Oil States Announces First Quarter 2017 Results

First Quarter Highlights:

• Reports net loss per diluted share of $0.35; $0.34 adjusted net loss per diluted share excluding severance and other downsizing charges
• Well site services revenues increased 38% year-over-year
• Offshore/manufactured products- EBITDA margin averaged 17.1%
• Offshore/manufactured products- book-to-bill ratio totaled 1.1x
• Reduced total debt by $20 million during the quarter; total debt to total capitalization ratio ended the quarter at 2.2%

HOUSTON, April 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2017 of $17.7 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, which included pre-tax charges of $0.8 million ($0.6 million after-tax, or $0.01 per diluted share) for severance and other downsizing charges. These results compare to a reported net loss for the first quarter of 2016 of $13.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, which included pre-tax charges of $1.6 million ($1.0 million after-tax, or $0.02 per diluted share) of severance and other downsizing charges.

During the first quarter of 2017, the Company generated revenues of $151.5 million and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA (Note B) of $5.4 million (excluding $0.8 million for severance and other downsizing charges). These results compare to revenues of $169.7 million and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of $12.1 million reported in the first quarter of 2016 (excluding $1.6 million of severance and other downsizing charges). 

Oil States’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Cindy B. Taylor, stated, “Results for the first quarter of 2017 reflect current market trends including a recovery in U.S. land-based drilling and completion-related activity, offset by reduced spending in certain international regions coupled with continued underinvestment in deepwater. Our well site services segment benefitted from the early stages of a recovery in U.S. land completion activity in selected shale play regions, but was also negatively impacted by higher personnel costs, customer delays in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and lower international results. Our offshore/manufactured products segment experienced reduced project-driven revenue, partially offset by increased short-cycle product sales. We recorded a quarterly book-to-bill ratio of 1.1x resulting in sequential backlog growth in our offshore/manufactured products segment for the first time since the second quarter of 2014, which is encouraging.”

BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS
(See Segment Data Tables)

Well Site Services
Well site services generated revenues of $60.2 million and Segment EBITDA (Note A) of $0.9 million in the first quarter of 2017 compared to revenues and a Segment EBITDA loss of $43.7 million and $7.7 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2016.  Well site services revenues and Segment EBITDA increased 38% and 111%, respectively, primarily due to a 17% year-over-year increase in revenue per completion services job as a result of increased U.S. land-based activity and job mix. For the first quarters of 2017 and 2016, completion services generated approximately 70% and 60%, respectively, of its revenues from U.S. land-based activity. Improved utilization in the land drilling business, which averaged 25% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to only 6% in the first quarter of 2016, also positively impacted the segment results.

Offshore/Manufactured Products
During the first quarter of 2017, we modified the name of our “Offshore Products” segment to the “Offshore/Manufactured Products” segment given the higher proportional weighting of our shorter-cycle manufactured products (much of which is driven by land-based activity) to the total revenues generated by the segment.

Offshore/manufactured products generated revenues and Segment EBITDA of $91.3 million and $15.6 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2017 compared to revenues of $125.9 million and Segment EBITDA of $28.9 million in the first quarter of 2016. Revenues and Segment EBITDA decreased 27% and 46% year-over-year, respectively, due to lower contributions across most of the segment’s product and service lines, particularly those tied to major deepwater project sanctions. The lower quarterly revenues resulted from weaker demand for subsea pipeline infrastructure, offshore drilling and production products, all of which were impacted by lower levels of backlog. Lower major deepwater project revenues were partially offset by a 60% improvement in sales of our shorter-cycle products (elastomer and valve products), which are benefitting from expanded U.S. land-based activity. Segment EBITDA margin was 17.1% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a margin of 23.0% realized in the first quarter of 2016. First quarter 2016 margins benefitted from a number of major projects that were completed during 2016.  Backlog increased 3% sequentially, totaling $204 million at March 31, 2017 (first sequential increase in backlog since the second quarter of 2014) compared to $199 million reported at December 31, 2016 and $306 million reported at March 31, 2016. There were no major backlog additions in excess of $10 million during the first quarter of 2017.

Income Taxes
The Company recognized an effective tax rate benefit of 27.3% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to an effective tax rate benefit of 37.7% in the first quarter of 2016. The lower effective tax rate benefit in the first quarter of 2017 was primarily attributable to a shift in the mix between domestic pre-tax losses and foreign pre-tax income compared to the prior-year period, and additional valuation allowances provided against net operating losses in certain domestic and foreign jurisdictions.

Financial Condition
As of March 31, 2017, $22.4 million was outstanding under the Company’s revolving credit facility, while cash totaled $65.2 million. Total availability under the facility as of March 31, 2017 was $158.9 million (net of standby letters of credit totaling $25.5 million), which is less than the full amount of the facility due to limitations imposed by the maintenance covenant of 3.25 times trailing twelve months Consolidated EBITDA, adjusted for certain non-cash items.

Conference Call Information
The call is scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 11:00 am ET, and is being webcast and can be accessed from the Company’s website at www.ir.oilstatesintl.com. Participants may also join the conference call by dialing (800) 446-2782 in the United States or by dialing +1 847 413 3235 internationally and using the passcode 44757302. A replay of the conference call will be available one and a half hours after the completion of the call by dialing (888) 843-7419 in the United States or by dialing +1 630 652 3042 internationally and entering the passcode 44757302.

About Oil States
Oil States International, Inc. is an energy services company with a leading market position as a manufacturer of products for deepwater production facilities, certain drilling equipment and shorter-cycle products, as well as a provider of completion services and land drilling services to the oil and gas industry.  Oil States is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OIS”.

For more information on the Company, please visit Oil States International’s website at www.oilstatesintl.com.

Forward Looking Statements
The foregoing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are those that do not state historical facts and are, therefore, inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements included therein are based on then current expectations and entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks associated with the general nature of the energy service industry and other factors discussed in the "Business" and "Risk Factors" sections of the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed by Oil States with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2017.

(1) As of March 31, 2017, the Company had $158.9 million available under its revolving credit facility (net of standby letters of credit totaling $25.5 million), which is less than the full amount of the facility due to the maintenance covenant of 3.25 times trailing twelve months Consolidated EBITDA, adjusted for certain non-cash items.

(1) Operating income (loss) and Consolidated EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2017 included severance and other downsizing charges of $0.3 million related to the completion services business and $0.5 million related to the offshore/manufactured products segment.

(2) Operating income (loss) and Consolidated EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2016 included severance and other downsizing charges of $0.9 million related to the completion services business and $0.7 million related to the offshore/manufactured products segment.

(A) The terms Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA consist of operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization expense, and certain other items.  Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA are not measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for operating income (loss) or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or as a measure of profitability or liquidity.  Additionally, Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.  The Company has included Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because its management believes that Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA provide useful information regarding its ability to service debt and to fund capital expenditures and provides investors a helpful measure for comparing its operating performance with the performance of other companies that have different financing and capital structures or tax rates.  The Company uses Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA to compare and to monitor the performance of its business segments to other comparable public companies and as a benchmark for the award of incentive compensation under its annual incentive compensation plan.  The tables above set forth reconciliations of Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA to operating income (loss), which is the most directly comparable measure of financial performance calculated under generally accepted accounting principles.

(B) The terms Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA consist of net income (loss) from continuing operations plus net interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, and certain other items.  Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA are not measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for net income (loss) from continuing operations or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or as a measure of profitability or liquidity.  Additionally, Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.  The Company has included Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because its management believes that Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA provide useful information regarding its ability to service debt and to fund capital expenditures and provides investors a helpful measure for comparing its operating performance with the performance of other companies that have different financing and capital structures or tax rates.  The Company uses Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA to compare and to monitor the performance of the Company and its business segments to other comparable public companies and as a benchmark for the award of incentive compensation under its annual incentive compensation plan.  The table above sets forth a reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA to net income (loss) from continuing operations, which is the most directly comparable measure of financial performance calculated under generally accepted accounting principles.