Christopher J. Thome
Thanks, Matt, and good morning, everyone. I will begin my review of results on Slide 5. For the first quarter of fiscal 2026, sales were $55.5 million, an increase of 11% compared to the prior year, reflecting strength across our diversified portfolio and was consistent with our expectations and guidance for the year. Sales to the energy and process market increased by $5.7 million, driven by commercial projects in chemical, petrochemical as well as momentum in new energy markets, including hydrogen and SMRs. Aftermarket sales to the energy and process and defense markets were $10.4 million, up 33% from the prior year, with demand in these areas remaining robust. Turning to Slide 6. Gross profit increased 19% to $14.7 million, with gross margin expanding 170 basis points to 26.5% compared to the prior year. This improvement was driven by higher volume and improved sales mix, which included a higher level of aftermarket work and better execution and pricing. For the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the impact of tariffs was not material to our consolidated financial statements. However, the situation remains fluid, and we continue to actively monitor the impact that tariffs will have on our business. Given our network of in-country subcontractors that we have established over the last decade as well as favorable contract terms that we have built into our contracts to protect ourselves, we estimate the range of potential impact of increased tariffs for the full year to only be between $2 million and $5 million. On Slide 7, you can see how the strong operational performance translated to the bottom line. Net income for the quarter was $4.6 million or $0.42 per diluted share, up 56% compared with the $0.27 per diluted share in the prior year. Adjusted net income was $4.9 million or $0.45 per diluted share, a 36% increase year-over-year. Similarly, adjusted EBITDA was $6.8 million for the quarter, up 33% from last year, with adjusted EBITDA margin improving 200 basis points to 12.3%. As a reminder, the Barber-Nichols earnout bonus will phase out by the end of fiscal 2026. With this program behind us, we remain confident in our ability to achieve our fiscal 2027 goal of low to mid-teen adjusted EBITDA margins. Moving to Slide 8. We saw record order demand this quarter. Orders totaled $126 million, primarily reflecting the remaining $86.5 million of a $136.5 million total contract value follow-on order for the Virginia-class submarine program that we announced in May. Additionally, aftermarket orders for the energy and process and defense markets remained strong, totaling $10.5 million in the quarter, up 16% over the prior year. The resulting book-to-bill ratio was 2.3x for the quarter, driving backlog to a record of $483 million, up 22% year-over-year. Approximately 87% of this backlog is for the defense industry, with 35% to 40% expected to convert to revenue over the next 12 months. I should point out that our orders tend to be lumpy given the nature of our business and in particular, orders to the defense industry, which span multiple years and can be significantly larger in size. Over the long term, our goal is to have a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1x, which can vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter given the nature of our business. Turning to Slide 9. You can see our balance sheet and liquidity position remains strong. We ended the quarter with $10.8 million in cash and no debt, with $44.3 million available on our revolver. As expected, cash used in operations was $2.3 million in the quarter, driven by fiscal 2025 bonus payments, which included the Barber-Nichols supplemental earn-out bonus of $4.3 million. Capital expenditures were $7 million in the quarter, focused on capacity expansion, radiographic testing, cryogenic testing and productivity enhancements. All major projects remain on time and are expected to generate returns above 20%. Turning to guidance on Slide 10. Based upon the strong results for the first quarter as well as our expectations for the remainder of the fiscal year, we are reiterating our full year fiscal 2026 outlook, which reflects continued momentum in our markets and early benefits from our high-return capital investments. The midpoint of that guidance implies 10% revenue growth and 12% adjusted EBITDA growth. All in all, the first quarter of fiscal 2026 was a strong quarter that was consistent with our expectations and guidance. Not only were we able to achieve strong revenue growth, order volume and record backlog, but we also made great progress on the numerous strategic investments we are making in our company. It is these investments, along with the continued momentum that is building within our company that gives us confidence we are on track to achieving our fiscal 2027 targets of 8% to 10% organic revenue growth per year and low to mid-teen adjusted EBITDA margins. With that, we can now open the call for questions.