As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26) one has to be aware that as the world continues to suffer from more severe weather, some of the things we take for granted may become more costly and/or scarce. The impact of extreme heat and droughts could potentially affect the supply and availability of clean water for drinking, as well as for irrigation and our supply of fresh food. Albeit COP26 is primarily focused on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, we need to look past that to what the consequences of a changing environment could have on humanity. For years, if not decades, clean water has been portrayed as a critical commodity whose time will come. Perhaps now that weather patterns appear to be getting more volatile, we may finally be seeing the start of this.

Today we are updating an InvestorIntel favorite – H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF) which designs, manufactures and commissions customized membrane water treatment systems, provides operation and maintenance services for that equipment, and designs, manufactures and sells a complete line of OEM specialty products such as chemicals, consumables, couplings, fittings, cartridge filters and other components for multiple markets in the water treatment industry. For the last 20 years the company has designed and fabricated state-of-the-art, integrated water treatment solutions for municipal, energy production, and natural resource end users, specializing in applications for drinking water, water reuse, wastewater treatment and industrial process water. Developed in-house, the company’s solutions are custom designed, adapted and built for all types of applications.

The Company breaks down its activities into three operating segments: Water Technologies & Services (WTS), which designs and builds custom water, wastewater and water reuse systems; Specialty Products (SP), utilizing a global network of more than 100 distribution partners to manufacture and deliver specialty chemicals, components, and consumables to end-users, with a particular focus on membrane applications; and Operations and Maintenance (O&M), for contract operations for water, wastewater, water reuse treatment, collection, distribution systems, pumping stations, and associated assets for customers throughout North America.

At the end of September, the Company released its results for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, reporting record fiscal year 2021, revenues and profitability. Highlights included annual revenues reaching $144.3 million, representing a $10.7 million growth or 8.0 % year over year; net earnings of $3.1 million, or $0.039 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.2 million, or $0.061 per share, for the previous fiscal year; and a strong financial position with a net debt of $0.5 million at year end, compared to a net debt of $10.5 million as of June 30, 2020. On the M&A side, H2O Innovation completed two acquisitions complementing its O&M services in Texas, and expanded its reach in Spain and Latin America with the acquisition of Genesys Membrane Products, S.L., a specialty products marketing and sales network.

The Company fell a little short of market expectations, however, despite the positive results, and the stock lost 10% upon the announcement of its fiscal 2021 numbers. However, redemption may be right around the corner when Q1 results for the current fiscal year come out on Wednesday, November 10^th.  If we ask why an investor should be optimistic, the answer is that since June 30^th H2O Innovations has announced an O&M contract for the City of Laurel, MS with a total value of $10.4 million over 4 years; it has also been awarded six new capital equipment projects in its WTS business line, and reached completion on six others, with the new contracts valued at $4.8 million; its Piedmont business line secured new orders for fiber reinforced polyester cartridge filter housings and duplex stainless couplings totaling $4.0 million along with the signing of five new distribution agreements in Latin America; and its SP business line has been selected to provide antiscalant to the world’s largest seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. This is important because one of primary focuses of H2O Innovations is building recurring revenues across its three business segments, and it has realized an 87% threshold. That suggests that all the above announcements should be additive to the upcoming Q1 results.

Thankfully the planet earth hasn’t descended into the harsh, inhospitable environment of the desert planet, Arrakis, the setting of the latest version of the movie “Dune” based on the must-read book(s) by Frank Herbert. But as the reliability of fresh water becomes more of a concern, it’s good to know that companies like H2O Innovations have our back. Perhaps we are finally starting to see the commoditization of water that could make the stewards of clean water, like H2O Innovations, which was Water Company of the Year at the 2020 Global Water Awards, very important and valuable. In the meantime, this Company with its recurring revenues, clean balance sheet and a market cap of just over $200 million.

In a recent InvestorIntel interview, Tracy Weslosky speaks with Frédéric Dugré, President and CEO of H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF) about how H2O’s Q3 2021 financial results provided “…the best quarter ever announced” and why “…water is the right space to invest in”.

In this InvestorIntel interview, which may also be viewed on YouTube (click here to subscribe to the InvestorIntel Channel), Frédéric also discusses the significance of H2O winning two new projects and four contract renewals in North America and how they are positioned to potentially benefit from President Biden’s US$111B water infrastructure plan. Further to his Q3 2021 update, Frédéric provides an update on how H2O has increased efforts in the North American water reuse market and is continuing to expand in Latin America. With 7 financial analysts following H2O, Frédéric shares more on how the ESG investment community benefits from investing in clean water.

As the name states,  H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF) is an innovator in the water treatment business focused on membrane technology. For the last 20 years the company has designed and fabricated state-of-the-art, integrated water treatment solutions for municipal, energy and natural resource end users, specializing in applications for drinking water, water reuse, wastewater treatment and industrial process water. Developed in-house, their solutions are custom built to adapt to all types of applications.

The company further breaks down their activities into three operating segments: Water Technologies & Services (WTS) which designs and builds custom water, wastewater and water reuse systems, supporting the customer with both site and remote services, as well as digital solutions, to optimize performance and maximize life of the equipment; Specialty Products (SP) utilizes a global network of more than 100 distribution partners to manufacture and delivers specialty chemicals, components, and consumables to end-users with a focus on membrane applications; and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for contract operations of water, wastewater, and water reuse treatment, collection, and distribution systems, pumping stations, and associated assets for customers throughout North America.

H20 Innovations certainly has positive momentum for itself as a company but also being in a business segment that is becoming a greater focus for the world in general but also the ESG investing community. In their most recent quarterly and year-end results, they posted their fourth consecutive year of revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth.  Additionally, the company has reported positive earnings for the last 3 quarters, which is very impressive for a growing company.

When it comes to growth, one of H2O Innovation’s Key Strategic Objectives is M&A. Most recently the company announced on February 1, 2021, that it had acquired Genesys Membrane Products, S.L. located in Madrid, Spain to boost its membrane chemicals capabilities. It positions the company to better access the Latin American membrane chemical market, in particular the mining industry. H2O Innovation has averaged just under one acquisition a year since 2013. There are over 1,200 privately owned businesses active in the water industry with revenues in excess of $50M, but only one larger than $10B. So there is a lot of opportunities to grow the business this way and so far H2O Innovation has had success finding the right fit and successfully integrating these acquisitions.

As for organic growth, the company is focusing on improving gross margins through increased sales, improved operational excellence and via product innovation. Another key is further reduction in SG&A likely to come from acquisition synergies.

By 2023, the stated goal is to increase revenue from $134M (Actual FY 2020) to between $175-250M including 2-4 strategic acquisitions. With only 78M shares outstanding (90M fully diluted) and a paltry $14.1M in debt there is some good upside for shareholders if the company can execute on its goals. Globally there is no shortage of potential acquisitions available to H20 Innovations and a clean balance sheet gives the company the option to fund these with debt or equity, whichever is more accretive.

In a recent InvestorIntel interview, Tracy Weslosky speaks with Frédéric Dugré President and CEO of H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF) about H2O Innovation’s recent news about securing an engineering contract from the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the US, a 90% reoccurring revenue model and rising interest from the market in water treatment technologies.

In this InvestorIntel interview, which may also be viewed on YouTube (click here to subscribe to the InvestorIntel Channel), Frédéric said, “It provides us the opportunity to design a new equipment that we are going to deliver them. This first purchase order is actually just for the engineering portion of the work.” He continued, “A customer of this profile will lead us to additional opportunities…”

Frédéric also provided an update on the Company’s 3-year strategic plan aligning its long-term vision with key strategic objectives. “Not only we are going to grow the business, but we are going to move the EBITDA performance from a 9.4% to above 11% in the next few years,” Frédéric said. Speaking on the competitive advantages of H2O Innovation, Frédéric commented, “We are the only and the largest Canadian pure water play on the TSXV. We have built a business where we have 90% of our sales that are recurring in nature. Not only we are in the right space, but we also have the right business model.”

About H₂O Innovation

H₂O Innovation designs and provides state-of-the-art, custom-built and integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users. The Corporation’s activities rely on three pillars which are i) water technologies and services; ii) specialty products, including a complete line of specialty chemicals, consumables and specialized products for the water treatment industry; and iii) operation and maintenance services for water and wastewater treatment systems.

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In a recent InvestorIntel interview, Peter Clausi speaks with Frédéric Dugré, President and CEO of H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF), about H2O Innovation’s First Quarter 2021 Results. “We started the year very strongly with showing revenue growth from previous year at 24%.” Frédéric started. “We have now reached $35 million in revenue for Q1.”

In this InvestorIntel interview, which may also be viewed on YouTube (click here to subscribe to the InvestorIntel Channel), Frédéric went on to say that the company reported 90% of their revenue recurring in nature adding stability and predictablity to their cash flow. Frédéric also commented on winning the Water Company of the Year award at the 2020 Global Water Awards. “We have won the best and the largest category and we were against pretty big competitors out there.”

About H2O Innovation

H2O Innovation designs and provides state-of-the-art, custom-built and integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users. The Corporation’s activities rely on three main pillars. The first one is Water Technologies and Services and includes all types of projects as well as digital solutions (Intelogx^TM and Clearlogx®) to monitor and optimize water treatment plants. H2O Innovation’s second pillar, Specialty Products, includes a complete line of maple equipment and products, specialty chemicals, consumables and specialized products for the water industry, through H2O Innovation Maple, PWT, Genesys and Piedmont. The Corporation is now exporting his specialty products in more than 70 countries. Finally, H2O Innovation operates, maintains, and repairs water and wastewater treatment systems, distribution equipment and associated assets for all of its clients and ensures that water quality meets regulatory requirements, through the third pillar – Operation and Maintenance – under the names Utility Partners, Hays Utility South Corporation and Gulf Utility Service. Together, they employ nearly 470 employees for the operation of more than 275 utilities in two Canadian provinces and twelve US states, mainly on the US Gulf coast, Southeast, Northeast (New England) and the West Coast.

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In a news just released last week H2O Innovation Inc.‘s (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF) (‘H₂O Innovation’) subsidiary, Utility Partners, was awarded a new 3 year operation and maintenance (‘O&M’) contract in Florida and a 1 year renewal of an existing contract in New York State. Equally as significant is that these contracts, with a total value of C$5.1m, bring the O&M backlog to C$84.9m. That’s a rather impressive sign of demand, especially relative to the size of H₂O Innovation, which achieved C$133.6 million in FY 2020 revenue.

Utility Partners is US-based and specializes in the operation of water and wastewater plants operating more than 200 utilities in two Canadian provinces and twelve US states, for all of its municipal customers. H₂O Innovation acquired Utility Partners in 2016 for C$22.5m. Over the years H₂O Innovation has delivered more than 15 membrane filtration projects to Florida, but this is the very first O&M contract. Utility Partners services include operations, maintenance, and management of public works, water, wastewater, and utility billing systems. On December 1, 2020, Utility Partners will change name to H₂O Innovation. Although the name of the operator will change, the organization and staff will remain the same.

VP of Operations Bill Douglass said:

“We are very proud to have been awarded this major contract in Florida. In addition to entering a new territory, we will also be able to take advantage of cross-selling opportunities and synergies with the projects carried out in this State, by H₂O Innovation, over the past few years.”

H₂O Innovation specializes in all types of water treatment with a focus on North America

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And who is H2O Innovation Inc.? H₂O Innovation designs and provides state-of-the-art, custom-built and integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology. H₂O Innovation provides multiple water solutions in the areas of drinking water, wastewater, water reuse and recycling, desalination, and water solutions for the oil & gas industry.

H₂O Innovation’s financials and forecast financials

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As we all know water, food and air are our three most valuable commodities. Water in particular is in short supply in many countries and regions around the world. This means H₂O Innovation has plenty of runway for potential growth ahead.

The world has an ever growing demand for clean water

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The company’s just released results for fiscal 2020 (June 30 year-end) showed significant revenue growth, with “top-line revenue of $133.6 million was up more than $15 million from $118 million the previous fiscal year.” H₂O Innovation offers cleantech and technology driven investors exposure to the growing water treatment sector.

InvestorIntel’s Peter Clausi speaks with Frédéric Dugré, President and CEO of H2O Innovation Inc. (TSXV: HEO | OTCQX: HEOFF), about H2O Innovation’s record FY2020 fourth quarter results.

In an InvestorIntel interview that can also be viewed on our InvestorIntel YouTube channel, Peter and Frédéric discussed H2O Innovation’s recently announced financial results which reported $133.6 million in revenues. “85% of our sales rely on recurring revenues,” Frédéric explains, and with a backlog of orders at $125 million, he said it adds “predictability to our business.” He also explains the unique aspects of the company’s business model that have allowed it to navigate through the COVID-19 crisis in a “remarkable way” and have helped strengthen its balance sheet through acquisitions and organic growth.

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Disclaimer: H2O Innovation Inc. is an advertorial member of InvestorIntel Corp.