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| Despite these near-term fluctuations, our focus continues to be on the longer-term secular market opportunity for our restoration, repair and maintenance brand to deliver attractive compounded growth rates |
| For the full year, revenues were very strong, up 19%, including 11% organic growth |
| Very strong results |
| We're very pleased with how we finished the year and with our momentum, as we head into 2024 |
| We have a strong backlog of work and we expect solid organic growth in the mid- to high-single-digit range for 2024 |
| Our 2023 year-end balance sheet continues to be strong even after the larger Roofing Corp investment |
| 2023 represents the third consecutive year with organic growth at 10%, and that is a reflection on our teams and their ability to consistently gain market share |
| We think CertaPro Painters will certainly benefit |
| Organic growth was 0 due to a very strong Q4 last year, driven by significant loss claims activity from hurricanes Ian and Fiona that led to outsized revenues for our restoration brands |
| For the full year, operating cash flow was $280 million, up significantly over the $106 million in 2022, driven by strong operating earnings growth and conversion of working capital investments in our restoration operations from prior-year hurricane activity levels |
| The results are consistent with the previous three quarters this year and reflects solid growth from net new contract wins and again, was broad-based across North America with all of our regions showing gains |
| It's a strong team, and we're just filled with optimism about our opportunity in this business |
| Our annual EBITDA grew 24%, resulting in a 10.4% full year margin, up 50 basis points versus the prior year of 9.9% |
| We've seen an uptick in activity in Q1 from the frigid weather that much of North America experienced in mid-January, and we expect a solid quarter, but it will not be at the level we experienced in Q1 last year, off the back of winter storm Elliott and the hurricanes |
| The Brands division saw solid organic revenue growth, excluding this restoration-related headwind |
| For the full year, consolidated revenues increased 16% to $4.33 billion, underpinned by a strong and broad-based 10% organic growth |
| That said, our teams in home improvement are confident that they can continue to grind out modest gains through 2024 |
| I'll finish my review of the Q4 results with Century Fire, which had another very strong quarter, exceeding our expectations with organic growth near 20% |
| Similar to previous quarters this year, we are seeing strength across each of installation, service and inspection in our National Accounts division, and almost all our branches are performing and growing |
| The Century team has really done a great job this year |
| Looking forward, we're expecting continued strong results, but certainly more modest growth off the back of the 20% growth this year |
| Scott just highlighted, we are pleased with the strong full year 2023 financial results we delivered, even in the face of a more tempered fourth quarter, when we were up against very strong prior year Q4 2022 headwinds |
| And then it comes down to serving the customer in the local market and having great leadership locally, great relationships and delivering on your brand promise |
| For the full year, on a consolidated basis, we expect to deliver top-line growth in the low-teens percentage range with a healthy base of organic growth on the back of continued momentum with our brands, together with approximately $400 million revenue contribution from our Roofing Corp acquisition |
| Restoration, roofing, painting, flooring, we will benefit from weather across all these businesses in the coming years |
| I mean, we're very bullish on it |
| We also delivered an 11% increase in annual EBITDA with our full year margin at 9.4% and in line with the 9.5% margin for 2022 |
| For the full year, revenues hit the $2 billion mark increasing by 13% over 2022, including 10% organic growth |
| It's not going to be in a straight line, but that incrementally over the quarters and into frankly, beyond '24 will be something that we're working on and should be a small margin enhancer for us as well during the course of 2024 |
| Backlogs are solid, about flat with prior year-end |
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| Revenues for the quarter came in lighter than expectation and were down more than 10% against a tough comp in the prior year |
| We continue to face real headwinds in home improvement and lead activity continues to be sluggish, still off year-over-year |
| Interest rate levels and record low home sales have negatively impacted consumer demand and we don't expect this to abate until late in the year or next year |
| Margins at our home services brands also moderated in the fourth quarter compared to prior year as increased promotional pricing and marketing initiatives were implemented to preserve our top-line growth |
| From a net earnings perspective in the fourth quarter, adjusted EPS was $1.11, down from $1.22 in last year's fourth quarter |
| As Scott referenced, our restoration operations had lower revenues versus prior year, due to the mild weather during the current quarter compared to the contribution from significant hurricane events in late-2022 |
| Our expectation is that Q1 restoration revenues will be down at least 10% from prior year |
| We also had larger than typical acquisition-related items during the quarter, which negatively impacted GAAP operating earnings and GAAP EPS, which have no effect on our EBITDA and adjusted EPS performance metrics |
| Our division margin during the quarter was 10.5%, down from 11.7% in Q4 2022 |
| Profitability and margins were lower within our restoration businesses as a result of the reduced weather-driven activity levels and revenues |
| And in addition, our remaining Hurricane Ian related backlog did not progress as we expected |
| I would look for Q1 consolidated margins to be down roughly 100 basis points, perhaps a little bit more |
| For the fourth quarter, our Brands division EBITDA came in at $61.1 million, down 9% versus the prior year quarter |
| Revenues declined 7% on an organic basis with gains at Century Fire and our home improvement brands more than offset by the headwinds at our restoration brands |
| So organic revenue growth, as Scott mentioned, was down 7% |
| Similar headwinds in the order of $80 million |
| Just first, can you talk about top of the funnel trends in the home improvement brand? I think you said it continues to be sluggish |
| Q1 margins will be lower versus prior year with the residential division margin roughly flat and the Brands division margin down due to our restoration operations, which are comparing against approximately $80 million of hurricane-related revenue in Q1 '23 that will not repeat in the first quarter of 2024 |
| We incurred $25 million of capital expenditures during Q4, resulting in full year CapEx of $93 million, which came in lower than our most recently indicated target of $100 million |
| Higher rates in 2023 compared to 2022 at a more than $0.30 per share or 7% negative impact on our adjusted EPS growth, which otherwise would have matched our EBITDA annual growth rate in 2023 |
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