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| The strong performance in gross margin led to full year 2023 adjusted EBITDA margin of 11.3% represent margin expansion of 100 basis points |
| Under Russ's leadership, API has successfully acquired and integrated over 100 companies over the last 20 years, helping supplement organic growth as the business scaled from approximately $600 million in revenues over 20 years ago to nearly $7 billion globally in 2023 |
| Adjusted free cash flow generation has been and continues to be a priority across APi and we are pleased that we are able to exceed our adjusted free cash flow conversion target of 65% for 2023 |
| As I mentioned on the last call, our strategy of evolving away from lower margin, higher risk opportunities while focusing investments on service revenue expansion continues to yield the desired results, margin expansion and stronger free cash flow generation |
| The team has made strong progress this year executing our margin expansion initiatives and remains committed to building on that execution as we push towards our 13% or more adjusted EBITDA margin target in 2025 |
| With the progress made in reducing our net debt to adjusted EBITDA to 2.3 times, we are excited to build on our track record of disciplined, predictable and thoughtful decisions regarding capital allocation as we keep our focus on bolt-on M&A at accretive multiples and margins |
| We have great confidence in the business as demonstrated by our stock buyback and we believe that our laser focus on our longer term 13/60/80 value creation targets will generate continued exceptional performance through 2025 and beyond |
| Adjusted gross margin for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was 18.1%, representing a 140 basis point increase compared to the prior year period, driven primarily by disciplined customer and project selection, driving significant margin expansion in our projects business |
| Our confidence in the leadership team and the foundation for long-term value creation is stronger than ever |
| And again, knowing our model, Andy, that we want to use the inspections first, that's going to drive service work for us, and then building that sticky client relationship through doing a great job executing, which is going to create opportunities for you to position yourself where you're not competing for that business on price |
| We remain grateful for the hard work of our 29,000 leaders and their dedication to APi |
| So we see, I believe that the outlook is really robust, and I think there's going to be plenty of opportunity as we work through the year |
| I'm proud that APi has once again been recognized as a military friendly employer for 2024 |
| ESOP, Ford, pulled back a little bit on the EV space, but in general, the EV space remains very, very strong with demand really outpacing capacity |
| The semiconductor space continues to provide robust opportunity |
| As a reminder, these initiatives include the following; pricing, improved inspection service and monitoring revenue mix, disciplined customer and project selection, Chubb value capture, procurement systems and scale, accretive M&A and selective business pruning and as I like to say, we can always just be better |
| APi Group's commitment to our values as an organization and our purpose of building great leaders positions us to be successful as we broaden the scope of our opportunities to develop a more sustainable business |
| 2023 was a year of record financial results for API |
| We delivered strong organic growth, record adjusted EBITDA margins and improved adjusted free cash flow generation in an evolving macro environment |
| Net revenues grew organically by 5.4% in 2023, finishing the year at a record $6.9 billion |
| As we look forward to 2024, we expect to grow our adjusted free cash flow as well as improve our adjusted free cash flow conversion, providing us a significant opportunity for value enhancing capital deployment |
| Adjusted gross margin for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was 35.1%, representing a 270 basis point increase compared to the prior year adjusted gross margin, driven by continued price increases, improved business mix of inspection, service and monitoring revenue, as well as a significant margin expansion in our projects business |
| life safety once again posted solid organic growth of approximately 10% for the year following over 20% organic growth in 2022 |
| In line with our strategic initiatives, we continue to see strong improvements in adjusted gross margin for the year up 180 basis points |
| 2023 was another tremendous year for APi with record net revenues, record adjusted EBITDA, record reported and adjusted earnings per share and record adjusted free cash flow |
| And I would tell you that the segment leadership in Specialty has done really quite an amazing job with bringing customer selection into the mix there |
| So the work, to a certain degree, like is never done, but we are continuing to, I think, see significant improvements in the overarching business |
| So, I think that there's a lot in that question, but I really believe that our business is positioned better than most to continue to win in the environment that we're in |
| As I said on our last call, I'm confident in our leaders' ability to build on historically strong execution by delivering consistent double digit core inspection organic growth, as well as consistently driving margin expansion across the business |
| I also think that this remains to be a relationship based business, and your ability to execute and focus on building relationships matters, and that helps you drive better results for your business in both good times and bad |
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| We expect organic growth and specialty to be lower than we expect it to be in safety |
| And if you're competing for that business just on price, we're not going to be able to achieve our margin expansion goals |
| So on growth rate, yes the implied guide there for the first quarter is to be down in the first quarter as we comp against a strong quarter in prior years |
| We also expect to see a continuation of lower material costs resulting in declining price pass through versus the first quarter of 2023, which results in lower reported net revenues |
| So you have that slight decline starting the year with a tough comp and the unwind of some project work |
| How are you? Russ, can you give more color into your verticals? And safety is the slowing of growth that you have basically all your own actions, comps or lower pass through, as you guys said |
| In our press release and filings with the SEC, we detail material risks that may cause our future results to differ from our expectations |
| And to be totally honest with you couldn't be more pleased with the leadership of the company |
| This was partially offset by flat organic growth in the project business, driven by planned customer attrition in our international business, as well as disciplined customer project selection and lower revenue from declining material cost pass through in our HVAC business |
| And so I am not worried about it |
| And so we can see the trends, which businesses are growing, which ones are flat, which ones are declining |
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