Company Announcements

• First Quarter 2024 Record-Breaking Revenue of US$4.3 million, a 57% Increase Over the Year Ago Period
• First Quarter 2024 Record Breaking EBITDA⁽¹⁾ of US$884,000, More than 3x Prior Year’s Best Quarterly Performance
• Backlog and Bookings Remain Strong; Backlog of US$6.5 million at Quarter End
  
  

TSXV: OML
OTCQX: OLNCF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc. (the "Company" or “Omni-Lite”; TSXV: OML) today reported results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2024. Full financial results are available at sedarplus.ca.

First Quarter Fiscal 2024 Results

Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was approximately US$4.3 million, an increase of 57% and 30% as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2023 and fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, respectively. The increase in revenue was largely due to organic growth in our electronic components and fasteners business.

Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was approximately US$884,000, resulting in a margin of approximately 20.5%, and as compared to approximately US$(79,000) in the first quarter of fiscal 2023. The Company’s balance sheet remains strong with US$1.1 million in cash and no debt outstanding.

Net income for the quarter was US$415,000, or US$0.03 per diluted share. Adjusted Free Cash Flow⁽¹⁾ was a source of cash of approximately US$112,000, which is after factoring in capital expenditures of approximately US$148,000.

Bookings in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 were approximately US$3.7 million, up 17% as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2023. As a result, the backlog at March 31, 2024, was approximately US$6.5 million, a 58% increase from US$4.1 million as at March 31, 2023, and approximately 8% below fourth quarter fiscal 2023.

Management Comments

David Robbins, Omni-Lite’s CEO, stated “I am pleased with our revenue and profitability performance in the first quarter of 2024, as well as the ongoing advancements with DP Cast, which has emerged as an EBITDA threshold contributor. The growth underscores the value of our engineered new products booked early in 2023 that contributed to our revenue growth in Q1 2024. It was also gratifying to demonstrate our ability to scale production and, with our operating leverage, deliver bottom line results that was in line with our targets.

"Our diligent attention to cost control in recent years is evident in our first quarter results, with over 50% of our incremental revenue adding to our Adjusted EBITDA ⁽¹⁾.”

"We anticipate healthy bookings continuing in 2024 driven by increased production rates on many aerospace and defense platforms and conversion of new product orders into initial phase of production.”

Financial Summary
All figures in (US$000) unless noted.

                                                     

  

Investor Conference Call

Omni-Lite will host a conference call for investors on May 17, 2024, beginning at 2:00 P.M. (EDT) to discuss the First Quarter 2024 results and review of its business and operations. To join the conference call, 888-437-3179 in the USA and Canada, or 862-298-0702 for all other countries. Please call five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time. A replay of the conference call will be available 48 hours after the call and archived on the Company’s investors page of the Company’s website at www.omni-lite.com for 12 months.

(1)  Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock- based compensation provision, gains (losses) on sale of assets, and non-recurring items, if any. Free Cash Flow is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures. Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as Free Cash Flow excluding special items, among others, gains (losses) on sale of assets and non- recurring items, net of tax effects, if any. These are non-IFRS financial measures, as defined herein, and should be read in conjunction with IFRS financial measures and they are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS. The non-IFRS financial measures used herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. We believe the use of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow along with IFRS financial measures enhances the understanding of our operating results and may be useful to investors in comparing our operating performance with that of other companies and estimating our enterprise.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow are also useful tools in evaluating the operating results of the Company given the significant variation that can result from, for example, the timing of capital expenditures and the amount of working capital in support of our customer programs and contracts. We also use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow internally to evaluate the operating performance of the Company, to allocate resources and capital, and to evaluate future growth opportunities.

Please see Q1 2024 Management Discussion and Analysis for additional notes and definitions.

About Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc.

Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc. is an innovative company that develops and manufactures mission critical, precision components utilized by Fortune 100 companies in the aerospace and defense industries.

For further information, please contact:

Mr. David Robbins Chief Executive Officer
Tel. No. (562) 404-8510 or (800) 577-6664
Email: d.robbins@omni-lite.com Website: www.omni-lite.com

Forward Looking Statements

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