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LAYNE CHRISTENSEN CO

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q1 FY2019 10-Q, filed Jun 5, 2018. Its latest SEC filing is a SC 13G/A from Feb 14, 2019.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2018 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Provides water and sewer infrastructure services, drilling and mineral sampling to government agencies and municipalities, industrial and energy companies, and mining companies.

How Did They Make Money?

Customers pay Layne for drilling and infrastructure projects. For long jobs, revenue is counted as work progresses; shorter jobs count when customers accept the completed work, while separately sold equipment counts on delivery and acceptance.

FY2018 revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Government agencies and municipalities hire Layne for water and sewer work; industrial and energy businesses, utilities, and mining companies also buy its services. Public water-well and municipal sewer projects are generally competitively bid, while some industrial work is negotiated.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

No. It lost $27.3M in FY2018.

Operating income, FY2018
6% of revenue
▲ +339% vs FY2017 ($6M, 1%)
Net income, FY2018
−6% of revenue
▼ −48% (Loss) vs FY2017 (−$52.2M, −11%)
Free cash flow, FY2018
−9% of revenue
▲ +433% (Loss) vs FY2017 (−$8M, −2%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2018 annual report
Latest quarter: Q1 FY2019, the three months to Apr 30, 2018
Revenue
▲ +3%
vs $110.9M in Q1 FY2018
Net income
▲ Now profitable
vs −$23.5M in Q1 FY2018
  • Jun 14, 2018 Granite completed its merger with Layne Layne became a wholly owned subsidiary of Granite.

Shrank. Revenue fell 38% in 4 years, from $772.1M in FY2014 to $475.5M in FY2018, about 11% a year.

Exited Heavy Civil The older report describes Heavy Civil designing and building water infrastructure, tunnels, and biogas facilities; the latest report says Layne sold the business and excludes it from continuing operations.

Expanded into water delivery infrastructure The older report describes turnkey drilling for water management and lists Energy Services separately; the latest report describes Water Midstream within Water Resources, supplying energy producers through pipeline and storage infrastructure.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Insituform and Aegion

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