Standex International Q2 2026 Earnings Results & Report

Standex International EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $2.08
• Consensus EPS: $2.00
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.08
• One Year Ago EPS: $1.91
• EPS Beat Rate: 7 of last 8 quarters

Standex International Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $221.32 million
• Expected Revenue: $219.22 million
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$2.10 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: +16.60%

Standex International (NYSE:SXI) (NYSE: SXI) is a diversified manufacturing company headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. Founded in 1955, the company designs and produces specialized industrial and commercial products for customers in a range of global markets.

Standex’s businesses include electronic components and systems such as sensors, reed switches, magnetic components, fluid-level controls and high-voltage products. The company also provides precision engraving and texturing technologies used in tooling, packaging, printing and other manufacturing applications, as well as engineered hydraulic and industrial products.

Standex serves customers internationally through manufacturing and operating locations in North America, Europe and Asia. David A. Dunbar serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Its portfolio is focused on highly engineered products and niche manufacturing markets where technical expertise, customization and reliability are important.

Standex International Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Standex reported a record order intake of $231 million and a book-to-bill above 1 (consolidated 1.04; Electronics 1.08), supporting continued organic momentum and near-term revenue visibility.
• Positive Sentiment: Growth is being driven by new products and fast-growth end markets — new product sales rose ~13% to $16.3 million, and management expects new-product contribution to reach $85 million and fast-growth market sales to exceed $270 million in FY2026.
• Positive Sentiment: Profitability and cash generation improved with adjusted gross margin up 120 bps to 42.1%, adjusted operating margin at 19%, adjusted EPS of $2.08 (up 8.9%), and Q2 free cash flow of $13 million; net leverage fell to 2.3 after a ~$10 million debt paydown.
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term headwinds include margin pressure from growth investments and capacity ramp costs (Croatia, Mexico, Houston, India) and continued weakness in Specialty Solutions (revenue down 7.2% and a 600 bps margin decline), which could temper margin expansion in coming quarters.
• Neutral Sentiment: Management recorded a purchase-accounting revaluation (~$18 million) tied to the remaining 10% Narayan minority interest (reflecting strong performance), and is building an M&A pipeline in grid, sensors, and space — a potential source of upside but with future cash and approval considerations.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Standex International's Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. If anyone has any difficulties hearing the conference, please press star zero for operator assistance at any time. I would now like to turn the conference call over to Chris Howell. Please go ahead.

[Christopher Howe, Head of Investor Relations at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, operator, and good morning. Please note that the presentation accompanying management's remarks can be found on the investor relations portion of the company's website at www.standex.com. Please refer to Standex's Safe Harbor statement on slide two. Matters that Standex management will discuss on today's conference call include predictions, estimates, expectations, and other forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. You should refer to Standex's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as well as other SEC filings and public announcements, for a detailed list of risk factors. In addition, I'd like to remind you that today's discussion will include references to the non-GAAP measures of EBIT, which is earnings before interest and taxes, adjusted EBIT, EBITDA, which is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA margin, and adjusted EBITDA margin.

[Christopher Howe, Head of Investor Relations at Standex International Corporation]

We will also refer to other non-GAAP measures, including adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income from continuing operations, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted operating margin, free operating cash flow, and pro forma net debt to EBITDA. Adjusted measures exclude the impact of restructuring, purchase accounting, amortization from acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses, and one-time items. These non-GAAP financial measures are intended to serve as a complement to results provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Standex believes that such information provides an additional measurement and consistent historical comparison of the company's financial performance. On the call today is Standex's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, David Dunbar, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Ademir Sarcevic.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, Chris. Good morning, and welcome to our fiscal second quarter 2026 conference call. I am very pleased to present results that demonstrate our years-long efforts to build a growth engine at Standex are now reading through in top-line results. We recorded 6.4% organic growth and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.04, led by our Electronics segment, which grew 11.1% organically, with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08. The contributions from sales into fast growth markets, new product sales, and improving general industrial markets are now evident in our results. As such, the company is well-positioned to deliver mid- to high single-digit organic growth in the fiscal third quarter and remains on track to the fiscal 2026 sales outlook.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

I would like to thank our employees, our executives, and the board of directors for their efforts and continued dedication and support that drove our solid fiscal second quarter 2026 results. Now, let's look at the results beginning on slide 3. In the second quarter, sales increased 16.6% year on year. Contributing to this growth were new product sales and sales into fast growth markets. New product sales grew approximately 13% to $16.3 million. Sales into fast growth markets were approximately $61 million or 28% of total sales. These results have been literally years in the making as we begin our focus on new product development in fiscal year 2021 by increasing our R&D spending from 1% of sales to the current 3%.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

In the same year, we began directing our efforts to win more applications with customers serving fast growth markets. In our August earnings call, we said that we believed both efforts were reaching an inflection point and would deliver organic growth this fiscal year. These results show they are paying off. Orders of approximately $231 million were the highest quarterly intake ever, showing our growth engine continues to accelerate and setting us up nicely for the balance of the year. In the second quarter, sales increased 6.4% organically, with book-to-bill of 1.04, highlighted by the Electronics segment that grew 11.1% organically, with book-to-bill of 1.08. In addition, the Engraving segment grew 10.3% organically.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Adjusted gross margin of 42.1% was up 120 basis points year-over-year. Adjusted operating margin of 19% was up 30 basis points year-over-year. We paid down approximately $10 million of debt and reduced our net leverage ratio to 2.3. We are reiterating our fiscal year 2026 sales outlook. Barring unforeseen economic, global trade, or tariff-related disruptions, we expect revenue to grow by over $110 million from 2025. The drivers of this increase are the strong momentum we are seeing from new sales and sales into fast growth markets and the full year impact of last year's acquisitions.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

In fiscal year 2026, we expect new product sales to contribute approximately 300 basis points of incremental sales growth and have increased our expected sales from new products to $85 million from $78 million. We launched 4 new products in the second quarter and remain on track to release more than 15 new products in fiscal 2026. Sales from fast growth markets are expected to grow over 45% year-on-year and exceed $270 million. On a year-on-year basis, in fiscal third quarter 2026, we expect significantly higher revenue, driven by mid- to high single-digit organic growth from higher sales into fast growth end markets and increased new product sales, and slightly higher adjusted operating margin due to higher volume and favorable product mix, partially offset by growth investments and higher medical costs.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

On a sequential basis, we expect slightly to moderately higher revenue, driven by higher contributions from fast growth end markets and new product sales, and slightly to moderately higher adjusted operating margin due to higher volume and pricing and productivity initiatives, partially offset by growth investments. I will now turn the call over to Ademir to discuss our financial performance in greater detail.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, David, and good morning, everyone. Let's turn to slide 4, second quarter 2026 summary. On a consolidated basis, total revenue increased approximately 16.6% year-on-year to $221.3 million. This reflected organic growth of 6.4%, 9.4% benefit from acquisitions, and 0.8% benefit from foreign currency. Second quarter 2026 adjusted operating margin increased 30 basis points year-on-year to 19%. Adjusted earnings per share increased 8.9% year-on-year to $2.08. Net cash provided by operating activities was $20.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $9.1 million a year ago. Capital expenditures were $7.7 million, compared to $7 million a year ago.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

As a result, we generated fiscal second quarter free cash flow of $13 million, compared to $2.2 million a year ago. Now, please turn to slide 5, and I will begin to discuss our segment performance and outlook, beginning with electronics. Segment revenue increased 20.6% year-on-year to a record $115.7 million, driven by organic growth of 11.1%, acquisition benefit of 9.1%, and 0.4% benefit from foreign currency. Organic growth was driven by sales into fast growth markets and increased new product sales. Adjusted operating margin of 28.8% in fiscal second quarter 2026 increased 120 basis points year-on-year due to higher volume, pricing initiatives, and product mix.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Our book-to-bill in fiscal second quarter was 1.08, with orders of approximately $125 million. This marks the sixth consecutive quarter with book-to-bill near or above 1. As mentioned before, due to the customized nature of our products, the conversion cycle is longer, but with higher sustainable margins. The healthy order funnel is now being realized in our organic growth results. Sequentially, in fiscal third quarter 2026, we expect slightly to moderately higher revenue, reflecting higher sales into fast growth end markets and increased new product sales. We expect similar adjusted operating margin, primarily due to product mix and continued strategic growth investments. Please turn to slide 6 for a discussion of the Engineering Technologies and Scientific segments.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Engineering Technologies revenue increased 35.3% to $30.6 million, driven by a 33.4% benefit from recent McStarlite acquisition, organic growth of 1.2%, and 0.6% benefit from foreign currency. Organic growth was suppressed by delays in customer project timing. Adjusted operating margin of 18.9% increased 260 basis points year-on-year, primarily due to higher volume. Sequentially, we expect moderately to significantly higher revenue due to growth in new product sales and more favorable project timing. We expect slightly to moderately higher adjusted operating margin due to higher volume.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Scientific revenue increased 5.5% to $19.5 million, due to acquisition benefit of 8.1%, partially offset by organic decline of 2.6%, primarily due to lower demand from academic and research institutions affected by NIH cuts. Adjusted operating margin of 24.2% decreased 270 basis points year-on-year due to organic decline and product mix. Sequentially, we expect similar revenue and slightly lower adjusted operating margin due to product mix, investments in research and development, and tariff costs, partially offset by pricing and productivity initiatives. Now turn to slide 7 for a discussion of the Engraving and Specialty Solutions segment.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Engraving revenue increased 13.6% to $35.7 million, driven by organic growth of 10.3% from improved demand in Europe and North America, and 3.3% benefit from foreign currency. Adjusted operating margin of 19.2% in fiscal second quarter 2026 increased 490 basis points year-on-year due to higher sales and realization of previously executed restructuring actions. In our next fiscal quarter, on a sequential basis, we expect similar revenue and slightly lower adjusted operating margin due to project and regional mix. Specialty Solutions segment revenue of $19.8 million decreased 7.2% year-on-year. Operating margin of 10.7% decreased 600 basis points year-on-year. Sequentially, we expect moderately to significantly higher revenue and operating margin.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Next, please turn to slide 8 for a summary of Standex's liquidity statistics and capitalization structure. Our current available liquidity is approximately $213 million. At the end of the second quarter, Standex had net debt of $437.7 million, compared to net debt of $413.2 million at the end of fiscal second quarter 2025. Our net leverage ratio currently stands at 2.3. We paid down our debt by approximately $10 million during the fiscal second quarter 2026. In fiscal third quarter 2026, we expect interest expense between $7 million-$7.5 million. Standex's long-term debt at the end of fiscal second quarter 2026 was $534.7 million. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $97 million.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

We declared our 246th quarterly consecutive cash dividend of $0.34 per share, an approximately 6.3% increase year-on-year. In fiscal 2026, we expect capital expenditures between $33 million and $38 million. Relative to our debt leverage, we will continue to focus on paying down debt and anticipate that our leverage ratio will further decline through fiscal year 2026. I will now turn the call over to David for concluding remarks.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, Ademir. Please turn to slide 9. I'm very pleased to see the inflection in organic growth in the second quarter, as new product sales grew 13% and as fast growth markets contributed 28% of revenue. Organic growth was driven by our Electronics, Engineering Technologies, and Engraving segments. The year-on-year organic growth reflects actions and investments since fiscal year 2021. During this time, we ramped up new product development across our businesses and further positioned ourselves in fast growth end markets like grid, commercialization of space, and defense. We will continue to align our organic and inorganic growth investments around secular end markets and new products that expand our presence and deepen our customer relationships. This continued momentum in fast growth markets and from new product sales helped support a record order book in the fiscal second quarter.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

We are reiterating our sales outlook for fiscal 2026 and remain on track to achieve our fiscal 2028 long-term targets. We will now open the line for questions.

[Operator]

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. Should you have a question, please press the star followed by the 1 on your touchtone phone. Should you wish to cancel your request, please press the star followed by the 2. If you're using a speakerphone, please lift the handset before pressing any keys. Once again, that is star 1 should you wish to ask a question. Your first question is from Chris Moore from CJS Securities. Your line is now open.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

Hey, good morning, guys. Congratulations on another solid quarter. Thanks for taking a few. So,

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, Chris. Good morning.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

Good morning. Yeah, maybe we just start with more on the purchase accounting side. The $17.98 million, you know, redeemable non-controlling interest redemption value, I know that relates to the 10% that you could not acquire of Amran and Narayan. Maybe you could just kind of walk us through the math there and how that works.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, sure. Good morning, Chris, it's Ademir. So it's a bit of a technical answer, so we and we anticipated this question, so we prepared a few remarks. So let me try to explain. So, and kind of in general, whenever we acquire the business, you know, our goal is to ensure full alignment in objectives and incentives between owners of the business and Standex. And, you know, as in many cases, actually, owners and key management of the acquired business stay on board with us, not only to ensure successful integration, but also, frankly, to help us grow the business in the future. And that's been our key success with our prior acquisitions: really strong strategic, financial, and cultural fit.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

So last year, when we negotiated agreement to acquire Amran, and Amran is actually a U.S. legal entity, and Narayan, which is an Indian legal entity, and our goal was essentially the same: to ensure common goals and incentives between owners of the business and, and Standex. So in order to achieve this goal, we acquired 85% of Amran in cash and 15% with Standex shares. And then we also acquired 90% of Narayan in cash, and our plan was to acquire the remaining 10% of Narayan, an Indian entity, with Standex shares. Now this acquisition actually of the remaining 10% of Narayan with Standex shares was not possible at the time of acquisition because it was subject of approval by Indian government, as Indian nationals have restrictions on owning foreign equity.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Since we didn't have this approval at the time of Narayan acquisition, we included in the purchase agreement an alternative method to acquire the remaining 10% with cash, using the same 12x trailing twelve-month EBITDA multiple, which is measured at future points in time. So now, after 1 year, the Indian government approval was not obtained, and, you know, at this point, this approval is unlikely. Based on the original purchase agreement, minority owners of Narayan now have the right to sell us 1/3 of their remaining 10% interest in Narayan.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

And as a result of these two facts, per accounting rules, we had to record the increased value of remaining 10% of Narayan based on trailing twelve months Narayan EBITDA as of end of fiscal Q2 FY 2026, applying the same 12x multiple to frankly represent what it would cost Standex to acquire in cash the remaining 10% stake of Narayan as of today, as per the purchase agreement.... So really, Chris, it just shows, you know, the increased value of this business, you know, since, since the acquisition, and just frankly, a phenomenal performance that, you know, that, that this business has had as part of, part of Standex's Grid. Hopefully, that helps. I mean, I can read to you the explanation from the 10-Q, which is even more technical, but hopefully this helps clarify.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

No, it does. That, that was perfect. Thank you. Very, very helpful. All right, so on to, on to the business. So maybe just continue with, with Amran or Grid. So OEMs, you know, such as Schneider Electric, Siemens, GE, all found it more efficient to outsource, you know, the low to medium voltage transformers that, you know, Grid's providing much of the engineering that they had done in-house. So maybe just a question or two here. How would you characterize the competitive environment here? I'm just trying to understand if do most of these OEMs have multiple relationships with companies like, like, Amran, or are you sole sourcing? Or, you know, how does it work now, and, and what-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

What's your expectation moving forward?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Well, Chris, this is a great example of a customer intimacy market, and the idea of customer intimacy is that as customers design their next generation platforms, they've got their engineers focused on the most critical functionality within that platform. But there are other elements that are very important that must be custom-designed, and they need partners to do that. So over the years, instrument transformers have moved into that category, and Amran Narayan is quickly becoming a valued partner to the global equipment OEMs. If you zoom out and look at the global market for instrument transformers, about 40% of the instrument transformers are made by the electrical equipment OEMs, by the GE, Siemens, by Schneider, Eaton. They are outsourcing more and more of that, but not all of it.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

The other 60%, there are different suppliers in every region of the world. You know, they're not small family shops. These are businesses about the size of Amran Narayan, but there are a lot of suppliers out there around the regions of the world, and we feel that we, you know, we stack up well against all of them.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

Got it. Very helpful. And maybe just the last one for me, you know, maybe, you know, just bigger picture. India and EU just signed a trade deal. Just wondering, you know-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Uh-huh.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

Any thoughts there?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Well, yeah. Well, first of all, clarity in trade is good. Clarity and consistency so we can make our investment, make our plans. Now, if you think about the Croatia site that we've started up and now ramping up, we're installing machinery now there. That makes that Croatia site even more viable long term because that's there to serve the European market and leverages the India supply chain. So we don't know fully what the implications are, but it can only be good.

[Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities]

Got it. I will leave it there. I appreciate it, guys.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Thanks, Chris.

[Operator]

Thank you. Your next question is from Ross Sparenblek from William Blair. Your line is now open.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Hey, good morning, gentlemen.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Good morning.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Good morning.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Hey, on the electronics, can you maybe just help parse out the sales and order growth for the Grid business versus the legacy?

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, I mean, I, you know, again, our book-to-bill for the Electronics in total was, you know, over 1, you know, with, with the grid business being at about 1.2 book-to-bill, and the core business being at about, you know, 1 or 1.03, 1.04. I think even, you know, kind of a more of an info is, you know, that, that our orders in the Electronics business have been strong over the past 2 quarters or few quarters. And as you know, Ross, it takes us a little while to convert from orders into sales.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

So we are pretty pleased, you know, with what we are seeing in the overall order book, both in the core business and especially what we are seeing on the Grid business, because the demand is very strong.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

I'd just,

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

You know, there's three big pieces of our Electronics business. The Grid business continues to grow, kind of, as it has in the last few years. Our switches and sensors business with reed switches and relays is growing, you know, upper single digits, and the magnetics business, which is primarily North American business, is less than that. So our core Electronics business is mid-single digit.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, correct. Yeah, yeah.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

And then that is.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

And-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

The Grid business.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

So yeah, in the quarter, right, that's a good point. You know, in the quarter, Ross, you know, the grid business kind of got that organic growth rate because we lapped the year, got the organic growth rate for the whole total segment over 10%, with the core growing at about mid-single digits, organically.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay. So, I mean, you get the sense from the legacy side that you're starting to hit an inflection here.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yes.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Oh, yeah.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

seemed to indicate. But I mean, we kind of, you know, think through the end markets and the drivers. I mean, is there anything really to call out there? I mean, I know EVs was a story for a bit. You want some new content, aerospace and defense. Just what's helping, you know, sustain that legacy?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, on the legacy side, it's... Right, it's primarily the switches and the relays. Asia is very strong. There's a lot of economic activity in Asia. We're seeing a pickup in Europe. North America is still flat, so you look at the geographies. The end markets, our relay business is growing with test and measurement, sales relays into test and measurement equipment, and that's tied to electrification, grid, and data centers. Those are kind of things that stick out.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Yeah, okay. And then can you maybe help us bridge the second half walk to the $270 million of fast growth sales? But we comped over the Amran acquisition. You know, kind of by my math, it seems like the biggest $2 million are probably commercial space and grid. But I know we also have capacity coming online there, too, that might be inhibiting that in the next quarter or 2 on the grid side.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Well, yeah. So, yeah, so last year, our sales and fast growth were $184 million, and that included a partial year of the grid business. This year, we're saying $270+ million, and that's a full year of the grid business. Our sales into defense in North America are up $15-$20 million, space about $10 million, EVs about $5 million, and the rest, the rest is the grid growth, which is primarily the Amran and Narayan acquisition. But there's some sales into grid from our legacy magnetics.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay. I mean, that's kind of what you're baking it for the year. That's what you've already seen in the first half?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah. No, we're seeing that. Yeah, yeah.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay. I'm just trying to understand if there's gonna be a bigger mix shift towards the grid, since it is higher margin, or when, what the timing looks like there?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah. Well, it is higher margin, but-

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, no, no, you're right. You know, the grid business has higher margins. Just one thing, you know, Ross, that's important is, you know, we're also, you know, investing in growth and capacity expansion in grid. So, you know, there's gonna be some cost to set up our Croatia site, to expand in Mexico, you know, to get the Houston, Texas, you know, capacity expansion. So, you know, we do expect, you know, the margins kind of to continue to be very strong. But there is, there are some investments we need to make now to continue to sustain this, you know, exceptional growth, frankly, on the grid side.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay. Fantastic, guys. I'll hop back in queue. Thank you.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Thanks, Ross.

[Operator]

Thank you. Your next question is from Matt Koranda from Roth Capital Partners. Your line is now open.

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

Hey, guys. Good morning. Maybe just continuing on the electronics chain of questioning here. Maybe could you just run us through the state of play with the capacity expansion projects you have for Amran, Narayan, between Houston, Mexico, Croatia, just the status there and how that sort of informs the segment profit guidance that you've laid out for us?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, let me first kind of zoom out and talk about capacity expansion. Since we acquired the business, we've increased the capacity about 50%, and that's largely through the addition of additional shifts, with the work on lean, a little bit of automation. Now we're bringing on new sites. The Croatia site is now ramping up. We're moving machinery into our Mexico plant. So now, if you zoom out over five years, let's say within three to five years, we'll more than double the capacity with the addition of the Croatia site, the expansion into Mexico. We will move into a larger site in Houston. That should be up and running in about 18 months.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

expansion in India, and then just continued automation and Lean work will more than double the capacity in, you know, in 3-5 years.

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

Okay, got it. And, yeah, helpful on the capacity side. Just wondering, maybe, Ademir, can chime in on, on how that creates a little bit of a near-term drag on, on segment profitability. Just wanted to understand how that informs the guidance.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, yeah, I know for sure, Matt. So, you know, initially, obviously, to get the... for example, to get the Croatia site up and running, you know, you have to set up the site, you have to hire a general manager, you have to hire people, sales and marketing, production, et cetera. So there is some cost that's gonna be incurred before we get to, you know, the ramp up the production. So we don't expect electronics margins to decline in subsequent quarters. But, you know, I would probably tell you that, you know, I wouldn't expect them to increase in subsequent quarters as well.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, I guess a good way to say that is we are adding resource, project management, resource, expertise, and bringing up these new sites because it is so important. You know, we're doing that with the growth. We're paying for that through the-

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Correct

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

... and increasing margin. Margin would be higher right now if we didn't make those investments, but it would compromise the-

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

That's right

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

the capacity growth.

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

Okay, yeah, that makes total sense. Okay, and then on ETG, I think you guys mentioned maybe there was some organic growth that was held back by customer timing issues, and guessing, just based on the guidance, that that slides into the third quarter. But maybe just talk a little bit about,

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

-some of the-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, ab-

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

-takes there.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, absolutely. For longtime followers of Standex, this comes up pretty regularly in that business. Whether the customer, whether it's aviation, space, or defense, these are large shipments. They sometimes carry over from one quarter to the next, and it really is just a matter of timing. It's a-- maybe they couldn't get in it. There's a lot of reasons that could happen. They couldn't schedule a final inspection, but these, these things slip from one quarter to the next all the time. The backlog remains healthy and growing. Yeah, no.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, yeah, Matt, I mean, it could be... Yeah, and really, for ETG business, you kind of got to look at it over a 12-month period, you know, to normalize with some of these ebbs and flows. But, you know, David is right. It could be, you know, change in production on a customer side, you know, change in, you know, timing, when they need a product, would obviously affect when we work on the product, et cetera, et cetera. But over a, over a, you know, over a kind of a four quarters, it all equalizes out. But you're right, you know, we do expect some of the shifts from Q2 to happen-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yes

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

to happen this quarter.

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

Yep, understood. Okay, maybe just one more, if I could sneak one in. On the sort of the M&A front, just given where leverage is, it's coming down to a healthy place. It looks like line of sight-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Mm-hmm

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

... to under two at some point in the near future. Where are you focusing your efforts now, just given, you know, sort of the balance sheet looks like it's in order to maybe get larger stuff done, potentially? Just curious how, where your head's at on that.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

... Yeah, we are, we, we've had extensive discussions about this recently. We're obviously looking for opportunities in grid and building up a funnel of, of opportunities in grid, A, to help even accelerate the, the capacity expansion. And based on earlier, earlier questions, there are other companies out there that make instrument transformers, so we could expand the instrument transformer business. Our grid customers are asking us to expand the products we sell them. So we have some ideas from our customers, like Schneider and Eaton, about companies we could look at. So we're building up that pipeline.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

In our legacy electronics business, you know, we know that every time we work with a customer and we customize a switch, relay, or a sensor, there are other products that we could work on if we had a broader offering in that components and modules area. So you think about expanding our sensor and switch business into other related technologies, we're building up a pipeline there. So you don't be surprised if in the future you see us building that business out so we can offer a broader customer set. I guess the final area, you know, we're just we feel pleased we have so many great end markets to look at. Space, the space market is becoming a bigger and bigger opportunity. It is not just putting satellites in orbit anymore.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

If you look at the long-term plans some people have for space, there's gonna be a lot, a lot going on up there with different kinds of vehicles requiring different pieces of equipment. So we're also building up a funnel in, you know, kind of emerging capabilities in the space market.

[Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital]

Okay, sounds like a target-rich environment. I'll leave it there. Thanks, guys.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yes. Yeah.

[Operator]

Thank you. Your next question is from Gary Prestopino from Barrington Research. Your line is now open.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Hi, good morning, all. David, your new product sales, to date, how many products have you introduced? I think you did four this quarter. What is it to date?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah. Yeah, so to date, once you do 4 or 5, we're 9. 9 to date.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Okay, so you're gonna do greater than 15 this year, right?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yes. Yep.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Are there any new products that you put out that you would have considered, you know, more wildly successful than you initially thought as you were developing them?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Well, I tell you, in our, a lot of our sales in the commercialization of space are new products, and these are... You know, every year, we seem to take up our expectations of those. So the Engineering Technologies business with the Spincraft business have been very successful with their new products.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Okay, so that's where the new products are really hitting. Okay, and then are you at liberty to say if your fast growth markets are gonna do $270 million in sales this year? I would assume a lot of that jump year-over-year is due to what you're doing in the grid.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

So what percentage of your sales are going to the grid right now? Or out of that 270, what percentage of your sales would be the grid?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yes, I kind of ran through those numbers earlier, to another question, and, it just, it's just over half of that is into the grid. You know, 50, 52%-

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Okay.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

- or something like that. And that was the run rate we saw these last couple of quarters because we've got Amran fully in our numbers. And the rest, as I mentioned before, defense and space are the biggest pieces, with a little bit of EV and renewable energy.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Okay. And then just lastly, in terms of the Amran acquisition, is there any more residual carryover from that would impact the next two quarters in terms of from the acquisition, such as it would impact the income statement as it did this quarter?

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Oh, Gary, are you talking about this non-controlling interest adjustment?

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Yeah. Yeah, the non-controlling. Right.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, we will have... I mean, obviously, will not be this sizable because this was the annual true-up based on the two factors that, you know, kind of led us to have to book it this time. But yeah, I mean, it'll have to be adjusted, you know, on a quarterly basis going forward because the trailing twelve-month EBITDA for which the multiple is applied to is gonna change.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, I'm gonna say a word about that. We are delighted that we had to make that large an adjustment, because that means that business is doing great.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Mm-hmm.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

This incentive, this 10% of that Indian remaining in the hands of the owners, really completely aligns our incentives. I mean, I'm delighted at the cultural integration, at the cooperation we're getting from the teams. You know, our and so this is an accounting and a technical matter, but it's playing out the way we had hoped.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

No, I understand that, but what I'm just trying to get at is, because they still own 10%, we're gonna have this going forward for the next couple of quarters? I mean, does this ever end?

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Well, it would obviously end when the 10% is executed and either, you know, sold, you know, when we repurchase the 10%, you know, then it would end.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Then based on-

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

As long as... I'm sorry?

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. No, no, go ahead. I'm sorry.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

No, no, no. At the point when those 10% shares are, you know, transferred back to us and we purchase them, obviously, then, you know, this, this would go away. But as long as there is some portion of the minority interest that's owned by the prior owners in India, there will be, there will be, you know, there will be minority interest that has to stay on the balance sheet, and, you know, that we would have to pay for that, the remaining part at some point.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Actually, in the contract, we have put the call options, you know, the way that this agreement was structured, by which for the first three years, the owners have the right to essentially sell us their shares, and then we get the right to repurchase the starting in year four, so.

[Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research]

Okay, thank you.

[Operator]

Thank you. Your next question is from Michael Shlisky from D.A. Davidson. Your line is now open.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Good morning, and thanks for taking my questions. I want to follow up on your last answer there. I'm also just trying to make sure I get my, my hands around this. The eventual sale of the shares or purchase of the shares have to be approved by the Indian government, and could that be an issue? Will you be just consistently reevaluating this every quarter until they approve it?

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah. So to come back to the original agreement we had, we actually, the original objective was to purchase 10% of the Indian entity, Narayan, with Standex shares. And the Indian government, or the... It needs to approve an Indian national to own for equity of a foreign company. So, you know, if you're buying it with shares, there needs to be a government approval. If you're paying it with cash, obviously there is no government approval that's needed. That's a pretty straightforward transaction.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

That's what we're doing.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

And that's, I think, where we're going to end up at some point in time over the next few years.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Okay.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

No approvals.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Oh, got it. I know it's not your biggest segment, but I did notice the substantial margin decline in Specialty Solutions, and I was wondering if you could maybe share what was behind that. I know you mentioned one of the Engineering Technologies group. How about that one?

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, it's been just a very, very difficult end market in North America, Mike, in terms of where the Specialty Solutions is playing. And it's all North America, you know. And, you know, we do expect this quarter to get better. You know, we are seeing some order intake improvements in both businesses that make up the Specialty Solutions segment, and we do expect those margins to improve this quarter as the general market conditions improve. But it's market driven.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Okay. Okay. And just, and similarly, I wanted to touch on the, on the engraving business as well, because it was a little bit of a nice comeback coming here after a very long period of waiting.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Mm-hmm.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Can you just tell me a little about what the pipeline of business looks like in Engraving? Does it go beyond just couple quarters here?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we like we've said the last few quarters, we think that in North America and Europe, that activity bottomed out, and we were in the kind of in the trough in the last year. We do see that in North America, it's still kind of at similar levels. Europe is starting to pick up. We anticipate programs will be launched in America that will lead to work for us, you know, later in the summer and the fall. So we do see a pickup in that general, so the in our traditional business there. And another thing we're quite excited about is the increase in our new product sales for the year is actually out of the engraving business.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

You might remember in the summer, we talked about a new win they had making these differentiated parts using kind of some proprietary knowledge we have of soft trim process. So we're producing these parts. That is a new product for us. And, you know, the eight million dollar increase in new products is almost, it is largely from that business. So we think there's a pickup from that we'll see in the, you know, late this quarter and into Q4.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

But we are still overly cautious about the overall market.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

The raw market.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Raw market in engraving, the auto market.

[Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson]

Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. I will leave it there.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you, Mike.

[Operator]

Thank you. Your next question is from Ross Sparenblek at William Blair. Your line is now open.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Hey, thanks. Just follow-ups here.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Mm-hmm.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Just, quickly on the capacity. I mean, you, you've spoken to over $60 million roughly in Croatia, but can you just remind us on-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Where that stood when you acquired the asset on a dollar basis?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Uh, zero.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

All right.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

There were only the Croatia was just a request from customers to install-

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Yeah, I mean, the total, the total capacity of Amran. So I mean, you weren't precious in India.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

There's definitely some room to move to expand there.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, so the capacity of Amran at the time of acquisition was basically in line with the sales. It was about $100 million. We've increased that capacity of the existing, you know, capacity about 50%, and then we've got these other sites coming online in the-

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

And then just to clarify, we think through doubling that, are we doubling it off the, you know, original base, or where we stand today?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

No, no, no, no. No, in fact, we're more than doubling it with, yeah, based on the... If they're at 150 now, we'll, we'll more than double that in the next 3-5 with Croatia, Mexico, Houston, new expansion in India, and lean and automation.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Fantastic. Okay. And then just on Amran and just kind of qualitative and the competitive landscape, can you elaborate on the right to win there? Is it the scale, the relationships, or is it just kind of the prototyping and technical capabilities?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Amran? I didn't understand the question. Amran?

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Sorry. Yeah, on Amran, on the grid business. I mean, we're expanding globally. There's a lot-

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Got it.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

It's a fragmented market, regional players. I mean, what, what truly is kind of the right to win there for that business?

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Well, you know, customers are asking us to expand. They have earned a privileged position with the largest electrical equipment OEMs to create service levels. When we announced the acquisition, and then previous quarters, we've explained they have an advantage. The way their business model works, they can turn around prototypes faster. They can deliver faster than internal teams in a lot of our customers and from our competitors. They have a great track record for quality, and they've got a great supply chain in India, which gives them a cost advantage as well. So they win on a lot of fronts. All the expansion plans we're talking about are really at the request of customers. We don't have to go prospecting for business.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Customers are very open with us about their long-term plans, what they want us to do. So this is very, very collaborative effort to expand this capacity.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay. And then maybe just one final one here. We think of, like, the delta of, the mid to high single, at least put a finer point on those ranges and, you know, what could go wrong? What could go right? I know you guys have better visibility in some markets than others, but it feels like the cyclical pieces are pretty, pretty much at trough at this point.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think, yeah, I mean, that's right. I mean, we, we feel from a kind of an overall economic environment and where the, you know, when the global markets, how we feel we are, we are on the, you know... We, we bottomed out for sure, and now we are, we are starting to, to recover and see some, some increased demand. So yeah.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

In terms of what can go wrong, the reason, you know, back in August, we said that there's a lot of positive energy in the company because we feel we're reaching an inflection point where the new products and the fast growth markets are overcoming weakness in some other, you know, general industry markets. North America is still pretty weak. You heard about it in specialty. That's kind of a weaker spot in our legacy electronics business. So in terms of what could go wrong, if we don't see a pickup in North America, that would be a kind of a-

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Yeah, that's fair. Yeah.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Okay, so more macro-related. It's not, you know, timing of or any watch items regarding, like, maybe like the A350 or SpaceX or something like that.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

No.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

No.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

No.

[Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair]

Awesome. All right. Thanks again, guys.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

Thank you.

[Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation]

Thanks, Ross.

[Operator]

Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I will now hand the call back over to David Dunbar for the closing remarks.

[David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO at Standex International Corporation]

I want to thank everybody for joining us for the call. We enjoy reporting on our progress at Standex. Thank you also to our employees and shareholders for your continued support and contributions. I'm excited about the company's potential in fiscal year 2026 and look forward to speaking with you again in our fiscal third quarter 2026 call.

[Operator]

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, the conference has now ended. Thank you all for joining. You may all disconnect your lines.

Participants

Executives

• Christopher Howe, Head of Investor Relations
• David Dunbar, Chairman, President, and CEO

Analysts

• Ademir Sarcevic, CFO and Treasurer at Standex International Corporation
• Chris Moore, Senior Analyst at CJS Securities
• Ross Sparenblek, Analyst at William Blair
• Matt Koranda, Analyst at ROTH Capital
• Gary Prestopino, Analyst at Barrington Research
• Mike Shlisky, Analyst at D.A. Davidson