Santiago Giraldo
Analyst · Baird. Please go ahead
Thank you, Christian. Turning to Slide 6. Our second quarter results extended our exceptional record of strong financial performance. We navigated through a complex macro environment to produce another quarter of solid results. This reflects the resilience of our unique vertically integrated business model and focused execution of our strategic priorities across all aspects of our business. As we've highlighted in recent quarters, we remain better positioned than ever to take advantage of the tailwinds unique to our business, given our ability to deliver superior quality architectural glass products with much shorter lead times at an attractive value. This dynamic is evident in our single-family residential revenues, which grew organically 15% year-over-year in the second quarter. As we look to the remainder of 2023, we expect solid trends to our market share gains, positive demographic trends in our main markets and the marketing of our innovative products. On Slide 7, I have discussed our structural advantages many times, but it is important for us to continue to emphasize these key points. Our competitive advantages are unique to Tecnoglass and allow us to thrive even during these challenging macroeconomic times. The differentiating factors benefiting our business are: number one, high-return investments in plant automation and capacity upgrades. Number two, relatively stable costs through hedging on aluminum input and dependable supply of raw glass through our JV with St. Gobain. Number three, a people-focused culture to retain quality talent and achieve low turnover as an employer of choice. Number four, keeping transportation costs under 5% of revenues; and number five, a sustainable energy model including solar power and cogeneration of power through on-site natural gas. Turning to the drivers of revenue on Slide 9. Total revenues increased 33.2% year-over-year to a record $225.3 million for the second quarter. This increase was led by significant growth in our multifamily and commercial activity as well as double-digit growth in single-family residential revenue, largely reflecting additional market share gains in our key geographies. Both our single-family residential and multifamily commercial revenues are benefiting from the positive demographic trends in our main markets. Looking at the drivers of adjusted EBITDA on Slide 10. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter 2023 increased 55.8% to a second quarter record of $85 million, compared to $54.6 million in the prior year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin of 37.7% increased 540 basis points compared to the second quarter of 2022. The second quarter gross profit increased 49% to $109.7 million, representing a 48.7% gross margin. This compared to gross profit of $73.6 million, representing a 43.5% gross margin in the prior year quarter. Improvement in gross margin mainly reflected operating leverage on higher sales, favorable pricing dynamics and greater operating efficiencies related to our prior automation initiatives. SG&A was $35.2 million, compared to $28.1 million in the prior year quarter, with the majority of the increase attributable to higher shipping and commission expenses as a result of higher sales, as well as increased corporate costs to support a larger operation. As a percentage of total revenues, SG&A for the second quarter improved 100 basis points to 15.6%. Turning to our structurally improved margin and cash generation on Slide 11. On a trailing 12-month basis, gross margin continued on an upward trajectory in the second quarter, increasing to an average of 51.5% compared to a margin of 31.5% at the end of 2019. The significant improvement in our gross margin over that time is mainly attributable to the teams that we have shared on past calls, namely the structural and sustainable operational improvements related to automation initiatives and our shift into business strategy to diversify into the more profitable single-family residential end market, where we do not perform lower-margin installation work. While our normalized gross margin has been structurally enhanced by over 1,500 basis points since 2019, we still do expect to see some variability from quarter-to-quarter. As we discussed on our prior earnings call, the record gross margin of 53% achieved in the first quarter was set to retreat based on our gross margin guidance for the year. On a sequential basis compared to the first quarter, the more normalized gross margin in the second quarter was the result of several factors. Number one, over half of the sequential decline was attributable to a strong appreciation of the Colombian peso, which affects a large portion of our costs such as labor, professional fees, maintenance costs, utilities, as well as inventories. Given improved sentiment, both from a country-specific and general macroeconomic perspective, we expect the peso to remain around current levels for the rest of the year. Number two, the next factor impacting sequential gross margin was the mix of product revenues. I will expand on that point. The extra capacity that has recently come online afforded us the ability to sell customers more stand-alone products, namely architectural glass and aluminum framing, which carry lower margins than our fully ensemble windows. Given prior capacity constraints, our finished glass and aluminum products were previously getting allocated to a very clean integrated production of windows, which generate our highest margin revenues. The absorption of new capacity and ability to offer a wider range of solutions to customers is positive overall for our business. The final factor affecting sequential gross margin was a more competitive marketplace. Although this impact was much less than the other two factors, we did experience a modestly more competitive pricing environment, particularly in single-family residential. As we look to the balance of the year, we expect that the current level of the peso, a more diversified product mix and competitive dynamics will produce gross margins around normalized levels through the remainder of the year. Therefore, we now expect gross margin will be in the 48% to 50% range for the full year 2023. As mentioned on our May earnings call, we expect limited cash from operations in the second quarter, which was entirely due to the timing of the 2022 income tax payments for the Colombian entities, which have now been fully paid. Excluding the annual tax payment, the remainder of cash flow from operations was very strong at approximately $57 million and up year-over-year. Looking to the back half of the year, we expect cash flow generation to be stronger given the absence of these income tax payments and the step-down in CapEx. Now looking at our improved balance sheet and leverage on Slide 12. We have taken many actions over the past several years to fortify our balance sheet. We have improved our weighted average interest rate by over 180 basis points since 2020 and are currently at the lowest interest rate Tier under our debt agreement. This has left us with significant financial flexibility to return cash to shareholders and execute growth in other initiatives, such as the 40% addition to our installed capacity. At quarter end, our leverage ratio stayed near record lows at 0.2-time net debt to LTM adjusted EBITDA, down from 0.5 time in the second quarter of last year. As of June 30, we had a cash balance of approximately $105 million and availability under our committed revolving credit facilities of $170 million, resulting in total liquidity of approximately $275 million. On Slide 13, we are committed to delivering strong returns to shareholders. On average, over the past three years, our stronger profitability and meaningful step-up in cash flow generation have driven significant returns. When comparing our ROE and ROIC metrics to those U.S. building product peers, the returns on reinvestment into our business plus dividends have driven substantially higher value to our shareholders, further validating our strategic approach to driving returns. As you can see on Slide 15, the upward trajectory of our revenue and adjusted EBITDA remains positive, and there is a lot of runway for growth with the recent capacity additions to get up to $1 billion of annual revenue. We are as confident as ever in our ability to achieve many years of exceptional growth. Now moving to our outlook on Slide 16. Based on our strong results so far and visibility through year-end, we have an improved outlook for 2023. We are increasing the low end of our outlook for both revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth. We now expect full year 2023 revenue to be in the range of $830 million to $855 million. This outlook represents an entirely organic growth of 18% at the midpoint. Based on these sales outlook, our anticipated mix of revenues, and our expectations for cost and expenses, we expect full year adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $320 million to $335 million, representing a 23% growth at the midpoint of the range. As I discussed earlier, we expect gross margins to be in the 48% to 50% range for full year 2023. In regards to the cadence of results, the second half of 2023, has significantly more challenging comps than we experienced in the first half. This is reflected in the implied revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth that we expect to achieve in the second half relative to the full year growth for both metrics. Additionally, based on the schedule and timing of projects, we expect third quarter revenues to step down sequentially from the second quarter before picking up in the fourth quarter. As previously discussed, cash flow from operations and free cash flow are expected to be strong for the rest of the year, given the seasonal effect of the annual tax payment in the second quarter, and the majority of our budgeted CapEx having been completed through June. Overall, we are confident that our very clean integrated operating platform will allow us to continue generating industry-leading results and best-in-class service for our customers. With our differentiated product offerings, strategic geographic positioning in attractive markets highly efficient cost structure and our latest round of high-return investments, we remain well positioned to capture the demand we see across our end markets. With that, we will be happy to answer your questions. Operator, please open the line for questions.