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| I am confident in our ability to achieve our Investor Day targets |
| Within Aerospace and Defense, Defense sales strength and support of overall end market conditions are forecast to drive results |
| I am pleased to report our strong second quarter in which all 3 operating segments contributed to our overall sales growth, demonstrating the benefits of our diversified business model |
| And what you're calling out in the R&D spend for Life Sciences, we feel is building a stronger company for our shareholders and for our future |
| We grew on the top line and once again delivered robust gross margin and earnings |
| Through the hard work and dedication of the Donaldson team, we are well on our way to a record fiscal 2024 |
| In Mobile Solutions, overall volumes rebounded this quarter despite pockets of ongoing end market weakness driven by strength in our Aftermarket business, where we continue to gain share |
| Mobile profitability hit an all-time high, with pretax profit margin in the quarter up 18%, up 300 basis points year-over-year |
| Mix benefits, strategic pricing as well as freight and select material cost deflation drove the results in the quarter |
| Our Industrial Solutions business continues to see broad-based sales strength driven by our create, connect, replace and the service model |
| Solid end market conditions and our ability to gain share and win programs in key areas such as Dust Collection, Power Generation and Aerospace and Defense have enabled our success in this segment |
| In Life Sciences, our sales growth was driven by an expected rebound in Disk Drive as market conditions have improved over prior year |
| And so consequently, strategically, we're very proud of what we're accomplishing |
| And the reason why we feel like we can do that is because at the macro, if you just step back at our company, we are -- we have just told you in the last quarter, we put up record top line, record bottom line and we're aggressively investing for tomorrow and building out a new leg to our corporation |
| Mobile Solutions pretax profit margin was 18.0%, up 300 basis points from prior year, as the segment benefited from mix, pricing and deflation of freight and select material costs |
| Sales of $877 million were up 6% year-over-year, driven by an increase in volume and pricing |
| But I think we've achieved a good end for both our customer base as well as balancing company |
| The volume growth and market share gains in the quarter underscore the value of our customers see in Donaldson's technology, and we believe tremendous growth opportunities remain across our diversified portfolio |
| I think it's important to understand the mix components of all of that, however, the mix component is very important, right? Because we have volume gains, market share gains, and we have pricing working at our backs on the replacement of our business in the independent channel, particularly, and that mixes up the overall margins |
| So we're on a 3-year journey to deliver higher levels of profitability on higher sales and going from 14.6% to 15.2% this year, with the goal of 16% after the next 2 years, I think, is -- would be a good achievement for the company |
| EPS in the quarter was $0.81, an 8% increase versus prior year as gross margin improvement and favorability in other income and tax were partially offset by investments in long-term growth, including in our Life Sciences business |
| Backlogs remain strong and give us confidence in our outlook through the balance of the year |
| So solid execution from your team overall |
| We are pleased with the ongoing strength of the Industrial segment, and while margins declined versus 2023 due to a sales mix shift towards lower-margin products, they remain at a high level |
| Through our ESG strategy, we aim to have a positive impact today and create a thriving future for people in the planet |
| Our technology significantly increases bioprocessing productivity and purity and is helping bring more affordable life-changing therapies to those in need |
| I am continually impressed by their ongoing efforts, which are driving the company forward |
| Donaldson Company is in as strong a position as ever to remain the leader in technology-led filtration while fulfilling our purpose of Advancing Filtration for a Cleaner World |
| Our Life Sciences profitability targets have not materially changed, and we are confident in the profitable growth potential of our acquired businesses |
| While the therapy development process can take over a decade, we are extremely happy with the pace at which we are building and executing our pipeline |
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| Off-Road sales of $92 million were down 13% as weaker end market conditions, including in agricultural markets and in China, persist |
| So you lowered the offer equipment outlook from single digit to low double digits |
| Industrial Solutions pretax profit margin was 18.0%, down 80 basis points year-over-year |
| So as would come back whenever that market does turn, obviously, we feel some margin-based pressures |
| Within Mobile, we are now expecting operative sales to be down low double digits versus our previous guidance of down mid-single digits as end market conditions in agriculture markets and in China continue to soften |
| And it's a broad-based story globally and that's really why we have reduced the outlook within that category |
| Life Sciences pretax loss was roughly $6 million, including a headwind from acquisitions of approximately $15 million |
| Sales in On-Road of $34 million declined 3% due to lower levels of equipment production in APAC |
| The market continues to be very challenging |
| Operating margin was 14.8%, 40 basis points below 2023, as the operating expense deleveraging more than offset the gross margin increase |
| In Europe, we have expected On-Road to be, say, a bit more guarded than the United States, probably more of a bit more of a negative outlook, but not dramatically so |
| And then over in Asia, obviously, we still have a lot of headwinds in China, as everyone does |
| While overall supply chain conditions have improved, we are seeing some challenging areas such as certain material shortages |
| It is important to note that while year-over-year performance improved this quarter, prior year's results were negatively impacted by COVID lockdowns and the inclusion of Chinese New Year a year ago |
| And then to the other tailwind to us as far as a percentage basis, the OE business is down, particularly in ag |
| We are -- we've returned back to a more normal pricing cadence, whereby we still have the need to increase pricing |
| There's -- we're not trying to maximize margins here |
| On the OE side, while first-fit results have been impacted by weaker end market conditions, our customers value our technology and innovation |
| This resulted in fewer shipping days in the prior year period |
| As we mentioned last quarter, we believe destocking is largely behind us |
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