Parsons on Tuesday posted higher third-quarter earnings due to a tax benefit, sales up on acquisitions in its Federal Solutions Segment, and to a lesser degree on an increase in organic revenue.
Net income climbed 38% to $56.8 million, $0.57 earnings per share (EPS), from $41.2 million ($0.52 EPS). Adjusted earnings were up a percent to $84 million ($0.52 EPS), topping consensus estimates of $0.37 per share.
Sales increased 5% to a record $1 billion on growth in the Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments. Sales in Federal Solutions were higher largely due to acquisitions in the past year and a percent of organic growth, while the Critical Infrastructure segment was slightly up on an increase in organic sales.
Bookings in the quarter were robust at $1.1 billion and total backlog stood at $8.3 billion, up 4% from $8 billion a year ago. Order activity was driven by awards in the Federal Solutions segment, which recorded the largest cyber contract in its history, the $590 million Combatant Commands Cyber Mission Support award.
The company also won five other contracts in the third quarter worth over $100 million.
Free cash flow was $161 million.
Parsons also promoted Carey Smith to president in addition to her job as chief operating officer.
“This promotion recognizes Carey’s contributions to our transformation and adds additional functions under her leadership to enhance support to our customers and customer-facing teams,” Chuck Harrington, chairman and CEO of Parsons, said in a statement.
During the quarter, Parsons received a $137 million contract modification for technology insertion and completing the testing and commissioning phase of the Energy Department’s Savannah River Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
It also wrote a key analysis of DOE’s plan for production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores through its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration.
