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Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. Announces Long-Term Financial Targets and Strategic Priorities
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Floor & Decor Holdings (NYSE: FND) is hosting its 2022 Analyst Conference today at 8:30 a.m. ET to announce long-term financial targets through fiscal 2024. CEO Tom Taylor highlighted 2021 as a record year and outlined ambitious goals, including a net sales growth of at least 20%, new warehouse store growth of 20%, and an adjusted operating income doubling by 2024. The company aims to maintain low balance sheet leverage while prioritizing operating cash flow. A live webcast will be available for investors to follow the event insights.
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Total net sales growth target of at least 20% over three years.
New warehouse format store growth target of 20% through 2024.
Adjusted operating income expected to double from 2021 to 2024, about 25% growth over three years.
Targeting adjusted EBITDA margins in the mid-teen range.
Focus on maintaining low balance sheet leverage and improving return on invested capital.
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Risks associated with economic downturns affecting consumer spending.
Potential supply chain disruptions may impact operations.
Dependence on foreign imports could lead to price pressures from tariffs.
Ongoing effects of COVID-19 may hinder business performance.
Company to Host its 2022 Analyst Conference Today at 8:30am Eastern Time
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FND) (“We,” “Our,” the “Company,” or “Floor & Decor”) will host its 2022 Investor conference today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. In conjunction with the event, the company is announcing its long-term financial targets and strategic priorities through fiscal 2024.
Tom Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We just completed our most successful year on record in 2021, and we are incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last decade, but we still believe our best days are yet in the future. I would like to thank our approximately 11,000 Floor & Decor associates serving each other and our customers every day as none of this would be possible without their dedication. We have made thoughtful and meaningful investments year after year to continually differentiate our retail and commercial hard surface flooring models and our customers are rewarding us with continued sales and market share growth. We have strong momentum in the business in the first quarter of 2022, and we look forward to discussing our strategies and financial plans for the next three years.”
Strategic Priorities and Long-Term Financial Targets. As part of today’s webcast, Floor & Decor’s management team will outline their strategic priorities and long-term financial targets.These estimated growth rate targets represent long-term annual targets over fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024. Performance in any individual year may be lower or higher than these targets. Management will provide insights on these long-term financial targets at today’s event.
Total net sales growth of at least 20% as measured over a three-year compounded annual growth period;
New warehouse format store growth of 20% through 2024;
Adjusted operating income approximately doubling from 2021 to 2024, representing approximately 25% growth when measured over a three-year compounded annual growth period;
Adjusted EBITDA margins (as a % of sales) in the mid-teen range; and
Maintain low balance sheet leverage and prioritize operating cash flow back into the business to support 20% new warehouse-format store growth while continuing to improve return on invested capital.
Webcast Information
The Company will hold a webcast event with a live Q&A session today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The event is anticipated to conclude by 12:00 p.m. ET. A live audio webcast of the event, together with related materials, will be available online at ir.flooranddecor.com.
A recorded replay of the conference call is expected to be available within two hours of the conclusion of the call and can be accessed both online at ir.flooranddecor.com and by dialing 844-512-2921 (international callers please dial 412-317-6671). The pin number to access the telephone replay is 13727342. The replay will be available until March 3, 2023.
About Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.
Floor & Decor is a multi-channel specialty retailer and commercial flooring distributor, operating 160 warehouse-format stores and two design studios across 33 states as of December 30, 2021. The Company offers a broad assortment of in-stock hard-surface flooring, including tile, wood, laminate, vinyl, and natural stone, along with decorative accessories and wall tile, installation materials, and adjacent categories at everyday low prices. The Company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release and the associated webcast/conference call contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this release, including statements regarding the Company’s future operating results and financial position, expectations related to our growth as a result of the acquisition of Spartan Surfaces, Inc. (“Spartan”), business strategy and plans, objectives of management for future operations, and the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company’s business, the economy and other future conditions, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “seeks,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “budget,” “potential,” “focused on” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are only predictions. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements in this release are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future events, results, performance or achievements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements in this release or the associated webcast/conference call, including, without limitation, (1) an overall decline in the health of the economy, the hard surface flooring industry, consumer confidence and spending and the housing market, including as a result of rising inflation or interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic or geopolitical factors such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, (2) an economic recession or depression, (3) global inflationary pressures on raw materials could cause our vendors to seek further price increases on the products we sell, (4) our failure to successfully anticipate consumer preferences and demand, (5) our inability to manage our growth, (6) our inability to manage costs and risks relating to new store openings, (7) our inability to find available locations for our stores on terms acceptable to us, (8) any disruption in our distribution capabilities, including from difficulties operating our distribution centers, (9) any disruption in our supply chain, including carrier capacity constraints, higher shipping prices and other supply chain costs or product shortages, (10) our failure to execute our business strategy effectively and deliver value to our customers, (11) our inability to find, train and retain key personnel, (12) the resignation, incapacitation or death of any key personnel, (13) the inability to staff our stores and distribution centers sufficiently, including for reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, (14) a pandemic, such as COVID-19, or other natural disaster or unexpected event, and its impacts on our suppliers, customers, employees, lenders, operations, including our ability to operate our distribution centers and stores or on the credit markets or our future financial and operating results, (15) our dependence on foreign imports for the products we sell, which may include the impact of tariffs and other duties, (16) geopolitical risks, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, that impact our ability to import from foreign suppliers or otherwise disrupt our supply chain, (17) any restrictions, regulations, blocks or changes in the use of “cookie” tracking technologies could cause cookies to become less reliable or acceptable as a means of tracking consumer behavior, which could cause the amount of accuracy of internet user information we collect to decrease, which could harm our business and operating results, (18) violations of laws and regulations applicable to us or our suppliers, (19) our failure to adequately protect against security breaches involving our information technology systems and customer information, (20) suppliers may sell similar or identical products to our competitors, (21) competition from other stores and internet-based competition, (22) increases in commodity, material, transportation and energy costs, including the impact such increases could have on the cost of goods sold, (23) impact of acquired companies, including Spartan, (24) our inability to manage our inventory obsolescence, shrinkage and damage, (25) our inability to maintain sufficient levels of cash flow or liquidity to meet growth expectations, (26) our inability to obtain merchandise on a timely basis at prices acceptable to us and (27) restrictions imposed by our indebtedness on our current and future operations. Additional information concerning these and other factors are described in “Forward-Looking Statements,” Item 1, “Business” and Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of Part I and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures” of Part II of the Company’s Annual Report for fiscal 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 24, 2022 (the “Annual Report”) and elsewhere in the Annual Report, and those described in the Company’s other filings with the SEC.
Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements contained in this release or the associated webcast/conference call speak only as of the date hereof. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict those events or how they may affect the Company. If a change to the events and circumstances reflected in the Company’s forward-looking statements occurs, the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results may vary materially from those expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, the Company does not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein or in the associated webcast/conference call, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.
