CMC Reports Third Quarter of Fiscal 2026 Results

• Third quarter net earnings of $173.0 million, or $1.55 per diluted share and adjusted earnings of $193.0 million, or $1.73 per diluted share
• Consolidated core EBITDA increased 78.6% year-over-year to $353.6 million due to strong market conditions, increasing benefits from Transform, Advance, Grow ("TAG") initiatives, and the contribution of the recently acquired precast businesses
• Consolidated core EBITDA margin of 14.2% increased by 440 basis points compared to the prior year period 
• Reduced net leverage; clear visibility to <2x well ahead of the stated goal of mid-2027 

IRVING, Texas, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CMC (NYSE:CMC) (the "Company") today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended May 31, 2026.

CEO Commentary

"During our fiscal third quarter, we continued to make great progress on our strategic agenda across a number of fronts," said Peter Matt, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We substantially grew Core EBITDA, and made meaningful progress deleveraging our balance sheet. Our early-stage construction portfolio is benefiting from solid demand, along with strong booking and backlogs at attractive prices. The commercial and operating rigor that define CMC, together with the growing benefits of our TAG program, position the Company to deliver strong results in the fourth quarter and beyond."

Third Quarter Operational and Financial Highlights

For the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company reported consolidated net earnings of $173.0 million or $1.55 per diluted share, adjusted earnings were $193.0 million, or $1.73 per diluted share, an increase of 147.1% on a per-share basis versus the comparable prior year period. Consolidated core EBITDA for the fiscal third quarter increased 78.6% year-over-year to $353.6 million with all segments delivering significant adjusted EBITDA growth relative to the prior year period. Consolidated core EBITDA margins expanded to 14.2%, up 440 basis points year-over-year due to metal margin expansion, a $52.9 million contribution from the recent precast acquisitions, as well as improved Europe Steel Group performance.

Relative to the fiscal second quarter, significant improvement from the Construction Solutions Group ("CSG") and Europe Steel Group, more than offset headwinds in the North America Steel Group adjusted EBITDA.  Core EBITDA margins expanded 20 basis points sequentially.¹

Business Segments - Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Review

North America Steel Group

Third quarter North America Steel Group adjusted EBITDA was $253.5 million, an increase of 41% year-over-year driven by higher margins over scrap costs and benefits from CMC's TAG program. Metal margins increased $111 per ton, with average selling price for steel products increasing $130 per ton, while scrap costs were up only $19 per ton over the same timeframe. As a result, adjusted EBITDA margin was 14.2%, up from 11.5% in the prior year period. Finished goods shipment volumes for the North America Steel Group decreased 1.7% versus the prior year due to temporary inventory constraints related to the planned downtime, several lost shipping days due to heavy rainfall, which curtailed construction activity in certain markets, and increased commercial discipline in focusing on value over volume. Despite these headwinds in the third quarter, underlying demand remains solid. The project pipeline continues to grow, supported by public infrastructure spending, as well as mega-projects investments across data centers, semiconductors, and ongoing energy-related build outs, all of which are contributing to a healthy backlog. Downstream backlog volumes remained elevated above historical averages, with third quarter booking pricing increasing 15.5% versus the prior year period.  

On a sequential basis, segment profitability moderated due to a combination of three factors. First, planned maintenance outages across a number of mill operations increased costs and impacted shipments. Second, construction activity in key markets, including Texas was curtailed by heavy rainfall. Finally, the timing of price increases temporarily lagged fuel-driven scrap cost increases. These factors impacting third quarter results have proven temporary. Margins on steel products compressed by $13 per ton sequentially, as the average selling price increase for steel products of $15 per ton was more than offset by a $28 per ton increase in scrap costs over the same time period.      

Construction Solutions Group

CSG third quarter net sales doubled year-over-year to $394.6 million, while adjusted EBITDA of $97.4 million was up 138.1% year-over-year. Sales and adjusted EBITDA growth was fueled by the inclusion of CMC's precast acquisitions, which contributed $175.7 million to segment revenue and $52.9 million to segment adjusted EBITDA during the quarter, as well as a strong quarter for Tensar. Adjusted EBITDA margin of 24.7% was up 400 basis points relative to the prior year period.

Precast shipments experienced some weakness in select southeast markets in part driven by unfavorable weather conditions that led to delays. These conditions have started to normalize in the fiscal fourth quarter. Moreover, robust precast bidding activity, recent bookings, and strong backlogs supports solid performance in the fourth quarter. Tensar profitability accelerated year-over-year due to the strong demand environment and cost control actions. Performance for the other businesses within the CSG was stable relative to the year-ago period.

Europe Steel Group

For the third quarter, Europe Steel Group generated adjusted EBITDA of $34.7 million, up from $3.6 million in the prior-year period, benefiting from the receipt of a $20.4 million CO₂ credit and improved market conditions. Metal margin expanded by $37 per ton year-over-year as average selling price increased $34 per ton and scrap costs decreased by $3 per ton.  Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 11.9%, up from 1.5% in the year-ago period.

More constructive trade policy is beginning to support market conditions in Europe. As expected, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM"), implemented earlier this year, has strengthened domestic demand, with third quarter total steel shipments increasing 41.2% sequentially. Looking ahead, the combination of CBAM and improved EU trade measures effective July 1, 2026 and increased infrastructure spending in key markets is expected to support an improved operating and margin environment for the Europe Steel Group.

Balance Sheet & Capital Allocation

As of May 31, 2026, cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $563.2 million and available liquidity was nearly $1.8 billion. Net leverage adjusted for acquisitions² ended the quarter at 2.1x reflecting strong cash generation and balance sheet discipline. 

During the quarter, CMC repurchased 283,335 shares of common stock valued at $18.9 million in the aggregate. As of May 31, 2026, $128.9 million remained available under the current share repurchase authorization.

On June 24, 2026, the board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of CMC common stock payable to stockholders of record on July 6, 2026. The dividend, to be paid on July 15, 2026, will mark the 247^th consecutive quarterly payment by the Company.

Outlook

Mr. Matt added, "Looking to the fourth quarter, supported by favorable market conditions, robust backlogs, and our strategic initiatives currently underway, we are well positioned to finish fiscal 2026 on very strong footing. We look forward to providing additional updates on our long-term strategy, operations, and financial performance at our upcoming Investor Day in August." 

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, core EBITDA is expected to increase sequentially driven primarily by the following factors:

• Healthy domestic demand conditions and strong backlogs
• Stronger North America Steel Group adjusted EBITDA, reflecting the absence of the $20 million third quarter mill outage headwind, along with a similarly sized benefit expected from the combination of volume growth and margin expansion 
• Mid-teens adjusted EBITDA growth in the Construction Solutions Group driven by the contribution from the precast acquisitions and underlying momentum in the rest of the business
• Modestly higher adjusted EBITDA performance in the Europe Steel Group, excluding impacts from CO₂ credits

Investor Day

CMC previously announced it will host an Investor Day on August 5, 2026 to provide updates on its strategy, operations, and long-term growth outlook. The event will be webcast live via the Investor Relations section of CMC's website at www.cmc.com. Investors and other interested parties are invited to join the virtual event by registering in advance at the Investor Day section of ir.cmc.com. A replay of the webcast and accompanying materials will be available following the event.

Conference Call

CMC invites you to listen to a live broadcast of its third quarter fiscal 2026 conference call today, Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Peter Matt, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Lawrence, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host the call. The call is accessible via our website at www.cmc.com. In the event you are unable to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived and available for replay on our website on the next business day. Financial and statistical information presented in the broadcast are located on CMC's website under "Investors."

About CMC

CMC is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Irving, Texas, and a leading provider of early-stage construction solutions that support the foundational phases of modern infrastructure and building projects. Founded in 1915, CMC has grown from a single-site recycling operation to one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of steel reinforcing bar ("rebar"), a leading producer of subgrade soil stabilization and foundation enhancement solutions and a major supplier of concrete pipe and precast products.

Through an extensive manufacturing network primarily located in the United States and Central Europe, with strategic operations in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, CMC serves infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial and energy markets. While often unseen, CMC's products are essential to highways, bridges, airports, commercial buildings and other critical structures that support everyday life.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the expected performance of our recently acquired precast platform, general economic conditions, key macro-economic drivers that impact our business, the effects of ongoing trade actions, the effects of continued pressure on the liquidity of our customers, potential synergies and growth provided by acquisitions and strategic investments, demand for our products, shipment volumes, metal margins, backlog volumes, the ability to operate our steel mills at full capacity, particularly during periods of domestic mill start-ups, the future availability and cost of supplies of raw materials and energy for our operations, growth rates in certain reportable segments, product margins within our CSG segment, share repurchases, legal proceedings, construction activity, international trade, the impact of geopolitical conditions, the effects of CBAM and other EU trade measures on European demand and pricing, capital expenditures, tax credits, the timing, amount and recurrence of CO₂ or emissions-related credits. our liquidity and our ability to satisfy future liquidity requirements, our ability to achieve our stated deleveraging target within the anticipated timeframe, estimated contractual obligations, the expected capabilities and benefits of new facilities, the anticipated benefits and timeline for execution of our growth plan and initiatives, including our TAG operational and commercial excellence program, and our expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The statements in this release that are not historical statements, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by phrases such as we or our management "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "intends," "may," "plans to," "ought," "could," "will," "should," "likely," "appears," "projects," "forecasts," "outlook" or other similar words or phrases, as well as by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

The Company's forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and beliefs as of the time this news release was prepared. Although we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual results may vary materially. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, new information or circumstances or any other changes. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include those described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, as well as the following: changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products or construction activity generally, and the impact of such changes on the highly cyclical steel industry; rapid and significant changes in the price of metals, potentially impairing our inventory values due to declines in commodity prices or reducing the profitability of downstream contracts within our vertically integrated steel operations due to rising commodity pricing; excess capacity in our industry, particularly in China, and product availability from competing steel mills and other steel suppliers including import quantities and pricing; the impact of additional steelmaking capacity expected to come online from a number of ongoing electric arc furnace projects in the U.S.; the impact of geopolitical conditions, including political turmoil and volatility, regional conflicts, terrorism and war on the global economy, inflation, energy supplies and raw materials; increased attention to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters, including any targets or other ESG, environmental justice or regulatory initiatives; operating and startup risks, as well as market risks associated with the commissioning of new projects could prevent us from realizing anticipated benefits and could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our investments; impacts from global public health crises on the economy, demand for our products, global supply chain and on our operations; compliance with and changes in existing and future laws, regulations and other legal requirements and judicial decisions that govern our business, including increased environmental regulations associated with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions; involvement in various environmental matters that may result in fines, penalties or judgments; evolving remediation technology, changing regulations, possible third-party contributions, the inherent uncertainties of the estimation process and other factors that may impact amounts accrued for environmental liabilities; potential limitations in our or our customers' abilities to access credit and non-compliance with their contractual obligations, including payment obligations; activity in repurchasing shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program; financial and non-financial covenants and restrictions on the operation of our business contained in agreements governing our debt; our ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions and realize any or all of the anticipated synergies or other benefits of acquisitions; the effects that acquisitions may have on our financial leverage; risks associated with acquisitions generally, such as the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, required approvals under applicable antitrust legislation and other regulatory and third-party consents and approvals; lower than expected future levels of revenues and higher than expected future costs; failure or inability to implement growth strategies in a timely manner; the impact of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment charges; the impact of long-lived asset impairment charges; currency fluctuations; global factors, such as trade measures, military conflicts and political uncertainties, including changes to current trade regulations, such as Section 232 trade tariffs and quotas, tax legislation and other regulations which might adversely impact our business; availability and pricing of electricity, electrodes and natural gas for mill operations; our ability to hire and retain key executives and other employees; competition from other materials or from competitors that have a lower cost structure or access to greater financial resources; information technology interruptions and breaches in security; our ability to make necessary capital expenditures; availability and pricing of raw materials and other items over which we exert little influence, including scrap metal, energy and insurance; unexpected equipment failures; losses or limited potential gains due to hedging transactions; litigation claims and settlements, court decisions, regulatory rulings and legal compliance risks, including those related to the Pacific Steel Group litigation and other legal proceedings; risk of injury or death to employees, customers or other visitors to our operations; and civil unrest, protests and riots.

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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED)

This press release contains financial measures not derived in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measure are provided below.

Adjusted EBITDA, core EBITDA, core EBITDA margin and adjusted earnings are non-GAAP financial measures. Adjusted earnings per diluted share is defined as adjusted earnings on a diluted per share basis. Core EBITDA margin is defined as core EBITDA divided by net sales. The adjustment "Settlement of New Markets Tax Credit transactions" represents the recognition of deferred revenue from 2016 and 2017 resulting from the Company's participation in the New Markets Tax Credit program provided for in the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 during the development of a micro mill, spooler and T-post shop located in eligible zones as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. The adjustment "Litigation expense" represents a provision recorded in the three months ended November 30, 2024 related to the judgment in the Pacific Steel Group litigation and, with respect to subsequent periods, primarily represents interest expense on the judgment amount. The adjustments "Acquisition and integration related costs" and "Acquisition, integration and financing related costs" represent nonrecurring fees associated with the Foley Products Company, LLC ("Foley") and Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC ("CP&P") acquisitions. The adjustment "Purchase accounting effect on inventory" represents a one time fair value adjustment on inventory associated with the Foley and CP&P acquisitions. The adjustment "Amortization of acquired contract backlog" represents the amortization of the intangible contract backlog from the Foley and CP&P acquisitions.

Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as alternatives to, the most directly comparable measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. However, we believe that the non-GAAP financial measures provide relevant and useful information to management, investors, analysts, creditors and other interested parties in our industry as they allow: (i) comparison of our earnings to those of our competitors; (ii) a supplemental measure of our underlying business operational performance; and (iii) the assessment of period-to-period performance trends. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate financial performance.  We have not reconciled the forward-looking estimates of TAG-related EBITDA benefits to comparable GAAP measures because applicable information for future periods, on which these reconciliations would be based, is not readily available due to uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of metal margins, U.S. trade policy, cost levels of key production inputs, construction activity and related product demand, etc. Accordingly, reconciliations of the forward-looking estimates of TAG-related EBITDA benefits to net earnings are not available at this time without unreasonable effort.

A reconciliation of net earnings (loss) to adjusted EBITDA and core EBITDA is provided below:

A reconciliation of net earnings (loss) to adjusted earnings is provided below:

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