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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements |
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] |
1. | Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the financial records of Olympic Steel, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, Olympic or the Company), without audit and reflect all normal and recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results of the interim periods covered by this report. Year-to-date results are not necessarily indicative of 2023 annual results and these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company operates in three reportable segments: specialty metals flat products, carbon flat products, and tubular and pipe products. The specialty metals flat products segment and the carbon flat products segment are at times consolidated and referred to as the flat products segments. Some of the flat products segments’ assets and resources are shared by the specialty metals and carbon flat products segments, and both segments’ products are stored in the shared facilities and, in some locations, processed on shared equipment. As such, total assets and capital expenditures are reported in the aggregate for the flat products segments. Due to the shared assets and resources, certain of the flat products segment expenses are allocated between the specialty metals flat products segment and the carbon flat products segment based upon an established allocation methodology. The primary focus of the specialty metals flat products segment is on the direct sale and distribution of processed stainless and aluminum flat-rolled sheet and coil products, flat bar products and fabricated parts. Through recent acquisitions, the specialty metals flat products segment has expanded its geographic footprint and enhanced its product offerings in stainless steel and aluminum plate, sheet, angles, rounds, flat bar, tubing and pipe and prime tin mill products. The primary focus of the carbon flat products segment is on the direct sale and distribution of large volumes of processed carbon and coated flat-rolled sheet, coil and plate products and fabricated parts. Through recent acquisitions, the carbon flat products segment has expanded its product offerings to include self-dumping metal hoppers, and steel and stainless-steel dump inserts for pickup truck and service truck beds. Through the acquisition of Metal-Fab, Inc. (Metal-Fab) on January 3, 2023, the carbon flat products segment further expanded its product offerings to include venting, micro air and clean air products for residential, commercial and industrial applications. The flat products segment acts as an intermediary between metals producers and manufacturers that require processed metals for their operations. The flat products segment serves customers in most metals consuming industries, including manufacturers and fabricators of transportation and material handling equipment, construction and farm machinery, storage tanks, environmental and energy generation equipment, automobiles, military vehicles and equipment, as well as general and plate fabricators and metals service centers. These products are primarily distributed through a direct sales force. Combined, the carbon and specialty metals flat products segments have 36 strategically located processing and distribution facilities in the United States and one in Monterrey, Mexico. Many of our facilities service both the carbon and the specialty metals flat products segments, and certain assets and resources are shared by the segments. Our geographic footprint allows us to focus on regional customers and larger national and multi-national accounts, primarily located throughout the midwestern, eastern and southern United States. Through its tubular and pipe products segment, which consists of the Chicago Tube and Iron subsidiary (CTI), the Company distributes metal tubing, pipe, bar, valves and fittings and fabricates parts supplied to various industrial markets. CTI operates from seven locations in the Midwestern and southeastern United States. The tubular and pipe products segment distributes its products primarily through a direct sales force. With the recent acquisition of Central Tube and Bar, Inc. (CTB) on October 2, 2023, the tubular and pipe products segment expanded its geographic reach and the acquisition's processing capabilities include fabricated tube and bar products, including round, square, rectangular and special shaped tubes. Based on the acquisition date, CTB's operational results are not included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Corporate expenses are reported as a separate line item for segment reporting purposes. Corporate expenses include the unallocated expenses related to managing the entire Company (i.e., all three segments), including compensation for certain personnel, expenses related to being a publicly traded entity such as board of directors’ expenses, audit expenses, and various other professional fees. Critical Accounting Policies Employee Retention Credit The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided refundable employee retention credits, which could be used to offset payroll tax liabilities. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The ARPA includes several provisions, such as measures that extend and expand the employee retention credit, previously enacted under the CARES Act, through December 31, 2021. As there is no authoritative guidance under GAAP for accounting for grants to for-profit business entities, the Company accounts for the grant by analogy to International Accounting Standards 20, "Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance" (IAS 20). During the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded an employee retention credit of approximately $4.0 million upon completion of an analysis that it met the conditions set forth in the CARES Act and it was reasonable assured that it will receive the employee retention credit. The employee retention credit is recorded in "Warehouse and processing", "Administrative and general", "Distribution" and "Selling" expenses in the manner in which the qualified wages and related costs were classified. The Company recorded income of $2.0 million, $1.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.6 million to reduce "Warehouse and processing", "Administrative and general", "Distribution" and "Selling" expenses, respectively, in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, the employee retention credit receivable of $4.0 million is included in "Accounts receivable, net" in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. The objective of this ASU is to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. In December 2022, FASB issued ASU No. 2022-06, “Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848”, which amends and extends the sunset date to December 31, 2024. The new standard was applied beginning in the first quarter of 2023 as the Company adjusted their asset-based credit facility (ABL Credit Facility) and fixed interest rate hedge. The application did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

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