Interface Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

ATLANTA, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE), a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, today announced results for the third quarter ended October 4, 2020.

Quarterly Highlights:

• Strong liquidity of $378 million at quarter end comprised of $104 million in cash and $275 million of availability under the revolving credit facility
• Q3 2020 GAAP earnings per share of $0.10; Q3 2020 adjusted earnings per share of $0.28
• Cash generated by operating activities of $65 million
• Repaid $43 million of debt during the quarter
• Launched world's first carbon negative carpet tile, measured cradle to gate

"During the third quarter, we intensified our focus on new product innovation, our customers and investing in initiatives to position Interface for long-term success, while remaining focused on the operational and financial levers within our control. Our operations teams have done an outstanding job of providing best-in-class service and ensuring safety, while flexing our cost structure to maintain healthy margins. We generated $65 million of cash from operations and repaid $43 million of debt during the quarter," commented Dan Hendrix, Chairman and CEO of Interface.

"Looking forward, we are encouraged by recent data points and positive trends in our end markets indicating early signs of stabilization. We reached an important sustainability milestone with the launch of our carbon negative carpet tile during the quarter and have been encouraged by early demand from our customers. We remain committed to product innovation and expanding our presence in a diversified group of end markets with strong growth potential," Mr. Hendrix concluded.

"We effectively controlled costs and closely managed our cash flow during this ongoing period of softened demand," added Bruce Hausmann, CFO of Interface. "Looking ahead, we expect the fourth quarter to track similarly to the third quarter. Encouragingly, third quarter orders were up 11% on a sequential basis compared with the previous quarter."

Third Quarter 2020 Financial Summary

Sales: Third quarter net sales were $279 million, down 20% versus $348 million in the prior year period. Declines in carpet tile were somewhat moderated by lesser declines in LVT and rubber.

Gross profit margin was 36.7% in the third quarter, a decrease of 280 basis points from the prior year period. Adjusted gross profit margin was 37.2%, a decrease of 270 basis points over adjusted gross margin for the prior year period.

Third quarter SG&A expenses were $88 million, or 31.6% of net sales, compared to $93 million, or 26.8% of net sales in third quarter last year. Adjusted SG&A expenses were $75 million, or 27.1% of sales in third quarter 2020.

Operating Income: Third quarter operating income was $16 million, compared to operating income of $44 million in the prior year period. Third quarter 2020 adjusted operating income was $28 million versus adjusted operating income of $46 million in third quarter last year.

Net Income and EPS: On a GAAP basis, the company recorded net income of $6 million in the third quarter of 2020, or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to third quarter 2019 GAAP net income of $26 million, or $0.45 per diluted share. Third quarter 2020 adjusted net income was $17 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, versus third quarter 2019 adjusted net income of $28 million, or $0.47 per diluted share. 

Adjusted EBITDA: In the third quarter of 2020, adjusted EBITDA was $37 million. This compares with adjusted EBITDA of $56 million in third quarter last year.

Cash and Debt: The company had cash on hand of $104 million and total debt of $580 million at October 4, 2020, compared to $81 million of cash and $596 million of total debt at the end of fiscal year 2019.

First Nine Months 2020 Financial Summary

Sales: For the first nine months of 2020, net sales were $826 million, down 18% versus $1 billion in the prior year period. 

Gross profit margin was 38.0% in the first nine months of 2020, a decrease of 140 basis points from the prior year period. Adjusted gross profit margin was 38.5%, a decrease of 130 basis points from adjusted gross margin for the prior year period.

SG&A expenses for the first nine months of 2020 were $256 million, or 31.0% of sales, compared to $291 million, or 29.0% of sales in the prior year period. Adjusted SG&A expenses were $233 million, or 28.2% of sales for the first nine months of 2020.

Operating Income or Loss: For the first nine months of 2020, operating loss was $60 million.  Adjusted operating income was $85 million for the first nine months of 2020. These figures compare with operating income of $103 million and adjusted operating income of $108 million during the first nine months of 2019.

Net Income and EPS: On a GAAP basis, the company recorded a net loss in the first nine months of 2020 of $92 million, or $1.56 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $63 million, or $1.06 per diluted share in the first nine months of 2019. Adjusted net income in the first nine months of 2020 was $51 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, versus adjusted net income of $67 million, or $1.13 per diluted share in the prior year period. 

Adjusted EBITDA: In the first nine months of 2020, adjusted EBITDA was $108 million. This compares with adjusted EBITDA of $144 million in the prior year period.

Outlook

Given the continued disruption of the global economy due to COVID-19, and the significant level of uncertainty created by the global pandemic, Interface is not providing fiscal year 2020 guidance.

The company has implemented several cost-reducing initiatives to align with reduced customer demand and anticipates full-year 2020 adjusted SG&A expenses of approximately $310 million. In addition, the company has moderated its capital spending plans and currently anticipates capital expenditures of $60 million for the full year 2020.

Cost Reclassifications

As previously reported in the 2019 year-end earnings release, the company has reclassified and standardized cost categories globally as part of the implementation of a global financial consolidation system and the integration of nora®. The company determined that this change better reflects how management views and operates the business. This change results in the reclassification of certain expenses between Cost of Sales and Selling, General & Administrative expenses. Starting in the first quarter of 2020, the reclassifications are presented retrospectively to make all periods comparable. 

The following table summarizes the quarterly reclassifications:

Webcast and Conference Call Information

The company will host a conference call on November 6, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss its third quarter 2020 results. The conference call will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet.

Listeners may access the conference call live over the Internet at:  https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2628525/EE9EF59F9B84C7455D81DF831522F451, or through the company's website at: https://investors.interface.com. 

The archived version of the webcast will be available at these sites for one year beginning shortly after the call ends.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Interface provides adjusted earnings per share, adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross profit margin, adjusted SG&A expenses, organic sales and organic sales growth, net debt, and adjusted EBITDA as additional information regarding its operating results in this press release. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with – or alternatives to – GAAP measures, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Adjusted EPS, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating income exclude nora purchase accounting amortization, goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges, changes in equity award forfeiture accounting, restructuring charges, asset impairment, severance and other charges and an SEC settlement fine. Adjusted EPS and adjusted net income also exclude the loss associated with a warehouse fire. Adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross profit margin exclude nora purchase accounting amortization. Adjusted SG&A expenses exclude changes in equity award forfeiture accounting, severance, asset impairment and other charges and an SEC settlement fine. Organic sales and organic sales growth exclude the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. Net debt is total debt less cash on hand. Adjusted EBITDA is GAAP net income excluding interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, stock compensation amortization, goodwill and intangible asset impairment, restructuring charges, asset impairment, severance and other charges, and nora purchase accounting amortization, an SEC settlement fine and the loss associated with a warehouse fire. This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K furnished today to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, which explains why Interface believes presentation of these non-GAAP measures provides useful information to investors, as well as any additional material purposes for which Interface uses these non-GAAP measures.

About Interface

Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. We help our customers create high-performance interior spaces that support well-being, productivity, and creativity, as well as the sustainability of the planet. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites you to join us as we commit to operating in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.

Learn more about Interface at interface.com and blog.interface.com, our nora brand at nora.com, our FLOR® brand at FLOR.com, and our Carbon Neutral Floors™ program at interface.com/carbonneutral. 

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Except for historical information contained herein, the other matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "may," "expect," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "could," "should," "goal," "aim," "objective," "seek," "project," "estimate," "target," "will" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, any projections we make regarding the Company's 2020 fourth quarter and the statements regarding the full year 2020 under "Outlook" above. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including but are not limited to the risks under the following subheadings in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2019 and our subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 5, 2020: "Sales of our principal products have been and may continue to be affected by adverse economic cycles in the renovation and construction of commercial and institutional buildings"; "We compete with a large number of manufacturers in the highly competitive floorcovering products market, and some of these competitors have greater financial resources than we do. We may face challenges competing on price, making investments in our business, or competing on product design"; "Our success depends significantly upon the efforts, abilities and continued service of our senior management executives, our principal design consultant and other key personnel (including sales personnel), and our loss of any of them could affect us adversely"; "Our substantial international operations are subject to various political, economic and other uncertainties that could adversely affect our business results, including by restrictive taxation or other government regulation and by foreign currency fluctuations"; "The uncertainty surrounding the implementation and effect of the U.K.'s exit from the European Union, and related negative developments in the European Union could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition"; "Our manufacturing and supply chain abilities may be adversely impacted by an extended shutdown of our operations in China due to the recent coronavirus outbreak"; "Large increases in the cost of petroleum-based raw materials could adversely affect us if we are unable to pass these cost increases through to our customers"; "Unanticipated termination or interruption of any of our arrangements with our primary third party suppliers of synthetic fiber or our sole third party supplier for luxury vinyl tile ("LVT") could have a material adverse effect on us"; "If we fail to realize the expected synergies and other benefits of the nora acquisition, our results of operations and stock price may be negatively affected"; "We have a significant amount of indebtedness, which could have important negative consequences to us"; "The market price of our common stock has been volatile and the value of your investment may decline"; "Our earnings in a future period could be adversely affected by non-cash adjustments to goodwill, if a future test of goodwill assets indicates a material impairment of those assets"; "Changes to our facilities could disrupt our operations"; "Our business operations could suffer significant losses from natural disasters, catastrophes, fire, pandemics or other unexpected events"; "Disruptions to or failures of our information technology systems could adversely affect our business"; "The COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on our ability to operate, our ability to keep employees safe from the pandemic, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, capital investments, our near term and long term ability to stay in compliance with debt covenants under our Syndicated Credit Facility, our ability to refinance our existing indebtedness, and our ability to obtain financing in capital markets"; "Future earnings could be negatively impacted by additional goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment impairments"; and "We face risks associated with litigation and claims.".

Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made.  The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements made in this press release and cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.

- TABLES FOLLOW - 

The impacts of changes in foreign currency presented in the tables are calculated based on applying the prior year period's average foreign currency exchange rates to the current year period.

The Company believes that the above non-GAAP performance measures, which management uses in managing and evaluating the Company's business, may provide users of the Company's financial information with additional meaningful basis for comparing the Company's current results and results in a prior period, as these measures reflect factors that are unique to one period relative to the comparable period. However, these non–GAAP performance measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company's reported results under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Tax effects identified above (when applicable) are calculated using the statutory tax rate for the jurisdictions in which the charge or income occurred.

SOURCE Interface, Inc.

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