WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OPAL Fuels Inc. (“OPAL Fuels” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: OPAL), a vertically integrated leader in the capture and conversion of biogas into low carbon intensity renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable power, today announced results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

“Our third quarter results were strong and provide momentum for this year and next,” said Adam Comora, Co-CEO. “We’re executing on our strategic objectives - bringing RNG projects online, putting additional projects into construction, and growing and leveraging our vertically integrated downstream business. Over the course of this year, we have successfully brought online three landfill RNG facilities, begun construction on three new landfill RNG projects, and grown our downstream business significantly,” continued Comora.

“We remain in a strong position to meet our current 2024 guidance. We now have 11 RNG facilities in operation, with our share of annual design capacity of 8.8 million MMBtu – more than doubling organically over the past two years. We also have six projects in construction with an additional 2.6 million MMBtu of our share of annual design capacity. The strength of our vertically integrated business model and the use of RNG as a transportation fuel continues to yield results across the business segments. Market fundamentals and industry tailwinds remain strong for the capture of biogas and its productive use,” said Jonathan Maurer, Co-CEO.

Financial Highlights

• Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, was $84.0 million and $219.9 million, an increase of $12.9 million, or 18%, and $50.8 million, or 30%, compared to the same periods last year.
  • Not included above, our share of revenues from equity method investments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, was $11.7 million and $33.7 million, compared to $4.7 million and $10.6 million in the same periods in the prior year.
• Net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $17.1 million and $19.7 million, compared to $0.2 million and $106.9 million in the same periods last year.¹
• Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Class A common shareholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.09 and $0.07, compared to basic net (loss) income per share of $(0.01) and $0.59 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.¹
• Adjusted EBITDA² for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, was $31.1 million and $67.4 million, an increase of $14.6 million and $47.5 million compared to the same periods last year.
  • Not included above, $11.1 million of investment tax credits were sold by the Company during the third quarter resulting in net proceeds of $8.6 million.
• At September 30, 2024, RNG Pending Monetization totaled $23.1 million.

Operational Highlights

• The Sapphire RNG project, a 50/50 joint venture with GFL representing 0.8 million MMBtu of annual design capacity to OPAL Fuels, commenced commercial operations in September.
• The Polk County (Florida) RNG project, 100% owned by OPAL Fuels, commenced commercial operations in October, representing approximately 1.1 million MMBtu of annual design capacity.
• RNG produced was 1.0 million and 2.8 million MMBtu for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of 43% and 40% compared to the prior-year periods.
• RNG sold as transportation fuel was 19.6 million and 54.7 million GGEs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of 80% and 81% compared to the prior-year periods.
• The Fuel Station Services segment sold, dispensed, and serviced an aggregate of 38.7 million and 110.3 million GGEs of transportation fuel for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of 15% and 13% compared to the prior year periods.

Guidance

We are maintaining our current guidance.

Construction Update

• The construction of the Atlantic RNG project is on schedule. This project represents approximately 0.33 million MMBtu for OPAL Fuels’ 50% ownership share of annual design capacity.
• The construction of the Cottonwood RNG project is on schedule. This project, owned 100% by OPAL Fuels, represents approximately 0.66 million MMBtu of annual design capacity.
• The construction of the Burlington RNG project is on schedule. This project represents approximately 0.46 million MMBtu for OPAL Fuels’ 50% ownership share of annual design capacity.
• The Kirby RNG project began construction in November. This project, 100% owned by OPAL represents approximately 0.66 million MMBtu of annual design capacity.

Results of Operations

Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)

This release includes various financial measures that are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We believe these measures provide important supplemental information to investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results. We use these measures, together with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP” or “U.S. GAAP”), for internal managerial purposes and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. However, we do not, and you should not, rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations, that when taken together with GAAP results and the reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures that we also provide, give a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. We strongly encourage you to review all of our financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and to not solely rely on any single non-GAAP financial measure.

Non-GAAP financial measures are limited as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the Company’s GAAP results. The Company expects to continue reporting non-GAAP financial measures, adjusting for the items described below (and/or other items that may arise in the future as the Company’s management deems appropriate), and the Company expects to continue to incur expenses, charges or gains like the non-GAAP adjustments described below. Accordingly, unless expressly stated otherwise, the exclusion of these and other similar items in the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual, infrequent, or non-recurring. These Non-GAAP financial measures are not recognized terms under GAAP and do not purport to be alternatives to GAAP net income or any other GAAP measure as indicators of operating performance. Moreover, because not all companies use identical measures and calculations, the Company’s presentation of Non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. We strongly encourage you to review all of our financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and to not solely rely on any single non-GAAP financial measure.

Adjusted EBITDA

To supplement the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, the Company uses a non-GAAP financial measure that it calls adjusted EBITDA (“Adjusted EBITDA”). This non-GAAP financial measure adjusts net income for interest and financing expense, net, loss on debt extinguishment, net (income) loss attributable to non-redeemable non-controlling interests, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, adjustments to reflect Adjusted EBITDA from equity method investments, loss on warrant exchange, unrealized (gain) loss on derivative instruments, non-cash charges, one-time non-recurring expenses, major maintenance on Renewable Power, gain on deconsolidation of VIEs, project development and startup costs, incremental virtual pipeline costs at Prince William RNG facility due to their temporary nature, and ITC proceeds, net of expenses.

Management believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides meaningful supplemental information about the Company’s performance, for the following reasons: (1) it allows for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management to assess the Company’s operating performance and make financial and operational decisions; (2) the measure excludes the effect of items that management believes are not directly attributable to the Company’s core operating performance and may obscure trends in the business; (3) the measure better aligns revenues with expenses; and (4) the measure is used by institutional investors and the analyst community to help analyze the Company’s business. In future quarters, the Company may adjust for other expenditures, charges or gains to present non-GAAP financial measures that the Company’s management believes are indicative of the Company’s core operating performance.

The following table presents the reconciliation of our Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA: