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| Also, February has proven to be a strong month not only for commercial but across our other end markets, albeit in part due to the work that was weather-delayed at the end of our Q3 |
| Kamco's values and highly regarded execution discipline align very well with our own and we are pleased to welcome the company's leadership and employees as they join GMS |
| Volume growth was realized across all of our major product categories as we benefited both from our organic efforts and from the contributions of recent acquisitions |
| And except in steel, pricing remained resilient and in total, accretive to growth as compared with a year ago |
| Really strong in Canada, where we're spending a lot of time and energy up there, really building our leadership position, but also very strong here in the US as well |
| Still, even with these challenges, we were pleased to deliver third quarter net income of $51.9 million and adjusted EBITDA of $128 million, which were both above our previously communicated expectations |
| During the quarter strong multi-family and commercial end market demand, along with an improving single-family backdrop and gains from acquisitions, helped drive volume growth in wallboard, ceilings, steel framing, and complementary products |
| We have a solid balance sheet with no near-term maturities and an attractive capital structure providing an effective foundation for the execution of our strategic priorities |
| Commercial is also expected to continue its current pace of solid demand as our internal and external channel checks indicate levels of backlog consistent with those we experienced in our third quarter |
| For single-family, we are encouraged by the continuing uptick in new home orders reported by our builder customers and the three-month consecutive rise in builder confidence levels, reflecting expectations for an improving mortgage rate environment and the pronounced foundation of pent-up need for housing in a relatively supply-constrained environment |
| In addition, we are pleased with the continued resilience of pricing in wallboard, reinforcing what we continue to believe is a structurally changed industry with low levels of recent new or planned capacity and rising manufacturing costs, particularly given the declining availability of synthetic gypsum |
| Complementary product sales of $378.6 million for the quarter grew 7.3% year-over-year in total and 1.8% on an organic basis, representing the 15th consecutive quarter of through-the-cycle growth for this category |
| Actually, it's an outstanding facility of beautiful building, well stocked, great operational capability |
| Looking forward, we are encouraged by what we believe lies ahead for GMS |
| They are an excellent ceilings distributor, probably the best from an independent perspective out there in an exceptionally strong market for ceilings |
| Customers across our end markets are seeing the value that our scale, expertise, product breadth and commitment to delivering outstanding service provide |
| Ceiling sales of $155.7 million in the quarter were up 6.1%, all from the benefit of increased volumes as any price benefits were offset by mix |
| And the -- we've got a strong backlog |
| With continued improvement anticipated in the single-family space and a developing renewal of price-increased negotiations, we expect for wallboard pricing to improve at least slightly both sequentially and year-over-year, for our fiscal fourth quarter |
| I would also like to thank our team for once again executing against our key initiatives and delivering outstanding service and solid results this quarter |
| And single-family wallboard volumes are expected to be up low single digits, which, if realized, will represent the first positive year-over-year comparison for single-family wallboard volume in a year and a half |
| Over time, we expect to continue to drive accelerated growth in this margin-accretive segment as a percentage of our overall net sales |
| Third, we are seeing success with our many productivity initiatives and our push to drive complexity costs out of the business while further realizing the benefits of our attractive scale position |
| Equipping our yard operators with the right tools and technologies continues to improve the efficiency of their operations |
| Our eCommerce advancements are providing an enhanced customer experience and among other features, offer an avenue for quick product pricing and order information, together with easy online payments, which customers are increasingly taking advantage of |
| In ceilings given our expectation of continued solid demand in our commercial land market, we expect low to mid-single-digit per day increases year-over-year for volume and a mid-single-digit increase for price and mix |
| Collectively, these initiatives help drive additional profitability in the business and make us better operators, further positioning GMS as a provider of choice for our customers |
| Single-family demand is improving and we expect it to show year-over-year improvement for the full calendar year of 2024 |
| And hopefully, what we see is we see those interest rates moderate into the back half of this year and really more importantly, the lending environment improved for commercial activity |
| Our recent acquisitions such as EMJ and Tanner also contributed positively to our quarter's results |
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| The difficult weather forced all but one of our geographic divisions to shut down locations temporarily during the week of January 15, delaying sales into the early part of our fourth quarter |
| Third quarter steel framing sales of $203.4 million were down 13.3% versus the prior-year quarter as deflationary pricing drove a 24.3% decline in price and mix while volumes increased 11% |
| Also, as JT mentioned, in mid-January, harsh weather conditions across much of our service territory delayed project demand and slowed delivery execution, pushing an estimated $15 million of net sales into our fiscal fourth quarter |
| Adjusted EBITDA of $128 million decreased 9.1% or $12.8 million as compared with a year ago, and adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 10.2% compared to last year's third quarter level of 11.4% |
| Along with the items I just noted for SG&A expenses, reduced revenue from steel price deflation negatively impacted SG&A leverage by 100 basis points, and the weather-related revenue delays and associated operational inefficiencies had an estimated 30 basis points of additional unfavorable impact |
| This also forced some temporary operational inefficiencies as our teams added weekend and overtime hours to keep our customers' projects moving forward |
| Steel Framing sales were down 14% with a 24.2% decline in price and mix, partially offset by a 10.2% increase in volume |
| And then ceilings is the lowest of the gross margin percentages |
| All in and with 10.9% higher interest expense, net income decreased 19.9% to $51.9 million for the quarter or a $1.28 per diluted share, compared to net income of $64.8 million or a $1.53 per diluted share a year ago |
| While our prices appear to have stabilized in steel framing for now, they still lag last year's level with a year-over-year decline in the low teens expected on a per day basis |
| While multi-family permits and starts do indicate a forthcoming slowdown likely in the back half of this calendar year, for now there remains a significant number of units still under construction |
| So what you're seeing is you're seeing a much bigger headline decline, and we've already kind of accounted for that expected multifamily decline, multifamily in our business, 15% to 17% |
| We also expect that the steel price deflation will negatively impact SG&A as a percentage of sales by an estimated 40 basis points |
| While still a likely eventuality, at some point it appears to be further down the road than we would have expected, and likely less pronounced in both duration and severity |
| From US end market perspective, multi-family sales dollars grew 8.2% year-over-year, while single-family sales dollars declined 6.1%, resulting in a total residential sales dollar decline of 2.4% |
| And the balance there -- and a little underweighted in complementary versus us and underweighted in wallboard versus us |
| I think that, like we said, it's probably going to decline |
| I was wondering what are your current expectations on how long the multifamily backlog will last before any slowdown, if multifamily begins to show up in wallboard demand? John Turner Like calendar third quarter, I'd expect to see things start to soften |
| For the third quarter, the average realized wallboard price was $473 per thousand square feet, flat with a year ago and down slightly from our fiscal second quarter |
| So I do think that the interest rate environment, with the -- most of the expectations being a June start for the Fed funds rates to come back down again, I think that that would create this loosening of this tight funding situation that small commercial and medium commercial is facing |
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