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Q1 2025 Paccar Inc Earnings Call

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Participants

Ken Hastings; Director of Investor Relations; Paccar Inc

R. Feight; Chief Executive Officer, Director; Paccar Inc

Harrie Schippers; President, Chief Financial Officer; Paccar Inc

Chad Dillard; Analyst; AB Bernstein

Jamie Cook; Analyst; Truist Securities

Michael Feniger; Analyst; BofA Securities

Tami Zakaria; Analyst; JP Morgan

Rob Wertheimer; Analyst; Melius Research

Steve Volkmann; Analyst; Jefferies

Steven Fisher; Analyst; UBS

David Raso; Analyst; Evercore ISI Institutional Equities

Angel Castillo Malpica; Analyst; Morgan Stanley

Kyle Menges; Analyst; Citi

Tim Thein; Analyst; Raymond James

Jerry Revich; Analyst; Goldman Sachs

Jeffrey Kauffman; Analyst; Vertical Research Partners

Scott Group; Analyst; Wolfe Research

Presentation

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to PACCAR's first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. (Operator instructions) Today's call is being recorded, and if anyone has an objection, they should disconnect at this time.
I would now like to introduce Mr. Ken Hasting, PACCAR's Director, Investor Relations. Mr. Hastings, please go ahead.

Ken Hastings

Good morning. We would like to welcome those listening by phone and those on the webcast. My name is Ken Hastings, PACCAR's Director of Investor Relations. And joining me this morning are Preston Feight, Chief Executive Officer; Harrie Schippers, President and Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Baney, Executive Vice President; and Brice Poplawski Vice President and Controller.
As with prior conference calls, we ask that any members of the media on the line participate in a listen-only mode. Certain information presented today will be forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect expected results. For additional information, please see our SEC filings at the Investor Relations page of paccar.com.
I would now like to introduce Preston Feight.

R. Feight

Thanks Ken. Good morning, everyone. First, I'd like to congratulate Harrie Schippers on his upcoming retirement after a wonderful 39-year career at PACCAR. We all miss him. And we wish him all the best on the next chapter in his life.
Congratulations to Kevin Baney, our Executive Vice President, who's been responsible for DAF Trucks and will now become responsible for PACCAR Financial Services. Kevin will also work with Ken on Investor Relations. And congratulations to Brice, who has been promoted to PACCAR's Senior Vice President and CFO, reporting directly to me.
I'd like to thank PACCAR's outstanding employees who did an excellent job providing our customers with the highest quality trucks and transportation solutions in the industry. PACCAR achieved good revenues and net income in the first quarter including record revenues at PACCAR Parts, good performance by the truck divisions and strong financial services results. PACCAR achieved revenues of $7.4 billion and adjusted net income of $770 million.
The PACCAR Parts achieved record quarterly revenues of $1.7 billion and quarterly pretax income of $427 million. We're pleased with the continued growth at PACCAR Parts after a record-setting 2024. PACCAR Financial had a very good quarter, achieving pretax income of $121 million to 6% higher than the $114 million in the first quarter of last year. We estimate this year's US and Canadian Class 8 market to be in a range of 235,000 to 265,000 trucks.
The North American truck market is being affected by uncertain economic conditions and the overall impact of new tariffs. In Europe, DAFs premium aerodynamic trucks provide customers with the latest technology and the best operating efficiency. We project the 2025 European above 16-tonne market to be in the range of 270,000 to 300,000 trucks.
This year, South American above 16-tonne truck market where DAF trucks are highly desired by our customers is expected to be in a range of 100,000 to 110,000 vehicles. PACCAR delivered 40,100 trucks during the first quarter, and anticipate delivering 37,000 to 39,000 trucks in the second quarter.
PACCAR's truck parts and other gross margins were 14.8% in the first quarter as economic uncertainties and tariffs began affecting input costs and truck pricing. With the full quarter of current tariff-related impacts, we anticipate second quarter margins could be in a range of 13% to 14%. Margins could improve considerably depending on how the announced truck tariff policy investigation progresses.
In the second half of the year, we anticipate increased customer demand as policy and emissions regulations become more stable. PACCAR's industry-leading trucks, expanding parts business, best-in-class financial services and advanced technology strategy, position the company well for an excellent future. Harrie Schippers will now provide an update on PACCAR Parts, PACCAR Financial Services and other business highlights.
Harrie, over to you one last time.