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Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>FET’s recapitalized balance sheet could enable management to consider a plan to return cash to shareholders in 2025.</li><li>In November, the company issued a $100 million principal amount of 10.5% senior secured notes due November 2029 at par.</li><li>Proceeds along with cash on hand were used to repay all outstanding borrowings under the seller term loan issued in the January 2024 Variperm Energy Services acquisition and redeem the remaining 9.00% convertible senior secured notes due in 2025.</li></ul>

FET’s recapitalized balance sheet could enable management to consider a plan to return cash to shareholders in 2025.In November, the company issued a $100 million principal amount of 10.5% senior secured notes due November 2029 at par.Proceeds along with cash on hand were used to repay all outstanding borrowings under the seller term loan issued in the January 2024 Variperm Energy Services acquisition and redeem the remaining 9.00% convertible senior secured notes due in 2025.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. - Confident Free Cash Flow Outlook

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Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

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<li>The Fed injected some volatility into the market after their December meeting, as they noted an uncertain inflation outlook and the SEP less expected rate cuts for 2025.</li>
<li>We discussed in our latest report (12/23/24 ETF Pathfinder), and continue to believe, that this is a buying opportunity.</li>
<li>Market dynamics remain risk-on, the SPX remains above 5850 (a key support level we have discussed since late-November), mid-caps (IJH) and small-caps (IWM) are above supports at $61.50 and $218</li>
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The Fed injected some volatility into the market after their December meeting, as they noted an uncertain inflation outlook and the SEP less expected rate cuts for 2025.
We discussed in our latest report (12/23/24 ETF Pathfinder), and continue to believe, that this is a buying opportunity.
Market dynamics remain risk-on, the SPX remains above 5850 (a key support level we have discussed since late-November), mid-caps (IJH) and small-caps (IWM) are above supports at $61.50 and $218


Semiconductors Re-Emerge as Leadership; $SPX $QQQ $IWM Outlook Remains Bullish

<ul><li>FET’s refinanced balance sheet and free cash flow potential position the company to consider alternatives to return cash to shareholders in 2025.</li><li>Proceeds from a $100 million issuance of 10.5% senior secured bonds, together with cash on hand, funded the repayment of the seller term loan and will be used to fund the redemption of the remaining 2025 notes on December 8, 2024.</li><li>The new notes have a tack-on feature in the indenture allowing for the issuance of up to $150 million of incremental notes.</li></ul>

FET’s refinanced balance sheet and free cash flow potential position the company to consider alternatives to return cash to shareholders in 2025.Proceeds from a $100 million issuance of 10.5% senior secured bonds, together with cash on hand, funded the repayment of the seller term loan and will be used to fund the redemption of the remaining 2025 notes on December 8, 2024.The new notes have a tack-on feature in the indenture allowing for the issuance of up to $150 million of incremental notes.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. - Refinanced Balance Sheet Paves Way to Consider Returning Cash

<ul><li>FET plans to redeem all of its 9.00% Convertible Senior Secured Notes before year-end 2024 and the Variperm Seller Term Loan in 2025, paving the way to consider returning cash to shareholders in 2H25.</li><li>After repurchasing $13 million of the convertible notes in 2Q24, management announced its intent to redeem the $60 million principal amount of the notes on August 16, 2024.</li><li>Further, management intends to redeem the remaining ~$61 million of convertible notes in 4Q24. </li></ul>

FET plans to redeem all of its 9.00% Convertible Senior Secured Notes before year-end 2024 and the Variperm Seller Term Loan in 2025, paving the way to consider returning cash to shareholders in 2H25.After repurchasing $13 million of the convertible notes in 2Q24, management announced its intent to redeem the $60 million principal amount of the notes on August 16, 2024.Further, management intends to redeem the remaining ~$61 million of convertible notes in 4Q24. 

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. - FET: Pathway to Return Cash to Shareholders in Sight

<ul><li>We are updating our estimates to reflect higher expected interest expense in 2Q24.</li><li>On the May 3, 2024, earnings call to discuss 1Q24 results, management indicated that 2Q24 interest expense would be ~$8 million.</li><li>Our previously published 2Q24 interest expense estimate was $7.1 million. </li></ul>

We are updating our estimates to reflect higher expected interest expense in 2Q24.On the May 3, 2024, earnings call to discuss 1Q24 results, management indicated that 2Q24 interest expense would be ~$8 million.Our previously published 2Q24 interest expense estimate was $7.1 million. 

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. - Estimate Update

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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. offers manufactured technologies and applied products to the energy industry. The Company designs, manufactures, and provides products and related services to the drilling and intervention sectors, as well as to the subsea services and construction sectors.

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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. - Estimate Update

Our previously published 2Q24 interest expense estimate was $7.1 million. Our updated 2Q24 adjusted EPS estimate is $0.04 versus our prior $0.12...

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