Greetings and welcome to the Patrick Industries, Inc., Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to Steve O'Hara, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Steve.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our call this morning. I'm joined on the call today by Andy Nemeth, CEO; Jeff Rodino, President, RV; and Andy Roeder, CFO. Certain statements made in today's conference call regarding Patrick Industries and its operations may be considered forward-looking statements under the securities laws. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I would now like to turn the call over to Andy Nemeth.

Thank you, Steve. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on the call today. I want to start by thanking our entire Patrick team for their amazing dedication, commitment, and resolution to stay focused to deliver resilient execution throughout 2024 despite market and macroeconomic volatility. This team remained disciplined in driving operational excellence and committed to our goal of serving our customers at the highest level. And I am incredibly proud of their performance as we continue to invest in our business, heighten our customer service expectations, and position the company for future growth. We have sized and scaled our business and are prepared for a recovery in our outdoor enthusiast markets. 2024 was another strategically significant year for Patrick as we continued executing on our long-term vision and strategic plan. We meaningfully expanded our presence in the Powersport space through the acquisition of Sportech, and materially enhanced our aftermarket presence and capabilities with the acquisition of RecPro. We optimized our organizational structure by aligning our customer-first focus with our vision to drive the best customer service in the industry and structured our leadership and expertise across our end-markets to drive innovation and growth. Additionally, we strengthened our financial foundation by proactively completing a debt refinancing that improved our liquidity position, reduced the cost of our fixed-rate debt, and extended our maturity profile. Finally, we concluded the year by celebrating our history and the team's long legacy of commitment to each other by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell and hosting our inaugural Investor Day. The event showcased our bench strength, deep cultural foundation, the solid platform that supports our brand portfolio, our track record of growth, and how we plan to meet our growth objectives. During our Investor Day, we outlined multiple growth avenues that exist for our business. First, we focused on our organic growth target of 2% to 3% annually through a combination of new and innovative products and the longer-term focus of our advanced product group. Our ability to bring our full solutions model from our extensive product portfolio to our customers is a key facet of our strategy to drive long-term organic growth, while we build ever-stronger customer relationships, striving to be the supplier of choice for our outdoor enthusiast and housing markets. Second, we believe our end-markets are at or near cyclical lows and expect them to return to growth over the long term. Third, we have strategically diversified Patrick by acquiring complementary and adjacent businesses within our defined set of core markets, RV, Marine, Powersports, and Housing, to further expand the earnings power and cash generation potential for our business. And finally, with our late third quarter acquisition of RecPro, we see significant potential in the aftermarket and are just beginning to capture the opportunity that exists in that space. In addition to our growth targets, we highlighted our culture and values and the power of being empowered by Patrick to support our individual brands as they maintain their entrepreneurial spirit while having the strong foundation of the Patrick enterprise behind them. Moving to our financial highlights. For the fourth quarter, we delivered sales growth of 8%, equating to sales of $846 million. On an adjusted basis, net income per diluted share was $0.52. Full year 2024 sales grew 7% to $3.7 billion. And adjusted net income per diluted share was $4.34. Our financial performance this year was driven by market share gains despite a mix shift towards smaller, more affordable units, strategic acquisitions, stabilization in our RV market, and strong performance in our Housing businesses, in particular, our manufactured housing businesses. The combination of these items helped offset declines in our Marine market, where dealers and OEMs were focused on reducing field inventory levels. All told, our diversified model and flexible cost structure helped us maintain solid profitability in 2024, while also enabling us to stay strategic and thoughtfully position our business for the next upcycle. Looking ahead, we're going to stay focused on meeting and exceeding the needs of our valued customers while preserving the ability to flex our cost structure as needed. We remain optimistic that consumer purchasing power and consumer confidence will improve as we move through the year, enabling some of the pent-up demand to be realized in 2025. This potential catalyst, combined with lean dealer inventories, could support improving demand as we progress through the year. At the end of 2024, our total net liquidity was approximately $804 million, and combined with our strong balance sheet, provides us significant flexibility to execute on strategic opportunities while continuing to return cash to shareholders. Our team remains dedicated to advancing our organizational objectives and driving additional shareholder value as we move through 2025. I'll now turn the call over to Jeff, who will highlight the quarter and provide detail on our end markets.

Thanks, Andy, and good morning, everyone. Our OEM partners continued to demonstrate tremendous discipline and sometimes aggressive inventory management throughout 2024 in response to ongoing interest rate and consumer demand headwinds. This discipline drove meaningful reductions in field inventory across our outdoor enthusiast market. In RV and Marine, we estimate dealer inventories declined approximately 13% and 22%, respectively, during the year. And in the second half of 2024, certain powersports OEMs had previously announced targeted dealer inventory reductions, and recent reports suggest solid progress on those efforts. On the Housing side of our business, demand for affordable housing remained solid through the year, exceeding our expectations. Our fourth quarter RV revenues increased 1% to $358 million, representing 42% of consolidated sales. RV content per unit on a full year basis was $4,870, which increased 1% from the same period in 2023. On a sequential basis, content per unit was flat, reflecting a further mix shift towards smaller, more affordable units. RV wholesale unit shipments increased 3% in the quarter, while we estimate RV retail registrations increased approximately 1% during the same period. Our current estimates suggest the fourth quarter of 2024 will represent the first quarter in 13 consecutive quarters where retail has improved over the prior year quarter with October being the first month in 40 consecutive months to show retail improvement. Our estimates further suggest a seasonal dealer restock of approximately 14,000 units during the quarter, resulting in an estimated 17 to 19 weeks on hand versus the pre-pandemic historical averages of 26 to 30 weeks. The team recently attended the 2025 Florida RV SuperShow in Tampa, one of the largest RV retail shows in the U.S., where we saw encouraging customer engagement. Thus far, news out of early season retail shows has been promising. On the acquisition front, we are pleased to report that RecPro, our third quarter acquisition, has been an excellent fit within the Patrick family, and the organic opportunities that are available within our existing product portfolio are greater than what we originally anticipated. Our teams have demonstrated passion and efficiency while working together, and we've begun to add legacy RV product lines onto the RecPro platform with strategic plans to integrate Marine and Powersports in the future. Additionally, earlier this week, we announced the acquisition of Elkhart Composites, a composite solution provider to the RV market. This acquisition bolsters our growing portfolio of industry-leading composites offerings including PC Pro, PC Light, Azdel, and NTXT, which we have highlighted on previous calls. Marine fourth quarter revenues were $122 million, representing 14% of our fourth quarter consolidated sales. This compares to $147 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. Results reflect continued softness, particularly in the higher engineered ski, wake, and pontoon categories, where we remained a significant market presence. Marine content for wholesale powerboat units decreased 3% to $3,967 on a full year basis as a result of this mix shift. However, content per unit increased 1% on a sequential basis. We estimate that the marine retail and wholesale powerboat unit shipments decreased approximately 7% and 20%, respectively, in Q4. These figures imply a seasonal dealer field inventory restock of about 13,000 units, which is lower than the historical average for this time of year but reflective of the OEM's partnerships with the dealer base and helping cover floor plan costs during the off-season. Our current estimated dealer inventory weeks on hand of 23 to 25 weeks is well below the historical average, which is 36 to 40 weeks, and down approximately three to five weeks from the same period a year ago, contributing to our belief that an uptick in demand could lead to dealers restocking more meaningfully. Our Powersports revenues were $78 million in the quarter, representing 9% of our fourth quarter consolidated sales. Our Powersports business is primarily focused on the utility segment of the side-by-side market, which continues to demonstrate resilience compared to the recreational segment. We also participate in the motorcycle and golf cart segments of the market. Powersports OEMs are actively managing field inventory levels and we're encouraged by the continued strength in the attachment rates and steady demand for premium features. Based on recent reports from certain Powersports OEMs, we believe ridership and usage have been more resilient than new unit retail sales, meaning customers continue to use their Powersports products, which we believe is a positive sign. Heading into 2025, we are confident in our brands that compete in this space today and the runway of opportunity ahead of us. While the broader industry continues to calibrate, our Powersports business is focused on supporting OEMs through engineering new products and solutions that consumers value. Our housing revenues increased 12% to $288 million in Q4, representing 35% of our consolidated sales. This growth was driven by continued momentum in Manufactured Housing, which we believe remains an attractive option for those seeking affordable housing solutions. Our MH content per unit increased 4% to $6,604 for the full year. In the fourth quarter, MH wholesale unit shipments increased 15%, offsetting softness within residential housing starts, which decreased 6%, with single-family starts down approximately 5% and multifamily starts down approximately 9%.

Thanks, Jeff, and good morning, everyone. Our consolidated net sales for the fourth quarter increased 8% to $846 million. For the full year, net sales increased 7% to $3.7 billion. Full year RV revenue increased 8% to $1.6 billion, while Marine revenue was off by 27% to $571 million. Our Powersports revenue increased 189% to $352 million, and our Housing revenue increased 10% to $1.2 billion. MH wholesale shipments improved nicely last year, increasing 16%. And RV wholesale shipments also recovered, increasing 7% year-over-year. Marine wholesale shipments declined an estimated 25% for the full year. Retail registrations outpaced wholesale in RV and Marine, suggesting solid reductions in dealer field inventory as OEMs across our end-markets remain disciplined with their production schedules. On a GAAP reported basis, gross margin was 22.1% in the fourth quarter compared to 22.9% from the prior year, partially due to the mix of revenue, given end-market dynamics with OEMs focusing on producing more affordable units in the quarter combined with typical seasonality. For the full year, gross margin was 22.5% compared to 22.6% in 2023. The fourth quarter and full year gross margins include 30 basis points and 10 basis points, respectively, of purchase accounting adjustments, of inventory step-ups related to 2024 acquisitions. Total operating expenses were $148 million for the fourth quarter and $578 million for the full year. For the quarter, warehouse and delivery expenses increased 21% primarily due to the third quarter acquisition of RecPro. For the fourth quarter, SG&A expenses increased 20% to $81 million, and amortization expenses increased approximately $5 million or 26%. The increases in these expenses were directly related to acquisitions during 2024 and our decision to maintain our cost structure in the fourth quarter without further adjustment to ensure the efficacy of our business model and ability to support our customers upon signs of potential inflection in our markets. For the full year, SG&A expenses increased approximately 9% to $326 million. Amortization expense increased $17 million or 22% to $96 million as a result of acquisitions. Operating income for the fourth quarter was $40 million and $258 million for the full year. On a GAAP reported basis, operating margin was 4.7% in the fourth quarter and 6.9% for the full year. On an adjusted basis, and as noted in our press release this morning, after excluding certain one-time nonrecurring expenses, including transaction costs, inventory step-up, and costs related to our debt refinancing in the fourth quarter, operating margin was 5.2% in the fourth quarter and 7.2% for the full year. On a GAAP reported basis, net income in the fourth quarter was $15 million or $0.42 per diluted share compared to $0.94 per diluted share in 2023. Adjusted net income in the fourth quarter was $18 million or $0.52 per diluted share. For the full year, GAAP reported net income was $138 million or $4.11 per diluted share. And on an adjusted basis for the full year, net income was $146 million or $4.34 per diluted share. As reconciled in our earnings press release, our adjusted net income and net income per share exclude certain one-time nonrecurring items, including a fair-value inventory step-up related to acquisitions, transaction costs, and expenses related to the extinguishment of debt. Please also recall that our per share data, including EPS and dividends reflect our three-for-two stock split, which was paid on December 13. Additionally, our fourth quarter and full year EPS include approximately $0.02 and $0.10 per share, respectively, and additional accounting-related dilution from our 2028 convertible notes and related warrants as a result of the increase in our stock price above the convertible option strike price. As we've noted in the past, we have hedges in place, which are expected to reduce or eliminate any potential dilution to the company's common stock upon any conversion of the convertible notes and/or offset any cash payments the company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of the converted notes. For GAAP reporting purposes, these hedges are always anti-dilutive and therefore cannot be included when reporting earnings per share. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 11% to $89 million, while adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 10.6% for the fourth quarter. On a full year basis, adjusted EBITDA increased 6% to $452 million, while adjusted EBITDA margin decreased 10 basis points to 12.2%. Our overall effective tax rate was approximately 29% for the fourth quarter and 22% for the full year 2024. Cash provided by operations was approximately $327 million for 2024 and purchases of property, plant, and equipment were $76 million for the year, resulting in free cash flow of $251 million. This fell short of our outlook as we made the decision to strategically utilize our cash flows to maintain and procure certain raw material inventory to ensure we are in a position to support any uptick in demand from our customers in the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter, operating cash flow was $103 million, implying free cash flow of $77 million. At the end of the quarter, our total net leverage was 2.7 times. We remain committed to our goal of deleveraging while strategically evaluating acquisitions that align with our growth objectives. This approach has allowed us to pursue opportunistic acquisitions such as Sportech and RecPro during the year and smaller bolt-on transactions like Elkhart Composites, which was announced this week. We remain comfortable increasing leverage when appropriate to capitalize on strategic opportunities. Available liquidity at the end of the quarter was approximately $804 million, comprised of $34 million of cash on hand and unused capacity on our revolving credit facility of $770 million. We are dedicated to maintaining a disciplined capital allocation strategy, prioritizing strategic acquisitions that align with our growth objectives, while also investing in projects that support our organic growth initiatives. These efforts are complemented by our commitment to reinvesting in Patrick and delivering value to shareholders through returns. In 2024, we invested $412 million in acquisitions including our acquisition of Sportech and RecPro. During the quarter, we repurchased approximately $5 million or 60,000 shares and returned approximately $13 million to shareholders in the form of dividends. For the full year, we returned $55 million to our shareholders, including a total of $5 million in stock repurchases and $50 million in dividends. At the end of 2024, we had $200 million remaining under our current share repurchase authorization. In November, management and our Board of Directors demonstrated their confidence in our financial strength and growth potential by electing to increase Patrick's quarterly dividend by 9% to $0.40 per share. Before we give our end market outlook, we want to discuss our estimated tariff exposure relative to our current expectations that align with the President's announcement on Saturday. Although we have seen changes this week to the original proposal and we will adapt as necessary, we believe it is worth providing color on our exposure to these three countries. In total, China, Mexico, and Canada account for approximately 10% of our cost of goods sold with approximately one half focused on China and the other half on Mexico and Canada. We have been diligently de-risking our offshore exposure over the past two years to China and are confident in our ability to further reduce our exposure to China by more than half, if necessary. We will continue exploring alternative sourcing options across all three countries where possible. We will continue to monitor the tariff situation as it is extremely dynamic. We have many optional tools at our disposal, including working with both our suppliers and customers in partnership through our good, better, best product offering, VAVE initiatives and our strategic sourcing decisions to materially mitigate the impact to our margins at this time.

Thank you. We'll now be conducting a question-and-answer session. Our first question today is coming from Mike Swartz from Truist Securities. Your line is now live.

Good morning, everyone. To start, it seems that your outlook for 2025, except for the Manufactured Housing business, is largely consistent with what you shared a few months ago. Based on the ranges you've provided, can you offer some qualitative insights on how you're viewing the year now compared to three months ago? Have there been any significant changes?

Good morning, Mike. This is Andy. There are no significant changes to that. I think there's some building optimism right now and some tailwinds building if you just look at where we were a quarter ago versus where we are today. We're optimistic with what we see today looking out. We're keeping our estimates in check right now just as it's a little bit early to get a feel on the retail selling season at this point. But certainly, in the next couple of months, we'll have a much greater feel on what that looks like. But right now, I'll tell you that there are building tailwinds that we see. So we're optimistic, but holding tight to our estimates.

Okay. Great. And then maybe for Andy Roeder. Just more housekeeping. Can you give us the breakout of that 8% growth? How much of that was inorganic versus organic and end market?

Yeah. Sure, Mike. That 8% growth was driven by acquisition revenue, which was up 11% for the quarter year-over-year. And then the industry was down 4%. That's largely mix-driven. Organic was up 2%. And that's pricing down 2% and content share up 3.5%.

Okay. Perfect. Thanks, guys.

Thank you. Next question is coming from Daniel Moore from CJS Securities. Your line is now live.

Yes. Good morning. Thanks for taking the questions. Maybe just talk about the biggest opportunities buckets, either end-markets or products you see to continue to increase penetration and drive that 2% to 3% organic growth as we look at 2025 and beyond.

Dan, I think that what we're really excited about is all the new product opportunities that we've been working on, both from a prototyping perspective for the current model year and in addition to our advanced product group which has been very active in working with our customers. And so the content share gains that we see with new products and new product potential for 2025 is something that we're very excited about to be able to hit those targets or exceed those targets. We've done more prototyping in the last year and half than we've done in the prior three years. And so it's an exciting time as we look out here. The innovations that our teams have come up with are very exciting to look at. So that, in addition to the fact that I think we're positioned, we've made the appropriate investments to be able to scale with our customers when we do see an inflection point should allow us to be very aggressive in the marketplace, to be able to execute and really scale with those customers. So we feel good about a number of the opportunities that are out there.

Thank you for the update on the full year outlook. I’m juggling multiple calls this morning, so I apologize if I missed anything. Regarding Q1, what are your expectations for revenue compared to Q4, as well as operating margins in relation to what we saw in Q4, both on an adjusted basis and overall? How should we approach the beginning of the year?

I think really, as we're looking at the model, Q4 and Q1 are pretty similar as it relates to the revenue expectations, really with some pickup. Q2 and Q3 are traditionally our largest quarters and where we expect to see a lot of the margin impact for the products that we're working on today. So Q1, relatively flat with Q4 is our current estimates and expectations, again, as we kind of move through the selling season here in the retail season in February, March, April.

Perfect. And then just a kind of a capital allocation question, but raised dividend by 9%, not insignificant…

Hey, Dan. I apologize for the confusion, but I was looking at the incorrect figures. We are actually expecting an increase in Q1 compared to Q4. I appreciate your patience as I corrected my earlier mistake. We anticipate improvements in both our margin and top line for Q1 relative to Q4.

No, that's fine. Obviously, as is typical, the bigger jump in margins will come Q2, Q3, as you described?

That's correct.

Yeah. Okay. And then just capital allocation, we've got significant liquidity, held a little bit of working capital, but we're looking at a year coming up of tremendous free cash flow generation. Just what's the pipeline for M&A? And talk about the balancing act between wanting to drive leverage a little lower, M&A opportunities versus maybe being more aggressive with the buyback as we're just at the kind of inning one of the cyclical recovery here? And that's it for me. Thanks.

Yes. So capital allocation-wise, we're carrying a little bit more inventory into Q4 as we had kind of previously indicated in anticipation of some uptick in production here as it relates to some little bit of restock, some seasonality, but in anticipation again to be able to scale with our customers. I think as we look out into 2025, first of all, the M&A pipeline continues to be full, and we continue to be very, very active in cultivating opportunities out there. So nothing's changed as it relates to our expectations to be able to continue to deliver M&A. We're very excited about that. We are excited about the cash flow generation and capital allocation. We're going to continue to be disciplined and thoughtful about it. But again, I think we can be opportunistic and on offense here for the next two or three quarters for sure as it relates to all our priorities related to capital allocation.

Thank you. Next question today is coming from Joe Altobello from Raymond James. Your line is now live.

Thanks. Hey, guys. Good morning. I guess, first question, I want to talk about the cash flow in the fourth quarter. Maybe a little bit more color there. Which raw materials did you procure? Was this tariff-related to try to maybe get ahead of that? And why wouldn't that be sort of a pull-forward, if you will, and bolster cash flow in '25?

Hey, Joe. There is some pull forward there. We were disciplined in Q4 to make sure that we carried enough inventory. Most of it's in the RV sector as it relates to the raw materials that we brought in. So very liquid material as it relates to kind of how we're thinking about it. A little bit of Marine as well with some business that we picked up. So we look at that, we maintain constant and picked up a little bit of inventory in Q4 in anticipation of kind of a little bit more activity in Q1 this year. So, yes, there is a little bit of pull forward. We're going to continue to manage our inventories very aggressively, but we're in a great position. And like I said, it's very movable inventory from a raw material perspective.

Okay. And just to shift gears over to mix, you talked about it several times this morning. What are you guys assuming in terms of RV mix this year? Does it get better or does it stay kind of where we were exiting 2024?

Hey, Joe. This is Jeff. I think as we get into the first quarter, we've seen a little bit of uptick in production levels, but the mix has kind of remained the same from the fourth quarter to the first quarter. We believe that there will be some opportunity for that mix to switch back a little bit over to the mid to high-end product. But again, we just want to see where retail starts to land. But as it sits today from fourth quarter to first quarter, we're seeing it's pretty similar with the expectations that it could change later in the year.

Okay. Great. Thank you.

Thank you. Our next question is coming from Noah Zatzkin from KeyBanc Capital Markets. Your line is now live.

Hi. Thanks for taking my questions. I guess, first, just on the kind of 70 basis point to 90 basis point operating margin improvement in the outlook, is most of that volume-driven? Is there kind of any cost savings in there or automation efforts? Just trying to put together kind of like the puts and takes there. Thanks.

Noah, this is Andy. It's primarily volume-driven as we've set the organizational structure really to match up in alignment with kind of the revenue run rates that we've been experiencing over the last couple of quarters. And so it's really going to be volume-related, and we just don't have to add a lot of significant overhead to support significant revenue increases coming through. So we're going to be able to leverage the model the way we thought we could to be able to generate that.

Great. Maybe just one on RecPro. I know you touched on this a bit, but any kind of early learnings there, incremental opportunities versus what you've had kind of previously laid out or just kind of anything to note in terms of kind of the timeline there? Thanks.

Yeah, Noah. This is Jeff. We've been really excited about the RecPro acquisition and what we've been able to accomplish really in just the first three months of onboarding them. We've been able to add over 60 products to the RecPro site of Patrick products that had not had that aftermarket exposure and we've got several more lined up. We're starting to really incorporate some of the Marine divisions right now. So it's been really good for us and we've been really enthusiastic about the teams working together and being able to get that product out there. So it's been good.

Thank you.

Thank you. Next question is coming from Scott Stember from ROTH Capital. Your line is now live.

Good morning, everyone. It's Jack standing in for Scott. I have a question regarding what you are observing at retail and in the RV sector. It appears that retail may have reached a low point or is close to it, and dealers seem to be placing orders once more. What can we expect in terms of RV OEM production rates for Q1?

Yeah. So, from a production rate standpoint, we have seen a little bit of uptick. We believe that there's certainly a need to get additional inventory out in the system for the selling season. Our touch points are a little bit mixed, but there's some optimism out there. We've seen some good activity on the retail side, went down to the Tampa show, and then certainly saw a lot of consumer engagement there. So, we believe that there's opportunity for good retail growth or some retail out there, but we're still watching and waiting.

Great. Thank you.

Thank you. Next question today is coming from Tristan Thomas-Martin from BMO Capital Markets. Your line is now live.

Hi. Good morning. I'm asking kind of two questions that have kind of, I think, been hinted out a couple of times. The first one, what are you seeing in your RV transport business so far in the first quarter?

We're beginning to notice additional products being distributed to the dealers. We are also observing a continued demand for smaller units, which are currently popular in retail and generating significant activity in our transportation segment. There are many factors at play in the first quarter as we start moving products off the production lines and distributing them to dealers. However, we are continuing to hire drivers to ensure we can meet dealer demands as we enter the selling season.

Thank you. Taking a longer-term view, we have seen pressure from the cheaper units in 2025. How are you and the OEMs approaching model year 2026 and model year 2027? When do you expect to see a significant change in content?

We have observed that the mix from the fourth quarter to the first quarter has remained relatively stable, despite some production increases. There is a segment of lifetime RV buyers who have been absent from the market over the last few years due to issues with availability and pricing. As prices have started to adjust and interest rates have decreased, I believe these buyers will begin to return to the market. This presents us with the chance to focus on mid to higher-level products. I hope to see some movement in this area by the second and third quarters of this year. We're monitoring the situation closely, as there is clear potential for the mix to shift back to more traditional offerings as we enter the selling season. Historically, when emerging from a downturn, we've noticed that dealers tend to introduce entry-level products to stimulate retail activity on their lots. As this activity picks up, we anticipate some changes in our product offerings.

Okay. Then if you don't mind, if I could sneak one more in there, just can you kind of remind everybody, when are model year content decisions made typically and then how easy are they to change later on in like the product's lifecycle?

Yeah. So on the RV side, RVIA has a suggested model change of June 1. We start working with customers almost immediately after the open house in October. When those decisions are made varies really by the lead time of the product. If it's an import product and has a 12 to 16 week lead time, we're going to be pushed to make those decisions. Really, they should be made already right now, based on a June 1 model change. But there are other products that we make here domestically, that we don't carry a lot of inventory because we're built to order. We can make those quick decisions a little bit closer to the June 1 deadline.

Thank you.

Thank you. Next question today is coming from Alex Perry from Bank of America. Your line is now live.

Hi. I wanted to ask again about the increased excitement you're noticing in the RV segment following the show season. Can you share more insights on what you believe is driving that? In your recent discussions with the OEMs, what factors do you think are contributing to this heightened enthusiasm? Are you observing a rise in consumer confidence now that we are past the election, or are the conversations leaning more towards the interest rate environment, with consumers getting accustomed to a more stable yet higher interest rate situation? Could you provide more details on what’s fueling your optimism in this area? Thanks.

I believe several factors are contributing to this situation. The low dealer inventories in our markets, along with the strong discipline from our OEM partners to ensure flexibility and scalability, play a role. Additionally, consumer confidence and sentiment have improved with the uncertainty following the election. There is also a noted enjoyment among consumers for outdoor activities. As we examine our markets and past trends, we are witnessing a resurgence of excitement for our products. Currently, there is a palpable sense of optimism in the industry due to this discipline. From our insights during the retail show season, we see solid traction, with consumers actively purchasing units. Whether it pertains to RVs or marine products, this enthusiasm is evident. Overall, various elements contribute to this positive outlook, and while cautious optimism may be a fitting description, we certainly feel an overarching sense of optimism throughout the space.

Thank you for the helpful information. Regarding the guidance, the slides mention considering some moderate rate relief. How much of that is included in your expectations for the guidance? Also, I want to revisit tariffs; you provided useful quantitative details about your tariff exposure. Are the proposed tariffs included in the guidance, and what might their impact be? Thank you.

Alex, this is Andy Roeder. We have 50 basis points included in our plan for next year. We've maintained that 50 basis points even as the environment has changed a bit. Right now, we're not expecting significant relief. We believe the 100 basis points we experienced last fall has not made a substantial difference, and we don't anticipate that changing much.

On the tariff front, Alex, right now, we don't have anything baked into our model or our plan as it relates to tariff impact. Like I said and like we talked about in our comments, I think that we feel good about a lot of the risk mitigation that we've done, especially as it relates to our offshoring from China. Mexico and Canada are kind of a TBD right now. But the opportunity to work with our customers, our product offering, different things that we can do because of our multiple product lines and things that we can bring, we hope to be able to work with our customers to mitigate as much of that as possible. So, we're going to be very active in that partnership. And again, we've not built any into the model at this point. It's still an unknown. But I'm really proud of what our team has done, in particular as it relates to de-risking our China exposure over the last couple of years. They worked really hard behind the scenes to really drive alternative sourcing options, and we're not going to stop doing that. So, again, we've not built any into the model.

Perfect. That's very helpful. Best of luck going forward.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Thank you. Next question today is coming from Mike Albanese from The Benchmark Company. Your line is now live.

Yeah. Hey, good morning, guys, and thanks for taking my question. Just a quick one on housing and my apologies if I missed this here, but has the growth been more so driven by, I guess, inventory stock on the builder side or the uptick in, I guess, retail demand for affordable housing? I guess, just help me unpack the bifurcation a little bit. Thanks.

We believe there is strong retail demand for affordable housing. For a long time, we have seen insufficient inventory and capacity to meet this demand. The manufactured housing industry, in particular, has performed well for us, and we are proud of our team's achievements in not only delivering value to our customers but also expanding our product lines. We attribute much of this success to the existing retail demand and the enthusiasm surrounding affordable housing.

Got it. Thank you, guys. Nice job.

Thank you.

Thank you. Next question is coming from Brandon Rolle from D.A. Davidson. Your line is now live.

Good morning. Thank you for taking my questions. First, just on the overall competitive environment, can you talk about any increases or potentially decreases in competition you've seen in some of your end markets, particularly within the Marine and RV industries, just given people moving towards more affordable pricing on certain models and just overall customer preference?

Yeah, Brandon. This is Jeff. We haven't really seen a lot of changes in the competitive environment. From our standpoint, we've always had two or three competitors in nearly every product category we deal with and haven't noticed any significant changes in that over the past few quarters or even the last year. So, we continue to encourage our teams to stay ahead of our product categories and ensure that we are first to market with new products and innovations to stay ahead of any competition. We are proud of what we have achieved on that front.

Okay. Great. And just finally, just circling back to some of the optimism around the RV market, would you be able to comment on just the ordering activity post the RV show season? It seems like there's been some mixed color around just actual retail sales and how eager dealers are to order. It seems like the larger, more successful dealers may be in a position to order inventory more aggressively, but your average dealer, which makes up the bulk of the industry may not be as excited to order inventory right now. Could you just kind of talk about what you're seeing, maybe bifurcating between the two different types of dealers out there right now? Thank you.

I can't provide specific details about what the dealers are purchasing. Our focus is on daily production levels, so I can give information about the OEMs and their operations. We don't track exactly where the OEMs are shipping their products; we gather some insights from our transportation businesses, but it doesn’t provide a complete view of the market. Larger dealers are definitely moving more of the smaller inventory, specifically the smaller units. We have noticed an increase in production across various categories, from entry-level products to larger items, but we still believe that the mix leans more towards the smaller products.

Thank you. Our next question today is coming from Craig Kennison from Baird. Your line is now live.

Great. Hey. Thanks for taking my question as well. I guess I wanted to follow up on the tariff issue. Andy, I think you said really nothing baked into guidance and that makes sense given a lot of the unknowns around Canada and Mexico, but based on the latest tweet that I read, I think there is an incremental tariff on China. Can you just address whether that incremental 10% tariff is something you've contemplated?

Sure, Craig. We've definitely contemplated it as we've been active, like I said, in alternative sourcing. But also, we work with our suppliers over in China as well. So, we've been able to partner with them. And as we've looked out at business opportunities and production levels, we work with our supply partners there to make sure that we're mitigating as much as possible when it comes to that exposure. So, it's a combination of alternative sourcing as well as working with our partners to mitigate as much of the impact as we can. So, yes, we've contemplated it and we don't feel the need at this point to build that in.

Thank you. We reached the end of our question-and-answer session. I'd like to turn the floor back over for any further or closing comments.

Yeah. I just want to thank everybody on the call, first of all, for joining us. I also want to send tremendous gratitude and thanks to the entire Patrick team who has exhibited unbelievable dedication and commitment in some uncertain times, especially in 2024, but the team has done just such a fabulous job. I'm so proud of the work that they've done to position the organization to really be able to optimize the opportunities that are coming forward as we look at 2025 and beyond. And so, again, thanks to the entire Patrick team, such commitment, very, very proud of that. So, again, thanks everybody for joining us on the call. We look forward to talking to you in Q1.

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