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| Within self-storage, New construction continued its strong year result with growth in the quarter of 14.3%, as customers continue to add new greenfield capacity |
| So, we're bullish on that part of the commercial that will help us get the growth again |
| 2023 proved to be another year of outstanding momentum |
| So, yes, we're excited about the momentum and continue to innovate |
| We delivered strong financial results, raising and exceeding financial guidance throughout the year and delivered full year adjusted EBITDA that was up 25.9% on a 4.6% increase in revenue |
| And based on the guidance Anselm laid out, we expect 2024 to feature another year of exceptional performance |
| And then, Nokē, obviously continue to see good traction in terms of installs |
| This nearly doubled our public flow, dramatically improved our stock liquidity |
| The volume there and demand has improved there |
| We have delivered strong organic and acquired top line growth throughout our time as a public company and have dramatically improved our EBITDA margins, cash flow conversion and net leverage |
| Despite the year-over-year top line decline, we are very excited about our opportunities there |
| Nokē, our innovative suite of remote access solutions had another strong quarter to top off a year of expansion and capabilities and customer adoption |
| It remains strong |
| The combination of strong liquidity, continued cash generation and balance sheet strength put us in a position to pursue M&A targets and enact our newly authorized $100 million share repurchase program |
| We have both enhanced global reach and improved our user experience for both customers and their tenants |
| We also opened our Atlanta software center, which gives us expanded capabilities to scale the Nokē business for continued strong demand |
| We are proud of our free cash flow profile, which reflects the financial strength of our results |
| On the basis of our solid record of strong results, robust balance sheet, exceptional cash generation profile, expanded flow, and desire to create shareholder value through multiple pads, we are pleased today to announce the $100 million share repurchase plan authorized by the Board |
| We are the industry leader in self-storage solutions with strong customer relationships, particularly among the best capitalized owners and operators |
| For the fourth quarter of 2023, we produced adjusted net income of $35.9 million, a 9.8% year-over-year improvement and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.24 |
| This improvement in profitability is a result of favorable mix from our higher-margin self-storage businesses as compared to our commercial and other sales channel and a continued focus on operational improvements, which more than offset the revenue decline |
| In summary, we are excited that in 2023, we were able to build on our momentum with another year of record results and strong cash flow while further deleveraging the company |
| We look forward to expanding our strong market position to capture additional share to create long-term value for all of our stakeholders in 2024 and beyond |
| So, we're very optimistic there |
| I am proud of our record results and our success during 2023 in growing our business |
| generating strong cash flow and deleveraging our balance sheet to position us for success |
| Your backlog always provides really strong visibility for the next few quarters |
| Building off this strong foundation, we are well positioned for another exciting year in 2024; one that is consistent with the longer-term vision for the company we laid out a year ago |
| This solid performance produced an adjusted EBITDA margin of 28.2%, up 380 basis points from the prior year level |
| I look forward to continuing our positive momentum in 2024 and beyond as we drive long-term value creation for all of our stakeholders |
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| Results reflected challenging comps for the year ago period as well as decline in demand for certain product lines |
| Our commercial and others segment saw a 20.8% decline in the fourth quarter, driven by particularly strong comps last year and shift in demand for certain product lines that were at an all-time high |
| The other portion of our self-storage business, R3, was off 9.1% for the quarter as a result of a decline in retail-to-storage conversion activity compared to prior year |
| And in the -- on the storage side, I think what we saw is a little bit more delays in projects there |
| So, unforeseeably, the West Coast, there's been some flooding there that's impacted a number of our jobs here as well |
| Brad Hewitt Wondering if you could provide any additional color on what drove the Q4 revenue shortfall versus the prior guidance? It looks like self-storage revenue was down about 3% sequentially |
| You mentioned declines from certain products from all-time highs |
| So, when you look at some of the weather impacts to the country, you saw the flooding in the California region that does impact our sites to be able to deliver |
| You talked about the headwinds in carport and shed, but just curious if there were any other moving pieces in the quarter relative to the guidance? Anselm Wong Yes, commercial was the -- corporate and shizzle [ph], was a little worse than we thought it was going to be in terms of how much the normalization would be |
| I think it's just more -- as we look at 2024, as the normalized sales, we'll see commercial come back to growth in obviously current commercial segment a little lower than our storage |
| Commercial and other was off 10.2% for the full year |
| So, that's really the biggest driver of that miss in commercial |
| This drove year-end net leverage to a record low since going public at 1.6 times, down another 1.2 times during the year and below our stated long-term target range of 2 times to 3 times |
| One of the things we're seeing that we've mentioned in the past is convergence or the availability of kind of the brick-and-mortar, the retail brick-and-mortar is slower |
| Are we really through the worst of the comps already? Anselm Wong Yes |
| So, that's why I mentioned it in the transcript earlier that the Q4 and Q1 is usually a normal lower quarters because of weather, because of seasonality, stuff like that |
| And I think the market, at least, expectation in terms of pricing is actually normalizing to get back to a realistic level |
| Maybe start with what was a little softer in commercial, obviously stood out this quarter |
| So, I think what we'll see is just that normal slower first quarter, Q4 as well and then back to our big quarters of growth in the Q2 and Q3 |
| And we saw another step-down in commercial |
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