Operating Income
Operating income for the Food Safety segment decreased $3.0 million during the three months ended February 28, 2026, compared to the three months ended February 28, 2025. The decrease was primarily driven by duplicative Petrifilm costs and sample collection manufacturing inefficiencies.
Operating income for the Food Safety segment increased $439.5 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2026, compared to the nine months ended February 28, 2025. Excluding the $461.4 million goodwill impairment recorded in the prior year, operating income decline during the comparable period. This was primarily driven by lower sales volumes following the divestiture of our Cleaners and Disinfectants business, as well as duplicative Petrifilm costs and sample collection manufacturing inefficiencies, partially offset by the cost reductions initiated in the second quarter.
Operating income for the Animal Safety segment decreased $1.1 million during the three months ended February 28, 2026 compared to the three months ended February 28, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales volumes following the divestiture of our Cleaners and Disinfectants business. These decreases were partially offset by lower operating costs in the current period, which is the result of both the prior quarter restructuring actions and those incurred for the genomics business in the prior year period.
Operating income for the Animal Safety segment increased $10.0 million during nine months ended February 28, 2026 compared to the nine months ended February 28, 2025. The increase was primarily due to lower operating costs in the current year, which is the result of the prior year's restructuring actions incurred for the genomics business.
The increased corporate expense during each comparable period is related to increases in compliance and transformation initiatives, restructuring expense and certain corporate development initiatives. These increases are partially offset by lower equity-based compensation expense.
Financial Condition and Liquidity
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from the operations of our business, and available borrowing capacity under our Revolving Facility. Our principal uses of cash include working capital-related items, capital expenditures, debt service, and strategic investments.
Our future cash generation and borrowing capacity may not be sufficient to meet cash requirements to fund the operating business, repay debt obligations, construct new manufacturing facilities, commercialize products currently under development or execute our future plans to acquire additional businesses, technology and products that fit within our strategic plan. Accordingly, we may be required, or may choose, to issue additional equity securities or enter into other financing arrangements for a portion of our future capital needs. However, we continuously monitor and forecast our liquidity situation in light of industry, customer and economic factors, and take the necessary actions to preserve our liquidity and evaluate other financial alternatives that may be available to us should the need arise. As a result, we believe that our cash flows from operations, cash on hand, and borrowing capacity will enable us to fund the operating business, repay debt obligations, construct new manufacturing facilities, commercialize products currently under development, and execute our strategic plans.
We are subject to certain legal and other proceedings that have not had, and, in the opinion of management, are not expected to have, a material effect on our results of operations or financial position.
As of February 28, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents of $159.9 million. The Company has irrevocable standby letters of credit in an amount of $3.2 million. As of February 28, 2026, no amount has been drawn. The standby letters of credit reduced our borrowing available under our revolving line of credit to 198.3 million as of February 28, 2026.
There are no additional required principal payments for the Term Loan until the second quarter of fiscal year 2028. Financial covenants include maintaining specified levels of funded debt to EBITDA, and debt service coverage. As of February 28, 2026, we are in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facilities.
We continue to make investments in our business and operating facilities. Our estimate for capital expenditures in fiscal 2026 is approximately $50.0 million. This includes approximately $35.0 million in capital expenditures related to the integration of the acquired 3M FSD products, the most significant portion of which is related to our new manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan.