Summit Materials, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results

Establishes Summit Records for Revenue and Profitability

Sets Elevate Summit highs for ROIC and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

Raises 2023 Guidance

DENVER, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE: SUM) ("Summit," "Summit Materials," "Summit Inc." or the "Company"), a leading vertically integrated construction materials company, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. All comparisons are versus the quarter-ended October 1, 2022 unless noted otherwise.

"Once again I'm pleased to report we delivered record financial results this quarter as our sharp executional focus along with a more powerful, materials-led portfolio drove significant growth across the P&L," commented Anne Noonan, Summit Materials President and CEO. Year-to-date performance and enduring pricing trends allows us to again increase our 2023 Adjusted EBITDA guidance and carry strong momentum into 2024. Our dedicated teams throughout our footprint deserve the credit for powering Elevate Summit highs for Adjusted EBITDA margin and Return on Invested Capital. It's their commitment, together with our strategic direction that gives us confidence that Summit is well positioned to better seize the opportunities ahead of us.    

"We look forward to our announced combination with Argos USA, which accelerates our materials-led strategy, enhances our scale and reach in cement, and bolsters our cash flow generation to fuel further Aggregates-oriented organic and inorganic growth opportunities. Importantly, we have cleared HSR review and are now on pace to close the transaction before the end of the first quarter of next year. When completed, we will be better positioned to capitalize on strong and durable demand tailwinds while leveraging proven expertise to materially upgrade profitability through synergy generation. With enhanced capabilities, world-class talent, and a strong balance sheet, Summit is well positioned to deliver superior growth and value creation to all of our shareholders."

2023 Guidance

For the full year 2023, Summit is increasing the low end of its Adjusted EBITDA guidance range to approximately $560 from $550 previously. The revised outlook is now for $560 million to $570 million in Adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2023. Summit maintains its outlook for 2023 capital expenditures of approximately $240 million to $260 million including greenfield projects.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section for more information. Because GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis are not accessible, and reconciling information is not available without unreasonable effort, we have not provided reconciliations for forward-looking non-GAAP measures. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

Third Quarter 2023 | Total Company Results

Net revenue increased $56.0 million, or 8.2% in the third quarter to $742.0 million, as increases in average sales prices across all lines of business more than offset lower volumes.

Operating income increased $0.9 million, or 0.7% in the third quarter to $128.0 million, driven by increases in average sales price that more than offset a combination of inflationary increases in cost of revenue, higher general and administrative expenses, and increased transaction costs versus the prior year period. Summit's operating margin percentage for the three months ended September 30, 2023 decreased to 17.2% from 18.5%, from the comparable period a year ago primarily reflecting the aforementioned transaction costs related to the Argos USA transaction.

Net income attributable to Summit Inc. increased to $230.0 million, or $1.93 per basic share, compared to $86.5 million, or $0.72 per basic share in the comparable prior year period due primarily to recognizing a tax receivable benefit of $153.1 million in connection with Summit's agreement to acquire all the rights and interest in the TRA from affiliates of Blackstone Inc. and other TRA holders. Excluding this gain as well as other customary adjustments, Summit reported adjusted diluted net income of $97.5 million, or $0.81 per adjusted diluted share, up from  $84.2 million, or $0.70 per adjusted diluted share in the prior year period.

Adjusted EBITDA increased $23.6 million, or 12.8% to $208.5 million primarily reflecting strong pricing across all lines of business.

Third Quarter 2023 | Results by Line of Business

Aggregates Business: Aggregates net revenues increased by $16.3 million to $179.8 million in the third quarter. Aggregates adjusted cash gross profit margin was 59.0% in the third quarter as compared to 53.3% in the prior year period. Aggregates sales volume decreased 3.8% in the third quarter despite a positive impact from acquisitions. Due primarily to reduced residential activity, organic aggregates sales volumes declined 7.5% as lower volumes in British Columbia, Kansas, and Missouri more than offset organic aggregates volume growth in Virginia and North Texas. Average selling prices for aggregates increased 14.4%, maintaining strong levels and reflecting the cumulative effects of multiple pricing actions implemented in 2023.

Cement Business: Cement Segment net revenues increased 1.2% to $121.3 million in the third quarter. Cement Segment adjusted cash gross profit margin increased to 46.3% in the third quarter, compared to 42.5% in the prior year period as strong pricing gains combined with increased product mix of internally produced cement to more than offset inflationary cost conditions. Sales volume of cement decreased 11.3% reflecting, in part, a lower proportion of import volume relative to the prior year as well as wet condition in many northern markets. Average selling prices increased 13.9% in the third quarter due to the compounding effects of pricing actions implemented in January and July of 2023. 

Products Business: Products net revenues were $346.8 million in the third quarter, up 11.5% versus the prior year period. Products adjusted cash gross profit margin increased to 20.0% in the third quarter primarily driven by asphalt margin expansion. Organic average sales price for ready-mix concrete increased 8.1% driven by pricing growth across all markets, including our key markets of Houston and Salt Lake City. Organic sales volumes of ready-mix concrete decreased 12.2% due to reduced residential activity. Organic average selling prices for asphalt increased 14.3%, due to pricing gains in North Texas and the Intermountain West. Organic asphalt sales volume increased 2.5% fueled by public infrastructure growth.

Third Quarter 2023 | Results By Reporting Segment

West Segment: The West Segment operating income increased $16.5 million to $89.6 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $117.8 million in the third quarter increased 19.9% versus the prior year period. Aggregates revenue increased 11.8% as 14.7% organic pricing growth was partially offset by 6.6% organic volume declines. Pricing growth was strongest in Houston,  Intermountain West, and British Columbia. Ready-mix concrete revenue increased 16.1% as 7.8% organic pricing growth was only partially offset by lower organic volumes. Asphalt revenue increased 25.0% due to organic pricing growth of 15.9% including double-digit growth in North Texas and the Intermountain West. Asphalt organic volumes increased 3.7% versus the prior year period. 

East Segment: The East Segment operating income of $34.2 million increased 20.2% versus the prior year period and Adjusted EBITDA increased 13.5% to $50.1 million, despite the impact of divestitures and reflecting constructive pricing conditions across Summit's markets. Aggregates revenue increased 8.4% versus the prior year period. Organic aggregates volumes decreased 8.4% as growth in Virginia and the Carolinas was more than offset by lower volumes in Kansas and Missouri. Aggregates pricing increased 13.7% with solid growth across markets. Ready-mix concrete revenue decreased 7.9% with selling price growth of 9.5% more than offset by lower volumes. Due primarily to divestitures, asphalt revenue decreased to $7.8 million.

Cement Segment: The Cement Segment operating income increased 7.9% to $38.3 million. Adjusted EBITDA increased $3.8 million as revenue growth and favorable product mix combined to more than offset inflationary conditions. As noted above, in the third quarter, the Cement Segment reported a volume decreased of 11.3% and average selling price growth of 13.9%.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $197.5 million in cash and $1.5 billion in debt outstanding. The Company's $395 million revolving credit facility has $374.1 million available after outstanding letters of credit.  The reduction in the Company's cash position relative to the period ending April 1, 2023 primarily reflects cash used for payments related to the purchase of certain TRA interests.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2023, cash flow provided by operations was $243.6 million and cash paid for capital expenditures was $182.2 million.

As of September 30, 2023, approximately $149.0 million remained available for share repurchase under the Company's existing share repurchase program.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Summit Materials will conduct a conference call on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time (9:00 a.m. mountain time) to review the Company's third quarter 2023 financial results, discuss recent events and conduct a question-and-answer session.

A webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials will be available in the Investors section of Summit's website at investors.summit-materials.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.

A webcast of the third quarter results conference call and accompanying presentation materials will be available in the Investors section of Summit's website at investors.summit-materials.com or at the following link: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/991348107.

To participate in the live teleconference for third quarter 2023 financial results:

Domestic Live:                       1-888-330-3416 
International Live:                  1-646-960-0820
Conference ID:                       1542153

To listen to a replay of the teleconference, which will be available through November 9, 2023:

Domestic Replay:                   1-800-770-2030
International Replay:              1-647-362-9199
Conference ID:                       1542153

About Summit Materials

Summit Materials is a leading vertically integrated materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete and asphalt in the United States and British Columbia, Canada. Summit is a geographically diverse, materials-based business of scale that offers customers a single-source provider of construction materials and related downstream products in the public infrastructure, residential and nonresidential end markets. Summit has a strong track record of successful acquisitions since its founding and continues to pursue growth opportunities in new and existing markets. For more information about Summit Materials, please visit www.summit-materials.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") regulates the use of "non-GAAP financial measures," such as Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Diluted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit Margin, and Free Cash Flow which are derived on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP"). We have provided these measures because, among other things, we believe that they provide investors with additional information to measure our performance, evaluate our ability to service our debt and evaluate certain flexibility under our restrictive covenants. Our Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Diluted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit Margin, and Free Cash Flow may vary from the use of such terms by others and should not be considered as alternatives to or more important than net income (loss), operating income (loss), revenue or any other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP as measures of operating performance or to cash flows as measures of liquidity.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, and other non-GAAP measures have important limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA are that these measures do not reflect: (i) our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; (ii) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; (iii) interest expense or cash requirements necessary to service interest and principal payments on our debt; and (iv) income tax payments we are required to make. Because of these limitations, we rely primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and other non-GAAP measures on a supplemental basis.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Diluted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, and Free Cash Flow reflect additional ways of viewing aspects of our business that, when viewed with our GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to U.S. GAAP financial measures included in the tables attached to this press release, may provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. We strongly encourage investors to review our consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not rely on any single financial measure. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures used in this press release are included in the attached tables. 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "outlook," "should," "seeks," "intends," "trends," "plans," "estimates," "projects" or "anticipates" or similar expressions that concern our strategy, plans, expectations or intentions. All statements made relating to our estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the effect of known factors, and, of course, it is impossible to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be realized. Important factors could affect our results and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Summit Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC, and any factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in any of our subsequently filed SEC filings; and the following:

• our dependence on the construction industry and the strength of the local economies in which we operate, including residential;
• the cyclical nature of our business;
• risks related to weather and seasonality;
• risks associated with our capital-intensive business;
• competition within our local markets;
• our ability to execute on our acquisition strategy and portfolio optimization strategy, successfully integrate acquisitions with our existing operations and retain key employees of acquired businesses;
• our dependence on securing and permitting aggregate reserves in strategically located areas;
• the impact of rising interest rates, and diminished liquidity and credit availability in the market generally;
• declines in public infrastructure construction and delays or reductions in governmental funding, including the funding by transportation authorities, the federal government and other state agencies particularly;
• our reliance on private investment in infrastructure, which may be adversely affected by periods of economic stagnation and recession;
• environmental, health, safety and climate change laws or governmental requirements or policies concerning zoning and land use;
• rising prices for, or more limited availability of, commodities, labor and other production and delivery inputs as a result of inflation, supply chain challenges or otherwise;
• conditions in the credit markets;
• our ability to accurately estimate the overall risks, requirements or costs when we bid on or negotiate contracts that are ultimately awarded to us;
• material costs and losses as a result of claims that our products do not meet regulatory requirements or contractual specifications;
• cancellation of a significant number of contracts or our disqualification from bidding for new contracts;
• special hazards related to our operations that may cause personal injury or property damage not covered by insurance;
• unexpected factors affecting self-insurance claims and reserve estimates;
• our current level of indebtedness, including our exposure to variable interest rate risk;
• our dependence on senior management and other key personnel, and our ability to retain and attract qualified personnel;
• supply constraints or significant price fluctuations in the electricity and petroleum-based resources that we use, including diesel and liquid asphalt;
• climate change and climate change legislation or other regulations;
• unexpected operational difficulties;
• costs associated with pending and future litigation;
• interruptions in our information technology systems and infrastructure; including cybersecurity and data leakage risks;
• potential labor disputes, strikes, other forms of work stoppage or other union activities,
• the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it, including vaccine mandates, or any similar crisis, on our activities; and
• material or adverse effects related to the pending Argos USA combination.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Any forward-looking statement that we make herein speaks only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact:

Andy Larkin
VP, Investor Relations
[email protected]
720-618-6013

SOURCE Summit Materials, Inc.