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ESAB Corporation Announces First Quarter 2025 Results
NORTH BETHESDA, Md., May 01, 2025--ESAB Corporation Announces First Quarter 2025 Results
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NORTH BETHESDA, Md., May 01, 2025 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--ESAB Corporation ("ESAB" or the "Company") (NYSE: ESAB), a focused premier industrial compounder, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025. ESAB reported first quarter sales of $678 million, a decrease of 2% on a reported basis or flat on a core organic growth basis before acquisitions and currency translation, as compared to the prior year. ESAB also reported first quarter net income from continuing operations attributable to ESAB of $70 million or $1.14 diluted earnings per share and core adjusted net income of $77 million or $1.25 diluted earnings per share. Core adjusted EBITDA of $128 million rose 4% and margin expanded 100 basis points to 19.8%, both as compared to the prior year quarter. "ESAB delivered strong first-quarter results, with our team’s continued focus on EBX driving positive growth and record margin performance amid challenging market conditions," stated Shyam P. Kambeyanda, President and CEO of ESAB. "We are building ESAB into a premier industrial compounder with a comparative advantage that delivers sustained, long-term value for our shareholders. Over the past eight years, we have centered our strategy on leveraging our global scale while maintaining local agility to serve customers. We continue to make growth investments, pursue strategic bolt-on and tuck-in acquisitions to advance our priorities, and deploy EBX to enhance margins. This foundation and global footprint have enabled us to outperform during the pandemic and the subsequent inflationary period—and positions us well to navigate today’s tariff uncertainties with confidence." Full Year 2025 Outlook ESAB raises its full year 2025 outlook for total core sales growth of (1.0)% to 1.5%, core organic sales growth of 0.0% to 2.0%, M&A of 2.0% to 2.5% and FX of ~(3.0)% from its prior outlook of total core sales growth of (2.0)% to 0.0%, core organic sales growth of 0.0% to 2.0%, M&A of ~1.5% and FX of ~(3.5)%. ESAB’s core adjusted EBITDA outlook increases to $520 to $530 million versus prior guidance of $515 to $530 million, and core adjusted EPS remains $5.10 to $5.25. About ESAB Corporation Founded in 1904, ESAB Corporation is a focused industrial compounder. The Company’s rich history of innovative products, workflow solutions and its business system ESAB Business Excellence ("EBX"), enables the Company’s purpose of Shaping the world we imagine TM . ESAB Corporation is based in North Bethesda, Maryland and employs approximately 9,300 associates and serves customers in approximately 150 countries. To learn more, visit www.ESABcorporation.com . About Bavaria On April 30, 2025, ESAB successfully completed the acquisition of Bavaria Schweisstechnik GmbH, a European enterprise. This strategic move enhances our consumables portfolio and aligns ESAB’s proprietary consumables offering towards faster-growing end markets. Conference Call and Webcast The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2025 results beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, May 1, 2025, which will be open to the public by calling +1-888-550-5302 (U.S. callers) and +1-646-960-0685 (International callers) and referencing the conference ID number 4669992 and through webcast via ESAB’s website www.ESABcorporation.com under the "Investors" section. Access to a supplemental slide presentation can also be found on ESAB's website under the same heading. Both the audio of this call and the slide presentation will be archived on the website later today and will be available until the next quarterly call. The Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2025, filed May 1, 2025, is also available on ESAB’s website under the "Investors" section. Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Adjustments ESAB has provided in this press release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("non-GAAP"). ESAB presents some of these non-GAAP financial measures including and excluding Russia due to economic and political volatility caused by the war in Ukraine, which results in enhanced investor interest in this information. Core non-GAAP financial measures exclude Russia for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. These non-GAAP financial measures may include one or more of the following: adjusted net income from continuing operations, Core adjusted net income from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, Pension settlement loss, Restructuring and other related charges, acquisition-amortization and other related charges and depreciation and other amortization), Core adjusted EBITDA, organic sales, Core organic sales, adjusted free cash flow and ratios based on the foregoing measures. ESAB also provides adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin on a segment basis, as well as Core adjusted EBITDA and Core adjusted EBITDA margin on a segment basis. Adjusted net income from continuing operations represents Net income from continuing operations attributable to ESAB Corporation, excluding Restructuring and other related charges, acquisition-amortization and other related charges and Pension settlement loss. Adjusted net income, includes the tax effect of non-GAAP adjusting items at applicable tax rates and excludes the impact of discrete tax charges or gains in each period. ESAB also presents adjusted net income margin from continuing operations, which is subject to the same adjustments as adjusted net income from continuing operations. Adjusted net income per diluted share from continuing operations is a calculation of adjusted net income from continuing operations over the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding. ESAB also presents Core adjusted net income from continuing operations and Core adjusted net income per share - diluted from continuing operations, which are subject to the same adjustments as Adjusted net income from continuing operations and Adjusted net income per diluted share from continuing operations, further removing the impact of Russia for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. Adjusted EBITDA excludes from Net income from continuing operations the effect of Income tax expense, Interest expense and other, net, Restructuring and other related charges, acquisition-amortization and other related charges, Pension settlement loss and depreciation and other amortization. ESAB presents adjusted EBITDA margin, which are subject to the same adjustments as adjusted EBITDA. Further, ESAB presents these non-GAAP performance measures on a segment basis, which excludes the impact of Restructuring and other related charges, acquisition-amortization and other related charges, Pension settlement loss and depreciation and other amortization from operating income. ESAB also presents Core adjusted EBITDA and Core adjusted EBITDA margin, which are subject to the same adjustments as Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, respectively, further removing the impact of Russia for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. ESAB presents organic sales, which excludes the impact of acquisitions and foreign exchange rate fluctuations and presents core organic sales, which further excludes the impact of the Russia business for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. Adjusted free cash flow represents cash flows from operating activities excluding cash outflows related to discontinued operations, less Purchases of property, plant and equipment. These non-GAAP financial measures assist ESAB management in comparing its operating performance over time because certain items may obscure underlying business trends and make comparisons of long-term performance difficult, as they are of a nature and/or size that occur with inconsistent frequency or relate to unusual events or discrete restructuring plans and other initiatives that are fundamentally different from the ongoing productivity and core business of the Company. ESAB management also believes that presenting these measures allows investors to view its performance using the same measures that the Company uses in evaluating its financial and business performance and trends. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information calculated in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures presented above to GAAP results has been provided in the financial tables included in this press release. Forward Looking Statements This press release includes forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s plans, goals, objectives, outlook, expectations, and intentions, and other statements that are not historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, including general risks and uncertainties such as market conditions, economic conditions, geopolitical events, changes in laws, regulations or accounting rules, fluctuations in interest rates, terrorism, wars or conflicts, major health concerns, natural disasters or other disruptions of expected business conditions. Factors that could cause the Company’s results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, risks related to the impact of the wars in Ukraine and Middle East and the resulting escalating geopolitical tensions; impact of supply chain disruptions; the impact of creditworthiness and financial viability of customers; impact of inflationary pressures, tariffs and trade policies, foreign exchange fluctuations and commodity prices; risks related to the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East and the resulting escalating geopolitical tensions; other impacts on the Company’s business and ability to execute business continuity plans; and the other factors detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 20, 2025, as well as other risks discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC. In addition, these statements are based on assumptions that are subject to change. This press release speaks only as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any duty to update the information herein. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250501764435/en/ Contacts Investor Relations Contact: Mark Barbalato Vice President, Investor Relations E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-301-323-9098 Media Contact: Tilea Coleman Vice President, Corporate Communications E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-301-323-9092