RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX)

4Q Highlights

• Diluted EPS Of $0.62; Adjusted Diluted EPS* Of $2.34, Up 2.6% Versus PY
• Paid Down $205 Million Of Gross Debt In 4Q. Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA (Including Synergies)* Of ~3.6x
• Cash From Operating Activities Of $213.2 Million; Adjusted Free Cash Flow* Of $185.3 Million, Up 8.4% Versus PY
• 4Q Daily Orders Up 4.4% Versus PY
• Sales Of $1,461.1 Million, Down 9.1% Versus PY, Down 1.4% On An Organic* Basis
• Gross Margin Of 34.9%; Adjusted Gross Margin* Of 37.1%, Up 60 Basis Points Versus PY**
• GAAP Net Income Of $42.0 Million Versus PY GAAP Net Income Of $56.6 Million
• Adjusted EBITDA* Of $317.6 Million Versus PY Of $335.6 Million**
• Adjusted EBITDA Margin* Of 21.7%, Down 80 Basis Points Versus PY** On Lower Volume
• Synergies Of $23 Million, Exceeding Plan
• Announced Strategic Partnership With Honeywell To Collaborate On Electric Aircraft (eVTOL)

Full Year 2024 Highlights

• Delivered $101 Million Of Synergies, Exceeding Target By $11 Million
• Gross Margin Of 36.3%; Adjusted Gross Margin Of 37.8%, Up 210 Basis Points Versus PY**
• GAAP Net Income Of $198.4 Million Versus PY GAAP Net Loss Of ($54.3) Million
• Achieved Annual Adjusted EBITDA Margin Of 22.1%**
• Paid Down $938 Million Of Gross Debt, Exceeding Target
• Ranked 14th On Barron's List Of The 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies

Full Year 2025 Guidance

Introducing guidance for 2025 GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share in a range of $4.42 to $5.22 and for Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share in a range of $9.60 to $10.40.

CEO Louis Pinkham commented, "In the fourth quarter, our team continued to make good progress on our many growth, margin, and debt reduction initiatives, despite weaker-than-expected end markets. Most notably, our IPS segment continued to leverage its unrivaled scale and scope to achieve solid outgrowth and healthy margin gains, with adjusted EBITDA margins up two points versus prior year, to 26.0%. Our PES segment also continued to make solid progress ramping capacity in Resi HVAC, with that vertical growing low-20s. Our AMC segment met its sales commitment, despite continued discrete automation weakness. During the quarter, we also surpassed our annual $90 million synergy target by $11 million, helping us achieve a fourth quarter adjusted gross margin of 37.1%, up 60 basis points versus prior year."

"What disappointed us in the quarter was a weaker top line and to a lesser extent softer mix, which also caused us to fall short of our margin targets. Most notably, general industrial and machinery/off-highway markets were weaker than expected, particularly in December when we experienced sizable, last minute customer push-outs. Encouragingly, the enterprise is showing further signs of inflection. Fourth quarter daily order growth improved to 4.4% compared to the prior year period, with all segments contributing, and our AMC segment orders were up almost 9%, which makes us more optimistic about our growth prospects in 2025, particularly in the back half."

"Regarding 2024, it continued to be a year of transformation, as we further evolved the portfolio through the divestiture of the Industrial Systems business, which along with our synergies helped us achieve a record adjusted gross margin of 37.8%, a year-over-year improvement of 210 basis points. And we remain on track to achieve a 40% adjusted gross margin exiting 2025. I am also extremely pleased that we were able to pay down $938 million of gross debt in the year, exceeding our targeted reduction."

Mr. Pinkham concluded, "We are starting the year managing a number of uncertainties, with some of our key markets still under pressure, headwinds around currency, and unknowns related to potential tariffs and other regulatory changes. However, the combination of improving orders, green shoots in some key end markets, plus our significant self-help opportunities on growth, margins, free cash flow, and debt reduction, including ample remaining cost and sales synergies, makes us cautiously optimistic about 2025."

Segment Performance

Segment results for the fourth quarter of this year versus the fourth quarter of the prior year are summarized below:

• Automation & Motion Control net sales were $409.8 million, a decrease of 2.6%, or a decrease of 2.3% on an organic basis, slightly ahead of our expectations. Results reflect particular strength in the food & beverage and aerospace & defense markets, net of weakness in general industrial, and discrete automation. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21.6% of net sales.
• Industrial Powertrain Solutions net sales were $635.0 million, a decrease of 2.3%, or a decrease of 1.9% on an organic basis. Results reflect particular strength in energy, aerospace & defense, and marine markets, plus benefits from cross-selling synergies, net of weakness in machinery/off-highway, general industrial, and metals & mining markets. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 26.0% of net sales.
• Power Efficiency Solutions net sales were $416.3 million, a decrease of 0.4%, or an increase of 0.2% on an organic basis. The results reflect strength in residential HVAC and pool markets, net of weakness in the general commercial and non-U.S. commercial HVAC markets. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 15.3% of net sales.

Conference Call

Regal Rexnord will hold a conference call to discuss this earnings release at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET) on Thursday, February 6, 2025. To listen to the live audio and view the presentation during the call, please visit Regal Rexnord's Investor website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. To listen by phone or to ask the presenters a question, dial 1.877.264.6786 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.5177 (international callers) and enter 0181051# when prompted.

A webcast replay will be available at the link above, and a telephone replay will be available at 1.877.344.7529 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.0088 (international callers), using a replay access code of 7318144#. Both replays will be accessible for three months after the earnings call.

Supplemental Materials

Supplemental materials and additional information for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, will be accessible before the conference call on February 6, 2025 on Regal Rexnord's Investor website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. The Company intends to disseminate important information about the Company to its investors on the Investors section of its website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. Investors are advised to look at Regal Rexnord's website for future important information about the Company. The content of the Company's website is not incorporated by reference into this document or any other report or document Regal Rexnord files with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord's 30,000 associates around the world help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controllers, drives, precision motors, and actuators, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision tools used in surgical applications.

The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements in this communication, other than those relating to historical facts, are "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by their use of terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "confident," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "project," "forecast," "would," "could," "should," and similar expressions, including references to assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about expected market or macroeconomic trends, future strategic plans and future financial and operating results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented or implied in the forward-looking statements in this communication include, without limitation: the possibility that the Company may be unable to achieve expected benefits, synergies and operating efficiencies in connection with the sale of the Industrial Motors and Generators businesses, the acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. ("Altra Transaction"), and the merger with the Rexnord Process & Motion Control business (the "Rexnord PMC business") within the expected time-frames or at all and to successfully integrate Altra Industrial Motion Corp. ("Altra") and the Rexnord PMC business; the Company's substantial indebtedness as a result of the Altra Transaction and the effects of such indebtedness on the Company's financial flexibility; the Company's ability to achieve its objectives on reducing its indebtedness on the desired timeline; dependence on key suppliers and the potential effects of supply disruptions; fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material costs; any unforeseen changes to or the effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenue, expenses, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; unanticipated operating costs, customer loss and business disruption or the Company's inability to forecast customer needs; the Company's ability to retain key executives and employees; uncertainties regarding our ability to execute restructuring plans within expected costs and timing; challenges to the tax treatment that was elected with respect to the merger with the Rexnord PMC business and related transactions; actions taken by competitors and their ability to effectively compete in the increasingly competitive global industries and markets; our ability to develop new products based on technological innovation, such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, and marketplace acceptance of new and existing products; dependence on significant customers and distributors; risks associated with climate change, including unexpected weather events in markets in which we do business, and uncertainty regarding our ability to deliver on our sustainability commitments and/or to meet related investor, customer and other third party expectations relating to our sustainability efforts; changes to and uncertainty in trade policy, including proposed tariffs on imports into the US from Canada, Mexico and China, or tariff and import/export regulations or other trade restrictions imposed by the US or other governments; risks associated with global manufacturing, including risks associated with public health crises and political, societal or economic instability, including instability caused by ongoing geopolitical conflicts; issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and businesses; prolonged declines in one or more markets, including disruptions caused by labor disputes or other labor activities, natural disasters, terrorism, acts of war, international conflicts, pandemics and political and government actions; risks associated with excess or obsolete inventory charges including related write-offs or write-downs; economic changes in global markets, such as reduced demand for products, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates, recession, government policies, including policy changes affecting taxation, trade, tariffs, import/export regulations, immigration, customs, border actions and the like, and other external factors that the Company cannot control; product liability, asbestos and other litigation, or claims by end users, government agencies or others that products or customers' applications failed to perform as anticipated; unanticipated liabilities of acquired businesses; unanticipated adverse effects or liabilities from business exits or divestitures; the Company's ability to identify and execute on future M&A opportunities, including significant M&A transactions; the impact of any such M&A transactions on the Company's results, operations and financial condition, including the impact from costs to execute and finance any such transactions; unanticipated costs or expenses that may be incurred related to product warranty issues; infringement of intellectual property by third parties, challenges to intellectual property, and claims of infringement on third party technologies; risks related to foreign currency fluctuations or changes in global commodity prices or interest rates;effects on earnings of any significant impairment of goodwill; losses from failures, breaches, attacks or disclosures involving information technology infrastructure and data; costs and unanticipated liabilities arising from rapidly evolving laws and regulations, including data privacy laws, labor and employment laws, environmental laws and regulations, and tax laws and regulation; and other factors that can be found in our filings with the SEC, including our most recent periodic reports filed on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available on our Investor Relations website. Forward-looking statements are given only as of the date of this communication and we disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Measures
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(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share Data)

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We also periodically disclose certain financial measures in our quarterly earnings releases, on investor conference calls, and in investor presentations and similar events that may be considered "non-GAAP" financial measures. This additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our results of operations prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

In this release, we disclose the following non-GAAP financial measures, and we reconcile these measures in the tables below to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures: adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net sales, net sales excluding Industrial, adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin excluding Industrial, net debt, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA excluding Industrial, adjusted EBITDA (including synergies), interest coverage ratio, interest coverage ratio (including synergies), adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA margin excluding Industrial, gross debt/adjusted EBITDA, net debt/adjusted EBITDA, net debt/adjusted EBITDA (including synergies), adjusted cash flows from operations, adjusted free cash flow, adjusted income before taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes, and adjusted effective tax rate. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful measures for providing investors with additional information regarding our results of operations and for helping investors understand and compare our operating results across accounting periods and compared to our peers. Our management primarily uses adjusted income from operations and adjusted operating margin to help us manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions, while the other non-GAAP measures disclosed are primarily used to help us evaluate our business and forecast our future results. Accordingly, we believe disclosing and reconciling each of these measures helps investors evaluate our business in the same manner as management. This release also includes non-GAAP forward-looking information. The Company believes that a quantitative reconciliation of this forward-looking information to the most comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP cannot be made available without unreasonable efforts. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure would require the Company to predict the timing and likelihood of future restructurings and other charges. Neither these forward-looking measures, nor their probable significance, can be quantified with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Accordingly, a reconciliation of the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP measure is not provided.

In addition to these non-GAAP measures, we use the term "organic sales growth" to refer to the increase in our sales between periods that is attributable to organic sales. "Organic sales" refers to GAAP sales from existing operations excluding any sales from acquired businesses recorded prior to the first anniversary of the acquisition and excluding any sales from business divested/to be exited recorded prior to the first anniversary of the exit and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation. The impact of foreign currency translation is determined by translating the respective period's organic sales using the currency exchange rates that were in effect during the prior year periods.

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