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JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.
5/5/2026
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. My name is Kelvin, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the GELD1 First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star one again. Thank you. I would now like to turn the call over to James Armstrong, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Thank you, and good morning. We issued our first quarter 2026 earnings release last night and posted a slide presentation to the investor relations portion of our website, which can be found at investors.jeldwin.com. We will be referencing this presentation during our call. Today, I'm joined by Bill Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, and Samantha Stoddard, Chief Financial Officer. Before I turn it over to Bill, I would like to remind everyone that during this call, we will make certain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in our earnings release and provided in our forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. GELDWIN does not undertake any duty to update forward-looking statements, including the guidance we are expectations for future results. Additionally, during today's call, we will discuss non-GAAP measures which we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated under GAAP can be found in our earnings release and in the appendix to our earnings presentation. With that, I would like to now turn the call over to Bill.
Thank you, James, and good morning, everyone. Before turning to our results, I want to thank the teams across Jeldwin. Even with continued market pressure, Our organization is showing up every day with focus and urgency, driving operational improvements, supporting customers, and advancing the work needed to strengthen the company. A key element of that work is investing for our customers through improved service and customer experience. As a company, we continue to place incremental focus into service and responsiveness and we believe that this will create value as the year progresses. The macro environment remains soft in the first quarter, consistent with our expectations. As a reminder, the first quarter is the seasonal low period, and we anticipate improvement as we move through the remainder of the year. During the quarter, we also implemented a number of pricing increases and we expect those increases to begin flowing through more meaningfully in the second quarter and beyond. Overall, we delivered the quarter within our expectations and managed through a difficult volume environment. As seen on slide four, sales for the quarter were $722 million. As we have previously discussed, we took deliberate actions to align our labor with current market conditions and we continue to adapt the cost structure of the business. At the same time, we are balancing investments in our customers by maintaining the resources needed to deliver quality and dependable service. We are already seeing significant service improvements across the company, including our on-time, in-full rates. Adjusted EBITDA was a modestly positive $6 million for the quarter and cash performance was generally in line with our expectations. As a reminder, the first quarter is typically the highest working capital quarter, and we would expect working capital to unwind as we move into the back half of the year, consistent with the seasonality of the building products industry. As we look ahead, we continue to focus on what we can control. As we mentioned last quarter, customers are very clear that consistent delivery and follow-through are what they value most, and we continue to direct investments towards these priorities. With the improvements we are seeing, we continue to discuss opportunities to regain volume, and we now expect improved execution and service levels to contribute to incremental sales versus the 2026 expectations we shared in the fourth quarter results call. We are strengthening the customer experience through better execution and consistency, and we expect that to support improved performance as the year progresses. At the same time, we are also seeing higher cost pressure, particularly in freight, and pricing remains competitive in certain areas versus what we expected previously. We are managing those dynamics, staying disciplined on what is within our control while continuing to prioritize customer service and operational execution. Finally, we continue to progress the strategic review of our European business. While the process is ongoing and we have nothing to announce at this time, we believe this review could provide meaningful liquidity and help further strengthen our balance sheet. We are also evaluating various alternatives thoughtfully with a focus on improving financial flexibility while preserving long-term value. With that, I'll hand it over to Samantha to review our financial results in greater detail.
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