ferro second quarter 2016 conference call presentation
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Conference Call Presentation
July 28, 2016
Ferro Second Quarter 2016
Safe Harbor Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this presentation may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Federal securities laws. These statements are subject to a variety of uncertainties, unknown risks and other factors concerning the Company’s operations and business environment. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements and that could adversely affect the Company’s future financial performance include the following: demand in the industries into which Ferro sells its products may be unpredictable; Ferro's ability to successfully implement its value creation strategy; Ferro’s ability to successfully implement and/or administer its cost-saving initiatives; Ferro’s ability to access capital key markets; the effectiveness of the Company’s efforts to improve operating margins; the availability of reliable sources of energy and raw materials; currency conversion rates and economic, social, regulatory, and political conditions around the world; Ferro’s ability to successfully introduce new products or enter into new growth markets; limited or no redundancy for certain of the Company’s manufacturing facilities; Ferro’s ability to complete future acquisitions or dispositions, or successfully integrate future acquisitions; competitive factors, including intense price competition; Ferro’s ability to protect its intellectual property; Ferro’s multi-jurisdictional tax structure and its ability to utilize significant deferred tax assets; the impact of operating hazards and investments made in order to meet stringent environmental, health and safety regulations; stringent labor and employment laws and relationships with the Company’s employees; the impact of requirements to fund employee benefit costs; the impact of interruption, damage to, failure, or compromise of the Company’s information systems; exposure to lawsuits in the normal course of business; and other factors affecting the Company’s business that are beyond its control, including disasters, accidents, and governmental actions.
The risks and uncertainties identified above are not the only risks the Company faces. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that it currently believes to be immaterial also may adversely affect the Company. Should any known or unknown risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
This presentation contains time-sensitive information that reflects management’s best analysis only as of the date of this presentation. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events information or circumstances that arise after the date of this presentation. Additional information regarding these risks can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2015.
Also, this presentation will include certain financial measurers that were not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Reconciliations of those non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures can be found in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 27, 2016, and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available on our website at www.ferro.com in the “investor information – SEC Filings” section.
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Quarterly Net Sales cc and Operating Trend - Continuing Businesses @ Constant Currency cc
Acquisitions include Nubiola, Al Salomi, Ferer and Pinturas; Acquisitions owned for more than 12 months are included in the base business, including Vetriceramici which was acquired in Dec
2014. Vetriceramici net sales for 2015 Q2 CC were $16.5M
Continuing Businesses exclude discontinued operations and other divestitures
CC Constant currency: 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
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$251.7 $249.3 $259.4 $298.0
251.7 249.3 259.4 258.6
39.4
7.5%
10.5%10.7%
15.2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
$0
$50
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2013 Q2 CC 2014 Q2 CC 2015 Q2 CC 2016 Q2
Op
Pro
fit %
of N
et S
ales
Ne
t Sa
les
$(M
M)
Base Acquisitions Operating Profit
Full Year and TTM Net Sales cc and Operating Trend - Continuing Businesses @ Constant Currency cc
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates 4
$930.6 $949.6 $1035.2 $1106.9
Acquisitions include Nubiola, Al Salomi, Ferer and Pinturas; Acquisitions owned for more than 12 months are included in the base business , including Vetriceramici which was acquired in Dec
2014. Vetriceramici net sales for 2014 CC and 2015 CC were $3.7M and $58.3M respectively
Continuing Businesses exclude discontinued operations and other divestitures
930.6 949.6 976.2 968.3
59.0138.6
5.8%
8.7%
11.0%
12.6%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
$0
$200
$400
$600
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$1,000
$1,200
2013 CC 2014 CC 2015 CC 2016 TTM CC
Op
Pro
fit %
of N
et S
ales
Ne
t Sa
les
$(M
M)
Base Acquisitions Operating Profit
Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA Trend - Continuing Businesses @ Constant Currency cc
Acquisitions include Nubiola, Al Salomi, Ferer and Pinturas; Acquisitions owned for more than 12 months are included in the base business
Continuing Businesses exclude discontinued operations and other divestitures
CC Constant currency: 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates 5
$26.6 $34.2 $36.2 $56.6
26.634.2 36.2
44.5
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-
12.1
10.6%
13.7% 14.0%
19.0%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
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2013 Q2 CC 2014 Q2 CC 2015 Q2 CC 2016 Q2
EBIT
DA
% o
f Ne
t Sal
es
EBIT
DA
$(M
M)
EBITDA from Base EBITDA from Acquisitions % of Sales cc
Full Year and TTM Adjusted EBITDA Trend - Continuing Businesses @ Constant Currency cc
Acquisitions include Nubiola, Al Salomi, Ferer and Pinturas; Acquisitions owned for more than 12 months are included in the base business
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
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$85.3 $114.5 $149.0 $180.6
85.3
114.5135.1 143.9
-
13.9
36.7
9.2%
12.1%
14.4%
16.3%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
$0
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$180
2013 CC 2014 CC 2015 CC 2016 TTM CC
EBIT
DA
% o
f Ne
t Sal
es
EBIT
DA
$(M
M)
EBITDA from Base EBITDA from Acquisitions % of Sales cc
Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Conversion Trend
- Continuing Businesses @ Nominal Currency
Notes:
1) Cash Conversion = Free Cash Flow as a percent of Adjusted EBITDA
2) Free Cash Flow = Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations Less Cash Expenses
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100.8
128.1
152.9
182.3
26.0 37.4
76.4 85.6
25.8%
29.2%
50.0%46.9%
0%
10%
20%
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40%
50%
60%
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2013 2014 2015 2016 TTM
% F
CF C
on
vers
ion
EBIT
DA
$(M
M)
EBITDA Free Cash Flow FCF Conversion
Segment Results Performance Colors & Glass (PCG)
($MM)
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(1) Adjusted GP CC : Gross profit less non recurring items
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
Q2'16 Q2'15 Q2'14 Q2'13
Reported Sales 95.9 98.7 106.1 106.4
SalesCC 95.9 98.1 94.3 96.1
Reported GP 36.7 33.4 35.4 31.2
Adjusted GP cc (1) 36.7 33.3 31.8 28.5
Adjusted GP cc % of Sales cc38.3% 34.0% 33.8% 29.6%
Q2 Financial Metrics - PCG
FY'16 TTM FY'15 FY'14 FY'13
Reported Sales 362.7 376.8 407.7 390.0
SalesCC 362.8 373.6 365.5 346.9
Reported GP 128.9 128.2 135.0 112.8
Adjusted GP cc (1) 128.7 127.1 121.9 101.5
Adjusted GP cc % of Sales cc35.5% 34.0% 33.3% 29.3%
Full Year Financial Metrics - PCG
($MM)
Segment Results Pigments, Powders & Oxides (PPO)
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(1) Adjusted GP CC : Gross profit less non recurring items
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
Q2'16 Q2'15 Q2'14 Q2'13
Reported Sales 61.5 30.0 31.3 31.2
SalesCC 61.5 30.0 29.6 29.4
Reported GP 22.4 9.3 7.1 8.5
Adjusted GP cc (1) 22.4 9.3 6.8 8.2
Adjusted GP cc % of Sales cc36.5% 30.9% 23.1% 27.8%
Q2 Financial Metrics - PPO
FY'16 TTM FY'15 FY'14 FY'13
Reported Sales 231.3 165.2 115.4 116.8
SalesCC 231.5 165.0 109.3 110.0
Reported GP 71.2 45.7 28.5 30.2
Adjusted GP cc (1) 71.3 45.6 27.2 29.1
Nubiola Purchase Price Adj ("PPA") 5.8 5.8 - -
Adjusted GP cc Incl PPA % of Sales cc33.3% 31.2% 24.9% 26.4%
Full Year Financial Metrics - PPO
($MM)
Segment Results Performance Coatings (PC)
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(1) Adjusted GP CC : Gross profit less non recurring items
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
Q2'16 Q2'15 Q2'14 Q2'13
Reported Sales 140.6 139.5 156.8 157.0
SalesCC 140.6 131.3 125.5 126.2
Reported GP 39.2 35.1 37.9 35.6
Adjusted GP cc (1) 39.2 33.5 31.0 29.4
Adjusted GP cc % of Sales cc27.9% 25.5% 24.7% 23.3%
Q2 Financial Metrics - PC
FY'16 TTM FY'15 FY'14 FY'13
Reported Sales 525.8 533.4 588.5 600.4
SalesCC 512.6 496.6 474.8 473.7
Reported GP 134.2 126.9 131.0 134.1
Adjusted GP cc (1) 130.8 121.6 107.6 108.9
Adjusted GP cc % of Sales cc25.5% 24.5% 22.7% 23.0%
Full Year Financial Metrics - PC
SG&A Expenditures Trend
- Continuing Businesses @ Constant Currency cc
$184.2 $170.7 $185.4 $196.8
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Acquisitions include Nubiola, Al Salomi, Ferer and Pinturas; Acquisitions owned for more than 12 months are included in the base business
CC Constant currency: 2016 TTM, 2015, 2014 and 2013 results restated using 2016 average FX rates
71.1 61.6 63.0 68.8
89.5 89.5
104.2 105.8
4.6 9.9
23.7 19.5
13.7 12.4
19.8% 18.0% 17.9% 17.8%
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2013 CC 2014 CC 2015 CC 2016 TTM CC
SG&
A %
of N
et
Sale
s
Full
Ye
ar S
G&
A $
(MM
)
Functional Services including acquisitions Base Strategic Svcs Acquisition Strategic Svcs Incentive Comp % of Sales
Note: Included in functional services SG&A shown above is pension income for the U.S. defined benefit pension plan. From
2015 CC to 2016 TTM CC, the income for the U.S. plan declined by $3.2 million, from $10.5 million to $7.3 million.
Adjusted Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Trend
- Nominal Currency
Notes:
1) ROIC = Adjusted after tax return on invested capital
2) Invested Capital = Total Invested Capital including acquisitions
3) Adjusted ROIC excludes the impact of recent acquisitions. In Q4 2015, Adjusted ROIC also excludes the release of tax valuation allowances
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584.1 677.4
828.0 943.5
7.7%
11.2%
13.7%
11.6%
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2%
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6%
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2013 2014 2015 2016 TTM
RO
IC %
Inve
sted
Ca
pita
l $(M
M)
Invested Cap ROIC
$0.33
$0.62
$0.85
$1.03
$0.00
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$0.00
$0.05
$0.10
$0.15
$0.20
$0.25
$0.30
$0.35
$0.40
2013 2014 2015 2016 Guidance
Fu
ll Y
ea
r E
PS
QT
R E
PS
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY
Adjusted EPS Trend - Nominal Currency
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2016 EPS is equivalent to mid-point of Company guidance of $1.00 - $1.05