UFP Industries Announces First Quarter Results

Net sales of $1.82 billion, diluted EPS of $1.98

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UFP Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced first quarter 2023 results including net sales of $1.82 billion, net earnings attributable to controlling interest of $126 million, and earnings per diluted share of $1.98.

“Given the softer economy and general uncertainty in the markets, these results are in line with our expectations and, in some instances, better than we anticipated, thanks to the hard work of our UFP teammates,” said Chairman and CEO Matthew J. Missad. “Our experienced team continues to provide excellent value to our customers while efficiently managing the business with a determination to deliver strong results for our shareholders. Our strong cash flow, excellent balance sheet and prudent capital allocation enable us to take advantage of opportunities that may become available during this cycle. Of course, our operations will continue to make sure we are sized correctly for current demand, while still investing in product and service enhancements and innovations to create value for our customers. Our outlook remains positive, albeit at a lower level than 2021 and 2022.”

First Quarter 2023 Highlights (comparisons on a year-over-year basis):

• Net sales of $1.82 billion decreased 27 percent due to a 20 percent decrease in prices, an 8 percent decrease in organic unit sales, and a 1 percent increase in sales from acquisitions.
• New product sales of $167 million decreased 10 percent, largely due to lower lumber prices. New product sales as a percent of total sales rose to 9.1 percent from 7.4 percent in 2022.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $202 million decreased 31 percent, and adjusted EBITDA margin dropped to 11.1 percent from 11.7 percent in 2022.
• Diluted EPS of $1.98 represents a 34 percent decrease from last year.

Capital Allocation

UFP Industries maintains a strong balance sheet, with $145.3 million in net surplus cash (surplus cash less interest-bearing debt and cash overdraft) on April 1, 2023, compared to $409.8 million in net debt at the end of the first quarter of 2022. The company had approximately $1.7 billion of liquidity as of April 1, 2023. The company’s return-focused approach to capital allocation includes the following:

- A target of $200 million for capital investments in 2023, including value-added growth investments and significant investments in robotics, automation and technology.

- Repurchases of approximately 451,000 shares of common stock for $35.3 million during the first quarter of 2023 (at an average price of $78.27 per share). The company is authorized to purchase an additional 1.5 million shares through February 3, 2024, and intends to continue to repurchase UFPI shares when the price is advantageous and to offset dilution resulting from long-term, share-based incentive compensation programs.

- A quarterly dividend payment of $0.25 per share, approved by the board of directors on April 26, 2023, payable on June 15, 2023, to shareholders of record on June 1, 2023.

The company continues to seek strategic acquisitions that drive long-term growth and margin improvements, enhance its capabilities, and create incremental value for its customers and shareholders.

By business segment, the company reported the following first-quarter 2023 results:

UFP Retail Solutions

$749.6 million in net sales, down 25 percent compared to the first quarter of 2022, due to a 23 percent decline in selling prices (due to the relative decrease in the lumber market) and a 2 percent decline in organic unit sales. Gross profit decreased 30 percent to $94.4 million, primarily due to the impact of products sold with a variable price. Those products benefited from a significant increase in lumber prices during the first quarter of 2022. Based on anticipated lumber prices, the company expects more favorable comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 over 2022.

UFP Packaging (formerly UFP Industrial)

$486.6 million in net sales, down 20 percent compared to the first quarter of 2022, due to an 18 percent decrease in selling prices, a 4 percent decline in organic unit sales, and a 2 percent increase in sales from acquisitions. Gross profit decreased 19 percent to $120.9 million due to normalizing market pricing and a small decline in volume.

UFP Construction

$515.6 million in net sales, down 34 percent compared to the first quarter of 2022, due to an 18 percent decrease in selling prices and a 16 percent decrease in organic unit sales. Gross profit decreased 25 percent to $121.7 million, largely due to normalizing market pricing and a decline in volume among residential and manufactured housing customers in line with market conditions.

CONFERENCE CALL

UFP Industries will conduct a conference call to discuss its outlook and information included in this news release at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The call will be hosted by Chairman and CEO Matthew J. Missad and CFO Michael Cole and will be available simultaneously and in its entirety to all interested investors and news media through a webcast at http://www.ufpi.com. A replay of the call will be available through the website.

UFP Industries, Inc.

UFP Industries is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries – UFP Packaging, UFP Construction and UFP Retail Solutions – manufacture, distribute and sell a wide variety of value-added products used in residential and commercial construction, packaging and other industrial applications worldwide. Founded in 1955, the company is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., with affiliates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. UFP Industries is ranked #401 on the Fortune 500 and #149 on Industry Week’s list of America’s Largest Manufacturers. For more about UFP Industries, go to www.ufpi.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, that are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets we serve, the economy and the Company itself. Words like “anticipates,” “believes,” “confident,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “likely,” “plans,” “projects,” “should,” variations of such words, and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. These statements do not guarantee future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. The Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect facts, circumstances, events, or assumptions that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made. Actual results could differ materially from those included in such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainty. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements are the following: fluctuations in the price of lumber; adverse or unusual weather conditions; adverse economic conditions in the markets we serve; government regulations, particularly involving environmental and safety regulations; and our ability to make successful business acquisitions. Certain of these risk factors as well as other risk factors and additional information are included in the Company's reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Non-GAAP Financial Information

This release includes certain financial information not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Because not all companies calculate non-GAAP financial information identically (or at all), the presentations herein may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. Management considers Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, an alternative performance measure which may provide useful information to investors.

Net earnings

Net earnings refers to net earnings attributable to controlling interest unless specifically noted.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 2023/2022
		Quarter Period and Year to Date
(In thousands, except per share data)		2023							2022
NET SALES		$	1,822,476			100.0		%	$	2,489,313			100.0		%
COST OF GOODS SOLD			1,464,147			80.3				2,010,950			80.8
GROSS PROFIT			358,329			19.7				478,363			19.2
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES			194,683			10.7				220,150			8.8
OTHER LOSSES (GAINS), NET			1,938			0.1				(812	)		—
EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS			161,708			8.9				259,025			10.4
INTEREST AND OTHER			(2,841	)		(0.2	)			4,910			0.2
EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES			164,549			9.0				254,115			10.2
INCOME TAXES			38,971			2.1				60,984			2.4
NET EARNINGS			125,578			6.9				193,131			7.8
LESS NET LOSS (EARNINGS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST			491			—				(3,428	)		(0.1	)
NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTEREST		$	126,069			6.9			$	189,703			7.6
EARNINGS PER SHARE - BASIC		$	2.01						$	3.01
EARNINGS PER SHARE - DILUTED		$	1.98						$	3.00
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME		$	131,830						$	196,315
LESS COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST			(1,760	)						(4,377	)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTEREST		$	130,070						$	191,938

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS BY SEGMENT (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 2023/2022
		Quarter Period and Year to Date
		2023
(In thousands)		Retail			Packaging				Construction			All Other			Corporate				Total
NET SALES		$	749,577		$	486,561			$	515,593		$	67,512		$	3,233			$	1,822,476
COST OF GOODS SOLD			655,139			365,663				393,934			47,876			1,535				1,464,147
GROSS PROFIT			94,438			120,898				121,659			19,636			1,698				358,329
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES			53,355			66,252				67,338			13,522			(5,784	)			194,683
OTHER			27			(86	)			73			2,080			(156	)			1,938
EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS		$	41,056		$	54,732			$	54,248		$	4,034		$	7,638			$	161,708

		Quarter Period and Year to Date
		2022
(In thousands)		Retail			Packaging				Construction			All Other			Corporate				Total
NET SALES		$	993,232		$	611,369			$	786,471		$	95,567		$	2,674			$	2,489,313
COST OF GOODS SOLD			858,895			461,815				625,059			64,024			1,157				2,010,950
GROSS PROFIT			134,337			149,554				161,412			31,543			1,517				478,363
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES			62,668			67,231				82,337			16,625			(8,711	)			220,150
OTHER			272			(68	)			257			103			(1,376	)			(812	)
EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS		$	71,397		$	82,391			$	78,818		$	14,815		$	11,604			$	259,025

ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION BY SEGMENT (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 2023/2022
		Quarter Period and Year to Date
		2023
(In thousands)		Retail				Packaging				Construction				All Other				Corporate				Total
Net earnings		$	31,316			$	41,325			$	41,404			$	4,688			$	6,845			$	125,578
Interest and other			21				583				(5	)			(2,109	)			(1,331	)			(2,841	)
Income taxes			9,719				12,824				12,849				1,455				2,124				38,971
Expenses associated with share-based compensation arrangements			1,615				2,096				2,121				278				3,527				9,637
Net loss (gain) on disposition and impairment of assets			36				(86	)			(47	)			(10	)			(57	)			(164	)
Depreciation expense			5,618				7,682				4,628				615				7,231				25,774
Amortization of intangibles			1,055				2,246				797				532				379				5,009
Adjusted EBITDA		$	49,380			$	66,670			$	61,747			$	5,449			$	18,718			$	201,964
Adjusted EBITDA as a Percentage of Net Sales			6.6	%			13.7	%			12.0	%			8.1	%			579.0	%			11.1	%
		Quarter Period and Year to Date
		2022
(In thousands)		Retail				Packaging				Construction				All Other				Corporate				Total
Net earnings		$	54,246			$	62,228			$	59,903			$	10,611			$	6,143			$	193,131
Interest and other			23				512				—				854				3,521				4,910
Income taxes			17,128				19,651				18,915				3,350				1,940				60,984
Expenses associated with share-based compensation arrangements			1,221				1,408				1,464				224				2,614				6,931
Net loss (gain) on disposition and impairment of assets			305				(65	)			(11	)			10				(545	)			(306	)
Depreciation expense			4,436				6,807				3,434				572				6,593				21,842
Amortization of intangibles			883				1,715				864				1,082				128				4,672
Adjusted EBITDA		$	78,242			$	92,256			$	84,569			$	16,703			$	20,394			$	292,164
Adjusted EBITDA as a Percentage of Net Sales			7.9	%			15.1	%			10.8	%			17.5	%			762.7	%			11.7	%

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
MARCH 2023/2022
(In thousands)
ASSETS			2023			2022		LIABILITIES AND EQUITY			2023			2022
CURRENT ASSETS								CURRENT LIABILITIES
Cash and cash equivalents		$	423,299		$	73,783		Cash Overdraft		$	—		$	61,711
Restricted cash			761			729		Accounts payable			277,989			425,956
Investments			37,534			35,465		Accrued liabilities and other			249,350			372,640
Accounts receivable			809,389			1,095,362		Current portion of debt			3,020			42,895
Inventories			960,338			1,230,351
Other current assets			35,692			36,727
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS			2,267,013			2,472,417		TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES			530,359			903,202
OTHER ASSETS			242,541			155,438		LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCE LEASE OBLIGATIONS			275,002			379,015
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET			487,080			445,232		OTHER LIABILITIES			178,986			173,577
								TEMPORARY EQUITY			6,801			—
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET			700,155			600,879		SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY			2,705,641			2,218,172
TOTAL ASSETS		$	3,696,789		$	3,673,966		TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		$	3,696,789		$	3,673,966

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 2023/2022
(In thousands)		2023					2022
CASH FLOWS USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net earnings		$	125,578				$	193,131
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation			25,774					21,842
Amortization of intangibles			5,009					4,672
Expense associated with share-based and grant compensation arrangements			9,637					6,931
Deferred income taxes (credit)			(242	)				101
Unrealized (gain) loss on investment and other			(149	)				1,601
Equity in loss of investee			588					515
Net gain on sale and disposition of assets			(164	)				(306	)
Changes in:
Accounts receivable			(191,064	)				(352,928	)
Inventories			14,674					(258,019	)
Accounts payable and cash overdraft			68,388					143,895
Accrued liabilities and other			(95,105	)				(6,466	)
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES			(37,076	)				(245,031	)
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment			(38,166	)				(32,072	)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment			319					1,207
Acquisitions, net of cash received and purchase of equity method investment			—					(24,571	)
Purchases of investments			(11,709	)				(6,030	)
Proceeds from sale of investments			8,849					4,725
Other			(1,151	)				(2,995	)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES			(41,858	)				(59,736	)
CASH FLOWS (USED IN) FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings under revolving credit facilities			4,437					242,950
Repayments under revolving credit facilities			(4,518	)				(141,438	)
Repayments of debt			(29	)				(199	)
Contingent consideration payments and other			(6,179	)				(551	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock			685					663
Dividends paid to shareholders			(15,642	)				(12,541	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest			(4,859	)				(2,053	)
Repurchase of common stock			(33,288	)				(501	)
Other			25					—
NET CASH (USED IN) FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES			(59,368	)				86,330
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			2,739					1,726
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			(135,563	)				(216,711	)
ALL CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD			559,623					291,223
ALL CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD		$	424,060				$	74,512
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		$	559,397				$	286,662
Restricted cash, beginning of period			226					4,561
All cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		$	559,623				$	291,223
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	423,299				$	73,783
Restricted cash, end of period			761					729
All cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	424,060				$	74,512

 

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Source: UFP Industries, Inc.