ATS Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ATS Corporation (TSX and NYSE: ATS) ("ATS" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the three and nine months ended December 28, 2025. All references to "$" or "dollars" in this news release are to Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Third quarter highlights:

• Revenues increased 16.7% year over year to $760.7 million.
• Net income was $30.0 million compared to $6.5 million a year ago.
• Basic earnings per share were 31 cents, compared to 7 cents a year ago.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $105.2 million compared to $87.5 million a year ago.
• Adjusted basic earnings per share¹ were 48 cents compared to 32 cents a year ago.
• Order Bookings² were $821 million, compared to $883 million a year ago.
• Order Backlog² was $2,053 million, compared to $2,060 million a year ago.

“Today, ATS reported third quarter results for fiscal 2026,” said Doug Wright, Chief Executive Officer. “Results reflected solid organic revenue growth across our diversified portfolio, including continued momentum in services. Order bookings in the quarter reflected activity in multiple end markets. Disciplined execution also supported continued progress on working capital and balance-sheet strength, with leverage ending the quarter at the top end of our target range.”

Year-to-date highlights:

• Revenues were $2,225.8 million compared to $1,959.0 million a year ago.
• Net income was $87.9 million compared to $40.9 million a year ago.
• Basic earnings per share were $0.90, compared to $0.42 a year ago.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $310.5 million compared to $271.8 million a year ago.
• Adjusted basic earnings per share¹ were $1.33 compared to $1.07 a year ago.
• Order Bookings¹ were $2,248 million, compared to $2,442 million a year ago.

Mr. Wright added: “Looking ahead, I’m encouraged by the strength of our portfolio, the depth of our leadership team, and the discipline embedded in the ATS Business Model. As I continue to deepen my understanding of the business, my focus is on translating learning into action, particularly around execution discipline, margin performance, and capital allocation. These fundamentals position us well to navigate the current environment and build long-term value for customers and shareholders.”

Financial results
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CEO Appointment and CFO Transition
On December 16, 2025, the Company announced the appointment of Doug Wright as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Wright joined ATS on January 12, 2026.

Separately, on January 19, 2026, the Company announced that Ryan McLeod will resign as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 15, 2026, to pursue an opportunity in an unrelated industry. Anne Cybulski, Vice President, Corporate Controller, will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. McLeod’s departure, and a search for a permanent replacement is underway.

Third quarter summary

Third quarter of fiscal 2026 revenues were 16.7% or $108.7 million higher than in the corresponding period a year ago, primarily due to a year-over-year increase in organic revenues (revenues excluding contributions from acquired companies and foreign exchange translation) of 12.6%, in all markets, with the exception of transportation, as expected, alongside a 4.1% positive impact of foreign exchange translation. Revenues generated from construction contracts increased 12.9% or $44.3 million from the prior period primarily due to organic revenue growth on higher Order Backlog entering the period, and the positive impact of foreign exchange translation. Revenues from services increased 29.4% or $46.4 million, primarily due to organic revenue growth on higher Order Backlog entering the period, and the positive impact of foreign exchange translation. Revenues from the sale of goods increased 12.0% or $18.0 million primarily due to organic revenue growth on higher Order Backlog entering the period, and the positive impact of foreign exchange translation.

By market, revenues generated in life sciences increased $14.7 million or 3.9% year over year. This was primarily due to the positive impact of foreign exchange translation. Revenues generated in consumer products increased $48.9 million or 57.4% year over year primarily due to organic revenue growth, including contributions from warehouse packaging automation projects. Revenues generated in food & beverage increased $11.5 million or 10.2% from the corresponding period last year due to the positive impact of foreign exchange translation, in addition to organic revenue growth on higher Order Backlog entering the quarter. Revenues in energy increased $44.6 million or 161.6% year over year due to organic revenue growth on higher Backlog Order entering the quarter. Revenues in transportation decreased $11.0 million or 22.1% year over year due to lower Order Backlog entering the quarter.

Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was $30.0 million (31 cents per share basic), compared to net income of $6.5 million (7 cent per share basic) for the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase primarily reflected higher revenues. Adjusted basic earnings per share were 48 cents compared to 32 cents in the third quarter of fiscal 2025.

Depreciation and amortization expense was $40.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $37.9 million a year ago. This increase was due to incremental amortization on recent capital asset additions.

EBITDA was $98.0 million (12.9% EBITDA margin) in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $71.0 million (10.9% EBITDA margin) in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. EBITDA for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 included $5.5 million of restructuring charges, $0.3 million of incremental costs related to acquisition activity and a $1.4 million expense of stock-based compensation due to revaluation of cash settled awards. EBITDA for the corresponding period in the prior year included $3.3 million of restructuring charges, $1.0 million of incremental costs related to acquisition activity, $2.1 million of acquisition-related fair value adjustments to acquired inventories, $8.7 million of one-time settlement costs for a cancelled customer project and a $1.4 million of stock-based compensation revaluation expenses. Excluding these amounts, adjusted EBITDA was $105.2 million (13.8% adjusted EBITDA margin), compared to $87.5 million (13.4% adjusted EBITDA margin) for the corresponding period in the prior year. Higher adjusted EBITDA primarily reflected increased revenues partially offset by increased selling, general and administrative costs.

Order Backlog Continuity
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Order Bookings
Third quarter of fiscal 2026 Order Bookings were $821 million, a 7.0% year-over-year decrease, reflecting a 10.4% decline in organic Order Bookings, partially offset by 3.4% from the positive impact of foreign exchange translation. By market, Order Bookings in life sciences decreased compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the inclusion of several large enterprise Order Bookings last year and timing of customer capital investment cycles. Order Bookings within life sciences in the quarter were well diversified, including orders for radiopharmaceutical applications and for medical device equipment outside of autoinjector (GLP-1) assembly equipment. Order Bookings in consumer products increased from the prior period primarily due to timing of customer orders, including orders for warehouse packaging automation. Order Bookings in food & beverage decreased compared to the prior-year period primarily due to timing of customer capital spending decisions in Europe for tomato processing, partially offset by the positive impact of foreign exchange translation. Order Bookings in energy increased compared to the prior-year period, primarily reflecting strength in nuclear-related programs, including reactor refurbishment and fuel fabrication. Order Bookings in transportation decreased, as expected, based on end-market capacity requirements, particularly in electric vehicles ("EV").

Trailing twelve month book-to-bill ratio at December 28, 2025 was 1.06:1.

Backlog
At December 28, 2025, Order Backlog was $2,053 million, 0.3% lower than at December 29, 2024.

Outlook
The life sciences funnel remains strong and diversified, with opportunities in strategic submarkets such as pharmaceuticals, radiopharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Management continues to identify opportunities with both new and existing customers, including those who produce diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, auto-injectors, wearable devices, automated pharmacy solutions, contact lenses and pre-filled syringes, as well as opportunities to provide life science solutions that leverage integrated capabilities from across ATS. ATS serves customers in laboratory research where government funding in the U.S. has had and continues to face challenges. However, management has not seen a material impact on its overall life sciences funnel activity. Funnel activity in consumer products is stable, although discretionary spending by consumers, influenced by factors such as inflationary pressures, may impact timing of some customer investments in the Company's solutions. Funnel activity in food & beverage remains strong. The Company continues to benefit from strong brand recognition within global tomato processing, as well as other soft fruit and vegetable processing industries. There is continued demand for automated solutions within the food & beverage market more broadly, in areas such as secondary processing and packaging. Funnel activity in energy remains strong and includes longer-term opportunities in the nuclear industry. The Company is focused on clean energy applications including solutions for the refurbishment of nuclear power plants, early participation in the new reactor build market, including small modular reactors, and grid battery storage. In transportation, the funnel consists of opportunities reflective of current end-market capacity needs. ATS is positioned to deploy its specialized capabilities, including in EV battery assembly, to support customers as opportunities arise.

Customers seeking to de-risk or enhance supply chain resiliency, address skilled worker shortages or combat higher labour costs present ongoing and future opportunities for ATS. Management believes that the underlying trends driving customer demand for ATS solutions, including growing labour constraints, production onshoring or reshoring and the need for scalable, high-quality, energy-efficient production, remain favourable. In addition, funnel growth in markets where sustainability requirements are a focus for customers — including nuclear and grid battery storage, as well as consumer goods packaging — provides ATS with opportunities to use its capabilities to respond to customer needs, such as global and regional requirements to reduce carbon emissions.

Order Backlog of $2,053 million is expected to help mitigate some of the impact of quarterly variability in Order Bookings on revenues in the short term. The Company's Order Backlog includes several large enterprise programs that have longer periods of performance and therefore longer revenue recognition cycles, particularly in life sciences. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, management expects to generate revenues in the range of $710 million to $750 million. This estimate is calculated each quarter based on management's assessment of project schedules across all customer contracts in Order Backlog, expectations for faster-turn product and services revenues, expected delivery timing of third-party equipment and operational capacity.

Supplier lead times are generally acceptable across key categories; however, inflationary or other cost increases (see "Tariffs"), and price and lead-time volatility may continue to disrupt the timing and progress of the Company's margin expansion efforts and may affect revenue recognition. Over time, achieving management's margin target assumes that the Company will successfully implement its margin expansion initiatives, and that such initiatives will result in improvements to its adjusted earnings from operations margin that offset these shorter-term pressures (see "Forward-Looking Statements" for a description of the risks underlying the achievement of the margin target in future periods).

The timing and geographies of customer capital expenditure decisions on larger opportunities, including as a result of their evaluations of tariffs, can cause variability in Order Bookings from quarter to quarter (see "Tariffs"). Revenues in a given period are dependent on a combination of the volume of outstanding projects the Company is contracted to perform, the size and duration of those projects, and the timing of project activities including design, assembly, testing, and installation. Given the specialized nature of the Company's offerings, the size and scope of projects vary based on customer needs. The Company seeks to achieve revenue growth organically and by identifying strategic acquisition opportunities that provide access to attractive end markets and new products and technologies and deliver hurdle-rate returns. After-sales revenues and reoccurring revenues, which ATS defines as revenues from ancillary products and services associated with equipment sales, and revenues from customers who purchase non-customized ATS products at regular intervals, are expected to provide some balance to customers' capital expenditure cycles.

The Company continues to target improvements in non-cash working capital. Over the long term, the Company expects to continue investing in non-cash working capital to support growth, with some fluctuations expected on a quarter-over-quarter basis. The Company's long-term goal is to maintain its investment in non-cash working capital as a percentage of annualized revenues below 15%. The Company expects that continued cash flows from operations, together with cash and cash equivalents on hand and credit available under operating and long-term credit facilities will be sufficient to fund its requirements for investments in non-cash working capital and capital assets, and to fund strategic investment plans including some potential acquisitions. Acquisitions could result in additional debt or equity financing requirements for the Company. Non-cash working capital as a percentage of revenues is a non-IFRS ratio — see "Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures."

The Company continues to make progress with its plans to integrate acquired companies, and expects to realize cost and revenue synergies consistent with announced integration plans.

Reorganization Activity
The Company periodically undertakes reviews of its operations to ensure alignment with strategic market opportunities. As a part of this review, the Company has identified an opportunity to improve the cost structure of the organization to reallocate resources to strategic focus areas and improve operational efficiencies. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026, restructuring expenses of $5.5 million were recorded in relation to these activities. Actions are expected to continue to the end of the fiscal year. The Company anticipates total restructuring expenses to be approximately $20 million; this increase compared to the previously disclosed amount is a result of additional opportunities identified to further optimize the cost structure.

Tariffs
The majority of the Company's shipments from Canada into the U.S. fall within the current terms of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement ("USMCA"). However, the U.S. has imposed tariffs on certain goods from various jurisdictions globally, including Canada and Europe; and further tariffs continue to be discussed. Management continues to actively monitor the situation as it evolves, and is taking steps to mitigate risks where possible while continuing to offer support to customers based on their needs, which may include onshoring or reshoring production. Supply chain impacts resulting from shifting trade dynamics have been largely mitigated through alternative sourcing, along with pricing strategies. While the Company could see impacts over time arising from unmitigated costs related to the tariffs themselves, potential supplier price increases, and the timing and geographic shifts in customers' capital deployment, ATS' global footprint and decentralized operating model, supported by the ABM, provide some flexibility to address potential disruptions over the long term. On a trailing twelve month basis, the Company's equipment and product adjusted revenues from its Canadian and European operations being sold into the U.S. remained consistent with the range previously disclosed (just over 20% of the Company's total adjusted revenues for the year ended March 31, 2025). Adjusted revenues is a non-IFRS financial measure - see Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures.

Quarterly Conference Call
ATS will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 to discuss its quarterly results. The listen-only webcast can be accessed live at www.atsautomation.com. The listen-only webcast can be accessed at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/136520854 and the conference call can be accessed by dialing (888) 660-6652 five minutes prior and quoting reference number 8782510. A replay of the conference will be available on the ATS website following the call. Alternatively, a telephone recording of the call will be available for one week (until midnight February 11, 2026) by dialing (800) 770-2030 and using the access code 8782510.

About ATS
ATS Corporation is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world's most successful companies. ATS uses its extensive knowledge base and global capabilities in custom automation, repeat automation, automation products and value-added solutions including pre-automation and after-sales services, to address the sophisticated manufacturing automation systems and service needs of multinational customers in markets such as life sciences, transportation, food & beverage, consumer products, and energy. Founded in 1978, ATS employs approximately 7,500 people at more than 65 manufacturing facilities and over 85 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The Company's common shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol ATS. Visit the Company's website at www.atsautomation.com.

SOURCE: ATS Corporation

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