La-Z-Boy Reports 12% Sales Increase for Second-Quarter
During the second quarter of fiscal 2019 versus last year’s second quarter:
- Consolidated sales increased 11.7% to
$439.3 million on solid core growth and the addition of recent acquisitions - Written same-store sales for the 353-store La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® network increased 4.4%, the seventh consecutive quarterly increase
- Delivered same-store sales for the company-owned retail segment increased 4.0%
- Consolidated operating income:
-- GAAP:$28.5 million versus$34.3 million
-- Non-GAAP*:$32.2 million versus$35.0 million ** - Consolidated operating margin:
-- GAAP: 6.5% versus 8.7%
-- Non-GAAP*: 7.3% versus 8.9%** - Net income attributable to
La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share (“EPS”):
-- GAAP:$0.42 per diluted share versus$0.47 per diluted share
-- Non-GAAP*:$0.48 per diluted share versus$0.48 per diluted share**
*Non-GAAP amounts for the second quarter of fiscal 2019 exclude purchase accounting charges totaling
**Please refer to the accompanying “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for detailed information on calculating Non-GAAP measures used in this press release and a reconciliation to the applicable GAAP measure.
For the second quarter of fiscal 2019, consolidated sales increased 11.7% to
Sales in the company’s Upholstery segment increased 4% to
Sales in the Retail segment increased 19.7% to
GAAP EPS for the fiscal 2019 second quarter was
Acquisitions
During the quarter the company closed on the acquisition of Joybird and 10 La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores – nine in
During the second quarter the company recorded
Joybird and the acquired La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores are key strategic acquisitions for the company and are intended to drive long-term growth and profitability. On a Non-GAAP basis, the combined entities are expected to be slightly accretive to profit by the end of fiscal 2019. The company expects purchase accounting charges to be approximately
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
During the quarter, the company generated
Outlook
Darrow concluded, “As the furniture industry weathers the uncertainty of ongoing tariffs,
Dividend
Subsequent to quarter end, the board of directors increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend to shareholders by 8% to
Conference Call
The call will be webcast live, with corresponding slides, and archived on the Internet. It will be available at https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/. A telephone replay will be available for a week following the call. This replay will be accessible to callers from the U.S. and
Forward-looking Information
This news release contains, and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of La‑Z‑Boy may contain, “forward-looking statements.” With respect to all forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results could differ materially from those we anticipate or project due to a number of factors, including: (a) changes in consumer confidence and demographics; (b) the possibility of a recession; (c) changes in the real estate and credit markets and their effects on our customers, consumers and suppliers; (d) international political unrest, terrorism or war; (e) volatility in energy and other commodities prices; (f) the impact of logistics on imports and exports; (g) tax rate, interest rate, and currency exchange rate changes; (h) changes in the stock market impacting our profitability and our effective tax rate; (i) operating factors, such as supply, labor or distribution disruptions (e.g. port strikes); (j) changes in legislation, including the tax code, or changes in the domestic or international regulatory environment or trade policies, including new or increased duties, tariffs, retaliatory tariffs, trade limitations and termination or renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement; (k) adoption of new accounting principles; (l) fires, severe weather or other natural events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes and tsunamis; (m) our ability to procure, transport or import, or material increases to the cost of transporting or importing, fabric rolls, leather hides or cut-and-sewn fabric and leather sets domestically or abroad; (n) information technology conversions or system failures and our ability to recover from a system failure; (o) effects of our brand awareness and marketing programs; (p) the discovery of defects in our products resulting in delays in manufacturing, recall campaigns, reputational damage, or increased warranty costs; (q) litigation arising out of alleged defects in our products; (r) unusual or significant litigation; (s) our ability to locate new La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores (or store owners) and negotiate favorable lease terms for new or existing locations; (t) the ability to increase volume through our e-commerce initiatives; (u) the impact of potential goodwill or intangible asset impairments; and (v) those matters discussed in Item 1A of our fiscal 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other factors identified from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information or new developments or for any other reason.
Additional Information
This news release is just one part of La-Z-Boy’s financial disclosures and should be read in conjunction with other information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is available at: https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Investors and others wishing to be notified of future La-Z-Boy news releases, SEC filings and quarterly investor conference calls may sign up at: https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/.
Background Information
La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers, marketing furniture for every room of the home. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery segment companies are England and La-Z-Boy. The Casegoods segment consists of three brands: American Drew®, Hammary®, and Kincaid®. The company-owned Retail segment includes 157 of the 353 La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores. Joybird is an e-commerce retailer and manufacturer of upholstered furniture.
The corporation’s branded distribution network is dedicated to selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and brands, and includes 353 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores and 543 independent Comfort Studio® locations, in addition to in-store gallery programs for the company’s Kincaid and England operating units. Additional information is available at http://www.la-z-boy.com/.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"), this press release also includes Non-GAAP financial measures. Management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures when assessing our ongoing performance. This press release contains references to Non-GAAP operating income, Non-GAAP operating margin, Non-GAAP income before income taxes, Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated and Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per diluted share, each of which excludes purchase accounting charges. These purchase accounting charges include the amortization of intangible assets, incremental expense upon the sale of inventory acquired at fair value, amortization of employee retention agreements, and fair value adjustments of future cash payments recorded as interest expense. These Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for La-Z-Boy Incorporated’s results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Reconciliations of such Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in the accompanying tables.
Management believes that presenting certain Non-GAAP financial measures excluding purchase accounting charges will help investors understand the long-term profitability trends of our business and compare our profitability to prior and future periods and to our peers. Management uses these Non-GAAP measures to assess the Company’s operating and financial performance, and excludes purchase accounting charges because the amount and timing of such charges are significantly impacted by the timing, size, number and nature of the acquisitions consummated. While the company has a history of acquisition activity, it does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, and the impact of purchase accounting charges is unique to each acquisition and can vary significantly from acquisition to acquisition. Exclusion of these charges facilitates more consistent comparisons of operating results over time between our newly acquired and long-held businesses, and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies. Where applicable, the accompanying “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” tables present the excluded items net of tax calculated using the effective tax rate from operations for the period in which the adjustment is presented.
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME |
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Quarter Ended |
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(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data) | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | ||||||
Sales | $439,333 | $393,205 | ||||||
Cost of sales | 264,928 | 238,253 | ||||||
Gross profit | 174,405 | 154,952 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expense | 145,905 | 120,683 | ||||||
Operating income | 28,500 | 34,269 | ||||||
Interest expense | (501 | ) | (160 | ) | ||||
Interest income | 392 | 376 | ||||||
Other expense, net | (1,997 | ) | (926 | ) | ||||
Income before income taxes | 26,394 | 33,559 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 6,045 | 10,353 | ||||||
Net income | 20,349 | 23,206 | ||||||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (337 | ) | (310 | ) | ||||
Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated | $20,012 | $22,896 | ||||||
Basic weighted average common shares | 46,888 | 47,964 | ||||||
Basic net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share | $0.43 | $0.47 | ||||||
Diluted weighted average common shares | 47,259 | 48,297 | ||||||
Diluted net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share | $0.42 | $0.47 | ||||||
Dividends declared per share | $0.12 | $0.11 |
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME |
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Six Months Ended |
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(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data) | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | ||||||
Sales | $824,028 | $750,284 | ||||||
Cost of sales | 501,101 | 456,229 | ||||||
Gross profit | 322,927 | 294,055 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expense | 271,267 | 243,488 | ||||||
Operating income | 51,660 | 50,567 | ||||||
Interest expense | (605 | ) | (317 | ) | ||||
Interest income | 994 | 719 | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (1,105 | ) | 823 | |||||
Income before income taxes | 50,944 | 51,792 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 11,644 | 16,842 | ||||||
Net income | 39,300 | 34,950 | ||||||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (985 | ) | (403 | ) | ||||
Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated | $38,315 | $34,547 | ||||||
Basic weighted average common shares | 46,802 | 48,160 | ||||||
Basic net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share | $0.82 | $0.71 | ||||||
Diluted weighted average common shares | 47,219 | 48,537 | ||||||
Diluted net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share | $0.81 | $0.71 | ||||||
Dividends declared per share | $0.24 | $0.22 |
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
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(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except par value) | 10/27/18 | 4/28/18 | |||||
Current assets | |||||||
Cash and equivalents | $93,867 | $134,515 | |||||
Restricted cash | 2,001 | 2,356 | |||||
Receivables, net of allowance of $2,647 at 10/27/18 and $1,956 at 4/28/18 | 150,507 | 154,055 | |||||
Inventories, net | 214,948 | 184,841 | |||||
Other current assets | 76,093 | 42,451 | |||||
Total current assets | 537,416 | 518,218 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 195,327 | 180,882 | |||||
Goodwill | 182,116 | 75,254 | |||||
Other intangible assets, net | 30,500 | 18,190 | |||||
Deferred income taxes – long-term | 23,227 | 21,265 | |||||
Other long-term assets, net | 83,549 | 79,158 | |||||
Total assets | $1,052,135 | $892,967 | |||||
Current liabilities | |||||||
Short-term borrowings | $35,000 | $— | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 217 | 223 | |||||
Accounts payable | 75,090 | 62,403 | |||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 176,075 | 118,721 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 286,382 | 181,347 | |||||
Long-term debt | 89 | 199 | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | 116,433 | 86,205 | |||||
Contingencies and commitments | |||||||
Shareholders’ equity | |||||||
Preferred shares – 5,000 authorized; none issued | — | — | |||||
Common shares, $1 par value – 150,000 authorized; 46,905 outstanding at 10/27/18 and 46,788 outstanding at 4/28/18 | 46,905 | 46,788 | |||||
Capital in excess of par value | 307,701 | 298,948 | |||||
Retained earnings | 309,543 | 291,644 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (28,329 | ) | (25,199 | ) | |||
Total La-Z-Boy Incorporated shareholders’ equity | 635,820 | 612,181 | |||||
Noncontrolling interests | 13,411 | 13,035 | |||||
Total equity | 649,231 | 625,216 | |||||
Total liabilities and equity | $1,052,135 | $892,967 | |||||
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS |
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Six Months Ended | |||||||
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands) | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | |||||
Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||
Net income | $39,300 | $34,950 | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by (used for) operating activities |
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Gain on disposal of assets | (72 | ) | (1,884 | ) | |||
Gain on conversion of investment | — | (2,204 | ) | ||||
Change in deferred taxes | 1,572 | (403 | ) | ||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | 315 | 74 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 15,541 | 15,869 | |||||
Equity-based compensation expense | 5,679 | 6,410 | |||||
Pension plan contributions | (7,000 | ) | (2,000 | ) | |||
Change in receivables | 122 | 6,165 | |||||
Change in inventories | (15,037 | ) | (4,096 | ) | |||
Change in other assets | (15,781 | ) | (7,935 | ) | |||
Change in payables | 6,034 | 2,136 | |||||
Change in other liabilities | 15,411 | 4,142 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 46,084 | 51,224 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||
Proceeds from disposals of assets | 256 | 608 | |||||
Proceeds from property insurance | 114 | 1,485 | |||||
Capital expenditures | (26,926 | ) | (16,372 | ) | |||
Purchases of investments | (5,193 | ) | (18,507 | ) | |||
Proceeds from sales of investments | 7,754 | 11,529 | |||||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (78,145 | ) | (15,879 | ) | |||
Net cash used for investing activities | (102,140 | ) | (37,136 | ) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||
Net proceeds from credit facility | 35,000 | — | |||||
Payments on debt | (116 | ) | (131 | ) | |||
Stock issued for stock and employee benefit plans, net of shares withheld for taxes |
4,039 | 356 | |||||
Purchases of common stock | (11,610 | ) | (30,692 | ) | |||
Dividends paid | (11,278 | ) | (10,648 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities | 16,035 | (41,115 | ) | ||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents | (982 | ) | 865 | ||||
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (41,003 | ) | (26,162 | ) | |||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period |
136,871 | 150,859 | |||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $95,868 | $124,697 | |||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities | |||||||
capital expenditures included in payables | $4,442 | $1,631 |
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED SEGMENT INFORMATION |
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Quarter Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands) | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | |||||||||
Sales | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment: | |||||||||||||
Sales to external customers | $254,028 | $251,741 | $494,082 | $476,555 | |||||||||
Intersegment sales | 63,065 | 53,020 | 116,409 | 102,613 | |||||||||
Upholstery segment sales | 317,093 | 304,761 | 610,491 | 579,168 | |||||||||
Casegoods segment: | |||||||||||||
Sales to external customers | 26,242 | 23,915 | 50,645 | 44,934 | |||||||||
Intersegment sales | 5,135 | 4,150 | 9,118 | 8,641 | |||||||||
Casegoods segment sales | 31,377 | 28,065 | 59,763 | 53,575 | |||||||||
Retail segment sales | 139,686 | 116,737 | 258,914 | 227,253 | |||||||||
Corporate and Other: | |||||||||||||
Sales to external customers | 19,377 | 812 | 20,387 | 1,542 | |||||||||
Intersegment sales | 3,001 | 2,091 | 5,856 | 4,021 | |||||||||
Corporate and Other sales | 22,378 | 2,903 | 26,243 | 5,563 | |||||||||
Eliminations | (71,201 | ) | (59,261 | ) | (131,383 | ) | (115,275 | ) | |||||
Consolidated sales | $439,333 | $393,205 | $824,028 | $750,284 | |||||||||
Operating Income (Loss) | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $32,152 | $33,424 | $56,036 | $56,723 | |||||||||
Casegoods segment | 3,761 | 3,302 | 6,841 | 6,041 | |||||||||
Retail segment | 6,563 | 3,903 | 11,021 | 5,670 | |||||||||
Corporate and Other | (13,976 | ) | (6,360 | ) | (22,238 | ) | (17,867 | ) | |||||
Consolidated operating income | $28,500 | $34,269 | $51,660 | $50,567 | |||||||||
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES |
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Quarter Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||||||||
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data) | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | 10/27/18 | 10/28/17 | |||||||||
GAAP gross profit | $174,405 | $154,952 | $322,927 | $294,055 | |||||||||
Add back: Purchase accounting charges – incremental expense upon the sale of inventory acquired at fair value |
2,448 | 127 | 2,491 | 261 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit | $176,853 | $155,079 | $325,418 | $294,316 | |||||||||
GAAP SG&A | $145,905 | $120,683 | $271,267 | $243,488 | |||||||||
Less: Purchase accounting charges – amortization of intangible assets and retention agreements |
(1,238 | ) | (595 | ) | (1,341 | ) | (956 | ) | |||||
Non-GAAP SG&A | $144,667 | $120,088 | $269,926 | $242,532 | |||||||||
GAAP operating income | $28,500 | $34,269 | $51,660 | $50,567 | |||||||||
Add back: Purchase accounting charges | 3,686 | 722 | 3,832 | 1,217 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income | $32,186 | $34,991 | $55,492 | $51,784 | |||||||||
GAAP income before income taxes | $26,394 | $33,559 | $50,944 | $51,792 | |||||||||
Add back: Purchase accounting charges recorded as part of gross profit, SG&A, and interest expense |
3,875 | 722 | 4,020 | 1,217 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP income before income taxes | $30,269 | $34,281 | $54,964 | $53,009 | |||||||||
GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated |
$20,012 | $22,896 | $38,315 | $34,547 | |||||||||
Add back: Purchase accounting charges recorded as part of gross profit, SG&A, and interest expense |
3,875 | 722 | 4,020 | 1,217 | |||||||||
Less: Tax effect of purchase accounting charges | (887 | ) | (222 | ) | (921 | ) | (396 | ) | |||||
Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated |
$23,000 | $23,396 | $41,414 | $35,368 | |||||||||
GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per diluted share |
$0.42 | $0.47 | $0.81 | $0.71 | |||||||||
Add back: Purchase accounting charges, net of tax, per share |
0.06 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z- Boy Incorporated per diluted share |
$0.48 | $0.48 | $0.88 | $0.73 | |||||||||
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES SEGMENT INFORMATION |
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Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands) | 10/27/18 | % of sales | 10/28/17 | % of sales | |||||||||
GAAP operating income (loss) | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $32,152 | 10.1% | $33,424 | 11.0% | |||||||||
Casegoods segment | 3,761 | 12.0% | 3,302 | 11.8% | |||||||||
Retail segment | 6,563 | 4.7% | 3,903 | 3.3% | |||||||||
Corporate and Other | (13,976 | ) | N/M | (6,360 | ) | N/M | |||||||
GAAP Consolidated operating income | $28,500 | 6.5% | $34,269 | 8.7% | |||||||||
Purchase accounting charges affecting operating income | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $101 | $369 | |||||||||||
Casegoods segment | — | — | |||||||||||
Retail segment | 1,045 | 353 | |||||||||||
Corporate and Other | 2,540 | — | |||||||||||
Consolidated purchase accounting charges affecting operating income |
$3,686 | $722 | |||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $32,253 | 10.2% | $33,793 | 11.1% | |||||||||
Casegoods segment | 3,761 | 12.0% | 3,302 | 11.8% | |||||||||
Retail segment | 7,608 | 5.4% | 4,256 | 3.6% | |||||||||
Corporate and Other | (11,436 | ) | N/M | (6,360 | ) | N/M | |||||||
Non-GAAP Consolidated operating income | $32,186 | 7.3% | $34,991 | 8.9% | |||||||||
Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||
10/27/18 | % of sales | 10/28/17 | % of sales | ||||||||||
GAAP operating income (loss) | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $56,036 | 9.2% | $56,723 | 9.8% | |||||||||
Casegoods segment | 6,841 | 11.4% | 6,041 | 11.3% | |||||||||
Retail segment | 11,021 | 4.3% | 5,670 | 2.5% | |||||||||
Corporate and Other | (22,238 | ) | N/M | (17,867 | ) | N/M | |||||||
GAAP Consolidated operating income | $51,660 | 6.3% | $50,567 | 6.7% | |||||||||
Purchase accounting charges affecting operating income | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $204 | $730 | |||||||||||
Casegoods segment | — | — | |||||||||||
Retail segment | 1,088 | 487 | |||||||||||
Corporate and Other | 2,540 | — | |||||||||||
Consolidated purchase accounting charges affecting operating income |
$3,832 | $1,217 | |||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | |||||||||||||
Upholstery segment | $56,240 | 9.2% | $57,453 | 9.9% | |||||||||
Casegoods segment | 6,841 | 11.4% | 6,041 | 11.3% | |||||||||
Retail segment | 12,109 | 4.7% | 6,157 | 2.7% | |||||||||
Corporate and Other | (19,698 | ) | N/M | (17,867 | ) | N/M | |||||||
Non-GAAP Consolidated operating income | $55,492 | 6.7% | $51,784 | 6.9% | |||||||||
N/M – Not Meaningful |
Contact:
Kathy Liebmann
(734) 241-2438
kathy.liebmann@la-z-boy.com
Source: La-Z-Boy Incorporated