Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:REZI) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

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Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:REZI) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript February 15, 2023

Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, at this time I would like to welcome everyone to the Resideo Technologies Fourth Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. All participants will be in a listen-only mode until the formal question-and-answer portion of the call. It is now my pleasure to turn today's call over to Mr. Jason Willey, Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Willey, please go ahead, sir.

Jason Willey: Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining us for Resideo's fourth quarter 2022 earnings call. On today's call will be Jay Geldmacher, Resideo's Chief Executive Officer; and Tony Trunzo, our Chief Financial Officer. A copy of our earnings release and related presentation materials are available on the Investor Relations page of our website at investors.resideo.com. We would like to remind you that this afternoon's presentation contains forward-looking statements. Statements other than historical facts made during the call may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time-to-time in Resideo's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance on our annual report on Form 10-K and other SEC filings. With that, I will now turn the call over to Jay.

Jay Geldmacher: Thank you, Jason, and good afternoon, everyone. 2022 was a year of historic market, geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions. We navigate these challenges to deliver record full-year revenue and operating income. However, business conditions around our residential end markets softened as 2022 progressed. Given this, we've taken actions to reduce cost and ensure we are both protecting near-term profitability and positioning the business for long-term success. While the macro conditions remain dynamic, we believe our OEM and distribution customers have made substantial progress in rightsizing their inventories. We expect Q1 will mark the low point in terms of destocking impacts and we expect to build from that base as 2023 progresses.

We expect that cost actions and improving customer inventory situation, coupled with growing momentum in new product activity and products and solutions, will position us for improved financial performance as 2023 progresses. Late in the year, we respond to the evolving market conditions by taking action to reduce costs and initiate manufacturing optimization work. This includes action that are expected to result in an approximate 5% decrease in Resideo's global workforce. These measures will further focus resources on advancing strategic initiatives and better positioning Resideo to scale with future growth. We are working aggressively to ensure the business is sized and focused appropriately to deliver strong profitability and cash flow. For 2022, Products and Solutions delivered record revenue up 13% year-over-year as we added First Alert and drove strong price realization across the portfolio.