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AstroNova Reports Fiscal 2024 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results
Posts Company Record Full-Year GAAP Operating Income of $8.8 Million; Non-GAAP Operating Income of $12.0 Million Delivers Full-Year GAAP Net Income of $4.7
About this update from Astronova, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nPosts Company Record Full-Year GAAP Operating Income of $8.8 Million; Non-GAAP Operating Income of $12.0 Million\n\n\n\nDelivers Full-Year GAAP Net Income of $4.7 Million, or $0.63 Per Diluted Share; Non-GAAP Net Income of $7.2 Million, or $0.97 Per Diluted Share\n\n\n\nGenerates Full-Year Adjusted EBITDA of $14.4 Million, or $17.6 Million Excluding Restructuring and Retrofit-Related Items\n\n\n\nProvides FY 2025 Financial Targets and Outlook\n\n\n\nHosts Earnings Conference Call at 9:00 a.m. ET Today\n\n\n\n \n\n\n WEST WARWICK, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAstroNova, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT), a global leader in data visualization technologies, today reported financial results for the fiscal 2024 fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2024.\n\n\nCEO Commentary\n\n\n“We capped a year of solid growth in fiscal 2024 with a strong fourth quarter that highlighted our strategic focus on enhancing margins and maintaining disciplined cost management, while continuing to invest for the future,” said Greg Woods, AstroNova’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our fourth-quarter operating income of $3.9 million joined our third quarter as the two best quarters in our history, and reflected contributions from both our Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M) segments.\n\n\n“T&M generated a 28% segment operating profit for the quarter on 10% top-line growth, driven primarily by the continued momentum of our Aerospace product line. The rebound in airline passenger traffic toward pre-pandemic levels, the increasing number of daily flights and favorable commercial aircraft order and delivery trends provide a favorable growth runway for our business. The data acquisition product line within our T&M segment also performed well in the quarter.\n\n\n“Our PI segment delivered strong year-over-year margin improvement in the quarter. Segment operating profit increased a healthy 560 basis points from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, in part reflecting the success of the strategic realignment announced last summer,” Woods said. “Additionally, at the end of the quarter we completed the previously discussed retrofit program of certain PI printers affected by faulty ink provided by one of our larger suppliers. On the innovation front, our PI development teams recently launched new digital printers and accessories under both our fl...