American Woodmark Corporation Announces First Quarter Results

American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) (the "Company") today announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2023.

“Our team delivered strong financial performance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 despite the softening demand environment,” said Scott Culbreth, President and CEO. “Net sales and Adjusted EBITDA exceeded our expectations for the quarter as improved operational performance continues. The Company’s net sales outlook remains unchanged from the prior outlook but we now expect stronger Adjusted EBITDA performance consistent with the improvements needed to meet our long-term goals.”

First Quarter Results

Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 decreased $44.6 million, or 8.2%, to $498.3 million compared with the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Net income was $37.9 million ($2.28 per diluted share) compared with $20.1 million ($1.21 per diluted share) in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 increased $17.8 million due to operational improvements in our manufacturing facilities, a stabilizing supply chain and reduced overhead spending, partially offset by a decrease in net sales and a $4.9 million pre-tax charge related to the plywood case. Adjusted EPS per diluted share was $2.78 for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with $1.71 in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 increased $18.7 million, or 33.0%, to $75.2 million, or 15.1% of net sales, compared to $56.5 million, or 10.4% of net sales, for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

As of July 31, 2023, the Company had $89.7 million in cash plus access to $323.2 million of additional availability under its revolving credit facility. Also, as of July 31, 2023, the Company had $206.3 million in term loan debt and $163.8 million drawn on its revolving credit facility.

Cash provided by operating activities for the current fiscal quarter was $86.7 million and free cash flow totaled $72.5 million. The Company repurchased 328,295 shares, or approximately 2% of shares outstanding, for $22.1 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.

Fiscal 2024 Financial Outlook

For fiscal 2024 (which includes the now completed first quarter) the Company expects:

• Low double digit net sales decline year-over-year
• Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $225 million to $245 million

“Our teams improved Adjusted EBITDA by 470 BPS to $75.2 million, or 15.1% of net sales, despite the decline in sales of 8.2% during the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Our team continues to deliver on the commitment to improving our results,” said Paul Joachimczyk, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “Given our strong performance at the start of the fiscal year, we are increasing our fiscal year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA outlook by $20 million which expands the range to $225 million to $245 million.”

Our Adjusted EBITDA outlook excludes the impact of certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include restructuring costs, interest expense, stock-based compensation expense, and certain tax items. Our management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of these income and expense items on its reported net income, which could be significant, are difficult to predict, and may be highly variable. As a result, the Company does not provide a reconciliation to the closest corresponding GAAP financial measure for its Adjusted EBITDA outlook.

About American Woodmark

American Woodmark celebrates the creativity in all of us. With over 8,800 employees and more than a dozen brands, we’re one of the nation’s largest cabinet manufacturers. From inspiration to installation, we help people find their unique style and turn their home into a space for self-expression. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and independent dealers and distributors, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office, and manufacturing facilities, you’ll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. Visit americanwoodmark.com to learn more and start building something distinctly your own.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have presented certain financial measures in this press release which have not been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Definitions of our non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP are provided below following the financial highlights under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Safe harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All forward-looking statements made by the Company involve material risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on factors that may be beyond the Company's control. Accordingly, the Company's future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any projected results expressed or implied therein will not be realized.

AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION
Unaudited Financial Highlights
(in thousands, except share data)
Operating Results
		Three Months Ended
		July 31,
		2023				2022
Net sales		$	498,255			$	542,893
Cost of sales & distribution			388,646				456,146
Gross profit			109,609				86,747
Sales & marketing expense			24,360				25,766
General & administrative expense			35,594				30,180
Restructuring charges, net			(172	)			—
Operating income			49,827				30,801
Interest expense, net			2,437				4,053
Pension settlement, net			—				(239	)
Other (income) expense, net			(1,075	)			226
Income tax expense			10,615				6,691
Net income		$	37,850			$	20,070
Earnings Per Share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted			16,589,481				16,619,916
Net income per diluted share		$	2.28			$	1.21

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Unaudited)
		July 31,			April 30,
		2023			2023
Cash & cash equivalents		$	89,650		$	41,732
Customer receivables			117,763			119,163
Inventories			167,539			190,699
Other current assets			19,160			16,661
Total current assets			394,112			368,255
Property, plant and equipment, net			223,810			219,415
Operating lease assets, net			96,609			99,526
Customer relationship intangibles, net			19,028			30,444
Goodwill			767,612			767,612
Other assets			29,458			33,546
Total assets		$	1,530,629		$	1,518,798
Current portion - long-term debt		$	2,177		$	2,263
Short-term operating lease liabilities			25,231			24,778
Accounts payable & accrued expenses			148,094			151,083
Total current liabilities			175,502			178,124
Long-term debt			369,362			369,396
Deferred income taxes			9,817			11,930
Long-term operating lease liabilities			77,806			81,370
Other liabilities			3,777			4,190
Total liabilities			636,264			645,010
Stockholders' equity			894,365			873,788
Total liabilities & stockholders' equity		$	1,530,629		$	1,518,798

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended
		July 31,
		2023				2022
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	86,721			$	37,295
Net cash used by investing activities			(14,223	)			(4,560	)
Net cash used by financing activities			(24,580	)			(21,364	)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents			47,918				11,371
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			41,732				22,325
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	89,650			$	33,696

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have reported our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In addition, we have discussed our financial results using the non-GAAP measures described below.

Management believes all of these non-GAAP financial measures provide an additional means of analyzing the current period's results against the corresponding prior period's results. However, these non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin

We use EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA margin in evaluating the performance of our business, and we use each in the preparation of our annual operating budgets and as indicators of business performance and profitability. We believe EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA margin allow us to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons and identify strategies to improve operating performance.

We define EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude (1) income tax expense (benefit), (2) interest expense, net, (3) depreciation and amortization expense, (4) amortization of customer relationship intangibles and trademarks. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted to exclude (1) expenses related to the acquisition of RSI Home Products, Inc. ("RSI acquisition") and the subsequent restructuring charges that the Company incurred related to the acquisition, (2) non-recurring restructuring charges, (3) net gain/loss on debt forgiveness and modification, (4) stock-based compensation expense, (5) gain/loss on asset disposals, (6) change in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts, and (7) pension settlement charges. We believe Adjusted EBITDA, when presented in conjunction with comparable GAAP measures, is useful for investors because management uses Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating the performance of our business.

We define Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales.

Adjusted EPS per diluted share

We use Adjusted EPS per diluted share in evaluating the performance of our business and profitability. Management believes that this measure provides useful information to investors by offering additional ways of viewing the Company's results by providing an indication of performance and profitability excluding the impact of unusual and/or non-cash items. We define Adjusted EPS per diluted share as diluted earnings per share excluding the per share impact of (1) expenses related to the RSI acquisition and the subsequent restructuring charges that the Company incurred related to the RSI acquisition, (2) non-recurring restructuring charges, (3) the amortization of customer relationship intangibles and trademarks, (4) net gain/loss on debt forgiveness and modification, (5) pension settlement charges, and (6) the tax benefit of RSI acquisition expenses and subsequent restructuring charges, the net gain on debt forgiveness and modification and the amortization of customer relationship intangibles and trademarks. The amortization of intangible assets is driven by the RSI acquisition and will recur in future periods. Management has determined that excluding amortization of intangible assets from our definition of Adjusted EPS per diluted share will better help it evaluate the performance of our business and profitability and we have also received similar feedback from some of our investors.

Free cash flow

To better understand trends in our business, we believe that it is helpful to subtract amounts for capital expenditures consisting of cash payments for property, plant and equipment and cash payments for investments in displays from cash flows from continuing operations which is how we define free cash flow. Management believes this measure gives investors an additional perspective on cash flow from operating activities in excess of amounts required for reinvestment. It also provides a measure of our ability to repay our debt obligations.

Net leverage

Net leverage is a performance measure that we believe provides investors a more complete understanding of our leverage position and borrowing capacity after factoring in cash and cash equivalents that eventually could be used to repay outstanding debt.

We define net leverage as net debt (total debt less cash and cash equivalents) divided by the trailing 12 months Adjusted EBITDA.

A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures and the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are set forth on the following tables:

Reconciliation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA margin
		Three Months Ended
		July 31,
(in thousands)		2023				2022
Net income (GAAP)		$	37,850			$	20,070
Add back:
Income tax expense			10,615				6,691
Interest expense, net			2,437				4,053
Depreciation and amortization expense			11,745				12,430
Amortization of customer relationship intangibles			11,417				11,417
EBITDA (Non-GAAP)		$	74,064			$	54,661
Add back:
Acquisition and restructuring related expenses (1)			20				20
Non-recurring restructuring charges, net (2)			(172	)			—
Pension settlement, net			—				(239	)
Change in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts (3)			(1,015	)			238
Stock-based compensation expense			2,247				1,635
Loss on asset disposal			7				177
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)		$	75,151			$	56,492
Net Sales		$	498,255			$	542,893
Net income margin (GAAP)			7.6	%			3.7	%
Adjusted EBITDA margin (Non-GAAP)			15.1	%			10.4	%

(1) Acquisition and restructuring related expenses are comprised of expenses related to the RSI acquisition and the subsequent restructuring charges that the Company incurred related to the acquisition.

(2) Non-recurring restructuring charges are comprised of expenses incurred related to the nationwide reduction-in-force implemented in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2023.

(3) In the normal course of business the Company is subject to risk from adverse fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Company manages these risks through the use of foreign exchange forward contracts. The changes in the fair value of the forward contracts are recorded in other (income) expense, net in the operating results.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income
		Three Months Ended
		July 31,
(in thousands, except share data)		2023				2022
Net income (GAAP)		$	37,850			$	20,070
Add back:
Acquisition and restructuring related expenses			20				20
Non-recurring restructuring charges, net			(172	)			—
Pension settlement, net			—				(239	)
Amortization of customer relationship intangibles and trademarks			11,417				11,417
Tax benefit of add backs			(2,940	)			(2,900	)
Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP)		$	46,175			$	28,368
Weighted average diluted shares (GAAP)			16,589,481				16,619,916
EPS per diluted share (GAAP)		$	2.28			$	1.21
Adjusted EPS per diluted share (Non-GAAP)		$	2.78			$	1.71

Free Cash Flow
		Three Months Ended
		July 31,
		2023			2022
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	86,721		$	37,295
Less: Capital expenditures (1)			14,227			4,575
Free cash flow		$	72,494		$	32,720

(1) Capital expenditures consist of cash payments for property, plant and equipment and cash payments for investments in displays.

Net Leverage
		Twelve Months Ended
		July 31,
(in thousands)		2023
Net income (GAAP)		$	111,504
Add back:
Income tax expense			32,886
Interest expense, net			14,378
Depreciation and amortization expense			47,393
Amortization of customer relationship intangibles			45,667
EBITDA (Non-GAAP)		$	251,828
Add back:
Acquisition and restructuring related expenses (1)			80
Non-recurring restructuring charges, net (2)			1,353
Pension settlement			232
Net gain on debt modification			(2,089	)
Change in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts (3)			(1,254	)
Stock-based compensation expense			8,008
Loss on asset disposal			880
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)		$	259,038
		As of
		July 31,
		2023
Current maturities of long-term debt		$	2,177
Long-term debt, less current maturities			369,362
Total debt			371,539
Less: cash and cash equivalents			(89,650	)
Net debt		$	281,889
Net leverage (4)			1.09

(1) Acquisition and restructuring related expenses are comprised of expenses related to the RSI acquisition and the subsequent restructuring charges that the Company incurred related to the acquisition.

(2) Non-recurring restructuring charges are comprised of expenses incurred related to the nationwide reduction-in-force implemented in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2023.

(3) In the normal course of business the Company is subject to risk from adverse fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Company manages these risks through the use of foreign exchange forward contracts. The changes in the fair value of the forward contracts are recorded in other (income) expense, net in the operating results.

(4) Net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended July 31, 2023.

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The American Woodmark Stock at the time of publication of the news with a raise of +2,13 % to 74,35EUR on Nasdaq stock exchange (29. August 2023, 21:55 Uhr).