Radius Recycling Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results

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Radius Recycling, Inc.
Radius Recycling, Inc.

Ferrous and Finished Steel Sales Volumes Up Year-Over-Year

Positive Operating and Free Cash Flow

Radius Board Declares Quarterly Dividend

PORTLAND, Ore., April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radius Recycling, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDUS) (“Radius” or the “Company”) today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 ended February 28, 2025.

The Company reported a loss per share from continuing operations of $(1.15) and a net loss of $(33) million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to ($1.19) and ($34) million, respectively, in the prior year second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was approximately break-even in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to $3 million in the prior year second quarter. Adjusted loss per share from continuing operations was $(0.99) in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to ($1.04) in the prior year second quarter.

On a year-over-year basis, operating performance in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was slightly lower primarily due to lower global ferrous and finished steel prices, including as a result of the dampening effect from elevated levels of Chinese steel exports, partially offset by higher ferrous and finished steel sales volumes, stronger nonferrous demand, and benefits from productivity initiatives:

  • Ferrous average net selling prices were 14% lower year-over-year. This, together with tight scrap flows exacerbated by particularly challenging winter weather conditions, led to a compression in metal spreads compared to the prior year quarter. Domestic and export market conditions diverged in the latter part of the quarter, as domestic ferrous scrap prices increased sharply and mills began restocking. This surge supported margin expansion on domestic shipments, but also contributed to a temporary spread compression on export sales that had already been contracted for the quarter. The impact of average inventory accounting in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was approximately neutral, compared to a benefit of approximately $2 per ferrous ton in the second quarter of fiscal 2024.

  • Ferrous sales volumes were 12% higher compared to the prior year quarter, primarily benefiting from a reduction in inventories due to timing of shipments.

  • Stronger nonferrous demand led to 10% higher average net selling prices. Nonferrous sales volumes were 1% lower year-over-year primarily due to timing of shipments.

  • The contribution from finished steel was lower year-over-year primarily due to a decline in average net selling prices of 9%, although finished steel prices began to rise in the latter part of the quarter. This was partially offset by 15% higher finished steel sales volumes year-over-year as demand in the Company’s Western markets remained healthy. The mill utilization rate was 88% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, compared to 81% in the prior year’s second quarter.

  • The second quarter of fiscal 2025 reflected the full contribution from the Company’s productivity initiatives implemented over the past year, which were the main drivers of the 12% reduction in consolidated Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) costs compared to the prior year quarter. Results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 also included a $3 million gain from the Company’s asset monetization program, while the prior year second quarter had included a $2 million gain from insurance recoveries.