LP Building Solutions Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results, Including Record Sales and Earnings in Siding, and Increases Third Quarter and Full Year Siding Guidance

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) (NYSE:LPX), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, today reported its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

Key Highlights for Second Quarter 2024, Compared to Second Quarter 2023

• Siding net sales increased by 30% to $415 million
• Oriented Strand Board (OSB) net sales increased by 53% to $351 million
• Consolidated net sales increased by 33% to $814 million
• Net income was $160 million, an increase of $181 million
• Net income per diluted share was $2.23 per share, an increase of $2.51 per share
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $229 million, an increase of $135 million
• Adjusted Diluted EPS⁽¹⁾ was $2.09 per diluted share, an increase of $1.54 per diluted share
• Cash provided by operating activities was $212 million, an increase of $124 million

Capital Allocation Update

• Paid $102 million to repurchase 1.2 million of LP's common shares during the second quarter, leaving 71 million common shares outstanding at June 30, 2024
• Invested $36 million in capital expenditures during the second quarter
• Paid $19 million in cash dividends during the second quarter
• Paid a further $64 million to repurchase 0.7 million common shares after quarter-end and as of August 6, 2024, leaving $271 million remaining under the pre-existing share repurchase authorizations
• Announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share
• Total liquidity of $867 million as of June 30, 2024

"LP's Siding business continued to gain share and outperform the underlying markets we serve, setting records for sales and EBITDA in the quarter and notching another record quarter for LP SmartSide ExpertFinish Trim & Siding," said LP Chairperson and CEO Brad Southern. "Consistent execution of LP's strategy, growth in Siding and Structural Solutions, and exceptional cost control and safety in Siding and OSB delivered $229M in adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter."

Outlook

The Company is providing financial guidance for the third quarter of 2024 and full year 2024 as set forth in the table below. Guidance is based on current plans and expectations and is subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, including those set forth below under "Forward-Looking Statements."

Second Quarter 2024 Highlights

Net sales for the second quarter of 2024 increased year-over-year by $203 million (or 33%). Siding revenue increased by $95 million (or 30%), due to 22% higher volumes and 6% higher prices. OSB revenue increased by $122 million (or 53%), driven by 35% higher prices and 13% higher volumes. This was partially offset by decreases in the LP South America (LPSA) segment and Other revenue of $6 million and $7 million, respectively.

Net income increased year-over-year by $181 million to $160 million ($2.23 per diluted share). The increase primarily reflects a $135 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA, $48 million changes in business exit charges and credits, and $16 million of prior year settlements of OSB patent-related claims, partially offset by a $31 million increase in the provision for income taxes. The year-over-year increase in Adjusted EBITDA includes $73 million due to higher OSB selling prices, a $23 million increase from higher OSB sales volumes, and a $52 million impact from higher Siding net sales.

First Six Months of 2024 Highlights

Net sales for the first six months of 2024 increased year-over-year by $344 million (or 29%). Siding revenue increased by $125 million (or 19%), due to 6% higher prices and 13% higher volumes. OSB revenue increased by $246 million (or 59%), driven by 35% higher prices and 17% higher volumes. This was partially offset by decreases in the LPSA segment and Other revenue of $15 million and $12 million, respectively.

Net income increased year-over-year by $266 million to $267 million ($3.71 per diluted share). The increase primarily reflects a $252 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA, $48 million changes in business exit charges and credits, and $16 million of prior year settlements of OSB patent-related claims, partially offset by a $71 million increase in the provision for income taxes. The year-over-year increase in Adjusted EBITDA includes $135 million due to higher OSB selling prices, a $53 million increase from higher OSB sales volumes, and a $71 million impact from higher Siding net sales.

Segment Results

Siding

The Siding segment serves diverse end markets with a broad product offering including LP^® SmartSide^® Trim & Siding, LP SmartSide ExpertFinish^® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries^® Lap Siding, and LP Outdoor Building Solutions^® (collectively referred to as Siding Solutions). Siding products consist of a full line of engineered wood siding, trim, and fascia.

Segment sales and adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

The year-over-year net sales increase for the Siding segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 reflects increased sales volumes and list price increases.

Second quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA increased year-over-year by $46 million, reflecting the impact of the net sales increase and a $5 million net decrease in freight, raw materials, and labor, partially offset by a $7 million increase in mill overhead. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the year-over-year increase in Adjusted EBITDA of $69 million primarily reflects the impact of the net sales increase.

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

The OSB segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products, including the innovative value-added OSB product portfolio known as LP Structural Solutions (which includes LP TechShield^® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic^® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy^® Premium Sub-Flooring, LP NovaCore^® Thermal Insulated Sheathing, LP FlameBlock^® Fire-Rated Sheathing, and LP TopNotch^® 350 Durable Sub-Flooring). OSB is manufactured using wood strands arranged in layers and bonded with resins.

Segment sales and adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

Second quarter 2024 net sales for the OSB segment increased year-over-year by $122 million (or 53%), reflecting a $73 million increase in revenue due to higher OSB selling prices and a $40 million increase in sales volumes. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the year-over-year increase in net sales of $246 million (or 59%) reflects a $135 million increase in revenue due to higher OSB selling prices and a $96 million increase in sales volumes.

Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 increased year-over-year by $88 million and $174 million, respectively, reflecting the impact of higher OSB prices and sales volumes, partially offset by higher mill-related costs.

LPSA

The LPSA segment manufactures and distributes LP OSB structural panel and Siding Solutions products in South America and certain export markets. This segment also sells and distributes a variety of companion products to support the region's transition to wood frame construction. The LPSA segment carries out manufacturing operations in Chile and Brazil and operates sales offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru.

Segment sales and adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

The year-over-year net sales and Adjusted EBITDA decreases for the LPSA segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 reflect unfavorable currency fluctuations, partially offset by local currency revenues.

Conference Call

LP will hold a conference call to discuss this release today at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific Time). Investors will have the opportunity to listen to the conference call live by going to investor.lpcorp.com. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, the recorded webcast and accompanying presentation will be available to the public online in the "News & Events" section of investor.lpcorp.com.

About LP Building Solutions

As a leader in high-performance building solutions, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation ((LP Building Solutions, NYSE:LPX) manufactures engineered wood building products that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. LP's extensive offerings include innovative and dependable building products and accessories, such as Siding Solutions (LP SmartSide Trim & Siding, LP SmartSide ExpertFinish Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries Lap Siding, and LP Outdoor Building Solutions), LP Structural Solutions (LP TechShield Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy Premium Sub-Flooring, LP FlameBlock Fire-Rated Sheathing, LP NovaCore Thermal Insulated Sheathing, and LP TopNotch 350 Durable Sub-Flooring), and oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to product solutions, LP provides industry-leading customer service and warranties. Since its founding in 1972, LP has been Building a Better World™ by helping customers construct beautiful, durable homes while our stockholders build lasting value. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 22 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile, and Brazil, in certain cases through foreign subsidiaries. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements concerning Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's (LP) future results and performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon the beliefs and assumptions of, and on information available to, our management; assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project," "target," "potential," "continue," "likely," or "future," as well as similar expressions, or the negative or other variations thereof and include other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements LP makes regarding statements concerning plans for product development, forecasts of future costs and expenditures, possible outcomes of legal proceedings, capacity expansion and other growth initiatives, the adequacy of reserves for loss contingencies, and any statements regarding the Company's financial outlook. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in governmental fiscal and monetary policies, including tariffs and levels of employment; changes in general and global economic conditions, including impacts from global pandemics, rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and new or ongoing military conflicts including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in Israel and the surrounding areas; the commodity nature of a segment of our products and the prices for those products, which are determined in significant part by external factors such as total industry capacity and wider industry cycles affecting supply and demand trends; changes in the cost and availability of capital; changes in the cost and availability of financing for home mortgages; changes in the level of home construction and repair and remodel activity; changes in competitive conditions and prices for our products; changes in the relationship between supply of and demand for building products; changes in the financial or business conditions of third-party wholesale distributors and dealers of building products; changes in the relationship between the supply of and demand for raw materials, including wood fiber and resins, used in manufacturing our products; changes in the cost and availability of energy, primarily natural gas, electricity, and diesel fuel; changes in the cost and availability of transportation, including transportation services provided by third parties; our dependence on third-party vendors and suppliers for certain goods and services critical to our business; operational and financial impacts from manufacturing our products internationally; difficulties in the development, launch or production ramp-up of new products; our ability to attract and retain qualified executives, management and other key employees; the need to formulate and implement effective succession plans from time to time for key members of our management team; impacts from public health issues (including global pandemics) on the economy, demand for our products or our operations, including the actions and recommendations of governmental authorities to contain such public health issues; our ability to identify and successfully complete and integrate acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital investments and other corporate strategic transactions; unplanned interruptions to our manufacturing operations, such as explosions, fires, inclement weather, natural disasters, accidents, equipment failures, labor shortages or disruptions, transportation interruptions, supply interruptions, public health issues (including pandemics and quarantines), riots, civil insurrection or social unrest, looting, protests, strikes, and street demonstrations; changes in global or regional climate conditions, the impacts of climate change, and potential government policies adopted in response to such conditions; changes in other significant operating expenses; changes in currency values and exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies, particularly the Canadian dollar, Brazilian real, Chilean peso, and Argentine peso; changes in, and compliance with, general and industry-specific laws and regulations, including environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-bribery laws, laws related to our international business operations, and changes in building codes and standards; changes in tax laws and interpretations thereof; changes in circumstances giving rise to environmental liabilities or expenditures; warranty costs exceeding our warranty reserves; challenges to or exploitation of our intellectual property or other proprietary information by our competitors or other third parties; the resolution of existing and future product-related litigation, environmental proceedings and remediation efforts, and other legal or environmental proceedings or matters; the effect of covenants and events of default contained in our debt instruments; the amount and timing of any repurchases of our common stock and the payment of dividends on our common stock, which will depend on market and business conditions and other considerations; cybersecurity events affecting our information technology systems or those of our third-party providers and the related costs and impact of any disruption on our business; and acts of public authorities, war, political or civil unrest, natural disasters, fire, floods, earthquakes, inclement weather, and other matters beyond our control. For additional information about factors that could cause actual results, events, and circumstances to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to LP's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We urge you to consider all of the risks, uncertainties, and factors identified above or discussed in such reports carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements in this news release. We cannot assure you that the results reflected in or implied by any forward-looking statement will be realized or even if substantially realized, that those results will have the forecasted or expected consequences and effects for or on our operations or financial performance. The forward-looking statements made today are as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, LP undertakes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events, or circumstances.

Use of Non-GAAP Information

In evaluating our business, we utilize non-GAAP financial measures that fall within the meaning of SEC Regulation G and Regulation S-K Item 10(e), which we believe provide users of the financial information with additional meaningful comparison to prior reported results. Non-GAAP financial measures do not have standardized definitions and are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In this press release, we disclose income attributed to LP before interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and excluding stock-based compensation expense, loss on impairment attributed to LP, business exit charges and credits, product-line discontinuance charges, other operating credits and charges, net, loss on early debt extinguishment, investment income, pension settlement charges, and other non-operating items, as Adjusted EBITDA (Adjusted EBITDA), which is a non-GAAP financial measure. We have included Adjusted EBITDA in this report because we view it as an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe that it is frequently used by interested persons in the evaluation of companies that have different financing and capital structures and/or tax rates. We also disclose income attributed to LP, excluding loss on impairment attributed to LP, business exit charges and credits, product-line discontinuance charges, interest expense outside of normal operations, other operating credits and charges, net, loss on early debt extinguishment, gain (loss) on acquisition, and pension settlement charges, and adjusting for a normalized tax rate, as Adjusted Income (Adjusted Income). We also disclose Adjusted Diluted EPS, which is calculated as Adjusted Income divided by diluted shares outstanding. We believe that Adjusted Diluted EPS and Adjusted Income are useful measures for evaluating our ability to generate earnings and that providing these measures should allow interested persons to more readily compare the earnings for past and future periods. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, net income, income attributed to LP, and income attributed to LP per diluted share, respectively, are presented below.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS are not substitutes for the U.S. GAAP measures of net income, income attributed to LP, and income attributed to LP per diluted share or for any other U.S. GAAP measures of operating performance. It should be noted that other companies may present similarly titled measures differently, and therefore, as presented by us, these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS have material limitations as performance measures because they exclude items that are actually incurred or experienced in connection with the operation of our business.

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