UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2018

 

Hurco Companies, Inc.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Indiana

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-9143   35-1150732
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
One Technology Way    
Indianapolis, Indiana   46268
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(317) 293-5309

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On September 7, 2018, Hurco Companies, Inc. (the "Registrant") reported its results of operations for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2018. The Registrant's earnings release for the period is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and the information set forth therein is incorporated herein by reference and constitutes a part of this report. The attached Exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

 

 

 

  

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit Index

 

99.1Press Release of Hurco Companies, Inc. dated September 7, 2018

 

 

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Dated: September 7, 2018
   
  HURCO COMPANIES, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Sonja K. McClelland
    Sonja K. McClelland, Executive Vice President,
    Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
 
 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

 

HURCO REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS FOR FISCAL 2018

 

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – September 7, 2018, Hurco Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: HURC) today reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2018. Hurco recorded net income of $6,500,000, or $0.95 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to net income of $3,888,000, or $0.58 per diluted share, for the corresponding period in fiscal 2017. For the nine months of fiscal 2018, Hurco reported net income of $13,188,000, or $1.93 per diluted share, compared to $8,414,000, or $1.25 per diluted share, for the corresponding period in fiscal 2017.

 

Sales and service fees for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 were $78,752,000, an increase of $17,982,000, or 30%, compared to the corresponding prior year period and included a favorable currency impact of $1,780,000, or 3%, when translating foreign sales to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. Sales and service fees for the nine months of fiscal 2018 were $217,620,000, an increase of $49,884,000, or 30%, compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of $11,083,000, or 7%, when translating foreign sales to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes.

 

Michael Doar, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "A record sales quarter with growth in each of our three geographic regions is a good way to transition into the fourth quarter of our fiscal year. The European and Asian machine tool markets have continued to be particularly strong and have been the largest contributing factors to our year-over-year surge in demand for Hurco machines. For the quarter, the 30% increase in sales year-over-year and a 64% increase in diluted earnings per share year-over-year translate to a meaningful return for our shareholders. In September 2018, we will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary at the 2018 International Manufacturing Technology Show (“IMTS”) at the McCormick Place in Chicago. At the exhibition, we plan to showcase our 5-axis and 3-axis vertical milling machines, our turning machines, as well as our capabilities in automation. In addition, we will headline our latest control software, which streamlines turning and milling, introduces new 3D import features with 3D DXF and demonstrates our next generation 3D print head adapter. IMTS is a great venue to celebrate both the history and future of Hurco.”

 

The following table sets forth net sales and service fees by geographic region for the third quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   July 31,   July 31, 
   2018   2017  
Change
  
Change
   2018   2017  
Change
  
Change
 
Americas  $19,478   $17,184   $2,294    13%  $62,161   $51,943   $10,218    20%
Europe   44,146    33,813    10,333    31%   120,710    90,957    29,753    33%
Asia Pacific   15,128    9,773    5,355    55%   34,749    24,836    9,913    40%
Total  $78,752   $60,770   $17,982    30%  $217,620   $167,736   $49,884    30%

 

Sales in the Americas for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 13% and 20%, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods in fiscal 2017, due primarily to improved U.S. market conditions and demand from U.S. customers for the Hurco and Milltronics product lines. The increase in sales was mainly attributable to an increased sales volume of vertical milling and lathe machines from the Hurco, Milltronics and Takumi product lines.

 

 

 

  

European sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 increased by 31%, compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of 4%, when translating foreign sales to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. The increase in European sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 resulted mainly from increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling and lathe machines in Germany, the United Kingdom and France. European sales for the nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 33%, compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of 11%, when translating foreign sales to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. The increase in European sales for the nine months of fiscal 2018 was primarily due to increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling and lathe machines in Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy.

 

Asian Pacific sales for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 55% and 40%, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of 3% and 6%, respectively, when translating foreign sales to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. The increase in Asian Pacific sales for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 was primarily attributable to increased customer demand for Hurco and Takumi vertical milling and lathe machines in China and India.

 

Orders for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 were $75,991,000, an increase of $13,446,000, or 21%, compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of $1,955,000, or 3%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars. Orders for the nine months of fiscal 2018 were $232,822,000, an increase of $45,893,000, or 25%, compared to the corresponding period in fiscal 2017, and included a favorable currency impact of $12,301,000, or 7%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars.

 

The following table sets forth new orders booked by geographic region for the third quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   July 31,   July 31, 
   2018   2017  
Change
  
Change
   2018   2017  
Change
  
Change
 
Americas  $21,522   $19,728   $1,794    9%  $62,905   $58,544   $4,361    7%
Europe   44,635    35,821    8,814    25%   134,945    100,741    34,204    34%
Asia Pacific   9,834    6,996    2,838    41%   34,972    27,644    7,328    27%
Total  $75,991   $62,545   $13,446    21%  $232,822   $186,929   $45,893    25%

 

Orders in the Americas for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 9% and 7%, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods in fiscal 2017. These increases were largely attributable to increased customer demand for Hurco and Takumi vertical milling machines.

 

European orders for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 increased by 25%, compared to the corresponding prior year period, and included a favorable currency impact of 5%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars. This increase in orders resulted mainly from increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling and lathe machines in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, as well as increased customer demand for machine tool components and accessories manufactured by our wholly-owned subsidiary, LCM Precision Technology S.r.l. (“LCM”). For the nine months of fiscal 2018, European orders increased by 34%, compared to the corresponding prior year period, and included a favorable currency impact of 11%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars. The year-over-year increase in European orders in the nine months ended July 31, 2018 was driven predominantly by increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling and lathe machines in Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, and increased demand for LCM machine tool components and accessories.

 

 

 

  

Asian Pacific orders for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 increased by 41%, compared to the corresponding prior year period, and included a slight unfavorable currency impact of less than 1%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars. This increase in Asian Pacific orders was due primarily to increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling machines in India and Southeast Asia, as well as increased customer demand for Takumi vertical milling machines in China. Asian Pacific orders for the nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 27%, compared to the corresponding prior year period, and included a favorable currency impact of 5%, when translating foreign orders to U.S. dollars. The year-over-year increase in orders was mostly due to increased customer demand for Hurco vertical milling machines in China, India and Southeast Asia, partially offset by a reduction in customer demand for Takumi vertical milling machines in China.

 

Gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 was $24,521,000, or 31% of sales, compared to $17,540,000, or 29% of sales, for the corresponding prior year period. For the nine months of fiscal 2018, gross profit was $63,955,000, or 29% of sales, compared to $47,195,000, or 28% of sales, for the corresponding prior year period. The year-over-year increase in gross profit as a percentage of sales in both periods reflected the increased volume of sales of Hurco machines, particularly in Europe, and the favorable impact of foreign currency translation compared to the corresponding prior year period.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 were $15,160,000, or 19% of sales, compared to $12,395,000, or 20% of sales, in the corresponding period in fiscal 2017.  For the nine months of fiscal 2018, selling, general and administrative expenses were $41,446,000, or 19% of sales, compared to $35,276,000, or 21% of sales, in the corresponding period in fiscal 2017.  The year-over-year increases in selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 were driven by unfavorable currency impacts of $91,000 and $1,540,000, respectively, when translating foreign expenses to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes, as well as increased expenses for global marketing and employee incentive compensation.

 

The effective tax rates for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2018 were 28% and 40%, respectively, compared to 26% and 29%, respectively, in the corresponding prior year periods. The year-over-year increase in the effective tax rate for the third quarter principally resulted from a shift in geographic mix of income and loss among tax jurisdictions. The year-over-year increase in the effective tax rate for the nine months of fiscal 2018 was primarily attributable to one-time charges of $2,894,000 related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was enacted on December 22, 2017. The impact of these one-time charges increased the effective tax rate by approximately 39% for the first quarter of fiscal 2018.  Excluding the impact of these charges, earnings per diluted share would have been $0.43 higher than the earnings per diluted share we reported for the nine months of fiscal 2018. 

 

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $77,011,000 at July 31, 2018, compared to $66,307,000 at October 31, 2017. Working capital was $189,488,000 at July 31, 2018, compared to $175,526,000 at October 31, 2017. The increase in working capital was mostly driven by an increase in cash and inventories, partially offset by a reduction in accounts receivable and an increase in accounts payable.

 

 

 

  

Hurco Companies, Inc. is an international, industrial technology company that sells its three brands of computer numeric control (CNC) machine tools to the worldwide metal cutting and metal forming industry. Two of the Company’s brands of machine tools, Hurco and Milltronics, are equipped with interactive controls that include software that is proprietary to each respective brand. The Company designs these controls and develops the software. The third brand of CNC machine tools, Takumi, is equipped with industrial controls that are produced by third parties, which allows the customer to decide the type of control added to the Takumi CNC machine tool. The end markets for the Company's products are independent job shops, short-run manufacturing operations within large corporations, and manufacturers with production-oriented operations. The Company’s customers manufacture precision parts, tools, dies, and/or molds for industries such as aerospace, defense, medical equipment, energy, transportation and computer equipment. The Company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with manufacturing operations in Taiwan, Italy, the U.S. and China, and sells its products through direct and indirect sales forces throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The Company has sales, application engineering support and service subsidiaries in China, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, the U.S., and Taiwan. Web Site: www.hurco.com

 

Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the cyclical nature of the machine tool industry, changes in general economic and business conditions that affect demand for our products, the risks of our international operations, changes in manufacturing markets, innovations by competitors, the ability to protect our intellectual property, breaches of our network and system security measures, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, increases in prices of raw materials, quality and delivery performance by our vendors, our ability to effectively integrate acquisitions, negative or unforeseen tax consequences and governmental actions and initiatives, including import and export restrictions and tariffs.

 

Contact: Sonja K. McClelland
  Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, & Chief Financial Officer
  317-293-5309

 

 

 

  

Hurco Companies, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   July 31,   July 31, 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
Sales and service fees  $78,752   $60,770   $217,620   $167,736 
Cost of sales and service   54,231    43,230    153,665    120,541 
Gross profit   24,521    17,540    63,955    47,195 
Selling, general and administrative expenses   15,160    12,395    41,446    35,276 
Operating income   9,361    5,145    22,509    11,919 
Interest expense   29    21    74    66 
Interest income   78    14    108    32 
Investment income   58    5    180    85 
Other (income) expense, net   457    (98)   868    193 
Income before taxes   9,011    5,241    21,855    11,777 
Provision for income taxes   2,511    1,353    8,667    3,363 
Net income  $6,500   $3,888   $13,188   $8,414 
Income per common share                    
Basic  $0.96   $0.58   $1.95   $1.26 
Diluted  $0.95   $0.58   $1.93   $1.25 
Weighted average common shares outstanding                    
Basic   6,717    6,624    6,694    6,608 
Diluted   6,788    6,695    6,774    6,674 

 

OTHER CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   July 31,   July 31, 
Operating Data:  2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
Gross margin   31%   29%   29%   28%
SG&A expense as a percentage of sales   19%   20%   19%   21%
Operating income as a percentage of sales   12%   8%   10%   7%
Pre-tax income as a percentage of sales   11%   9%   10%   7%
Effective tax rate   28%   26%   40%   29%
Depreciation and amortization  $937   $936   $2,848   $2,718 
Capital expenditures  $1,678   $1,261   $4,574   $3,367 
                     
Balance Sheet Data:   7/31/2018    10/31/2017           
    (unaudited)    (audited)           
Working capital  $189,488   $175,526           
Days sales outstanding (unaudited)   46    46           
Inventory turns (unaudited)   1.6    1.5           
Capitalization                    
Total debt  $1,468   $1,507           
Shareholders' equity   216,075    203,085           
Total  $217,543   $204,592           

 

 

 

  

Hurco Companies, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

   July 31,   October 31, 
   2018   2017 
   (unaudited)   (audited) 
ASSETS          
           
Current assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $77,011   $66,307 
Accounts receivable, net   45,814    50,094 
Inventories, net   135,931    119,948 
Derivative assets   2,157    596 
Prepaid expenses   9,956    7,913 
Other   2,153    1,557 
Total current assets   273,022    246,415 
           
Property and equipment:          
Land   868    841 
Building   7,352    7,352 
Machinery and equipment   27,147    25,652 
Leasehold improvements   3,815    3,503 
    39,182    37,348 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization   (26,101)   (25,167)
Total property and equipment   13,081    12,181 
           
Non-current assets:          
Software development costs, less accumulated amortization   7,059    6,226 
Goodwill   2,449    2,440 
Intangible assets, net   988    1,076 
Deferred income taxes   4,088    6,176 
Investments and other assets, net   7,500    7,131 
Total non-current assets   22,084    23,049 
Total assets  $308,187   $281,645 
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY          
           
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable  $58,957   $47,638 
Accrued expenses   20,998    20,012 
Derivative liabilities   2,111    1,732 
Short-term debt   1,468    1,507 
Total current liabilities   83,534    70,889 
           
Non-current liabilities:          
Deferred income taxes   2,560    3,821 
Accrued tax liability   2,445    133 
Deferred credits and other obligations   3,573    3,717 
Total non-current liabilities   8,578    7,671 
           
Shareholders' equity:          
Preferred stock: no par value per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued   -    - 
Common stock: no par value; $.10 stated value per share; 12,500,000 shares authorized; 6,885,246 and 6,799,006 shares issued and 6,716,898 and 6,641,197 shares outstanding as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017, respectively   672    664 
Additional paid-in capital   63,854    61,344 
Retained earnings   160,303    149,267 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (8,754)   (8,190)
Total shareholders' equity   216,075    203,085 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity  $308,187   $281,645