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spk00: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the FTC Solar Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participant lines are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star then 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference may be recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star then 0. I would now like to hand the conference over to your host today, Bill Michalik, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
spk01: Thank you, and welcome, everyone, to FTC Solar's second quarter earnings conference call. Prior to today's call, you've likely had opportunity to review our earnings release and supplemental slide presentation. If you've not reviewed these documents, they're available on the Investor Relations section of our website at ftcsolar.com. I'm joined today by FTC Solar's President and Chief Executive Officer, Tony Etteneyer, and Patrick Cook, the company's Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements based on our assumptions and beliefs in the current environment and speak only as of the current date. As such, these forward-looking statements include risks, uncertainties, and actual results and events could differ materially from our current expectations. Please refer to our press release and other SEC filings, including our 10Q, for more information on the specific risk factors. We assume no obligation to update such information except as required by law. As you would expect, we will discuss both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures today. Please note that the earnings release issued this morning includes a full reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the nearest applicable GAAP measure. In addition, we will discuss our executed contracts and unwarded orders, and our definition for this metric is also included in our press release. With that, let me hand it over to Tony.
spk07: Thanks, Bill, and good morning, everyone. I'll start with a few highlights from the quarter. First, I'm pleased to report that in spite of continued and worsening pressure on the global logistics costs and material lead times, our second quarter results came in within or above our guidance range on all metrics. This includes revenue of $50.1 million, which was above the high end of the range. We continue to see strong growth in our executed contracts and award orders. which have grown by 385% on a year-to-date basis through August 1st, with an additional $203 million added since our last update from June 1st. This includes adding a new top five EPC vendor to our customer base of contracted projects. When subtracting the amount of revenue included in reported first half revenue, that brings our new balance to $478 million to be delivered between the remainder of 2021 and 2022. Based on average lead times, we have the opportunity to continue to add to our contracted and awarded revenue for expected delivery in 2021 into the fourth quarter of this year. This backlog growth is important evidence of the growing appeal of our products in the marketplace, supported by our approach to limiting the impact to customers during this period of cost and supply uncertainty. We recognized our first revenue on the sale of our SunPath performance software. This was the third contract for our new software and the first for which we have recognized revenue. We continue to be excited about the long-term potential of this offering as a revenue and profitability driver for the company. SunPath can essentially provide additional risk-free revenue to our customers with a high margin profile for us as well. During the quarter, we sold our position in a minority investment, Dimension Energy, for a net payout of approximately $22 million, with the opportunity to receive an additional earn out of up to approximately $14 million based on that company achieving certain performance milestones. And finally, Based on our backlog growth and other progress this year, we see significant growth in the second half of the year, driven by Q4 with volume deliveries above one gigawatt in that quarter, with improvement in our profitability. I'll now discuss the current environment in more detail. We discussed last quarter the impacts of the global increases in the cost of logistics and commodities, including key inputs to trackers and solar arrays we're having on the industry. Specifically, we discussed that these factors are causing developers to take a closer look at uncontracted projects to reevaluate their construction timelines, and that certain developers were pushing out timelines by a quarter or two. Since our last update in early June, steel pricing has continued to remain elevated. Solar module pricing has remained elevated. and the global logistics environment has continued to deteriorate, with freight increasing another 40 percent into July and spiking further into August. We believe solar developers remain in a similar posture of reevaluation on those uncontracted pipeline projects. We've seen reports estimating that about 15 percent or more of projects are being delayed, which seems consistent with what we have observed in the market. In spite of these project delays, as I mentioned earlier, FTC Solar continues to see continued strong long-term demand growth in orders, which will show up much more meaningfully in revenue for us starting in Q4 and into 2022. To update our positioning and the actions we've taken in this environment, first, we continue to have a strong balance sheet, which allows us to withstand these short-term market dislocations. while working with our customers to minimize impact to project economics and develop innovative logistics solutions to provide them with price certainty. In addition to having a debt-free business, we added $181 million in cash as a part of the IPO, as well as another $22 million in liquidity from the sale of our stake in Dimension Energy in Q2. Second, we shared some of the logistics cost increases with our customers while largely absorbing the impacts in an unprecedented market. The additional impact to us in Q2 was approximately 10 million, with another 12 to 15 million expected in Q3. Our transition to alternate logistics methods for international shipment will begin to be realized in Q4. Providing our customers with price certainty reducing our overall cost structure, and eliminating unexpected price escalations during project execution. Third, regarding steel, given the tightness of supply in the market, we mentioned last quarter that we had contracted for the majority of our anticipated second half steel needs. At this point, our current contracted and awarded projects for 2021 delivery can more than utilize this capacity. And while steel lead times have extended, the relationships we have with our expanded supplier base has enabled us to secure the entirety of our new project requirements at the time of project contract, as we've done in the past, without the need for additional forward steel contracts. Fourth, we see opportunity for revenue acceleration of our SunPath software product, as increased site production is even more important to project economics in today's environment. The software can significantly increase overall project profitability and mitigate upfront cost increases, helping us and our customers improve margin. And finally, we continue to remain on track on our cost reduction roadmap that is expected to yield results in the second half of this year. This roadmap, in addition to procurement and volume manufacturing initiatives, includes our design to value initiative that identifies opportunities to either reduce materials needed to produce our tracker systems or optimize the design to reduce manufacturing costs. We believe this initiative can help to further mitigate unfavorable logistics impacts. While commodities and logistics are in the midst of a near-term dislocation, we believe the long-term demand for solar energy and trackers continues to increase, supported by many powerful growth drivers, including government policy. In summary, I believe the underlying fundamentals of the business are incredibly strong. We're in a growth market with a differentiated offering and seeing rapid customer adoption of our solutions. Our contracted and awarded orders are increasing at triple digit rates, and we are gaining new customers. And we have an asset-light model with a strong balance sheet. We are really executing as a business with one primary negative driver, the current logistics environment, masking some of that performance. We've developed a solution for that, which has been implemented during the fourth quarter. And as Patrick will discuss, we believe we are well positioned to significantly outpace overall market growth again in 2021. With that, I'll turn it over to Patrick.
spk03: Thank you, Tony, and good morning, everyone. I'll provide some additional detail on our second quarter performance and outlook. As a reminder, our year-over-year comparisons reflect a significant amount of growth in our personnel and corporate infrastructure ahead of becoming a public company, which occurred in the second quarter. These items make for year-over-year comparison a bit less meaningful. Beginning with results for the second quarter, total revenue was $50.1 million, which, as Tony mentioned, was better than our target range, largely due to production timing between quarters, as well as additional logistics recovery costs from customers. This represents a decline of approximately 2 percent compared with the second quarter of 2020 on slightly lower product volume. Gap gross loss was 16.1 million, up from 1.4 million in the prior year, driven primarily by approximately $10 million in increased logistics expense that was not passed along to our customers. a strong ramp-up in employee count and other overhead expenses to support the company's strong growth trajectory, and a $7.2 million increase in stock-based compensation associated with the transition to being a public company. GAAP operating expenses were $59.9 million, including $49 million in stock-based compensation as a result of the company's IPO. The size of the stock expense in the quarter was driven primarily by the accelerated nature of how certain performance-based share grants are recognized, including a one-time gift of shares from one of our directors to employees. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding stock-based compensation and certain other expenses, operating expenses were $8.3 million, better than our guidance range due to timing between quarters. This compares to $4.2 million in the year-ago quarter with the increase driven primarily by necessary growth in staffing and other public company preparations. GAAP net loss was $55.8 million, or 70 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $6.8 million, or 9 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP net loss, which excludes $20.6 million gain from the sale of a minority investment in Dimension Energy, and a $56.2 million impact on stock-based compensation, IPO-related expenses, and consulting fees and other non-cash items with $17 million or 21 cents per share. This was also within our guidance range despite absorbing an additional $10 million in logistics expense in the quarter as a global logistics environment worsened and not all of the costs were shared with our customers. as this result compares to non-GAAP net loss of $5.6 million, or $0.08 per share, in the year-ago quarter. During the second quarter, we completed our initial public offering, proceeds to the company, net of fees and expenses, and after completion of the stock repurchase described in our S-1 were approximately $181 million. Also during the quarter, we sold our minority investment position, Dimension Energy, and received an additional $22 million or so in cash. We believe our strong liquidity position continues to differentiate us in the marketplace, gives customers and other stakeholders incremental confidence in our ability to invest in our growth, and positions us to weather any short-term uncertainties. With that, let's turn to our outlook. As we look ahead, we expect to see sequential revenue growth for the remainder of the year. The third quarter should see improved revenue. However, as Tony described, a continued worsening of the logistics cost will result in incremental impact of between $12 and $15 million in Q3, which will delay improvement in our profitability until the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, due to the timing of contract and project deliveries, we are expecting a significant sequential increase in revenue. Since we have implemented alternative shipping in Q4 for the bulk of our deliveries, we also expect corresponding improvement in our profitability. As we put together our outlook, we took several additional factors into consideration, including the strong demand for our tracker solutions, even in the face of elevated steel, logistics, and other solar project input costs that are causing solar developers to reevaluate construction timelines for uncontracted projects. The additional logistics charge not passed through to our customers I mentioned. Our use of innovative ways to reduce project logistics costs using alternative shipping methods, which we believe will help mitigate some of the margin impacts from increased logistics expense with the benefit beginning during the fourth quarter and continuing into 2022. Continued implementation of our cost reduction roadmap that is expected to yield results in the second half of this year further mitigating unfavorable commodity and logistics impacts, and the potential for revenue shifts between periods associated with the current size of our company, fast-paced growth, and large size of several projects in the pipeline. Based on these and other factors, including our current backlog and forecast in accounting for direct cost uncertainty for the third quarter, we expect revenue of $56 million to $62 million, non-GAAP operating expenses between $8.7 and $9.7 million, and adjusted EBITDA loss between $19.7 and $14.7 million, assuming approximately $12 to $15 million in an incremental logistics impact. For the fourth quarter, we expect to see significant increase in revenue related to the third quarter, with the partial implementation of our new logistics method beginning to take effect in the quarter as well as our cost roadmap reduction initiatives. We expect to make significant progress towards profitability on an adjusted EBITDA basis. For the full year, we expect revenue to exceed $310 million. This outlook, which results in full year revenue growth in excess of 65%, which is anticipated to be substantially faster than overall market growth expectations. With that, I'll turn the call over to the operator, and we can take any questions you may have. Operator?
spk00: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star then 1 on your telephone. To withdraw your question, please press the pound key. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from the line of Pavel Mokunov with Raymond James. Your line is now open.
spk08: Thank you for taking the question. A lot of your supply chain is in East Asia, which is currently experiencing the worst COVID metrics in that part of the world that we've seen throughout the pandemic. So places like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and even China. Can you talk about any manufacturing or supply disruptions beyond the logistics constraints that any of your Asia-Pacific suppliers are currently experiencing?
spk07: Hi, Pablo. Thank you for the question. Appreciate that. This is Tony. Our supply chain is global. We do, in fact, have operations in Asia and in East Asia. We also have supply chain locations in India, as well as in Europe and in the United States. And so what we always look to do is to consider the manufacturing capacity implications, the timing of projects, and then associate our supply chain requirements to those. We certainly throughout all of 2021 had to deal with short-term factory disruptions in our factories and our contract manufacturing partners. And we've been able to mitigate those and continue to deliver to customers because of the flexibility of that supply chain and our ability to move material from location to location. So certainly that is something we have to plan and prepare for and something that we've demonstrated the ability throughout the last two quarters to deliver to expectations in spite of those short-term disruptions in factories.
spk08: That's helpful. Let me follow up on steel specifically. When we look at benchmark Shanghai, for example, steel futures pricing, it looks like it peaked sometime in the perhaps May-June timeframe and came off about 10% since then. Are those benchmark prices indicative of your materials in terms of steel sourcing?
spk07: Those are good high-level guides for the trends for overall steel cost and the input cost to the system. There are, of course, always going to be market dynamics that will drive that as well, capacity limitations in factories that can drive specific market dynamics, but I think, Paul, those are good, high-level guides for us, and those are the same metrics that we use in order to prepare our forward-looking view.
spk08: Thank you very much.
spk00: Thank you. Our next question comes from a line of Philip Shin with Roth Capital Partners. Your line is now open.
spk05: Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. First one is you guys referenced innovative logistics solutions that you're embracing and implementing coming up. Can you talk through what they are and what kind of financial benefit do you see? Do you think you can quantify that benefit in any way?
spk07: Thanks for the question, Phil. Sure. So what we're doing in the logistics front and as as we mentioned during the comments at the start of the call, we will begin to see those take meaningful effect in the fourth quarter and then more fully into 2022. Fundamentally, containerized freight is where the tightness in the market exists and where the escalations of pricing exist. And so what we have done is using alternate shipping methods like break-bulk shipping methods We've taken full ship contracts, and our team is managing the execution of those in concert with our contract manufacturing suppliers to align deliveries to projects in our forward-looking forecast. And so what that does is allow us to take greater control over the logistics timing and greater control and certainty over the logistics cost based on our higher control of that ship's capacity. With respect to the impact to the financials and the impact to costs relative to today, you know, we see that to be a significant improvement. But still, in the long term, as you compare it to more historical logistics cost rates, we would see it still to be a higher cost structure than what we've expected as a baseline in 2019, early 2020.
spk05: Okay, thanks, Tony. And then as a follow-up here, with your Q3 guidance, I was wondering if you might be able to split out the ratio between service and product revenue. We saw, I think, in Q2 that ratio is close to service to the product revenue and was wondering if if you expect to see a similar ratio there, and then for that to, as you were just mentioning, improve in Q4. And then in addition to that ratio, how much of that do you think you can pass along? Can you pass along the full amount of logistics impact in Q3? And if not, do you think you might be able to pass the full amount along by Q4? Thanks.
spk03: Yeah, in terms of the product and services revenue, Phil, this is Patrick. You know, I think we would expect to see the same ratio at least in the near term on a go-forward basis based on how we recognize revenue. And in terms of kind of passing off the overall logistics costs, you know, we continue to work with our customers in Q3 in order to, you know, maintain and pass those costs off to the extent possible. But, again, as Tony mentioned, the break-bulk shipping allows us for a lot more certainty in those pricing and takes out a lot of the degrees of flexibility or degrees of variability out of the processes.
spk05: Great. Okay. Thanks, Patrick. And one more, if I may, here. I was wondering if you might be able to give an update on the Samsung project, Samsung project. Specifically, has the next tranche of opportunity been put out to bid, or do you think that might have been delayed as a result of the elevated costs? And what's the potential for that project to be delayed as well? Thanks.
spk07: I don't think we should speak to the timing of our customers' projects, Philip. We're continuing to execute on the orders we have relative to that particular project and look forward to more opportunities with that particular customer.
spk05: Great, Tony. And as it relates to the next tranche of megawatts there, was that ever put out to bid or has that – or can you not comment on that?
spk07: Yeah, I don't think we can comment at this time on that, Phil.
spk05: Got it. Thanks for the questions, and I'll pass it on. Thanks. Thank you.
spk00: Thank you. Our next question comes from a line of Mahib Manloy with Credit Suisse. Your line is now open.
spk02: Hey, morning. Thanks for taking the questions. Maybe just one high level on that 15% remark on projects being detailed. Could you just talk about if you're seeing those delays in your orders for the U.S. customers or is this international? I just want to understand the geographic mix here. And also, are you seeing any cancellations or hearing about them either for this year or for next year?
spk07: Thanks for the question, Mahim. What I'd say is, in the comments we made, we're really around those projects that have not been contracted. So projects we see in our pipeline that are uncontracted, both in the US and internationally, where developers are making decisions to delay those projects by a quarter or two. Within our contracted and awarded pipeline, we're not seeing very material movement in those project timing. It's more in the projects where a decision has not been made to execute, and those projects are seeing some movement as those developers optimize the timing infrastructure.
spk02: Right. So how should we think about the first half of 2022 or second half, assuming your current backlog or current awarded backlog extends for the next 12 to 18 months, right? Does that imply like you could see a slowdown in the second half of next year or is it maybe too early just given all the moving pieces with the supply chain?
spk07: So we're not providing specific guidance in those periods, to be clear. What we have communicated is a continued increase in our contracted and awarded revenue. Added over $200 million in contracted and awarded revenue just in the last two months. And the figures that we quoted were for deliveries both in the remainder of 2021 and into 2022. At this point, not providing any further guidance on 2022, just beyond what we've done for full year 2021.
spk02: All right, I appreciate that. And just one last one, and I'll just come back in the queue. The adjusted EBITDA guidance for Q4, could you just probably talk about, does this imply like a break-even EBITDA basis with that margin recovery in Q4, or how should we think about that?
spk03: Thanks for the question, Mahit. You know, from our perspective, we're not providing Q4 guidance as it relates to EBITDA, but based on, you know, obviously the increased volume, the improvement in the cost roadmap and the design to value initiatives that are on plan, as well as implementing partially the break-bolt shipping container logistics methodology, we expect to make substantial improvement towards profitability and moving in that direction, but we have not given specific guidance.
spk00: All right.
spk02: Thanks for taking questions.
spk00: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star within one on your telephone. Our next question comes from the line of Julian Dumoulin-Smith with Bank of America Securities. Your line is now open.
spk06: Hey, good morning, team. Thanks for the opportunity to connect. Good morning, Julian. How are you? Quite well. Thank you so much. Team, if you don't mind, how much risk do you see to full your 21? Really, when you think about what's implied on 4Q that gives you $130 million to $135 million, against the 310 full year target if you subtract out your third quarter guidance here. How do you think about the certainty there? Because on the one hand, obviously, it's a fairly large uptick implied in the 4Q, but frankly, on the other, you seem to imply that you've got a pretty good line of sight vis-a-vis backlog slipping into 4Q, right? So you've probably got a pretty good confidence level around that. Can you speak to that a little bit?
spk07: Sure, Julian. Yeah, you know, I think the way I think about that is, you know, as we stated, just in the last two months, we've added over $200 million in contracting award revenue. That's for both the remainder of 2021 and into 2022. That's alone double the contracting award revenue that we entered 2021 with. So the sequential growth of the business is very strong. Where the guidance we provided of $310 million for a full year We are very comfortable with the guidance that we provide and very pleased with the work the team has done to continue to grow that contract and awarded basis and look forward to executing that as we communicate.
spk06: Got it. All right, fair enough. Can you speak a little bit more to the new customers you talked about a moment ago? I mean, how is penetration into novel customers rather than just repeat business expanding here, if you will, right, as you think about the sources of that incremental, you know, the recent backlog ads as well as prospectively your customer conversations where they stand today?
spk07: Yeah, thanks for the question. You know, clearly a strategic objective for us as a business is to continue to grow our with the leaders in the market. And we communicated on the call today a new customer who's a top five EPC. We're continuing to grow strength with the top developers in the country. And internationally, as our pipeline grows, we're continuing to make progress in building that opportunity pipeline with leaders internationally. So that's a focus for us. We're very pleased to have won an award with another top five EPC in the U.S., and that's a strategic business objective for us that we continue to pursue very aggressively.
spk06: Got it. And then lastly, if you can, can you speak a little bit more to how you're thinking about the ability to pass on some of these higher costs, whether it's obviously steel or or frankly, more importantly, logistics in incremental bids here. How should we think about your ASP trends here? I mean, it seems like that too implies fairly nice trend here for Q, but more importantly, do you think thereafter?
spk07: It's always our objective, Julian, to be transparent with our customers on the input cost increases and the implications of those input cost increases on ASPs. And so as steel price increases, as logistics costs increase, and as we prepare those proposals for our customers, we are transparent about the impacts of those and are communicating those increases as we win those projects. As we procure steel, again, we are procuring steel concurrently with winning the purchase order to narrow that variability in steel costs increases throughout the life of the project. Logistics environment, much more difficult because the The containerized logistics and the premium rate and general rate increases are continuing to increase over time. Those are more difficult for us to forecast, and we've communicated both in Q2 and in Q3 what the impacts of those were. That's why the transition for us to the break-bulk shipping methodology taking place in Q4 and then further into Q1 is so important because it provides that cost certainty and limits that cost escalation for us. And that's where we're focused as a business. We believe that's the best thing we can do to service our customers is to provide certainty and then protect ourselves through driving solutions that guarantee that certainty going forward. And that's the approach we've taken.
spk06: Guy, if I can see one more in here really quickly here. One of your European peers has pivoted to offering multiple solutions here, 1P and 2P, just in recent months. Any thoughts, perspectives as you look at your customer needs? Any thoughts on providing a wider array of products akin to your peer?
spk07: Thanks, Julian. Our R&D team, our strategic objectives are always to look at what the right solutions are, And so we'll continue to pursue those opportunities, whether those are organically developed or not. We'll continue to look to see what we think we need to provide that are high-value racking solutions to the marketplace. That's where we think we shine is in the value addition benefit of our products. And as we can continue to do that and what the right structure is to do that, we'll continue to deliver to our customers. So we keep an open mind. to what the right product set should be and pursue that in both our R&D activities. Nothing to speak to specifically today.
spk06: Got it. All right. Well, best of luck. We'll speak soon. Thank you, Julie.
spk00: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Moses Sutton with Barclays. Your line is now open.
spk07: Hi. Thanks for taking the questions. The $12 to $15 million incremental impact in 3Q for Logistics, Is that incremental to 2Q's $10 million, or is that an incremental or excess freight impact versus a normal environment such as 3Q20?
spk03: That is the – let me know if I'm not answering your question. The $12 million to $15 million that we laid out is the incremental logistics impact that's going to be taken in that quarter based on the increased logistics rates.
spk06: Sorry, off of what base?
spk03: Off of the 2Q base or off of the prior years? I would say off of the Q1 base would be most accurate.
spk07: Got it, got it. And then given the acute impacts from logistics and steel, et cetera, any expectation you'd need to draw at all on the $100 million line of credit, any point in the sort of near term? And are you actually able yet, or based on covenants, do you first need to reach a certain minimum adjusted EBITDA?
spk03: So based on our forward-looking liquidity forecast, you know, we have no anticipation of utilizing or drawing down on that corporate credit facility. That's not in our plan to utilize that facility in any capacity. We do have the ability today to utilize it. It is not sitting there static, but we do have the ability to utilize it. Great, great.
spk07: And then from the $478 million contracted and awarded fund, Can you give the amount specific to 2022? I know as of last quarter you had noted $167 million in the press release was specific to 2022. So as we look at the breakout and the guidance we provided for full year 2021, that number in 2022 would be in excess of $280 million. Great. Thank you. Thank you.
spk00: Our next question comes from the line of Jeff Osborne with Cowan & Company. Your line is now open.
spk04: Hey, good morning. I just had two quick ones here. You made reference to logistics recovery costs. Can you just explain accounting-wise how that works, and then what periods are you making the recoveries from? Is that 2Q flowing through to 3Q, or is it within the same periods?
spk03: So in terms of the recovery – thanks, Jeff, for the question. In terms of the logistics cost recovery and the revenue recognition associated with those, we did recoup some of the costs in Q2 of 2021. And part of that would be a modification of the contract, which would, in fact, increase revenue slightly for that increased logistics cost.
spk04: Do you anticipate any other contract adjustments, or as the new shipping methodology takes hold in Q4, that any such adjustments and uncertainty with your customers wouldn't be needed? That's my understanding, but I just want to be clear.
spk03: Jeff, that's accurate. I mean, I think the contract modifications that we've put in place are the ones that we're currently expecting to put in place. And then with the break-bulk shippers, you know, we expect that to be more fixed on a go-forward basis.
spk04: Got it. My last question is just you mentioned at the top of lengthening lead times, I believe on your supplier side. Can you just remind us what normal lead times are for your raw materials and what they are today?
spk07: Sure. This is Tony. So our stated lead times from order to delivery in 2019 and early 2020 were in the 8- to 12-week range based on where we would source material and where the project was. We're seeing those total lead times closer to 20 to 24 weeks. When you add in the incremental lead time for sourcing steel, the incremental lead times for our securing the break-bulk vessels and the sailing times for those. And so that's been a significant change. We've had to work with our customers to forecast those and make sure that we're aligning with their delivery schedules.
spk04: Got it. That's all I have. Thank you.
spk00: Thank you. There are no further questions. I will now turn the call back to Bill Michalik for closing remarks.
spk07: Yeah, thank you. This is Tony. You know, as I think about the business, just to summarize our call, we believe the underlying fundamentals are very strong. Q2 came in from a revenue standpoint above our guidance, and in a very difficult environment, we're able to manage the rest within the guidance that we provided. We've added $200 million in contract and award revenue just in the last two months. We're guiding to a 65% revenue growth in this year, and our orders are growing at a triple-digit rate. We're adding new customers, and we're adding leaders in those new customers. We have a strong balance sheet, and the cost roadmap, which is fundamental to the profitability improvement of our business, is on track. The global logistics environment has been very difficult and has really pushed our plan for profitability out by a quarter. The good news is we have solutions in place. And those solutions begin in Q4 and into 2022, and we're excited about where the business is going. So I want to thank you all for joining us today and your interest in FTC. Look forward to speaking with each of you again next quarter if we don't get the chance to do that before that. Thank you very much.
spk00: Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.
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