BRP PRESENTS ITS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
- Record second quarter revenues and retail sales growth
- Positive outlook for fiscal 2024
- None.
Highlights
- Revenues of
, up$2,778.0 million 14% compared to the same period last year, a record second quarter for BRP; - Normalized EBITDA [1] of
, up$473.1 million 13% compared to the same period last year; - North American Powersports retail sales grew by
41% compared to the same period last year, once again outperforming the industry and achieving record highs in terms of market share for PWC, ATV and SSV; - Normalized earnings per share – diluted [1] of
, an increase of$3.21 per share, or$0.27 9% , and earnings per share – diluted of , an increase of$4.26 per share, or$1.32 45% , compared to the same period last year; and - Increasing full year-end guidance for Normalized EPS – diluted [1] [2] upward by
, now ranging from$0.10 to$12.35 .$12.85
Recent events – Highlights from Club BRP 2024
- The Company launched the all-new Can-Am Maverick R, setting a new benchmark in the high-end SSV Sport segment. BRP also announced that it was expanding the Can-Am SSV lineup with more 4-seaters and entry-level models.
- For 3WV, the Company revealed that it was enhancing the rider connectivity experience on all Can-Am Spyder F3 and RT models, which will now feature an all-new 10.25-inch color touchscreen with Apple CarPlay.
- The Company also introduced the next generation of its iconic Sea-Doo Spark, and the new class-leading 325 hp Sea-Doo RXP-X/RXT-X. In addition, it unveiled the new Sea-Doo Switch Cruise Limited pontoon, with a host of upgraded technologies.
- On the Marine side, BRP announced that it was bolstering the
Manitou lineup for model year 24 with the all-new Manitou Explore MAX Dual Engine model, featuring dual Rotax S150 outboard engines, a larger MAX Deck and the iDock intuitive piloting system.
"We are pleased with our performance as BRP delivered its strongest second quarter ever with revenues and Normalized EPS – diluted [1] increases of
"We had a very successful BRP Club in August with a significant number of new model launches. Our reputation for innovation, the breadth of our portfolio, and a strong dealer network are key advantages for us in the industry, paving the way for continued success going forward."
"With our solid momentum, we expect fiscal 2024 to deliver record revenues and profitability. Reflecting our positive outlook, we are increasing the range of our financial guidance to Normalized EPS – diluted [1] between
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[1] See « Non-IFRS Measures » section of this press release |
Financial Highlights | Three-month periods ended | Six-month periods ended | ||
(in millions of Canadian dollars, except per share data and margin) | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 |
Revenues | ||||
Gross Profit | 697.6 | 602.7 | 1,321.1 | 1,057.1 |
Gross Profit (%) | 25.1 % | 24.7 % | 25.4 % | 24.9 % |
Normalized EBITDA [1] | 473.1 | 418.3 | 850.2 | 690.4 |
Net income | 338.7 | 237.7 | 493.2 | 358.7 |
Normalized net income [1] | 255.4 | 237.9 | 447.4 | 375.0 |
Earnings per share – diluted | 4.26 | 2.94 | 6.16 | 4.38 |
Normalized earnings per share – diluted [1] | 3.21 | 2.94 | 5.59 | 4.58 |
Weighted average number of shares – diluted | 79,255,857 | 80,505,043 | 79,828,732 | 81,582,927 |
FISCAL YEAR 2024 UPDATED GUIDANCE & OUTLOOK
The FY24 guidance has been updated as follows:
Financial Metric | FY23 | FY24 Guidance [4] vs FY23 |
Revenues | ||
Year-Round Products | Up | |
Seasonal Products | 3,440.3 | Down |
Powersports PA&A and OEM Engines | 1,276.4 | Down |
Marine | 489.6 | Up |
Total Company revenues | 10,033.4 | Up |
Normalized EBITDA [1] | 1,706.3 | Up |
Effective tax rate [1][3] | 24.4 % | |
Normalized earnings per share – diluted [1] | ||
Net income | 865.4 | ~ |
Other assumptions for FY24 Guidance
• | Depreciation Expenses: | ~ |
• | Net Financing Costs Adjusted: | |
• | Weighted average number of shares – diluted: | ~79.1M shares (previously 79.8M) |
• | Capital Expenditures: |
[1] See "Non-IFRS Measures" section of this press release. |
[3] Effective tax rate based on Normalized Earnings before Normalized Income Tax. |
[4] Please refer to the "Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" and "Key assumptions" sections of this press release for a summary of important risk factors that could affect the above guidance and of the assumptions underlying this Fiscal Year 2024 guidance. |
FY24 Quarterly Outlook
The Company continues to expect another solid year, reaffirming its Normalized EBITDA [1] increase ranging from
SECOND QUARTER RESULTS
Continued strong deliveries, aided by improvements in the supply chain and the inflationary environment, allowed the Company to further build on the momentum created in its first quarter. The demand for the Company's products remained healthy, as evidenced by the increase of
The increase in revenues for the three- and six-month periods ended July 31, 2023 compared to the corresponding periods ended July 31, 2022 is mainly explained by high deliveries of units due to improvements in the supply chain and sustained demand, which is driven in part by strong SSV, ATV, Sea-Doo pontoon and Snowmobile retail sales. The supply chain has gradually stabilized, resulting in production efficiencies, a return to the Company's normal wholesale delivery pattern and an increase in gross profit margin compared to the same period last year. However, these increases were partially offset by more costly sales programs, which are mostly due to rising interest rates.
Revenues
Revenues increased by
- Year-Round Products [5] (
53% of Q2-24 revenues): Revenues from Year-Round Products increased by , or$103.5 million 7.6% , to for the three-month period ended July 31, 2023, compared to$1,461.6 million for the corresponding period ended July 31, 2022. The increase was primarily attributable to a higher volume of SSV and ATV sold, as well as favourable pricing across all product lines, which was partially offset by higher sales programs. The increase includes a favourable foreign exchange rate variation of$1,358.1 million .$40 million - Seasonal Products [5] (
32% of Q2-24 revenues): Revenues from Seasonal Products increased by , or$206.3 million 29.8% , to for the three-month period ended July 31, 2023, compared to$897.5 million for the corresponding period ended July 31, 2022. The increase is primarily attributable to a higher volume of Snowmobile sold due to a reduction in supply chain issues that impacted deliveries in the three-month period ended July 31, 2022, as well as increased deliveries of the Sea-Doo pontoon. The increase was also attributable to favourable pricing across all product lines, partially offset by higher sales programs. The increase also includes a favourable foreign exchange rate variation of$691.2 million .$27 million - Powersports PA&A and OEM Engines [5] (
11% of Q2-24 revenues): Revenues from Powersports PA&A and OEM Engines increased by , or$36.7 million 14.3% , to for the three-month period ended July 31, 2023, compared to$294.2 million for the corresponding period ended July 31, 2022. The increase was mainly attributable to a higher volume of PA&A coming from strong unit retail sales and sales from businesses acquired in the second half of Fiscal 2023, combined with favourable pricing. The increase was partially offset by higher sales programs. The increase also includes a favourable foreign exchange rate variation of$257.5 million .$11 million - Marine [5] (
4% of Q2-24 revenues): Revenues from the Marine segment decreased by .6 million, or$12 9.0% , to for the three-month period ended July 31, 2023, compared to$126.9 million for the corresponding period ended July 31, 2022. The decrease was mainly due to a lower volume of boats and PA&A sold as a result of longer production ramp-up related to the introduction of new products, which have experienced extended delays due to supply chain issues, unfavourable mix across most product lines and higher sales programs. The decrease was partially offset by higher pricing and a favourable foreign exchange rate variation of$139.5 million .$3 million
[1] See "Non-IFRS Measures" section of this press release. |
[5] The inter-segment transactions are included in the analysis. |
North American Retail Sales
The Company's North American retail sales for Powersports Products increased by
- Year-Round Products: retail sales increased on a percentage basis in the low-twenties range compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2022. In comparison, the Year-Round Products industry increased on a percentage basis in the high-single digits over the same period.
- Seasonal Products: retail sales increased on a percentage basis in the low-seventies range, low-sixties when excluding Sea-Doo pontoon, compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2022. In comparison, the Seasonal Products industry increased on a percentage basis in the low-fifties range over the same period.
Marine Products retail sales decreased by
Gross profit
Gross profit increased by
[5] The inter-segment transactions are included in the analysis. |
Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased by
Normalized EBITDA [1]
Normalized EBITDA [1] increased by
Net Income
Net income increased by
SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 31, 2023
Revenues
Revenues increased by
Normalized EBITDA [1]
Normalized EBITDA [1] increased by
Net Income
Net income increased by
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company generated net cash flows from operating activities totaling
The Company invested
During the six-month period ended July 31, 2023, the Company also returned
[1] See "Non-IFRS Measures" section of the press release |
Dividend
On September 6, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST PRESENTATION
Today at 9 a.m. ET, BRP Inc. will host a conference call and webcast to discuss its FY24 second quarter results. The call will be hosted by José Boisjoli, President and CEO, and Sébastien Martel, CFO. To listen to the conference call by phone (event number 52909951), please dial 1 (888) 396-8049 (toll-free in
The Company's second quarter FY24 webcast presentation is posted in the Quarterly Reports section of BRP's website.
About BRP
BRP Inc. is a global leader in the world of powersports products, propulsion systems and boats built on over 80 years of ingenuity and intensive consumer focus. Through its portfolio of industry-leading and distinctive brands featuring Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and pontoons, Can-Am on and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft and Quintrex boats,
Ski-Doo, Lynx, Sea-Doo, Can-Am, Rotax, Alumacraft,
CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this press release, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the Company's Fiscal Year 2024, including financial guidance and outlook and where it stands with respect to it, and related assumptions of the Company (including revenues, Normalized EBITDA, Effective Tax Rate, Normalized earnings per share, net income, depreciation expense, net financing costs adjusted, weighted average of the number of shares diluted and capital expenditures), statements relating to the revised guidance for Marine and its impact on the boat manufacturing plant in Chihuahua City, including the postponed construction and expected time of start of production, statements relating to the declaration and payment of dividends, statements about the Company's current and future plans, and other statements about the Company's prospects, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, results, levels of activity, performance, objectives, targets, goals or achievements, priorities and strategies, financial position, market position, including its ability to gain additional market share, capabilities, competitive strengths, beliefs, the prospects and trends of the industries in which the Company operates, the expected sustained demand for the Company's products and services and sustainable growth, research and product development activities, including the expectation of regular flow of new product introductions, their projected design, characteristics, capacity or performance, expected scheduled entry to market and the anticipated impact of such product introductions, expected financial requirements and the availability of capital resources and liquidities or any other future events or developments and other statements that are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian and
Forward-looking statements are presented for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding certain key elements of the Company's current objectives, goals, targets, strategic priorities, expectations and plans, and in obtaining a better understanding of the Company's business and anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes; readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained herein. Forward-looking statements, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on a number of assumptions, both general and specific, as further described below.
Many factors could cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements or future events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following factors, which are discussed in greater detail under the heading "Risk Factors" of its Annual Information Form: the impact of adverse economic conditions including in the context of recent significant increases of interest and inflation rates; any decline in social acceptability of the Company and its products, including in connection with the broader adoption of electrical or low-emission products; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; high levels of indebtedness; any unavailability of additional capital; any supply problems, termination or interruption of supply arrangements or increases in the cost of materials, including as a result of the military conflict between
KEY ASSUMPTIONS
The Company made a number of economic, market and operational assumptions in preparing and making certain forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including without limitation, the assumptions underlying the Company's environmental, social and governance targets, goals and initiatives under its CSR25 program, which are set out in the "Forward-Looking Statements" section of its Corporate Social Responsibility report, as well as the following assumptions: reasonable industry growth ranging from slightly down to slightly up, that assumes an improved supply chain environment compared to last year; market share will remain constant or moderately increase; stable global and North American economic conditions, a limited impact from the military conflict between
NON-IFRS MEASURES
This press release makes reference to certain non-IFRS measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company's results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, they should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the Company's financial information reported under IFRS. The Company uses non-IFRS measures including the following:
Non-IFRS measures | Definition | Reason for use | |
Normalized EBITDA | Net income before financing costs, financing income, income tax expense (recovery), depreciation expense and normalized elements. | Assist investors in determining the financial performance of the Company's operating activities on a consistent basis by excluding certain non-cash elements such as depreciation expense, impairment charge, foreign exchange gain or loss on the Company's long-term debt denominated in | |
Normalized net income | Net income before normalized elements adjusted to reflect the tax effect on these elements | In addition to the financial performance of operating activities, these measures consider the impact of investing activities, financing activities and income taxes on the Company's financial results | |
Normalized income tax expense | Income tax expense adjusted to reflect the tax effect on normalized elements and to normalize specific tax elements | ||
Normalized effective tax rate | Based on Normalized net income before Normalized income tax expense | ||
Normalized earnings per share – basic & diluted | Calculated by dividing the Normalized net income by the weighted average number of shares – diluted | ||
The Company believes non-IFRS measures are important supplemental measures of financial performance because they eliminate items that have less bearing on the Company's financial performance and thus highlight trends in its core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. The Company also believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of companies, many of which present similar metrics when reporting their results. Management also uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate financial performance comparisons from period to period, prepare annual operating budgets, assess the Company's ability to meet its future debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements and also as a component in the determination of the short-term incentive compensation for the Company's employees. Because other companies may calculate these non-IFRS measures differently than the Company does, these metrics are not comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
The Company refers the reader to the tables below for the reconciliations of the non-IFRS measures presented by the Company to the most directly comparable IFRS measure.
Reconciliation Tables
The following tables present the reconciliation of non-IFRS measures compared to their respective IFRS measures:
Three-month periods | Six-month periods | |||||
(in millions of Canadian dollars) | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | ||
Net income | ||||||
Normalized elements | ||||||
Foreign exchange (gain) loss on long-term debt and lease liabilities | (77.6) | (0.1) | (33.8) | 16.0 | ||
Gain on NCIB | (3.2) | — | (3.2) | (1.8) | ||
Costs related to business combinations [2] | 1.7 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 2.1 | ||
Other elements | — | (0.2) | 0.2 | 1.1 | ||
Income tax adjustment [1] [3] | (4.2) | (0.5) | (15.6) | (1.1) | ||
Normalized net income [1] | 255.4 | 237.9 | 447.4 | 375.0 | ||
Normalized income tax expense | 80.2 | 82.5 | 132.8 | 131.8 | ||
Financing costs adjusted | 47.2 | 27.6 | 91.3 | 44.1 | ||
Financing income adjusted | (2.9) | (1.5) | (4.4) | (2.5) | ||
Depreciation expense adjusted | 93.2 | 71.8 | 183.1 | 142.0 | ||
Normalized EBITDA [1] | ||||||
[1] See "Non-IFRS Measures" section. |
[2] Transaction costs and depreciation of intangible assets related to business combinations. |
[3] Income tax adjustment is related to the income tax on Normalized elements subject to tax and for which income tax has been recognized and to the adjustment related to the impact of foreign currency translation from Mexican operations. |
(millions of Canadian dollars, except per share data) | Three-month periods ended | Six-month periods ended | |||
July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | ||
Depreciation expense reconciliation | |||||
Depreciation expense | |||||
Depreciation of intangible assets related to business combinations | 2.5 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2.1 | |
Depreciation expense adjusted | |||||
Income tax expense reconciliation | |||||
Income tax expense | |||||
Income tax adjustment [2] | (4.2) | (0.5) | (15.6) | (1.1) | |
Normalized income tax expense [1] | |||||
Financing costs reconciliation | |||||
Financing costs | |||||
Other | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Financing costs adjusted | |||||
Financing income reconciliation | |||||
Financing income | |||||
Gain on NCIB | (3.2) | — | (3.2) | (1.8) | |
Financing income adjusted | |||||
Normalized EPS - basic [1] calculation | |||||
Normalized net income [1] | |||||
Non-controlling interests | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
Weighted average number of shares - basic | 77,874,472 | 78,959,785 | 78,357,505 | 80,000,264 | |
Normalized EPS - basic [1] | |||||
Normalized EPS - diluted [1] calculation | |||||
Normalized net income [1] | |||||
Non-controlling interests | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
Weighted average number of shares - Diluted | 79,255,857 | 80,505,043 | 79,828,732 | 81,582,927 | |
Normalized EPS - diluted [1] |
[1] See "Non-IFRS Measures" section. |
[2] Income tax adjustment is related to the income tax on Normalized elements subject to tax and for which income tax has been recognized and to the adjustment related to the impact of foreign currency translation from Mexican operations. |
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