TENNANT CO
Business
TENNANT CO designs, manufactures and markets solutions for cleaning, maintenance and safety of nonresidential surfaces worldwide. The company offers manual and autonomous mechanized cleaning equipment, detergent‑free and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair services, and business solutions including financing, rental, leasing and machine‑to‑machine asset management. Tennant aggregates operations into one reportable segment that encompasses design, manufacture, sale and servicing of its floor‑care products and related technologies and brands. It sells across the Americas, EMEA and APAC through the industry’s largest direct sales and service organization and a network of authorized distributors in over 100 countries.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-18
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 1,204 | 1,287 | 1,244 | 1,092 | 1,091 | |
| Cost of sales | 719 | 737 | 716 | 671 | 653 | |
| Gross profit | 484 | 550 | 528 | 421 | 438 | |
| Selling and administrative expense | 375 | 392 | 353 | 306 | 322 | |
| Research and development expense | 41 | 44 | 37 | 31 | 32 | |
| Operating income | 68 | 114 | 139 | 87 | 94 | |
| Interest expense, net | −9 | −9 | −14 | −7 | −7 | |
| Gain (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction, before Tax | −2 | 100,000 | 300,000 | −1 | −700,000 | |
| Other income (expense), net | 300,000 | −500,000 | −2 | 600,000 | −300,000 | |
| Income before income taxes | 58 | 105 | 124 | 80 | 74 | |
| Income tax expense | 14 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 9 | |
| Net income | 44 | 84 | 110 | 66 | 65 | |
| Net income per share, Basic (in dollars per share) | 2.38 | 4.46 | 5.92 | 3.58 | 3.51 | |
| Net income per share, Diluted (in dollars per share) | 2.36 | 4.38 | 5.83 | 3.55 | 3.44 | |
| Weighted average shares outstanding, Basic (in shares) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | |
| Weighted average shares outstanding, Diluted (in shares) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 106 | 100 | 117 | 77 | 124 | |
| Receivables, less allowances of $10.4 and $7.1, respectively | 257 | 259 | 248 | 252 | 211 | |
| Inventories | 199 | 184 | 176 | 207 | 161 | |
| Prepaid and other current assets | 38 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 31 | |
| Total current assets | 600 | 577 | 569 | 575 | 527 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $289.0 and $310.9, respectively | 190 | 184 | 188 | 180 | 173 | |
| Operating lease assets | 57 | 55 | 42 | 32 | 41 | |
| Goodwill | 209 | 186 | 187 | 182 | 193 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 53 | 59 | 63 | 76 | 98 | |
| Other assets | 161 | 130 | 64 | 40 | 30 | |
| Total assets | 1,269 | 1,190 | 1,113 | 1,085 | 1,062 | |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 400,000 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| Accounts payable | 128 | 127 | 111 | 126 | 122 | |
| Employee compensation and benefits | 41 | 53 | 67 | 44 | 61 | |
| Other current liabilities | 124 | 111 | 89 | 86 | 104 | |
| Total current liabilities | 293 | 292 | 274 | 262 | 290 | |
| Long-term debt | 273 | 198 | 194 | 295 | 263 | |
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 36 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 25 | |
| Employee-related benefits | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |
| Other liabilities | 45 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 11 | |
| Total long-term liabilities | 372 | 276 | 261 | 351 | 336 | |
| Total liabilities | 666 | 568 | 535 | 613 | 627 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 17) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $0.375 par value per share, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 17,846,681 and 18,849,456 issued and outstanding, respectively | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 0 | 77 | 65 | 56 | 54 | |
| Retained earnings | 628 | 610 | 547 | 458 | 411 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −33 | −73 | −42 | −50 | −38 | |
| Total Tennant Company shareholders' equity | 602 | 621 | 577 | 471 | 434 | |
| Noncontrolling interest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total equity | 603 | 622 | 578 | 472 | 435 | |
| Total liabilities and total equity | 1,269 | 1,190 | 1,113 | 1,085 | 1,062 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | 44 | 84 | 110 | 66 | 65 | |
| Depreciation expense | 45 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 33 | |
| Amortization expense | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | |
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | 4 | −10 | −27 | −16 | −15 | |
| Share-based compensation expense | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | |
| Bad debt and returns expense | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other, net | 1 | 600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Receivables | 4 | −15 | 4 | −46 | −20 | |
| Inventories | −22 | −33 | 14 | −68 | −56 | |
| Accounts payable | −2 | 15 | −15 | 8 | 19 | |
| Employee compensation and benefits | −14 | −5 | 22 | −15 | 8 | |
| Other assets and liabilities | −27 | −17 | 13 | −10 | 500,000 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 65 | 90 | 188 | −25 | 69 | |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | −22 | −21 | −23 | −25 | −19 | |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchase of investment | 0 | −32 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payments made in connection with business acquisition, net of cash acquired | −3 | −26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Investment in leased assets | −400,000 | −500,000 | −1 | −4 | −4 | |
| Cash received from leased assets | 1 | 800,000 | 800,000 | 600,000 | 0 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −23 | −78 | −23 | −25 | 2 | |
| Proceeds from borrowings | 85 | 41 | 20 | 52 | 316 | |
| Repayments of borrowings | −11 | −43 | −120 | −19 | −362 | |
| Payment of debt financing costs | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Change in finance lease obligations | 0 | 0 | 200,000 | 0 | 100,000 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net of employee tax withholdings obligations of $3.1, $3.8 and $1.7, respectively | −3 | 20 | 19 | −900,000 | 5 | |
| Dividends paid | −22 | −21 | −20 | −19 | −18 | |
| Repurchases of common stock | −89 | −20 | −22 | −5 | −15 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −39 | −25 | −123 | 8 | −85 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 3 | −3 | −3 | −5 | −4 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 7 | −17 | 40 | −46 | −17 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 13 | 30 | 40 | 34 | 20 | |
| Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest | 12 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 12 | |
| Capital expenditures in accounts payable | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |