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CORPORATE PARTICIPANTS
David Chaika Vice President, Treasurer & Investor Relations
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President
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OTHER PARTICIPANTS
Marius Morar Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Stephen Kim Evercore ISI
Matthew Bouley Barclays Capital, Inc.
Michael Jason Rehaut JPMorgan Securities LLC
Michael Wood Nomura Instinet
Susan Maklari Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Michael Dahl RBC Capital Markets LLC
Truman Patterson Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Keith Hughes SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
Kenneth Zener KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Philip Ng Jefferies LLC
Scott Schrier Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Peter T. Galbo Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Adam Baumgarten Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc.
Justin Andrew Speer Zelman Partners LLC
Eric Bosshard Cleveland Research Co. LLC
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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION SECTION
David Chaika Vice President, Treasurer & Investor Relations
GAAP AND NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES ...........................................................................................................................
Our statements will also include non-GAAP financial measures
Our references to operating profit and EPS will be as-adjusted unless otherwise noted
We reconcile these adjusted measurements to GAAP in our earnings release and presentation slides,
which are available on our website under Investor Relations ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
Windows Business
Please turn to slide 4
We experienced a slow start in 2019 as a combination of factors impacted our results
Some of these factors were anticipated, such a sales pull-forward into Q4 2018 and a large ERP
implementation in our Windows business
However, other factors were external and not anticipated, such as inventory rebalancing in certain
Plumbing and Decorative channels and softer end-market demand early in the quarter
Sales Trends
Despite our slow start to the year, we saw sales trends improve in March and believe that markets are
now performing as we expected
For the quarter, excluding the impact of currency and acquisitions, sales decreased 2%
Operating profit decreased $20mm principally due to lower volumes in our Plumbing, Decorative and
Windows segments
o These were partially offset by pricing actions we took across all segments
Our EPS decreased 2% due to the lower operating profit
Plumbing Sales
Turning to our segments, excluding currency, Plumbing sales were flat
Volume decline in North America was the biggest contributor to flat sales as volume was affected by the
sales pull-forward into Q4 of 2018 that we discussed last quarter and lower demand earlier in the quarter
While Plumbing sales worldwide were flat, we did see continued strong performance with our high-end
Brizo brand in the wholesale showroom channel and good growth in Hansgrohe in both China and
Germany, its largest markets
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Spa Business
Watkins, our leading spa business, continued to see good demand for its products and achieved record
first quarter sales
In our Decorative Architectural Products segments, paint volumes were lower in Q1 due to the $20mm of
sales pull-forward into Q4 2018 that we mentioned on our last call, inventory rebalancing and lower end-
market demand
Paint volumes did accelerate in March and this has continued into April
Pro Paint Initiative
We also continue to invest in our pro paint initiative in Q1 by hiring additional employees to sell and
service the professional painter and we expect to continue to gain share in the pro paint market in 2019
Our lighting business was also softer than expected, notably in landscape lighting, which was impacted
by weather in the quarter
Cabinetry
Turning to Cabinetry, sales grew 9% in Q1 with growth in both our repair and remodel business and
strong growth in our new construction business
Our repair and remodel growth was led by our new program with Menards, which we anniversaried in Q1
2019
We’re very pleased with this new business and it is meeting our expectations
Windows Segment
In our Windows segment, sales were down in Q1 as we went live with an ERP system at our largest
window manufacturing facility, which caused us to stop taking orders for about a two-week period as
planned
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o Additionally, our UK business continued to be challenged by softer market conditions for its
products
Capital Allocation
Turning back to Masco overall, we continued our disciplined capital allocation by repurchasing 3.5mm
shares for $122mm during the quarter
SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Before turning the call over to John, let me give you a brief update on our review of strategic alternatives
for our Cabinetry and Windows businesses
We have engaged outside advisers to help us with this evaluation and we are close to completing carve-
out audits of the business units
o We have made good progress and are on track to complete this review as planned by the end of
June and we will update you accordingly ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS .........................................................................................................................................................................................
Sales
As Dave mentioned, most of my comments will focus on adjusted performance, excluding the impact of
rationalization and impairment charges, inventory step-up related to purchase accounting for the Kichler
acquisition and other one-time items
Turning to slide 6, sales decreased 1% on a reported basis, but grew 1% in local currency
Excluding the acquisition of Kichler, sales decreased 4% or 2% in lower currency
Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted our first quarter revenue by approximately $33mm
In local currency, North American sales increased 2% in the quarter, but decreased 3% excluding the
Kichler acquisition
o This performance was due to lower volume in all segments except Cabinetry as we experienced
sales pull-forward into Q4 2018, inventory rebalancing in certain customers and overall softer
demand in January and February
Gross Margin
In local currency, international sales decreased 1% in the quarter, driven by solid growth in China and
Germany, which was more than offset by softness in other smaller regions
Gross margins were 31.4%, down 120BPS, largely due to lower sales volume and the impact of a full
quarter of Kichler
o We expect gross margin to expand in the remaining three quarters of 2019
SG&A
Our SG&A, as a percent of sales, decreased 20BPS to 19.3%, reflecting continued cost control
We reported operating profit of $230mm with operating margins of 12.1%
In the quarter, we booked two impairment charges
The first charge was a write-down of Kichler’s trade name for approximately $9mm
o This was driven by a revised look at our long-term revenue growth forecast incorporating market
softness we experienced late last year and in Q1 this year
The second charge was a write-off of the UK Window Group’s goodwill balance for approximately $7mm
EPS
Our EPS was $0.44 in the quarter, a decline of 2% compared to Q1 2018 due to decreased operating
profit, partially offset by the benefit of a lower share count
Finally, we are reaffirming our annual EPS estimate of $2.60 to $2.80
o This guidance assumes that tariffs remain at the 10% level for the remainder of the year and a
normalized tax rate of 25%
Plumbing Segment
Turning to slide 7, our Plumbing segment sales decreased 3% on a reported basis
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Excluding the impact of currency, sales matched prior year
Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted this segment’s sales by approximately $29mm in the
quarter
North America
Our North American sales decreased 1% in Q1 as this segment’s sales comparisons were impacted by
approximately $20mm of one-time items
On our fourth quarter call, we discussed that approximately $10mm of sales were pulled forward into Q4
2018 from Q1 2019
o Additionally, as you may recall, last year’s first quarter sales benefited from approximately
$10mm of sales that were pulled out of Q2 and into Q1, ahead of Delta’s ERP implementation in
2018
INVENTORY
North American performance was also impacted by inventory rebalancing in the wholesale channel,
softness in our rough plumbing business and overall lower demand early in the quarter
Our international Plumbing sales increased 1% in local currency as Hansgrohe experienced solid growth
in both China and Germany
The segment’s operating profit decline was due to lower volume, which also resulted in inefficiencies
Mix negatively impacted the quarter due to lower inventory levels in the wholesale channel in North
America and the mix shift down in our international markets
Segment Results
Segment results were also impacted by a trade show expense which we discussed on our fourth quarter
earnings call
These were partially offset by favorable pricing actions
For 2019, we continue to expect the Plumbing segment sales growth to be in the 3% to 5% range with
margins similar to 2018
Decorative Architectural Products Segment
Turning to slide 8, the Decorative Architectural Products segment grew 5%
This performance was driven by a low-single digit growth in Behr’s pro paint initiative and our acquisition
of Kichler
Excluding the acquisition, sales declined 7%
As we discussed on our last earnings call, the Decorative segment results were impacted by
approximately $20mm of sales pull-forward into Q4 2018 due to increased year-end customer purchases
to achieve incentives
INVENTORY
In addition, first quarter results were lower than expected due to inventory rebalancing and softer demand
earlier in the quarter
Despite a slow start to the year, Behr did see improved sales trends in March, which have continued into
April
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Liberty Hardware
In addition, Liberty Hardware experienced growth in the quarter with strength in both its retail and e-
commerce channels
Operating income in Q1 declined vs. the prior year due to lower volume, the full quarter impact of Kichler
and the addition of employees servicing pro paint customers, partially offset by reduced spending
For the full-year 2019, we expect the Decorative Architectural segment sales growth will be toward the
lower end of the 4% to 6% range, including the benefit of the Kichler acquisition, and margins to be in the
range of 17% to 18%
Cabinetry Segment
Turning to slide 9, the Cabinetry segment sales increased 9% in the quarter
The strong performance was driven by solid growth in both our repair/remodel and new home
construction businesses through increased volume and favorable price
o Additionally, our performance was supported by our program win at Menards which anniversaried
in Q1 this year
PROFITABILITY
Segment profitability increased in the quarter by $16mm, principally driven by lower spending due to the
ramp-up costs related to the Menards win in Q1 2018, favorable pricing actions, and increased volume
This increase was partially offset by unfavorable mix, resulting from our growth at Menards and the
double-digit growth in our new home construction business
While growth was strong in Q1, we continue to expect sales growth will be between 0% and 3% and
segment margins to be similar to 2018 as comps get tougher now that we’ve anniversaried the Menards
win, particularly in Q2 due to the significant ramp-up at Menards in Q2 of 2018
Windows Segment
Turning to slide 10, our Windows segment sales decreased 16%, and excluding the impact of currency
decreased 14% in the quarter
Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted this segment’s sales by approximately $2mm
o This performance was driven by lower volume, offset by favorable pricing
ERP SYSTEM
As we discussed on our fourth quarter earnings call, Milgard executed on the implementation of an ERP
system in its largest facility during the quarter
And as expected, the plant did not take orders for approximately two weeks which impacted Milgard’s
volume
The implementation went very well and that facility has returned to normal production levels
UK Window Operation
The segment’s performance was also impacted by continued market softness at our UK Window
operation
Segment profitability in the quarter decreased $7mm, driven by lower volume and inefficiencies, partially
offset by favorable pricing actions
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For 2019, we continue to expect sales growth for this segment to be in the 1% to 3% range, excluding
currency, with modest margin improvement
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Liquidity
And turning to slide 11, our balance sheet remains strong with net debt-to-EBITDA at 2 times
And we ended the quarter with approximately $1.2B of balance sheet liquidity
In the quarter, we further improved our liquidity and flexibility by entering into a new five-year credit
agreement, which increased availability from $750mm to $1B
Working Capital and Shareholder Value
Working capital, as a percent of sales, improved 150BPS vs. prior year to 16.5%
For the full year, we expect working capital, as a percent of sales, to be approximately 14% which is
similar to where we ended 2018
Lastly, during the quarter, we continued our focus on shareholder value creation by repurchasing 3.5mm
shares valued at approximately $122mm ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Q1 HIGHLIGHTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Core Repair and Remodel Market
The fundamentals of our business and our core repair and remodel market are healthy
Consumers remain confident, and wages are growing
This increases the consumers’ willingness to invest in their home
Home prices continue to appreciate
o This is highly correlated with repair and remodel spending
The age of the housing stock is increasing, with 15mm owned homes greater than 30 years old
This drives increased remodel spending
Long-Term Growth
And household formations have steadily increased throughout 2018, driven by the millennial demographic
This trend is projected to fuel housing demand for the next decade
We believe these fundamentals are supportive of good, long-term growth
Adjusted EPS
We’re also positive on our current markets
While we had a slow start to the year, we’re encouraged by our recent trends and the acceleration of
demand we saw coming out of the quarter and continuing into April
Given the strong fundamentals, improving market conditions and our ability to execute our plans for 2019,
we reaffirm our expectation to achieve 2019 adjusted EPS in the range of $2.60 to $2.80
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Balance Sheet
With our strong balance sheet and expected full-year 2019 cash flow conversion of over 100%, we intend
to deploy approximately $600mm towards share repurchases for the full year of 2019, consistent with our
balanced capital allocation strategy
With our focus on executing our strategy, coupled with our strong balance sheet and liquidity, we will
continue to create shareholder value
Lastly, please save the date for our planned Investor Day on September 17 in New York City, where we
will update you on our progress towards our previous goals and our long-term strategy ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Marius Morar Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Q The question about rough plumbing, I think over the last six years, when you called out rough plumbing, it was
always a driver of growth. And this time around, you are saying there was softness in rough plumbing. And I was
just wondering if you could give us a little bit more insight into that. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A When you look at our Plumbing segment and you compare where we have particular concentration in new
construction, rough plumbing tends to be a little more skewed towards new construction than repair and
remodeling and that really is a primary driver of some of the softness that we’ve seen. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Marius Morar Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Q All right. Thank you. And then, given the combination of a slow start and the fact that you’re maintaining your full-
year guidance, does that imply that you expect to come at the lower-end or do you anticipate that H2 will make up
for the slow start? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Well, we did expect a slower Q1 due to the pull-ahead that we mentioned in a couple segments, but I would say
that the quarter was a little softer than we expected. We didn’t expect the inventory rebalancing and I would say
that there were others probably a little worse than expected, but we did see things pick up in the back part of the
quarter and into early April here. And it looks like the 25% tariff is coming off the table. So, that could help us with
volume a bit. So, all in, we feel good about our ability to execute and achieve our plans and that’s why we are
reaffirming our range of $2.60 to $2.80. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Stephen Kim Evercore ISI Q So, just want to clarify on the tariff guide. You are now assuming 10% and you said that coating provide a little bit
of a lift, but just wanted to make sure that in your guidance, you are incorporating – a 10% is maintained and
doesn’t go to 25%. Just want to clarify if that is different from what you are assuming last quarter. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yes. So, if you may recall that we assume that it was 25% for the year as we started out the year. So, that’s
correct, Stephen, that we’re assuming that it’s 10% and that 10% stays throughout the year. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Stephen Kim Evercore ISI Q Okay. And you would also assume, I think, that you were going to recover the bulk of that and through pricing
actions, so the EPS impact probably wouldn’t be that meaningful I assume. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Stephen, I should also point out when we assume that we’re going to recover in price, we also assumed because
of those pricing actions and we may have some reduced volume as a result of those pricing actions. So, just
make sure you’re clear on that. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Stephen Kim Evercore ISI Q Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Thanks for that clarification. On Kichler, you talked about landscaping or lighting being
impacted by weather in the quarter. We also know there are obviously some other issues there at Kichler. So, my
question overall is can you give us a sense for how much of the Kichler sales decline you thought was impacted
by weather and how much was related to other issues? And when do we think we can see sales grow on a y-
over-y basis in Kichler? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A We’re off plan a little bit on the revenue side with Kichler. We’ve took a fresh look at our long-term revenue
forecast and we have seen some softness in the lighting market overall going back to let’s say the last quarter,
quarter and a half of 2018 and that softness has continued into the early part here in 2019, as I mentioned,
probably some weather-related due to landscaping, but also we believe that the industry is digesting the impact of
tariff pricing and we need to get through that.
This industry is more of an impact from tariff as a proportion than most of our other segments for sure. We’re also
applying more discipline to our pricing as it relates to retail and wholesale programs. This is consistent with how
we run our other businesses and we think that’s – has an impact on the overall revenue in this business.
In terms, Stephen, specifically of growth in 2019, we’ll be challenged to achieve growth in 2019 at Kichler due to
the slow start to the year and, as I mentioned, our discipline around pricing in both retail and wholesale programs.
And with that impact on tariff, that will be a factor as well. We are confident that as we get through this rough start
to 2019 that lighting will grow in a similar trajectory to repair and remodel over the long term and we’re working on
some exciting new programs to get after that, but term specific at 2019, growth can be challenged in Kichler. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yes. Stephen, what I would supplement Keith’s comments with is on the operational side, I think we made some
good improvement there and there’re some further opportunities for us to go after by implementing by our Masco
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Operating System. So, if I may, from a bottom line perspective, we see a good opportunity there too to continue to
improve that business. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Matthew Bouley Barclays Capital, Inc. Q I wanted to ask about the strategic review kind of understanding there’s different potential outcomes there. How
would you guys think about capital deployment upon completion of these transactions? Is the expectation that you
may buy back additional stock or are there, I guess, acquisitions that might be closer to the vest in paint or
plumbing? Just kind of any thoughts there. Thank you. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. In terms of use of proceeds, if we go in that direction, we really do not see a change in the capital allocation
strategy that we’ve articulated and consistently executed against. That being consistent with regards to funding
our business. We would use – we’ve talked about the $600mm of share buyback in 2019. We certainly are
continuing to look at acquisitions. We have a solid and strong pipeline that we’re continuing to evaluate. But as
I’ve said consistently, we’ll be patient as it relates to acquisitions to ensure that we’re deploying capital to
businesses that have the right strategic fit and can give us the right return. So, no real change to our capital
allocation strategy. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Matthew, maybe to give you a little bit more clarity, we will probably focus a little bit more on share repurchase
activity if we were go to the sale route, acknowledging the fact that our balance sheet is in good shape now. So, if
an acquisition were to come along, we could use our balance sheet to help fund any acquisition that were to come
along. So, we wouldn’t be afraid to deploy a little bit of those – a fair amount of those proceeds if that’s where it
goes to share repurchase activity. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Matthew Bouley Barclays Capital, Inc. Q Okay. I appreciate that detail. And then, secondly, just back to Decorative, you mentioned that trends around
sales pace accelerating in March and April in paint, but you changed the revenue guidance slightly. So, is that
simply just as you mentioned the slower expectations around Kichler or is that just a reflection of Q1 results? I
guess ultimately is the expectation that sales growth Q2 to Q4 is going to be a bit slower than what we had
previously envisioned? Thank you. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. In terms of the segment growth, I would say that probably it comes down to the two factors as you
mentioned. One, the Kichler revenue was a little bit softer here in the first part of the year. And then also, we had
a little bit softer first part of the year in our other businesses in that segment. And so, that’s why we’re kind of
guiding down to that – the lower-end of that range here for 2019. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Michael Jason Rehaut JPMorgan Securities LLC Q
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First question I had was on the improvement in trends that you saw during the year. You said that you started off
the year a little softer due to weather and then, March kind of more met your expectations. I was wondering if you
could give us a sense specifically by month how the sales progressed on a growth basis. How bad was it in
January, February and what type of rate did you finish the last month of the quarter? And so far in April, are you
seeing similar to March or perhaps a little stronger? Any color on the progression would be helpful. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Mike, first to reset, just keep in mind, as you know, that Q1 is our smallest and most volatile quarter, often
impacted by weather and sometimes the timing of purchasing from the prior year-end, et cetera. So, we’re
encouraged by the turn in the trends that we saw in March. Volumes picked up noticeably for many of our
products, including plumbing and paint. We’re seeing a strong backlog and reports from the field for example in
our spa business, which we think is a great barometer for consumer spending. So, that’s going very well.
So, along with the macro fundamentals and what we’re actually seeing in terms of orders and backlogs, we’re
also hearing anecdotal evidence from our customers and channel partners that the consumer is healthy, that
there’s spots of very good traffic in fact. And we’re positive for the remainder of the year and feel that we’re well
set up for the $2.60 to $2.80 guidance that we’ve given. In terms of specific month-by-month breakdowns, I’ll
steer away from that, but just tell you that we’ve seen at the end of the quarter a nice pickup. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Michael Jason Rehaut JPMorgan Securities LLC Q No, that’s helpful, Keith. I appreciate that color. I guess, secondly, appreciate the transparency on Kichler and
obviously, there’s sometimes growing pains and seems like you’re doing a few things that are impacting the
performance this year. I just wanted to get a sense and kind of recognize perhaps you’ll have a great and more
detailed review at the Analyst Day, but ahead of that, just trying to get a sense of what landscape lighting
represents as a percent of the overall sales, number one.
And number two, in terms of some of the proactive actions that you’re taking from a pricing discipline standpoint
and I assume that’s perhaps also you’re reducing lower-margin SKUs or customers perhaps, what that might do
to the overall margin profile of the business over the next year or two to the extent that you’re able to fully
implement that shift? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A So, when you look at the mix of Kichler’s business, decorative interior fixtures is a important large chunk of it. But
landscape lighting is also a big portion of the business and important to us and one that we do very well when you
go out and do channel checks and talk to the market. Kichler landscape lighting specifically is very strong with
regards to the product and the service and durability, et cetera. So it’s important part of the business and we do
well with it. And when you have some tough weather, that can affect it.
In terms of what we’re doing and how we’re driving this business, it’s pretty consistent with how we’ve driven our
other businesses with regards to the Masco Operating System where we focus on quality of earnings and getting
businesses better and align from a process and execution perspective before we focus on getting them bigger. So
that get better before we get bigger is a common mantra that we drive and that involves applying 80/20 disciplines
to our product assortment and to our customers, et cetera.
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So I think that coupled with, as John mentioned, we’re exceeding our expectations as it relates to some of the
cost-out and productivity and synergies that we’re driving. So this is more of a top line issue than a cash flow or
bottom line and return issue. So we would expect as we drive both cost improvements on the procurement and on
the logistics and some of those basics, as well as sharpening our pencil on programs that we’d expect ultimately
that we’d continue to drive margin improvement in the business. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Michael Wood Nomura Instinet Q First, just wanted to ask about, with the Decorative sales being pointed to the low-end of the range, does that
have an impact on where within the profit guidance, 17%-18% range, we’d fall? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A No, Mike. Doesn’t really have an impact at all on that. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Michael Wood Nomura Instinet Q Okay. And then, I wanted to ask about the inventory rebalancing that was unanticipated. Can you quantify that at
all in paint and plumbing? And is the March-April strength being helped by a restocking or has that not occurred? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A So, Mike, in terms of the destocking, no, we probably won’t go into the details of quantifying on those measures
on either segment. In terms of are we seeing changes going prospectively, as you might imagine, going into the
spring selling season, things are starting to pick up. Keith alluded to the fact that we saw things get better in the
tail-end of the quarter. And so, we may see a little bit of that coming back here as we start off Q2, and we’re still
working our way through all that. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A I would tell you, Mike, that our sell-through to the consumer, if you will, the POS is stronger than our sell-in to our
customers. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. And I’d also point out, Mike, I think an element of the destocking particularly in Plumbing is due to our
exceptional service levels with our customers. And I think that they’re able to perhaps hold a little bit less
inventory. So this may be a little bit of a one-time item in terms of that because of the strength of our service
capability. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Susan Maklari Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Q Thank you. My first question is just around the raw material side of things. Can you give us some color on what
you’ve seen in terms of inflation and any thoughts on how that may trend as we look to the remainder of the year? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Susan, some of our commodities have moderated y-over-y, but are up sequentially, if you will. So if we kind of
take it – walk through a couple of the commodities, the big ones, copper and zinc, in Plumbing, that started to
moderate, I would say, in the back half of 2018 and are down, call it, 10% to 20% y-over-y in Q1. But zinc in
particular has bounced back. So probably a modest net benefit for the full year on those commodities.
In terms of TiO2 and resin, they’re both still up y-over-y. TiO2 seems to have stabilized. However, we’re still
seeing pressure on resins and, obviously, oil prices are very volatile. So we’re continuing to keep an eye on that.
So not really a benefit for the year.
In cabinets, plywood distribution and logistics, they remain elevated, but I would say they’ve moderated a bit. So
while some inputs have moderated, others remain elevated and increasing on a y-over-y basis. So we’re really
not anticipating much of a net benefit or tailwind from deflation in 2019. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Susan Maklari Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Q Okay. And then, within the Plumbing segment you noted that there was some impact from a negative mix shift.
And that’s actually an area of the business where we’ve been seeing more of a positive mix come through over
the last few quarters. Can you just talk to that shift? And, I guess, how have you seen things as we had exited the
quarter with the demand improving? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. I think the large driver for sure over the mix shift was the inventory rebalancing at one of our wholesale
customers. So when that happens and we have a influx, if you will, of wholesale orders – excuse me, when the
wholesale orders reduce, then that, as a mix, makes the retail orders a greater percentage; and wholesale tends
to be a better mix for us. So that’s a real driver for us. So we see that improving as we go forward. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Michael Dahl RBC Capital Markets LLC Q Keith and John, just a follow-up on Decorative. If I look at the kind of implied sales progression to get to the lower-
end of the range for the full year, particularly given Kichler is a bit weak, it implies that the core paint business
ramps up to back up to more mid-single digit growth potentially a bit better. So I just wanted to ask kind of is that
the level of rebound that you’ve seen already occur into April or is there more wood to chop in terms of getting
that acceleration and anything specific in terms of programs we should be thinking about there? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. I’d say it’ a little bit of a combination, but you’ve got the numbers down. You’re right on how we’re thinking
about it. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Okay. I guess as my follow-up, in terms of the split between PRO and DIY, it seems obviously DIY may be more
impacted by the inventory issue. But just any color you can give us on expected relative growth rates for PRO and
DIY implied by your full-year guidance? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Well, I think we’re expecting the DIY market to be flattish, maybe even to slightly down in 2019 and that’s the
majority of our sales. There’s a little bit of – as we talked about softer market conditions that we’re experiencing,
that will have a impact on the full year. The inventory rebalancing certainly is a piece of that.
We continue to be bullish on our PRO business. We continue to invest in that. We talked about the accelerated
investments that we have in this quarter and the fact that we’re not going to really anniversary our incremental
investments in 2018 until Q3. So, we continue to think that that growth will be... ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. The PRO side, yeah, it should be kind of high-single digits. It’s kind of the way we’re viewing it here in
2019, Mike, and, yeah, and kind of low-single digits for the DIY side of the business. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Truman Patterson Wells Fargo Securities LLC Q Just wanted to touch on architectural paint side of the business. A couple of your competitors produced up first
quarter revenues, which might imply a little bit of at least near-term share loss at Behr. I guess, do you think that
this is actually happening? And if not, could you guys just elaborate a little bit on it? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A I think you have to pull-out the pull-forward when you do that. I think we’re hanging right in there to holding our
share to maybe gain a little bit. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. And the inventory rebalancing that was affected in the paint business as well in Q1, Truman. If you take a
look at those two factors, we don’t think we’re losing any share. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Truman Patterson Wells Fargo Securities LLC Q Okay. Okay. Thanks, guys. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. And I would tell you, Truman, that sell-through is probably better than sell-in in the quarter. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Truman Patterson Wells Fargo Securities LLC Q Okay. Okay. And no SKU also or anything within the retailer?
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John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A No. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Truman Patterson Wells Fargo Securities LLC Q Okay. Okay. Also, on the Decorative Architectural side, op margins declined and missed your guidance by a little
bit. Was this more driven by paint decrementals from the weak volumes or from Kichler and the tariff impact on
the margins? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A I’d say it was – had to do more with the volumes – lower volumes on the paint side of the business as well as –
this was our Q1 Kichler – the full quarter of Kichler and it’s a seasonally weaker quarter for them. So, that was a
pretty significant impact on lower margins here in Q1 as well. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A And also, we had incremental investment for the PRO. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A That’s good point. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A So, that’s a factor. So, I think if you look at – I won’t specifically quantify, but I think the volume was a main driver
simply – certainly a full quarter of Kichler and the fact that this is a lower quarter for Kichler and then incremental
investments. D&A was up a little bit with the full-year acquisition, amortization, but I think those first three are the
main drivers. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith Hughes SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. Q I guess two questions. One, on the inventory rebalancing, do you feel like here in April that that’s completed for
both plumbing and paint? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A I think so. Yeah. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith Hughes SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. Q Okay. And then, second question within paint is the DIY market for you is affected – excuse me, is the PRO
market for you is affected by weather as we see some of your other competitors start with the PRO? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A I think I don’t want to talk about our competitors, but I think it’s pretty similar. Our PRO volume tends to be skewed
a little bit more towards exterior. And so, that would be affected by the weather. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Kenneth Zener KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. Q John, could you talk about the earnings weighting in H1 vs. H2 just to give us kind of a sense of how much
momentum we could expect compared to prior years? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Sure, Ken. I mean as we said on our fourth quarter call, we thought Q1 is going to be a little bit softer partially due
to the sales pull-forward that we called out on the earnings call and partially due to the – we knew that Q1 Kichler
is a seasonally weaker quarter. So, we kind of had expected that going into the beginning of the year. Keith
mentioned a couple things that were unanticipated.
That said, as we see the progression for the next three quarters, I’d say it’s going to be just a steady progression
from here. I think Q2, you recall, we had some good strength in a couple of our businesses, partially due to the
fact that we launched the Menards program really in earnest in Q2 of last year. So, we saw some good growth in
that business.
So, I think it would be a steady ramp from here with arguably H2 being better than H1 is the way we’re seeing
things play out here. If you just take a look at the comps that we have against 2018, I think that is probably a good
indicator of how you should see the balance of the year play out. So, that’s kind of the way we’re thinking about it
now, Ken. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Kenneth Zener KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. Q Thank you. And if you could comment on the, I know it’s small, but the UK Window business. Thank you very
much. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Sure. As you might expect, the UK Window business, to your point, is relatively small and no surprise that there’s
pockets of weakness and softness over in the UK in advance of Brexit, but we are seeing there is that – new
home construction over there, which we play a little bit in, was up very low-single digits, but the remodeling
market was down fairly significantly call it mid-single digits in Q1. And so, that really impacted our business there
pretty significantly, no surprise. But, as Keith mentioned, the progress we’re making on evaluating these
businesses is continuing and we look forward to talking to everyone or making everyone aware once our decision
is complete. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Post your strategic decision on Windows and cabinets, certainly you’ll be a more focused company, what type of
impact do you anticipate it would have with negotiations with your customers and suppliers giving you reduced
scales in any potential dis-synergies we should be thinking of? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Our strength or our importance to our customers is really driven by what we bring with brand service and
innovation primarily across that core part of our business in paint and plumbing. So, we don’t anticipate any
significant change in our customer relationships across our paint, plumbing, hardware businesses should we
choose to go a divestiture out with these businesses. I think there, our relationship, as I said, is driven by the
things we do well and it’s something that we earn. We don’t anticipate any degradation to that based on a
potential sale. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Philip Ng Jefferies LLC Q Okay. That’s really helpful color. And then, on Plumbing, it was a little weaker. You obviously had some noise with
pull-forward, but with new construction still pretty soft to start the year from a starters perspective and potentially
impacting your rough plumbing business, will that be a potentially bigger drag in Q2 or you’ve seen enough in
terms of orders and trends where you feel pretty good that orders – I mean volumes in that Plumbing business will
kind of bounce back in that mid-single-digit range? Thanks. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. We don’t anticipate it being a bigger drag going forward. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Scott Schrier Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Q I wanted to ask if there’s any update to how you’re thinking about tariffs and I know you were kind of reevaluating
whether or not you are going to look into supply chain changes or anything. So, I know it’s kind of a moving target,
but any color you can give from that funnel would be helpful. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A I think probably the most relevant update is how we’re thinking about it in terms of the probability of the 25%. So,
we, as I mentioned, came into the year with our base plan assuming that the 25% was going to go into effect. And
our assessment now is that it won’t. We believe that the 10% will stick, but its variable.
In terms of update of what we’ve been able to accomplish, it’s a combination in some cases of moving product out
of China into a different supply chain. In other cases, it’s working with our Chinese suppliers on value engineering
and cost reduction and some cost sharing. And what we haven’t been able to recover, we’ve been effective in
going out and getting price.
So, I think the update is we don’t believe that 25% – we don’t think that 25% is going to happen and we do think
that 10% is going to stick. We believe that it is extremely variable and we need to be fleet of foot with regards to
supply chain cost-out and pricing and with – the other part of the update would be that we’ve been pretty
successful from my assessment in doing those three things up to this point. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Scott Schrier Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Q Thanks for that. So, for my follow-up, I wanted to ask a little bit about – for the strategic review, if that does go to
the divestment route and you’re talking about, well, buybacks seem to be the priority for capital allocation or
internal investment, but if you were to look in the external opportunities, you talked about your pipeline, how
attractive are these opportunities? Are seller expectations on multiples elevated? Does it make sense when
you’re arguably later in the cycle? So, just wanted to see how things are looking from the M&A perspective. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. I think when we think about these strategic alternatives, I think it is good to reset the key drivers of why
we’re doing this. And I’ve been in the seat here as CEO for five years and when we came in with the new team,
we really – we committed to doing three things. One was driving the full potential of our business through the
installation of a common operating system. Two was to drive leverage across our businesses, of course in supply
chain and procurement, but more importantly from my perspective in processes and people. And then, thirdly, to
improve our portfolio to make it more R&R focused, less cyclical, higher margin, more dependable, because we
felt that was good for the shareholders and would add value.
And we began in earnest right away when I came on board to do that with the spin-off of our services business
and that has been very successful for the shareholders. If you look at their market cap now and our total, that was
good for the shareholders. We also said with regards to the portfolio that we felt the best avenue for creating
shareholder value was to fix our cabinet and Windows businesses and we’ve done that. So, this is a natural
progression of what we’ve set out as our strategy to continually improve our portfolio to drive shareholder value as
it relates to reduced cyclicality and more repeatability and higher margin.
So, while it’s – I know your question was directly related at use of proceeds, I think more fundamentally, this
strategic alternative assessment is really focused on creating shareholder value and continue with the track
record that we have of doing that.
Now, with regards to the attractiveness in our pipeline, we really haven’t seen too much of a significant change in
valuation and expectations on the sellers, and that doesn’t slow us down. We continue to cultivate, we continue to
work for opportunities, and we have a very robust pipeline and some exciting opportunities.
But we’re going to be patient and we’re going to ensure that the targets we’re looking at are strategically right for
us, and that we believe fully that we can earn the return that we expect to earn when we make an investment. It
doesn’t feel to me that valuations have, as of yet, really loosened up. It’s a bit of a slow start in the quarter, and
they’re not particularly interested in selling off of a bad quarter. They want to sell off of a momentum. So it’s a
volatile period if you put yourself in the seat of a seller and we really haven’t seen that much change in terms of
expected valuations. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A And, Scott, maybe just one another piece of information because we get this question quite a bit, much more
tactical than Keith’s answer, is the tax basis of these businesses. And just for everyone’s benefit, tax basis of this
group, the three businesses collectively is about $300mm. So I think that helps frame things for people as they
think about, if we go to the sale route, the expected net proceeds from those businesses. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Peter T. Galbo Bank of America Merrill Lynch Q John, maybe you can just elaborate a little bit on the double-digit growth in cabinets, new construction that you
guys saw in the quarter. I mean is that mostly just load-in on the Menards side or what kind of drove that given the
flattish new construction environment in Q1? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. So I think it doesn’t necessarily relate to the Menards business because that’s R&R. It had to do with the
fact that you may recall over the course of really 2015 through 2017, we pulled back on a lot of our new
construction business because it was less than profitable. So we saw some growth here in Q1. It’s really off of a
relatively easy comp compared to Q1 2018. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Peter T. Galbo Bank of America Merrill Lynch Q Got it. Okay. And maybe just one more on the strategic review and if you’re willing to comment at all. I mean kind
of what level of the inbound interest have you guys received since kind of putting these two businesses out there
as potential divestiture candidates? Anything you’re willing to comment on there. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Very good. These are attractive businesses that have leading brands in their categories, good strong cash flow.
We’ve done a good job with putting in good teams of leaders in these businesses and we’ve improved them
tremendously, but there are still improvements to go. So these are good businesses, real solid market share,
brands, innovation pipelines, et cetera. So we’re seeing very healthy interest. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Adam Baumgarten Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. Q Just quickly on Plumbing, you guys mentioned wholesale destocking, can you talk about the trends you saw in
U.S. retail? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A In terms of destocking? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Adam Baumgarten Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. Q No. In Plumbing, what kind of sales trends you saw in U.S. retail? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. Our retail business was okay kind of January-February, where we’re a little soft, but again similar to the
trends we saw in the overall market; saw some pickup as we went into margin the first part of April. So it’s not
inconsistent with what we saw across our broader portfolio of businesses. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Adam Baumgarten Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. Q Got it. And then, just on cabinets, I mean you haven’t changed the guide there even with the kind of strong start to
Q1. I know that kind of ex-Menards, you’re kind of implying slightly down volumes. And I think part of that at least
last quarter was handicapping for some of the tariffs that were potentially going to come through. Is it safe to
assume, given your more benign look on tariffs, that the kind of underlying ex-Menards cabinets’ growth outlook is
a little bit better? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A Yeah. I’d say it might just be slightly better at about – I wouldn’t say it’s materially better than what we were
thinking about in the beginning of the year. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Justin Andrew Speer Zelman Partners LLC Q Wanted to take the question back to Kichler and thinking about just if you could take us back down memory lane
on what – if you could remind us what you were thinking about the opportunity with that business when you
bought it vs. maybe the reality of what it is today. Now that you’re expressing this, I guess more negative tone
with the impairment, the weakness in the underlying markets, but I want to understand what the right annualized
revenue and margin profile for that business is now going forward, now that you have it in your hands for over a
year. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A The underlying thesis when we looked at it and we ultimately ended up acquiring it was that it was a large market
with fragmented competition that had demonstrated growth at or slightly above the base R&R market, and it
demonstrated an ability to get price commensurate with commodities.
So what we saw in this business was an opportunity to apply some of our operating system techniques to take
cost out, that if we could go in and apply and work with them as it relates to demand generation through influencer
advocacy and that we could learn from them on how to more quickly identify consumer trends.
There’s also an opportunity that we saw and we are taking advantage of as it relates to supply chain and new
product development processes to shorten that cycle. So as we get in here and look what those fundamental
underlying premises as we know, but know the business better, have not changed.
What’s changed and what we didn’t anticipate was tariffs. And this business is, for the most part, procured in
China. And so, there’s issues associated with the pricing and elasticity that we’re working to better understand.
But fundamentally, what we’ve learned about the presence in the market, the presence in the channels and how
they’re appreciated with the distribution is unchanged and we’re going to continue to drive it. We still feel good
about it. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. Justin, I want to make certain – we’ve got greater clarity for everyone on is sensitivity of that trade name
calculation to small movements in top line. I’ll get into some granularity here, but because it’s – the trade name is
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based off of the projected revenue of the business, so when you value assets for doing purchase price allocation,
you don’t have a lot of room to move particularly on the trade name, before you may be in an impaired situation.
And so, slight movements in top line projections can put you in such a position. So, I don’t want you to walk away
from the conversation that we are particularly troubled by what’s taken place at Kichler. It’s just the very sensitive
nature of the calculation that’s caused this impairment. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Justin Andrew Speer Zelman Partners LLC Q So, I guess a follow-up on that, number one, was there any lost market share associated with this, because that
was my understanding that most of your competitors were also kind of similarly sourced or at least the supply
chains were similarly arranged? And then, secondly, with the tariff, potentially the prospect of that coming off,
does that potentially just flip the script back to what you’re originally thinking or is there something maybe larger
underneath or maybe a loss share or something that took place maybe more difficult to get back even with tariffs
that this is being be removed? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
John G. Sznewajs Chief Financial Officer & Vice President A Yeah. So, we don’t – and it’s probably a little bit early to tell, whether we loss share. We don’t think we’ve lost any
share, but we’re still – when you’re up against a bunch of private competitors, it’s always tough to determine
share positions on a short-term basis. And so – but at this stage, we don’t think we’ve lost any meaningful share
anyplace. So, that does not impact it.
In terms of that the tariffs are coming off, does that change our thinking longer term? Yeah, it could. We’ve got to
see that come through. But in terms of what we’ve done, we had to go would kind of facts and circumstances as
we know them today. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Eric Bosshard Cleveland Research Co. LLC Q Just a follow-up on Kichler. I understand the disruption of the tariffs and of weather, but in terms of the ultimate
destination with this business, the targets that you bought it in terms of your market share and the margin
opportunity, do you feel different now than you did a year ago when you bought the business? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Keith J. Allman President, Chief Executive Officer & Director A No. We don’t. We think that this business is going to grow at or slightly above the overall repair and remodel
market and we’re driving towards the continued margin improvements. We’re over performing our plan and we’re
doing better than I expected as it relates to some of the cost-outs that we’re driving. So, as John mentioned, with
the accounting calculations for trade name, it’s hypersensitive to revenue, but there wasn’t a goodwill write-down
that we took here or write-downs associated with the cash flow. So, that’s more of the issue.
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