital projects and business strategy, and
their outcomes and effects; and Alto Ingredients’ other plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions. It is important to note
that Alto Ingredients’ plans, objectives, expectations and
intentions are not predictions of actual performance. Actual
results may differ materially from Alto Ingredients’ current
expectations depending upon a number of factors affecting Alto
Ingredients’ business. These factors include, among others, adverse
economic and market conditions, including for specialty alcohols
and essential ingredients; export conditions and international
demand for the company’s products; fluctuations in the price of and
demand for oil and gasoline; raw material costs, including
production input costs, such as corn and natural gas; the cost,
timing and effects of, including the financial results deriving
from, Alto Ingredients’ capital improvement projects; and the
effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and its resurgence or
abatement, and governmental, business and consumer responses to the
pandemic. These factors also include, among others, the inherent
uncertainty associated with financial and other projections; the
anticipated size of the markets and continued demand for Alto
Ingredients’ products; the impact of competitive products and
pricing; the risks and uncertainties normally incident to the
specialty alcohol production and marketing industries; changes in
generally accepted accounting principles; successful compliance
with governmental regulations applicable to Alto Ingredients’
facilities, products and/or businesses; changes in laws,
regulations and governmental policies; the loss of key senior
management or staff; and other events, factors and risks previously
and from time to time disclosed in Alto Ingredients’ filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission including, specifically,
those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section contained in
Alto Ingredients’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2022.
Media Contact:Bryon McGregor,
Alto Ingredients, Inc., 916-403-2768,
mediarelations@altoingredients.com
Company IR Contact:Michael Kramer,
Alto Ingredients, Inc., 916-403-2755,
investorrelations@altoingredients.com
IR Agency Contact: Kirsten
Chapman, LHA Investor Relations, 415-433-3777,
investorrelations@altoingredients.com
ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC
ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS(unaudited, in thousands, except per
share data)
|
Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
|
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
$ |
336,877 |
|
$ |
305,556 |
|
|
$ |
1,007,184 |
|
$ |
822,400 |
|
Cost of goods sold |
|
356,716 |
|
|
308,955 |
|
|
|
1,013,406 |
|
|
796,729 |
|
Gross profit (loss) |
|
(19,839 |
) |
|
(3,399 |
) |
|
|
(6,222 |
) |
|
25,671 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses |
|
(7,403 |
) |
|
(5,533 |
) |
|
|
(24,028 |
) |
|
(19,777 |
) |
Asset impairments |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
(3,100 |
) |
Income (loss) from
operations |
|
(27,242 |
) |
|
(8,932 |
) |
|
|
(30,250 |
) |
|
2,794 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
(340 |
) |
|
(429 |
) |
|
|
(859 |
) |
|
(3,359 |
) |
Income from loan forgiveness |
|
— |
|
|
5,973 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
9,860 |
|
Income from cash grant |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
22,652 |
|
|
— |
|
Other income (expense), net |
|
(456 |
) |
|
256 |
|
|
|
(68 |
) |
|
641 |
|
Income (loss) before provision
for income taxes |
|
(28,038 |
) |
|
(3,132 |
) |
|
|
(8,525 |
) |
|
9,936 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(28,038 |
) |
$ |
(3,132 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,525 |
) |
$ |
9,936 |
|
Preferred stock dividends |
$ |
(319 |
) |
$ |
(319 |
) |
|
$ |
(946 |
) |
$ |
(946 |
) |
Income allocated to participating
securities |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
(120 |
) |
Net income (loss) available to
common stockholders |
$ |
(28,357 |
) |
$ |
(3,451 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,471 |
) |
$ |
8,870 |
|
Net income (loss) per share,
basic |
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.13 |
) |
$ |
0.12 |
|
Net income (loss) per share,
diluted |
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.13 |
) |
$ |
0.12 |
|
Weighted-average shares
outstanding, basic |
|
73,011 |
|
|
71,383 |
|
|
|
71,815 |
|
|
71,002 |
|
Weighted-average shares
outstanding, diluted |
|
73,011 |
|
|
71,383 |
|
|
|
71,815 |
|
|
72,260 |
|
ALTO INGREDIENTS,
INC.CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS(unaudited, in thousands, except par
value)
|
September 30, |
|
December 31, |
ASSETS |
2022 |
|
2021 |
Current Assets: |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
28,458 |
|
$ |
50,612 |
Restricted cash |
|
3,955 |
|
|
11,513 |
Accounts receivable, net |
|
76,455 |
|
|
86,888 |
Inventories |
|
61,088 |
|
|
54,373 |
Derivative instruments |
|
7,384 |
|
|
15,839 |
Other current assets |
|
8,966 |
|
|
10,301 |
Total current assets |
|
186,306 |
|
|
229,526 |
Property and equipment, net |
|
233,475 |
|
|
222,550 |
Other Assets: |
|
|
Right of use operating lease assets, net |
|
12,895 |
|
|
13,413 |
Notes receivable, noncurrent |
|
— |
|
|
11,641 |
Intangible assets, net |
|
9,234 |
|
|
2,678 |
Goodwill |
|
5,970 |
|
|
— |
Other assets |
|
6,788 |
|
|
5,145 |
Total other assets |
|
34,887 |
|
|
32,877 |
Total Assets |
$ |
454,668 |
|
$ |
484,953 |
ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(CONTINUED)(unaudited, in thousands, except par
value)
|
September 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
Accounts payable – trade |
$ |
17,493 |
|
|
$ |
23,251 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
22,172 |
|
|
|
21,307 |
|
Current portion – operating leases |
|
3,646 |
|
|
|
3,909 |
|
Derivative instruments |
|
1,106 |
|
|
|
13,582 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
10,096 |
|
|
|
7,553 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
54,513 |
|
|
|
69,602 |
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
|
45,888 |
|
|
|
50,361 |
|
Operating leases, net of current portion |
|
9,201 |
|
|
|
9,382 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
10,068 |
|
|
|
10,394 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
119,670 |
|
|
|
139,739 |
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ Equity: |
|
|
Alto Ingredients, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity: |
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized;Series
A: 0 shares issued and outstanding as ofSeptember 30, 2022 and
December 31, 2021Series B: 927 shares issued and outstanding
as ofSeptember 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 300,000 shares authorized; 73,956
and 72,778 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022
and December 31, 2021, respectively |
|
74 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
Non-voting common stock, $0.001 par value; 3,553 shares authorized;
1 share issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and
December 31, 2021 |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
1,036,459 |
|
|
|
1,037,205 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(284 |
) |
|
|
(284 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
(701,252 |
) |
|
|
(691,781 |
) |
Total Stockholders’ Equity |
|
334,998 |
|
|
|
345,214 |
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
$ |
454,668 |
|
|
$ |
484,953 |
|
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net
Income (Loss)
|
Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
|
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
(in thousands) (unaudited) |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(28,038 |
) |
$ |
(3,132 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,525 |
) |
$ |
9,936 |
|
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
340 |
|
|
429 |
|
|
|
859 |
|
|
3,359 |
|
Interest income |
|
(38 |
) |
|
(183 |
) |
|
|
(341 |
) |
|
(553 |
) |
Asset impairments |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
3,100 |
|
Acquisition-related
expense |
|
875 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,625 |
|
|
— |
|
Provision for income
taxes |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
6,260 |
|
|
5,851 |
|
|
|
19,122 |
|
|
17,520 |
|
Total adjustments |
|
7,437 |
|
|
6,097 |
|
|
|
22,265 |
|
|
23,426 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
(20,601 |
) |
$ |
2,965 |
|
|
$ |
13,740 |
|
$ |
33,362 |
|
Commodity Price Performance
|
Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |
(unaudited) |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Renewable fuel production gallons
sold (in millions) |
|
53.0 |
|
|
38.3 |
|
|
|
153.4 |
|
|
118.6 |
|
Specialty alcohol production
gallons sold (in millions) |
|
23.3 |
|
|
19.7 |
|
|
|
72.4 |
|
|
63.1 |
|
Third party renewable fuel
gallons sold (in millions) |
|
27.6 |
|
|
67.2 |
|
|
|
88.4 |
|
|
180.5 |
|
Total gallons sold (in
millions) |
|
103.9 |
|
|
125.2 |
|
|
|
314.2 |
|
|
362.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gallons produced (in
millions) |
|
74.7 |
|
|
60.6 |
|
|
|
226.0 |
|
|
182.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production capacity
utilization |
|
85 |
% |
|
59 |
% |
|
|
86 |
% |
|
57 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Average sales price per
gallon |
$ |
2.70 |
|
$ |
2.47 |
|
|
$ |
2.66 |
|
$ |
2.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average CBOT ethanol price per
gallon |
$ |
2.16 |
|
$ |
2.25 |
|
|
$ |
2.16 |
|
$ |
2.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corn cost per bushel – CBOT
equivalent |
$ |
7.27 |
|
$ |
6.09 |
|
|
$ |
6.98 |
|
$ |
5.71 |
|
Average basis |
|
1.08 |
|
|
0.89 |
|
|
|
0.80 |
|
|
0.53 |
|
Delivered cost of corn |
$ |
8.35 |
|
$ |
6.98 |
|
|
$ |
7.78 |
|
$ |
6.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total essential ingredients tons sold (in thousands) |
|
422.0 |
|
|
305.6 |
|
|
|
1,234.9 |
|
|
886.5 |
|
Essential ingredients revenues as % of delivered cost of corn |
|
30.4 |
% |
|
29.5 |
% |
|
|
33.2 |
% |
|
|
33.8 |
% |
|
Segment Financials
|
|
Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Net
sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pekin Campus
production, recorded as gross: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alcohol sales |
$ |
133,680 |
|
$ |
114,587 |
|
$ |
393,498 |
|
$ |
341,967 |
|
Essential ingredient sales |
|
54,537 |
|
|
46,016 |
|
|
169,670 |
|
|
140,670 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
332 |
|
|
293 |
|
|
857 |
|
|
919 |
|
Total Pekin Campus sales |
|
188,549 |
|
|
160,896 |
|
|
564,025 |
|
|
483,556 |
|
Marketing and
distribution: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alcohol sales, gross |
$ |
55,262 |
|
$ |
112,393 |
|
$ |
172,746 |
|
$ |
255,702 |
|
Alcohol sales, net |
|
308 |
|
|
505 |
|
|
975 |
|
|
1,489 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
3,121 |
|
|
2,415 |
|
|
9,360 |
|
|
7,277 |
|
Total marketing and distribution sales |
|
58,691 |
|
|
115,313 |
|
|
183,081 |
|
|
264,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other production,
recorded as gross: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alcohol sales |
$ |
64,492 |
|
$ |
25,188 |
|
$ |
191,483 |
|
$ |
63,311 |
|
Essential ingredient sales |
|
24,439 |
|
|
6,867 |
|
|
66,748 |
|
|
19,261 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
3 |
|
|
259 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
896 |
|
Total Other production sales |
|
88,934 |
|
|
32,314 |
|
|
258,245 |
|
|
83,468 |
|
Corporate and
other |
|
4,159 |
|
|
— |
|
|
12,064 |
|
|
— |
|
Intersegment
eliminations |
|
(3,456 |
) |
|
(2,967 |
) |
|
(10,231 |
) |
|
(9,092 |
) |
Net sales as
reported |
$ |
336,877 |
|
$ |
305,556 |
|
$ |
1,007,184 |
|
$ |
822,400 |
|
Cost of goods
sold: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pekin Campus |
$ |
207,939 |
|
$ |
169,720 |
|
$ |
572,512 |
|
$ |
468,970 |
|
Marketing and
distribution |
55,159 |
|
|
105,903 |
|
|
173,670 |
|
|
245,606 |
|
Other production |
91,663 |
|
|
35,613 |
|
|
261,514 |
|
|
87,055 |
|
Corporate and other |
2,925 |
|
|
— |
|
|
8,995 |
|
|
— |
|
Intersegment eliminations |
(970 |
) |
|
(2,281 |
) |
|
(3,285 |
) |
|
(4,902 |
) |
Cost of goods sold as
reported |
$ |
356,716 |
|
$ |
308,955 |
|
$ |
1,013,406 |
|
$ |
796,729 |
|
Gross profit (loss): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pekin Campus |
$ |
(19,390 |
) |
$ |
(8,824 |
) |
$ |
(8,487 |
) |
$ |
14,586 |
|
|
Marketing and
distribution |
|
3,532 |
|
|
9,410 |
|
|
9,411 |
|
|
18,862 |
|
|
Other production |
|
(2,729 |
) |
|
(3,299 |
) |
|
(3,269 |
) |
|
(3,587 |
) |
|
Corporate and other |
|
1,234 |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,069 |
|
|
— |
|
|
Intersegment eliminations |
|
(2,486 |
) |
|
(686 |
) |
|
(6,946 |
) |
|
(4,190 |
) |
|
Gross profit (loss) as
reported |
$ |
(19,839 |
) |
$ |
(3,399 |
) |
$ |
(6,222 |
) |
$ |
25,671 |
|
|
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