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| The improvement in gross profit margin was led by several factors, including increased pricing, improved operational efficiencies and fixed cost absorption |
| Our operations team continues to do a great job at efficiently increasing production capacity to manage the robust demand |
| Dave has 40-plus years of experience in the industry, and we're confident he will successfully continue to grow this business into being a world-class organization |
| I will say the increased revenue and our operational efficiencies that we've been seeing has led to better overhead absorption |
| Historically, AAON has always thrived in times of disruption, and we'd expect this to be another opportunity to take share |
| Gross margin expanded quarter-over-quarter, another 410 basis points, driven by increased productivity and a positive contribution from price cost, increased volume and higher gross margin drove earnings per share growth of 70.6% to $0.58 per diluted share |
| Gary Fields Well, we've already seen a lot of productivity improvement as we've been able to stabilize the workforce |
| Production outpaced bookings for a second straight quarter, which we were very happy to see |
| Productivity across all three of our major locations improved in the quarter |
| Most of our independent sales rep offices maintain a positive sentiment and outlook when it comes to the upcoming year |
| These have all been a key factor to the improved margins |
| Those orders have been very strong |
| From a high-level perspective, industry trends remain favorable for AAON |
| The high-quality, high-performing custom equipment we manufacture has become a very compelling value proposition with a market that is increasingly focused on decarbonization, energy efficiency and electrification |
| Specifically, the association of builders and contractors latest monthly survey, which stated that construction backlogs remain lofty and that builders and contractors expect rising employment and expanding sales and profit margins |
| AAON's culture, commitment to innovation and value-focused product offerings align well with the BASX heritage and have allowed the collective team to make major strides over the past two years |
| The backlog is healthy, especially considering the portion of backlog expected to ship next year |
| And the cost of it was just tremendously beneficial to us |
| We continue to target a strong double-digit annual growth in parts and expect to increase the business by 2x to 3x in the next five years |
| While it's still early, at this point in time, we are anticipating another solid year of growth |
| Therefore, despite the concerns you're hearing related to the general economy, there's still a lot of positives that we're excited about in the upcoming year |
| Our AAON, Oklahoma and BASX segments particularly realized robust growth |
| As we look forward, AAON is positioned to be a world-class organization, and I am proud to be a part of it |
| Overall, we were happy to see bookings improve in the third quarter and to see the month-over-month improvement throughout the quarter |
| Improved operational efficiencies, less supply chain disruptions and additional production capacity drove volume growth of 11.9% |
| We reported record sales for a seventh straight quarter |
| Market environment remains busy despite what the macroeconomic indicators have been signaling bookings and the book-to-bill improved quarter-over-quarter and sentiment at the ground level remains very positive |
| I'm also excited because the company still has a lot more potential |
| Third quarter was another very good quarter for AAON |
| Our balance sheet remains strong |
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| This also was a factor to the soft bookings realized in the second quarter |
| On our last earnings call, we stated that we thought the soft bookings in the second quarter were not indicative of underlying demand and were more so a reflection of a temporary shift in customers' buying patterns related lead times |
| With that said, we'd expect fourth quarter sales and earnings to be modestly down from the GAAP results we recognized in Q3 |
| The decline in lead times earlier this year led to temporarily slower ordering by customers |
| And then it looked like the Longview Coil Products business ran into some hurdles as you sort of implement the BASX product there |
| Moreover, the industry next year is likely to be notably disrupted by new refrigerant regulations that will be going into effect January 1, 2025 |
| So sometimes that is a factor that when you get into some of our seasonality, you have less absorption and the margins might dip just slightly |
| We're still seeing cost pressures, which we intend will be fully offset with price |
| Our leverage ratio of 0.33 was down from 0.37 at the end of the second quarter and down from 0.46 at the end of 2022 |
| Lead times are now finally back to normal levels, which is important for competitive reasons |
| The issue now is that because of the pandemic and because of extended lead times, people began to order with a longer thought process |
| Although there are a couple end markets that have softened and the comps for us next year become much tougher, we'd still expect volumes to be up |
| You have historically seen periods where there's been disruptions going back ways |
| In 2022, due to robust demand and supply chain disruptions, lead times of our equipment as well as our competitors' equipment climbed significantly throughout the year |
| And we probably let them fall a little behind on how we should have transferred that when you flush it all out, the business does very well, that just puts a little bit of burden on them that they probably don't deserve |
| But having said that, was there things in the quarter that just were unusually positive and it's difficult to repeat and maybe generated those higher margins? Rebecca Thompson Well, I didn't say they're unusually positive |
| As such, it is subject to the occurrence of many events outside of AAON's control that could cause AAON's results to differ materially from those anticipated |
| Genuinely, I do not take this for granted and intend to do everything possible to help make this organization as successful as possible |
| Historically, due to holidays resulting in less production days, we've always recognized slower fourth quarter relative second and third quarters |
| Our press release and Form 10-Q that we filed this afternoon detail some of the important risk factors that may cause our actual results to differ from those in our predictions |
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