Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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Investor call scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time

MILWAUKEE, October 29, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (NYSE:ZWS):

Third Quarter Highlights

  • Net sales in the quarter were $410 million compared with $398 million in last year’s September quarter (+3% core sales(1), inclusive of a 100 basis point impact from the planned exit of certain residential sink products).

  • Net income from continuing operations was $44 million (diluted EPS from continuing operations of $0.25) compared with net income from continuing operations of $35 million (diluted EPS from continuing operations of $0.20) in the year-ago quarter.

  • Adjusted EPS(1) was $0.34 compared with $0.29 in the year-ago quarter.

  • Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $105 million (25.6% of net sales) compared with $96 million (24.1% of net sales) in last year's third quarter.

  • Net debt leverage(1) of 0.8x as of September 30, 2024.

  • Increased quarterly dividend per share 13% to $0.09 per share.

  • Deployed $50 million to repurchase 1.6 million shares of common stock in the quarter.

Todd A. Adams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We delivered a solid quarter as both sales and margins exceeded the guidance we provided 90 days ago. Despite pockets of challenging end markets, our third quarter pro forma core sales(1) growth was 4% and adjusted EBITDA margins(1) grew by 150 basis points year over year to 25.6%. Free cash flow(1) continues to be exceptional as we generated $87 million of free cash flow(1) in the third quarter bringing our year to date total to $217 million. We continue to leverage our robust cash flow to invest in our business and return capital to shareholders as we cultivate the right M&A opportunities. In the quarter we deployed an additional $50 million of capital to repurchase 1.6 million shares, while increasing our quarterly dividend by 13% and reducing our net debt leverage(1) to an all-time low of 0.8x."

Adams continued, "The third quarter marks the two-year anniversary of the Elkay transaction and the combined business is executing at a high level, with the 25.6% consolidated EBITDA margin representing the highest consolidated margins since the combination. We continue to leverage the Zurn Elkay Business System day in and day out throughout our business to drive world-class performance and continuous improvement across the organization."

Fourth Quarter Outlook

"Based on demand trends as we exited the third quarter and the month of October, we believe core(1) net sales for the fourth quarter will be up low single digits and adjusted EBITDA(1) will be between $88 million and $90 million. This brings the full year adjusted EBITDA(1) to approximately $387 million to $389 million, which results in us again raising our expected full year adjusted EBITDA margin(1) expansion to 250 to 270 basis points (previous guidance was 200 to 250). Finally, we are also increasing our full year outlook for free cash flow(1) to approximately $260 million."