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Boise Cascade Company Reports 2017 Third Quarter Net Income of $31.7 Million on Sales of $1.23 Billion

10/31/17

BOISE, Idaho - Boise Cascade Company ("Boise Cascade," the "Company," "we," or "our") (NYSE:BCC) today reported net income of $31.7 million, or $0.81 per share, on sales of $1.23 billion for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017. Third quarter 2016 net income of $10.0 million, or $0.26 per share, included a $9.5 million pre-tax loss on debt extinguishment, or a $0.15 per share after-tax impact.  

Third Quarter 2017 Highlights

  3Q 2017   3Q 2016   % change
           
  (thousands, except per-share data and percentages)
           
Consolidated Results          
Sales $ 1,226,644     $ 1,067,214     15 %
Net income 31,661     9,981     217 %
Net income per common share - diluted 0.81     0.26     212 %
Adjusted EBITDA1 75,784     50,726     49 %
           
Segment Results          
Wood Products sales $ 366,920     $ 340,928     8 %
Wood Products income 24,027     11,564     108 %
Wood Products EBITDA1 39,364     27,189     45 %
           
Building Materials Distribution sales 1,045,646     889,026     18 %
Building Materials Distribution income 39,379     26,415     49 %
Building Materials Distribution EBITDA1 43,289     29,929     45 %

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

            "Distribution posted an exceptional quarter, with excellent execution and tailwinds from a strong commodity price environment. Improved results in Wood Products were driven by strong plywood prices and the impact of previously announced EWP price increases. The catastrophic storms in the southern U.S. created incremental plywood demand, and our sales and operations teams did a great job of responding to customer needs," commented Tom Corrick, CEO. "We expect to experience seasonally slower demand in the fourth quarter, and commodity pricing will be subject to downside risks. We remain well positioned to support single-family housing starts growth that continues to post solid year-over-year gains."

            In third quarter 2017, total U.S. housing starts increased by approximately 1% compared to the same period last year, driven by an approximate 11% increase in single-family starts, offset by an approximate 18% decrease in multi-family starts. Single-family residential construction is the primary demand driver of our sales. On a year-to-date basis, total U.S. housing starts improved 3% compared to the same period last year, driven by an approximate 9% increase in single-family starts.

Wood Products

            Wood Products sales, including sales to Building Materials Distribution (BMD), increased $26.0 million, or 8%, to $366.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $340.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in sales was driven primarily by higher plywood sales prices and volumes, as well as higher sales prices for I-joists and LVL (collectively EWP). In addition, increased lumber sales prices contributed to the increase in sales. These increases were offset by decreases in EWP sales volumes.

            Wood Products segment income increased $12.5 million to $24.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $11.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in segment income was due primarily to higher sales prices of plywood, EWP, and lumber, offset partially by higher OSB costs used in the manufacture of I-joists.

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

    3Q 2017 vs. 3Q 2016   3Q 2017 vs. 2Q 2017
         
 Average Net Selling Prices        
  LVL   4%   3%
  I-joists   5%   6%
  Plywood   13%   8%
Lumber   15%   1%
 Sales Volumes        
  LVL   (7)%   (12)%
  I-joists   (8)%   (12)%
  Plywood   5%   10%
Lumber   (4)%   3%

Building Materials Distribution

            BMD sales increased $156.6 million, or 18%, to $1,045.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $889.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Compared with the same quarter in the prior year, the overall increase in sales was driven by sales price and sales volume increases of 10% and 8%, respectively. By product line, commodity sales increased 21%; general line product sales increased 14%; and sales of EWP (substantially all of which are sourced through our Wood Products segment) increased 16%.

            BMD segment income increased $13.0 million to $39.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $26.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The improvement in segment income was driven primarily by a gross margin increase of $22.3 million generated from a sales increase of 18%, offset partially by increased selling and distribution expenses of $7.6 million.

Balance Sheet

            Boise Cascade ended the third quarter with $172.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and $393.6 million of undrawn committed bank line availability, for total available liquidity of $565.8 million. The Company had $438.0 million of outstanding debt at September 30, 2017. With our sound financial position, we continue to review organic growth and acquisition opportunities, along with ongoing evaluation of alternatives to return cash to our shareholders.

Outlook

            We expect to experience seasonally slower demand in fourth quarter 2017. On an annual basis, total housing starts in the U.S. continue to show modest improvement, with single-family starts growth offsetting weakness in multi-family starts in 2017. We remain optimistic that the improvement in demand for our products will continue as household formation rates and residential construction recover and we will continue to manage our production levels to our sales demand. As in past years, we plan to take scheduled capital and maintenance-related downtime at certain plywood facilities during the fourth quarter.

            Future commodity product pricing could be volatile in response to industry operating rates, net import and export activity, the North American softwood lumber trade dispute, inventory levels in our 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 also expect to begin depreciation on approximately $45 million of veneer and LVL related assets at our Roxboro, North Carolina EWP facility in the fourth quarter as we make further progress on start-up activities.

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 Tuesday, October 31, at 11 a.m. Eastern, to review the Company's third 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 1613314, 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 Tuesday, October 31, at 2 p.m. Eastern through Tuesday, November 7, at 1 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 1613314.

Basis of Presentation

            As of January 1, 2017, we operate our business using two reportable segments: Wood Products and Building Materials Distribution. Prior to January 1, 2017, we operated our business using three reportable segments: Wood Products, Building Materials Distribution, and Corporate and Other. This change is based on Corporate and Other no longer earning revenue as of January 1, 2017 and thus no longer meeting the definition of a reportable segment. Corporate and Other results are now presented as reconciling items to arrive at total net sales and operating income. Corresponding information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 has been revised to conform with current 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, 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

(unaudited, in thousands, except per-share data)

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
                   
Sales $ 1,226,644     $ 1,067,214     $ 1,138,939     $ 3,340,026     $ 2,991,682  
                   
Costs and expenses                  
Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation) 1,045,772     922,101     980,226     2,872,765     2,586,360  
Depreciation and amortization 19,686     19,459     19,601     58,631     53,249  
Selling and distribution expenses 87,564     80,026     82,336     243,601     224,922  
General and administrative expenses 16,476     14,367     15,565     45,613     46,031  
Other (income) expense, net 1,138     (46 )   (1,238 )   (135 )   (1,459 )
  1,170,636     1,035,907     1,096,490     3,220,475     2,909,103  
                   
Income from operations 56,008     31,307     42,449     119,551     82,579  
                   
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) 90     (40 )   13     131     186  
Interest expense (6,295 )   (7,135 )   (6,491 )   (19,150 )   (19,364 )
Interest income 167     60     54     254     236  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps (33 )   836     (724 )   (462 )   (765 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt -     (9,525 )   -     -     (9,525 )
  (6,071 )   (15,804 )   (7,148 )   (19,227 )   (29,232 )
                   
Income before income taxes 49,937     15,503     35,301     100,324     53,347  
Income tax provision (18,276 )   (5,522 )   (13,147 )   (36,489 )   (19,188 )
Net income $ 31,661     $ 9,981     $ 22,154     $ 63,835     $ 34,159  
                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding:                  
  Basic 38,660     38,814     38,643     38,601     38,827  
  Diluted 39,139     39,120     39,002     38,962     38,950  
                   
Net income per common share:                  
  Basic $ 0.82     $ 0.26     $ 0.57     $ 1.65     $ 0.88  
  Diluted $ 0.81     $ 0.26     $ 0.57     $ 1.64     $ 0.88  

Wood Products Segment

Statements of Operations

(unaudited, in thousands, except percentages)

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
                   
Segment sales $ 366,920     $ 340,928     $ 350,277     $ 1,042,854     $ 990,743  
                   
Costs and expenses                  
Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation) 315,421     302,667     309,876     917,757     880,412  
Depreciation and amortization 15,337     15,625     15,264     45,752     42,028  
Selling and distribution expenses 7,580     7,594     7,563     22,879     23,077  
General and administrative expenses 3,408     2,978     3,213     9,491     12,249  
Other (income) expense, net 1,147     500     (1,034 )   165     (781 )
  342,893     329,364     334,882     996,044     956,985  
                   
Segment income $ 24,027     $ 11,564     $ 15,395     $ 46,810     $ 33,758  
                   
  (percentage of sales)
                   
Segment sales 100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %
                   
Costs and expenses                  
Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation) 86.0 %   88.8 %   88.5 %   88.0 %   88.9 %
Depreciation and amortization 4.2 %   4.6 %   4.4 %   4.4 %   4.2 %
Selling and distribution expenses 2.1 %   2.2 %   2.2 %   2.2 %   2.3 %
General and administrative expenses 0.9 %   0.9 %   0.9 %   0.9 %   1.2 %
Other (income) expense, net 0.3 %   0.1 %   (0.3 )%   - %   (0.1 %)
  93.5 %   96.6 %   95.6 %   95.5 %   96.6 %
                   
Segment income 6.5 %   3.4 %   4.4 %   4.5 %   3.4 %

Building Materials Distribution Segment

Statements of Operations

(unaudited, in thousands, except percentages)

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
                   
Segment sales $ 1,045,646     $ 889,026     $ 980,706     $ 2,842,035     $ 2,456,322  
                   
Costs and expenses                  
Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation) 916,340     781,978     862,349     2,499,988     2,161,456  
Depreciation and amortization 3,910     3,514     3,856     11,492     10,103  
Selling and distribution expenses 79,846     72,237     74,648     220,342     201,313  
General and administrative expenses 6,189     5,451     5,548     16,730     15,310  
Other (income) expense, net (18 )   (569 )   (204 )   (370 )   (765 )
  1,006,267     862,611     946,197     2,748,182     2,387,417  
                   
Segment income $ 39,379     $ 26,415     $ 34,509     $ 93,853     $ 68,905  
                   
  (percentage of sales)
                   
Segment sales 100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %
                   
Costs and expenses                  
Materials, labor, and other operating expenses (excluding depreciation) 87.6 %   88.0 %   87.9 %   88.0 %   88.0 %
Depreciation and amortization 0.4 %   0.4 %   0.4 %   0.4 %   0.4 %
Selling and distribution expenses 7.6 %   8.1 %   7.6 %   7.8 %   8.2 %
General and administrative expenses 0.6 %   0.6 %   0.6 %   0.6 %   0.6 %
Other (income) expense, net - %   (0.1 )%   - %   - %   - %
  96.2 %   97.0 %   96.5 %   96.7 %   97.2 %
                   
Segment income 3.8 %   3.0 %   3.5 %   3.3 %   2.8 %

Segment Information

(unaudited, in thousands)

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
Segment sales                  
Wood Products $ 366,920     $ 340,928     $ 350,277     $ 1,042,854     $ 990,743  
Building Materials Distribution 1,045,646     889,026     980,706     2,842,035     2,456,322  
Intersegment eliminations and other (185,922 )   (162,740 )   (192,044 )   (544,863 )   (455,383 )
Total net sales $ 1,226,644     $ 1,067,214     $ 1,138,939     $ 3,340,026     $ 2,991,682  
                   
Segment income                  
Wood Products $ 24,027     $ 11,564     $ 15,395     $ 46,810     $ 33,758  
Building Materials Distribution 39,379     26,415     34,509     93,853     68,905  
Total segment income 63,406     37,979     49,904     140,663     102,663  
Unallocated corporate and other (7,398 )   (6,672 )   (7,455 )   (21,112 )   (20,084 )
Income from operations $ 56,008     $ 31,307     $ 42,449     $ 119,551     $ 82,579  
                   
Segment EBITDA (a)                  
Wood Products $ 39,364     $ 27,189     $ 30,659     $ 92,562     $ 75,786  
Building Materials Distribution 43,289     29,929     38,365     105,345     79,008  

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

Boise Cascade Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited, in thousands)

  September 30,

 2017
  December 31,

 2016
   
ASSETS      
       
Current      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 172,185     $ 103,978  
Receivables      
Trade, less allowances of $1,227 and $1,459 315,336     199,191  
Related parties 285     506  
Other 9,424     10,952  
Inventories 459,864     433,451  
Prepaid expenses and other 10,209     12,381  
Total current assets 967,303     760,459  
       
Property and equipment, net 555,197     568,702  
Timber deposits 14,704     14,901  
Goodwill 55,433     55,433  
Intangible assets, net 15,260     15,547  
Deferred income taxes 8,502     8,840  
Other assets 14,151     15,315  
Total assets $ 1,630,550     $ 1,439,197  

Boise Cascade Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)

(unaudited, in thousands, except per-share data)

  September 30,

 2017
  December 31,

 2016
   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
       
Current      
Accounts payable      
Trade $ 283,089     $ 194,010  
Related parties 2,235     1,903  
Accrued liabilities      
Compensation and benefits 71,338     67,752  
Interest payable 1,803     6,860  
Other 68,460     42,339  
Total current liabilities 426,925     312,864  
       
Debt      
Long-term debt 438,033     437,629  
       
Other      
Compensation and benefits 83,537     83,164  
Deferred income taxes 12,434     6,339  
Other long-term liabilities 20,308     19,197  
  116,279     108,700  
       
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, 43,727 and 43,520 shares issued, respectively 437     435  
Treasury Stock, 5,167 shares at cost (133,979 )   (133,979 )
Additional paid-in capital 520,220     515,410  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (82,246 )   (83,012 )
Retained earnings 344,881     281,150  
Total stockholders' equity 649,313     580,004  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,630,550     $ 1,439,197  
 

Boise Cascade Company

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited, in thousands)

  Nine Months Ended
  September 30
  2017   2016
Cash provided by (used for) operations      
Net income $ 63,835     $ 34,159  
Items in net income not using (providing) cash      
Depreciation and amortization, including deferred financing costs and other 60,097     54,609  
Stock-based compensation 6,931     5,980  
Pension expense 1,074     1,749  
Deferred income taxes 6,019     7,008  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps 462     765  
Other (125 )   67  
Loss on extinguishment of debt -     9,525  
Decrease (increase) in working capital, net of acquisitions      
Receivables (110,646 )   (62,794 )
Inventories (26,413 )   (48,362 )
Prepaid expenses and other (2,389 )   (3,678 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 108,099     102,313  
Pension contributions (1,666 )   (3,338 )
Income taxes payable 11,051     13,623  
Restricted cash deposits with trustee for interest payments -     (3,681 )
Other 807     5,309  
Net cash provided by operations 117,136     113,254  
       
Cash provided by (used for) investment      
Expenditures for property and equipment (48,060 )   (55,426 )
Acquisitions of businesses and facilities -     (215,900 )
Proceeds from sales of assets and other 2,089     546  
Net cash used for investment (45,971 )   (270,780 )
       
Cash provided by (used for) financing      
Borrowings of long-term debt, including revolving credit facility 410,400     835,000  
Payments on long-term debt, including revolving credit facility (410,400 )   (602,096 )
Restricted cash deposits with trustee for debt payments -     (119,175 )
Treasury stock purchased -     (2,632 )
Financing costs (478 )   (6,319 )
Tax withholding payments on stock-based awards (2,901 )   (383 )
Other 421     (181 )
Net cash provided by (used for) financing (2,958 )   104,214  
       
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 68,207     (53,312 )
       
Balance at beginning of the period 103,978     184,496  
       
Balance at end of the period $ 172,185     $ 131,184  

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 2016 Form 10-K and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Net income for all periods presented involved estimates and accruals.

  • 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 September 30, 2017 and 2016, and June 30, 2017, and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
                   
  (unaudited, in thousands)
                   
Net income $ 31,661     $ 9,981     $ 22,154     $ 63,835     $ 34,159  
Interest expense 6,295     7,135     6,491     19,150     19,364  
Interest income (167 )   (60 )   (54 )   (254 )   (236 )
Income tax provision 18,276     5,522     13,147     36,489     19,188  
Depreciation and amortization 19,686     19,459     19,601     58,631     53,249  
EBITDA 75,751     42,037     61,339     177,851     125,724  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps 33     (836 )   724     462     765  
Loss on extinguishment of debt -     9,525     -     -     9,525  
Adjusted EBITDA $ 75,784     $ 50,726     $ 62,063     $ 178,313     $ 136,014  

The following table reconciles segment income and unallocated corporate costs to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and June 30, 2017, and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
  September 30   June 30,

 2017
  September 30
  2017   2016     2017   2016
                   
  (unaudited, in thousands)
Wood Products                  
Segment income $ 24,027     $ 11,564     $ 15,395     $ 46,810     $ 33,758  
Depreciation and amortization 15,337     15,625     15,264     45,752     42,028  
EBITDA $ 39,364     $ 27,189     $ 30,659     $ 92,562     $ 75,786  
                   
Building Materials Distribution                  
Segment income $ 39,379     $ 26,415     $ 34,509     $ 93,853     $ 68,905  
Depreciation and amortization 3,910     3,514     3,856     11,492     10,103  
EBITDA $ 43,289     $ 29,929     $ 38,365     $ 105,345     $ 79,008  
                   
Corporate and Other                  
Unallocated corporate expenses $ (7,398 )   $ (6,672 )   $ (7,455 )   $ (21,112 )   $ (20,084 )
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) 90     (40 )   13     131     186  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps (33 )   836     (724 )   (462 )   (765 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt -     (9,525 )   -     -     (9,525 )
Depreciation and amortization 439     320     481     1,387     1,118  
EBITDA (6,902 )   (15,081 )   (7,685 )   (20,056 )   (29,070 )
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps 33     (836 )   724     462     765  
Loss on extinguishment of debt -     9,525     -     -     9,525  
Corporate and other adjusted EBITDA $ (6,869 )   $ (6,392 )   $ (6,961 )   $ (19,594 )   $ (18,780 )
                   
Total company adjusted EBITDA $ 75,784     $ 50,726     $ 62,063     $ 178,313     $ 136,014  

Investor contact:  Wayne Rancourt, 208-384-6073

Media contact:  John Sahlberg, 208-384 6451

 





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