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| Our commercial performance reflects our leading market position, strong lease origination capabilities, and direct sale experience |
| We are seeing more steady, stable activity and just better operating efficiencies as we kind of continue to recover from the pandemic |
| We have very strong lease origination capabilities to the extent that we are building our owned lease fleet to create this recurring revenue cash flow, tax-advantaged cash flow stream, predictable revenue |
| I'm going to underscore several accomplishments beyond our strong financial performance, including record annual revenue |
| And certainly you've been demonstrated in a much stronger margin market that you can do that consistently in a better part of the cycle, although this is a very different cycle than that one |
| So we have really good visibility at the end of 2025 at this point |
| If you think about it in some of the truckload conversions in box cars, but the other units are very strong |
| So not every year can be a record, not every year can be record deliveries, but this is still very strong activity, especially when you look at our past several, our overall history |
| Because of the strength and flexibility of our employees and business model, we are better together and continue to be well positioned to drive shareholder value in 2024 |
| Supported by a talented management team that has experienced with a demonstrated track record of success, we're excited about fiscal 2024 as we continue to execute our strategic plan |
| And we're extremely pleased with our accomplishments and strategic progress in fiscal 2023, but we're really never fully satisfied |
| We're encouraged by robust backlog, the largest value in almost eight years, which provides us with strong visibility and stability over the coming years |
| As we look to fiscal 2024, our outlook remains positive |
| In the face of muted demand for intermodal units, the breadth of our product offerings and our strong business origination abilities resulted in a very high share of North American railcar orders the last few quarters, culminating in a 40% share of the industry backlog as of June 30 |
| This provides us with excellent visibility and confidence that we're on the right track |
| As revenue remained durable, aggregate gross margins expanded to 12.5% from 12.3% in the third quarter |
| Shifting our focus to liquidity, Greenbrier generated $70 million of operating cash flow in the fourth quarter due to strong operating momentum |
| We had solid operating cash flow of $71 million |
| Greenbrier's flexible manufacturing footprint allows us to create value and generate returns while solving our customers' problems |
| Adjusted net earnings attributable to Greenbrier of $99 million are $2.97 per diluted share on record revenue of $3.9 billion |
| Railcar refurbishments and conversions allow customers to extend the life of their railcar fleet while improving the overall operating efficiency of the North American fleet |
| Additionally, this work benefits the environment through the reuse or recycling of components like wheels, axles, and brakes and significantly reduce steel consumption |
| Aggregate gross margins of 12.5% reflect sequential margin enhancement from improved operating efficiencies as a result of stronger pricing and profitability in wheel sets and components at maintenance services |
| And moving across the business, maintenance services continued its positive momentum even though wheel volumes declined compared to the prior quarter due to seasonality |
| Third quarter, third consecutive quarter, with revenues $1 billion or higher, primarily driven by the continued strength in our manufacturing segment and solid performance in our other business units |
| This was accomplished through improved pricing and the impact of the operating efficiencies we've been driving over the last two years in this business |
| Greenbrier Q4 performance continued to the momentum from the third quarter, with improved aggregate gross margin percent and higher operating margin |
| We expect railcar deliveries to be around industry replacement levels for the next few years, with retirements keeping pace and driving better overall fleet utilization |
| The market conditions for railcar leasing remain very positive and we're in a great position to execute our plan |
| In fiscal 2023, our capital markets team syndicated 4,200 railcars, generating strong liquidity and margins |
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| We also estimate the peso strengthening in the quarter negatively impacted manufacturing gross margin by 100 basis points |
| Brian Comstock In addition to, I mean, if you remember back to this year, we had some operating challenges earlier in the year |
| I think it was a bit surprising to see the pressure that you're anticipating in fiscal '24 |
| First, path through the assumptions this year looks like it could be another low or negative free cash flow year |
| So when everyone likes to go through their process of taking manufacturing revenues and just dividing it by deliveries, you're going to probably start to see some headwinds to the ASP and I would liken it to back when there used to be more intermodal activity going on |
| The recession really is around intermodal |
| The negative margin impact of a strengthening peso was partially offset by achieving certain manufacturing footprint efficiencies |
| We are not satisfied with where they are |
| I know you said you've got maybe 10% left and available, but yet this number being down is, Lorie, is that you being conservative in terms of that built potential? Is there a potential where you create more spaces through an intermodal potential there? I just want to understand, obviously, the stock is taking a hit today given you had this great order number a month or so ago, and now it seems like we're constrained on that build in that fiscal '24 outlook |
| And the broader economy is dynamic and geopolitical strife again commands our attention and our concern |
| So can you provide a little bit more color on why you expect to see the delivery pressure? I know you're reallocating some capacity for refurbishments, etc |
| It's not like this new order is changing that |
| Sorry if I missed it |
| We are constant, we are not satisfied with where our margins are, and we will continue to be a combination of investing to be in control of our own destiny, as well as to think through how can we operate our facilities more efficiently, whether it's for program work or new rail car manufacturing |
| That made sense |
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