COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
Business
COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP designs, manufactures, and markets intelligent motion solutions for material handling that move, lift, position, and secure materials. It offers hoists, crane components, high-precision conveyor systems, rigging tools and attachments, light rail workstations, actuators and rotary unions, digital power and motion control systems, and related aftermarket services. Key business areas include its legacy Lifting business, a Precision Conveyance platform (including acquired Dorner, Garvey and montratec businesses), Digital Power Control, Actuators & Rotary Unions, Chain & Rigging, Industrial Cranes, and Elevator Drive Systems. The Company sells globally across North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia through industrial and specialty distributors, rigging shops, independent crane builders, OEMs, a certified service network, and direct sales to end users.
Summary from filing dated 2025-05-28
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-03-31 | FY 2024 2024-03-31 | FY 2023 2023-03-31 | FY 2022 2022-03-31 | FY 2021 2021-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 963 | 1,014 | 936 | 907 | 650 | |
| Cost of products sold | 637 | 639 | 594 | 591 | 429 | |
| Gross profit | 326 | 375 | 342 | 316 | 220 | |
| Selling expenses | 110 | 105 | 103 | 99 | 77 | |
| General and administrative expenses | 107 | 107 | 95 | 102 | 76 | |
| Research and development expenses | 24 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 12 | |
| Amortization of intangibles | 30 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 13 | |
| Income from operations | 55 | 107 | 98 | 74 | 42 | |
| Interest and debt expense | 32 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 12 | |
| Investment (income) loss, net | −1 | −2 | −315,000 | −46,000 | −2 | |
| Foreign currency exchange loss (gain), net | 3 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 941,000 | |
| Other (income) expense, net | 26 | 8 | −2 | −1 | 21 | |
| Income before income tax expense | −6 | 62 | 74 | 38 | 10 | |
| Income tax (benefit) expense | −367,000 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 970,000 | |
| Net income (loss) | −5 | 47 | 48 | 30 | — | |
| Average basic shares outstanding (in shares) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 24 | |
| Average diluted shares outstanding (in shares) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 24 | |
| Basic income (loss) per share (in dollars per share) | −0.18 | 1.62 | 1.69 | 1.06 | 0.38 | |
| Diluted income (loss) per share (in dollars per share) | −0.18 | 1.61 | 1.68 | 1.04 | 0.38 | |
| Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share) | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.24 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-03-31 | FY 2024 2024-03-31 | FY 2023 2023-03-31 | FY 2022 2022-03-31 | FY 2021 2021-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 54 | 114 | 133 | 115 | 202 | |
| Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts ($4,880 and $3,827, respectively) | 165 | 171 | 151 | 148 | 105 | |
| Inventories | 199 | 186 | 179 | 172 | 111 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other | 48 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 23 | |
| Total current assets | 466 | 514 | 496 | 467 | 442 | |
| Net property, plant, and equipment | 106 | 106 | 94 | — | — | |
| Goodwill | 711 | 710 | 645 | 649 | 331 | |
| Other intangibles, net | 357 | 386 | 363 | 391 | 213 | |
| Marketable securities | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
| Deferred taxes on income | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Other assets | 86 | 96 | 88 | 69 | 61 | |
| Total assets | 1,739 | 1,826 | 1,698 | 1,686 | 1,150 | |
| Trade accounts payable | 93 | 83 | 77 | 91 | 69 | |
| Accrued liabilities | 114 | 128 | 124 | 118 | 111 | |
| Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations | 51 | 51 | 41 | 41 | — | |
| Total current liabilities | 258 | 262 | 242 | 250 | 184 | |
| Term loan, AR securitization facility and finance lease obligations | 420 | 480 | 431 | 471 | — | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 179 | 203 | 192 | 193 | 192 | |
| Total liabilities | 857 | 944 | 865 | 913 | 620 | |
| Voting common stock: 50,000,000 shares authorized; 28,618,289 and 28,799,110 shares issued and outstanding | 286,000 | 288,000 | 286,000 | 285,000 | 240,000 | |
| Treasury stock | −11 | −1 | −1 | — | — | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 532 | 527 | 516 | 506 | 296 | |
| Retained earnings | 382 | 395 | 357 | 316 | 294 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −21 | −40 | −38 | −50 | −60 | |
| Total shareholders equity | 882 | 882 | 834 | 773 | 530 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 1,739 | 1,826 | 1,698 | 1,686 | 1,150 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-03-31 | FY 2024 2024-03-31 | FY 2023 2023-03-31 | FY 2022 2022-03-31 | FY 2021 2021-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 48 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 28 | |
| Deferred income taxes and related valuation allowance | −20 | −15 | −300,000 | −2 | −9 | |
| Net loss (gain) on sale of real estate, investments and other | −972,000 | −1 | −54,000 | 136,000 | −2 | |
| Stock-based compensation | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | |
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Loss (gain) on hedging instruments | −382,000 | −1 | −438,000 | 853,000 | 0 | |
| Cost of debt repricing | 0 | 958,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Impairment of operating lease | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Loss on disposals and impairments of fixed assets | 3 | 0 | 175,000 | — | — | |
| Non-cash pension settlement expense (See Note 13) | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Gain on sale of building (See Note 3) | 0 | 0 | −232,000 | −375,000 | −3 | |
| Non-cash lease expense | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Trade accounts receivable | 4 | −14 | −5 | −19 | 21 | |
| Inventories | −13 | −1 | −9 | −40 | 21 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other | −21 | −9 | 7 | −47,000 | −5 | |
| Other assets | 3 | 537,000 | −123,000 | 25,000 | — | |
| Trade accounts payable | 11 | 5 | −14 | 13 | 10 | |
| Accrued liabilities | −250,000 | −10 | 9 | 696,000 | −3 | |
| Non-current liabilities | −10 | −9 | −14 | −11 | −8 | |
| Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities | 46 | 67 | 84 | 49 | 99 | |
| Proceeds from sales of marketable securities | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Purchases of marketable securities | −4 | −4 | −4 | −7 | −5 | |
| Capital expenditures | −21 | −25 | −13 | −13 | — | |
| Proceeds from sale of building, net of transaction costs | 0 | 0 | 373,000 | 461,000 | 5 | |
| Dividend received from equity method investment | 0 | 144,000 | 313,000 | 324,000 | 587,000 | |
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets | 139,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446,000 | |
| Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired (See Note 3) | 0 | −108 | −2 | −540 | — | |
| Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities | −20 | −133 | −14 | −554 | −6 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 371,000 | 2 | 713,000 | 3 | — | |
| Fees paid for debt repricing | −169,000 | −958,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Purchases of treasury stock | −10 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | |
| Repayment of debt | −61 | −61 | −41 | −478 | −4 | |
| Payment to former owners of montratec (see Note 3) | −7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Fees paid for borrowing on long-term debt | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt | 0 | 120 | 0 | 725 | 0 | |
| Cash inflows from hedging activities | 24 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 0 | |
| Cash outflows from hedging activities | −23 | −23 | −24 | −20 | 0 | |
| Payment of dividends | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | |
| Other | −2 | −2 | −1 | −3 | — | |
| Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities | −87 | 48 | −50 | 421 | −10 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | 583,000 | −1 | −2 | −2 | 5 | |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | −60 | −19 | 18 | −87 | 88 | |
| Interest paid | 30 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 9 | |
| Income taxes paid, net of refunds | 21 | 28 | 22 | 10 | — | |
| Property, plant and equipment purchases included in trade accounts payable | 318,000 | 690,000 | 624,000 | 329,000 | 730,000 |