DMC Expects Continued Challenges into Early 2026
The company said: "First quarter results will reflect the impact of severe weather across much of the United States that affected each of DMC's businesses. In addition, many of the factors that negatively impacted the Company's fourth quarter and most of 2025 are expected to persist through at least the beginning of 2026. Management expects Arcadia Products will continue to be impacted by the broader factors weighing upon the construction sector, including persistently high interest rates, volatile and generally higher tariff-impacted input prices, and acute price competition. Project deferrals and generally lower activity in Arcadia Products' core West Coast markets are expected to continue through at least the beginning of the year. DynaEnergetics' core North American unconventional market remains challenged by margin pressure from both a reduction in operating frac crews, which has led to a particularly difficult pricing environment, and higher input prices that have been inflated principally by tariffs. Lastly, while NobelClad expects improved performance for the full fiscal year, demand erosion following the imposition of tariffs in early 2025 - and the resulting impact on major orders - will result in a slow start to the year. This guidance does not contemplate recent changes in tariff policies or increases in oil prices. The above is heavily impacted by macroeconomic conditions, particularly in DMC's core energy and construction markets, and is subject to change either upward or downward as these highly volatile inputs evolve in 2026."
