MIDLOTHIAN, Texas (News release) -- Ennis, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2025. Highlights include:

• Revenues were $92.7 million for the quarter, a decrease of $4.7 million or -4.8% over last year's fourth quarter and $394.6 million for the fiscal year, a decrease of $25.5 million, or -6.1% over last fiscal year.
• Earnings per diluted share for the current quarter were $0.35 compared to $0.39 for the same quarter last year. Earnings per diluted share were $1.54 for the fiscal year as compared to $1.64 for the last fiscal year.
• Gross profit margin for the quarter increased from 28.4% last year to 29.5% this year. Gross profit margin was 29.7% for the fiscal year compared to 29.8% for the prior fiscal year.

Financial Overview

The Company's revenues for the fourth quarter ended February 28, 2025 were $92.7 million compared to $97.4 million for the same quarter last year, a decrease of 4.8%. Gross profits totaled $27.4 million, or 29.5%, as compared to $27.7 million, or 28.4% for the same quarter last year. Our gross profit margin increased on a sequential basis from 29.3% for the third quarter ended November 30, 2024 to 29.5%. Our net earnings for the quarter were $9.0 million, or $0.35 per diluted share as compared to $10.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share for the same quarter last year.

The Company's revenues for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 were $394.6 million compared to $420.1 million for the prior fiscal year, a decrease of 6.1%. Gross profits totaled $117.3 million, or 29.7%, as compared to $125.3 million, or 29.8% for the prior fiscal year. Net earnings for the fiscal year were $40.2 million or $1.54 per diluted share, compared to $42.6 million, or $1.64 per diluted share for the prior fiscal year.

Keith Walters, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, commented by stating, "Our performance for the quarter met our expectations. While competitive pricing placed downward pressure on our top line resulting in reduced volume, our gross profit margin showed an increase of 20 basis points from the sequential quarter, increasing from 29.3% to 29.5% and an increase of 110 basis points compared to 28.4% in the same prior year quarter. Our EBITDA declined slightly at $16.5 million or 17.8% of sales for the current quarter compared to the preceding quarter, $18.2 million or 18.2% of sales and compared to the same quarter last year $18.1 million or 18.6% of sales.

"We have completed the implementations of our ERP systems at our recent acquisitions and are beginning to see the margins of most of the acquired businesses to expected levels. These acquisitions generated approximately $2.5 million in revenues for the quarter and $13.2 million in revenues for the year. Diluted earnings per share were positively impacted $0.01 per diluted share for the quarter and positively impacted $0.04 per diluted share for the year. While one of our recent acquisitions has not returned profits as planned, we are acting to improve its performance and are excited to have a more robust pipeline of additional acquisition opportunities in front of us.

"Less cash in the fourth quarter due to a one-time special dividend of $2.50 per share and declining interest rates on our cash and short-term investments of U.S. government treasury bills decreased our interest income which is included in other expense (income). Interest income for the current quarter was $0.8 million compared to $1.3 million for the same quarter last year. Interest income for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 was $4.9 million compared to $4.0 million for the prior fiscal year.

"We continue to maintain a strong financial position with $72.5 million in cash and short-term investments and no debt. This year, we returned $92.0 million to shareholders in dividends which included a special dividend of $2.50 per share during the year. Our profitability and strong financial condition will allow us to continue operations and take advantage of acquisitions without incurring debt. Given those strengths, we also anticipate timely access to credit should larger acquisition opportunities materialize. We continue to focus on returning value to shareholders by delivering profitability and through our quarterly dividends."

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

To provide important supplemental information to both management and investors regarding financial and business trends used in assessing its results of operations, from time to time the Company reports the non-GAAP financial measure of EBITDA (EBITDA is calculated as net earnings before interest expense, tax expense, depreciation, and amortization). The Company may also report adjusted gross profit margin, adjusted earnings and adjusted diluted earnings per share, each of which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors as a supplement to reported GAAP financial information. Management reviews these non-GAAP financial measures on a regular basis and uses them to evaluate and manage the performance of the Company's operations. Other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than the Company, which limits the usefulness of the Company's non-GAAP measures for comparison with these other companies. While management believes the Company's non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company, when this information is reported it should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute or an alternative for, or superior to, the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures should be evaluated only in conjunction with the Company's comparable GAAP financial measures.

The following table reconciles EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the three and twelve months ended February 28, 2025 and February 29, 2024 to the most comparable GAAP measure, net earnings (dollars in thousands).

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