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NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2025-- Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) (NYSE: LPX), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024.

Key Highlights for the Fourth Quarter of 2024, Compared to the Fourth Quarter of the Prior Year

• Siding net sales increased by 9% to $362 million
• Oriented Strand Board (OSB) net sales decreased by 2% to $267 million
• Consolidated net sales increased by 3% to $681 million
• Net income was $63 million, an increase of $4 million
• Net income per diluted share was $0.89 per share, an increase of $0.08 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $125 million, a decrease of $5 million
• Adjusted Diluted EPS⁽¹⁾ was $1.03 per diluted share, an increase of $0.32 per diluted share
• Cash provided by operating activities was $105 million, a decrease of $54 million

Key Highlights for the Full Year 2024, Compared to the Prior Year

• Siding net sales increased by 17% to $1.6 billion
• OSB net sales increased by 15% to $1.2 billion
• Consolidated net sales increased by 14% to $2.9 billion
• Net income was $420 million, an increase of $243 million
• Net income per diluted share was $5.89 per share, an increase of $3.43 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $688 million, an increase of $210 million
• Adjusted Diluted EPS⁽¹⁾ was $5.88 per diluted share, an increase of $2.66 per diluted share
• Cash provided by operating activities was $605 million, an increase of $289 million

Capital Allocation Update

• Paid $212 million to repurchase 2.4 million of LP's common shares during 2024, leaving 70 million common shares outstanding and $238 million remaining repurchase authorization under the existing share repurchase program
• Since year end, paid an additional $51 million for 0.5 million shares
• Invested $183 million in capital expenditures in 2024
• Paid $74 million in cash dividends in 2024
• Announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share for the first quarter of 2025, up 8% from the previous $0.26 per share quarterly dividend
• Total liquidity of approximately $900 million at end of 2024

"LP's Siding business delivered a strong end to a record year, with 9% revenue growth in the quarter and 17% growth for the year,” said LP Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Brad Southern. “Growth, margin expansion, and a very strong balance sheet leave LP well positioned for further investments in demand creation and Siding capacity expansion."

First Quarter and Full Year 2025 Outlook

The Company is providing financial guidance for the first quarter of 2025 and full year 2025 as set forth in the table below. Guidance is based on current plans and expectations, and is subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, including those set forth below under “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights

Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2024 increased year-over-year by $22 million (or 3%) to $681 million. Siding revenue increased by $29 million (or 9%) to $362 million, due to 3% higher volumes and 6% higher prices. OSB net sales decreased by $5 million (or 2%) to $267 million, driven by 7% lower prices partially offset by 6% higher volumes.

Net income increased year-over-year by $4 million to $63 million ($0.89 per diluted share). This increase primarily reflects a decrease in Adjusted EBITDA of $5 million (or 4%) and a $15 million increase in tax provision, offset by a decrease in foreign currency loss. The year-over-year decrease in Adjusted EBITDA includes $18 million due to lower OSB selling prices, partially offset by higher Siding net sales and higher OSB sales volumes.

Full Year 2024 Highlights

Net sales for 2024 increased year-over-year by $360 million (or 14%) to $2.9 billion. Siding revenue increased by $230 million (or 17%) to $1.6 billion, due to 11% higher volumes and 6% higher prices. OSB revenue increased by $159 million (or 15%) to $1.2 billion, due to 10% higher volumes and 4% higher prices.

Net income increased year-over-year by $243 million (or 137%) to $420 million ($5.89 per diluted share). The increase primarily reflects a $210 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA, a $46 million improvement in business exit credits and charges, and the non-recurrence of OSB patent-related settlement claims of $16 million paid in 2023. This was partially offset by a $66 million increase in the provision for income taxes. The year-over-year increase in Adjusted EBITDA includes $143 million from higher Siding net sales, $55 million from higher OSB sales volumes, and $35 million due to higher OSB selling prices.

Segment Results

Siding

The Siding segment serves diverse end markets with a broad product portfolio of engineered wood siding, trim, soffit, and fascia, including LP^® SmartSide^® Trim & Siding, LP^® SmartSide^® ExpertFinish^® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries^® Lap Siding, and LP^® Outdoor Building Solutions^® (collectively referred to as Siding Solutions).

Segment sales and Adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

The year-over-year net sales increase for the Siding segment for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024, reflects increased sales volumes and higher average selling prices. Approximately half of the 6% price improvement was the result of annual list price increases, and half due to favorable mix. ExpertFinish accounted for 8% and 9% of volume and 12% and 13% of sales in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, contributing significantly to this favorable mix.

Fourth quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA increased year-over-year by $1 million, primarily reflecting the impacts of the net sales increase, partially offset by ongoing investments in sales and marketing and maintenance costs at the Company's Houlton, Maine facility. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the full year increase in Adjusted EBITDA of $121 million primarily reflects the impact of the net sales increase.

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

The OSB segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products, including the innovative value-added OSB product portfolio known as LP^® Structural Solutions (which includes LP^® TechShield^® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic^® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy^® Premium Sub-Flooring, LP NovaCore^® Thermal Insulated Sheathing, LP^® FlameBlock^® Fire-Rated Sheathing, and LP^® TopNotch^® 350 Durable Sub-Flooring).

Segment sales and Adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

Fourth quarter 2024 net sales for the OSB segment decreased year-over-year by $5 million (or 2%), reflecting an $18 million decrease in revenue due to lower OSB selling prices, partially offset by a $13 million increase in sales volumes. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the year-over-year increase in net sales of $159 million (or 15%) reflects a $106 million increase in sales volumes and a $35 million increase in revenue due to higher OSB selling prices.

Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2024 decreased year-over-year by $9 million, primarily due to lower OSB prices offset by higher volumes. Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 increased year-over-year by $78 million, due to higher average selling prices and volumes.

LPSA

The LPSA segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel and Siding Solutions products in South America and certain export markets. This segment also sells and distributes a variety of companion products to support the region’s transition to wood frame construction. The LPSA segment carries out manufacturing operations in Chile and Brazil and operates sales offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru.

Segment sales and Adjusted EBITDA for this segment were as follows (dollar amounts in millions):

The year-over-year net sales decrease and Adjusted EBITDA increase for the three months ended December 31, 2024, reflect lower selling prices and unfavorable currency fluctuations, partially offset by higher OSB volumes. The year-over-year net sales decrease and flat Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, reflect lower selling prices and unfavorable currency fluctuations, partially offset by higher sales volumes and the non-recurrence of equipment transfer costs from the prior year.

Conference Call

LP will hold a conference call to discuss this release today at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific Time). Investors will have the opportunity to listen to the conference call live by going to investor.lpcorp.com. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, the recorded webcast and accompanying presentation will be available to the public by going to investor.lpcorp.com and clicking “Events” under the “News & Events” header.

About LP Building Solutions

As a leader in high-performance building solutions, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions, NYSE: LPX) manufactures engineered wood products that meet the demands of builders, remodelers and homeowners worldwide. LP's extensive portfolio of innovative and dependable products includes Siding Solutions (LP^® SmartSide^® Trim & Siding, LP^® SmartSide^® ExpertFinish^® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries^® Lap Siding, and LP^® Outdoor Building Solutions^®), LP^® Structural Solutions (LP^® TechShield^® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic^® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy^® Premium Sub-Flooring, LP NovaCore^® Thermal Insulated Sheathing, LP^® FlameBlock^® Fire-Rated Sheathing, and LP^® TopNotch^® 350 Durable Sub-Flooring) and oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to product solutions, LP provides industry-leading customer service and warranties. Since its founding in 1972, LP has been Building a Better World^™ by helping customers construct beautiful, durable homes while shareholders build lasting value. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 22 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile, and Brazil. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements concerning Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's (LP) future results and performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and assumptions of, and on information available to, our management; assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based are also forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements can be identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” "assume," “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “continue,” “likely,” or “future,” as well as similar expressions, or the negative or other variations thereof, and include other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, including without limitation, plans for product development, forecasts of future costs and expenditures, possible outcomes of legal proceedings, capacity expansion and other growth initiatives, the adequacy of reserves for loss contingencies, and any statements regarding the Company's financial outlook. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in governmental fiscal and monetary policies, including higher or new tariffs and levels of employment; changes in general and global economic conditions, including impacts from rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, new, ongoing, or escalated geopolitical or military conflicts or tensions including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Israel and the surrounding areas, tensions between the United States and China and tensions between China and Taiwan, and global pandemics and/or health emergencies; the commodity nature of a segment of our products and the prices for those products, which are determined in significant part by external factors such as total industry capacity and wider industry cycles affecting supply and demand trends; changes in the cost and availability of capital; changes in the cost and availability of financing for home mortgages; changes in the level of home construction and repair and remodel activity; changes in competitive conditions and prices for our products; changes in the relationship between supply of and demand for building products; changes in the financial or business conditions of third-party wholesale distributors and dealers of building products; changes in the relationship between the supply of and demand for raw materials, including wood fiber and resins, used in manufacturing our products; changes in the cost and availability of energy, primarily natural gas, electricity, and diesel fuel; changes in the cost and availability of transportation, including transportation services provided by third parties; our dependence on third-party vendors and suppliers for certain goods and services critical to our business; operational and financial impacts from manufacturing our products internationally; difficulties in the development, launch or production ramp-up of new products; our ability to attract and retain qualified executives, management and other key employees; the need to formulate and implement effective succession plans from time to time for key members of our management team; impacts from public health issues (including global pandemics) on the economy, demand for our products or our operations, including the actions and recommendations of governmental authorities to contain such public health issues; our ability to identify and successfully complete and integrate acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital investments and other corporate strategic transactions; unplanned interruptions to our manufacturing operations, such as explosions, fires, inclement weather, natural disasters, accidents, equipment failures, labor shortages or disruptions, transportation interruptions, supply interruptions, public health issues (including pandemics and quarantines), riots, civil insurrection or social unrest, looting, protests, strikes, and street demonstrations; changes in global or regional climate conditions, the impacts of climate change, and potential government policies adopted in response to such conditions; changes in other significant operating expenses; changes in currency values and exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies, particularly the Canadian dollar, Brazilian real, Chilean peso, and Argentine peso; changes in, and compliance with, general and industry-specific laws and regulations, including environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-bribery laws, laws related to our international business operations, and changes in building codes and standards; changes in tax laws and interpretations thereof; changes in circumstances giving rise to environmental liabilities or expenditures; warranty costs exceeding our warranty reserves; challenges to or exploitation of our intellectual property or other proprietary information by our competitors or other third parties; the resolution of existing and future product-related litigation, environmental proceedings and remediation efforts, and other legal or environmental proceedings or matters; the effect of covenants and events of default contained in our debt instruments; the amount and timing of any repurchases of our common stock and the payment of dividends on our common stock, which will depend on market and business conditions and other considerations; cybersecurity events affecting our information technology systems or those of our third-party providers and the related costs and impact of any disruption on our business; and acts of public authorities, war, political or civil unrest, natural disasters, fire, floods, earthquakes, inclement weather, and other matters beyond our control. For additional information about factors that could cause actual results, events, and circumstances to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to LP’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We urge you to consider all of the risks, uncertainties, and factors identified above or discussed in such reports carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements in this news release. We cannot assure you that the results reflected in or implied by any forward-looking statement will be realized or even if substantially realized, that those results will have the forecasted or expected consequences and effects for or on our operations or financial performance. The forward-looking statements made today are as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, LP undertakes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events, or circumstances.

Use of Non-GAAP Information

In evaluating our business, we utilize non-GAAP financial measures that fall within the meaning of SEC Regulation G and Regulation S-K Item 10(e), which we believe provide users of the financial information with additional meaningful comparison to prior reported results. Non-GAAP financial measures do not have standardized definitions and are not defined by U.S. GAAP. In this press release, we disclose income attributed to LP from continuing operations before interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and excluding stock-based compensation expense, loss on impairment attributed to LP, business exit credits and charges, product-line discontinuance charges, other operating credits and charges, net, loss on early debt extinguishment, investment income, pension settlement charges, and other non-operating items, as Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations (Adjusted EBITDA), which is a non-GAAP financial measure. We have included Adjusted EBITDA in this report because we view it as an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe that it is frequently used by interested persons in the evaluation of companies that have different financing and capital structures and/or tax rates. We also disclose income attributed to LP from continuing operations, excluding loss on impairment attributed to LP, business exit credits and charges, product-line discontinuance charges, interest expense outside of normal operations, other operating credits and charges, net, loss on early debt extinguishment, gain (loss) on acquisition, and pension settlement charges, and adjusting for a normalized tax rate, as Adjusted Income from continuing operations (Adjusted Income). We also disclose Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations (Adjusted Diluted EPS), which is calculated as Adjusted Income divided by diluted shares outstanding. We believe that Adjusted Diluted EPS and Adjusted Income are useful measures for evaluating our ability to generate earnings and that providing these measures should allow interested persons to more readily compare the earnings for past and future periods. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, net income, income attributed to LP and income attributed to LP per diluted share, respectively, are presented below.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS are not substitutes for the U.S. GAAP measures of net income, income attributed to LP from continuing operations, and income attributed to LP from continuing operations per diluted share, or for any other U.S. GAAP measures of operating performance. It should be noted that other companies may present similarly titled measures differently, and therefore, as presented by us, these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS have material limitations as performance measures because they exclude items that are actually incurred or experienced in connection with the operation of our business.

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