“Hammond Power Reported Q1 Earnings – Cash Earnings +30%. Revenue $265M +32%, Gross Profit $80m +26%, Backlog +95%, Adj. EBITDA $41M +33%, EBITDA Margin 16%, Cash Earnings $27M +30%. Hammond sells transformers and growth is being driven by custom products for data centers in the US. In June they closed on the AEG acquisition which will increase Hammond revenue by ~36%.”
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