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spk05: Thank you for standing by and welcome to the DICOM Industries Inc. first quarter 2023 results conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference may be recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star 0. I would now like to hand the conference over to your host today, Mr. Steven Nielsen. President and Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead, sir.
spk02: Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone. I'd like to thank you for attending this conference call to review our first quarter 2023 results. Going to slide two. During this call, we will be referring to a slide presentation which can be found on our website's Investor Center main page. Relevant slides will be identified by number throughout our presentation. Today we have on the call Drew DeFerrari, our Chief Financial Officer, and Ryan Ernest, our General Counsel. Now I will turn the call over to Ryan Ernest.
spk06: Thank you, Steve. All forward-looking statements made during this call are provided pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all comments reflecting our expectations, assumptions, or beliefs about future events or performance that do not relate solely to historical periods. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from our current projections, including those risks described in our annual report on Form 10-K, filed March 4, 2022. Together with our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
spk02: Steve? Thanks, Ryan. Now moving to slide four and a review of our first quarter results. As we review our results, please note that in our comments today and in the accompanying slides, we reference certain non-GAAP measures. We refer you to the quarterly report section of our website for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their corresponding GAAP measures. To begin, I want to express my sincere thanks to our employees who have served our customers with real fortitude in difficult times. Now for the quarter. Revenue was $876.3 million, an organic increase of 21.1%. As we deployed gigabit wireline networks, wireless wireline converged networks, and wireless networks, this quarter reflected an increase in demand from three of our top five customers. Gross margin was 14.9% of revenue and increased approximately 13 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2022. Improved operating performance of over 70 basis points in Q1 was partially offset by 58 basis points of higher fuel costs. General and administrative expenses were 7.9% of revenue, and all of these factors produced adjusted EBITDA of $63.7 million, or 7.3% of revenue, and earnings per share of $0.65 compared to $0.03 in the year-ago quarter. Included in earnings per share in the first quarter of 2023 are incremental tax benefits of $0.14 per share compared to $0.09 per share in the year-ago quarter. Liquidity was solid at $309.5 million, and sequentially day sale outstanding declined three days. During the quarter, we repurchased 200,000 shares for $18.5 million. Now going to slide five. Today, major industry participants are constructing or upgrading significant wireline networks across broad sections of the country. These wireline networks are generally designed to provision gigabit network speeds to individual consumers and businesses, either directly or wirelessly using 5G technologies. Industry participants have stated their belief that a single high-capacity fiber network can most cost-effectively deliver services to both consumers and businesses, enabling multiple revenue streams from a single investment. This view is increasing the appetite for fiber deployments, and we believe that the industry effort to deploy high-capacity fiber networks continues to meaningfully broaden the set of opportunities for our industry. Increasing access to high-capacity telecommunications continues to be crucial to society, especially in rural America. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included over $40 billion for the construction, of rural communications networks in unserved and underserved areas across the country. This represents an unprecedented level of support. In addition, an increasing number of states are commencing programs that will provide funding for telecommunications networks even prior to the initiation of funding under the Infrastructure Act. We are providing program management, planning, engineering and design, aerial, underground, and wireless construction and fulfillment services for gigabit deployments. These services are being provided across the country in numerous geographic areas to multiple customers. These deployments include networks consisting entirely of wired network elements and converged wireless wireline multi-use networks. Fiber network deployment opportunities are increasing in rural America as new industry participants respond to emerging societal initiatives. We continue to provide integrated planning, engineering and design, procurement and construction, and maintenance services to several industry participants. Macroeconomic effects and supply constraints may influence the near-term execution of some customer plans. Broad increases in demand for fiber optic cable and related equipment may cause delivery volatility in the short to intermediate term. In addition, the market for labor remains tight in many regions around the country. It remains to be seen how long this condition persists. Furthermore, the automotive and equipment supply chain remains challenged, particularly for the large truck chassis required for specialty equipment. Prices for capital equipment are increasing. As we contend with these factors, we are encouraged that industry participants increasingly understand industry-wide cost pressures and are beginning in some instances to address those impacts. Within this context, we remain confident that our scale and financial strength position us well to deliver valuable service to our customers. Moving to slide six. During the quarter, organic revenue increased 21.1%. Our top five customers combined produced 67.3% of revenue, increasing 19.8% organically. Demand increased from three of our top five customers. All other customers increased 23.9% organically. AT&T was our largest customer, 27.1% of total revenue, or $237.4 million. AT&T grew 52.7% organically. This was our fifth consecutive quarter of organic growth with AT&T. Revenue from Comcast was $111.3 million, or 12.7% of revenue. Comcast was DICOM's second largest customer. Lumen was our third largest customer at 11.7% of revenue, or $102.8 million. Lumen grew organically 20.3%. This was our first organic growth with Lumen in seven quarters. Verizon was our fourth-largest customer at $81 million, or 9.2% of revenue. And finally, revenue from Frontier was $57.2 million, or 6.5% of revenue. Frontier grew 127.1% organically. This is the first quarter since April of 2019 where our top five customers grew organically in excess of 15%. and the 13th consecutive quarter where all of our other customers in aggregate, excluding the top five customers, have grown organically. Of note, fiber construction revenue from electric utilities was $69.6 million in the quarter and increased organically 47% year over year. We have extended our geographic reach and expanded our program management and network planning services. In fact, over the last several years, we believe we have meaningfully increased the long-term value of our maintenance and operations business, a trend which we believe will parallel our deployment of gigabit wireline direct and wireless wireline converged networks as those deployments dramatically increase the amount of outside plant network that must be extended and maintained. Now going to slide seven. Backlog at the end of the first quarter was $5.593 billion versus $5.822 billion at the end of the January 2022 quarter, a decline of $229 million. Of this backlog, approximately $2.959 billion is expected to be completed in the next 12 months. Backlog activity during the first quarter reflects solid performance as we book new work and renewed existing work. we continue to anticipate substantial future opportunities across a broad array of our customers. During the quarter, we received, from AT&T, placement services agreements in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. For Frontier, fiber construction agreements for Illinois and Michigan. From Brightspeed, a fiber construction agreement in North Carolina. for a Verizon and engineering agreement for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and maintenance and restoration agreement in Florida, and various rural fiber construction agreements in Arkansas, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Headcount increased during the quarter to 15,221. Now I will turn the call over to Drew for his financial review and outlook.
spk01: Thanks, Steve, and good morning, everyone. Going to slide eight. Contract revenues were $876.3 million, and organic revenue increased 21.1% for the quarter. Q1 of the prior year included $3.9 million of revenue from storm restoration services compared to none in Q1 of this year. Adjusted EBITDA in Q1 was $63.7 million, or 7.3% of revenue, compared to $44.1 million, or 6.1% of revenue in Q1 of last year. Gross margin was 14.9% of revenue for the April quarter and increased approximately 13 basis points compared to Q1-22. Improved operating performance of over 70 basis points in Q1 was partially offset by 58 basis points of higher fuel costs. G&A expense of 7.9% decreased 129 basis points compared to Q1-22. from improved operating leverage at the higher level of revenue in the quarter and tight management of costs. Net income was $0.65 per share compared to $0.03 per share in the year-ago period. In the first quarter of each fiscal year, we have share-based awards that vest and income taxes are impacted. In Q1 of this year, net income included tax benefits of $2.5 million or $0.09 per share for the vesting and exercise of share-based awards In Q1, we also had tax benefits of 1.7 million, or five cents per share, for certain credits related to a tax filing for a prior year. For comparison purposes in Q1 of last year, net income included tax benefits of 2.6 million, or nine cents per share, for the vesting and exercise of share-based awards. Including these items, the total variance in net income reflects an increase in adjusted EBITDA lower depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation, and higher gains on asset sales offset by higher interest expense in Q1 of this year. Going to slide 9, our financial position and balance sheet remain strong. We ended the quarter with $500 million of senior notes, $345.6 million of term loan, and no revolver borrowings. Cash and equivalents were $185.6 million, and liquidity was solid at $309.5 million. Our capital allocation prioritizes organic growth, followed by opportunistic share repurchases and M&A within the context of our historical range of net leverage. Going to slide 10, cash flow used for operating activities was $64.9 million to fund the sequential growth in Q1. Capital expenditures were $33 million, net of disposal proceeds and gross capex was $38.4 million. During Q1, we re-purchased 200,000 shares of our common stock for $18.5 million. The combined DSOs of accounts receivable and net contract assets of 105 days improved three days sequentially compared to Q4-22. Going to slide 11, As we look ahead to the quarter ending July 30, 2022, the company expects contract revenues to increase mid-teens to 20% as a percentage of contract revenues as compared to the quarter ended July 31, 2021. And we expect non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA percentage of contract revenues to range from inline to modestly higher as compared to Q2 of last year. We also expect $9.5 million of interest expense, reflective of higher market interest rates, a 27% effective income tax rate, and $30 million diluted shares. Now I will turn the call back to Steve.
spk02: Thanks, Drew. Moving to slide 12. This quarter we experienced solid activity and capitalized on our significant strengths. First and foremost, we maintain significant customer presence throughout our markets. We are encouraged by the breadth in our business. Our extensive market presence has allowed us to be at the forefront of evolving industry opportunities. Telephone companies are deploying fiber to the home to enable gigabit high-speed connections. Increasingly, rural electric utilities are doing the same. Dramatically increased speeds to consumers are being provisioned, and consumer data usage is growing, particularly upstream. Wireless construction activity in support of newly available spectrum bands is expected to increase this year. Federal and state support for rural deployments of communications networks is dramatically increasing in scale and duration. Cable operators are deploying fiber to small and medium businesses and enterprises. A portion of these deployments are in anticipation of the customer sales process. Deployments to expand capacity as well as new build opportunities are underway. Customers are consolidating supply chains, creating opportunities for market share growth, and increasing the long-term value of our maintenance and operations business. As our nation and industry navigate some increased economic uncertainty, we remain encouraged that a growing number of our customers are committed to multi-year capital spending initiatives. We are confident in our strategies, the prospects for our company, the capabilities of our dedicated employees, and the experience of our management team. Now, operator, we will open the call for questions.
spk05: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, you'll need to press star 1 on your telephone. To withdraw your question, press the pound key. Our first question comes from Stephen Fisher with UBS. You may proceed.
spk04: Great. Thanks. Good morning. Just wondering if you could clarify, Steve, you mentioned it in your comments and in the slides as well about Industry participants increasingly kind of understand the industry-wide cost pressures beginning in some instances to address those impacts. Can you just give a little more color on what you mean by that?
spk02: Yeah, Steve, I guess what I would say is given the impacts on fuel costs and labor availability and cost pressures coming out of labor, I think there is an emerging understanding that those types of cost pressures are industry-wide. And there are ways to address those that we're seeing developing in the marketplace.
spk04: Okay. I guess maybe then a follow-up would be, you know, your fuel cost, the impact of 58 basis points of margin impact you mentioned in the quarter, How did that compare to your expectations? What do you have embedded in there for the second quarter? And I guess just the general pressures you're seeing in the marketplace, are you confident you're able to overcome them?
spk01: Yeah, Steve, this is Drew. So that was generally in line with our expectations in the first quarter where fuel costs did come out. Obviously, it increased during the period. And then as we think about Q2, we think there's a similar headwind year over year as we go into Q2 as well.
spk04: Okay. And if I could just ask you a higher level question, I guess I'm just curious that are you thinking that what you're seeing in the marketplace today, obviously we're looking at a pretty big acceleration in revenue growth. Is this sort of the Have we reached finally the inflection point where the drags you've had from some of the legacy programs really started to wear off and we can kind of continue to see the acceleration? Is this the point we're at now? This is the inflection?
spk02: Well, clearly, Steve, the organic growth in the first quarter, I think, was the fastest organic growth rate that we've had since I think it was April of 2017. So clearly it picked up, and we see a similar growth rate in the July quarter. I think when you look at the customer detail, when you have your largest customer growing at 52%, you have another customer who has been growing nicely and continues to grow. And then I think probably importantly, our third largest customer resumed growth along with continuing to outline pretty aggressive plans around fiber deployments. I think that really shows that we're starting to see the breadth of the business grow inside the top five. And, of course, we had another great quarter for all other, you know, with 23% organic growth, or almost 24%. And just as we also mentioned in the comments, continue to be pleased with our performance of rural America with almost $70 million of revenue from a rural electrical utilities growing 47% year over year. So I think the breadth of the business is continuing to expand, and we're continuing to get good performance of existing catalysts and hopefully see some emerging catalysts also coming into the business.
spk04: Great. Thank you.
spk05: Thank you. Our next question goes to Adam Tolomer with Thompson Davis. You may proceed.
spk00: Hey, good morning, guys. Great quarter.
spk05: Good morning, Adam.
spk00: Steve, was there an impact from the large customer program in Q1 – And does that carry into Q2 at all?
spk02: Adam, as we talked about on the last call and the fourth quarter call, there was an impact. It was less than the fourth quarter. We expect that trend to continue through the balance of the year to where by the end of the year it's insignificant. But there was some impact, but it continues to diminish. Steve, what's the bidding environment like today? I just point you back to Steve's question and say there are industry-wide cost pressures that everybody has to contemplate as they think about the work. As we said last quarter, what we're trying to do is be very careful about where we commit capacity. I mean, think about this. We grew organically over $150 million year over year. It takes a lot of effort, a lot of hard work, mostly by people not in this room, and we want to make sure that we commit their capacity and their talents in the right places so that we can serve customers well, and in doing that, hopefully serve our investors well.
spk00: Okay. And you pinpointed fuel, but can you just kind of broadly talk about the impact of inflation, what you're seeing today, and how you expect that to trend? Sure.
spk02: Yeah, Adam, I think beyond fuel, which I think Drew has mentioned about as precisely as we can, we continue to see labor costs going up, particularly around new hires, semi-skilled people that we're trying to get in the door. Somebody that you want to hire today to train costs more initially than that person did a year or a year and a half ago. I think the other thing to highlight is, as we did in our comments, that the cost of capital equipment is going up, and so we're trying to make sure as we commit to new initiatives where we're going to be making investments in fixed assets that the current cost of those fixed assets is the way we're thinking about their impact on returns with that particular program.
spk00: Understood. Thanks, Steve.
spk05: Thank you. Our next question goes to Shawn Eastman with KeyBank Capital Markets. You may proceed.
spk07: Morning, Steve, Drew. Thanks for taking my questions. So, so, you know, we've kind of addressed some of this already, but it's really great to see the revenues coming through. I just would have thought we would be seeing a little bit more operating leverage on those strong revenue trends here. We addressed the fuel, the labor inflation, but particularly from a year-on-year perspective, I thought that complex customer program having a lessening impact would be more powerful and that flat year-on-year revenue wouldn't really be in the range of expectations for 2Q. So, I mean, what do we infer from that? Do we need to sort of rethink... DY's sort of historical margin performance in this operating environment? Is there something else specific to 2Q that maybe makes that not the case? Could you just help us out a little bit more with that, Steve?
spk02: Sure. So let's start with operating leverage, right? One area that obviously we've performed very well in the current quarter, we expect that to continue is the operating leverage on G&A. I mean, the business grew $150 million year over year, and the G&A was essentially in line, right? So we've got good, tight cost controls around those areas that are in the G&A area. And then if you think about, again, if you think about the operating margins, we're taking a prudent view to the second quarter. We have labor costs that are going up. We have fuel costs that are still up on a year-over-year basis, and we just don't want to get ahead of ourselves, Sean. I mean, there is tremendous amounts of opportunity. We're addressing that opportunity in a way that we expect not to get back to average but to be better than average as we address those new opportunities, and we think we can work that into the business. But the cost environment is something that... that had to be contemplated, as we thought, at least in the near term, where margins would be. Yep.
spk07: Okay. All right. That's helpful, Steve. And just coming back to the comment about industry participants starting to address those broad-based cost increases, I'm still not sure I totally understand what you're trying to say there. Are you trying to say that there's maybe some pause in contract awards as these costs sort of get marked to market or maybe a pause in decision making? What exactly are you trying to say?
spk02: I mean, Sean, revenue was up organically a little over 20% in the April quarter. We expect that to be essentially in line for the current quarter. There are new opportunities developing all the time. What we're saying is, as we address those new opportunities and everybody else does, they've got to be cognizant of where costs are. A number of our clients spoke at industry conferences over the last two weeks. I think some are speaking today. Nobody is slowing down in terms of what their plans are. If anything, their plans are accelerating. So it's just a question of making sure that we are addressing opportunity in a way that we can perform well for clients and have good returns, and we're not looking for average returns. We're looking for good returns as we make commitments.
spk07: Okay, got it. And then one last quick one. I mean, what is DICOM's market presence? and scale mean in this environment from a competitive perspective? What would you highlight to investors there?
spk02: Yeah, I think, Sean, we've talked about this before. We don't see every opportunity that's out there in the marketplace, but I think we see a significant percentage or the vast majority of those opportunities that are significant. We're we're sensing the market all the time, again, because we want to make sure that when we make a commitment that we can deliver, because in an environment of some cost inflation and lots of demand, we don't want to be in a position where we can't deliver. We'd rather not sign up than not deliver. Got it.
spk07: Okay, great. I'll turn it over there.
spk05: Thanks so much. Thank you. Our next question comes from Eric Lucha with Wells Fargo. You may proceed.
spk08: Hey, thanks for taking the question. Steve, so it looks like your employee headcount was up a little over 6%. Just wondering, given all the opportunities kind of ahead of you in the business, what's the environment like for getting new employees in the door, or alternatively, the subcontractor environment? And I guess maybe you could provide some color on kind of labor productivity metrics you track.
spk02: From the new employees you have on getting them kind of up to speed Yeah, so Eric I mean we did we did we were able to grow headcount both year-over-year about a little under 900 and that's a sequentially just under 200 You know, this is a business where we have to recruit folks We have churn and there was one week earlier in the month of May where we were able to onboard a over 250 new employees. So we're getting applications, we're getting new folks, we're doing lots of training. There's cost associated with that, but that's part of what it takes to grow capacity. And again, I think about subcontractors in the same way. They're thinking about where they commit their capacity to make sure that they can deliver, and we think that we do a good job of working with our subcontractors to be an attractive place for them to work because we keep them busy and we try to keep an even cadence. And I think as long as we do that, there's every opportunity that we'll get fair share of the resources that are available. You know, we work with our subcontractors just like we work with our in-house to help them grow capacity because that's what the industry needs right now.
spk08: Yeah, understood. Steve, I also just wanted to get your bigger picture perspective on the latest guidance from the NTIA on the infrastructure bill. It looks like it's going to be really prioritizing fiber deployments and underserved locations. So just wondering kind of how you look at that from a multi-year perspective, the potential for that, along with substantial amounts of private capital to really expand kind of the addressable footprint that you have today.
spk02: Yeah, Eric, I completely agree. You know, our reading of this notice of funding opportunity was, I think, pretty much shared throughout the industry that it heavily favored, or preferred, maybe not favored, but heavily preferred fiber as a future-proof solution to the deployment of rural America. And so I think based on that understanding, communication from NTIA, I think our addressable market got bigger because I think, unlike RDOF, where there was some satellite funding and perhaps some unlicensed spectrum, this clearly is heavily focused on fiber. I think the other thing is, you know, the number of other interesting provisions that I think generally industry observers have said would be encouraging to incumbent operators to And so I think we're always encouraged when there's a new funding source to existing customers to supplement their own budgets. So I think generally it was a positive communication.
spk08: No, that's great. And just one more for me, Steve. Maybe just an update on your wireless business, kind of percentage of revenues, and then as you look out, you know, the next year or two, especially with C-band deployments continuing and 3.45 spectrum starting to get deployed? You know, how do you look at the wireless business kind of growth ramping in the next year or so?
spk02: Sure. You know, it was about 6% of revenue, Eric, and it was down just less than 4% year over year. We think it's up through the balance of the year and into next year. And for all the reasons you just outlined, clearly there are pretty significant C-band and auction 110 frequency deployments that are underway and expected to accelerate. And, you know, we have a good position with a couple customers against that. I think we'll see some nice growth. All right.
spk08: Thanks, Steve.
spk05: Thank you. And as a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. Our next question comes from Noel Dill to his people. You may proceed.
spk09: Hi, guys. Thanks, and good morning. First, I'm sorry if I missed this number, but could you revisit your CapEx expectation for the year? And just curious, you mentioned some equipment availability challenges. Is that impacting how you're thinking about CapEx? Thank you.
spk01: Noel, our CapEx expectation is in line with where we were in the first quarter. So what we talked about there was $180 to $190 million net. The gross number for the quarter was right around $38 million. And so we expect to increase that as the year goes on to get to the annual number.
spk02: Yeah, and then, Noel, just to comment on availability, I think as long as we plan to and we get our orders in, I think we're getting a good response from our suppliers given kind of all the supply chain challenges that everybody who manufactures anything is dealing with right now. So, you know, I think we can work through it.
spk09: Okay. Great. And then, you know, I was hoping you could expand a little bit more on, you know, the labor challenges. Obviously, you were able to grow your headcount in the quarter and But we are obviously hearing it's just tough to find people. Are you just overall kind of increasing wages? How are you attracting folks? And are there regional differences in terms of your ability to find the folks you need? If you could just expand a little bit on what you're seeing on that front, that would be helpful. Thank you.
spk02: Yeah, Noel, so with respect to wages, I think it was a year ago that we outlined that particularly for new hires and some semi-skilled positions that we were seeing wages going up. I mean, that's continued. It takes more to get folks through the door, and we've reflected that in our guidance. In terms of... kind of just the overall tightness of the marketplace, it shows that there's so much demand out there that you've got, again, to repeat myself, you've got to be careful about where you commit your capacity.
spk09: Right. Okay. Thank you.
spk05: Thank you. And as a reminder, to ask a question, you'll need to press star 1 on your telephone. Our next question comes from Alan Mitrani with Sylvan Lake Asset Management. You may proceed.
spk03: Hey, guys. Thank you. I went back, and am I right? Is this the largest quarter you've ever had with AT&T in your history?
spk02: If it isn't, it's close, Alan. I think we may have done $231 million in a prior quarter.
spk03: Right. So what's interesting about that is it came in your calendar first quarter, let's call it, or the calendar first quarter, and they're just getting started. I listened to their calls. They've been in conferences recently. They basically said they're just getting started and they expect to meaningfully expand their footprint in the next year to two years in terms of passings. So in looking at the industry, again, like I asked last quarter, but I see it again, the cable industry doesn't seem to yet be responding in looking at where their CapEx is and what they're doing. But once some of the large telcos commit to these kind of programs, it's like a battleship. It's hard to turn them around. I mean, unless we get a really bad recession outside of just the mild one here that we're probably going to get in the next year. So my question really is if the companies, if your other customers don't seem to be stepping up to try to book commitments now from a a seemingly very tight industry, how are they going to be able to do that in the next year and a half when they do turn? Like, you know, is it just simply higher prices, period? Either you step up in line or, I mean, is that the way you're viewing this industry?
spk02: Well, first what I would say is, look, the cable operators at very large, very successful businesses are They're in a competitive industry, and they have figured out how to compete their way to a pretty significant share of all broadband connections in the country. So I would never count out their ability to compete. I think what they've outlined, and again outlined most recently in some investor presentations, is that they have an approach to addressing capacity in the network that's heavily focused on technical services rather than construction services, that they think that they will be able to accomplish that within their existing capital intensity envelope, so to speak. And again, I would never challenge their ability to compete. And for us, it's just to make sure, again, that where we commit to any customer, that we commit with the confidence that we can deliver and that will have the right resources available to us to be able to do that.
spk03: Okay. Can you comment also, you know, you have a very entrepreneurial management team. A lot of these guys, most of these guys, I guess, ran their own businesses, still run their own businesses inside. Can you tell us how you're finding maybe that's an advantage here as you go through this inflationary environment because these guys are essentially running their own businesses, the management teams of your companies, how, you know, they – they see the P&L and how they're compensated to be able to make sure they get profits in this inflationary environment.
spk02: Yeah, I mean, Alan, without going into any sensitive details, we've always had our incentive plans based on margin. So the organization gets paid based on their ability to deliver value, not just to deliver top line. Now, obviously, top line is part of delivering value, and Margin is something where you're never satisfied because you can always find something to work on that you can do better. You know, it seems kind of trite, but I've always said to the street, half our business is worse than average, and so there's always plenty of opportunities to get better. And the entire organization is working to get better every day.
spk03: Great. Thank you.
spk05: Thank you, and I'm not showing any further questions at this time. I would like to turn the call back over to Mr. Stephen Nielsen for any further remarks.
spk02: Well, we thank everybody for your time and attention, wish you the best over the holiday weekend, and we'll speak again towards the end of August. Thank you.
spk05: Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.
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