Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

Good morning, and welcome to the Hilton Grand Vacations Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. A telephone replay will be available for 7 days following the call. The dial-in number is (844) 512-2921 and enter pin# 13751067. I would now like to turn the call over to Mark Melnyk, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, operator, and welcome to the Hilton Grand Vacations Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. As a reminder, our discussions this morning will include forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements. These statements are effective only as of today. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements. For a discussion of some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ, please see the Risk Factors section of our SEC filings. We'll also be referring to certain non-GAAP financial measures. You can find the definitions and components of such non-GAAP numbers, as well as reconciliations of non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures discussed today in our earnings press release and on our website at investors.hgv.com. Our reported results for all periods reflect accounting rules under ASC 606, which we adopted in 2018. Under ASC 606, we're required to defer certain revenues and expenses related to sales made in the period when a project is under construction and then hold off on recognizing those revenues and expenses until the period when construction is completed. For ease of comparability and to simplify our discussion today, our comments on adjusted EBITDA and our real estate results will refer only to results excluding the net impact of construction related deferrals and recognitions for all reporting periods. To help you make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons, you can find details of our current and historical deferrals and recognitions in Table T1 of our earnings release and a complete accounting of our historical deferral and recognition activity can also be found in Excel format on the Financial Reporting section of our Investor Relations website. With that, let me turn the call over to our CEO, Mark Wang. Mark?

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our second quarter earnings call. We produced solid results for the quarter, led by the continued strength of our HGV Max offering, the outperformance of our owner business, and progress on the initiatives we laid out on our prior call. Through those initiatives, we expanded our lead flow and grew the top of our sales funnel, improved our execution, which drove sustained transaction growth, and rolled out additional features to further enhance the value proposition of Max membership. Thanks to the efforts of our teams, we produced double-digit contract sales growth, driven by strong VPG expansion, and tour flow trends that improved compared to the first quarter. We built momentum as we moved through the quarter, culminating in a strong June performance that carried into July. And our demand indicators remain encouraging with on-the-book arrivals outpacing the prior year, along with a strong package pipeline. While the policy landscape remains volatile, the consumer environment has been relatively stable. We're continuing to monitor those trends closely, and we remain focused on executing against our initiatives to help insulate us from macro noise. Looking ahead, our performance in the second quarter gives us confidence in our business, and I'm pleased to reiterate our guidance for the year. While I'm pleased with our progress thus far on our initiatives and integration work, we still see significant value creation opportunities ahead of us. Looking at the results for the quarter. Reported contract sales were up 10% to $834 million, and adjusted EBITDA was $278 million with margins excluding reimbursements of 23%. As I mentioned, we built sales momentum as we moved through the quarter with VPG, close rates, and contract sales improving each month from April to June. Similar to last quarter, tours were slightly lower in Q2 as we continued to ramp our efficiency initiatives that prioritize our highest propensity tours. However, that decline was more than offset by the continued VPG strength, which is a favorable trade-off in our view. Volume per guest was up 11% to $3,690, led by our owner business with our Max offering and sales of Ka Haku contributing to another double-digit VPG quarter. Looking at our demand indicators, occupancy in the quarter was equal to the prior year at 83%. Consolidated arrivals in the third quarter and back half are even with the prior year, with particular strength in our marketing and rental arrivals indicating favorable travel demand. In addition, our efforts to grow the top of the funnel through increased package sales and activations have been successful. We added over 20,000 packages to our pipeline, more than doubling the additions we had in the first quarter. And we also made great progress on our package activations to support our tour flow pipeline. Moving on to our other business. Our member count was nearly 725,000 at the end of the quarter, and we ended with over 233,000 HGV Max members, including nearly 21,000 legacy Bluegreen members who have joined the program. We've continued to see very consistent monthly growth in our Max membership driven by new member growth and owner upgrades. And we expect to retain this momentum as we introduce additional benefits that further enhance the value proposition of Max. Net owner growth for the quarter was 0.6%. This reflects our continued success in adding new members to Max, but it also reflects the netting effect of increased activity from our inventory recapture program. We've spoken a number of times about the efficiency of our recapture model, which carries several key advantages. First, it provides a source of low-cost inventory and reduces the need to spend on additional inventory in the future, supporting lower cost of product and future cash flow growth. And second, we embed additional value into our membership base, adding engaged active members with a high lifetime value while replacing members who are not actively vacationing at the same levels they used to. With the acquisition of Diamond and Bluegreen, our member base has grown substantially and our average ownership tenure across the system has also increased. Having a more mature system provides us additional opportunities for strategic inventory recapture as we continue to refine our inventory sourcing strategy. While we expect the effect of this recapture activity will continue to have an impact on NOG, it ultimately supports the embedded value of our owner base while also improving our free cash flow over the long term. Our Max members are the most active, have the highest satisfaction rates, and have the highest embedded value, and we'll continue to focus on enhancing the value of that membership and driving the growth of our Max members. Moving on, demand in our rental business has remained stable with higher RevPAR supporting results for the quarter. Solid rental performance across the broader portfolio was offset by softness in Las Vegas, where lower market-wide international and convention business is creating increased competitive promotional activity. Turning to financing. As you likely saw a few weeks back, our team successfully closed on a JPY 9.5 billion timeshare securitization in Japan, the first of its kind for a U.S. operator, with a very favorable cost of capital. This deal not only supports our financing business optimization and capital return goals this year, but it opens up an entirely new market to provide a source of low-cost funding to support our business and capital allocation goals as we grow this new platform. It's a testament to our decades of effort to develop our market-leading position in Japan through our commitment of providing quality and service excellence to our 75,000 Japanese members. And this is a significant milestone for HGV, so I'm very proud of the team. From a cash flow perspective, our financing optimization helped us generate over $135 million in adjusted free cash flow for the quarter. We expect to complete spending on our Ka Haku project in 2026, marking the end of a major inventory investment cycle that we announced back in 2018. As we return to a normalized level of annual inventory spending and realize the benefits of the financing optimization program, we're transitioning toward a sustainable model of strong cash flow generation. And we remain committed to returning excess cash to our shareholders. We returned $300 million to our shareholders this year, including $150 million for the quarter, and we're confident in our goal of returning $600 million this year. Turning next to an update on our initiatives and integration progress. Our initiatives helped to support our solid operational performance during the quarter. First, regarding the top of the funnel, as I mentioned earlier, we had strength in our package sales during the quarter, and the efforts that the teams put forward to optimize our package activations led to a considerable increase in our activation pace, which should support tours in the second half of the year. Second on the execution side, we implemented our newest prescreening models in several more package sales channels and sales sites, which has allowed us to better prioritize our tour flow and support improved VPGs. Our third initiative was around product enhancements. We continue to expand our experience platform and recently made Bluegreen's successful hosted trips program available to all of our members. This popular program has had high guest satisfaction scores and a high level of repeat business, and we think it will be a great addition to the services we offer our members and guests. In addition, earlier this month, we also rolled out cross-booking capabilities to our HGV Max members, giving them the ability to easily use their points across the entire system of resorts. And we have several other enhancements slated for rollout later this year, which will continue to drive engagement and enhance the value proposition of Max. On the project front, I'm also excited to announce that we held our topping-off ceremony for our Ka Haku property last week, and we remain on track to begin welcoming guests in 2026. Turning to our Bluegreen integration. We remain on track with our goals. We've nearly achieved our stated cost-saving target and remain confident in our ability to reach our $100 million goal this year. We've rolled out our Envision sales technology to the majority of our Bluegreen sales centers, and we expect to be completed by the end of this quarter. And we're also in the process of integrating Ultimate Access into the Bluegreen resort network. In a few weeks, we'll begin our Bluegreen property rebrand program, which we expect to have completed over the next 3 years. On the partnership front, we've completed the rebranding of our Bass Pro locations, and we continue to make great progress with our partners toward implementing digital marketing programs with them to further expand our lead flow. So to sum it up, I'm happy with our performance this quarter. The value of HGV Max has continued to resonate with our owners and guests, and we've built momentum over the course of the quarter as we executed on our initiatives. We're generating and returning significant cash flow with our financing business optimization, and opening up the Japan securitization market should provide us with a new avenue of cost-efficient adjusted free cash flow generation in the future. As we cross over the halfway point of the year, our focus remains on executing our initiatives as well as continuing our integration work. We've made steady progress, and we still have significant opportunity ahead. So with that, I'll turn it over to Dan for more details on the numbers. Dan?

Thank you, Mark, and good morning, everyone. Before we start, note that our reported results for the quarter included $82 million of sales deferrals, which reduced reported GAAP revenue, and were related to presales of our newest projects, Ka Haku and Kyoto. We also recorded $37 million of associated direct expense deferrals. Adjusting for these two items would increase the adjusted EBITDA to shareholders reported in our press release by a net $45 million to $278 million. In my prepared remarks, I'll only refer to metrics excluding net deferrals, which more accurately reflects the cash flow dynamics of our financial performance during the period. As Mark mentioned, we had another solid quarter driven by gains in our VPG, which were aided by our initiatives and continued success of HGV Max. And it translated into 10% contract sales growth and improvement in our real estate margins. Our financing business optimization has also continued to be a meaningful positive driver to cash flow. We finished the quarter with 73% of our current receivables securitized, remaining within our target range of 70% to 80% on a steady-state basis. In addition, as part of our optimization, I am very pleased to announce that we executed on our first securitization of Japanese receivables with JPY 9.5 billion issuance at an attractive 1.41% borrowing rate. This is a significant milestone for us and represents the first and only timeshare securitization in the Japanese market, and it builds off our decades of leadership in that market. And while this initial deal was relatively small, over time, we plan to scale our presence in that market to provide us with another option to generate additional adjusted free cash flow at an attractive cost of capital. You may have also noticed we filed a 15G earlier this week and expect to be in the market with an ABS deal of approximately $400 million shortly as we continue to focus on efficiently monetizing our financing business. Turning to our results for the quarter. Total revenue, excluding cost reimbursement, in the quarter grew 9% to $1.2 billion, and adjusted EBITDA to shareholders was $278 million with margins excluding reimbursements of 23%. In addition, since the close of the Bluegreen acquisition, we've achieved $92 million of run-rate cost synergies, nearing our goal of $100 million of run-rate synergy savings. Within our real estate business, contract sales were $834 million, up 10% versus the prior year. New buyers represented 28% of our contract sales during the quarter, improving sequentially from the first quarter by 300 basis points. Tours were down about 50 basis points year-over-year to 225,000, which again reflected the tour efficiency initiatives that Mark mentioned earlier, along with ongoing sales center closures related to the hurricane this past fall. As Mark mentioned, during the quarter, we continued rolling out our prescreening and efficiency programs. This allowed us to tour higher propensity guests through our sales centers and along with continued success of HGV Max helped to drive another quarter of strong VPGs, which were up 11% year-over-year to nearly $3,700. We still anticipate high-single-digit contract sales growth for the year. However, given the year-to-date trends, we now expect flat tour growth and high-single-digit VPG growth to be the driver that gets us to that sales target. Cost of product was 11% of our net VOI sales in the quarter, down nearly 100 basis points from the prior year. Real estate sales and marketing expense was $412 million, or 49% of contract sales, flat to the prior year. Real estate profit was $162 million in the quarter, with margins of 26%, up 300 basis points over the prior year. In our financing business, second quarter revenue was $126 million and segment profit was $72 million, with margins of 57%. Excluding the amortization items associated with our acquired receivable portfolios, financing margins were 61%. Looking at our portfolio metrics, our originated weighted average interest rate was 15%. Combined gross receivables for the quarter were $4 billion, or $3 billion net of allowance. Our total allowance for bad debt was $1.1 billion on that $4 billion receivable balance, or 27% of the portfolio. Our annualized default rate for the consolidated portfolio stood at 10.2% for the quarter, equal with the first quarter's levels. Our originated portfolio delinquencies continue to outperform a much more seasoned acquired portfolio, which is a testament to the strength of the HGV brand, increased value proposition of HGV Max, and the continued rollout of the best-in-class sales and underwriting practice. As a result, our second-quarter provision was 14% of owned contract sales, down from 15% in the same quarter of the prior year. Delinquency rates for both the HGV and legacy DRI portfolios are running at or below last year. And while we expect the provision rate to build throughout the year given the current operating environment and seasonal trends, we still expect all-in provision in the mid-teens for the full year, consistent with our previous guidance. We also monitor our 31-to 60-day delinquency trends very closely as an early indicator and have not seen any signs of increased stress within our portfolio in recent weeks, but we continue to monitor the situation closely. In our resort and club business, our consolidated member count was nearly 725,000. And over the trailing 12 months, the Max membership has grown by nearly 65,000 members. Revenue grew 7% to $183 million for the quarter, owing to our increased member count and solid member activity during the quarter, and segment profit was $127 million with margins of 69%. Rental and ancillary revenues were flat to the prior year at $195 million in the quarter, with segment loss of $8 million. Revenue growth was driven by higher ADR with available room nights roughly the same as the prior year. On the whole, we saw improvements in both rate and occupancy across the portfolio, although Mark mentioned softer trends in the Las Vegas market. On the expense side, developer maintenance fees continue to be the largest driver of our rental and ancillary margins. Bridging the gap between segment adjusted EBITDA and total adjusted EBITDA, JV EBITDA was $7 million, license fees were $52 million, and EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interest was $5 million. Corporate G&A was $42 million, or 3.4% of prereimbursement revenue, which was 50 basis points better than last year's expense rate. Our adjusted free cash flow in the quarter was $135 million, which included inventory spending of $77 million. For the full year, we still anticipate that our conversion rate of adjusted EBITDA into adjusted free cash flow will be in the range of 65% to 70%. During the quarter, the company repurchased 4.1 million shares of common stock for $150 million. From July 1st through July 24, we repurchased an additional 626,000 shares for $29 million. We remain committed to capital returns as the primary use of our free cash flow and believe our shares continue to represent a compelling value. We currently have $98 million of remaining availability under our share repurchase plan. In addition, as you saw in our press release, we just obtained a new authorization from the Board of Directors for an additional $600 million of share repurchases for a total of roughly $700 million between the two programs. Turning to our outlook. We are maintaining our 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance to be in the range of $1.125 billion to $1.165 billion, which assumes that the environment remains consistent with what we see today. As I mentioned earlier, we expect to convert 65% to 70% of that EBITDA into cash flow. Using our second-quarter ending share count of just under 90 million shares, this implies we'll generate approximately $8 to $9 of adjusted free cash flow per share for the year. And we'll continue to return the majority of that cash flow to our shareholders. We remain committed to returning an average of $150 million per quarter to shareholders this year through share repurchases or $600 million in total, representing the vast majority of our adjusted free cash flow. Moving to our liquidity. As of June 30, our liquidity position consisted of $269 million of unrestricted cash and $794 million of availability under our revolving credit facility. Our debt balance at quarter end was comprised of corporate debt of $4.6 billion and a nonrecourse debt balance of approximately $2.5 billion. At quarter end, we had $120 million of remaining capacity on our warehouse facility. We also had $937 million of notes that were current on payments but unsecuritized. Of that figure, approximately $429 million could be monetized through either warehouse borrowings or securitizations, while we anticipate another $260 million will become available following certain customary milestones such as first payment, deeding, and recordings. Despite market volatility, ABS markets remain open and functioning. This fact, coupled with our $850 million warehouse, gives us confidence we can execute on our previously discussed finance optimization strategy. Turning to our credit metrics. At the end of Q2, and inclusive of all anticipated cost synergies, the company's total net leverage on a TTM basis was 3.9x.

Your first question comes from Ben Chaiken with Mizuho Securities.

One thing that stood out as we went through the release is the increased mix of fee-for-service this quarter compared to Q1 and to our expectations, especially considering that over 90% of your inventory on the balance sheet is owned. Can you provide any insight into whether this affected EBITDA? I would assume it did. Additionally, can you estimate the impact of converting contract sales to fee-for-service versus traditional owned, if that makes sense? If not, I can rephrase it.

Ben, it's Dan. So to your point, yes, fee-for-service mix was a little bit higher in Q2 than it was in Q1. I think it was about 200 basis points higher, 17% versus 15%. For the full year, there's a little ebb and flow here, right? The fee-for-service work is associated with our deeded product. So where demand is, is where we'll obviously entertain the customers' point of view on what they want to buy. So it really depends on who's coming through the door. And then there's some motivation on our side with different fee structures that we have in place to maximize what we can earn with our fee partners. I think to answer your question for the full year, if you think about that mix, I think we're going to end up right in the middle of Q1 and Q2, right around 16%. But it's going to be in that range, 15% to 17%. It shouldn't be a significant amount of movement. Now, to your point, when you think about fee-for-service, we clearly only retain a commission for those sales. While the margin is good, from an absolute dollar perspective, the flow-through is less.

Yes, Ben, I would say that the teams in South Carolina, Myrtle Beach, and Hilton Head had a great quarter. They have been having a great year, outperforming most regions. Additionally, we have people in Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head showing interest in our product, which is of excellent quality thanks to our third-party partner there. We will continue bringing them into our system.

Got it. And then just as a quick follow-up, directionally, should your fee-for-service go to 10% or under 10%? I'm kind of just using what's implied on the press release today regarding your inventory balance? Or is there something else that could change that over long term, I mean, next year, 2 years from now, et cetera?

Yes. No, that makes sense. You should see it start to ratchet down. In fact, if we think about our pipeline, the only project that's fee-for-service in our pipeline is a subsequent project that we have in Myrtle Beach with our partners there, but that's a few years away.

Okay. I would like to know more about the demand for Bluegreen upgrade sales to Max. Are these sales coming in from customers, or are you actively reaching out to them to encourage upgrades? Additionally, any insight you can provide about the cadence as we progress through the year, including information on tours, VPG, and contract sales, would be appreciated.

Yes. So Max has really taken hold. And when you look at our upgrade curve for our members, it's up 20% since the launch of Max. And it's been strong. Even if you go back to our legacy HGV members, DRI members still 4 years out, we continue to see really good activity there, and the program has really resonated on the value proposition and just the bigger network. As it relates to Bluegreen, great response for Bluegreen. So we expect that, that's going to continue on. And I think we've got about 20-some thousand Bluegreen members who've joined Max since the middle of November when we launched it. So again, it's great to see what Max has done. The teams did a really good job designing this new program with people upgrading quicker and with greater frequency. So it's a testament to what the teams have done, and it's a testament to our brand and our ability to take our brand and leverage that brand across the two acquisitions. So that's going well. And as far as the rest of the year, I think what we're seeing is a consumer environment that remains, I'd say, very stable, right? And so, our expectations are very consistent for the rest of the year is what we've seen at the beginning of the year. And then July, as we went into July, we saw the same kind of performance we saw as we exited Q2, which that quarter ramped up through the quarter, with June being the best month. So pleased with what the teams are doing and the demand creation that's out there, and I'd say a much more stable environment than we've seen in a while. And look, obviously, still we've got a policy environment that remains fluid, but we feel pretty good based on just looking at our forward indicators that people continue to want to travel.

Next question, Brandt Montour with Barclays.

Mark, I want to dig in a little bit deeper on the new owner side. I think you guys said you leaned on where you had really good owner sales, and I know you're focusing on the owner side for Bluegreen. But I think what we've kind of heard from peers were more worried about in this environment is new owner sales. And so maybe if you could just talk about how the new owner sales effort has evolved throughout the year, especially on Diamond, where I know there was a big effort by you guys to push new owner sales in those sales centers last year?

Yes. Regarding new owners, back in Q2 of '24, we experienced some decline, particularly in the lower performing cohort. However, I can confirm that we've seen stabilization across all cohorts, which is encouraging, and we are building momentum. As mentioned in our prepared remarks, our new buyer pipeline increased by 10%. We sold 200,000 packages in the quarter and made significant progress with activation. The momentum around new buyers is promising. From a transactional standpoint, about 30% of our transactions involved new buyers. This percentage is partly due to the strong performance of our existing owners, which I've noted before—our upgrade curve has improved by 20%. Therefore, the transactional mix being at 30% instead of potentially 35% can be attributed to the outperformance on the owner side. Overall, we are gaining great momentum, and the team executed well this quarter. We did face some pressure on costs due to overselling our budget for package sales; these guests generally do not travel until 6 to 18 months later, yet we incur most of the expenses in the current quarter, impacting our flow-through. However, we will continue to create demand when it arises. This is evidenced by the sale of 200,000 packages during what some might view as a more uncertain time. Activity levels remain high, and the team is performing exceptionally well. We've rebranded all our Bass Pro shop stores, resulting in a 20% increase in package sales there. Our Hilton partners alongside Bass Pro and Choice form a significant portion of our new buyer tour stores, not to mention our efforts at the property level and local marketing.

That's great to hear. And then I do want to get your thoughts on what's going on in Vegas. Obviously, you heard from some of the strip gaming operators. But when you look at your forward indicators for that market, do you see anything that would suggest this isn't just sort of summer leisure-related softness? Anything that concerns you maybe into the back end of the year when that market is supposed to be maybe a little bit more on a sounder footing from a seasonal perspective?

Yes. Visitations are down, and some of the pressure we are experiencing is due to the promotional activities from the casino operators. This has affected our room rates, particularly during a seasonally low period. However, one of our significant advantages is that we don't have a fixed rental night capacity. This means we can strategically allocate more room nights for club and marketing to boost sales. We are making these adjustments to help protect us from the recent softness in that market. Regarding contract sales in Las Vegas, we did notice some softness compared to our other core markets, but the good news is that owner VPGs in Vegas remain very strong.

Next question, Patrick Scholes with Truist Securities.

Dan, can you talk to the performance of your loan book as the quarter progressed and into July?

Yes, definitely. The loan portfolio is performing well. Compared to last year, we're observing that delinquency rates across the three brands are either stable or improving, with the exception of Diamond, which I would consider a minor fluctuation. We're seeing changes of only 5 to 10 basis points, which isn't significant. It's more about the timing of when you look at it. However, if we examine the year-to-date changes in delinquencies—particularly the 31-to 60-day delinquencies, which we view as leading indicators—they're lower than 2024 levels as we head into July. So overall, we feel we're in a favorable position.

Okay. Good. One more question here on VPGs. Last quarter, you had noted an expectation for mid-to-high single-digit VPG growth for the remainder of the year. You did about 11% in 2Q. For the back half of the year, would you still expect to do mid-to-high single-digit growth for VPGs?

I think when you think about the back half of the year, there's two distinct stories there, right? When you think about VPGs in Q3, we still have not lapped the launch of HGV Max. So we should see strong VPG growth in Q3. But when you think about Q4, it is lapping the launch of HGV Max through the Bluegreen owners, which happened, I want to say it was November 8, 2024. So we would envision VPGs to be down in Q4 year-over-year because of that tough comp primarily.

Next question, Stephen Grambling with Morgan Stanley.

Just maybe another follow-up on VPG. I just want to make sure that I heard you correctly. It sounded like, Mark, you had said that you were pretty happy with the VPG performance in the quarter and you take VPG over maybe tour flow. Can you just remind us of what the typical flow-through is on 1 point of VPG versus tour flow? And then as you look at new owner VPG, I know you touched on this a little bit, but are you seeing any change in conversion rates for new owners coming through tours?

Yes, Stephen. First of all, I'd like to mention that owner VPGs are very strong, both year-over-year and in comparison to 2019. On the new buyer side, we've noticed that it has been quite stable, with minimal movement over the last few quarters. Therefore, I believe our rebranding efforts with Bluegreen, which will start in earnest in the next couple of months and take about three years to complete, will benefit us in the future. Additionally, the Bluegreen launch of Max for new buyers is underway, creating more opportunities for us. However, we still have some time before we can fully leverage the integration of our product across sales centers, as we are waiting for the technology to be developed. Overall, owner VPGs are extremely strong, and new buyer VPGs remain very stable.

Yes, to expand on that, Stephen, you're likely to get more detail than you anticipated. When considering VPGs, we expect the flow-through for every dollar to be in the 50-plus range, although there are many moving parts, which I'll explain shortly. The flow-through is considerably lower for tours due to additional costs, being closer to 30%. As for the moving parts, you may have noticed that our real estate margin increased by 300 basis points year-over-year in the second quarter. We have to account for factors like bad debt and product costs, some of which are seasonal, particularly the provision for bad debt. In Q2, we recorded a provision of 13.7% but expect it to rise above 16% in Q3, around 17%, and then decrease to about 15.5% in the stronger Q4 period. Regarding product costs, these depend on the product mix. In Q2, we had a favorable mix, with costs around 11%, down from over 12% in Q1. For the year, we anticipate costs to be slightly better than our original expectations, maintaining a range of 12% to 13%. This is indicative of the advantages gained from our acquisitions. I realize this is a lengthy response regarding VPGs, but it's important to underline. Previously, before any acquisitions, legacy HGV had product costs exceeding 25%. Following the acquisition of Diamond, we initially expected costs to drop to the low 20s. However, after working with the Diamond Trust, we have now adjusted our expectations to the high teens. With the acquisition of Bluegreen and the resulting favorable inventory costs, we anticipate product costs to be in the 13% to 16% range in the mid-teens. While the mix will vary from quarter to quarter, that’s our long-term outlook. More importantly, it's essential to consider what this means for future development and inventory spending. This year, our inventory spending is expected to be around $450 million, similar to next year, linked to commitments from previous years, such as Ka Haku and Maui. With the Bluegreen Trust and Diamond Trust, we project future inventory expenditure to be around $300 million. To give context, after acquiring Bluegreen, our projected stabilized inventory spending was initially between $350 million and $450 million. We have significantly reduced that high estimate from $450 million down to $300 million. I know this goes beyond your question about VPGs, but all these factors contribute significantly to the company's future.

No, that's super helpful. It just also leads into one potentially quicker one, which is just as you think about that adjusted free cash flow at 65% to 70%, but then you have this longer-term benefit to potentially cost of VOI and also inventory spend. Could that drift higher as well?

My only hesitation on saying, hey, it could drift higher is because I can tell you where I anticipate having our inventory spend over the next 5 years. What I cannot tell you for even next year is what's the political rhetoric going to do with tax rate, right? That obviously comes into play. So holding everything else equal, ideally we'd be at the higher end of that range, but there's a lot of nuances on puts and takes.

Thank you. Before we end, I will turn the call back over to Mark Wang for any closing remarks. Mr. Wang?

All right. Well, thanks, everyone, for joining us today. I want to thank our team members for going above and beyond to meet our owners' needs and deliver outstanding vacation experiences. And I want to thank our owners who make vacationing a priority and entrust us with creating those memorable experiences for themselves and their families. Have a great day. Thank you.

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