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spk13: Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Konstantin and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Carlyle Company's first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Jim Giannakouros, Carlyle's Vice President of Investor Relations. Jim, please go ahead.
spk01: Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. I want to welcome all of you today to Carlisle's first quarter 2024 earnings call. I am Mehul Patel. I am head of investor relations. We released today our first quarter 2024 financial results, and you can find both our press release and the presentation for today's call in the investors relations section of our website. On the call with me today, we have Chris Koch. He is our board chair, president, and CEO, along with Kevin Zimmel, who is our CFO. Today's call will begin with Chris. He will provide highlights of our results along with an update on our key accomplishments. And then Kevin will follow up with an overview on our financial performance and provide an update on our outlook for 2024. Following our prepared remarks, we will open up the line for questions. But before we begin, please refer to slide two of our presentation where we note that comments today will include forward-looking statements based on current expectations. Actual results could differ materially from these statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties which are discussed in our press release and SEC filings. As Carlyle provides non-GAAP financial information, we've provided reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures in our press release and in the appendix of our presentation materials, which are available on our website. And with that, I will turn the call over to Chris.
spk05: Thank you, Mahul. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Carlyle's first quarter 2024 earnings call. To start, I'd like to direct your attention to slide three of the presentation. We were pleased with our overall sales growth and margin expansion during the first quarter, which reinforces the underlying themes and key strategies we've outlined in Vision 2030. First quarter sales of $1.1 billion reflect a 23% year-over-year increase, and we're in line with our previous comments that destocking ended in Q4 of 2023. We also indicated that we expected a benefit of approximately $200 million of year-over-year sales as a result of a return to normal ordering levels, rebounding as predicted from a Q1 of 2023 that had been negatively affected by destocking. This return to normal ordering patterns was primarily experienced in our CCM business, which demonstrated substantial year-over-year sales growth of 36%. Robust re-roofing activity from pent-up demand and favorable weather conditions fostering healthy construction activity were additional positive factors that assisted our first quarter performance and more than offset the impact from negative price in Q1 that we had stated in our year-end earnings call. In addition to a positive sales story, the Q1 margin story was also a success. Our relentless focus on improving operational efficiency, our commitment to delivering the unparalleled value in the Carlisle experience to our customers, and our COS efforts contributed to a strong bottom-line result. Improved margins across both CCM and CWT drove adjusted EBITDA of over $260 million, marking an increase of well over 50% year-over-year. The focus on continuously improving adjusted EBITDA performance was underpinned in Q1 by robust margin expansion bolstered by the increased Henry integration synergies, our commitment to our Lean Sigma initiatives under our flagship Carlisle operating system, and efficiencies gained by leveraging our higher volumes in our operations. Pricing continues to be in line with our expectations where we anticipated pricing would be down 2% to 3% for the full year, with substantially all of the impact in the first half of the year. We are bullish on the pricing outlook for the balance of the year based on the recent price increases announced by the major competitors in our industry. Additionally, we achieved substantial growth in adjusted EPS of over 80% year over year. Our steadfast dedication to the Carlyle experience, operational excellence, innovation, synergistic acquisitions, and organic investments continues to contribute to our superior performance and solidify Carlyle's position for sustained success in the future. Carrying on with the theme of positioning Carlyle for sustained success in the future, We were pleased to follow the delivery of our Vision 2030 plan in December of last year with the announcement that we are selling the Carlyle Interconnect business and taking the final step in delivering on our commitment to become a pure-play building products company. In January, we reached an agreement with the Amphenol Corporation to acquire our CIT business. We expect the transaction to close in the second quarter of this year. The anticipated proceeds from the sale of nearly $2 billion will be strategically deployed to fund further acquisitions, execute approximately $1 billion in share repurchases, and fuel additional organic growth initiatives. In our pursuit of generating significant value creation through strategic investments, we're excited to announce the acquisition of MTL, a Wisconsin-based specialty manufacturer of high-performance metal edge and wall systems. The acquisition of MTL is perfectly aligned with Carlisle's Vision 2030 strategy and our four criteria for all acquisitions. And as a reminder, those criteria are, one, a solid organic growth story, two, meaningful hard synergies, three, a talented management team, and lastly, a clear and easily actionable, integration playbook. Our acquisitions are always aimed at enriching and expanding our building envelope product offerings. The planned MTL acquisition and CIT divestiture reinforce our commitment to our pure play building product strategy, our philosophy of superior capital allocation, and ultimately driving best in class ROIC. And lastly, We are very pleased to have continued our longstanding tradition of returning value to our shareholders through dividends and share buybacks in Q1. During Q1, we completed $150 million in share repurchases as part of our plan to repurchase $1.4 billion worth of shares in 2024. We also paid $42 million in dividends in the first quarter as we continue to be proud of our history of having raised our dividend for over 47 consecutive years. These actions underscore our commitment to enhancing shareholder value and our confidence in Carlyle's long-term growth trajectory. Please turn to slide four as I discuss our Vision 2030 value creation drivers and targets. After completing Vision 2025 three years early, we are now fully engaged in building on Vision 2025's success and the execution of Vision 2030. As outlined in our Vision 2030 video, we plan to continue delivering on the foundational strategies that have produced such positive results under Vision 2025. Coupled with major secular tailwinds, we are committed to delivering innovative building envelope solutions, driving above-market growth, and unlocking additional value for shareholders in this next important phase of Carlyle's growth journey. The key pillars of Vision 2030 include enhanced levels of innovation with a commitment to investing 3% of sales to drive the creation of new products and solutions that add value to our customers through advancements in sustainability, energy, and labor efficiency. A continued emphasis on synergistic M&A as demonstrated by our recent agreement to acquire MTL, which aligns seamlessly with our strategy to enhance and expand our building envelope product portfolio, attracting and retaining top talent to ensure we have the best talent to execute our strategic initiatives and drive above-market growth, and holding steadfast to our sustainability commitments as evidenced by our progress in 2023 against our stated objectives, which you can find in our latest Corporate Sustainability Report. As we move forward, we are confident that the execution of Vision 2030 will drive superior shareholder returns and position Carlisle as a premier investment opportunity in the building product sector. Turning to slide five, our planned acquisition of MTL is directly aligned with our goal to invest prudently in high-returning businesses with best-in-class building envelope products and solutions that expand and complement our existing system offerings. With an expected close in the second quarter of 2024, MTL reinforces Carlisle as an industry leader in the multibillion-dollar architectural metal market and is expected to add approximately 60 cents of adjusted EPS in 2025 with over $13 million of hard-cost synergies expected within the first three years. MTL's values are highly aligned with Carlisle's, especially with respect to MTL's superior customer focus, and solid track record of above-market growth. Now, please turn to slide six as I share recent updates on our progress with Carlyle's sustainability initiatives. We seek to positively impact the environment while creating value for all our stakeholders through the three pillars of our sustainability strategy, which are, one, manufacturing energy-efficient products. minimizing our value chain greenhouse gas emissions, and diverting waste and end-of-life materials from landfills. Under our first pillar, we provide our end-user customers access to solutions that drive energy efficiency in their buildings. As I mentioned earlier, in 2023, we made significant progress against this pillar with $3.2 billion in LEED-qualified product sales, representing an impressive 70% of our total revenue, which is up from 65% in 2022, reflecting the increasing demand and trends for more energy-efficient buildings. Our second pillar, reducing our operational and value chain emissions, helps Carlisle reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impacts. Carlyle began Phase 1 of metering the significant energy users, or SEUs, at our major manufacturing facilities. The data that results from metering this equipment will enable our plants to conduct real-time energy analysis and make more informed decisions on energy efficiency. In Q1, Carlyle installed metering at our Tooele, Utah, polyisomembrane facility. Lastly, our third pillar focuses on the reduction of construction waste entering landfills. In 2023, Carlisle's recycling initiatives enabled the diversion of over 90,000 metric tons of waste from landfills through operational scrap reduction, purchased recycled RAS, and rooftop takeoffs. Significant contributors were the purchased recycled content of polyiso, facer paper, and polyols, as well as 30,000 tons of recycled metal from the CAM business unit. Sustainability is a very important focus for Carlyle. As an organization, we remain committed to being a responsible environmental stakeholder, and our products continue to offer a strong value proposition in a world looking for energy-efficient, value-added solutions. Our first quarter results reinforced many of the themes we discussed in our Vision 2030 presentation, including being well-positioned to leverage megatrends in energy efficiency, labor savings, and growing re-roof demand within the building envelope marketplace. With this in mind, and in combination with the strength of our first quarter results, we are increasing our full-year 2024 growth outlook. And with that, I'll turn it over to Kevin to provide additional financial details. Kevin?
spk04: Thank you, Chris. Our first quarter financial results reflect the strength of our business model and the successful execution of our strategic priorities to start off 2024 on solid footing. Looking at our first quarter results on slide 7, we grew revenue by 23% year over year to $1.1 billion, driven by normalization of inventory in the channels, growing re-roofing activity, which benefited from pent-up demand, increasing residential starts, and favorable weather across the U.S. We leveraged our strong top-line performance to expand our EBITDA margins by 530 basis points to 24.2%. Furthermore, we grew our earnings 85% year-over-year to an adjusted EPS of $3.72. The EPS increase was driven by sales growth, margin expansion, and share repurchases. Looking at our segment highlights starting with CCM on slide 8, CCM delivered first quarter revenues of $784 million, up 36% from the first quarter of 2023. The increase was driven by return to normalization of order patterns, including the end of destocking in the channel, positive reroof activity, and favorable weather. CCM adjusted EBITDA increased 66% to $227 million, with adjusted EBITDA margin up 510 basis points to 28.9%. This was driven by a combination of leveraging higher volume growth and continued operating efficiencies through the Carlyle operating system. Moving to slide 9, revenues at CWT decreased 1% year-over-year, primarily due to lower carryover prices from 2023 in select categories. However, despite the revenue decline, we were able to drive adjusted EBITDA growth of 20% to $65 million. This represented an adjusted EBITDA margin of 20.7%. expanding 370 basis points from the first quarter of 2023. The margin improvement was driven by operational efficiencies gained through COS, lower input costs through strategic sourcing, and the realization of synergies from the Henry acquisition. Synergies from the Henry acquisition are expected to exceed $50 million in 2024, significantly above our deal model estimate of $30 million. Slide 10 provides a year-over-year first quarter adjusted EPS bridge items for your reference. Moving to slides 11 through 13, Carlisle ended the first quarter of 2024 with $553 million of cash on hand. We have $1 billion of availability under a revolving credit facility, which we amended in April to extend the maturity to 2029. We generated operating cash flow from continuing operations of $156 million and invested $24 million in capital expenditures. We achieved solid cash flow performance for the quarter with a free cash flow margin of 12%, and we remain on pace for a free cash flow margin of over 15% for the full year. We ended the quarter with a net leverage ratio of 1.4 times within our target of one to two times. We are already making significant progress against the capital allocation goals outlined in our Vision 2030 strategy. We are doing so by reinvesting in our high ROIC building products businesses through continued investment in growth CapEx and returning value to shareholders through dividends, including $42 million in dividends paid and repurchasing $150 million of shares during the first quarter of 2024. We are also making synergistic acquisitions that will deliver significant opportunities for value creation, such as our recently announced agreement to acquire MTL for $410 million. These actions are collectively aligned with our disciplined capital allocation framework. which forms an integral part of delivering ROIC in excess of 25% and ultimately reaching $40 plus of adjusted EPS by 2030. Following the repurchase of $150 million of shares during the first quarter, we have 6.9 million shares remaining under our share repurchase program. Our robust financial position is underpinned by a solid balance sheet and a prudent approach to leverage. This conservative capital structure affords us the ability to strategically allocate resources in pursuit of superior returns. Complemented by our substantial liquidity of approximately $1.6 billion, we are well-equipped to capitalize on opportunities that arise, unlocking additional value for our stakeholders in the coming quarters and years. And as a reminder, we expect to receive an additional $2 billion of gross proceeds from the CIT sale in the second quarter, further enhancing our financial flexibility. We believe we are well positioned to drive additional value creation in the quarters and years ahead. Turning to slide 14, I will discuss our full-year financial outlook. We are raising our full year 2024 revenue outlook to approximately 10% growth over the prior year, which is double our outlook at year end when we were expecting a 5% increase. This increase in outlook is driven by a combination of our solid first quarter and stronger reroofing demand for the balance of the year. Leveraging the additional revenue through the Carlyle operating system, Along with a more positive outlook on pricing, we now expect adjusted EBITDA margins to expand by at least 100 basis points, as compared to our previous guidance of 50 basis points. Additionally, we maintain our expectations to deliver free cash flow margins of at least 15% and ROIC in excess of 25%. As such, we continue to expect double-digit EPS growth in 2024. This is directly aligned with the objectives outlined in our Vision 2030 strategy, and we are experiencing a strong start towards our 2030 goal of $40 plus of adjusted EPS. Looking at the components of the outlook for CCM, we now expect year-over-year revenue to grow in the low double digits in 2024. The primary drivers are tailwinds from the return to normalization and order patterns that was absent during 2023 due to destocking and strong contractor backlogs from the pent-up re-roofing demand. For CWT, we now expect year-over-year revenue to grow in the mid-single digits in 2024 from strong sales execution on key growth initiatives as well as stronger trends in our markets. With that, I turn it over to Chris for closing remarks.
spk05: Thanks, Kevin. In conclusion, I want to reiterate our confidence in Carlisle's strategic direction under Vision 2030 and reinforced by our strong first quarter results. As we move forward, our ability to innovate with a focus on energy efficiency and labor savings solutions puts us on the right path to drive above-market growth and, in return, drive superior financial results. The simplification of our building products portfolio combined with a robust free cash flow engine and the anticipated proceeds from the sale of CIT places us in an excellent position to create further significant value for our shareholders. I would also like to take this opportunity to once again express my sincere gratitude to all of Carlyle's employees. The exceptional efforts of all of our team members have ensured a strong start to what we expect will be another exceptional year for Carlyle in 2024. And with Vision 2030 already deeply embedded in our operations, I'm incredibly optimistic about Carlyle's long-term success. Our strong brand, solid capital position, and superb cash flow generation provides us with the flexibility to successfully execute our strategy and unlock additional value for all our stakeholders. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Together, we are building a brighter future for Carlisle. And that concludes our formal comments. Operator, we are now ready for questions.
spk13: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Should you have a question, please press star followed by the number one on your touchtone phone. You will hear a prompt that your hand has been raised. Should you wish to decline from the polling process, please press star followed by the number two. If you are using a speakerphone, please lift the handset before pressing any keys. One moment while we compile the questions for you. Your first question comes from the line of team from Baird. Please go ahead.
spk02: Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Nice job. Thank you.
spk12: Maybe just my first question. So when you look at CCM, I mean, it just seems like the tone around re-roofing is a lot better than what it was, you know, 60 to 90 days ago. So I guess what have you seen in your business to kind of get comfort or confidence that there is kind of pent up demand on the re-roofing side?
spk04: Yeah, Tim, it really goes back to COVID. I mean, we've been talking about this for a while that during COVID with regroups, you weren't able or contractors weren't able to get on the roofs initially. And then when we came out of COVID, we had a strong period of new construction the last couple of years. And we talked about just due to the lack of labor that some of the regroup was being deferred. They were doing some patchwork and some of that resulted in this pent up demand. that we're now seeing come through. And frankly, that's the reason we raised our forecast, that a good chunk of the increase, about half of it, was due to the re-roof improvement.
spk12: Okay. Okay, gotcha. And I guess on that point, Kevin, just if you could maybe kind of go through the revenue bridge just within CCM. I mean, last quarter it was 6%. you know, now it's kind of low double digits. Kind of what are the pieces if you kind of go through the restocking, you know, kind of the underlying volume and then just your kind of updated price assumptions?
spk04: Yeah, the destocking didn't change. We had at about 11% increase for the full year. We still expect it to be about 11%. We had said the dollar amount was $375 million for the year, $200 million in the first quarter. And that's what we saw, the $200 million in the first quarter. So nothing changed on the D stock. What did change is both the volume and the price. On the volume side, I just talked about the reroofing coming in to the year. We had said we thought the total end market would be down 2% to 3%. Now we think it will be up slightly. We still think new construction will be down high single digits, but reroof we think will be up mid-single digits. And then on pricing, we recently announced some price increases, and we now think that we'll only be down about 1% for the full year on price, where, as you may recall, at the beginning of the year, we thought we'd be down 2% to 3%. So when you sum that all up, we pretty much doubled that 6% of what we were talking about at the beginning of the year for CCM.
spk12: Okay. Okay, great. And then maybe just, you know, the last question just to kind of sneak in here. I mean, how would you kind of characterize, you know, the pace of what you're seeing on the input cost side? You know, MDI, polyols, I guess, does the price cost math change? Or are you just seeing a little bit more inflation and say net-net on the EBITDA line and it kind of sums to zero?
spk04: Yeah, when we came into the year, we had said that the price cost was going to be pretty flat for the year. The raws has been a little bit of a mixed bag on raw materials. Some raw materials are up, some are down. So not too much has changed there. But now with pricing, getting a little bit better pricing, we'll think that number will be positive for the full year, maybe a full year up of about $20 million on price costs. Okay. Okay, perfect.
spk02: All right, I'll hop back to Q. Thanks, guys. Good luck. Thanks, Jim.
spk13: Your next question comes from the line of Susan McClary from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
spk08: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone.
spk13: Good afternoon, Susan.
spk03: Hello.
spk08: My first? Yeah, it's good to be here. Good. My first question is on CCM as well. You know, appreciating that you've got this re-roofing tailwind that is coming through. But can you also talk a bit about some of your own initiatives around some of the products and the work that you've done with the customers? And do you think that that's also incrementally adding to this? And how do you think about the sustainability of that through this year? and maybe the cadence as we move through the next couple of quarters for the revenues there.
spk05: Well, overall, Susan, we really look at three areas on the initiatives. I think we talked about margin for customer intimacy. Really, this involves a lot of contractor training, architect training. Our digital experience is getting better and better. We've done a lot of work with enhancing the sales excellence of our teams. Things like optimizing our quote process, really cross-selling, trying to increase dollars per square foot. And I think it is taking a hold. We really got into a lot of the selling initiatives last year, and I do think they're starting to show up in sales. We also talked about innovation. Now, innovation is, for us, under Vision 2030, is a longer, obviously a much longer total play. But We're already seeing new products hit the market at a higher rate. We're investing a little bit more, as you can see, in our SG&A, and I think that will continue to gain momentum. Last year in January, we introduced the 16-point TPO. We had a product called Ready Flash in April. We're going to introduce some other products coming out. One of them is SeamShield that's going to be introduced in Q2 of 24. We continue to build momentum there. Obviously, our commitment to moving up to 3% is going to take a couple of years, but we should see increased momentum every quarter as we continue to drive innovation through CCM and, frankly, CWT. And then lastly, it's really this operational excellence, and that's just an ongoing expectation that we're getting that 1% to 2% of sales through COS every year. AI in our factories is starting to work on to improve efficiency everything from the quote process to actually how we uh deal with the data coming off the line to become a little bit more uh maybe anticipate uh any quality issues that may come about by looking at the data we also are trying to do a better job of forecasting through using ai and then really driving the sustainability efforts through our factories too to drive efficiency so trying to use less product in the in the whole process trying to have less waste throughout it whether it's freight or whether it's actually movement of goods within the factory just trying to reduce waste and in turn i think that produces a nice efficiency program there not just for energy but in all ways and we're starting to see returns there so you know when we look at the gains we've had over the last five to 10 years. A lot of these things have played into it. I think we're doing a better job of articulating it, but we've continued to see some pretty good margin expansion. And I think Henry's probably the latest best example where in each quarter we continue to see margin expansion. And in this last one, even on down sales. So a bit of a long answer for you, but I try to be a little more comprehensive.
spk04: Maybe Kevin wants more granularity. The second part of your question 24 is playing out to be a more normal year for us. From the seasonality standpoint at the beginning of the year, we had said sales would be for the second quarter about 29% of full year sales and Q3 we said about 27% of full year sales and that seasonality still looks to be holding strong for us. So that would be the best estimate for quarterly revenue for the CCM business. And as far as CWT, that's still consistent with what we talked about in the year-end call as well.
spk08: Okay, that's great color. That's very helpful. And then maybe just following up on that, I think you mentioned that you expect to now exceed $50 million in synergies at Henry versus the $30 million guide that you had given before. Can you just talk about what's driving that incremental $20 million in there and any thoughts on how that will come through?
spk05: Yeah. In terms of what we're working on, the cross-selling is helping us, some new initiatives around sales.
spk04: automation within the factories uh we're doing a better job of i think managing our efficiency within our factories how it comes through on the p l i would defer to kevin on that one yeah so the 50 million that we see that's pretty well we're at that run rate in the first quarter so at about 14 million a quarter is what we're going to get first quarter last year was about half of that number, so we did see those synergies in Q1, but we did ramp up as the year went on last year.
spk08: Okay. Thanks for the color, and good luck with everything.
spk02: Thank you, and great to have you with us, Carlisle. We appreciate it.
spk13: Yes. Your next question comes from the line of Gary Schmois from Loop Capital. Please go ahead.
spk10: Oh, hi, thanks. Decent quarter. Wanted to ask, you know, first off, I think in the release you spoke to lower carryover prices in CWT. Was there any new downward pricing pressure during the quarter? And, you know, how should we think of, you know, pricing moving forward and potentially a win-win-win anniversary of some of the carryover pricing pressure?
spk05: Yeah, I don't think there's any price pressure you weren't aware of that came through. You know, we just lapped that. And as we detailed that it'll, you know, the way pricing would work, we were probably down around four or five percent in the first quarter. We'll move to probably two, three in the second. Then you think about the third quarter will be flat. And then based upon What we're seeing on the pricing increases that have come out, ours and others, you know, Garrett, I think you know how it works. It doesn't end on day one. It takes a little bit to get into the bidding and that. And so we would anticipate then that we might be up 1% to 2% in the fourth quarter.
spk10: Got it. And why don't we just kind of circle back to the one key volume strength in CCM, you know, recognizing it's a decently slower quarter, but, you know, I think that the variance is pretty notable relative to CCM. to what we were expecting, you know, you saw the, you know, the lapping of the D stock, you know, that tracked as expected. But, you know, you also cited weather as being favorable. So just wanted to see, you know, do you think some of the benefit was weather, how much of the one QL performance was a stronger market? Did you see any, you know, inventory build either distribution or the contractor level, just any additional colors to the 1Q strength would be great.
spk05: Yeah. Let me hit a couple of those and Kevin will pick some up too. I think on weather, you know, maybe two to three days, depending on where you were in the country, obviously, you know, that has a big, you know, whether you're in the Northwest or your volume, I mean, compared to some others, I know some people have announced that they had a weaker impact due to weather. So I think that depends on where you are. But for us, about two to three days. You know, the D stock being over, that was a big deal going into the end of the year. I think we were a little conservative around that. Now, we had talked about $200 million in Q1. You know, as you're sitting there in the Q1 call and you're not seeing much of it unfold yet, you know, you want to be conservative. And I was pretty pleased that we got all of that. And then the D stocking was over. We also picked up, you know, we think some extra re-roofing, which was good. That seemed to build in the quarter. So overall, I think, you know, that might have had a little bit to do, especially the conservatives around the 200 million around why we might be a little bit heavier than expected.
spk10: Got it. Okay. That's great.
spk05: I think, Eric, you'd asked about inventory build-in. I think what our data, what our conversations and that are showing in the first quarters that really a lot of the channel while the d stock is over we're not seeing a huge build in inventory i think as we get closer to the season people are still concerned about uh obviously the carrying costs of inventory are higher now than they have been um maybe a little bit of uh conservatism around getting burned again on uh on having too much inventory so uh if demand holds up Obviously, that'll need to be addressed, and we think we're in a good position to be able to address that increased demand, even if distributors aren't carrying and contractors aren't carrying as much inventory as maybe we'd like them to have going into the season.
spk02: Got it. Okay. No, thanks for that. I'll pass it on. Yeah, you bet.
spk13: Your next question comes from the line of Brian Blair from Oppenheimer. Please go ahead.
spk02: Good afternoon. Impressive start to the year.
spk03: Thanks, Brian.
spk15: Good afternoon. Kevin, you walked through the full year bridge for CCM revenue, and I apologize if in all the detail that you offered during the script and Q&A, I missed this, but can you do the same for CWT so we have that kind of level set? And then it would be great if you guys could offer some more color on what you're seeing in
spk05: uh commercial uh you know versus residential applications uh specific to the cwc yeah let me let me take the first one kevin can give you that walk through the uh the year um you know in what we're seeing out in the cwt uh market is a really on the resi side you know just this idea that there still is an underlying need for additional housing units uh when we look out we see uh Builders still buying land and still making investments in that, addressing that demand. We're optimistic about that for the year. I think, you know, could there be a blip? Could there be some hesitation as people digest things around the, you know, the stuff we've seen today like the GDP or, you know, first we're at two or three cuts and now we're headed perhaps to not as many. But I think, Rezi, again, that underlying demand is going to continue to be a drumbeat as we go through the year or that need for additional housing units. You get to the commercial, I think it's really – it depends on the segment. Obviously, the office and retail side for CWT has been a bit tough, not to be, I think, expected – I think it could be expected, excuse me – warehousing a little bit tough, too. And then when you get into the healthcare, education, government spending, those tend to be positive. So, as we look across that portfolio segment, it's kind of a mixed bag. Really, when we look down at the margin, and we continue to anticipate driving an improved margin, it's really around automation, first of all. And that's something that I think Carlisle brought to the table. And you've seen it in CCM, and you're going to see it run through CWT this year, next year. It's just this idea that we're improving the factories. We talked about it before, being more efficient, applying COS and Lean Sigma. And then innovation, we've got innovation running as well and building. in CWT. And then lastly, this positive price-cost spread that they're seeing should be helpful in the year two. I think we were probably a little bit more to the cost-saving side on raw materials in the first quarter than the negative impact in price. And we should also see as volume continues to improve, that 1 percent volume, we get more volume through the factories. We see some benefits from that, too. Kevin, you want to talk about the walk?
spk04: Yeah, and the seasonality, you know that both our businesses very much the summer months is the stronger months. But as we look at CWT specifically, it's really the same as we talked about at the end of the year where we think about 22% of the full year sales would be in Q1. And then Q2 and Q3 are both about 27%. And then you exit with the balance into Q4. As far as EBITDA drop-through, we still see CWT in the low to mid-30s for incrementals, and CCM, they're at about 40% on the incrementals.
spk15: Understood. Very helpful detail. Perhaps offer a little more on the strategic fit of MTL and how the asset strengthens the product suite of the metals platform and growth potential looking forward.
spk05: Right. Well, MTL is just a great company. The leader of MTL, Tony Mallinger, has done a great job over the years of driving some wonderful performance. And it really centers around Edge Metal, which, as we've talked about before, Edge Metal goes on basically every low-slope roof that we put on. And so that's something that MTL brings to us. We think that's a big benefit to get that into the Carlisle specification, to get that into the Carlisle warranty. You know what happens there. Also, there's some architectural and other metal products that they have that are value accretive. They actually have patents on a lot of things, something that you wouldn't expect in an edge metal or perhaps an architectural metal business. But this patented technology just shows you the type of innovation that Tony and his team have been bringing to the market through the years. So the addition really fits when we look right down the line from the specification. integrating it into our portfolio, being able to train our contractors, being able to offer to our contractors. And we also think there are going to be some good synergies by bringing MTL into the Drexel and Peterson group as well and having a much, much more complete product line in metal, as well as the synergies when we think about raw material purchases, the volume that that metal adds, when we think about shipping and other things like that. A good addition and I think when we look back to what we said it would be I think we had about 25 cents accretion on EPS in 2024 and then something like 60 cents in 2025. So right away some good benefits there and I think are targeted and stated. savings in rum and synergies was going to route 13 million but my expectation and I think as the team gets into it is that we'll exceed that just like we did with Henry got it again very helpful thank you yeah thanks Brian your next question comes from the line of Sari buruditsky from Jefferies please go ahead
spk09: Just a couple of cleanup questions here. So first, just to build on the price cost, you talked about a positive $20 million. Could you just provide any detail on how that plays out through the year?
spk04: Yeah, the first quarter, we got about half of that. And then through the balance of the year, it's pretty much pro rata.
spk09: Perfect. And then building on the MTL, Could you just provide more details on the architectural metals market? I believe in the past you talked about it growing two times GDP, but it would be great to get an update on that.
spk05: Yeah, I definitely think that it's growing at a higher rate. I think you could probably say – you could probably stick with your two times GDP. One of the things that the metals business brings to us is obviously likeability of the product line, and that's something that obviously is a huge benefit. The metals market is – I think it was where we had $800 billion market, so there's plenty for us to go after. We also want to go after more what I would say prefab applications where we're doing it in the factory and we're getting more standardization on product lines and shipping that out. So I can give you more information, Suri, if you want to ask – I That's about where I would stop or I'll just keep talking about the metal business. But it's a good business. It's very complimentary. We talked about edge metal. The other thing I would just add this, when we look at a lot of the buildings that have flat roofs on them, especially warehouses and small manufacturing facilities and things like that, a lot of the time people will put on an office building on the side in the front. Maybe it's two stories on the warehouse or three, and they'll put a one-story office building. A lot of the time when they seek to add differentiation there, they'll do it with an architectural design. metal, you know, set up either on the roof or the roof and the wall. And again, value-add, highly specified, and wrapping it into that whole warranty system that Carlyle can provide really gives us some great expanded market potential to go after.
spk09: I appreciate the color. And then just one last one, just so everyone's on the same page. You have net interest expense guidance for the year of $20 million. You had $10 million of interest expense this quarter. So, Just how you're getting to build that interest income through the year would be helpful.
spk04: Yeah, it really comes down to the timing of CIT. When we close, we're expecting to close at the end of May sometime in that range as far as CIT. Hard to say with regulatory approvals out of our control, but all is going well there and we have no concerns. as far as forecasting interest income when you're getting two billion dollars makes it a little bit more challenging so what we had this year we did have the acquisition at mtl for 410 million so we have to take that into consideration as well that we expect to close early may and then the the interest rates We're not expecting the cuts now that we might have been looking at at the beginning of the year, so that will increase our interest income. So net that positive against the MTL use of cash, we still think the net interest expense around 20 million is a good number to use.
spk09: Okay, thanks for the caller.
spk13: Your next question comes from the line of David McGregor from Longbow Research. Please go ahead.
spk11: Yeah, good afternoon. Thanks for taking the question. Congratulations on a great quarter.
spk03: Thank you.
spk11: Yeah, really strong results. I guess on the CWT business, I just wanted to get a sense of the lower carryover prices for 2023. What percentage of segment revenues would that have represented?
spk04: As far as the carryover in the first quarter, it was down mid-single digits.
spk00: Hey, David, from the segment side of it, it's probably roughly 30% of the business. That's where the selected price decreases were last year.
spk11: Right. Okay. That was the question, 30%. Thanks. And then, you know, Kevin's provided a little bit of granularity around kind of the price cost, and you talked a little bit about the volume leverage, but just trying to piece it all together here. So let me just ask you if you could just talk directly on that 66% EBITDA growth. You know, how much of that was volume leverage? How much of it was favorable price cost? Can I get you to go back and just provide some numbers around that?
spk03: You're looking at Q1? Q1, yeah.
spk04: Yeah, so on Q1, Yeah, substantially all of it on the CCM side. You can just put the 40% incrementals in there, and then price costs pretty much offset each other on the CCM side, and that number would drop right to the bottom line and even down to 40%, and that explains that segment. On the CWT side, also that slight volume increase, but then most of their pickup was combination of these operating efficiencies with the synergies that we talked about, and then the balance is price-cost, so that they had positive price-cost at CWT in the first quarter, close to $10 million.
spk03: Ten million. Yeah, you referenced that earlier. Okay, terrific. That's it for me. Thanks very much. Thanks, David.
spk13: Your next question comes from the line of Adam Baumgarten from Zellman. Please go ahead.
spk14: Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Just thinking about the full year outlook and maybe how it tracks back to 1Q, it looks like you're expecting kind of flattish end markets, you know, X to D stocking and pricing. And if I back out the D stocking in 1Q and CCM and there's some little modestly negative price, it looks like volumes were up maybe 5% or so or mid-single digits. So do you expect that to kind of, as you get tougher comps, maybe come down throughout the year, just given the strong start to the year?
spk04: So as you remove the D stock number, we won't talk about that, but just talking end markets, we're expecting re-roof to be up mid-single digits. And then we do expect new construction down high single digits. So overall, that might be a slight positive on the end markets.
spk14: Yeah, I'm just trying to get it. I think the first quarter was a bit better than that, it seems, right?
spk04: Yeah, we had some positive weather in the first quarter as well. I think if you take that out, then it's going to be pretty consistent.
spk14: Okay, got it. And then just on pricing, it sounds like it's playing out as you expected. Things have been stable since year end last year throughout the first quarter?
spk05: Yeah, I think pricing is playing out. I mean, there's a couple of things. One, the D-stock, we're super pleased that it ended up being around 200. I think our projections there on the The pricing was right in line, the carryover, and things seem to be, you know, there's a lot of turmoil out there around in the broader economy that you know about. I don't need to tell you about that from GDP or that, but in our markets, things are progressing pretty much as planned, and I'd say stable.
spk02: Okay, got it. Thanks. Mm-hmm.
spk13: There are no further questions at this time. I'll hand the call over to Chris Koch for closing remarks. Please go ahead.
spk05: Thank you. This concludes our first quarter call. And thanks for your participation. And obviously, we look forward to speaking with you on our second quarter call coming up.
spk03: Thank you.
spk13: Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation.
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