Modine Manufacturing Company Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Overall Company Performance

  • Sales increased 7% year-over-year, driven by both Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies.
  • Adjusted EBITDA reached $81.2 million, up 59% from the prior year. Margin improved to 13.1%, a 430 bps increase.
  • This was Modine’s seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year margin improvement.
  • Adjusted EPS was $0.89, up 85% from the prior year.
  • Free cash flow reached $58 million in Q2 and $85 million YTD, compared with $33 million YTD last year.
  • Net debt fell to $222 million, improving leverage to 0.8x.

Climate Solutions Segment

  • Revenue increased 8% year-over-year, including $7 million favorable FX impact.
  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 31% to $50.4 million, with margin expanding to 18.3% (+330 bps).
  • Data center revenue reached $79 million, up 117% (more than doubling year-over-year).
  • Data center order intake continues to grow; however, shipment timing remains “lumpy.” Q3 is expected to dip before a strong Q4 rebound.
  • Full-year data center growth still expected to exceed 60%.
  • HVAC&R down 2% year-over-year as heating markets remain soft but show sequential improvement.
  • Heat transfer products down 16%, impacted by customers reducing excess inventories and 80/20 product rationalization.

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Kathy Powers: Good morning, and thank you for joining our conference call to discuss Modine’s Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 Results. I’m joined on this call by Neil Brinker, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and Mick Lucareli, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. We’ll be using slides with today’s presentation, which can be accessed either through the webcast link or by accessing the PDF file posted on the Investor Relations section of our website, modine.com. On Slide 3 is our notice regarding forward-looking statements. This call will contain forward-looking statements as outlined in our earnings release as well as in our company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With that, it’s my pleasure to turn the call over to Neil. Neil Brinker: Thank you, Kathy, and good morning, everyone. I’m pleased to report another strong quarter with both solid revenue growth and earnings improvements that came in ahead of our expectations. Sales increased 7% from the prior year, driven by increases in both the Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segment. In addition, we reported adjusted EBITDA of $81.2 million, an increase of 59% from the prior year. EBITDA margin was 13.1%, a 430-basis point improvement from the prior year. As a reminder, last year we set a goal to significantly improve our EBITDA margins, targeting a range of 10% to 12% by the end of the fiscal year, and reaching 13% to 15% range by the end of fiscal 2027. We are cle

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