Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For further information contact:

 

Kirk J. Meche

   Jeffrey M. Favret

Chief Executive Officer

   Chief Financial Officer

713.714.6100

   713.714.6100

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, April 24, 2014

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS

Houston, TX – Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) today reported net income of $3.5 million ($0.24 earnings per share) on revenue of $134.7 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared to net income of $2.8 million ($0.19 earnings per share) on revenue of $150.4 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

The company had a revenue backlog of $271.4 million and a labor backlog of approximately 2.5 million man-hours at March 31, 2014, including commitments received through April 14, 2014, compared to a revenue backlog of $358.7 million and a labor backlog of 3.3 million man-hours reported as of December 31, 2013.

SELECTED BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

(in thousands)

 

     March 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 23,178       $ 36,569   

Total current assets

     173,126         201,996   

Property, plant and equipment, at cost,net

     234,660         223,555   

Total assets

     408,459         426,234   

Total current liabilities

     93,364         112,275   

Debt

     —           —     

Shareholders’ equity

     277,916         275,562   

The management of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. will hold a conference call on Friday, April 25, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the Company’s financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The call is accessible by webcast (www.gulfisland.com) through CCBN and by dialing 1.888.220.8450. A digital rebroadcast of the call is available two hours after the call and ending May 02, 2014 by dialing 1.888.203.1112, replay passcode: 1867876.

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, with fabrication facilities located in Houma, Louisiana, and San Patricio County, Texas, is a leading fabricator of offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms and other specialized structures used in the development and production of offshore oil and gas reserves. These structures include jackets and deck sections of fixed production platforms; hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms (such as tension leg platforms “TLPs”, “SPARs”, “FPSOs”, and “MinDOCs”), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living quarters, towboats, liftboats, tanks and barges. The Company also provides offshore interconnect pipe hook-up, inshore marine construction, manufacture and repair of pressure vessels, heavy lifts such as ship integration and TLP module integration, loading and offloading of jack-up drilling rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLPs, SPARs, or other similar cargo, onshore and offshore scaffolding, piping insulation services, and steel warehousing and sales.


GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2014     2013  

Revenue

   $ 134,690      $ 150,422   

Cost of revenue

     125,917        143,718   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     8,773        6,704   

General and administrative expenses

     3,373        2,355   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     5,400        4,349   

Other income (expense):

    

Interest expense

     (24     (64

Interest income

     3        1   

Other income (expense)

     (104     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (125     (63
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     5,275        4,286   

Income taxes

     1,740        1,499   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,535      $ 2,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Per share data:

    

Basic earnings per share—common shareholders

   $ 0.24      $ 0.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share—common shareholders

   $ 0.24      $ 0.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares

     14,496        14,455   

Effect of dilutive securities: employee stock options

     —          6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted-average shares

     14,496        14,461   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization included in expense above

   $ 6,379      $ 6,126   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash dividend declared per common share

   $ 0.10      $ 0.10