Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights
Net sales of $4.4 billion, a decrease of 6.0%
Net income of $384.5 million, a decrease of 13.1%
 Earnings per diluted share of $2.62 per share, an increase of 13.4%
Adjusted EBITDA of $0.7 billion, a decrease of 12.2%
Repurchased $651.4 million of common shares in the fourth quarter

DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE: BLDR) today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.

Fourth Quarter 2022 BFS Highlights

All Year-Over-Year Comparisons Unless Otherwise Noted:

Full Year 2022 BFS Highlights

All Year-Over-Year Comparisons Unless Otherwise Noted:

“Over my more than two decades with Builders FirstSource, we have never been better positioned to compete in a highly fragmented industry and execute on our strategy to capture share and create long-term profitable growth,” commented Dave Rush, CEO of Builders FirstSource. “I want to thank the Board of Directors for trusting me to lead this great organization, and I am excited to help the team reach its full potential. Our continuing focus on growing value-added products and operational excellence helped us to produce record full-year 2022 Adjusted EBITDA of $4.4 billion. While economic conditions have become more complex in recent months, I am confident that our exceptional geographic and end-market exposure as well as our experienced management team will lead us to achieve our strategic growth priorities. We have the right team members and strategy in place to win in any environment.”

Mr. Rush added, “We have continued to demonstrate progress towards our stated goals through both organic growth and strategic, tuck-in acquisitions that effectively complement our industry-leading portfolio of solutions. We spent approximately $2 billion on acquisitions over the last two years to enhance our value-added offerings across the portfolio, expand into high-growth geographies, and increase our presence in the multi-family and R&R sectors. As we move into 2023, we will maintain our disciplined approach to capital deployment to ensure that we can continue to drive long-term value creation for our shareholders.”

Peter Jackson, CFO of Builders FirstSource, added, “I am proud of our ability to deliver solid financial results in the fourth quarter and record performance for the full year. We generated exceptional free cash flow of approximately $800 million in the fourth quarter and repurchased over $650 million of shares while maintaining a strong balance sheet capable of investing in future growth. We continue to manage through the complex operating environment with a proactive mindset and will act where needed to right-size the business. We expect the structural enhancements that we have made in our business over the past decade will mitigate the impact of softer housing demand and inflationary headwinds. Our ample liquidity, low leverage, and disciplined cost management provide significant financial firepower to strategically and opportunistically grow our business.”

Builders FirstSource Financial Performance Highlights - Fourth Quarter 2022 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2021

Net Sales

Gross Profit

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Interest Expense

Income Tax Expense

Net Income

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted EBITDA

Builders FirstSource Financial Performance Highlights - Full Year 2022 Compared to Full Year 2021

Net Sales

Gross Profit

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Interest Expense

Income Tax Expense

Net Income

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted EBITDA

Builders FirstSource Capital Structure, Leverage, and Liquidity Information

Operational Excellence Productivity

Q1 2023 Total Company Guidance

The Company expects challenging conditions in housing amid elevated mortgage rates and general uncertainty in economic conditions that may significantly impact the business. As a result, the Company is not providing guidance for the full year 2023 but will reassess each quarter.

For the first quarter of 2023, the Company expects to achieve the financial performance highlighted below. Projected net sales and Adjusted EBITDA include the expected benefit of price, commodity, and margin impacts for Q1 2023.

2023 Full Year Assumptions

The Company’s anticipated 2023 performance is based on several assumptions for the full year, including the following:

Conference Call

Builders FirstSource will host a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, to discuss the Company’s financial results and other business matters. The teleconference will begin at 8:00 a.m. Central Time and will be hosted by Dave Rush, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Jackson, Chief Financial Officer.

To participate in the teleconference, please dial into the call a few minutes before the start time: 800-274-8461 (U.S. and Canada) and 203-518-9856 (international), Conference ID: BLDRQ422. A replay of the call will be available at 12:00 p.m. Central Time through Tuesday, March 7, 2023. To access the replay, please dial 800-839-2418 (U.S. and Canada) or 402-220-7210 (international) and refer to pass code BLDRQ422. The live webcast and archived replay can also be accessed on the Company’s website at www.bldr.com under the Investors section. The online archive of the webcast will be available for approximately 90 days.

About Builders FirstSource

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Builders FirstSource is the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components, and value-added services to the professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and remodeling. We provide customers an integrated homebuilding solution, offering manufacturing, supply, delivery and installation of a full range of structural and related building products. We operate in 42 states with over 500 locations and have a market presence in 47 of the top 50 and 86 of the top 100 MSAs, providing geographic diversity and balanced end market exposure. We service customers from strategically located distribution and manufacturing facilities (some of which are co-located) that produce value-added products such as roof and floor trusses, wall panels, stairs, vinyl windows, custom millwork and pre-hung doors. Builders FirstSource also distributes dimensional lumber and lumber sheet goods, millwork, windows, interior and exterior doors, and other specialty building products. www.bldr.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this news release and the schedules hereto that are not purely historical facts or that necessarily depend upon future events, including statements about expected market share gains, forecasted financial performance or other statements about anticipations, beliefs, expectations, hopes, synergies, intentions or strategies for the future, may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. In addition, oral statements made by our directors, officers and employees to the investor and analyst communities, media representatives and others, depending upon their nature, may also constitute forward-looking statements. As with the forward-looking statements included in this release, these forward-looking statements are by nature inherently uncertain, and actual results or events may differ materially as a result of many factors. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to Builders FirstSource on the date this release was submitted. Builders FirstSource undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Any forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control or may be currently unknown to the Company, that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements, including risks or uncertainties related to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy, the Company’s acquisitions and continued ability to identify and consummate attractive acquisitions, the Company’s growth strategies, including gaining market share and its digital strategies, or the Company’s revenues and operating results being highly dependent on, among other things, the homebuilding industry, which in turn is dependent on economic conditions, lumber prices and the economy, including interest rates, inflation and labor and supply shortages. Builders FirstSource may not succeed in addressing these and other risks. Further information regarding factors that could affect our financial and other results can be found in the risk factors section of Builders FirstSource’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and may also be described from time to time in the other reports Builders FirstSource files with the SEC. Consequently, all forward-looking statements in this release are qualified by the factors, risks and uncertainties contained therein.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The financial measures entitled Adjusted EBITDA, LTM Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted net income, diluted Adjusted net income per share and Free cash flow are not financial measures recognized under GAAP and are therefore non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to the Company’s financial condition and operating results.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as GAAP net income before depreciation and amortization expense, interest expense, net, income tax expense and other non-cash or special items including stock compensation expense, acquisition and integration expense, debt issuance and refinancing costs, gains (loss) on sale and asset impairments and other items. LTM Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Adjusted EBITDA for the last twelve consecutive months. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net sales. Adjusted net income is defined as GAAP net income before non-cash or special items including acquisition and integration expense and debt issuance and refinancing cost offset by the tax effect of those adjustments to net income. Adjusted net income per diluted share is defined as Adjusted net income divided by weighted average diluted common shares outstanding. Free cash flow is defined as GAAP net cash from operating activities less capital expenditures, net of proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment.

Company management uses Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted net income as supplemental measures in its evaluation of the Company’s business, including for trend analysis, purposes of determining management incentive compensation and budgeting and planning purposes. Company management believes that these measures provide a meaningful measure of the Company’s performance and a better baseline for comparing financial performance across periods because these measures eliminate the effects of period to period changes, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, in taxes, costs associated with capital investments, interest expense, stock compensation expense, and other non-cash and non-recurring items and, in the case of Adjusted net income, in certain non-recurring items. Company management also uses free cash flow as a supplemental measure in its evaluation of the Company’s business, including for purposes of its internal liquidity assessments. Company management believes that free cash flow provides a meaningful evaluation of the Company’s liquidity.

The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional tools for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results, cash flows and trends and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other companies in the Company’s industry, which may present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. However, the Company’s calculations of these financial measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Company management does not consider these financial measures in isolation or as alternatives to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, items that are excluded and other adjustments and assumptions that are made in calculating these non-GAAP financial measures are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, the Company’s GAAP financial measures. Further, because these non-GAAP financial measures are not determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the tables below.

The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA outlook, free cash flow and full-year forecast for its effective tax rate on operations exclude the impact of certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, but are not limited to, loss on early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, certain tax items, and charges associated with non-recurring professional and legal fees associated with acquisitions. The Company’s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort the impact these income and expense items will have on its reported net income, operating cash flow and its reported effective tax rate because these items, which could be significant, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable. As a result, the Company does not provide a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measure for its Adjusted EBITDA or free cash flow outlook or its effective tax rate on operations forecast. Please see the Forward-Looking Statements section of this release for a discussion of certain risks relevant to the Company’s outlook.

Contact:

Michael Neese
SVP, Investor Relations
Builders FirstSource, Inc.
(214) 765-3804

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)

  Years Ended December 31, 
(in thousands, except per share amounts) 2022  2021  2020 
Net sales $22,726,418  $19,893,856  $8,558,874 
Cost of sales  14,982,039   14,042,900   6,336,290 
Gross margin  7,744,379   5,850,956   2,222,584 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  3,974,173   3,463,532   1,678,730 
Income from operations  3,770,206   2,387,424   543,854 
Interest expense, net  198,373   135,877   135,688 
Income before income taxes  3,571,833   2,251,547   408,166 
Income tax expense  822,464   526,131   94,629 
Net income $2,749,369  $1,725,416  $313,537 
          
Net income per share:         
Basic $16.98  $8.55  $2.69 
Diluted $16.82  $8.48  $2.66 
Weighted average common shares:         
Basic  161,960   201,839   116,611 
Diluted  163,481   203,470   117,917 


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)

  Year Ended December 31, 
(in thousands) 2022  2021  2020 
Cash flows from operating activities:         
Net income $2,749,369  $1,725,416  $313,537 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:         
Depreciation and amortization  497,140   547,352   116,566 
Amortization of debt discount, premium and issuance costs  4,837   3,869   3,508 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  27,387   3,027   6,700 
Deferred income taxes  (92,461)  (34,573)  16,614 
Stock-based compensation expense  31,337   31,486   17,022 
Bad debt expense  38,921   20,451   4,720 
Net gain on sales of assets and asset impairments  (1,965)  (32,421)  (1,067)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:         
Receivables  381,223   (474,362)  (251,632)
Inventories  271,889   (282,165)  (220,101)
Contract assets  24,051   (103,326)  (12,631)
Other current assets  15,173   (33,489)  (19,743)
Other assets and liabilities  15,189   (1,155)  50,370 
Accounts payable  (314,004)  191,885   160,947 
Accrued liabilities  (15,766)  91,419   55,361 
Contract liabilities  (33,089)  90,135   19,896 
   Net cash provided by operating activities  3,599,231   1,743,549   260,067 
Cash flows from investing activities:         
Cash used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired  (628,014)  (1,206,471)  (32,643)
Proceeds from divestiture of business     76,162    
Purchases of property, plant and equipment  (340,152)  (227,891)  (112,082)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment  10,687   13,560   8,500 
Net cash used in investing activities  (957,479)  (1,344,640)  (136,225)
Cash flows from financing activities:         
Borrowings under revolving credit facility  5,881,000   3,125,000   891,000 
Repayments under revolving credit facility  (6,205,000)  (2,612,000)  (843,000)
Proceeds from long-term debt and other loans  1,001,500   1,000,000   895,625 
Repayments of long-term debt and other loans  (616,222)  (554,677)  (618,542)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs  (20,672)  (4,950)  (22,686)
Payments of loan costs  (16,797)  (19,450)  (13,800)
Exercise of stock options  589   726   1,424 
Repurchase of common stock  (2,628,308)  (1,714,761)  (4,153)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (2,603,910)  (780,112)  285,868 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents  37,842   (381,203)  409,710 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  42,603   423,806   14,096 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $80,445  $42,603  $423,806 
          
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:         
Cash paid for interest $169,390  $105,570  $110,600 
Cash paid for income taxes  936,424   633,060   43,400 
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash activities:         
Non-cash consideration for the BMC Merger $  $3,658,362  $ 
Accrued purchases of property, plant and equipment  10,797   8,052   1,962 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations  100,843   64,939   42,606 
Assets acquired under finance lease obligations     1,644   16,964 
Amounts accrued for repurchases of common stock  44,447   51,545    


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts) December 31,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
ASSETS      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $80,445  $42,603 
Accounts receivable, less allowances of $67,980 and $39,510 at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  1,448,139   1,708,796 
Other receivables  234,966   255,075 
Inventories, net  1,426,196   1,626,244 
Contract assets  183,700   207,587 
Other current assets  124,201   127,964 
Total current assets  3,497,647   3,968,269 
Property, plant and equipment, net  1,567,631   1,385,441 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net  485,704   457,833 
Goodwill  3,456,854   3,270,192 
Intangible assets, net  1,550,944   1,603,409 
Other assets, net  36,380   29,199 
Total assets $10,595,160  $10,714,343 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable $803,479  $1,093,370 
Accrued liabilities  739,009   718,904 
Contract liabilities  193,178   216,097 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities  100,758   96,680 
Current maturities of long-term debt  6,355   3,660 
Total current liabilities  1,842,779   2,128,711 
Noncurrent portion of operating lease liabilities  404,463   375,289 
Long-term debt, net of current maturities, discounts and issuance costs  2,977,842   2,926,122 
Deferred income taxes  269,660   362,121 
Other long-term liabilities  137,850   119,619 
Total liabilities  5,632,594   5,911,862 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)      
Stockholders' equity:      
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized; zero shares issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000 shares authorized; 138,864 and 179,820 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  1,389   1,798 
Additional paid-in capital  4,257,667   4,260,670 
Retained earnings  703,510   540,013 
Total stockholders' equity  4,962,566   4,802,481 
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $10,595,160  $10,714,343 


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Reconciliation of Adjusted Non-GAAP Financial Measures to their GAAP Equivalents
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended  Twelve Months Ended 
 December 31,  December 31, 
(in millions)2022  2021  2022  2021 
Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA:           
GAAP net income$384.5  $442.5  $2,749.4  $1,725.4 
Acquisition and integration expense 23.4   18.3   76.8   125.9 
Debt issuance and refinancing cost(1) -   3.5   27.4   8.1 
Amortization expense 90.1   96.5   302.6   358.1 
Tax-effect of adjustments to net income (27.2)  (28.4)  (97.6)  (118.1)
Adjusted net income$470.8  $532.4  $3,058.6  $2,099.4 
Weighted average diluted common shares 146.8   191.5   163.5   203.5 
Diluted adjusted net income per share:$3.21  $2.78  $18.71  $10.32 
Reconciling items:           
Depreciation expense$51.6  $49.4  $194.6  $189.3 
Interest expense, net 42.2   36.8   171.0   127.8 
Income tax expense 126.5   167.4   920.1   644.2 
Stock compensation expense 4.7   6.2   31.3   25.0 
Gain on sale and asset impairments (0.2)  0.9   (2.1)  (26.5)
Other management-identified adjustments(2) 1.3   0.3   3.1   1.1 
Adjusted EBITDA$696.9  $793.4  $4,376.6  $3,060.3 
Adjusted EBITDA margin 16.0%  17.1%  19.3%  15.4%
            
(1) Costs associated with issuing and extinguishing long term debt in 2021 and 2022.
(2) Primarily relates to severance and other one-time costs.
 


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Financial Data
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended  Twelve Months Ended 
 December 31,  December 31, 
(in millions, except per share amounts)2022  2021  2022  2021 
Net sales$4,357.6  $4,634.8  $22,726.4  $19,893.9 
Cost of sales 2,872.5   3,149.0   14,982.0   14,042.9 
Gross margin 1,485.1   1,485.8   7,744.4   5,851.0 
Gross margin % 34.1%  32.1%  34.1%  29.4%
Adjusted SG&A/Other (excluding depreciation and amortization) as a % of sales(1) 18.1%  15.0%  14.8%  14.0%
Adjusted EBITDA 696.9   793.4   4,376.6   3,060.3 
Adjusted EBITDA margin % 16.0%  17.1%  19.3%  15.4%
Depreciation expense (51.6)  (49.4)  (194.6)  (189.3)
Interest expense, net of debt issuance cost and refinancing (42.2)  (36.8)  (171.0)  (127.8)
Income tax expense (126.5)  (167.4)  (920.1)  (644.2)
Other adjustments (5.8)  (7.4)  (32.3)  0.4 
Adjusted net income$470.8  $532.4  $3,058.6  $2,099.4 
Basic adjusted net income per share:$3.24  $2.81  $18.88  $10.40 
Diluted adjusted net income per share:$3.21  $2.78  $18.71  $10.32 
Weighted average common shares           
Basic 145.5   189.6   162.0   201.8 
Diluted 146.8   191.5   163.5   203.5 
            
(1) Adjusted SG&A and other as a percentage of sales is defined as GAAP SG&A less depreciation and amortization, stock compensation, acquisition, integration and other expenses. 


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Interest Reconciliation
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended  Twelve Months Ended 
 December 31, 2022  December 31, 2022 
(in millions)Interest
Expense
  Net Debt Outstanding  Interest
Expense
  Net Debt Outstanding 
2032 Unsecured notes @ 4.25%$13.8  $1,300.0  $54.5  $1,300.0 
2032 Unsecured notes @ 6.375% 11.2   700.0   24.3   700.0 
2030 Unsecured notes @ 5.00% 6.9   550.0   27.5   550.0 
2027 Secured notes @ 6.75% -   -   18.9   - 
Revolving credit facility @ 3.70% weighted average interest rate 4.0   264.0   20.4   264.0 
Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and premium 1.2   -   4.9   - 
Finance leases and other finance obligations 5.2   201.4   20.5   201.4 
Debt issuance and refinancing cost -   -   27.4   - 
Cash -   (80.4)  -   (80.4)
Total$42.3  $2,935.0  $198.4  $2,935.0 


 Three Months Ended  Twelve Months Ended 
(in millions)December 31, 2022  December 31, 2022 
Free Cash Flow  
Operating activities$971.4  $3,599.2 
Less: Capital expenditures, net of proceeds (131.7)  (329.5)
Free cash flow$839.7  $3,269.7 


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Sales by Product Category
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended December 31,  
 2022  2021     
(in millions)Net Sales  % of
Net Sales
  Net Sales  % of
Net Sales
  % Change  
Manufactured products$1,149.9   26.4% $1,179.6   25.5%  -2.5% 
Windows, doors & millwork 1,130.0   25.9%  924.9   20.0%  22.2% 
Value-added products 2,279.9   52.3%  2,104.5   45.4%  8.3% 
                
Specialty building products & services 980.5   22.5%  849.1   18.3%  15.5% 
Lumber & lumber sheet goods 1,097.2   25.2%  1,681.2   36.3%  -34.7% 
Total net sales$4,357.6   100.0% $4,634.8   100.0%  -6.0% 
                
                
 Twelve Months Ended December 31,  
 2022  2021     
(in millions)Net Sales  % of
Net Sales
  Net Sales  % of
Net Sales
  % Change  
Manufactured products$5,692.4   25.0% $4,404.1   22.1%  29.3% 
Windows, doors & millwork 4,790.8   21.1%  3,400.9   17.1%  40.9% 
Value-added products 10,483.2   46.1%  7,805.0   39.2%  34.3% 
                
Specialty building products & services 4,155.1   18.3%  3,633.9   18.3%  14.3% 
Lumber & lumber sheet goods 8,088.1   35.6%  8,455.0   42.5%  -4.3% 
Total net sales$22,726.4   100.0% $19,893.9   100.0%  14.2%