Management Commentary
Herbalife reported second quarter 2024 net sales of $1.3 billion, down 2.5% year-over-year, including 270 basis points of foreign currency headwinds. On a constant
currency basis2, net sales increased 0.2% year-over-year.
Second quarter gross profit margin improved to 77.9% compared to 77.0% in the second quarter of 2023. On
a year-over-year basis, gross profit margin primarily benefited from approximately 160 basis points of pricing, partially offset by approximately 60 basis points of input cost inflation, mainly related to increased raw material costs.
Net income was $4.7 million, with net income margin of 0.4% and adjusted net income1 of $54.8 million.
Adjusted EBITDA1 of $180.0 million includes approximately $11 million of foreign currency headwinds year-over-year, with adjusted EBITDA1
margin of 14.1%, up 120 basis points year-over-year. Diluted EPS was $0.05, with adjusted diluted EPS1 of $0.54, which includes a $0.07 year-over-year foreign currency headwind.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $102.5 million and $116.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. Capital
expenditures were approximately $36 million and $69 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and capitalized SaaS implementation costs were approximately $5 million and $10 million,
respectively. The Company expects to incur total capital expenditures of approximately $120 million to $150 million and total capitalized SaaS implementation costs of approximately $20 million to $25 million for the full year of
2024.
The Company implemented further actions related to its Restructuring Program, which was initiated during the first quarter of 2024 and designed to bring
leadership closer to its markets, streamline the employee structure and accelerate productivity. The Restructuring Program is expected to deliver annual savings of at least $80 million beginning in 2025, with at least $50 million now
expected to be achieved in 2024 (up from approximately $40 million). Based on actions through June 30, at least $10 million of savings were realized during the second quarter of 2024. The Company expects to incur total program pre-tax expenses of approximately $70 million (up from at least $60 million) related to the program, which are primarily related to severance costs and will be excluded from adjusted results. For the three and
six months ended June 30, 2024, approximately $49 million and $66 million of pre-tax expenses were recognized in SG&A related to the restructuring. Substantially all actions related to the
program have been completed as of June 30, with the remainder to be completed by the end of 2024.
As previously disclosed, the Company completed a
$1.6 billion debt refinancing in April, which included $1.2 billion of senior secured debt and a $400 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Proceeds from the transactions were used to repay all amounts outstanding under
the 2018 Credit Facility, which were scheduled to mature in 2025, and redeem $300 million of the $600 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes. In addition, the Company separately repurchased approximately $38 million of
the 2025 Notes in a private transaction in April. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, a $10.5 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to the transactions was recognized in other expense, net and is excluded from adjusted
results.
In July, the Company completed the sale and a sixteen-month leaseback transaction of its office building in Torrance, California. The net proceeds from
the sale transaction were approximately $38 million. The Company expects to recognize a gain of approximately $4 million related to the sale in SG&A in the third quarter of 2024, which will be excluded from adjusted results.
We continue to make significant progress in our initiatives to enhance profitability, said John DeSimone, Chief Financial Officer. We remain focused
on further expanding margins, creating shareholder value and reducing our total leverage ratio to 3.0x by the end of 2025.
Over the past three months,
approximately 83,300 attendees from around the world convened at Extravaganza training events in Thailand, Colombia, India and the U.S. The Asia Pacific region set a new attendance record in
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