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| In the fourth quarter of 2023, commercial revenues increased 43% over the same period in 2022 due to higher production across all of our programs, as well as favorable pricing from the 787 Boeing MOA |
| 2023 revenue came in at $6 billion, that's up 20% year-over-year driven by higher commercial production volumes as well as higher defense and space and aftermarket segment revenues |
| Operating margin was strong for the quarter at 23% compared to 13% during the same period of 2022, primarily due to the absence of a 1x inventory adjustment charge recognized in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Aftermarket had a strong quarter with revenue of $91 million, up 24% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, primarily due to higher spare part sales |
| Defense and Space grew to $205 million, up 12% higher than the fourth quarter of last year due to higher development program activity and increased KC-46 tanker production |
| Quarterly operating margin increased the positive 17%, compared to negative 8% in the prior year, primarily driven by favorable change in estimates recorded in the current period |
| And when we think about jobs behind schedule all of the operational metrics that we had as we exited the year we were in the best shape than we've been in a long, long time here |
| I'm very proud of how our team has responded to this accident |
| We also did a debt refinance and a capital raise, which strengthened our capital structure and increased production rates across many of our major programs |
| And so we're really excited over the next couple of years as we go up in rate to see that financial benefits of those production rates through the variety of actions that we're working on, including focusing on improving overall quality |
| But I'd say the interaction is just as positive and the transparency and the focus on driving improvement |
| Operating margin was positive 11%, compared to negative 11% in the same period of 2022, largely driven by the favorable impacts from our Boeing MOA |
| We enter the year strongly focused on execution to stabilize and strengthen Spirit, both operationally and financially |
| Receptivity from our teammates across our facilities, shop floors and offices has been positive |
| In my estimation, we achieved significant progress toward that goal in the fourth quarter |
| We aspire to achieve perfection, detecting, correcting, and ultimately preventing defects, otherwise known as nonconformities is the basis for continuous improvement |
| Aftermarket has continued to grow with global aircraft recovery and is on-track to meet our plan for $500 million by 2025 |
| Overall, deliveries in the quarter increased 16% year-over-year |
| Is there a way to characterize when you feel like at least in the near term here, the issues, the escapes that we have seen that you've got a really solid handle on it and feel confident in what's being delivered, I guess |
| The highest quarterly total in four years |
| But this quarter, you had the highest 737 deliveries and the margin was like 8.5% |
| I have a lot of confidence in this team |
| My mandate, when I came here was to put our operations and financials back on solid footing |
| This substantial increase year-over-year was primarily due to higher production on our commercial programs, increased Defense and Space and aftermarket segment revenues, as well as the impacts from the previously disclosed Boeing MOA executed in October of 2023, which included favorable pricing adjustments on the 787 program |
| The fundamentals of the things that we're doing in terms of improving cash flow or cost reduction and a lot of that's through productivity or improvement in quality |
| And we just were able to get things done pretty well |
| So I feel confident in that cost basis |
| However, we also accomplished some major milestones during the year, including reaching a contractual resolution with our largest union, bringing Pat on board to lead Spirit’s recovery, and executing a favorable agreement with our largest customer |
| And we did a lot of good work in the fourth quarter |
| We're working really hard to improve the overall business financially |
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| Operating margin for the quarter decreased to 2% compared to 11% in 2022, primarily due to higher unfavorable changes in estimates recorded in the period |
| You got to really look at the utility industry we're in their quality metric, there's a significant penalty for an escape |
| We experienced significant pressures in 2023 due to production schedule volatility, supply chain constraints, and ongoing inflation, quality challenges and increased labor costs |
| There's a lot of concern that there could be another incident like the Alaska MAX 9 incident |
| So I don't want to lean forward here and start talking about what the normal margins are but they were definitely depressed as it relates to the investment we made to stabilize the operations |
| Second, we recognize additional forward losses on the A350 and A220 programs this quarter, which Mark will address in a moment |
| The unfavorable cumulative catch-up adjustments relate primarily to 737 program, reflecting higher costs required to recover and stabilize the production system, which we have done in the fourth quarter |
| The forward losses were primarily driven by higher production cost estimates on the CH-53K program and unfavorable cumulative catch-up adjustments, which were primarily driven by the Boeing P-8 program |
| There are some headwinds as it relates to some of the inflationary pressures that we talked about before like the IAM contract |
| And that what we saw - what we've read about over the past few weeks since the Alaska accident and specifically, yesterday with the latest mis-drilling issues and, and Boeing's effort to cut down on traveled work |
| 2023 adjusted EPS decreased year-over-year, primarily due to higher interest and other expenses partially offset by improved operating income during the current year |
| And I think we're surprised every single day how much more quickly people are working shoulder to shoulder |
| Broadly speaking, full scale robotics is impractical |
| We briefly paused the line to stabilize, which ultimately allowed us to deliver 104 fuselages |
| So that might dampen a bit |
| But at the same time, you have issues that may already be in things that have been done, like the miss drilled holes that came up over the weekend |
| While we expect some of these pressures from 2023 to continue into 2024 |
| The current quarter forward losses relate primarily to A350 and A220 programs and were driven by higher estimates of supply chain, labor and other costs |
| Excluding certain items, adjusted EPS was $0.48 compared to negative $1.46 in the prior year |
| I think we met -- we mentioned this on the last call as it relates to Boeing and the 787 program, we stated that we would be in a forward loss through '24, maybe slightly into the first quarter of 2025 |
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