nVent Electric plc Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Quarter & Full-Year Performance Highlights

  • Q4 organic sales up 15% versus prior-year Q4; full-year organic sales up 20% versus 2021.
  • Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.66, up 32% year-over-year; full-year adjusted EPS of $2.40, up 22% from 2021.
  • Q4 segment income up 31% year-over-year; return on sales up 290 bps to 19.4%.
  • Strong Q4 free cash flow of $180 million, up 77% year-over-year; full-year free cash flow of $351 million.
  • 2022 marked nVent’s seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit organic growth.

Business Segment Performance

  • Enclosures:
    • Q4 sales up 17% organically; strong demand across all verticals.
    • Data solutions (within enclosures) grew ~30% in Q4.
    • Q4 return on sales 19.2%, up 620 bps year-over-year driven by improved price-cost balance.
  • Electrical & Fastening (EFS):
    • Q4 sales up 16% organically; power utilities up over 50%.
    • Q4 return on sales 27.5%, marking the fourth consecutive year of margin expansion.
  • Thermal Management:
    • Q4 sales up 9% organically; industrial vertical strong, especially chemicals.
    • Q4 return on sales 25.7%, down 70 bps due to mix and higher R&D spend.

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Operator: Good morning and welcome to the nVent Electric Fourth Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions]. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tony Riter, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Tony Riter: Thank you, and welcome to nVent's fourth quarter 2022 earnings call. On the call with me are Beth Wozniak, our Chief Executive Officer; and Sara Zawoyski, our Chief Financial Officer. We will provide details on our fourth quarter and full-year performance, an outlook for the first quarter and full-year 2023. Before we begin, I will remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties. Such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nVent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are made as of today and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results. Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation which you can find in the Investors section of nVent's website. References to non-GAAP financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation. We'll h

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