Steel Dynamics Earnings 2019-03-31



UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q





Commission File Number 0-21719





Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.







Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒  No ☐



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company (see definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). 





If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐  No☒



As of May 1, 2019, Registrant had 222,245,142 outstanding shares of common stock.

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)





See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

























See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)





























































































See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)











See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Note 1.  Description of the Business and Significant Accounting Policies



Description of the Business

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), together with its subsidiaries (the company), is a domestic manufacturer of steel products and metals recycler. The company has three reportable segments: steel operations, metals recycling operations, and steel fabrication operations.

Steel Operations Segment.  Steel operations include the company’s Butler Flat Roll Division, Columbus Flat Roll Division, The Techs galvanizing lines, Heartland Flat Roll Division, United Steel Supply (acquired 75% equity interest March 1, 2019), Structural and Rail Division, Engineered Bar Products Division, Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc., Roanoke Bar Division, Steel of West Virginia, and Iron Dynamics, a liquid pig iron (scrap substitute) production facility that supplies solely the Butler Flat Roll Division. These operations include electric arc furnace steel mills, producing steel from ferrous scrap and scrap substitutes, utilizing continuous casting, automated rolling mills, with several downstream coating and bar processing lines. Steel operations accounted for 75% and 74% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Metals Recycling Operations Segment. Metals recycling operations consists solely of OmniSource Corporation (OmniSource), and includes both ferrous and nonferrous processing, transportation, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. Metals recycling operations accounted for 13% and 15% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Steel Fabrication Operations Segment.  Steel fabrication operations include the company’s New Millennium Building Systems’ joist and deck plants located throughout the United States, and in Northern Mexico. Revenues from these plants are generated from the fabrication of trusses, girders, steel joists and steel deck used within the non-residential construction industry.   Steel fabrication operations accounted for 8% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Other. Other operations consists of subsidiary operations that are below the quantitative thresholds required for reportable segments and primarily consist of smaller joint ventures, and the idle Minnesota ironmaking operations. Also included in “Other” are certain unallocated corporate accounts, such as the company’s senior secured credit facility, senior notes, certain other investments and certain profit sharing expenses.

Significant Accounting Policies



Principles of Consolidation.  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SDI, together with its wholly- and majority-owned/ controlled subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. Noncontrolling interests represent the noncontrolling owner’s proportionate share in the equity, income, or losses of the company’s majority-owned/controlled consolidated subsidiaries. 



Use of Estimates.  These consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and accordingly, include amounts that require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and in the notes thereto. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and goodwill; valuation allowances for trade receivables, inventories and deferred income tax assets; unrecognized tax benefits; potential environmental liabilities; and litigation claims and settlements. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions. 



In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim period results. These consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.



Cash and Equivalents. And Restricted Cash

Cash and equivalents include all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition. Restricted cash is primarily funds held in escrow as required by various insurance and government organizations. The balance of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the consolidated statements of cash flows includes restricted cash of $5.8 million, $6.2 million, $5.6 million, and $6.4 million at March 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, March 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively, which are recorded in Other Assets (noncurrent) in the company’s consolidated balance sheets.







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Note 1.  Description of the Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)



Goodwill    



The company’s goodwill consisted of the following reporting units at March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, (in thousands):



The company acquired a 75% equity interest in United Steel Supply on March 1, 2019 (refer to Note 2 Acquisition – United Steel Supply, LLC), resulting in a preliminary purchase price allocation in which $101.9 million of goodwill was recorded. OmniSource goodwill decreased $847,000 from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019, in recognition of the 2019 tax benefit related to the normal amortization of the component of OmniSource tax-deductible goodwill in excess of book goodwill.



Recently Issued Accounting Standards



In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: which requires an entity to use a forward-looking expected loss model versus the current incurred loss model for most financial instruments, including accounts receivable.  This new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, but can be early adopted.  The company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2016-13 will have in its consolidated financial statements and related disclosure.





Note 2. Acquisition – United Steel Supply, LLC 



On March 1, 2019, the company purchased 75% of the equity interest of United Steel Supply, LLC (USS) for cash consideration of $93.4 million, subject to customary actual working capital purchase price adjustments. Additionally, the company has an option to purchase, and the sellers have the option to require the company to purchase, the remaining 25% equity interest of USS in the future.  Headquartered in Austin, Texas, USS is a leading distributor of painted Galvalume® flat roll steel used for roofing and siding applications, with distribution centers strategically located in Mississippi, Indiana, Arkansas, and Oregon. USS provides the company a new, complementary distribution channel and connects it to a rapidly growing industry segment with customers that do not traditionally purchase steel directly from a steel producer.  USS’s operating results from and after March 1, 2019, are reflected in the company’s financial statements in the steel operations reporting segment.



The aggregate purchase price was preliminarily allocated to the opening balance sheet of USS as of March 1, 2019. The following initial allocation of the purchase price (in thousands) is preliminary based on the information available as of the acquisition date to estimate the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.  The accounting for the acquisition has not yet been completed because the company has not finalized the valuations of the acquired assets, assumed liabilities and identifiable intangible assets, if any, including goodwill. 











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Note 3.  Leases



In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) and its subsequent corresponding updates; which established a new lease accounting model that requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and related lease liability for most leases having lease terms of more than 12 months. The company adopted ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019, using the optional transition method, thereby applying the new guidance at the effective date, without retrospective application to prior periods. The company elected practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance which allowed the company to not reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions regarding lease identification and classification. The company elected to use hindsight when determining the lease term. The company also elected the short-term lease exemption, and did not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases, those with lease commencement date terms of 12 months or less. The company recognized right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of $76.3 million, with no impact on retained earnings, in the consolidated balance sheet on   January 1, 2019, and the standard did not have a significant impact on the company’s operating results or cash flows for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.



The company has operating leases relating principally to transportation and other equipment, and some real estate. The company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception, which generally occurs when the arrangement identifies a specific asset that the company has the right to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the economic benefit from use of the identified asset. Certain of our lease agreements contain rent escalation clauses (including fixed and index-based escalations), and options to extend or terminate the lease. For purposes of calculating operating lease obligations under the standard, the company's lease terms include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the company will exercise such option. The company uses its incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement to determine the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest the company could borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term with similar payments. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease terms.



Operating lease right-of-use assets and lease obligations included in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2019, are as follows (in thousands):





The weighted average remaining lease term for our operating leases is 6.3 years and the weighted-average discount rate is 4.00% as of

March 31, 2019. Future operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019, for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):







Operating and short-term lease expense included in the consolidated statement of income was $4.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. Cash paid related to operating lease obligations was $4.8 million for the three-month period ended

March 31, 2019. Variable lease costs were not material for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 



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Note 4.  Earnings Per Share



Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share assumes the weighted average dilutive effect of common share equivalents outstanding during the period applied to the company’s basic earnings per share. Common share equivalents represent potentially dilutive restricted stock units, deferred stock units, restricted stock, and performance awards, and are excluded from the computation in periods in which they have an anti-dilutive effect. There were no anti-dilutive common share equivalents as of or for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.



The following tables present a reconciliation of the numerators and the denominators of the company’s basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands, except per share data):









Note 5.  Inventories



Inventories are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using a weighted average cost method for raw materials and supplies, and on a first-in, first-out basis for other inventory. Inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):





















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Note 6.  Changes in Equity



The following tables provide a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amounts of total equity, equity attributable to stockholders of Steel Dynamics, Inc., and equity and redeemable amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests (in thousands) for the three months ended

March 31, 2019 and 2018:







Note 7.  Derivative Financial Instruments



The company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The company utilizes derivative instruments to mitigate commodity margin risk, occasionally to mitigate foreign currency exchange rate risk, and have in the past to mitigate interest rate fluctuation risk. The company routinely enters into forward exchange traded futures and option contracts to manage the price risk associated with nonferrous metals inventory as well as purchases and sales of nonferrous and ferrous metals (primarily aluminum and copper). The company offsets fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under master netting agreements. 



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Note 7.  Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)



Commodity Futures Contracts. If the company is “long” on futures contracts, it means the company has more futures contracts purchased than futures contracts sold for the underlying commodity. If the company is “short” on a futures contract, it means the company has more futures contracts sold than futures contracts purchased for the underlying commodity. The following summarizes the company’s futures contract commitments as of March 31, 2019:



The following summarizes the location and amounts of the fair values reported on the company’s consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, and gains and losses related to derivatives included in the company’s statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):