ENGlobal Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 Results

HOUSTON, March 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGlobal, a leading provider of engineered modular solutions to the energy industry, today announced a net loss of $5.7 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.21 for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018. The Company incurred non-cash expenses for goodwill impairment, depreciation and amortization, and stock compensation of $2.7 million during 2018 and income tax expense of $0.1 million primarily due to state margin tax.

Management's Assessment

William Coskey, P.E., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ENGlobal said: "The Company is making strides to benefit from the multi-year strategic initiative we began in the fall of 2017. We have identified modular project execution offerings as the opportunity to which our capabilities are best applied, and focused our business development team on communicating these offerings to specific clients. Seven strategic initiatives have been identified where we can provide complete project execution that includes engineering, design, fabrication and integration of automated control systems as a complete packaged solution for our clients, preferably in a modular form. This "design it once - build it many times" concept has many merits for our clients including a single vendor interface, better control of costs, better control of schedule and lower safety risk, among other things, which is being well received by many of our clients."

Mr. Coskey continued: "One result of our positioning and sales efforts is that the new opportunities and proposal pipeline we track continues to increase. Many of these proposals are larger, but have not yet been awarded and have exceeded our expected award timing. Our backlog, which represents an estimate of projects that have not been completed, increased to $29.2 million at December 29, 2018. This compares to backlog of $24.1 million as of December 30, 2017. I expect our backlog will continue to increase over the course of 2019, based on current levels of proposal activity."

Mark Hess, ENGlobal's Chief Financial Officer, said: "We showed significant progress towards profitability through the first three quarters of 2018, reducing our quarterly loss to $197 thousand for the third quarter. However, during the fourth quarter the Company experienced significant, unforeseen employee benefit cost - that is anticipated to be short lived but which negatively impacted both our gross profit and SG&A. This trend reversal compounded by the Company's recent financial results also triggered an impairment of our goodwill in the fourth quarter."

Mr. Hess continued: "ENGlobal's cash on hand is trending positively, increasing $0.8 million during the fourth quarter, 2018 to a total of $6.1 million at December 29, 2018 and has continued to increase year to date in 2019 as we close out some of the larger in-process projects before investments in new projects are required. Although cash on hand has increased in the first quarter of 2019, gross profit has been negatively impacted by the delayed execution of current and expected project awards. As a result, our financial results for the first quarter are expected to be negatively impacted."

Mr. Hess continued: "We continue to be very mindful of our overhead structure, and total SG&A costs have continued to decrease. Although the Company has made investments in key individuals, product developments, new facilities and equipment, in addition to the increased employee benefit cost mentioned above, these areas of additional overhead cost have been more than offset by SG&A decreases in other areas of our business."

2018 Fiscal Year results as compared to 2017 Fiscal Year results:

Revenue decreased to $54.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018, or 3.2%, from $55.8 million for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2017. ENGlobal reported a net loss of $5.7 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018, compared to net loss of $16.3 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, for the prior year period. The Company incurred income tax expense of $0.1 million during 2018 primarily due to state margin tax, compared to income tax expense of $10.1 million during 2017. The Company incurred non-cash expenses for goodwill impairment, depreciation and amortization, and stock compensation of $2.7 million during 2018 and the Company incurred non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization and stock compensation of $1.6 million during 2017. No goodwill impairment was recorded in 2017.

In April 2015, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $2.0 million of the Company's common stock from time to time, based on prevailing market conditions. The Company is not obligated to repurchase any dollar amount or specific number of shares of common stock under the repurchase program, which may be suspended, discontinued or reinstated at any time. The stock repurchase program was suspended on May 16, 2017 and reinstated on December 19, 2018. Through December 29, 2018, ENGlobal had repurchased and retired 1,212,773 shares of common stock at a total cost of $1.5 million, including 21,723 shares for $15 thousand in between December 19, 2018 and December 29, 2018.

The following table illustrates the composition of the Company's revenue and profitability for its operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

	Year Ended									Year Ended
(amounts in thousands)	December 29, 2018									December 30, 2017
Segment	Total Revenue		% of Total Revenue		Gross Profit Margin		Operating Profit (Loss) Margin			Total Revenue		% of Total Revenue		Gross Profit Margin		Operating Profit (Loss) Margin
Engineering & Construction	$	24,152	44.7	%	12.5	%	4.7	%		$	22,595	40.5	%	4.9	%	(7.9	)%
Automation		29,844	55.3	%	13.1	%	(2.5	)%			33,170	59.5	%	16.1	%	6.5	%
Consolidated	$	53,996	100.0	%	12.8	%	(9.6	)%		$	55,765	100.0	%	11.5	%	(11.0	)%

The following table illustrates the composition of the Company's revenue and profitability for its operations for the three months ended December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

	Three Months Ended									Three Months Ended
(amounts in thousands)	December 29, 2018									December 30, 2017
Segment	Total Revenue		% of Total Revenue		Gross Profit Margin		Operating Profit Margin			Total Revenue		% of Total Revenue		Gross Profit Margin		Operating Profit Margin
Engineering & Construction	$	5,583	44.0	%	2.4	%	(5.6	)%		$	5,619	38.9	%	(11.3	)%	(28.5	)%
Automation		7,098	56.0	%	11.9	%	(25.6	)%			8,811	61.1	%	13.7	%	5.1	%
Consolidated		12,681	100.0	%	7.7	%	(25.3	)%			14,430	100.0	%	4.0	%	(17.4	)%

The following is a summary of the Company's statement of operations for the last four quarters which may be helpful in analyzing our ongoing business:

(amounts in thousands)		2018												Fiscal Year
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4					2018
Revenue	$	13,188		$	13,872		$	14,255		$	12,681			$	53,996
Gross Profit		1,413			2,253			2,293			974				6,933
Gross Profit Margin		10.7	%		16.2	%		16.1	%		7.7	%			12.8	%
General & Administrative Expenses		2,582			2,869			2,483			2,096				10,030
Goodwill impairment		-			-			-			2,086				2,086
Operating Loss		(1,169	)		(616	)		(190	)		(3,208	)			(5,183	)
Net Loss		(1,200	)		(992	)		(197	)		(3,282	)			(5,671	)

The following table presents certain balance sheet items as of December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	As of December 29, 2018		As of December 30, 2017
Cash and restricted cash	$	6,060	$	9,648
Working capital		13,725		16,846

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018 is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today reflecting these results.

ENGlobal Reports Third Quarter 2018 Results

HOUSTON, TX, Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGlobal (NASDAQ: ENG), a leading provider of engineered modular solutions, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 29, 2018.

ENGlobal reported a net loss of $197 thousand, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the third quarter just ended compared to $12.2 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017. Adjusted for non-recurring litigation expenses of $146 thousand and before non-cash charges for depreciation, amortization and stock compensation expense of $145 thousand, earnings for the quarter ended September 29, 2018 would have been $94 thousand, an indicator of adjusted cash earnings, which management believes is helpful to its investors to understand the earnings of our core business.

Revenue increased by $1.4 million to $14.3 million for the three months ended September 29, 2018 from $12.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 while gross profit margins increased to 16.1% for the quarter ended September 29, 2018 as compared to 12.6% for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Management's Assessment

Mark Hess, ENGlobal's Chief Financial Officer stated: "We continue to see financial progress as represented by the sequential net income improvement reported for each of the three quarters this year, together with the positive adjusted earnings reported for this third quarter. Our cash and working capital are holding steady. Our working capital at the end of the quarter was $14.9 million, which we feel is sufficient to provide for near-term growth."

Mr. Hess continued: "Another positive is the significant reduction in SG&A expense on a year over year basis. For the quarter, adjusted for non-recurring litigation services expense, SG&A expense was $2.3 million, or a $9.2 million annual run rate. This SG&A result is a significant improvement when compared to $3.0 million, or a $12.0 million annual run rate in the year ago period. I'm also pleased to report that ENGlobal's firm and contracted backlog at the end of the third quarter of 2018 was approximately $33 million, which is the highest level achieved by the Company since early 2015."

William A. Coskey, P.E., Chairman and CEO of ENGlobal added: "Our mission for the near to midterm is straightforward and about growth - this being for our Company to generate significant internal revenue and margin growth while holding overhead costs down. We plan to accomplish this goal by leveraging our talents and resources to take on larger scopes of work, primarily for turnkey, engineered modular solutions which have technological differentiation. We are now developing larger opportunities for our vertically integrated business model - engineering, mechanical fabrication, automation design, systems integration and project support services, as clients desire for their projects to be supported by a single source supplier."

Mr. Coskey continued: "Given the above mission, our management team has defined seven business strategies, each with its own internal champion and execution plan. These seven areas of focus cover the range of upstream, midstream and downstream energy-related systems, and all fit very well with our engineering, automation and project execution heritage and experience. I look forward to reporting on the Company's progress regarding these initiatives."

he following is a summary of the income statement for the three months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	Three months ended September 29, 2018				Three months ended September 30, 2017
Revenue	$	14,255			$	12,896
Gross Profit		2,293				1,621
General & Administrative Expenses		2,483				3,041
Operating Loss		(190	)			(1,420	)
Net loss		(197	)			(12,154	)

The following table presents certain balance sheet items as of September 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	As of September 29, 2018		As of December 30, 2017
Cash	$	5,252	$	9,648
Working capital		14,942		16,846

The following table illustrates the composition of the Company's revenue and profitability for its operations for the three and nine
 months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	Three months ended September 29, 2018									Three Months ended September 30, 2017
			% of		Gross							% of		Gross
	Total		Total		Profit		Operating			Total		Total		Profit		Operating
Segment	Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)			Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)
Engineering & Construction	$	6,821	47.9	%	16.6	%	$	664		$	5,399	41.9	%	7.6	%	$	(105	)
Automation		7,434	52.1	%	15.6	%		527			7,497	58.1	%	16.1	%		511
Consolidated	$	14,255	100.0	%	16.1	%	$	(190	)	$	12,896	100.0	%	12.6	%	$	(1,420		)

(amounts in thousands)	Nine months ended September 29, 2018									Nine Months ended September 30, 2017
			% of		Gross							% of		Gross
	Total		Total		Profit		Operating			Total		Total		Profit		Operating
Segment	Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)			Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)
Engineering & Construction	$	18,568	44.9	%	15.5	%	$	1,453		$	16,976	41.1	%	10.3	%	$	128
Automation		22,746	55.1	%	13.5	%		1,079			24,360	58.9	%	16.9	%		2,017
Consolidated	$	41,314	100.0	%	14.4	%	$	(1,976	)	$	41,336	100.0	%	14.2	%	$	(3,638	)

                                                  
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 29, 2018 is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting these results by the end of the day on Thursday, November 8, 2018.

ENGlobal Receives Endorsed Systems Intergrator Status

    

ENGLOBAL ACHIEVES ENDORSED INTEGRATOR STATUS FROM AVEVA WONDERWARE
  

HOUSTON, TX, Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGlobal Corporation ("ENGlobal") announced today its achievement in being named an Endorsed Systems Integrator (ESI) by AVEVA Wonderware. This recognition, awarded to ENGlobal's Government Services and Automation groups, represents the highest level obtainable in AVEVA's Systems Integrator Program.

"Selection as an endorsed partner places ENGlobal in an exclusive group of only six integrators within the United States and nine worldwide that have achieved both the Wonderware Endorsed status and Controls Systems Integration Association certification. We are extremely pleased to have received this highest level of recognition for the Wonderware System Platform, which results from a stringent vetting process over two years." said John Kratzert, Senior VP - Automation of ENGlobal. "We fully expect that this mutually beneficial relationship will greatly accelerate our Company's ability to deliver projects with the latest technology to key government and commercial customers - especially as a result of our exposure to new AVEVA releases at early stages in the product cycle."

Endorsed Systems Integrator status is limited to a select number of firms in any region of the world and is by invitation only. Criteria for selection include technical and quality evaluations of multiple large integrations previously performed by the Company, training and certification of a significant number of programmers/technicians in the Wonderware suite of products, achievement of Controls Systems Integration Association (CSIA) certification, and sponsorship by Wonderware representatives.

AVEVA's Wonderware System Platform is one of the world's only responsive, scalable solution for supervisory, SCADA, Human Machine Interface (HMI), and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications that integrates the process with the enterprise. System Platform provides a collaborative, standards-based foundation that unifies people, processes, and assets across all facilities for continuous operational improvement and real-time decision support.

ENG: New Contract

ENGLOBAL ANNOUNCES PROCESS ANALYTICAL AWARD VALUED AT $11 MILLION
   

HOUSTON, TX, Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENGlobal (NASDAQ: ENG), a leading provider of engineering and automation services, today announced that the Company has been selected by a major E&C firm as the supplier of Analytical Process Control and Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems for a major new ethane steam cracker on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The systems being supplied by ENGlobal will provide critical feedback information on both product quality and operating conditions for this new facility. Today's award, valued at approximately $11 million, will be performed by the Company's Automation business segment.

William A. Coskey, P.E., CEO of ENGlobal stated, "We are very excited and honored to be selected for this important Project. Today's award is an excellent example of how ENGlobal's vertically integrated model can be utilized to engineer, fabricate and integrate highly technical, modular solutions."

Mr. Coskey added: "I believe a large part of our success is a direct result of serving our E&C customer well on our previous work for them over the years - and specifically on a recently shipped, major analytical project. Through our team's successful execution and delivery, we were able to highlight both our technical and project management skills on major projects such as this one. "

ENGlobal's scope will include engineering, fabrication, integration and testing of analyzer shelters, field cabinets and field instrument stands consisting of approximately 140 process and continuous emission monitoring analyzers which utilize multiple technologies. Design of these systems is expected to commence immediately, with project execution being scheduled over the next 18 months.

ENG 2Q Release

ENGlobal Reports Second Quarter 2018 Results
   
HOUSTON, TX, Aug. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

ENGlobal, a leading provider of engineering and automation services, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.

ENGlobal reported a net loss of $1.0 million for the second quarter of 2018 as compared to a $0.9 million net loss reported for the prior year period. Net loss per diluted share was $0.04 and $0.03 for the second quarter just ended and for the second quarter of 2017, respectively.

Adjusted for non-recurring costs, the Company posted a net loss of $0.3 million for the second quarter of 2018, as compared to a net loss of $0.9 million for the second quarter of 2017. During the second quarter of 2018, the Company settled two litigation matters, representing all outstanding litigation, and retained an investment banking firm. The non-recurring costs incurred during the quarter associated with these actions of approximately $0.7 million were recorded as $0.3 million in SG&A and $0.4 million in Other Expense.

Revenue decreased by $2.1 million to $13.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 from $16.0 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 while gross profit margins increased to 16.2% for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 as compared to 15.7% for the quarter ended July 1, 2017.

Management's Assessment

Mark Hess, ENGlobal's Chief Financial Officer stated: "Our revenue decline on a quarter over quarter basis is primarily due to a couple of large projects that were completed last year, including the Caspian Pipeline Consortium project, and a reduction in procurement activities in our Automation segment. The decline was partially offset by revenue resulting from our focus on engineered modular solutions, which produced slightly higher margins.  Our SG&A for the quarter, adjusted for a one-time cost, was $2.6 million, or a $10.4 million annual run rate, which is the lowest SG&A level we have had in many years."

Mr. Hess continued: "As expected, with the shift from a pure staffing business model to that of providing more turnkey systems, we have seen a shift in our working capital from cash to other components. We expect this shift to continue in the near term as the volume of turnkey execution increases. However, our overall working capital at the end of the quarter was $15.0 million, which we feel is sufficient to provide for our near-term growth."

William A. Coskey, P.E., Chairman and CEO of ENGlobal added: "I am encouraged by the increase in volume of engineered modular systems that we have produced thus far this year and I expect that ENGlobal's strategy of delivering these systems with turnkey execution will continue to become a larger part of our business going forward.  We expect that long-term financial improvement can be realized as a result of increasing project scope which serves to better leverage our resources. Our management is focused on eight well-defined areas of modular project execution, which we are excited about and believe have excellent potential for growing our Business."

Mr. Coskey continued: "We have positioned ourselves as a vertically integrated supplier and are proud to offer our heritage of engineering and design capabilities combined with modular fabrication and automation expertise. This combination of skills, together with our complete project support services, is a unique enhancement to our historical operation and a strategy that is appealing to our clientele. Based on recent trends, I continue to believe that we will see an inflection point and improved financial metrics in future quarters."

The following is a summary of the income statement for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017:

 (amounts in thousands)

	Three months ended June 30, 2018				Three months ended July 1, 2017
Revenue	$	13,872			$	15,966
Gross Profit		2,253				2,513
General & Administrative Expenses		2,869				3,057
Operating Loss		(616	)			(544	)
Net loss		(992	)			(895	)

The following table presents certain balance sheet items as of June 30, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	As of June 30, 2018		As of December 30, 2017
Cash	$	5,444	$	9,648
Working capital		15,019		16,846

The following table illustrates the composition of the Company's revenue and profitability for its operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017:

(amounts in thousands)	Three months ended June 30, 2018									Three Months ended July 1, 2017
			% of		Gross							% of		Gross
	Total		Total		Profit		Operating			Total		Total		Profit		Operating
Segment	Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit  (Loss)			Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)
Engineering & Construction	$	6,652	48.0	%	20.0	%	$	799		$	10,018	62.7	%	14.1	%	$	309
Automation		7,220	52.0	%	12.8	%		260			5,948	37.3	%	16.7	%		1,008
Consolidated	$	13,872	100.0	%	16.2	%	$	(616	)	$	15,966	100.0	%	15.7	%	$	(544	)

(amounts in thousands)	Six months ended June 30, 2018									Six Months ended July 1, 2017
			% of		Gross							% of		Gross
	Total		Total		Profit		Operating			Total		Total		Profit		Operating
Segment	Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit  (Loss)			Revenue		Revenue		Margin		Profit (Loss)
Engineering & Construction	$	11,747	43.4	%	14.9	%	$	789		$	11,577	40.7	%	11.5	%	$	234
Automation		15,312	56.6	%	12.5	%		552			16,863	59.3	%	17.3	%		1,505
Consolidated	$	27,059	100.0	%	13.5	%	$	(1,786	)	$	28,440	100.0	%	14.9	%	$	(2,218	)

The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018 is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting these results by the end of the day on Thursday, August 9, 2018.