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Atlas Engineered Products Announces Acquisition of Hi-Tec Industries in British Columbia

NANAIMO, BC, March 1, 2022 /CNW/ - Atlas Engineered Products (« AEP » or the « Company ») (TSXV: AEP) (OTC Markets: APEUF) announced today that the Company has completed the acquisition of Hi-Tec Industries Ltd. (« Hi-Tec ») located in Lantzville, British Columbia. The letter of intent entered in to for this transaction was previously announced on November 24, 2021.

« We are excited to announce the acquisition of Hi-Tec. Hi-Tec is a successful, well-run business and when this acquisition opportunity arose it was too good to pass up. The future synergies with our Atlas Building Systems location and additional customer base for product expansion is exciting and our team is looking forward to this integration moving forward, » said Hadi Abassi, AEPs CEO, President and Founder. « AEP has completed the next step in expanding its footprint in British Columbia where seasonality and the effects of winter are not as impactful as the rest of Canada. »

Hi-Tec manufactures roof trusses and sells engineered wood products to a strong, loyal customer base on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. This location is just under 15 minutes north of AEP’s Atlas Building Systems location in Nanaimo, British Columbia which will offer some unique synergies from labour to shipping to equipment and more. During its last fiscal year ended August 31 2021, Hi-Tec earned unaudited revenues of just over $5.0 million, net income before taxes of just over $1.0 million and a normalized EBITDA(1) of $1.25 million, resulting in a normalized EBITDA margin(1) of 25%.(2) Over the last three years, Hi-Tec earned average unaudited revenues of approximately $4.6 million, net income before taxes of $751,000, normalized EBITDA(1) of $1.16 million, with an average normalized EBITDA margin(1) of 25%. (2)

Under the terms of the share purchase agreement (« SPA »), AEP has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Hi-Tec for a purchase price of $5.8 million in cash, with a working capital adjustment to be determined and finalized within 60 days of closing date of the SPA. In addition, AEP has acquired the land and buildings on which Hi-Tec’s facilities are located for a price of $3.25 million in cash based on a completed independent appraisal. Stillwater Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Hi-Tec for this transaction.

AEP has entered into a term loan for the $5.8 million and a mortgage for 75% of the $3.25 million through the Company’s existing banking relationships, with the remaining portion of the land and building purchase and working capital adjustment will be funded by internally generated cash. The Company opted to fund this acquisition with debt given the current low interest rates and to preserve majority of its cash for future strategic plans and opportunities.

Wow! des résultats exceptionnels!

Atlas Engineered Products Reports Record 2021 Year End and Fourth Quarter Financial and Operating Results (yahoo.com)

Income per Share, Basic and Fully Diluted ($ per share) 0.12
On est à un P/E de 5 malgré la hausse récente!

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Encore mieux que dans mes rêves

Non-IFRS EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $2,881,841, with an EBITDA margin of 23%. EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $827,012, with an EBITDA margin of 9%.

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Sachant qu’ils ont vendu les matériaux à prix plus élevés qu’ils ne l’auraient normalement fait, est-ce que c’est soutenable à long-terme? Est-ce un signe de « pricing power » ou juste une démonstration supplémentaire du contexte un peu bizarre dans lequel on vit depuis 2 ans.

Par curiosité, j’ai calculé les revenus en utilisant les « % of material costs » de Q1-2021 et Q1-2020. Ça donne cela :
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Dans tout les cas, tant mieux, ça leur donne ~2M$ de plus pour payer la dette/racheter des actions/faire des acquisitions.

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J’ai l’impression que l’inflation est la pour rester et que le fait qu’ils réussissent à vendre malgré la hausse démontre leur poids dans le marché mais je peux me tromper .

Résultats impressionnants. 0.06$ de BPA pour les premiers 6 mois de 2022 et historiquement les deux derniers trimestres de l’année sont les plus élevés en terme de vente et profitabilité. On se retrouve donc à moins de 4-5x les BPA projetés de 2022.

« Our order book for the remainder of 2022 continues to be strong and we anticipate another year of record results for the Company. »

Les marges brutes sont en hausse mais le coût des matériaux les augmentent de façon artificielle…à voir pour le long terme. Reste que dans un marché de pénurie de main d’oeuvre où les employeurs se démènent pour trouver des employés, la compagnie continue de livrer la marchandise (no pun intented)!

Aussi 1,170,500 d’actions achetées par la compagnie pour cancellation.

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Atlas Engineered Products Reports Record Second Quarter Financial and Operating Results

YTD Revenues Increased 24%, Net Income Increased 112%

NANAIMO, BC, Aug. 22, 2022 /CNW/ - Atlas Engineered Products (« AEP » or the « Company ») (TSXV: AEP) (OTC Markets: APEUF) is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. All amounts are presented in Canadian dollars.

« We are pleased with another successful quarter of organic growth, as well as, the contribution from our latest acquisition, Hi-Tec Industries Ltd, » said Hadi Abassi, CEO & President, Founder. « In addition to the ongoing operational improvements and growth of our legacy facilities, we have seen an immediate improvement in both revenues and margins from Hi-Tec. Our order book for the remainder of 2022 continues to be strong and we anticipate another year of record results for the Company. »

Financial Highlights for Q2 2022:

  • Revenue increased 17% to $16,836,329 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $14,408,430 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Additionally, revenue increased 24% to $29,270,743 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 from $23,538,063 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. This increase now represents the Company’s best second quarter to date.
  • Non-IFRS EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $3,581,190 and $6,463,031, respectively, with an EBITDA margin of 21% and 22%, respectively. EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $2,827,271 and $3,654,283, respectively, with an EBITDA margin of 20% and 16%. EBITDA and EBITDA margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 increased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 due to increased net income for the period resulting from increased sales and improved gross margins.

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  • Gross margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was 28% and 29%, which was up from a gross margin of 26% and 23% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. Gross margins increased due to pricing assessments and updates being completed at all locations due to the fluctuating costs of raw materials and labour. The Company has also focused on improving efficiencies on new product lines and acquisitions.
  • Net income after taxes was $2,044,118 and $3,607,419 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to net income after taxes of $1,649,359 and $1,700,567 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. This increase was primarily due to the increase in revenues, improvements in gross margin, and the new acquisition of Hi-Tec Industries Ltd. (« Hi-Tec »).


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Expansion for 2022:

On February 28, 2022, the Company acquired Hi-Tec (« Hi-Tec Acquisition »), located in Lantzville, BC on Vancouver Island. The shares of Hi-Tec were acquired for $5.8 million in cash, with a working capital adjustment of $454,981 that was finalized subsequent to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The land and buildings of Hi-Tec were also acquired by the Company for the appraised value of $3.25 million in cash. The Company financed the Hi-Tec Acquisition with a term loan for $5.8 million and a mortgage for $2,437,500. During its last fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, Hi-Tec earned unaudited revenues of just over $5.0 million, net income before taxes of just over $1.0 million, and a normalized EBITDA of $1.25 million, resulting in a normalized EBITDA margin of 25%. (Financial information for Hi-Tec for the year ended August 31, 2021 was unaudited and unreviewed.)

Since purchasing Hi-Tec Industries on February 28, 2022, this operation contributed $2,227,555 in revenues and approximately $667,827 in EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and $2,855,014 in revenues and approximately $839,496 in EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Normal Course Issuer Bid (« NCIB ») Update:

From the commencement of the NCIB on November 3, 2021, the Company has acquired 1,170,500 shares for cancellation. Once all shares are cancelled that have been acquired the number of shares outstanding would be 58,713,049. The NCIB is ongoing until November 3, 2022 and the Company may purchase up to 2,886,286 common shares of the Company. All purchases of common shares will be made on the open market through the facilities of the TSXV and will be purchased for cancellation.

AEP’s board of directors continues to believe that the current market price for the Company’s common shares do not currently reflect the underlying value of the Company. As a result, depending on the future price movements and other factors, AEP’s board of directors believes that the purchase of the shares is an appropriate use of AEP’s funds and in the best interests of AEP’s shareholders.

Non-GAAP / Non-IFRS Financial Measures

Certain financial measures in this news release do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and, therefore are considered non-IFRS or non-GAAP measures. These non-IFRS measures are used by management to facilitate the analysis and comparison of period-to-period operating results for AEP and to assess whether AEP’s operations are generating sufficient operating cash flow to fund working capital needs and to fund capital expenditures. As these non-IFRS measures do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS, these measures may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The non-IFRS measures used in this news release may include « EBITDA », « EBITDA margin », « adjusted EBITDA », « adjusted EBITDA margin », « normalized EBITDA » and « normalized EBITDA margin ». For a description of the composition of these measures, please refer to AEP’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ended March 31, 2022 under « Non-IFRS / Non-GAAP Financial Measures », available on AEP’s website at www.atlasengineeredproducts.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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Dans le contexte du marché général et des taux d’intérêts, je suis surpris que le titre n’ait pas été plus impacté. Ça aide quand la compagnie achète sur le marché et ça devrait continuer cette année.

Cela dit, malgré un ralentissement des projets de construction qu’on vit actuellement, la SCHL estime qu’on aura besoin de plus de 5 millions d’unités d’habitations à travers le Canada d’ici 2030 pour combattre la pénurie de logements et l’abordabilité alors je pense que AEP pourrait être bien positionné pour en profiter :

  • Nous prévoyons que si le rythme actuel de la construction se maintient, le nombre de logements augmentera de 2,3 millions entre 2021 et 2030, pour atteindre près de 19 millions d’ici 2030. Pour rétablir l’abordabilité, nous estimons que le Canada aura besoin de 3,5 millions de logements supplémentaires, ce qui signifie que plus de 22 millions de logements seront nécessaires d’ici 2030 afin d’assurer l’abordabilité pour tout le monde au Canada.

Atlas Engineered Products Announces Renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid

NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 10, 2022 /CNW/ - Atlas Engineered Products (« Atlas », « AEP » or the « Company ») (TSXV: AEP); (OTC Markets: APEUF) announced today that it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the « TSXV ») to renew its normal course issuer bid (the « NCIB ») to be transacted through the facilities of the TSXV.

The renewed NCIB will commence on December 1, 2022 and end on December 1, 2023 or such earlier date as AEP may complete its purchases as set forth in its notice filed with the TSXV. Under the renewed NCIB, AEP may purchase up to 4,732,015 common shares of the Company, representing up to 10% of the Company’s Public Float as of November 2, 2022. The price that AEP will pay for Common Shares purchased under the NCIB will be the prevailing market price at the time of acquisition. The actual number of Common Shares purchased under the NCIB, and the timing of such purchases will be determined by the management of AEP. Purchases under the NCIB will continue to be effected by Canaccord Genuity Corp. (« Canaccord »). AEP may enter into a pre-defined automatic securities purchase plan with Canaccord to allow for the repurchase of Common Shares at a time when the Company would ordinarily not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackouts, insider trading rules or otherwise. Any such plans will be adopted in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

Purchases of common shares under the NCIB will continue to be made on the open market through the facilities of the TSXV and will be purchased for cancellation.

AEP’s board of directors continues to believe that the current market price for the Company’s common shares does not currently reflect the underlying value of the Company. As a result, depending on future price movements and other factors, AEP’s board of directors believes that the purchase of the shares is an appropriate use of AEP’s funds and in the best interests of AEP’s shareholders.

Under AEP’s previous NCIB, conducted between November 3, 2021 and November 1, 2022, AEP purchased and cancelled a total of 2,886,286 common shares under the previous NCIB at a weighted average price of $0.553 per share.

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WoW un autre un bon trimestre !
On est à 0,11$ de profit par action pleinement dilué. On paie même pas 6fois les profits !

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La compagnie continue de racheter ses actions au niveau actuel :

Entrevue intéressante avec Paul Andreola et le CEO de AEP.

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ça n’arrête plus de bien aller!

EPS de 0.15 pour 2022

Malgré une remontée de 70% de l’action sur 1 an on est à seulement 7 fois les profits.

Atlas Engineered Products Reports Record 2022 Year End and Fourth Quarter Financial and Operating Results (yahoo.com)

Résultats de Q1 un peu décevants, mais selon ma lecture il ne semble pas avoir eu de changements fondamentaux… Les matériaux ont baissés et le marché est un peu plus difficile avec la hausse des taux hypothécaires, mais les besoins en construction au Canada vont continuer de grandir.

Par contre je n’ai pas particulièrement creusé sur cette entreprise depuis un certain temps, est-ce que j’ai manqué quelquechose?

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Je pense que ta lecture de la situation est assez juste!

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+1! Ceci dit, j’ai sorti un peu de profits. Superbe business.

Q2 encore plus décevant!

Net income was $786,236 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to net income of $2,044,118 for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The Company recorded a lower net income after taxes in the current period mainly due to decreased revenues and increased operating expenses.

J’avais sorti 50% avec profit au Q1, je vais sortir le reste.
Atlas Engineered Products Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial and Operating Results (yahoo.com)

Malgré l’acquisition à bon prix, le marché semble diminuer rapidement.
Atlas Engineered Products Announces Acquisition of a Truss and Wall Panel Manufacturer in New Brunswick, Canada (yahoo.com)

Ma seule déception est de voir la grande commande initialement prévue en Q1 reportée de Q2 à Q3 et Q4.

Bien heureux de l’acquisition. Je ne bouge pas ma petite position pour l’instant.

Attention avec l’acquisition, le multiplie est bas car peak profitabilité.

Probablement que vous pouvez appliquer la même diminution de profitabilité que AEP à la compagnie acquise.

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Oui c’est pourquoi j’ai vendu

100M market cap

Clairement que je viens de jinx le titre. Désolé en avance! Et félicitations!