NWPX Infrastructure Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWPX) ("NWPX Infrastructure" and the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of water-related infrastructure products, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The Company will broadcast its second quarter 2026 earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. PT.
Management Commentary
"The second quarter of 2026 marked another outstanding quarter for NWPX Infrastructure as we delivered record financial results highlighted by revenue of $159.5 million, gross profit of $34.4 million, representing a 21.5% gross margin, and diluted earnings per share of $1.62," said Scott Montross, President and Chief Executive Officer of NWPX Infrastructure. "These results reflect the strength of our diversified business model and the disciplined execution of our long-term strategy."
Mr. Montross continued, "Our Water Transmission Systems segment once again delivered exceptional performance, establishing new quarterly records with revenue of $113.2 million and gross profit of $24.2 million. Gross margin expanded 360 basis points over the prior-year quarter to 21.4%, demonstrating the continued benefits of disciplined project execution and favorable pricing. We also exited the quarter with WTS backlog including confirmed orders of approximately $423 million, supported by robust bidding activity throughout the quarter, which is continuing into the third quarter."
"In our Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems segment, the quarter began slower than anticipated as unusually heavy rainfall in Texas and customer-driven project delays at our Utah facilities impacted activity during April and May. However, business conditions improved significantly during June, allowing the segment to finish the quarter with strong momentum. Gross margins improved 70 basis points compared to the second quarter of 2025, and our order book ended the quarter at $61 million, positioning the business well for the remainder of the year."
Mr. Montross concluded, "Looking ahead, we expect performance in the third quarter of 2026 to be comparable to, or stronger than, the second quarter of 2026. Demand across our end markets remains healthy, bidding activity continues at elevated levels, and our Precast business is carrying positive momentum into the second half of the year. As a result, 2026 is shaping up to be a historic year for NWPX Infrastructure."
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Consolidated
Water Transmission Systems Segment (WTS)
Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems Segment (Precast)
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
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1 NWPX Infrastructure defines "backlog" as the balance of remaining performance obligations under signed contracts for Water Transmission Systems products for which revenue is recognized over time.
2 NWPX Infrastructure defines "confirmed orders" as Water Transmission Systems projects for which the Company has been notified that it is the successful bidder, but a binding agreement has not been executed.
3 NWPX Infrastructure defines "order book" as unfulfilled orders outstanding at the measurement date for its Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems segment.
4 In the third quarter of 2018 the Company reported net income of $27.8 million, or $2.86 per diluted share which, amongst other non-recurring items, included a bargain purchase gain of $21.9 million associated with our acquisition of Ameron Water Transmission Group, LLC. Without this noncash item and other nonrecurring items reported for that quarter, the adjusted net income reconciled to $2.1 million, or $0.21 per share. See reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in our Form 8‑K filed on November 8, 2018 for additional information.
Conference Call Details
A conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss the Company's second quarter 2026 financial results will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The call will be broadcast live on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at investor.nwpx.com and will be archived online upon completion of the conference call. For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay will be available approximately three hours after the event and will remain available until Thursday, August 13, 2026, by dialing 1‑844‑512‑2921 in the U.S. or 1‑412‑317‑6671 internationally and entering the replay access code: 13761312.
About NWPX Infrastructure
Founded in 1966, NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of water-related infrastructure products. Under the Northwest Pipe Company brand, the Company is the largest manufacturer of engineered water transmission systems in North America and produces steel casing pipe, bar-wrapped concrete cylinder pipe, and pipeline system joints and fittings. The Company also provides solution-based products for a wide range of markets including high-quality reinforced precast concrete products, lined precast sanitary sewer system structures, water distribution and management equipment including pump lift stations, wastewater pretreatment, and stormwater quality products. The Company has broadened its manufacturing footprint by bringing lined and engineered precast products into production at additional facilities. This increases the Company's capacity and improves regional availability. Strategically positioned to meet growing water and wastewater infrastructure needs, the Company's skilled team is committed to quality and innovation while upholding its core values of accountability, commitment, and teamwork. Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, the Company operates 14 manufacturing facilities across North America. For more information, please visit www.nwpx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release by Scott Montross contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about the Company's business, management's beliefs, and assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of important factors. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, those that could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company include changes in demand and market prices for its products, product mix, bidding activity and order modifications or cancelations, timing of customer orders and deliveries, production schedules, price and availability of raw materials and other costs central to producing and shipping our products, excess or shortage of production capacity, product quality assurance failures that result in decreased sales and operating margin, product returns, product liability, warranty, or other claims, international trade policy and regulations, changes in trade policy (in particular with Canada and Mexico) and duties imposed on imports and exports and the related impacts on the Company, economic uncertainty and associated trends in macroeconomic conditions, including potential recession, inflation, and the state of the housing and commercial construction markets, interest rate risk and changes in market interest rates, including the impact on the Company's customers and related demand for its products, the Company's ability to identify and complete organic and inorganic initiatives to grow its business, the Company's ability to effectively integrate future acquisitions into its business and operations that produce accretive financial results, effects of security breaches, computer viruses, and cybersecurity incidents, increased use of artificial intelligence by us and our competitors, as well as related legal and regulatory requirements, timing and amount of share repurchases, impacts of U.S. tax reform legislation on the Company's results of operations, and the impact on its customers and related demand for its products, delays or reductions in state or local government spending due to revisions to federal appropriations brought on by policy changes, staffing levels or the inability to pass budget reconciliation legislation, adequacy of the Company's insurance coverage, supply chain challenges, the Company's ability to attract and retain talented employees, impact of geopolitical trends, changes, and events, including the various military conflicts or tensions and the regional and global ramifications of these conditions, operating problems at the Company's manufacturing operations including fires, explosions, inclement weather, and floods and other natural disasters, effectiveness of future implementations or conversions of enterprise resource planning or other key systems, material weaknesses in the Company's internal control over financial reporting and its ability to remediate such weaknesses, impacts of pandemics, epidemics, or other public health emergencies, and other risks discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and from time to time in its other Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. If the Company does update or correct one or more forward-looking statements, investors and others should not conclude that it will make additional updates or corrections with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company is presenting backlog including confirmed orders. This non-GAAP financial measure is provided to better enable investors and others to assess the Company's ongoing operating results and compare them with its competitors. This should be considered a supplement to, and not a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
For more information, visit www.nwpx.com.
Contact:
Aaron Wilkins
Chief Financial Officer
NWPX Infrastructure
[email protected]
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NWPX INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net sales:
Water Transmission Systems
$
113,199
$
84,588
$
206,652
$
163,034
Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems
46,277
48,594
91,078
86,263
Total net sales
159,476
133,182
297,730
249,297
Cost of sales:
Water Transmission Systems
88,971
69,533
165,105
135,805
Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems
36,146
38,284
71,601
68,762
Total cost of sales
125,117
107,817
236,706
204,567
Gross profit:
Water Transmission Systems
24,228
15,055
41,547
27,229
Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems
10,131
10,310
19,477
17,501
Total gross profit
34,359
25,365
61,024
44,730
Selling, general, and administrative expense
13,208
12,129
27,216
25,925
Operating income
21,151
13,236
33,808
18,805
Other income (expense)
492
20
713
(7)
Interest income
156
1
164
35
Interest expense
(320)
(763)
(668)
(1,398)
Income before income taxes
21,479
12,494
34,017
17,435
Income tax expense
5,645
3,431
7,649
4,408
Net income
$
15,834
$
9,063
$
26,368
$
13,027
Net income per share:
Basic
$
1.64
$
0.91
$
2.74
$
1.31
Diluted
$
1.62
$
0.91
$
2.69
$
1.30
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic
9,638
9,882
9,608
9,908
Diluted
9,791
9,961
9,798
10,041
NWPX INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
June 30, 2026
December 31, 2025
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
19,320
$
2,273
Trade and other receivables, net
98,409
78,171
Contract assets
105,528
91,036
Inventories
91,079
74,287
Prepaid expenses and other
3,941
5,665
Total current assets
318,277
251,432
Property and equipment, net
164,493
157,509
Operating lease right-of-use assets
85,957
86,894
Goodwill
55,504
55,504
Intangible assets, net
22,405
23,008
Other assets
5,262
5,283
Total assets
$
651,898
$
579,630
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt
$
2,994
$
2,994
Accounts payable
44,464
22,190
Accrued liabilities
26,754
27,743
Contract liabilities
37,947
8,794
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
5,232
4,829
Total current liabilities
117,391
66,550
Borrowings on line of credit
-
276
Long-term debt
6,985
8,482
Operating lease liabilities
85,372
86,223
Deferred income taxes
12,819
12,484
Other long-term liabilities
10,729
10,832
Total liabilities
233,296
184,847
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock
96
96
Additional paid-in-capital
110,204
113,088
Retained earnings
308,110
281,742
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
192
(143)
Total stockholders' equity
418,602
394,783
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
651,898
$
579,630
NWPX INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30,
2026
2025
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$
26,368
$
13,027
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and finance lease amortization
8,288
7,278
Amortization of intangible assets
2,099
2,016
Share-based compensation expense
3,703
2,692
Noncash operating lease expense
3,039
3,172
Deferred income taxes
331
453
Other, net
(25)
841
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables
(19,456)
(11,829)
Contract assets, net
14,661
(6,433)
Inventories
(14,894)
3,293
Prepaid expenses and other assets
1,864
2,816
Accounts payable
20,961
552
Accrued and other liabilities
(1,049)
(5,005)
Operating lease liabilities
(2,550)
(2,601)
Net cash provided by operating activities
43,340
10,272
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(7,688)
(7,165)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
(8,853)
-
Other investing activities
25
21
Net cash used in investing activities
(16,516)
(7,144)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings on line of credit
1,239
89,184
Repayments on line of credit
(1,515)
(83,217)
Payments on other debt
(1,500)
(1,500)
Payments on finance lease liabilities
(1,195)
(803)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity awards
(4,058)
(2,313)
Repurchase of common stock
(2,722)
(7,455)
Other financing activities
(26)
-
Net cash used in financing activities
(9,777)
(6,104)
Change in cash and cash equivalents
17,047
(2,976)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
2,273
5,007
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
19,320
$
2,031
SOURCE NWPX Infrastructure, Inc.