NCI Building Systems Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

Operating income decreased to $9.9 million compared to $15.3 million in the prior year's first quarter. Adjusted operating income, a non-GAAP measure which excludes identified special items, decreased to $12.5 million in the current quarter from $16.7 million in the first quarter of 2016.

First quarter 2017 net income applicable to common shares was $2.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted common share compared to the prior year's $5.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted common share. Net income was impacted by the following special items: $2.3 million of restructuring and impairment charges; and $0.4 million of strategic development and acquisition integration costs which were offset by $ 1.0 million from the related tax effect. Excluding the impact of these special items, the Company reported adjusted net income applicable to common shares, a non-GAAP measure, of $3.6 million, or $0.05 per diluted common share, compared to $4.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted common share, in the first quarter of 2016.

Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, defined in accordance with the Company's Credit Agreement as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and cash and other non-cash items, was $26.2 million, down 10.1% from $29.1 million in the prior year's first quarter.

Please see the reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA in the accompanying financial tables.

Cash and cash equivalents at quarter's end was $15.8 million compared to $73.8 million in the comparable period in fiscal 2016 and declined sequentially from $65.4  million at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 as a result of a substantial investment in inventory ahead of rising steel costs. The Company paid down an additional $10 million under its term loan in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the ninth consecutive quarter of debt repayment. Additionally, the Company utilized $3.5 million to repurchase 0.2 million shares during the quarter at an average purchase price of $14.18 per share. NCI's net debt leverage ratio at the end of the first fiscal quarter was 2.3x compared to 2.0x at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016. In addition, the Company's $150.0 million ABL facility remained undrawn as of January 29, 2017.

First Quarter 2017 Segment Performance

Third party sales in the Buildings group decreased 0.6% to $145.0 million in the first quarter from $146.0 million in the prior year quarter, primarily as a result of the slowdown in business activity prior to the November election. Operating income was $6.5 million for the quarter compared to $12.5 million in the first quarter of 2016. Adjusted operating income decreased to $8.4 million in the current quarter, compared to $12.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The decrease in the segment's operating margins relates primarily to steep increases in steel prices for the period compared to the first quarter of 2016 where steel prices were in a steeply declining market.

The Components group generated $219.0 million in third-party sales during the quarter, an increase of 7.9% from $202.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, led by growth in the IMP product lines, as well as continued strength in the legacy metal component products. Operating income was $16.0 million for the quarter compared to $16.1 million in the first quarter of 2016. Adjusted operating income decreased to $16.3 million from $16.8 million in the same quarter last fiscal year. The Components segment's profitability benefited from good volume growth and commercial discipline during the period, offset by a predominance of cold storage in the product mix for IMP and an IMP plant being off line for planned improvements.

Third party sales in the Coatings group were $27.7 million, a 31.0% increase from $21.2 million in last year's first quarter. Operating income increased 8.8% to $5.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, compared to $4.8 million reported in the same period last year. Operating margins in the Coatings group were lower than the prior year primarily due to the intercompany product mix and the insourcing of intercompany processing activities that were incremental, but at lower margins.

Market Commentary

The leading indicators that NCI follows and that typically have the most meaningful correlation to nonresidential low-rise construction starts are the American Institute of Architects' ("AIA") Architecture Mixed Use Index, Dodge Residential single family starts and the Conference Board Leading Economic Index ("LEI"). Historically, there has been a very high correlation to the Dodge low-rise nonresidential starts when the three leading indicators are combined and then seasonally adjusted. The combined forward projection of these metrics, based on a 9 to 14-month historical lag for each metric, indicates an expected positive growth of 3.0% - 6.0% for low-rise new construction starts in fiscal 2017, with the majority of that growth occurring in the second half of the Company's fiscal year.

Current market data from internal bookings shows improvements in a majority of NCI's primary markets, including agriculture, commercial, industrial and institutional. In particular, commercial and manufacturing warehousing, office and banks, hangars, residential and governmental buildings have shown year-over-year positive growth. Overall, a majority of NCI's geographic markets demonstrated year-over-year growth with South Atlantic and East North Central being particularly strong during the quarter.

Outlook and Guidance

For the full year, NCI continues to expect 2017 to be a better year than 2016 in terms of revenues and Adjusted EBITDA, driven primarily by the Company's ability to leverage expected market growth, its ongoing cost savings initiatives and opportunities to expand the IMP product lines. The Company's two on-going cost savings initiatives in manufacturing consolidation and ESG&A are expected to generate $30 to $40 million in cost savings by the end of 2018. During fiscal 2017, these two initiatives are anticipated to generate an incremental $10.0 million in cost savings.  

Similar to past years' seasonal trends, the Company expects the second half performance in 2017 to be stronger than the first half. For the second quarter of fiscal 2017, NCI expects revenues to be in the range of $400 to $425 million and gross profit margins to be in the range of 22.5% to 24.5%. For the full year fiscal 2017, the Company continues to expect revenues to be in the range of $1.75 to $1.85 billion and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $175.0 to $205.0 million.

The Company has provided additional detailed financial guidance in the quarterly supplemental presentation at www.ncibuildingsystems.com under the "Investors" section.

Conference Call Information

The NCI Building Systems, Inc. first quarter 2017 conference call is scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. CT). Please dial 1-412-902-0003 or 1-877-407-0672 (toll-free) to participate in the call. To listen to a live broadcast of the call over the Internet or to review the archived call, please visit the Company's website at www.ncibuildingsystems.com. To access the taped telephone replay, please dial 1-201-612-7415 or 1-877-660-6853 (toll-free) and the passcode 13654040# when prompted. The taped replay will be available two hours after the call through March 22, 2017. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website under the Event Calendar, Calls & Webcast section of the Investor Relations page of the NCI website for approximately 90 days.

About NCI Building Systems

NCI Building Systems, Inc. is one of North America's largest integrated manufacturers of metal products for the nonresidential building industry. NCI is comprised of a family of companies operating manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, Mexico and China with additional sales and distribution offices throughout the United States and Canada. For more information visit www.ncibuildingsystems.com.

Contact:

K. Darcey Matthews
Vice President, Investor Relations
281-897-7785

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "guidance," "plan," "potential," "expect," "should," "will," "forecast" and similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations, assumptions and/or beliefs concerning future events. As a result, these forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions, forecasts, and estimates and, therefore, these forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance to differ materially from that projected in such statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's belief that the growth in all its businesses during the second quarter will strengthen the first half of the year and allow the Company to achieve its top and bottom line financial targets for 2017, the Company's expectation of a 3.0% - 6.0% year-over-year increase in low-rise nonresidential new construction starts in fiscal 2017, with the majority of that growth occurring in the second half of the Company's fiscal year, the Company's expectation of year-over-year improvement in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, the Company's belief that its two key cost initiatives in manufacturing consolidation and ESG&A are expected to generate $10 million in cost savings in fiscal 2017, and between $30 to $40 million in cost savings by the end of fiscal 2018, the Company's expectation that the second half performance in fiscal 2017 will be stronger than the first half, the Company's expectation that for second quarter fiscal 2017, NCI expects revenues to be in the range of $400 to $425 million and gross profit margins to be in the range of 22.5% to 24.5%, and the Company's expectation that for the full year fiscal 2017, the Company expects revenues to be in the range of $1.75 to $1.85 billion and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $175 to $205 million. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, industry cyclicality and seasonality and adverse weather conditions; challenging economic conditions affecting the nonresidential construction industry; volatility in the U.S. economy and abroad, generally, and in the credit markets; substantial indebtedness and our ability to incur substantially more indebtedness; our ability to generate significant cash flow required to service or refinance our existing debt, including the 8.25% senior notes due 2023, and obtain future financing; our ability to comply with the financial tests and covenants in our existing and future debt obligations; operational limitations or restrictions in connection with our debt; increases in interest rates; recognition of asset impairment charges; commodity price increases and/or limited availability of raw materials, including steel; our ability to make strategic acquisitions accretive to earnings; retention and replacement of key personnel; our ability to carry out our restructuring plans and to fully realize the expected cost savings, enforcement and obsolescence of intellectual property rights; fluctuations in customer demand; costs related to environmental clean-ups and liabilities; competitive activity and pricing pressure; increases in energy prices; volatility of the Company's stock price; dilutive effect on the Company's common stockholders of potential future sales of the Company's common stock held by our sponsor; substantial governance and other rights held by our sponsor; breaches of our information system security measures and damage to our major information management systems; hazards that may cause personal injury or property damage, thereby subjecting us to liabilities and possible losses, which may not be covered by insurance; changes in laws or regulations, including the Dodd-Frank Act; the timing and amount of our stock repurchases; and costs and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements, investigations, claims and other matters. See also the "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 30, 2016, which identifies other important factors, though not necessarily all such factors, that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Fiscal Three Months Ended
		January 29,		January 31,
		2017		2016
Sales		$       391,703		$       370,014
Cost of sales		307,752		281,023
Gain on sale of assets and asset recovery		-		(725)
Gross profit		83,951		89,716
		21.4%		24.2%
Engineering, selling, general and administrative expenses		69,039		69,850
Intangible asset amortization		2,405		2,416
Strategic development and acquisition related costs		357		681
Restructuring and impairment charges		2,264		1,510
Income from operations		9,886		15,259
Gain from bargain purchase		-		1,864
Interest income		5		22
Interest expense		(6,886)		(7,869)
Foreign exchange loss		(78)		(742)
Other income (expense), net		387		(189)
Income before income taxes		3,314		8,345
Provision for income taxes		1,275		2,453
		38.5%		29.4%
Net income		$           2,039		$           5,892
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