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| We still believe that will be better than net income for the year |
| And you're showing success in share gains |
| I mean you guys are putting up very strong free cash flow |
| The improved profitability there was pretty impressive, and it sounds like your global sourcing strategy is on track and within budget |
| Fiscal 2024 is off to a good start with the first quarter highlighted by strong free cash flow of $133 million, continued solid operating performance at Home & Building Products and improved profitability at Consumer and Professional Products |
| we are well positioned to meet our financial targets for the year |
| Revenue benefited from favorable price and mix and increased customer orders, offset by reduced year-over-year volume due to the elevated sectional door backlog we had in the prior year |
| CPP improved EBITDA by $7 million in the quarter, driven by decreased North American production costs |
| We're getting very good take and our dealers are pleased with the product and having more expanded offering through us |
| These actions reflect the strength and the resiliency of our businesses as well as continued confidence in our strategic plan and outlook |
| We'll continue to use our strong operating performance and free cash flow to drive a capital allocation strategy that delivers long-term value for our shareholders |
| As I said upfront, 2024 is off to a good start with strong free cash flow, continued solid operating performance at HBP and improved profitability at CPP |
| We've made investments in marketing, as I mentioned earlier, and we expect volume to improve year-over-year in the second half |
| As Ron mentioned earlier, revenue for Home & Building Products was consistent with the prior year quarter, reflecting improved customer orders as well as favorable pricing and mix of 4%, offset by the prior year volume benefit from elevated backlog |
| These results reinforce the confidence of Griffon's Board and management in our outlook and strategic plan |
| So the cadence remains, we'll see improved margin in '25 |
| But you're also showing gains in commercial as you're expanding the Clopay sectional doors into CornellCookson dealers |
| We don't have the prior year backlog overhang, which allows our lead times to be normalized and it helped us with our orders, plus we have been investing in marketing and believe we are taking market share |
| And then how are we thinking about buybacks for the rest of the year? Ronald Kramer We'll continue to be opportunistic, and we continue to think our stock is a compelling value |
| I'm very pleased to tell you that our previously announced initiative to expand CPP's global sourcing strategy remains on schedule and within budget |
| Normalized gross margin increased year-over-year by 260 basis points to 38.6% |
| Justin Bergner Very nice quarter |
| As we've emphasized before, the global sourcing expansion with AMES is a key element of our strategy to improve the margins of CPP |
| Also it kind of looks like in the quarter, maybe price mix is where you came in a little bit ahead of your sales expectations for HBP, seems to have also aided the margin here |
| Congratulations on the strong start here |
| EBITDA margin before unallocated was 20.3%, an increase of approximately 140 basis points |
| Our dividend has grown at an annualized compounded rate of 18% since we initiated dividends in 2012 |
| Sam Darkatsh Terrific start to the year, especially with the difficult operating environment |
| So cash flow will pretty much be in the cadence that we've seen historically with the second half being strong |
| It's clearly moving along nicely |
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| First quarter revenue decreased 2%, primarily due to decreased volume, driven by reduced customer demand in North America |
| The consumer still seems to be weak and there's still elevated inventory at most of our customers, which is the main driver for the reduced demand |
| And we expect this year's volume to be down for those 2 reasons |
| And then on CPP, noted, I guess, a little softness in North American demand |
| As far as the second quarter, we still have the backlog -- elevated backlog overhang from the prior year |
| Keep in mind that this year, most of the products we're selling in North America is product that we built and is still at that higher cost as well as the fact that our customers' current inventory that we expect it to be normalizing somewhat into the back half of the year is still elevated |
| Consumer and Professional Products revenue decreased 2% from the prior year quarter to $247 million due to decreased volume driven by reduced customer demand in North America and CPP's adjusted EBITDA increased by $7.3 million from the prior year quarter to $5.5 million, primarily due to the smaller North American manufacturing footprint and reduced production costs, which will more than offset the effects of reduced revenue |
| First quarter revenue of $643 million decreased by 1% and adjusted EBITDA before unallocated amounts of $130 million increased by 6%, both in comparison to the prior year quarter |
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