Mirion Technologies, Inc. annual report, FY2022

Mirion Technologies, Inc. — FY 2022 Form 10-K

Business context and reporting period. Mirion supplies radiation detection, measurement, monitoring, software and services for medical and industrial markets, including nuclear energy, defense, laboratories and research. This 10-K covers the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, not standalone fourth-quarter results. The company changed its year-end from June 30 and completed its business combination on October 20, 2021; acquisition accounting created a stepped-up basis, so prior-period comparisons are not fully comparable.

Key financial metrics

MetricFY 2022
Revenue$717.8 million: Medical $271.7 million; Industrial $446.1 million
Gross profit and margin$310.1 million; 43.2%
Operating loss$297.8 million; operating margin approximately (41.5%)
Net loss$288.4 million; $276.9 million attributable to Mirion stockholders; diluted loss per share $1.53
Adjusted EBITDA$164.7 million, a non-GAAP measure; approximately 22.9% of revenue
Cash from operations$39.4 million
Capital expenditures$34.6 million in segment disclosures; cash-flow statement reports $34.2 million of purchases of property, equipment and badges
Cash and liquidity$73.5 million cash and equivalents; $480.6 million current assets and $244.3 million current liabilities
Debt$821.7 million outstanding under the senior secured term loan; $824.7 million total third-party borrowings before debt issuance costs. Revolver availability was approximately $80.6 million.
Backlog$737.4 million at year-end; approximately 57% expected to be recognized in 2023

The filing reports no separate standalone Q4 financial summary in the supplied text. The company’s reported 2022 results include a $211.8 million goodwill impairment charge and a $37.6 million non-cash gain from the change in fair value of warrant liabilities. Adjusted EBITDA excludes specified items and should not be treated as a GAAP profit or cash-flow measure.

Material changes versus prior periods

  • Management compares FY 2022 revenue with an accumulated set of 2021 successor and predecessor periods, reporting a $49.5 million increase; that comparison is affected by the fiscal-year change and is not directly comparable. Medical revenue increased $58.6 million, while Industrial revenue decreased $9.1 million.
  • Medical growth reflected acquisitions, price increases and organic growth. Industrial revenue was pressured by project delays related to supply-chain constraints and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and by foreign exchange; price increases and the SIS acquisition partly offset those effects.
  • The company recorded $211.8 million of goodwill impairments: $55.2 million in the Industrial RMS reporting unit following termination of a Russia-related nuclear project, $69.3 million in another Industrial reporting unit, and $87.3 million in a Medical reporting unit.
  • Revenue translation was negatively affected by currency movements; management estimated a 4.5% adverse year-over-year impact. The stronger U.S. dollar particularly affected European operations.
  • The term-loan interest rate rose to 7.48% at December 31, 2022, from 3.25% at December 31, 2021. The filing estimates that a 100-basis-point increase in market rates would add approximately $8.4 million to annual interest expense, based on year-to-date debt levels.

Outlook, risks and unusual items

  • Outlook and liquidity: Management stated that operating cash flow, supplemented by long-term debt arrangements, should provide adequate liquidity for the next 12 months. No numerical revenue or earnings guidance is provided in the supplied filing text. Backlog is not guaranteed revenue: approximately 10%–15% may be unfunded and at risk of cancellation, and customer projects can be delayed or terminated.
  • Russia-Ukraine exposure: A terminated Finnish nuclear project removed approximately $67 million from backlog, about 80% of which had been expected to convert to revenue over five years. Russian-related backlog was $100.0 million at year-end. One customer sought recovery of approximately $6 million in advance payments; the company said no advance-payment refunds had been made.
  • Costs and execution: Management described continuing pressure from inflation, labor, materials, freight and supply-chain disruptions, including delayed component sourcing and revenue recognition. Fixed-price contracts may expose margins to cost overruns; the filing says about 10% of revenue was associated with fixed-price arrangements without cost-escalation provisions.
  • Controls: Management and Deloitte reported ineffective internal control over financial reporting due to a material weakness in IT general controls at a French division, involving program change management and user access. No financial-statement misstatement was identified, but the weakness could prevent or delay detection of a material misstatement. Deloitte’s financial-statement audit opinion was unqualified; its ICFR opinion was adverse.
  • Subsequent financing: On February 21, 2023, Mirion issued 17,142,857 shares to T. Rowe Price at $8.75 per share, raising $150 million before fees. The company used $125 million to repay debt and expected to use the remaining $25 million for growth opportunities.
  • Other risks: Variable-rate debt, foreign exchange, government-budget cycles, regulatory approvals, product liability, cybersecurity, and acquisition integration may affect results. The company also reported a prior ransomware incident in 2021.

Important facts for investors to verify

  • Reconcile the reported revenue and segment trends to comparable calendar-year periods, accounting for the fiscal-year change, business-combination accounting and acquisitions.
  • Review the assumptions and sensitivity behind the $211.8 million goodwill impairment and the relatively limited fair-value cushions disclosed for certain reporting units.
  • Assess the status and recoverability of the $100.0 million Russia-related backlog, the approximately $6 million advance-payment claim, and related performance obligations and guarantees.
  • Confirm current debt, interest-rate exposure, covenant headroom and the effect of the February 2023 $125 million debt repayment; the filing states the company was covenant-compliant at December 31, 2022.
  • Track remediation of the French IT-control material weakness and whether controls become effective in subsequent reporting periods.