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| The increase in year-over-year results was led by a 14% increase in the North American On-Highway end market due to continued strength and demand for Class 8 vocational and medium-duty trucks and a 34% increase in net sales in the defense end market, principally driven by increased demand for tracked and wheeled vehicle applications |
| We hold a favorable outlook for our largest end market into 2024 and beyond, as we believe the market has not fully satisfied pent-up demand and upcoming emissions changes in 2027 |
| Allison is already the established propulsion leader in the North America refuse market and we look forward to maintaining our leadership position now and into the future |
| Our topline performance for the year was driven by robust demand in our North America On-Highway end market of 13% year-over-year, attributed to strength in the Class 8 vocational and medium-duty trucks |
| Year-over-year results were also improved by a 31% increase in net sales in the Outside North American Off-Highway end market, principally driven by higher demand in the mining sector |
| So everything we’re hearing is, certainly, strong demand, as I said, for Class 8 vocational with the intentions of OEMs to supply that demand |
| Also contributing to our full year performance, we realized an 18% increase year-over-year in our service parts, support equipment and other end market leading to record annual revenue of nearly $700 million |
| We expect continued strength in our aftermarket business driven by aging fleets and increased demand for Allison Genuine Service Parts as warranties for units with from high volume production years in 2018 and 2019 expire |
| Continuing with our full year 2023 performance, we are pleased with our team’s commitment to controlling costs in an inflationary environment and expanding margin while increasing our earnings power |
| We are realizing our investments and are poised for success with a well-rounded portfolio of products to satisfy the needs and demands of global defense customers |
| Allison remains committed to investing in and pursuing growth in our defense end market, leveraging our asset-light business model and longstanding relationships with defense OEMs as a competitive advantage |
| We expect continued growth in this end market in 2024 as we capitalize on the defense upcycle both internationally through our increased defense investments globally amidst geopolitical uncertainties and domestically through our opportunities with the United States modernization programs, as well as increased international sales through the U.S |
| As we increase earnings while reducing share count through our capital allocation priorities, we expect to further improve our per share performance while funding the business for growth and returning capital to shareholders through our quarterly dividend and share repurchase program |
| Year-over-year net sales increased 8% from the same period in 2022 to a fourth quarter record of $775 million |
| Fourth quarter increases boosted full year topline performance to a record $3,035 million, an increase of 10% from 2022 |
| 2023 finished on a strong note with fourth quarter net sales accelerating 5% sequentially and 8% year-over-year |
| Finally, we achieved full year record diluted EPS of $7.40, up 34% from 2022 |
| So medium-duty to start with, we certainly had a strong result in 2023, as we mentioned in the prepared remarks |
| So as the vehicle prices continue to increase, whether that’s inflationary cost pressure or Outside North America moving up the emissions curve and adding safety features, we are really well positioned to both take advantage of this from a pricing standpoint, but also from a market share standpoint |
| Our 2023 results and future outlook demonstrate the power of Allison as we continue to make strides forward to realize our growth initiatives and develop the next-generation of propulsion solutions that meet the challenges of tomorrow and ensure sustainable growth for our business |
| In closing, 2023 was a solid year of topline records and margin expansion while returning capital to shareholders |
| For our defense end market, the fourth quarter was a decade high quarter with revenue of $63 million, full year revenue of $166 million, an increase of 14% from 2022 was a solid start toward achieving our $100 million growth initiative |
| So I think the upside to margins will be stronger topline revenue, and as you know, we have very, very attractive incremental margins |
| We are guiding to another record net sales year |
| The 2024 outlook for our North America On-Highway end market remains robust as infrastructure spending is expected to continue to support Class 8 vocational demand |
| And as we’ve -- I think on three or four earnings calls in a row highlighted, that value that we deliver is up significantly, because the price of the vehicles are up and our transmissions, our products make those vehicles run more efficiently |
| After a record year in 2023, we anticipate continued strength driven by the execution of our growth initiatives |
| Our Outside North America On-Highway end market is expected to have another record year in 2024 with revenue guidance of 14% year-over-year at the midpoint |
| I think to the upside and I think this gets to Dave’s comments earlier, the demand is really strong |
| Adjusted EBITDA increased to $1,108 million for 2023 with adjusted EBITDA margin expanding 180 basis points from 2022 |
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| Coming into the second half of last year and certainly fourth quarter, there were some challenges out there in terms of executing against some tenders by the OEMs |
| So maybe just a word in terms of how that --is that historically a lot of that, I guess, more so on the wheel or on the track side would be a headwind of margins |
| Government has been our lowest margin business, cost plus fixed fee |
| That’s been relatively unsupplied, I think, as you know, a number of constraints based on the public comments by the OEMs |
| If we could just kind of walk that through and maybe more current sort of price-cost dynamic and what you kind of anticipate from a margin standpoint? Then maybe continuing to pull that through the financial statements, you have growth at the sales level, but ultimately net income comes down and free cash flow seems a little bit lower year-over-year |
| We saw Cummins guide on medium-duty sort of flattens down five, so in line with what you did |
| Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions or estimates prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those that we expressed today |
| Really walking through from the engineering SG&A standpoint, flat to slightly up with just some inflationary pressures |
| So as we look at that increased 34%, certainly don’t expect it to be a negative drag on EBITDA margins |
| That’s unfortunately not entirely in our control |
| Also, from a material cost standpoint, we are anticipating higher material costs, principally driven by increased value--added in our supply chain and that’s really as a result of increased labor costs within our supply chain |
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