UFP Industries Announces First Quarter 2025 Results

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2025-- 

UFP Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced first quarter 2025 results including net sales of $1.60 billion, net earnings attributable to controlling interests of $78.8 million, and earnings per diluted share of $1.30.

"While our first quarter proved more challenging than anticipated and visibility remains limited, we are more encouraged by recent business trends," said Will Schwartz, UFP Industries CEO. "Business activity improved sequentially in each month during the quarter and that improvement has continued into April. Despite the uncertainty, our team continues to stay laser-focused on what we can control by directing our efforts to activities that improve profitability and streamline our costs. We remain on target to realize $60 million of structural cost savings by year-end 2026, and we continue to accelerate investments across our portfolio into higher-growth and higher-margin opportunities that meet our return on capital targets."

"In tough economic climates, the combination of our scale, diversification, and unique company culture becomes an even more important strategic advantage. These factors have historically led us to outperform the market, and we see the current environment as no different. While the prospect of lumber tariffs only adds to the macro uncertainty, we have dealt with lumber tariffs for many years and are well equipped to manage through them. We believe our diverse and balanced customer base will help us navigate through any market challenges. Finally, our balance sheet and free cash flow generation enhance our competitive advantage and provide us the flexibility to invest organically and pursue strategic M&A and opportunistic share repurchases, all while maintaining our conservative capital structure."

First Quarter 2025 Highlights (comparisons on a year-over-year basis except where noted):

   -- Net sales of $1.60 billion decreased 2.7 percent due to a 0.7 percent 
      decrease in selling prices and 2 percent decrease in organic unit sales. 
 
   -- New product sales of $106 million were 6.7 percent of total sales 
      compared to 7.2 percent in the first quarter of 2024. 
 
   -- Net earnings attributable to controlling interests of $78.8 million 
      represents a 35 percent decrease from last year. Net earnings 
      attributable to controlling interests of $120.8 million last year 
      included $7.3 million of additional tax benefits related to our deduction 
      for share-based compensation. 
 
   -- Adjusted EBITDA1 was $142.2 million in the quarter or 8.9 percent of 
      sales, compared to $180.8 million or 11.0 percent of sales for the same 
      period a year ago. 

Capital Allocation

UFP Industries maintains a strong balance sheet with nearly $903.6 million in cash as of March 29, 2025, compared to $979.7 million in cash at the end of the first quarter of 2024. As of March 29, 2025, the company had approximately $2.2 billion of liquidity consisting of cash and remaining availability under its revolving credit facility and a shelf agreement with certain lenders. The company's return-focused approach to capital allocation includes the following:

   -- Acquisitions and Organic Growth. The company seeks strategic acquisitions 
      and invests in organic growth opportunities when acquisition targets are 
      not available at valuations that will allow us to meet or exceed targeted 
      return rates. In 2024, the company announced up to $1 billion in capital 
      investments across the portfolio through 2028 for automation, technology 
      upgrades, geographic expansion and increased capacity at existing 
      facilities, primarily for its Deckorators and Site Built business units 
      and its Packaging segment. The company expects to invest approximately 
      $300 million to $350 million in capital projects in 2025. 
   -- Dividend payments. On April 23, 2025, the UFP Industries Board of 
      Directors approved a quarterly dividend payment of $0.35 per share, a 6 
      percent increase over the quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share paid 
      throughout 2024. The dividend is payable on June 16, 2025, to 
      shareholders of record on June 2, 2025. 
   -- Share repurchases. On April 23, 2025, the UFP Industries Board of 
      Directors authorized the company to amend its share repurchase 
      authorization, dated July 24, 2024, from up to $200 million of shares 
      through July 31, 2025, to $300 million through the same period. Since 
      July 24, 2024, the company has repurchased 1,624,069 shares at an average 
      share price of $105.93 (a total of $172 million). During the first 
      quarter of 2025, the company repurchased approximately 649,060 shares at 
      an average share price of $108.00 (a total of $70.1 million), and in 
      April repurchased approximately 1,022,493 shares at an average share 
      price of $104.65 (a total of $107 million). As of April 28, 2025, the 
      company has $122 million remaining in its authorization. 
 
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(1)   Represents a non-GAAP measurement; see the reconciliation of non-GAAP 
      financial measures and related explanations below. 
 

By business segment, the company reported the following results:

UFP Retail Solutions

Net sales of $607 million were down 3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024. Organic unit sales decreased 4 percent, which was partially offset by a 1 percent increase in selling prices. Organic unit sales decreased 11 percent for Deckorators and 3 percent for ProWood. Gross profit was $81 million or 13.3 percent of sales compared to $101 million or 16.1 percent of sales over the same period in 2024. Gross profit declined for Deckorators as a result of a temporary decline in volume due to a strategic shift in the business as well as unfavorable cost variances due to fixed costs. Gross profit for ProWood declined primarily due to a decline in unit sales as a result of softer demand and competitive price pressure and higher material costs on certain products sold with a fixed price. Price increases have recently been accepted to offset these increased costs.

UFP Packaging

Net sales of $410 million were down 3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024. A 3 percent decline in organic unit sales and a 1 percent decline in selling prices were partially offset by a 1 percent increase from an acquisition. A 5 percent decline in organic unit sales for Structural Packaging and a 1 percent decline in organic unit sales for PalletOne, both attributable to softer demand, were partially offset by a 13 percent increase in organic unit sales for Protective Packaging due to capacity increases. Gross profit for the Packaging segment was $70 million or 17.0 percent of sales compared to $85 million or 20.1 percent of sales in the first quarter last year. Gross profit declined primarily due to softer demand, lower unit sales, and competitive pricing and higher material costs in our Pallet One and Structural Packaging business units.

UFP Construction

Net sales of $516 million were flat compared to the first quarter of 2024. Organic unit sales increased 3 percent, which was offset by a 3 percent decrease in selling prices. Organic unit sales increased 13 percent in Factory Built primarily due to an increase in industry production, and organic unit sales increased 4 percent in Commercial and 3 percent in Concrete Forming. Organic unit sales in Site Built decreased 5 percent due to softer demand. Gross profit for the Construction segment was $91 million or 17.6 percent of sales compared to $114 million or 22.1 percent of sales in the first quarter last year. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to more competitive pricing in our Site Built business unit.

Short-Term Outlook

Tariff impacts: We are working closely with our domestic and international suppliers to navigate the recently proposed tariffs on several of our raw materials, which have been paused in Mexico and Canada. If tariffs are enacted, the demand for domestic products would be expected to increase, which will likely increase costs as capacity gets challenged. Although the trade landscape continues to evolve, since we do not own any foreign sawmills and have excellent relationships with our mill partners, we believe we are currently in a strong position to adapt quickly to tariffs without material adverse financial impact after a short adjustment period. The company will continue to monitor the market and make decisions quickly to minimize disruption.

End Market Demand: We anticipate the softer demand and competitive pricing environment will continue through the remainder of 2025, with overall demand slightly down in each of our segments. We anticipate a decline in Site Built will be partially offset by an increase in Factory Built.

Long-Term Goals

The company's long-term goals remain unchanged and include: 1) achieving 7-10 percent unit sales growth annually (including bolt-on acquisitions) and at least 10 percent of all sales coming from new products; 2) achieving 12.5 percent EBITDA margins; 3) earning an incremental return on new investments over our hurdle rate; and 4) maintaining a conservative capital structure.

CONFERENCE CALL

UFP Industries will conduct a conference call to discuss its outlook and information included in this news release at 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The call will be hosted by CEO Will Schwartz and CFO Michael Cole and will be available simultaneously and in its entirety to all interested investors and news media through a webcast at https://www.ufpinvestor.com/news-filings-reports#events---presentations. A replay of the call will be available through the website.

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