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| Our made-to-order business will also benefit from the upcoming summer launch, featuring new on-trend styles and finishes |
| Despite facing year-to-date volume headwinds, our continued strong earnings performance this year is a direct result of the hard work and efforts our teams have put into reestablishing and maintaining our operational efficiencies, stabilizing our supply chain, and controlling overall spending |
| In closing, our business continues to capitalize on the strides achieved over the past year |
| Our gross profit margin for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 improved 350 basis points to 19.2% in net sales versus 15.7% reported in the same period last year |
| Specific to that capacity, you know, our commercial teams are doing a great job working in the market on finding opportunities for us to be able to fill that capacity |
| We anticipate that these enhancements will positively impact our financials throughout the remainder of the fiscal year |
| So, we think it'll be a great opportunity to perhaps take away from some potential channel conflict that's existed in the past and gives us an opportunity to drive more growth in that channel |
| Recent data points such as housing starts and NAHB's measure of builder sentiment point to improving demand as we head into the spring |
| The increase in our expected outlook is due to the strong operational performance and the execution we have achieved in the first nine months of our fiscal year 2024 |
| So in essence, gives us the confidence to raise our outlook for the full year |
| The improvement in performance is due to product mix and improved efficiencies in the manufacturing platforms |
| Gross margin benefited from favorable product mix and pricing matching, inflationary costs impacts along with operational improvements in our manufacturing facilities combined with the stability in our supply chain |
| Our perspective in this would be the same as it's been for many years, is that we should perform better than that in both New Construction, Repair & Remodel |
| With our best-in-class direct service model, we plan to continue to grow our share with new and existing customers and benefit from the share gains our partners are realizing in the marketplace |
| Growth will benefit from the launch of a low-skew, high-value offering in the Home Center's targeting pros and a new brand that will serve our distribution customers 1951 Cabinetry |
| We've seen a little bit of that inside Remodel, but in totality, a favorable mix equation for us inside the quarter |
| Due to the strong fiscal third quarter performance, our adjusted EBITDA expectations for the full fiscal year is increasing and narrowing to a range of $247 million to $253 million |
| And our expectation is that we'll gain share and perform better than that |
| In closing, I'm proud of what this team accomplished in the third fiscal quarter and look forward to their continuing contributions during fiscal year '24 |
| This success stands as a testament to the unwavering commitment, diligence and contributions of our dedicated employees, all in alignment with our GDP strategy |
| So, we're excited about it |
| Given our strong performance for the first nine months of the year, we are increasing and narrowing our adjusted EBITDA expectation for the full fiscal year 2024 to a range of $247 million to $253 million |
| I just wanted to make sure is there -- for the raised EBITDA outlook, is that mostly attributable to year-to-date results, or is there -- is Q4 shaping up better than what you thought from the prior outlook? Scott Culbreth Yes, I'd say it's a combination of both is throughout the year, we're performing a lot better |
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| Our team continues to drive operational excellence in our plans |
| Specifically to the first part of the question on our ability to adapt and ramp up or ramp down production, our operations team has historically done a fantastic job of being able to do that |
| Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $50.6 million, or 12% of net sales versus $51 million, or 10.6% of net sales, reported in the same period last year and represents a 140-basis-point improvement year over year |
| Good luck on the rest of the year |
| They are the driving force behind our daily accomplishments |
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| Our teams delivered net sales of $422.1 million, representing a decline of 12.2% versus the prior year |
| New Construction net sales decreased 11% for the quarter compared to last year |
| And certainly, for the last two quarters, they both signaled that our category was performing worse than that |
| Within New Construction, our net sales declined 11% versus the prior year |
| Looking at Remodel, which includes our Home Center and Independent Dealer and Distributor businesses, revenue declined 13.1% versus the prior year |
| Remodel net sales, which combines Home Centers and Independent Dealer and Distributors, decreased 13.1% for the third quarter versus prior year, with both Home Centers and Independent Dealer Distributors decreasing 14.1% and 10.3%, respectively |
| I think Remodel is the one that continues to remain a bit under pressure, estimates there from low- to mid-single-digits on the negative side |
| Our outlook for the fiscal year 2024 from a net sales perspective, we continue to expect low double-digit declines in net sales versus fiscal year 2023, with high single-digit declines in the fourth fiscal quarter |
| This will negatively impact our results and we will be incurring operational expenses without the offsetting full revenue performance of those locations |
| With regards to our Dealer and Distributor business, we were down 10.3% versus the prior year |
| Demand trends remain under pressure due to lower in-store traffic rates and consumers choosing smaller-sized projects |
| Within this, our Home Center business was down 14.1% versus the prior year |
| Home Centers again just reported their figures for the year and their outlook on calendar year '24, both signaled negative comps in the calendar year |
| I think we heard from a competitor, you know, anticipating low single-digit market growth declines over the next, say, four quarters |
| You know, there's been some other kind of building product industries and categories that have talked about, you know, some negative mix, you know, kind of impacting whether it's, you know, consumer trade down in the R&R market or maybe it's smaller homes in new construction |
| Net sales were $422.1 million, representing a decrease of $58.6 million or 12.2% versus prior year |
| Our net sales outlook for fiscal year '24 remains unchanged with our expectation of a low double-digit decline with fiscal Q4 sales down high single-digits |
| We certainly have seen a better labor environment, but our beliefs internally is that that'll continue to always be a challenge |
| What sometimes you'll see is maybe promotional activity being factored in because of the lower demand |
| Even then I think it's a 60% somewhat estimate on actually bringing it down 25 basis points |
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