Vishay Precision (VPG) 14 May 222022 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good morning. Thank you for attending today's VPG First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. My name is Hannah, and I will be your moderator for today's call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to pass the conference over to our host, Steve Cantor, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

good and Hannah, you, morning, everyone. Thank VPG's to XXXX First Call. Conference Earnings Quarter Welcome

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positive order book-to-bill X. X segments in reported first the ratios of all businesses performance Looking at our business and over trends segment quarter,

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consumer In pumps. are consumer Sensors as Advanced electronics addition and the achieving equipment traction designing infusion we to such wins application, for of in medical

costs operating was the Sensor facility related terms for $XXX,XXX first to the of for the results adjusted sensors, gross quarter adjusted to In $XXX,XXX of and new exclude in margin COVID. start-up Advanced

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Before additional turning the make a call comments. to few Bill, I'll

finally, all facilities our deploying be normally. and intended open growth. investments to that bottom priorities internal And our COVID, our capital of currently our top continues line to and accelerate are operating line are terms In for on funding growth-oriented

to markets, In our financial attractive addition, will Bill? I additional solid activity portfolio it our M&A turn supports now returns. to details. Clancy over for Bill product balance generate and sheet expand

per quarter XXXX, million XX.X% or of the million of reconciliation Thanks, first was an diluted $X.XX. $XX.X share Slide tables gross $X.XX. basis, operating $X.X revenues of the profit of achieved diluted of was of sales, income deck. revenues income of we per sales. net of of and or million X, X.X% was On to and $XX.X our and or earnings million million, profit Ziv. share or net of earnings XX.X% adjusted XX.X% gross Operating the In $X.X sales slide Referring $XX.X

quarter ago. million XXXX were fourth quarter decreased first in revenues XX.X% XXXX year compared to the and X.X% above Our a first $XX quarter the of

of quarter adjusted higher XXXX to acquisition costs for margin fourth by a quarter, accounting $XXX,XXX and from to XX.X% higher impacted benefited negatively $X.X $XXX,XXX quarter first ago prices, the Advanced XXXX compared curve. and was new of by compared XX.X% costs costs. exclude the of $XXX,XXX lower was the in basis, of year COVID-XX negatively first related volume, compared of first impacted XXXX. offset of Gross and revenues the as in revenues to XX.X% in as selling startup gross inventory exchange for purchase margin the to which fourth Foreign and quarter inefficiencies by quarter XX% higher related quarter adjustments, Sensors material higher learning On compared facility manufacturing to $XXX,XXX fourth an million and

first Our operating the was for quarter margin of X.X% XXXX.

were administrative quarter exclude Selling, compared $X.XX of the expenses for related in was compared or which Our revenues first adjustments of increases quarter XX.X% a CapEx first million wage ago. adjusted first to purchases costs. were of net with $XXX,XXX diluted $XX.X The XXXX $X.X margin of XX.X% $XXX,XXX $X.X The or infrastructure. compared XXXX. equipment quarter quarter and share $X.X share quarter XX.X% revenues earnings general, was million first for XX.X% million the acquisition, of DTS the adjusted million the of just of operating revenues I and the increase to other of XX.X% of XXXX as SG&A in relates for quarter million $X mainly $XX.X million reflect the for first XXXX. the $X.X of was per to or or per $XX.X of and and or XXXX million $X.X EBITDA the $X.XX to in million year of Adjusted million, majority diluted first mentioned.

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sale free capital to negative as is from was cash CapEx the as activities, less in backlog We any Sensors compared was from expansion cash capital due as negative other operating quarter first XXXX. incentive The expenditures of cash segment. our impacted define quarter plus of a adjusted cost assets. fixed equipment Cash performance-linked efficiencies for as the the to Free high working flow $XXX,XXX needs well flow XX% for a in of for flow $X.X first compensation. mainly and million

the GAAP to in first of XXXX. quarter flow XX.X% second compared in quarter We return to XX.X% of cash expect to the XXXX. positive tax in free The rate the as first was quarter

in XX% operational to XXXX. of tax the an XX% rate assuming are for of the full We year range

of support X. equivalents and Slide $XX.X have of fund a quarter with business cash our requirements and ended liquidity to believe ample we that We We and to opportunities. debt million. sheet long-term first $XX.X to M&A the additional Moving and million balance total cash strong

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we summary, net profits. million $XX contributed accelerate million long-term Thank quarter to another business first backlog, of of underscores of which quarter in strategy. we continue strength to that, range Record quarter, exchange open for initiatives record revenues And fiscal rates. And on $XX second the in growth grow fiscal we a to the line sales constant to to and For the achieved With expect finally, be orders and sequentially questions. our model our at execute let's strong results. of XXXX you. the and

first the & of Instructions] from [Operator with question line Franzreb Sidoti Company. The is John

you start like with bit the in Could overall for biggest year-over-year a end little talk a which to about profile quarter? I'd revenue the were drivers the on the markets basis quarter.

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increase In a have all for our accounted segments. volume ago, acquisitions in in we that reporting we year have addition in that DTS the say fact, to seen not I have to

existing any And expect as to the you and versus continue do March be quarter? drivers okay, look there improve? that markets are Or at expect in pivot you these June to new the we markets Okay. will quarter, June

segments. in we respect I would since are record solid in -- running say our I to all this strong see very backlog also at in we would time, and tailwind point reporting at demand a a say,

quarters to -- say microchips in quarters say, of market. see the we of X part would industrial some was due know, of may few all-in-all, the the already to respect a we I see that in we a forward. would weighing in But continuation lack momentum inventory which indicated we moving may And transportation. as that already good some prior So a see the you There the sensors. in ago I started the the slowdown,

line? Okay. gross to And did how quarter income contribute revenue either the much and DTS in op on or profitability a

the for the I guess around for quarter revenues first XX%. -- were $X.X margin with revenues quarter and gross DTS the was million over

the Sensor business. And to Advanced Okay. shifting then just

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Yes, John.

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So decline the to quick way we in capital a the regard in spending. see

-- Bill optimize addition investment to XX% goes facility precision and cost is expected solutions future structure order in the weighing in expected go As the support for XX% indicated, or for to support our designs. of to in resistors India to

the part, equipment Now related, resistors combination other mostly Sensor the segment, sensor a is Advanced segment. And in related it's to and the of Sensors. which precision

make equipment Advanced intending further this So investments, to there for investments further are expanding we Sensor which is capacity. year

not and one into a having you may get to it. on shutdowns last Can question, queue. the it. talk about or you? impact may Got Got be your I'll exposure the And China bit just back

Sure. Absolutely.

as So was back. let the -- me indicated take -- mean okay, a past, we strategy the I step in

in had China fairly Our operational limited. in is footprint is -- facilities. extremely We years, X X

down we consolidated and facility X shut with sensors. facilities India, facility, in for left X just have smaller are China, to Tianjin, a one We fairly

footprint operational -- very capacity operational in our limited China. So is

something recent it would have been we limited in But not exposure. not expect fairly impacted. seen vicinity. did would we the very Fortunately, due happen our if Therefore, not lockdown, have to we come,

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