La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Reports 22% Sales Increase for the Fiscal 2022 Third Quarter

Demand Trends Remain Strong

Monroe, MI (February 15, 2022) – La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB), a global leader in residential furniture, today reported operating results for the fiscal 2022 third quarter ended January 22, 2022.

Fiscal 2022 third quarter versus Fiscal 2021 third quarter:

Melinda D. Whittington, President and Chief Executive Officer of La-⁠Z-⁠Boy, said, “During our third quarter, we delivered a strong 22% increase in consolidated sales versus the prior-year period. Demand continues unabated across the La-⁠Z-⁠Boy enterprise and remains well above pre-pandemic levels. Additionally, we returned $32 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, bringing our year-to-date returns to an all-time high level. While delivering an improved top line, the quarter was marked by greater-than-expected supply chain volatility, which had significant near-term impact on the efficiency of our manufacturing capacity ramp plans, dampening delivered sales growth and profit margins. A shortage of component parts, record levels of COVID absenteeism in January, and the challenge of hiring and training new employees at manufacturing facilities all contributed to the issues we faced as the quarter progressed. Additionally, a 14-week COVID-related shutdown in Vietnam temporarily and dramatically impacted sales and profitability for our casegoods import business, with minimal product available to ship to customers and high freight costs.”

Whittington added, “Our number one priority is to improve the agility of our supply chain in this high-demand environment to increase production more quickly and efficiently. While the challenges faced during the quarter were significant, we are managing through them to improve efficiencies, work down our backlog and service customers and consumers while achieving greater profitability. I remain very optimistic about the future of La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated as we continue to make strategic investments to increase our market share and drive long-term profitable growth and returns for all stakeholders.”

Consolidated sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 22% to $572 million versus the fiscal 2021 third quarter, reflecting ongoing capacity increases and pricing and surcharge actions.

Consolidated GAAP operating margin was 6.9% versus 7.3% in the prior-year third quarter. Consolidated non-GAAP(1) operating margin was 7.0% versus 9.5% in the prior-year third quarter. Operating margin for the period was impacted by supply chain challenges, including raw material inflation, and plant inefficiencies primarily related to new manufacturing capacity as well as COVID impacts, partially offset by pricing and surcharge actions, and fixed-cost leverage on higher volume.

GAAP diluted EPS increased to $0.65 for the fiscal 2022 third quarter versus $0.62 in the prior-year quarter. Non-GAAP(1) diluted EPS decreased to $0.65 versus $0.74 in the prior-year third quarter.

Wholesale Segment:

Written same-store sales for the entire La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Furniture Galleries® network:

Retail segment:

Corporate & Other:

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

For the fiscal 2022 year to date, the company generated $45 million in cash from operating activities, after investing $83 million in higher inventory levels to protect against supply chain disruptions and to support increased production and delivered sales.

The company continued to make disciplined investments in the business, including $59 million in capital expenditures to increase capacity, remodel stores, and upgrade infrastructure, for the fiscal year to date.

The company has returned $96 million to shareholders fiscal year to date, including $21 million in dividends with $7 million paid in the third quarter, as well as $76 million in share repurchases, or approximately 2.1 million shares of stock, leaving approximately 7.9 million shares available for repurchase under its authorized share repurchase program as of January 22, 2022.

La-⁠Z-⁠Boy ended the period with $240 million in cash(2) compared with $393 million in cash(2) at the end of the fiscal 2021 third quarter. The company holds $30 million in investments to enhance returns on cash versus $31 million at the end of the fiscal 2021 third quarter.

Dividend

On February 15, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.165 per share on the common stock of the company. The dividend will be paid on March 15, 2022, to shareholders of record on March 3, 2022.

Outlook

Bob Lucian, Chief Financial Officer of La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated, said, “Demand trends remain strong and our backlog will support strengthening delivered sales as we increase capacity over time, but near-term production gains will be slower than previously expected. Global supply chain disruptions continue and disproportionately impact our higher-end products, which sell at a greater level in our La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Furniture Galleries® stores, including our company-owned Retail stores. Separately, we expect our casegoods import operations to normalize during the first half of fiscal 2023 as we more consistently receive product and ship it to customers.

“Taking these factors into consideration, we now expect delivered sales per week in the fourth quarter to be flat to slightly up versus the third quarter. Further, the fiscal fourth quarter will benefit from containing 14 weeks compared to the third quarter which contained only 12 weeks. We expect consolidated non-GAAP operating margin to strengthen to the range of 7.5% to 8.5%. Over time, we continue to expect sales and operating margin performance will improve incrementally as increases in capacity allow us to more fully meet demand while leveraging fixed costs with higher volume.”

(1)Non-GAAP amounts for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 exclude:

  • purchase accounting charges related to acquisitions completed in prior periods totaling $0.4 million pre-tax, or less than $0.01 per diluted share, with $0.3 million included in operating income and $0.1 million included in interest expense

Non-GAAP amounts for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 exclude:

  • purchase accounting charges related to acquisitions completed in prior periods totaling $10.4 million pre-tax, or $0.20 per diluted share, primarily due to a write-up of the Joybird contingent consideration liability based on forecasted future performance, with $10.3 million included in operating income and $0.1 million included in interest expense
  • income of $5.2 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) recorded in other income related to the impact of employee retention credits

Please refer to the accompanying “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for detailed information on calculating the Non-GAAP measures used in this press release and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

(2)Cash includes cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Conference Call

La-⁠Z-⁠Boy will hold a conference call with the investment community on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. The toll-free dial-in number is 888-506-0062; international callers may use 973-528-0011. Enter Participant Access Code 664495.

The call will be webcast live, with corresponding slides, and archived on the Internet. It will be available at https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/. A telephone replay will be available for a week following the call. This replay will be accessible to callers from the U.S. and Canada at 877-481-4010 and to international callers at 919-882-2331. Enter Replay Passcode: 44333. The webcast replay will be available for one year.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Generally, forward-looking statements include information concerning expectations, projections or trends relating to our results of operations, financial results, financial condition, strategic initiatives and plans, expenses, dividends, share repurchases, liquidity, use of cash and cash requirements, borrowing capacity, investments, future economic performance, business and industry and the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic on our business operations and financial results.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on certain assumptions and currently available information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond our control, such as the continuing and developing impact of, and uncertainty caused by, the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not presently know about or that we currently consider to be immaterial may also affect our business operations and financial results. Our actual future results and trends may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed in our fiscal 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other factors identified in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We are including this cautionary note to make applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or for any other reason.

Additional Information

This news release is just one part of La-⁠Z-⁠Boy’s financial disclosures and should be read in conjunction with other information filed with the SEC, which is available at: https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Investors and others wishing to be notified of future La-⁠Z-⁠Boy news releases, SEC filings and quarterly investor conference calls may sign up at: https://lazboy.gcs-web.com/.

Background Information

La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated is one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers, marketing furniture for every room of the home. The Wholesale segment includes England, La-⁠Z-⁠Boy, American Drew®, Hammary®, Kincaid® and the company’s international wholesale and manufacturing businesses. The company-owned Retail segment includes 163 of the 350 La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Furniture Galleries® stores. Joybird is an e-commerce retailer and manufacturer of upholstered furniture. The corporation’s branded distribution network is dedicated to selling La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated products and brands, and includes 350 stand-alone La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Furniture Galleries® stores and 559 independent Comfort Studio® locations, in addition to in-store gallery programs for the company’s Kincaid and England operating units. Additional information is available at https://www.la-z-boy.com/.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP"), this press release also includes Non-GAAP financial measures. Management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures when assessing our ongoing performance. This press release contains references to Non-GAAP operating income, Non-GAAP operating margin, and Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated per diluted share (and components thereof, including Non-GAAP income before income taxes, Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated), which may exclude, as applicable, business realignment charges, purchase accounting charges, benefits from the CARES Act, and charges for our supply chain optimization initiative. The business realignment charges include severance costs, asset impairment costs, and costs to relocate equipment and inventory related to organizational changes we undertook as a result of our response to COVID, including a reduction in the company’s work force, temporary closure of certain manufacturing facilities and subsequent gains resulting from the sale of related assets. The purchase accounting charges may include the amortization of intangible assets, incremental expense upon the sale of inventory acquired at fair value, amortization of employee retention agreements, fair value adjustments of future cash payments recorded as interest expense, and adjustments to the fair value of contingent consideration. The benefits from the CARES Act include the impact of employee retention credits. The charges for our supply chain optimization initiative may include severance costs, accelerated depreciation expense, costs to relocate equipment and inventory, as well as other costs related to the closure, relocation and sale of certain manufacturing operations. In addition, this press release references the Non-GAAP financial measure of “Non-GAAP operating margin” for a future period. Non-GAAP operating margin may exclude items such as pre-tax purchase accounting charges and pre-tax business realignment charges. These and other not presently determinable items could have a material impact on the determination of operating margin on a GAAP basis and due to the probable variability and limited visibility of excluded items, we have not provided a reference to future period GAAP operating margin or a reconciliation of Non-GAAP operating margin for future periods in this press release. These Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for La-⁠Z-⁠Boy Incorporated’s results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Reconciliations of such Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in the accompanying tables.

Management believes that presenting certain Non-GAAP financial measures will help investors understand the long-term profitability trends of our business and compare our profitability to prior and future periods and to our peers. Management excludes purchase accounting charges because the amount and timing of such charges are significantly impacted by the timing, size, number and nature of the acquisitions consummated and the success with which we operate the businesses acquired. While the company has a history of acquisition activity, it does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, and the impact of purchase accounting charges is unique to each acquisition and can vary significantly from acquisition to acquisition. Similarly, business realignment charges and the charges related to the company’s supply chain optimization initiative are dependent on the timing, size, number and nature of the operations being moved or closed, and the charges may not be incurred on a predictable cycle. Management also excludes benefits from the CARES Act when assessing the company’s operating and financial performance due to the one-time nature of this transaction. Management believes that exclusion of these items facilitates more consistent comparisons of the company’s operating results over time. Where applicable, the accompanying “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” tables present the excluded items net of tax calculated using the effective tax rate from operations for the period in which the adjustment is presented, except for the non-tax deductible goodwill impairment charge and the adjustment to the fair value of contingent consideration which reflects the associated GAAP tax impact in the period presented.

Consolidated Statement of Income

Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data) 1/22/2022 1/23/2021 1/22/2022 1/23/2021
Sales 571,573 470,196 1,672,245 1,214,774
Cost of sales 352,208 268,944 1,027,503 696,604
Gross profit 219,365 201,252 644,742 518,170
Selling, general and administrative expense 179,878 166,838 516,771 431,492
Operating income 39,487 34,414 127,971 86,678
Interest expense -160 -298 -713 -1,103
Interest income 806 285 1,029 902
Other income (expense), net -1,460 6,532 -522 7,995
Income before income taxes 38,673 40,933 127,765 94,472
Income tax expense 9,591 11,344 33,059 24,900
Net income 29,082 29,589 94,706 69,572
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests -615 -357 -2,157 -607
Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated 28,467 29,232 92,549 68,965
Basic weighted average common shares 43,701 46,261 44,342 46,064
Basic net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share 0.65 0.63 2.09 1.50
Diluted weighted average common shares 43,968 46,818 44,640 46,407
Diluted net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per share 0.65 0.62 2.07 1.49

Consolidated Balance Sheet

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except par value) 1/22/2022 4/24/2021
Current assets
Cash and equivalents 236,712 391,213
Restricted cash 3,266 3,490
Receivables, net of allowance of $2,996 at 1/22/2022 and $4,011 at 4/24/2021 163,018 139,341
Inventories, net 315,595 226,137
Other current assets 243,713 165,979
Total current assets 962,304 926,160
Property, plant and equipment, net 250,945 219,194
Goodwill 195,010 175,814
Other intangible assets, net 34,469 30,431
Deferred income taxes – long-term 11,685 11,915
Right of use lease assets 388,713 343,800
Other long-term assets, net 86,438 79,008
Total assets 1,929,564 1,786,322
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 117,239 94,152
Lease liabilities, current 73,222 67,614
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 523,009 449,904
Total current liabilities 713,470 611,670
Lease liabilities, long-term 338,478 295,023
Other long-term liabilities 93,133 97,483
Shareholders' equity
Preferred shares – 5,000 authorized; none issued
Common shares, $1.00 par value – 150,000 authorized; 43,505 outstanding at 1/22/22 and 45,361 outstanding at 4/24/21 43,505 45,361
Capital in excess of par value 339,294 330,648
Retained earnings 395,577 399,010
Accumulated other comprehensive loss -2,989 -1,521
Total La-Z-Boy Incorporated shareholders' equity 775,387 773,498
Noncontrolling interests 9,096 8,648
Total equity 784,483 782,146
Total liabilities and equity 1,929,564 1,786,322

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands) 1/22/2022 1/23/2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 94,706 69,572
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities
(Gain)/loss on disposal of assets -3,149 133
Gain on sale of investments -340 -438
Provision for doubtful accounts -1,070 -2,483
Depreciation and amortization 27,146 24,620
Amortization of right-of-use lease assets 53,949 48,864
Equity-based compensation expense 8,887 9,115
Change in deferred taxes 214 5,189
Change in receivables -20,317 -28,720
Change in inventories -83,109 -26,419
Change in other assets -22,486 -1,193
Change in payables 23,690 42,354
Change in lease liabilities -54,400 -48,963
Change in other liabilities 21,471 158,200
Net cash provided by operating activities 45,192 249,831
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from disposals of assets 3,999 252
Capital expenditures -58,585 -26,722
Purchases of investments -28,058 -27,744
Proceeds from sales of investments 30,457 26,317
Acquisitions -24,849 -2,000
Net cash used for investing activities -77,036 -29,897
Cash flows from financing activities
Payments on debt and finance lease liabilities -91 -75,020
Holdback payments for acquisition purchases -23,000 -5,783
Stock issued for stock and employee benefit plans, net of shares withheld for taxes -1,670 6,259
Repurchases of common stock -75,646 -875
Dividends paid to shareholders -20,621 -9,700
Dividends paid to minority interest joint venture partners (1) -1,260 -8,507
Net cash used for financing activities -122,288 -93,626
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents -593 3,191
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash -154,725 129,499
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 394,703 263,528
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period 239,978 393,027
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities
Capital expenditures included in payables 4,564 1,569

Segment Information

Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands) 1/22/2022 1/23/2021 1/22/2022 1/23/2021
Sales
Wholesale segment:
Sales to external customers 328,533 274,314 973,973 720,258
Intersegment sales 94,748 76,394 281,899 197,039
Wholesale segment sales 423,281 350,708 1,255,872 917,297
Retail segment sales 197,052 165,959 571,319 419,371
Corporate and Other:
Sales to external customers 45,988 29,923 126,953 75,145
Intersegment sales 3,991 3,768 11,673 9,004
Corporate and Other sales 49,979 33,691 138,626 84,149
Eliminations -98,739 -80,162 -293,572 -206,043
Consolidated sales 571,573 470,196 1,672,245 1,214,774
Operating Income (Loss)
Wholesale segment 27,639 35,686 89,098 95,309
Retail segment 24,102 14,707 68,502 23,173
Corporate and Other -12,254 -15,979 -29,629 -31,804
Consolidated operating income 39,487 34,414 127,971 86,678

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data) 1/22/2022 1/23/2021 1/22/2022 1/23/2021
GAAP gross profit 219,365 201,252 644,742 518,170
Add back: Purchase accounting charges - incremental expense upon the sale of inventory acquired at fair value 429
Add back: Business realignment charges/(gain) -2 1,303
Less: Supply chain optimization initiative gain -50
Non-GAAP gross profit 219,365 201,250 644,742 519,852
GAAP SG&A 179,878 166,838 516,771 431,492
Less: Purchase accounting charges - adjustment to fair value of contingent consideration and amortization of intangible assets and retention agreements -258 -10,257 -1,277 -13,736
Less: Business realignment gain/(charges) 3,277 -2,580
Non-GAAP SG&A 179,620 156,581 518,771 415,176
GAAP operating income 39,487 34,414 127,971 86,678
Add back: Purchase accounting charges 258 10,257 1,277 14,165
Add back: Business realignment charges/(gain) -2 -3,277 3,883
Less: Supply chain optimization initiative gain -50
Non-GAAP operating income 39,745 44,669 125,971 104,676
GAAP income before income taxes 38,673 40,933 127,765 94,472
Add back: Purchase accounting charges recorded as part of gross profit, SG&A, and interest expense 365 10,449 1,700 14,657
Add back: Business realignment charges/(gain) -2 -3,277 3,883
Less: Supply chain optimization initiative gain -50
Less: CARES Act benefit -5,219 -5,219
Non-GAAP income before income taxes 39,038 46,161 126,188 107,743
GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated 28,467 29,232 92,549 68,965
Add back: Purchase accounting charges recorded as part of gross profit, SG&A, and interest expense 365 10,449 1,700 14,657
Less: Tax effect of purchase accounting -91 -1,073 -310 -1,479
Add back: Business realignment charges/(gain) -2 -3,277 3,883
Less: Tax effect of business realignment charges/(gain) 845 -938
Less: Supply chain optimization initiative gain -50
Add back: Tax effect of supply chain optimization initiative gain 13
Less: CARES Act benefit -5,219 -5,219
Add back: Tax effect of CARES Act benefit 1,261 1,261
Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated 28,741 34,648 91,508 81,093
GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per diluted share 0.65 0.62 2.07 1.49
Add back: Purchase accounting charges, net of tax, per share 0.2 0.04 0.27
Add back: Business realignment charges/(gain), net of tax, per share -0.06 0.07
Less: CARES Act benefit, net of tax, per share -0.08 -0.08
Non-GAAP net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated per diluted share 0.65 0.74 2.05 1.75

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Segment Information

Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
(Amounts in thousands) 1/22/2022 % of sales 1/23/2021 % of sales 1/22/2022 % of sales 1/23/2021 % of sales
GAAP operating income (loss)
Wholesale segment 27,639 6.50% 35,686 10.20% 89,098 7.10% 95,309 10.40%
Retail segment 24,102 12.20% 14,707 8.90% 68,502 12.00% 23,173 5.50%
Corporate and Other -12,254 N/M -15,979 N/M -29,629 N/M -31,804 N/M
Consolidated GAAP operating income 39,487 6.90% 34,414 7.30% 127,971 7.70% 86,678 7.10%
Non-GAAP items affecting operating income
Wholesale segment 58 56 ($3,099) 3,286
Retail segment 613
Corporate and Other 200 10,199 1,099 14,099
Consolidated Non-GAAP items affecting operating income 258 10,255 ($2,000) 17,998
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
Wholesale segment 27,697 6.50% 35,742 10.20% 85,999 6.80% 98,595 10.70%
Retail segment 24,102 12.20% 14,707 8.90% 68,502 12.00% 23,786 5.70%
Corporate and Other -12,054 N/M -5,780 N/M -28,530 N/M -17,705 N/M
Consolidated Non-GAAP operating income 39,745 7.00% 44,669 9.50% 125,971 7.50% 104,676 8.60%