Perma-Fix Reports 26% Increase in Revenue to $20.1 Million for the First Quarter of 2023

Reports 84% increase in gross profit for the first quarter of 2023

ATLANTA, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) (the “Company”) today announced financial results and provided a business update for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Mark Duff, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, commented, “I am pleased to report we achieved a 26.3% increase in revenue and an 83.9% increase in gross profit for the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period last year. Revenue increased within both our Treatment and Services Segments. We also achieved sequential revenue growth of 20.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, which is significant because the first quarter tends to be a seasonally weaker period. The first quarter progressively improved and we expect the momentum to continue heading into the second quarter of 2023.”

“We have made further progress in our strategy to provide critical services to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford tank remediation mission. Specifically, the amendment of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Direct Feed Law Activity Waste (DFLAW) facility and the approval of the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) report represent opportunities to provide large-scale waste treatment services. The Test Bed Initiative (TBI) program also continues to progress, and we expect to receive the next 2,000 gallons of tank waste within the next few quarters. As previously announced, we were recently awarded eight new contracts totaling $15 million primarily supporting backlog in 2023, which come with additional expansion opportunities into 2024. We are also pursuing additional projects within the US government, as well as commercial and international waste opportunities that will provide sustainable revenue in the latter half of this year in both the Services and Treatment Segments. Overall, we remain highly encouraged by the outlook for the business based on the growing project backlog and sales pipeline.”

Financial Results

Revenue was $20.1 million for the first quarter of 2023 as compared to $15.9 million for the corresponding period of 2022. Services Segment increased by approximately $2.1 million to $10.5 million for the first quarter of 2023 as compared to $8.4 million for the corresponding period of 2022. The increase in revenue in the Services Segment was due to achievement of full operational status on certain projects which had been curtailed/delayed primarily in the early part of 2022 due in part, from the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Treatment Segment revenue increased by approximately $2.1 million to $9.6 million for the first quarter of 2023 as compared to approximately $7.5 million for the corresponding period of 2022 primarily due to overall higher waste volume which was offset by lower averaged price due to revenue mix. As previously disclosed, the Treatment Segment began to see steady improvements in waste receipts starting in the first half of 2022 as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 continued to subside.

Gross profit for the first quarter of 2023 was $3.0 million versus $1.6 million for the first quarter of 2022 primarily due to higher revenue generated from both segments as discussed above.

Operating loss for the first quarter of 2023 was $576,000 versus operating loss of $1.9 million for the corresponding period of 2022. Net loss for the first quarter of 2023 was $411,000 versus net loss of $1.3 million for the corresponding period of 2022. Net loss per share (both basic and diluted) for the first quarter of 2023 was $0.03 per share versus net loss per share (both basic and diluted) of $0.10 for the same period in 2022.

The Company reported EBITDA of $171,000 from continuing operations at March 31, 2023, as compared to EBITDA of ($1.4) million from continuing operations for the corresponding period of 2022. The Company defines EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), and should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, earnings as an indicator of operating performance or cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The Company believes the presentation of EBITDA is relevant and useful by enhancing the readers’ ability to understand the Company’s operating performance. The Company’s management utilizes EBITDA as a mean to measure performance. The Company’s measurement of EBITDA may not be comparable to similar titled measures reported by other companies. The table below reconciles EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, to GAAP numbers for loss from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

         
         
    Quarter Ended
    March 31,
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
(In thousands)     2023       2022  
Loss from continuing operations   $ (318 )   $ (1,249 )
         
Adjustments:        
Depreciation & amortization     747       456  
Interest income     (127 )     (11 )
Interest expense     53       35  
Interest expense - financing fees     20       13  
Income tax benefit     (204 )     (673 )
         
EBITDA   $ 171     $ (1,429 )
         

The tables below present certain unaudited financial information for the business segments, which excludes allocation of corporate expenses.

    Quarter Ended   Quarter Ended
    March 31, 2023   March 31, 2022
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
(In thousands)   Treatment   Services     Treatment   Services  
Revenues   $ 9,594   $ 10,513     $ 7,479   $ 8,436  
Gross profit     1,252     1,757       638     998  
Segment Profit     331     973       78     399  
             
                     


Conference Call

Perma-Fix will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The conference call will be available via telephone by dialing toll free 877-545-0320 for U.S. callers, or +1 973-528-0002 for international callers and by entering access code: 587821. The conference call will be led by Mark J. Duff, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, and Ben Naccarato, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.

A webcast of the call may be accessed at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2243/48370 or on the Company’s website at https://ir.perma-fix.com/conference-calls. A webcast will also be archived on the Company’s website and a telephone replay of the call will be available approximately one hour following the call, through Wednesday, May 17, 2023, and can be accessed by calling: 877-481-4010 for U.S. callers, or 919-882-2331 for international callers and entering conference ID: 48370.

About Perma-Fix Environmental Services

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a nuclear services company and leading provider of nuclear and mixed waste management services. The Company's nuclear waste services include management and treatment of radioactive and mixed waste for hospitals, research labs and institutions, federal agencies, including the U.S Department of Energy (“DOE”), the U.S Department of Defense (“DOD”), and the commercial nuclear industry. The Company’s nuclear services group provides project management, waste management, environmental restoration, decontamination and decommissioning, new build construction, and radiological protection, safety and industrial hygiene capability to our clients. The Company operates four nuclear waste treatment facilities and provides nuclear services at DOE, DOD, and commercial facilities, nationwide.

Please visit us at http://www.perma-fix.com.

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” which are based largely on the Company's expectations and are subject to various business risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements generally are identifiable by use of the words such as “believe”, “expects”, “intends”, “anticipate”, “plan to”, “estimates”, “projects”, and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: momentum to continue heading into the second quarter of 2023; expect receipt of 2,000 gallons of tank waste within the next few quarters; the amendment of the ROD for DFLAW and the approval of the WIR report represent opportunities for large-scale waste treatment services; recently awarded eight new contracts come with additional expansion opportunities into 2024; pursuing additional projects; and outlook for business. While the Company believes the expectations reflected in this news release are reasonable, it can give no assurance such expectations will prove to be correct. There are a variety of factors which could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those described in this release, including, without limitation, future economic conditions; industry conditions; competitive pressures; our ability to apply and market our new technologies; the government or such other party to a contract granted to us fails to abide by or comply with the contract or to deliver waste as anticipated under the contract or terminates existing contracts; Congress fails to provides funding for the DOD’s and DOE’s remediation projects; inability to obtain new foreign and domestic remediation contracts; inability to meet financial covenants; and the additional factors referred to under “Risk Factors” and "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" of our 2022 Form 10-K and Form 10-Q for quarter ended March 31, 2023. The Company makes no commitment to disclose any revisions to forward-looking statements, or any facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof that bear upon forward-looking statements.

Contacts:
David K. Waldman-US Investor Relations
Crescendo Communications, LLC
(212) 671-1021

Herbert Strauss-European Investor Relations
herbert@eu-ir.com
+43 316 296 316

FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW

PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)

    Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Amounts)   2023         2022  
             
Revenues $ 20,107       $ 15,915  
Cost of goods sold   17,098         14,279  
Gross profit   3,009         1,636  
             
Selling, general and administrative expenses   3,486         3,422  
Research and development   99         96  
Loss on disposal of property and equipment           1  
Loss from operations   (576 )       (1,883 )
               
Other income (expense):              
Interest income   127         11  
Interest expense   (53 )       (35 )
Interest expense-financing fees   (20 )       (13 )
Other           (2 )
Loss from continuing operations before taxes   (522 )       (1,922 )
Income tax benefit   (204 )       (673 )
Loss from continuing operations, net of taxes   (318 )       (1,249 )
             
Loss from discontinued operations (net of taxes)   (93 )       (94 )
Net loss $ (411 )     $ (1,343 )
             
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted:            
             
Continuing operations $ (.02 )     $ (.09 )
Discontinued operations   (.01 )       (.01 )
Net loss per common share $ (.03 )     $ (.10 )
             
             
Number of common shares used in computing net loss per share:            
Basic   13,358         13,234  
Diluted   13,358         13,234  



PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

    March 31,   December 31,
      2023       2023  
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Share and Per Share Amounts)   (Unaudited)    
         
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash   $ 2,411     $ 1,866  
Account receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $7 and $57, respectively     10,881       9,364  
Unbilled receivables     6,701       6,062  
Other current assets     4,904       6,219  
Assets of discontinued operations included in current assets     19       15  
Total current assets     24,916       23,526  
         
Net property and equipment     19,064       18,957  
Property and equipment of discontinued operations     81       81  
         
Operating lease right-of-use assets     1,852       1,971  
         
Intangibles and other assets     26,590       26,363  
Total assets   $ 72,503     $ 70,898  
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY        
Current liabilities   $ 24,288     $ 22,346  
Current liabilities related to discontinued operations     289       362  
Total current liabilities     24,577       22,708  
         
Long-term liabilities     9,643       9,749  
Long-term liabilities related to discontinued operations     911       908  
Total liabilities     35,131       33,365  
Commitments and Contingencies        
Stockholders' equity:        
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized,        
no shares issued and outstanding            
Common Stock, $.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized,        
13,397,436 and 13,332,398 shares issued, respectively;        
13,389,794 and 13,324,756 shares outstanding, respectively     13       13  
Additional paid-in capital     115,452       115,209  
Accumulated deficit     (77,847 )     (77,436 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (158 )     (165 )
Less Common Stock held in treasury, at cost: 7,642 shares     (88 )     (88 )
    Total stockholders' equity     37,372       37,533  
         
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 72,503     $ 70,898  
         

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