MISTRAS Group's (MG) CEO Sotirios Vahaviolos on Q3 2015 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MG) Q3 2015 Earnings Conference Call April 9, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Executives

Sotirios Vahaviolos - Chairman, President and CEO
Jonathan Wolk – EVP, CFO and Treasurer

Analysts

Matt Duncan - Stephens Inc.
Justin Hauke - Robert W. Baird
Edward Marshall - Sidoti & Company
Steven Howard - Morgan Stanley

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the MISTRAS Group Incorporated Q3 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions]

I would like to turn today’s conference call to Mr. Sotirios Vahaviolos. You may begin.

Sotirios Vahaviolos

Thank you very much, Kevin. In today’s call, we will review MISTRAS Group’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 that ended February 28, 2015 and discuss our prospects going forward. As we described in the earnings release, in the middle of implementing our profitability improvement initiatives globally, three unexpected surprises occurred during our third quarter.

First, we experienced the nation’s first refinery strike in more than 25 years and this has caused staffing changes and in some cases delays or deferrals of previously scheduled turnarounds and projects.

Second, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude fell 50% from its high of last summer.

And third, the US dollar has strengthened substantially globally and the European market has been softened than we expected.

The magnitude of these changes in a very short period of time has introduced an increased level of uncertainty. Expectations and predictions about the future price of oil vary widely. The refinery strike caused several customer delays and the re-schedule of some previously planned work. Both factors taken together have caused us to be a bit more conservative in our outlook for the next several months as several of our customers have deferred previously scheduled turnarounds and projects.

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