Ormat Technologies Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

HIGHLIGHTS

• TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER INCREASED BY 10.7% YEAR OVER YEAR DRIVEN BY CONTINUED GROWTH IN LEADING ELECTRICITY SEGMENT
• OPERATING INCOME INCREASED 8.1% YEAR OVER YEAR

RENO, Nev., Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading geothermal, energy storage, solar PV and recovered energy power company, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS

“Ormat’s third quarter financial performance demonstrated strong growth to our consolidated top-line, driven by continued momentum in our Electricity and Energy Storage Segments along with a notable improvement in our Product Segment,” said Doron Blachar, Ormat’s Chief Executive Officer. “Our fourth consecutive quarter of top-line growth drove expansion in both our Operating income and Net income. Adjusted EBITDA was flat year-over-year driven by the absence of $15.8 million of insurance proceeds received in relation to the Puna power plant in Hawaii during the third quarter of last year. Also, gross margin of the Electricity segment was impacted by the insurance proceeds related to Puna, and excluding that, gross margin in the third quarter 2022 increased by 4.5% compared to last year. The continued growth in our Electricity segment was supported by CD4 and Tungsten 2, which commenced commercial operation in the last quarter, as well as increased operations and higher electricity rates at Puna in the third quarter. In the Product segment, newly negotiated and signed contracts have improved our margins while strengthening our backlog. Additionally, the increase in energy prices has boosted energy storage revenues.”

“We remain on track with the commercial operation of most of our geothermal projects. Despite a short-term delay for some of our energy storage assets that will not contribute revenues in 2022, we benefited from the increase in energy prices for our energy storage operating assets. We continue to see strong global tailwinds for renewables, specifically in the USA and Indonesia. The elevated global price environment for fossil fuels and increased focus on energy security supports our long-term plans to increase our combined geothermal, energy storage and solar generating portfolio to approximately 1.5 GW by 2023 and to deliver an annual Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $500 million on a run-rate basis towards the end of 2022,” Blachar added.

FINANCIAL AND RECENT BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

• Net income attributable to the Company's stockholders and diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2022 increased 21.5% and 23.1%, respectively, versus the prior year period. This was a result of the increase in operating income driven by all operating segments.
• Adjusted Net income attributable to the Company's stockholders and adjusted diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2022 increased 5.3% and 2.5%, respectively, compared to last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 was $102.2 million, an increase of 0.6% compared to $101.6 million in 2021, supported by an 8.1% increase in operating income driven mainly by the reduction in G&A expenses due to lower legal expenses. This increase was offset by the absence of $15.8 million in insurance proceeds received in the third quarter last year.
• Electricity segment revenues increased 7.1% for the third quarter of 2022, compared to 2021, driven by the Tungsten and CD4 plants each reaching their respective CODs and the Puna plant garnering higher capacity along with improved energy rates. The segment revenue was partially offset by the shutdown of the Heber 1 power plant due to fire.
• Electricity segment gross margin decreased to 36.5%. This decrease was driven by one-off business interruption insurance proceeds of $15.5 million in relation to the Puna power plant in Hawaii, recorded in the third quarter last year, causing a higher-than-normal gross margin of 42.8% in the third quarter of 2021. Excluding these business interruption proceeds, gross margin was 32.0%, an increase of 4.5% compared to last year.
• We recorded in the third quarter of 2022 $4.0 million of insurance proceeds related to Heber 1 and a total of $7.4 million in the nine months of 2022 as a reduction of the electricity cost of revenues.
• Product segment revenues increased 35.1% to $14.2 million due to new contracts signed in 2022.
• Product segment backlog grew this quarter by approximately 150% compared to the second quarter of 2022 driven by the $100 million in contracts signed in the third quarter. Backlog stands at $137.1 million as of November 3, 2022.
• Energy storage segment revenues increased 56.2% to $8.8 million, primarily driven by the increase in merchant prices in our main markets.
  

IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY:

• Signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (tolling agreement) with California utility for the 80MW/320MWh Bottleneck Battery Energy Storage System located in California, subject to CPUC approval. The Bottleneck project is the largest energy storage project currently under construction and we expect to complete its construction by year end 2023 and start selling services under the Energy Storage PPA in early 2024.
• Commenced commercial operation of the 30MW CD4 geothermal project.
• Secured $100 million of Supply and EPC Contracts in New Zealand and Indonesia.
  

2022 GUIDANCE

• Total revenues of between $720 million and $735 million.
• Electricity segment revenues between $630 million and $638 million.
• Product segment revenues of between $60 million and $67 million.
• Energy Storage revenues of $30 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA to be between $430 million and $442 million, including $15 million for business interruption insurance proceeds, of which $10 million were recorded in the nine months ended September30, 2022.
  
  
  • Adjusted EBITDA attributable to minority interest of approximately $35 million.

The Company provides a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure for the three months ended September 30, 2022. However, the Company does not provide guidance on net income and is unable to provide a reconciliation for its Adjusted EBITDA guidance range to net income without unreasonable efforts due to high variability and complexity with respect to estimating certain forward-looking amounts. These include impairments and disposition and acquisition of business interests, income tax expense, and other non-cash expenses and adjusting items that are excluded from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA.

DIVIDEND

On November 2, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared, approved, and authorized payment of a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy. The dividend will be paid on November 30, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2022.

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

Ormat will host a conference call to discuss its financial results and other matters discussed in this press release on Thursday, November 3 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The call will be available as a live, listen-only webcast at investor.ormat.com. During the webcast, management will refer to slides that will be posted on the website. The slides and accompanying webcast can be accessed through the News & Events in the Investor Relations section of Ormat’s website. A replay of the webcast will be available approximately 120 minutes after the conclusion of the live call and will be archived for 12 months.

Investors may access the call by dialing:

ABOUT ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES

With over five decades of experience, Ormat Technologies, Inc. is a leading geothermal company and the only vertically integrated company engaged in geothermal and recovered energy generation (“REG”), with robust plans to accelerate long-term growth in the energy storage market and to establish a leading position in the U.S. energy storage market. The Company owns, operates, designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and REG power plants primarily based on the Ormat Energy Converter – a power generation unit that converts low-, medium- and high-temperature heat into electricity. The Company has engineered, manufactured and constructed power plants, which it currently owns or has installed for utilities and developers worldwide, totaling approximately 3,200 MW of gross capacity. Ormat leveraged its core capabilities in the geothermal and REG industries and its global presence to expand the Company’s activity into energy storage services, solar Photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage plus Solar PV. Ormat’s current total generating portfolio is 1,173 MW with a 1,085 MW geothermal and solar generation portfolio that is spread globally in the U.S., Kenya, Guatemala, Indonesia, Honduras, and Guadeloupe, and an 88 MW energy storage portfolio that is located in the U.S.

ORMAT’S SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

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These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and, except as legally required, we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Three and Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2022, and 2021

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
For the Periods Ended September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
For the Three- and Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2022, and 2021

We calculate EBITDA as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, adjusted for (i) termination fees, (ii) impairment of long-lived assets, (iii) write-off of unsuccessful exploration activities, (iv) any mark-to-market gains or losses from accounting for derivatives, (v) merger and acquisition transaction costs, (vi) stock-based compensation, (vii) gain or loss from extinguishment of liabilities, (viii) gain or loss on sale of subsidiary and property, plant and equipment, and (ix) other unusual or non-recurring items. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measurements of financial performance or liquidity under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or as a measure of liquidity or an alternative to net earnings as indicators of our operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a performance metric because it is a metric used by our Board of Directors and senior management in evaluating our financial performance. However, other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do.

The following table reconciles net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, and 2021.

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income attributable to the Company's stockholders and Diluted Adjusted EPS for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, and 2021

Adjusted Net Income attributable to the Company’s stockholders and Diluted Adjusted EPS are adjusted for one-time expense items that are not representative of our ongoing business and operations. The use of Adjusted Net income attributable to the Company’s stockholders and Diluted Adjusted EPS is intended to enhance the usefulness of our financial information by providing measures to assess the overall performance of our ongoing business.