Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Graham Corporation designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the energy, defense and chemical/petrochemical industries. The Company designs and manufactures custom-engineered ejectors, vacuum pumping systems, surface condensers and vacuum systems. It is a nuclear code accredited fabrication and specialty machining company. It supplies components used inside reactor vessels and outside containment vessels of nuclear power facilities. Its equipment is found in applications, such as metal refining, pulp and paper processing, water heating, refrigeration, desalination, food processing, pharmaceutical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning. For the defense industry, its equipment is used in nuclear propulsion power systems for the United States Navy. The Company’s products are used in a range of industrial process applications in energy markets, including petroleum refining, defense, chemical and petrochemical processing, power generation/alternative energy and other.
Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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3Q25 Results. Revenue increased 7.3% to $47.0 million, driven by continued strength in key end-markets. We had forecast $48 million in revenue. Gross margin rose 260 basis points y-o-y to 24.8% of sales. Graham reported adjusted EBITDA of $4.0 million in the quarter, an 8.6% margin, compared to $3.0 million and 6.8% in the year ago period. Net income was $1.6 million, or $0.14/sh, with adjusted EPS of $0.18/sh. In the same period last year, net income totaled $165,000, or $0.02/sh, and adjusted EPS was $0.13. We had projected an adjusted EPS of $0.13.
Orders. As expected, orders for 3Q25 declined to $24.8 million, given the higher level of orders earlier in the fiscal year. Book-to-bill for the first nine months of the year was 1.0. Backlog at quarter end was $384.7 million, down 3.6% over the prior-year period and down 5.5% sequentially.
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