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| They reinforce our role as a disruptive and dynamic force within the beverage industry and lend visibility to continued delivery against our attractive long-term growth algorithm |
| We expect sequential improvement throughout the year |
| Full year constant currency net sales grew nearly 5% and EPS advanced 6% |
| On an underlying basis, our EPS growth was even stronger and in the double digits as we largely eliminated the contribution from nonoperational gains that benefited the prior year |
| Pricing actions and a near doubling of year-over-year productivity savings, more than offset continued inflationary pressure, supporting earnings growth even as we funded a double-digit increase in marketing |
| Our 2023 performance demonstrated the resilience inherent in our broad portfolio with continued momentum in U.S |
| We've got some good programming and good new ideas, partnerships, La Colombe, Luvata conversions on the premium side, new marketing campaigns on Green Mountain and Original Donut Shop, some strong innovation, including refresher and extension in our ICE platforms, all the while in this economic environment, reinforcing our quality, a variety and importantly, our strong value proposition relative to coffee shop alternatives |
| Tim and our refreshed executive team have merged seamlessly are building momentum and add to my confidence in KDP's future success |
| Our hard work in 2023 sharpened our strategic road map and bolstered our capabilities and financial profile providing a platform for growth and value creation in 2024 and over the long term |
| And we expect that solid momentum to continue in '24 |
| We made impressive gains in Q4, driving the strongest quarterly gross margin expansion in our history and the fastest rate of operating margin improvement in multiple years |
| This improvement was broad-based across each of our segments and enabled us to deliver EPS above the outlook we shared last quarter despite the impact of some transitory top line headwinds |
| And we've demonstrated a double-digit CAGR since the merger |
| We have good visibility to mid-single-digit consolidated net sales growth in 2024, which Sudhanshu will address in a few minutes |
| Q4 gross margin expanded 450 basis points, translating to gross profit dollar growth of 10% and helping to fund increased investments |
| Operating income increased at a high single-digit rate and EPS grew in the double digits |
| We've got a strong innovation lineup again, and Bob referenced some of those initiatives earlier in the prepared remarks, all supported by strong digital marketing and in-store activation, and we will benefit from our recent expansion into higher growth of white spaces, including electrolyte in sports hydration, which is fully incremental, and the continued scaling of our C4 platform and energy space in partnership |
| We continue to enjoy strong momentum in U.S |
| Net sales grew at a high single-digit rate in Q4, led by still very healthy net price realization and manageable elasticities with volume mix declining only modestly in the period, redouble focus on productivity and cost discipline along with strong C4 energy partnership execution, translated this topline to double-digit operating income growth |
| Q4 segment margins expanded meaningfully even as marketing continued to grow |
| We have good visibility on the margins |
| We had a strong '23 and expect to continue positive momentum into '24 |
| Gross margin expanded a record 450 basis points year-over-year, driven by a favorable net impact of pricing, productivity savings and moderating inflation |
| When we take a look at 2024, we're coming off of a couple of years of incredibly strong category growth that was driven by unprecedented levels of pricing and really healthy elasticities in the face of that pricing that's not a good expectation for the long term |
| My confidence is made all the stronger, given the refreshed management team now in place with Tim's vision and energy already taking root and propelling KDP into its next chapter |
| CSDs grew nicely, led by Dr |
| Pepper, which was the largest market share gainer among the top 10 category brands for both the quarter and the year |
| And so we're seeing this gradual improvement, the untracked channels perform better than the track channels |
| We have generated almost $11 billion in cumulative free cash with roughly half redeployed to bolster the business through transformational capital investments and disciplined M&A and partnership deals, which further enhance KDP's growth profile |
| We have strong confidence that we will do so again in 2024 |
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| refreshment beverages and international, but our top line growth was pressured by temporary headwinds in U.S |
| That said, net sales declined 10% year-over-year as some short-term dynamics weighed on Q4 segment performance |
| Brewer revenue decreased 21%, primarily due to a 14% decline in brewer shipments and reflecting a return of normal seasonal shipment patterns against a steadier point of sales trends |
| The temporary headwinds in quarter 4 included the brewer decline, private label exits and a modest impact of lapping an extra week last year |
| And so the overall mid-single-digit sales guidance reflects relatively muted contribution expectations from U.S |
| However, we also anticipate some below-the-line headwinds primarily in interest expense |
| As Sudhanshu will describe in detail, a combination of transient factors accounted for roughly half of the top line decline, and we expect these to dissipate in 2024 |
| Clearly, we've seen normalization in pricing and volumes have been a little bit weaker to start the year |
| Although quarter 4 operating income dollars declined 2.8% year-over-year, this was entirely due to the impact of lapping more than $50 million in nonoperational benefits |
| Pod revenue in the period was also unfavorably impacted by mix, given a lower percentage of sales from on in-licensed brand relative to last year |
| Though quarter 1 will continue to reflect still sluggish category dynamics, we do expect these discrete factors to be less impactful beginning next quarter |
| However, we will be below this long-term level in 2024 due to a continued a bit more modest impact from reducing supplier financing |
| It's not a surprise when the category consumption is soft |
| If you look at the actual trends underneath it, they've been pretty steady, unfortunately, on the upside, much slower than we had originally anticipated |
| And we said that it took us multiple years to come down from the peak margin, it will take us multiple years to get the margin to pull back |
| It's just been slower in recovery than any of us expected |
| And we talked about our expectations around coffee being quite muted as we think about 2024 |
| Bigger picture, volume consumption in the at-home coffee category declined about 3% in 2023 in IRi tracked channels gradually recovering from a mid-single-digit decline in 2022 |
| Reflecting these dynamics and a slower start to the year in U.S |
| I think Chris mentioned before that there was some volatility in the top line |
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