SIFCO Industries Inc Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Dec 15, 2010
SIFCO Industries Inc (SIF, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Sifco Industries Inc has a market cap of $79.7 million; its shares were traded at around $15 with a P/E ratio of 14.2 and P/S ratio of 0.9. SIF is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

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The ACM Groups backlog as of September 30, 2010 increased to $71.2 million, of which $55.0 million is scheduled for delivery during fiscal 2011, compared with $70.6 million as of September 30, 2009, of which $52.1 million was scheduled for delivery during fiscal 2010. All orders are subject to modification or cancellation by the customer with limited charges. Delivery lead times for certain raw materials (e.g. aerospace grades of steel and titanium alloy) continue to lengthen due to increased demand and the ACM Group believes that such lead time increase may ultimately result in a fundamental shift in the ordering pattern of its customers. The ACM Group believes that a likely consequence of such a shift is that customers may be placing orders further in advance than they more recently did, which may result in an increase, relative to comparable prior year periods, in the ACM Groups backlog. Accordingly, such backlog increase, to the extent it may occur, is not necessarily indicative of actual sales expected for any succeeding period. Due principally to the overall weak global economic conditions and the related impact such conditions have continued to have on commercial aviation, the ACM Group continued to experience a decrease in fiscal 2010, in orders for products that principally support commercial aircraft.

The Repair Groups backlog as of September 30, 2010 decreased to $3.1 million, of which $1.8 million is scheduled for delivery during fiscal 2011 and $1.3 million is on hold, compared with $3.4 million as of September 30, 2009, of which $2.3 million was scheduled for delivery during fiscal 2010 and $1.1 million was on hold. All orders are subject to modification or cancellation by the customer with limited charges. The Repair Group believes that the backlog may not necessarily be indicative of actual sales for any succeeding period.

During fiscal 2010, the Company invested $0.7 million to repurchase 66,093 common shares under a stock repurchase program initiated in June 2010, at which time the Company indicated that it was prepared to invest up to $1.0 million to repurchase its shares. The common shares were repurchased (i) during the period from June 7, 2010 through September 13, 2010, (ii) at a price range of $9.88 to $10.99 per share and (iii) at an average volume of 1,120 common shares per day transacted.

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