BGSF, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

BGSF, Inc. ((BGSF), a growing provider of consulting, managed services, and professional workforce solutions, today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2024.

Q3 2024 Highlights (results include sequential comparisons to Q2 2024):

• Revenues were $71.2 million for Q3, compared to $68.1 million for Q2.
  • Property Management segment revenues increased 15.9% from Q2, driven by seasonal demand.
  • Professional segment revenues declined 2.5% from Q2, due to a decline in billed hours in the Finance & Accounting division.
• Gross profit was $24.3 million, up from $23.6 million in Q2, primarily due to higher sales in Property Management.
• Net loss was $0.8 million, or $0.07 per diluted share for Q3 and Q2.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $3.2 million (4.5% of revenues) in Q3 from $2.6 million (3.8% of revenues) in Q2.
• Adjusted EPS¹ was $0.10 for Q3 compared with $0.07 for Q2.
• Launched advanced lead generation technology, which generated significantly better lead acquisition and conversion rates in the quarter.

Beth A. Garvey, Chair, President, and CEO, said, "Although economic uncertainties persist and the demand environment remains choppy for the entire IT consulting and workforce industry, we are pleased to report that our third quarter total revenues improved sequentially by 4.5%. This sales progression was due to a seasonal lift in Property Management, up 15.9%, compared to the second quarter. In addition, the Professional segment stabilized late in the quarter, down 2.5% for the quarter compared to the second quarter. We continue to launch 2024 project wins expeditiously, including the major IT transformation project related to a large international client that we discussed last quarter. Our largest category in Professional, IT consulting, maintained stable topline revenues between second and third quarters, which is positive. Finance & Accounting experienced lower project work in the third quarter due to typical seasonality for calendar reporting clients. Permanent placements stabilized with flat revenues between second and third quarters. Conversely, Managed Solutions continued to grow sequentially, which aligns with our strategic goals of expanding our consulting efforts. We remain cautiously optimistic at the pockets of revenue categories that stabilized this quarter but continue to tightly manage costs and expenses.

"As part of our ongoing technology enhancements, I am pleased to share that we have launched our advanced lead generation engine in the third quarter, made possible by our earlier investment to modernize our tech stack. BGSF's technology platform leverages our marketing automation to streamline better lead acquisition and increase conversion rates across both our Professional and Property Management divisions. We have other tech enhancements launching in the fourth quarter to drive better efficiencies and believe these initiatives demonstrate our commitment to BGSF's digital transformation to improve client engagement and deliver cutting-edge workforce solutions."

"The review of strategic alternatives work continues, and we have no updates that we can share today. We look forward to discussing in more detail in the future," concluded Garvey.

Conference Call

BGSF will discuss its third quarter 2024 financial results during a conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. ET on November 7, 2024. Interested participants may dial 1-844-481-3017 (Toll Free) or 1-412-317-1882 (International). A replay of the call will be available until November 14, 2024. To access the replay, please dial 1-877-344-7529 (Toll Free), or 1-412-317-0088 (International) and enter access code 4519768. The live webcast and archived replay are accessible from the investor relations section of the Company's website at https://investor.bgsf.com/events-and-presentations/default.aspx

About BGSF

BGSF provides consulting, managed services and professional workforce solutions to a variety of industries through its various divisions in IT, Finance & Accounting, Managed Solutions, and Property Management. BGSF has integrated several regional and national brands achieving scalable growth. The Company was ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts as the 97^th largest U.S. staffing company and the 49^th largest IT staffing firm in 2024. The Company's disciplined acquisition philosophy, which builds value through both financial growth and the retention of unique and dedicated talent within BGSF's family of companies, has resulted in a seasoned management team with strong tenure and the ability to offer exceptional service to our field talent and client partners while building value for investors. For more information on the Company and its services, please visit its website at www.bgsf.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The forward-looking statements in this press release are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future financial performance and the expectations and objectives of our board or management. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various other risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, risks relating to volatility and uncertainty in the capital markets, availability of suitable third parties with which to conduct any strategic transaction, whether the Company will be able to pursue a strategic transaction, or whether any such transaction, if pursued, will be completed successfully and on attractive terms, or at all, the risks associated with undertaking a review of strategic alternatives, including in respect of relationships with stockholders, employees, customers, and suppliers, as well as risks and uncertainties listed in Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's other filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All of the risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, and in many cases, the Company cannot predict the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words "allows," "anticipates," "believes," "plans," "expects," "estimates," "should," "would," "may," "might," "forward," "will," "intends," "continue," "outlook," "temporarily," "progressing," "prospects," and "anticipates" and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company is not obligated to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect the events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The financial results of BGSF, Inc. are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") and the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. To help the readers understand the Company's financial performance, the Company supplements its GAAP financial results with Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS.

A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statement of income, balance sheet or statement of cash flows of a company. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, net income per diluted share, operating income, or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities or measures of our liquidity. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS are useful performance measures and are used by us to facilitate a comparison of our operating performance on a consistent basis from period-to-period and to provide for a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than measures under GAAP can provide alone. In addition, the financial covenants in our credit agreement are based on EBITDA as defined in the credit agreement.

We define "Adjusted EBITDA" as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, costs associated with the evaluation of potential strategic alternatives ("Strategic alternatives review"), transaction fees, and certain non-cash expenses such as impairment losses and share-based compensation expense, as well as certain specific events that management does not consider in assessing our on-going operating performance.

We define "Adjusted EPS" as diluted earnings per share eliminating amortization expense of intangible assets from acquisitions, the Strategic Alternatives Review, transaction fees, and certain non-cash expenses such as impairment losses, as well as certain specific events that management does not consider in assessing our on-going operating performance, net of the respective income tax effect.

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