Kodak Reports 3Q 2024 Financial Results

Kodak Company reported financial results for the third quarter 2024.

“In the third quarter, Kodak continued to focus on the fundamentals of our long-term strategic plan: increasing operating efficiency, investing in innovation and driving smart revenue,” said Jim Continenza, Kodak’s executive chairman and CEO. “Our Advanced Materials & Chemicals group continues to emerge as a key part of our future and we continue to invest in AM&C growth initiatives, including the cGMP facility for manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients currently nearing completion at Eastman Business Park. Our legacy AM&C film business is growing rapidly, and we are investing capex to increase capacity to meet demand.

“In our commercial print business, we recently received an affirmative determination from the U.S. International Trade Commission in our tariff cases concerning imports of aluminum printing plates from Japan and China,” Continenza added. “This is an important win for the U.S. printing industry and Kodak because it establishes a level playing field in the U.S. plates business which will allow us to continue providing our customers with reliable supplies of high-quality plates

“We continue to gain momentum with our groundbreaking continuous inkjet press portfolio,” he noted. “Looking forward, we will continue to invest in streamlining our operations and developing the leading-edge products our customers expect from Kodak.”

For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2024, revenues were $261 million, a decrease of $8 million or 3% compared to the same period in 2023. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange, revenue declined $9 million or 3%.

GAAP net income was $18 million for the quarter, compared to $2 million in Q3 2023, an increase of $16 million or 800%. Operational EBITDA for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2024 was $1 million, compared to $12 million in Q3 2023, a decrease of $11 million. The decrease was primarily driven by higher manufacturing costs driven by an increase in aluminum costs, changes in employee benefit reserves, inventory reserve adjustment, as well as an increase in costs associated with certain litigation matters.

Kodak ended the third quarter with a cash balance of $214 million, a decrease of $41 million from December 31, 2023. The decrease was driven by capital expenditures primarily to fund growth initiatives, investments in technology systems and organizational structure and lower profitability from operations, partially offset by improvements in working capital primarily due to cash proceeds of $40 million from brand licensing in the first quarter of 2024.

“Kodak continued to execute on its long-term strategy in the third quarter,” said David Bullwinkle, Kodak’s CFO. “The decline in revenue, which slowed compared to recent quarters, reflects our ongoing focus on generating smart revenue to drive stronger profitability. Kodak ended the quarter with a cash balance of $214 million, compared with $255 million on December 31, 2023, which is in line with our expectations.

“The decline reflects our continued capex investments in supporting AM&C growth initiatives, along with building working capital in AM&C to allow us to keep customers supplied as we make improvements in our manufacturing facilities,” added Bullwinkle. “Looking ahead, we plan to invest in increasing operational efficiency and expanding manufacturing capacity to continue delivering reliable value to our customers.”