Boise Cascade Company Reports 2018 First Quarter Net Income of $37.1 Million on Sales of $1.2 Billion

In this article:

For Immediate Release: May 4, 2018

BOISE, Idaho - Boise Cascade Company ("Boise Cascade," the "Company," "we," or "our") (BCC) today reported net income of $37.1 million, or $0.94 per share, on sales of $1.2 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.

First Quarter 2018 Highlights

1Q 2018

1Q 2017

% change

(in thousands, except per-share data and percentages)

Consolidated Results

Sales

$

1,182,841

$

974,443

21

%

Net income

37,050

10,020

270

%

Net income per common share - diluted

0.94

0.26

262

%

Adjusted EBITDA 1

73,408

40,466

81

%

Segment Results

Wood Products sales

$

397,991

$

325,657

22

%

Wood Products income

26,121

7,388

254

%

Wood Products EBITDA 1

43,665

22,539

94

%

Building Materials Distribution sales

992,381

815,683

22

%

Building Materials Distribution income

32,388

19,965

62

%

Building Materials Distribution EBITDA 1

36,560

23,691

54

%

1 For reconciliations of non-GAAP measures, see summary notes at the end of this press release.

In the first quarter 2018, total U.S. housing starts increased 8% compared to the same period last year. Single-family starts, which are the primary demand driver of our sales, increased 7% and multi-family starts increased 10% in the first quarter 2018.

"Both of our businesses reported very strong results for the first quarter. While strong commodity prices provided notable tailwinds to our financial results, both businesses executed well to capture opportunities within the marketplace during the quarter," commented Tom Corrick, CEO. "I`m also very pleased that we completed the acquisition of Lumberman`s Wholesale Distributors in Nashville, Tennessee, in late April. Lumberman`s enjoys an excellent reputation in the Nashville market and this acquisition represents an important step in our distribution group`s ongoing process to fill in underserved markets across the United States."

Wood Products

Wood Products sales, including sales to Building Materials Distribution (BMD), increased $72.3 million, or 22%, to $398.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, from $325.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in sales was driven primarily by higher sales prices for plywood, I-joists, and LVL (I-joists and LVL are collectively referred to as EWP). Sales prices for lumber also increased compared to the prior period. In addition, increases in plywood, EWP, and lumber sales volumes contributed to improved sales.

Wood Products segment income increased $18.7 million to $26.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, from $7.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The improvement in segment income was due primarily to higher sales prices of plywood, EWP, and lumber. These improvements were offset partially by higher log costs, as well as oriented strand board (OSB) costs used in the manufacture of I-joists. In addition, depreciation and amortization expense increased $2.4 million compared to the prior year quarter.

Comparative average net selling prices and sales volume changes for EWP, plywood, and lumber are as follows:

1Q 2018 vs. 1Q 2017

1Q 2018 vs. 4Q 2017

Average Net Selling Prices

LVL

4%

4%

I-joists

6%

5%

Plywood

26%

6%

Lumber

10%

-%

Sales Volumes

LVL

6%

20%

I-joists

2%

19%

Plywood

7%

4%

Lumber

13%

12%

Building Materials Distribution

BMD`s sales increased $176.7 million, or 22%, to $992.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, from $815.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. Compared with the same quarter in the prior year, the overall increase in sales was driven by sales price and sales volume increases of 14% and 8%, respectively. By product line, commodity sales increased 29%, general line product sales increased 14%, and sales of EWP (substantially all of which is sourced through our Wood Products segment) increased 16%.

BMD segment income increased $12.4 million to $32.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, from $20.0 million in the comparative prior year quarter, driven primarily by a higher gross margin of $23.1 million generated from a sales increase of 22%. The increase in gross margin was offset partially by higher selling and distribution expenses.

On April 25, 2018, BMD completed the acquisition of Lumberman`s Wholesale Distributors, which operates a single location wholesale distribution business in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition, BMD recently announced the acquisition of Norman Distribution in Medford, Oregon and expects to complete the transaction late in the second quarter of 2018.

Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted by the U.S. government. The most significant impact to our financial statements is the reduction of the corporate federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, we recorded $9.8 million and $5.1 million, respectively, of income tax expense and had an effective rate of 20.9% and 33.6%, respectively.

Balance Sheet

Boise Cascade ended 2018 with $134.7 million of cash and cash equivalents and $395.3 million of undrawn committed bank line availability, for total available liquidity of $530.0 million. The Company had $438.6 million of outstanding debt at March 31, 2018.

On May 3, 2018, our board of directors declared a dividend of $0.07 per share of its common stock, payable on June 15, 2018, to stockholders of record on June 1, 2018.

On April 25, 2018, Boise Cascade transferred $151.8 million of its pension plan assets to The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) for the purchase of a group annuity contract. Under the arrangement, Prudential will assume ongoing responsibility of administration and benefit payments for approximately one-third of Boise Cascade`s U.S. qualified pension plan projected benefit obligations. As a result of the transaction, the Company expects to recognize a non-cash pension settlement charge of approximately $12 million before tax in the second quarter of 2018.

Outlook

As in recent years, we expect to continue to experience modest demand growth for the products we manufacture and distribute in 2018, with seasonally stronger sales volumes in the second and third quarters. The April 2018 Blue Chip consensus forecast for 2018 reflects 1.29 million total U.S. housing starts, an 8% expected increase from 2017 levels. We remain optimistic that the improvement in demand for our products will continue as household formation rates and residential construction continue to recover. Future commodity product pricing and commodity input costs could be volatile in response to industry operating rates, net import and export activity, the North American softwood lumber trade dispute, transportation constraints or disruptions, inventory levels in various distribution channels, and seasonal demand patterns. Furthermore, commodity product pricing is currently above historical levels. As a wholesale distributor of a broad mix of commodity products and a manufacturer of certain commodity products, we have sales and profitability exposure to declines in commodity product prices.

We have successfully grown revenues and earnings in our distribution business as residential construction has recovered in the U.S. over the last several years. As we consider potential acquisitions, much of our activity is focused on adding to our distribution capabilities.

We expect our capital spending, excluding acquisitions, to be $75-$85 million during 2018.

About Boise Cascade

Boise Cascade Company is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products. For more information, please visit the Company`s website at www.bc.com.

Webcast and Conference Call

Boise Cascade will host a webcast and conference call on Friday, May 4, at 11 a.m. Eastern, to review the Company`s first quarter results.

You can join the webcast through the Company`s website by going to www.bc.com and clicking on the Event Calendar link under the Investor Relations heading. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes before the start of the webcast to register. To join the conference call, dial 844-795-4410 (international callers should dial 661-378-9637), participant passcode 7897351, at least 10 minutes before the start of the call.

The archived webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company`s website. A replay of the conference call will be available from Friday, May 4, at 2 p.m. Eastern through Friday, May 11, at 11 p.m. Eastern. Replay numbers are 855-859-2056 for U.S. callers and 404-537-3406 for international callers, and the passcode will be 7897351.

Basis of Presentation

We refer to the terms EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in this earnings release as supplemental measures of our performance and liquidity that are not required by or presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). We define EBITDA as income before interest (interest expense and interest income), income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Additionally, we disclose Adjusted EBITDA, which further adjusts EBITDA to exclude the change in fair value of interest rate swaps and loss on extinguishment of debt.

We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are meaningful measures because they present a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and allow management to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons, and identify strategies to improve operating performance. We also believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful to investors because they provide a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments and our Company on an ongoing basis using criteria that are used by our management and because they are frequently used by investors and other interested parties when comparing companies in our industry that have different financing and capital structures and/or tax rates. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, however, are not measures of our liquidity or financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, income from operations, or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. The use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA instead of net income or segment income (loss) have limitations as analytical tools, including the inability to determine profitability; the exclusion of interest expense, interest income, and associated significant cash requirements; and the exclusion of depreciation and amortization, which represent unavoidable operating costs. Management compensates for these limitations by relying on our GAAP results. Our measures of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to potential inconsistencies in the methods of calculation.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements about our expectations of future operational and financial performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The accuracy of such statements is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, prices for building products, commodity input costs, the effect of general economic conditions, mortgage rates and availability, housing demand, housing vacancy rates, governmental regulations, unforeseen production disruptions, as well as natural disasters. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements are discussed in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to revise them in light of new information. Finally, we undertake no obligation to review or confirm analyst expectations or estimates that might be derived from this release.

Boise Cascade Company
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per-share data)

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

Sales

$

1,182,841

$

974,443

$

1,091,965

Costs and expenses

Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation)

1,009,778

846,759

946,864

Depreciation and amortization

22,111

19,344

21,748

Selling and distribution expenses

83,356

73,679

83,711

General and administrative expenses

15,886

13,571

17,439

Other (income) expense, net

(94

)

(35

)

512

1,131,037

953,318

1,070,274

Income from operations

51,804

21,125

21,691

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

(263

)

28

589

Pension expense (excluding service costs)

(244

)

(31

)

(89

)

Interest expense

(6,362

)

(6,364

)

(6,220

)

Interest income

264

33

293

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps

1,641

295

1,000

(4,964

)

(6,039

)

(4,427

)

Income before income taxes

46,840

15,086

17,264

Income tax (provision) benefit

(9,790

)

(5,066

)

1,858

Net income

$

37,050

$

10,020

$

19,122

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

38,778

38,500

38,688

Diluted

39,396

38,901

39,351

Net income per common share:

Basic

$

0.96

$

0.26

$

0.49

Diluted

$

0.94

$

0.26

$

0.49

See accompanying summary notes to consolidated financial statements and segment information.

Wood Products Segment
Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

Segment sales

$

397,991

$

325,657

$

330,906

Costs and expenses

Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation)

342,559

292,460

293,780

Depreciation and amortization

17,544

15,151

17,363

Selling and distribution expenses

8,113

7,736

8,381

General and administrative expenses

3,692

2,870

3,991

Other (income) expense, net

(38

)

52

572

371,870

318,269

324,087

Segment income

$

26,121

$

7,388

$

6,819

(percentage of sales)

Segment sales

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

Costs and expenses

Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation)

86.1

%

89.8

%

88.8

%

Depreciation and amortization

4.4

%

4.7

%

5.2

%

Selling and distribution expenses

2.0

%

2.4

%

2.5

%

General and administrative expenses

0.9

%

0.9

%

1.2

%

Other (income) expense, net

-

%

-

%

0.2

%

93.4

%

97.7

%

97.9

%

Segment income

6.6

%

2.3

%

2.1

%

Building Materials Distribution Segment
Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

Segment sales

$

992,381

$

815,683

$

931,775

Costs and expenses

Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation)

874,859

721,299

823,645

Depreciation and amortization

4,172

3,726

4,012

Selling and distribution expenses

75,181

65,848

75,234

General and administrative expenses

5,830

4,994

6,039

Other (income) expense, net

(49

)

(149

)

(62

)

959,993

795,718

908,868

Segment income

$

32,388

$

19,965

$

22,907

(percentage of sales)

Segment sales

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

Costs and expenses

Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation)

88.2

%

88.4

%

88.4

%

Depreciation and amortization

0.4

%

0.5

%

0.4

%

Selling and distribution expenses

7.6

%

8.1

%

8.1

%

General and administrative expenses

0.6

%

0.6

%

0.6

%

Other (income) expense, net

-

%

-

%

-

%

96.7

%

97.6

%

97.5

%

Segment income

3.3

%

2.4

%

2.5

%

Segment Information
(in thousands)

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

Segment sales

Wood Products

$

397,991

$

325,657

$

330,906

Building Materials Distribution

992,381

815,683

931,775

Intersegment eliminations and other

(207,531

)

(166,897

)

(170,716

)

Total net sales

$

1,182,841

$

974,443

$

1,091,965

Segment income

Wood Products

$

26,121

$

7,388

$

6,819

Building Materials Distribution

32,388

19,965

22,907

Total segment income

58,509

27,353

29,726

Unallocated corporate

(6,705

)

(6,228

)

(8,035

)

Income from operations

$

51,804

$

21,125

$

21,691

Segment EBITDA (a)

Wood Products

$

43,665

$

22,539

$

24,182

Building Materials Distribution

36,560

23,691

26,919

See accompanying summary notes to consolidated financial statements and segment information.

Boise Cascade Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)

March 31, 2018

December 31, 2017

ASSETS

Current

Cash and cash equivalents

$

134,684

$

177,140

Receivables

Trade, less allowances of $1,275 and $945

339,299

246,452

Related parties

428

345

Other

9,310

9,380

Inventories

538,723

476,673

Prepaid expenses and other

10,616

22,582

Total current assets

1,033,060

932,572

Property and equipment, net

568,254

565,792

Timber deposits

12,708

13,503

Goodwill

55,433

55,433

Intangible assets, net

14,881

15,066

Deferred income taxes

8,677

9,064

Other assets

15,839

15,763

Total assets

$

1,708,852

$

1,607,193

Boise Cascade Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)
(in thousands, except per-share data)

March 31, 2018

December 31, 2017

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS` EQUITY

Current

Accounts payable

Trade

$

312,882

$

233,562

Related parties

1,376

1,225

Accrued liabilities

Compensation and benefits

52,755

84,246

Interest payable

1,837

6,742

Other

63,780

55,786

Total current liabilities

432,630

381,561

Debt

Long-term debt

438,591

438,312

Other

Compensation and benefits

77,268

75,439

Deferred income taxes

17,629

16,454

Other long-term liabilities

35,682

20,878

130,579

112,771

Commitments and contingent liabilities

Stockholders` equity

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 50,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

-

-

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 300,000 shares authorized, 44,040 and 43,748 shares issued, respectively

440

437

Treasury stock, 5,167 shares at cost

(133,979

)

(133,979

)

Additional paid-in capital

521,180

523,550

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(76,089

)

(76,702

)

Retained earnings

395,500

361,243

Total stockholders` equity

707,052

674,549

Total liabilities and stockholders` equity

$

1,708,852

$

1,607,193

Boise Cascade Company
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)

Three Months Ended
March 31

2018

2017

Cash provided by (used for) operations

Net income

$

37,050

$

10,020

Items in net income not using (providing) cash

Depreciation and amortization, including deferred financing costs and other

22,595

19,825

Stock-based compensation

2,286

2,002

Pension expense

449

332

Deferred income taxes

1,125

1,282

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps

(1,641

)

(295

)

Other

(96

)

(16

)

Decrease (increase) in working capital

Receivables

(91,252

)

(90,512

)

Inventories

(62,050

)

(48,915

)

Prepaid expenses and other

(1,949

)

(1,876

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

48,571

65,943

Pension contributions

(517

)

(630

)

Income taxes payable

20,751

3,358

Other

2,919

(1,604

)

Net cash used for operations

(21,759

)

(41,086

)

Cash provided by (used for) investment

Expenditures for property and equipment

(13,272

)

(17,002

)

Proceeds from sales of assets and other

93

652

Net cash used for investment

(13,179

)

(16,350

)

Cash provided by (used for) financing

Borrowings of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility

2,800

149,600

Payments of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility

(2,800

)

(149,600

)

Tax withholding payments on stock-based awards

(5,117

)

(2,884

)

Dividends paid on common stock

(2,758

)

-

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

464

-

Other

(107

)

(89

)

Net cash used for financing

(7,518

)

(2,973

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(42,456

)

(60,409

)

Balance at beginning of the period

177,140

103,978

Balance at end of the period

$

134,684

$

43,569

Summary Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Segment Information

The Consolidated Statements of Operations, Segment Statements of Operations, Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and Segment Information presented herein do not include the notes accompanying the Company`s Consolidated Financial Statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company`s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Net income for all periods presented involved estimates and accruals.

  1. EBITDA represents income before interest (interest expense and interest income), income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Additionally, we disclose Adjusted EBITDA, which further adjusts EBITDA to exclude the change in fair value of interest rate swaps and loss on extinguishment of debt. The following table reconciles net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and December 31, 2017:

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

(in thousands)

Net income

$

37,050

$

10,020

$

19,122

Interest expense

6,362

6,364

6,220

Interest income

(264

)

(33

)

(293

)

Income tax provision (benefit)

9,790

5,066

(1,858

)

Depreciation and amortization

22,111

19,344

21,748

EBITDA

75,049

40,761

44,939

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps

(1,641

)

(295

)

(1,000

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

73,408

$

40,466

$

43,939


The following table reconciles segment income and unallocated corporate costs to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and December 31, 2017:

Three Months Ended

March 31

December 31,
2017

2018

2017

(in thousands)

Wood Products

Segment income

$

26,121

$

7,388

$

6,819

Depreciation and amortization

17,544

15,151

17,363

EBITDA

$

43,665

$

22,539

$

24,182

Building Materials Distribution

Segment income

$

32,388

$

19,965

$

22,907

Depreciation and amortization

4,172

3,726

4,012

EBITDA

$

36,560

$

23,691

$

26,919

Corporate

Unallocated corporate expenses

$

(6,705

)

$

(6,228

)

$

(8,035

)

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

(263

)

28

589

Pension expense (excluding service costs)

(244

)

(31

)

(89

)

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps

1,641

295

1,000

Depreciation and amortization

395

467

373

EBITDA

(5,176

)

(5,469

)

(6,162

)

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps

(1,641

)

(295

)

(1,000

)

Corporate adjusted EBITDA

$

(6,817

)

$

(5,764

)

$

(7,162

)

Total company adjusted EBITDA

$

73,408

$

40,466

$

43,939

Investor contact: Wayne Rancourt, 208 384 6073
Media contact: John Sahlberg, 208 384 6451




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