Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE) FY 2023 MD&A
This page reproduces the company's own Item 7 MD&A text from the linked SEC filing. It is filer text, not grepcent analysis, scoring, or investment advice.
Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained within this document are considered forward-looking under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements may be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “seeks,” “likely,” “future,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “will,” “potentially,” “can,” “goal,” “predict,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, global economic conditions, geopolitical environment and conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, global health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, availability or cost of raw materials and components, foreign exchange fluctuations, and our ability to convert new business opportunities into customers and revenue. Additional cautionary statements regarding other risk factors that could have an effect on the future performance of Kimball Electronics are located within Item 1A - Risk Factors.
Business Overview
We are a global, multifaceted manufacturing solutions provider. We provide electronics manufacturing services (“EMS”), including engineering and supply chain support, to customers in the automotive, medical, and industrial end markets. Our core competency is producing durable electronics, and we further offer contract manufacturing services for non-electronic components, medical devices, medical disposables, drug delivery devices and solutions, precision molded plastics, and production automation, test, and inspection equipment. Our manufacturing services, including engineering and supply chain support, utilize common production and support capabilities globally. We are well recognized by our customers and the industry for our excellent quality, reliability, and innovative service. CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, a leading brand and technical publication for electronics manufacturers worldwide, has recognized us four times in the past five years for achieving the Highest Overall Customer Rating in their Service Excellence Awards, and we received awards in all categories in 2022.
The contract manufacturing services industry is very competitive. As a mid-sized player, we can expect to be challenged by the agility and flexibility of the smaller, regional players, and we can expect to be challenged by the scale and price competitiveness of the larger, global players. We enjoy a unique market position between these extremes which allows us to compete with the larger scale players for high-volume projects, but also maintain our competitive position in the generally lower volume durable electronics market space. We expect to continue to effectively operate in this market space; however, one significant challenge will be maintaining our profit margins while we continue our revenue growth. Pricing is competitive in the market as production efficiencies and material pricing advantages for most projects drive costs and prices down over the life of the projects. This characteristic of the contract electronics marketplace is expected to continue.
The Worldwide Manufacturing Services Market - 2023 Edition, a comprehensive study on the worldwide EMS market published by New Venture Research (“NVR”), provided worldwide forecast trends through 2027. NVR projects the worldwide assembly market for electronics products to grow at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 4.3% over the next five years, with the EMS industry projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5%.
We continue to monitor the current economic and industry conditions for uncertainties that may pose a threat to our future growth or cause disruption in business strategy, execution, and timing in the markets in which we compete. The EMS industry continues to experience component shortages, component allocations, and shipping delays, particularly with semiconductors, which were especially challenging in the prior fiscal year. Component shortages or allocations could continue to increase component costs and potentially interrupt our operations and negatively impact our ability to meet commitments to customers. We have taken various actions to mitigate the risk and minimize the impact to our customers as well as the adverse effect component shortages, component allocations, or shipping delays could have on our results; however, the duration or severity of the components shortages is unknown.
Supply chain restraints have also resulted in an industry-wide inflation of components, labor, freight, and other operating costs. Through contractual pricing arrangements and negotiations with our customers, we have been able to mitigate a majority of these cost increases; however, our profitability has been impacted, and necessary extended lead times on inventory purchases has negatively impacted our working capital. The financial impact on our future results cannot be reasonably estimated but could be material.
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We experienced record sales in the current fiscal year as sales increased 35% from the prior fiscal year, with double-digit increases and annual records in all three of our end market verticals. Beginning in fiscal year 2023, we changed our presentation of revenue for the industrial and public safety end market verticals by combining them in the industrial end market vertical. Prior year periods have been recast to conform to the current year presentation. Sales in all three of our end market verticals have increased when compared to the prior fiscal year from the improved component availability and the launch and ramp-up of new programs.
We have a strong focus on cost control balanced with managing the future growth prospects of our business. We expect to make investments that will strengthen or add new capabilities to our package of value as a multifaceted manufacturing solutions company, including through our recently announced and completed capacity expansions. Managing working capital in conjunction with fluctuating demand levels is likewise key. In addition, a long-standing component of our profit-sharing incentive bonus plan is that it is linked to our financial performance which results in varying amounts of compensation expense as profits change.
We continue to maintain a strong balance sheet as of the end of fiscal year 2023, which included a current ratio of 2.0, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.5, and Share Owners’ equity of $524 million. Recently, we have invested to support our expansions and growth in Mexico, Thailand, and Poland. At the same time, we have supported our customers through strategic inventory purchases to mitigate part shortages. We expect our balance sheet to normalize as parts shortages abate and our expansions continue to ramp up production. Refer to the Future Liquidity section of Liquidity and Capital Resources below for further discussion of our liquidity.
The continuing success of our business is dependent upon our ability to replace expiring customers/programs with new customers/programs. We monitor our success in this area by tracking the number of customers and the percentage of our net sales generated from them by years of service as depicted in the table below. While variation in the size of program awards makes it difficult to directly correlate this data to our sales trends, we believe it does provide useful information regarding our customer loyalty and new business growth.
| Year End | |||||||||||||
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| Customer Service Years | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| More than 10 Years | |||||||||||||
| % of Net Sales | 77 | % | 79 | % | 81 | % | |||||||
| # of Customers | 31 | 34 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 5 to 10 Years | |||||||||||||
| % of Net Sales | 19 | % | 17 | % | 16 | % | |||||||
| # of Customers | 22 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Less than 5 Years | |||||||||||||
| % of Net Sales | 4 | % | 4 | % | 3 | % | |||||||
| # of Customers | 12 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| % of Net Sales | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | |||||||
| # of Customers | 65 | 66 | 72 |
A detailed discussion of risk factors and uncertainties that could have an effect on our performance are located within Item 1A - Risk Factors.
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Presentation of Results of Operations and Liquidity and Capital Resources
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021 can be found under captions entitled “Results of Operations - Fiscal Year 2022 Compared with Fiscal Year 2021” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the section entitled “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 30, 2022, which is available free of charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or the Company’s website, http://investors.kimballelectronics.com. The Company’s website and the information contained therein, or incorporated therein, are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Results of Operations - Fiscal Year 2023 Compared with Fiscal Year 2022
| At or For the Year Ended | ||||||||||||||
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| June 30 | ||||||||||||||
| (Amounts in Millions, Except for Per Share Data) | 2023 | as a % of Net Sales | 2022 | as a % of Net Sales | % Change | |||||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 1,823.4 | $ | 1,349.5 | 35 | % | ||||||||
| Gross Profit | 156.2 | 8.6 | % | 104.6 | 7.8 | % | 49 | % | ||||||
| Selling and Administrative Expenses | 68.7 | 3.8 | % | 53.5 | 4.0 | % | 28 | % | ||||||
| Other General Income | (0.2) | (1.4) | ||||||||||||
| Operating Income | 87.7 | 4.8 | % | 52.5 | 3.9 | % | 67 | % | ||||||
| Other Income (Expense) | (13.0) | (8.7) | ||||||||||||
| Provision for Income Taxes | 18.9 | 12.5 | 52 | % | ||||||||||
| Net Income | $ | 55.8 | $ | 31.3 | 79 | % | ||||||||
| Diluted Earnings per Share | $ | 2.22 | $ | 1.24 | 79 | % | ||||||||
| Open Orders | $ | 798 | $ | 1,192 | (33) | % |
| Net Sales by Vertical Market | For the Year Ended | |||||||||
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| June 30 | ||||||||||
| (Amounts in Millions) | 2023 | 2022 | % Change | |||||||
| Automotive | $ | 820.1 | $ | 582.2 | 41 | % | ||||
| Medical | 494.0 | 391.7 | 26 | % | ||||||
| Industrial | 474.6 | 358.2 | 33 | % | ||||||
| Other | 34.7 | 17.4 | 99 | % | ||||||
| Total Net Sales | $ | 1,823.4 | $ | 1,349.5 | 35 | % |
Net sales in fiscal year 2023 increased by 35% compared to net sales in fiscal year 2022, which included an unfavorable impact of 3% from foreign exchange fluctuations. By end market vertical, our market verticals fluctuated as follows:
•We experienced record sales to customers in the automotive market during the current fiscal year largely due to the ramp-up of certain programs, new product launches, and improved component availability.
•Sales to customers in the medical market also experienced record net sales, with a double-digit increase in sales when compared to the prior fiscal year. The increase is primarily due to overall increased demand, improved component availability, and launch and ramp-up of new programs. We expect fiscal year 2024 medical market sales to be unfavorably impacted by decreased sales with a large medical customer who is remediating a recall. The cause of the recall is unrelated to the products we provided.
•Beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Company changed its presentation of revenue for the industrial and public safety end market verticals by combining them into the industrial end market vertical. Prior year periods have been recast to conform to the current year presentation. We also experienced record sales to customers in the industrial market during the current fiscal year, as a result of higher end market demand for climate control products which was supported by overall improved component availability, increased automation, test, and inspection equipment sales, and new product launches.
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A significant amount of sales to Nexteer Automotive, Philips, and ZF accounted for the following portions of our net sales:
| Year Ended June 30 | |||
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| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Nexteer Automotive | 15% | 17% | |
| Philips | 14% | 15% | |
| ZF | 12% | * | |
| * amount is less than 10% of total |
Open orders were down 33% as of June 30, 2023 compared to June 30, 2022. The decrease in open orders from June 30, 2022 is driven by decreased order lead times and the overall improvement in component availability, which has increased our ability to fulfill customer orders. Open orders are the aggregate sales price of production pursuant to unfulfilled customer orders, which may be delayed or canceled by the customer subject to contractual termination provisions. The majority of open orders as of June 30, 2023 are expected to be filled within the next twelve months. Open orders at a point in time may not be indicative of future sales trends due to the contract nature of our business and the variability of order lead times among our customers.
Gross profit as a percent of net sales improved in fiscal year 2023 when compared to fiscal year 2022 primarily due to the leverage gained on higher revenue and favorable product mix. Additionally, we experienced lost absorption in the first half of fiscal year 2022 as the prior fiscal year was impacted to a much greater degree than the current fiscal year by component shortages, and as we retained our workforce, our gross profit as a percent of net sales was negatively impacted.
For fiscal year 2023, selling and administrative expenses declined as a percent of net sales but increased in absolute dollars when compared to fiscal year 2022. The selling and administrative expense increase was driven by the increased factoring fees coupled with increased accounts receivable factoring activity, added resources to support our significant growth, wage inflation, and higher incentive-based compensation.
Other General Income in fiscal years 2023 and 2022 consisted of $0.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively, resulting from payments received related to class action lawsuits in which Kimball Electronics was a class member. These lawsuits alleged that certain suppliers to the EMS industry conspired over a number of years to raise and fix the prices of electronic components, resulting in overcharges to purchasers of those components.
Other Income (Expense) consisted of the following:
| Other Income (Expense) | Year Ended | |||||
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| June 30 | ||||||
| (Amounts in Thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Interest Income | $ | 153 | $ | 81 | ||
| Interest Expense | (16,263) | (2,655) | ||||
| Foreign Currency/Derivative Gain (Loss) | 2,769 | (4,182) | ||||
| Gain (Loss) on SERP Investments | 701 | (1,563) | ||||
| Other | (345) | (499) | ||||
| Other Income (Expense), net | $ | (12,985) | $ | (8,818) |
Interest expense has increased in the year ended June 20, 2023 compared to the year ended June 30, 2022 due to higher interest rates and higher borrowings on credit facilities. The Foreign Currency/Derivative Gain (Loss) resulted from net foreign currency exchange rate movements during the periods. The gain in fiscal year 2023 and the loss in fiscal year 2022 were driven by the respective weakening and strengthening of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies that we have exposure to in our business. The revaluation of the fair value of the supplemental employee retirement plan (“SERP”) investments recorded in Other Income (Expense) is offset by the revaluation of the SERP liability recorded in Selling and Administrative Expenses, and thus there is no effect on net income.
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Our income before income taxes and effective tax rate were comprised of the following U.S. and foreign components:
| Year Ended June 30, 2023 | Year Ended June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||
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| (Amounts in Thousands) | Income (Loss) Before Taxes | Effective Tax Rate | Income Before Taxes | Effective Tax Rate | ||||||||
| United States | $ | (6,269) | (1.1) | % | $ | 1,542 | 29.8 | % | ||||
| Foreign | $ | 81,013 | 23.2 | % | $ | 42,189 | 28.5 | % | ||||
| Total | $ | 74,744 | 25.3 | % | $ | 43,731 | 28.5 | % |
The consolidated effective tax rate for fiscal year 2023 was unfavorably impacted by the mix of taxable earnings within our various tax jurisdictions and foreign exchange rate movements. The domestic favorable tax rate was favorably impacted by our loss before taxes and the research and development tax credit.
The domestic effective tax rate and the consolidated effective tax rate for fiscal year 2022 were unfavorably impacted by the mix of taxable earnings within our various tax jurisdictions and foreign exchange rate movements.
Our overall effective tax rate will fluctuate depending on the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings. See Note 10 - Income Taxes of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
We recorded net income of $55.8 million in fiscal year 2023, or $2.22 per diluted share, an increase of 78.6% from fiscal year 2022 net income of $31.3 million, or $1.24 per diluted share.
Comparing the balance sheet as of June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2022, Receivables increased $85.3 million largely due to increased sales volumes. Our inventory balance increased $54.7 million primarily to support our newly expanded facilities. Property and equipment, net increased $60.8 million for expansions at our Mexico, Thailand, and Poland facilities and to support new business awards. Accounts payable increased $22.1 million primarily due to the increased inventory purchases. Borrowings under credit facilities increased $100.9 million primarily due to borrowings on the U.S. primary credit facility for working capital purposes and capital expenditures supporting our expansions.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Working capital at June 30, 2023 was $454.3 million compared to working capital of $352.3 million at June 30, 2022. The current ratio was 2.0 at June 30, 2023 and 1.9 at June 30, 2022, respectively. The debt-to-equity ratio was 0.5 and 0.4 at June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively. Our short-term liquidity available, represented as cash and cash equivalents plus the unused amount of our credit facilities, some of which are uncommitted, totaled $149.1 million at June 30, 2023 and $178.6 million at June 30, 2022.
Cash Conversion Days (“CCD”) are calculated as the sum of Days Sales Outstanding (“DSO”) plus Contract Asset Days (“CAD”) plus Production Days Supply on Hand (“PDSOH”) less Accounts Payable Days (“APD”) and less Advances from Customers Days (“ACD”). CCD, or a similar metric, is used in our industry and by our management to measure the efficiency of managing working capital. The following table summarizes our CCD for the quarterly periods indicated. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, we included Advances from Customers Days in our CCD calculation as these are customer deposits related to inventory. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the current quarter presentation.
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||
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| June 30, 2023 | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | ||||||
| DSO | 56 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 53 | |||||
| CAD | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| PDSOH | 97 | 101 | 108 | 106 | 100 | |||||
| APD | 65 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 76 | |||||
| ACD | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| CCD | 94 | 92 | 97 | 94 | 86 |
We define DSO as the average of monthly trade accounts and notes receivable divided by an average day’s net sales, CAD as the average monthly contract assets divided by an average day’s net sales, PDSOH as the average of monthly gross inventory divided by an average day’s cost of sales, APD as the average of monthly accounts payable divided by an average day’s cost of sales, and ACD as the total customer deposits divided by an average day’s cost of sales. Over the past several quarters, we have supported our customers through strategic inventory builds to mitigate parts shortages, which adversely impacted our PDSOH and CCD metrics. We expect inventory levels and working capital to normalize as the parts shortages abate and our expansions continue to ramp up production.
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Cash Flows
The following table reflects the major categories of cash flows for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
| Year Ended June 30 | |||||||
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| (Amounts in Millions) | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net cash used for operating activities | $ | (13.8) | $ | (83.2) | |||
| Net cash used for investing activities | $ | (90.5) | $ | (74.8) | |||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 99.2 | $ | 103.7 |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash used for operating activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 was driven by changes in operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by net income plus non-cash depreciation and amortization charges. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $107.3 million of cash in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 and $152.8 million of cash in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, respectively.
The cash used of $107.3 million from changes in operating assets and liabilities in fiscal year 2023 was largely due to an increase in accounts receivable, which used cash of $82.4 million primarily resulting from increased sales volumes, and an increase in inventory, which used cash of $50.2 million, driven by investment to support our expansions. Partially offsetting cash used by inventory was an increase in accounts payable, which provided cash of $20.4 million largely resulting from increased inventory purchases, and an increase in advances from customers, which provided cash of $7.9 million.
The cash used of $152.8 million from changes in operating assets and liabilities in fiscal year 2022 was largely due to an increase in inventory, which used cash of $203.2 million primarily due to the component shortages as we continued to purchase material not impacted by the shortages so we can fulfill our customer orders once the impacted components are received, and an increase in accounts receivable, which used cash of $26.5 million primarily resulting from increased sales volumes. Partially offsetting cash used by inventory was an increase in accounts payable, which provided cash of $89.2 million largely resulting from increased inventory purchases, and an increase in advances from customers, which provided cash of $22.6 million. See Note 1 - Business Description and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding reclassifications of advances from customers.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used for investing activities during fiscal year 2023 includes $90.7 million cash used for capital investments. The capital investments were primarily for expansions at our Mexico, Thailand, and Poland facilities and to support new business awards.
Net cash used for investing activities during fiscal year 2022 includes $74.7 million cash used for capital investments. The capital investments were primarily for expansions at our Thailand and Mexico facilities and to support new business awards.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 resulted largely from net borrowings on our credit facilities of $100.7 million primarily for working capital purposes and capital investments supporting expansions.
Net cash used for financing activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 resulted largely from net borrowings on our credit facilities of $114.9 million primarily for working capital purposes.
Credit Facilities
The Company maintains a U.S. primary credit facility (the “primary credit facility”) scheduled to mature on May 4, 2027. The primary credit facility provides for $300 million in borrowings, with an option to increase the amount available for borrowing to $450 million at the Company’s request, subject to the consent of each lender participating in such increase. The Company also maintains a 364-day multi-currency revolving credit facility (the “secondary credit facility”), which allows for borrowings up to $50 million and has a maturity date of February 2, 2024. The proceeds of the loans on the primary credit facility and the secondary credit facility are to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company. We were in compliance with the financial covenants of the primary and secondary credit facilities during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.
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We also maintain foreign credit facilities for working capital and general corporate purposes at specific foreign locations rather than utilizing funding from intercompany sources. These foreign credit facilities can be canceled at any time by either the bank or us and generally include renewal clauses. As of June 30, 2023, we maintained foreign credit facilities at our Thailand operation, our EMS operation in China, our Netherlands subsidiary, our Poland operation, and our Vietnam operation.
See Note 7 - Credit Facilities of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on our credit facilities, including the terms of the credit facilities such as interest, commitment fees, and debt covenants.
Factoring Arrangements
The Company utilizes accounts receivable factoring arrangements with third-party financial institutions in order to extend terms for the customer without negatively impacting our cash flow. These arrangements in all cases do not contain recourse provisions which would obligate us in the event of our customers’ failure to pay. Receivables are considered sold when they are transferred beyond the reach of Kimball Electronics and its creditors, the purchaser has the right to pledge or exchange the receivables, and we have surrendered control over the transferred receivables. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we sold, without recourse, $485.4 million and $303.4 million of accounts receivable, respectively. See Note 1 - Business Description and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding the factoring arrangements.
Future Liquidity
We believe our principal sources of liquidity from available funds on hand, cash generated from operations, and the availability of borrowing under our credit facilities, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and other operating needs for at least the next 12 months. The unused borrowings in USD equivalent under all of our credit facilities totaled $106.1 million at June 30, 2023, including the $50 million secondary facility expiring in February 2024. Additionally, accounts receivable factoring arrangements could provide flexible access to cash as needed. While our primary and secondary credit facilities include a covenant that limits the amount of sold receivables outstanding at any time, currently and historically, we have been considerably below this limit.
We expect to continue to prudently invest in capital expenditures, including for capacity expansions and potential acquisitions, that would help us continue our growth as a multifaceted manufacturing solutions company. We recently completed our Thailand facility expansion in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, our Mexico facility expansion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, and our Poland expansion in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023.
At June 30, 2023, our capital expenditure commitments were approximately $13 million, consisting primarily of equipment for the Poland, Mexico, and Thailand facility expansions and capital related to new program wins. We anticipate our available liquidity will be sufficient to fund these capital expenditures.
We have purchase obligations that arise in the normal course of business for items such as raw materials, services, and software acquisitions/license commitments. In certain instances, such as when lead times dictate, we enter into contractual agreements for material in excess of the levels required to fulfill customer orders to help mitigate the potential impact related to component shortages, which require longer lead times. In turn, our material authorization agreements with customers cover a portion of the exposure for material which is purchased prior to having a firm order.
At June 30, 2023, our foreign operations held cash totaling $41.4 million and the aggregate unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries were approximately $420 million. Most of our accumulated unremitted foreign earnings have been invested in active non-U.S. business operations, and it is not anticipated such earnings will be remitted to the United States. Our intent is to permanently reinvest the remaining funds outside of the United States, and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate these funds to our U.S. operations. However, if such funds were repatriated, a portion of the funds remitted may be subject to applicable non-U.S. income and withholding taxes.
The Company has a Board-authorized stock repurchase plan (the “Plan”) to allow the repurchase of up to $100 million of common stock. Purchases may be made under various programs, including in open-market transactions, block transactions on or off an exchange, or in privately negotiated transactions, all in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations. The Plan has no expiration date but may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The extent to which the Company repurchases its shares, and the timing of such repurchases, will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, regulatory requirements, and other corporate considerations, as determined by the Company’s management team. The Company expects to finance the purchases with existing liquidity. The Company has repurchased $88.8 million of common stock under the Plan through June 30, 2023.
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Our ability to generate cash from operations to meet our liquidity obligations could be adversely affected in the future by factors such as general economic and market conditions, lack of availability of raw material components in the supply chain, a decline in demand for our services, loss of key contract customers, unsuccessful integration of acquisitions and new operations, global health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the related uncertainties around the financial impact, and other unforeseen circumstances. In particular, should demand for our customers’ products and, in turn, our services decrease significantly over the next 12 months, the available cash provided by operations could be adversely impacted.
Fair Value
During fiscal year 2023, no level 1 or level 2 financial instruments were affected by a lack of market liquidity. For level 1 financial assets, readily available market pricing was used to value the financial instruments. Our foreign currency derivative assets and liabilities, which were classified as level 2, were independently valued using observable market inputs such as forward interest rate yield curves, current spot rates, and time value calculations. To verify the reasonableness of the independently determined fair values, these derivative fair values were compared to fair values calculated by the counterparty banks. Our own credit risk and counterparty credit risk had an immaterial impact on the valuation of the foreign currency derivatives. See Note 12 - Fair Value of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2023, we do not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies
Kimball Electronics’ Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These principles require the use of estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. Management uses its best judgment in the assumptions used to value these estimates, which are based on current facts and circumstances, prior experience, and other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable. Management believes the following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements and are the policies that are most critical in the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations. Management has discussed these critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Revenue recognition - Kimball Electronics recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those services and products. The majority of our revenue is recognized over time as manufacturing services are performed where we manufacture a product with no alternative use and have an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. The remaining revenue is recognized when the customer obtains control of the manufactured product. We have elected to account for shipping and handling activities related to contracts with customers as costs to fulfill our promise to transfer the associated products. Accordingly, we record customer payments of shipping and handling costs as a component of net sales and classify such costs as a component of cost of sales. We recognize sales net of applicable sales or value add taxes. Based on estimated product returns and price concessions, a reserve for returns and allowances is recorded at the time revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of revenue.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill, $12.0 million as of both June 30, 2023 and 2022 represents the difference between the purchase price and the related underlying tangible and intangible net asset fair values resulting from business acquisitions. Annually, or if conditions indicate an earlier review is necessary, goodwill is tested at the reporting unit level. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value, goodwill is written down to its estimated fair value. No impairment charges were recorded in fiscal year 2023 or 2022 resulting from our annual impairment tests for all reporting units.
Other Intangible Assets, $12.3 million and $14.7 million as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and consist of capitalized software, customer relationships, technology, and trade name. Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment, and their remaining useful lives evaluated for revision, when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable over the remaining lives of the assets.
See Note 1 - Business Description and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the Company’s goodwill and intangible asset accounting policies.
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Taxes - Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. These assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. We evaluate the recoverability of our deferred tax assets each quarter by assessing the likelihood of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize our deferred tax assets. If recovery is not likely, we provide a valuation allowance based on our best estimate of future taxable income in the various taxing jurisdictions and the amount of deferred taxes ultimately realizable. Future events could change management’s assessment.
We operate within multiple taxing jurisdictions and are subject to tax audits in these jurisdictions. These audits can involve complex issues, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. However, we believe we have made adequate provision for income and other taxes for all years that are subject to audit. As tax positions are effectively settled, the tax provision will be adjusted accordingly. The liability for uncertain income tax and other tax positions, including accrued interest and penalties on those positions, was $1.8 million at both June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.
New Accounting Standards
New accounting standards which have been issued but not yet adopted are typically disclosed in Note 1 - Business Description and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding New Accounting Standards. Currently, there are no issued but not yet adopted accounting standards that are expected to have a material impact on the Company.