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11/7/2025
Greetings. Welcome to Dome and Building Materials Group Limited Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. The question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone today should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero from your telephone keypad. Please note that this conference is being recorded. At this time, I'll turn the conference over to Ali Madavi. Please go ahead, Ali.
Joining us this morning for Doman Building Materials' third quarter 2025 financial results conference call. Joining us on today's call are the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Amar Doman, and chief financial officer, James Code. If you've not seen the news release, which was issued after the close of markets yesterday, it is available on the company's website, as well as on CDAR, along with our MD&A and financial statements. I would also like to remind you that a replay of this call will be accessible until midnight, November 21st. Following the presentation of the third quarter results, we will conduct a Q&A session for analysts only. Instructions will be provided at that time for you to join the queue for questions. Before we begin, we are required to provide the following statements regarding forward-looking information, which is made on behalf of Dolman Building Materials Group Limited and all of its representatives on this call. Remarks and answers to your questions today may contain forward-looking information about future events or the company's future performance. This information is subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Any information regarding forward-looking statements is made as of the date of this call and the company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. Please read the forward-looking statements and risk factors in the MD&A as these outline the material factors which could cause or would cause actual results to differ. The company will not provide guidance regarding future earnings during today's call, and management does not anticipate providing guidance in future quarterly or interim communications with the company. I'll now turn the call over to Omar.
Thanks, Ali, and good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us. On the back of a very strong first half of the year, the third quarter was similar in terms of our focus on optimizing operational and financial performance on both sides of the border and while navigating through continued macroeconomic headwinds stemming primarily from rising interest rates, inflationary pressures, affordability, and concerns around the risks of things slowing down. Throughout the third quarter, we worked through the impact of what I would qualify as a very challenging pricing environment. While volumes in general demand have been steadier than the pricing side, we are seeing choppy demand in certain areas of the business due to some of the macro pressures I just mentioned. These trends continue to exist in our day-to-day activities. Overall, the North American market has been shaped by a mix of cooling demand on housing, high mortgage rates, and tariff uncertainty, all of which have tempered buying activity. While price volatility remains, we expect modest gains during the remainder of the year if housing activity rebounds and policy conditions, including tariffs and trade measures, stabilize. Despite these external pressures impacting our numbers, our focus remains on what we can control to ensure we maximize margins and free cash flow generation. While we see a cautious tone and sentiment from our customers and how they are managing through some of the same macro headwinds, demand remains steady across all key end markets during the quarter, with volumes in various categories remaining range-bound. However, given the lower pricing for construction materials, revenues and margins experience some pressure in the third quarter when compared to the first and second quarters of the current year. Despite the pricing pressures caused by the various factors I mentioned, I remain pleased and encouraged by the strength of our business model and our ability to perform while ensuring that our first class level of service remains on point. As a result of our collective efforts, the revenues amounted to $795 million, Gross margin remains strong at 15.5% or $123.1 million. EBITDA of $62 million. Net earnings came in at $18.1 million. And lastly, we paid another quarterly dividend totaling $0.14 per share, representing our 62nd consecutive quarter of paying a dividend. I'm also very pleased with our ongoing focus on balance sheet management and optimization. To this point, after nine years of ownership and planting approximately 10 million new seedlings, We sold the remaining portion of our timberlands during the third quarter with net proceeds of the sale further strengthening our balance sheet, which Jay will comment on a little bit later. Looking ahead, we remain excited as we work through the macro and pricing-related dynamics while we continue to manage our costs and always look for growth opportunities. As always, we remain confident in our ability to work through volatile markets diligently while serving our customer needs with the highest level of service. We remain excited about our growth profile and the overall prospects of the business. And with that, I'd like Jay Cote, our CFO, to take over and provide a review of the company's third quarter 2025 financial results in greater detail. Then we'll open the call up for questions. Jay?
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