Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Capstone Turbine (CPST)
CPST reports strong unaudited 4Q and 2021 results
Capstone Turbine Corp is the producer of low-emission microturbine systems.The company develops, manufactures, markets and services microturbine technology solutions for use in stationary distributed power generation applications. Capstone Turbine’s products include onboard generation for hybrid electric vehicles; conversion of oil field and biomass waste gases into electricity; combined heat, power, and chilling solutions; capacity addition; and standby power.
Michael Heim, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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Gross bookings rising. Bookings in the 4Q were $12.7m, up 53% y-o-y and 21% q-o-q. Growth rates are significantly above our model’s assumed growth rate of 20%. A six-pronged program to grow revenues (realignment of the salesforce, refocus on customer satisfaction, etc.) appears to be paying benefits. The book-to-bill ratio increased to 1.5:1 from 0.9:1 in the previous quarter. CPST announced 12 new orders during the quarter in nine different countries. Recent electric utility reliability issues combined with a new environmentally conscience administration lead us to believe higher-than-forecasted growth rates could continue.
Cash position rising at a faster rate than expected. Total cash on hand rose to $49.5m up from $32.0m at the end of the third quarter. The rise reflects a $14.5m stock offering and the receipt of $5.0 million (less $0.3m in legal) from a law suit against a parts supplier. The numbers imply that operating cash flow was near break-even on a normalized basis absent any large change in working capital …
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