Exhibit 99.1
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Reports
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results
Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights:
Full Year 2024 Highlights:
FRANKLIN, Tenn., February 19, 2025 - Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NASDAQ: KALU) (the "Company" or "Kaiser"), a leading producer of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products serving customers worldwide with highly-engineered solutions for aerospace and high-strength, packaging, general engineering, automotive extrusions, and other industrial applications, today announced fourth quarter and full year 2024 results.
Management Commentary
"I am pleased with our 2024 performance, particularly our continued margin expansion, which was achieved in a highly complex market environment," said Keith A. Harvey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "As we progress into 2025, we expect market conditions to stabilize and become more favorable, enabling us to capitalize on significant growth investments that are nearing completion. We are excited to be commissioning the new roll coat line in our packaging operations with customer qualifications underway. In addition, we expect to complete the Phase VII expansion at our Trentwood rolling mill in the second half of 2025, ahead of projected increases in demand. These investments reinforce our highly differentiated position in our end market applications, and help ensure our defensible market position, path to improved margins and leverage in the future."
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Consolidated Results |
(Unaudited)* |
(In millions of dollars, except shipments, realized price and per share amounts)
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Quarter Ended December 31, |
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Shipments (millions of lbs.) |
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292 |
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284 |
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1,172 |
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1,196 |
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Net sales |
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$ |
765 |
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$ |
722 |
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$ |
3,024 |
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$ |
3,087 |
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Less hedged cost of alloyed metal1 |
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(407 |
) |
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(361 |
) |
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(1,568 |
) |
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(1,621 |
) |
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Conversion revenue |
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$ |
358 |
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$ |
361 |
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$ |
1,456 |
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$ |
1,466 |
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Realized price per pound ($/lb.) |
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Net sales |
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$ |
2.62 |
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$ |
2.54 |
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$ |
2.58 |
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$ |
2.58 |
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Less hedged cost of alloyed metal |
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(1.39 |
) |
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(1.27 |
) |
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(1.34 |
) |
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(1.35 |
) |
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Conversion revenue |
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$ |
1.23 |
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$ |
1.27 |
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$ |
1.24 |
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$ |
1.23 |
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As reported |
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Operating income |
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$ |
22 |
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$ |
22 |
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$ |
88 |
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$ |
96 |
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Net income |
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$ |
7 |
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$ |
8 |
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$ |
47 |
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$ |
47 |
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Net income per share, diluted2 |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.47 |
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$ |
2.87 |
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$ |
2.92 |
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Adjusted3 |
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Operating income |
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$ |
21 |
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$ |
23 |
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$ |
100 |
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$ |
101 |
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EBITDA4 |
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$ |
50 |
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$ |
52 |
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$ |
217 |
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$ |
210 |
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EBITDA margin5 |
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14.0 |
% |
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14.3 |
% |
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14.9 |
% |
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14.3 |
% |
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Net income |
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$ |
6 |
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$ |
10 |
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$ |
41 |
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$ |
44 |
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EPS, diluted2 |
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$ |
0.33 |
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$ |
0.60 |
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$ |
2.51 |
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$ |
2.74 |
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Please refer to GAAP financial statements.
Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights
Net sales for the fourth quarter 2024 increased to $765 million compared to $722 million in the prior year period, driven primarily by a 3% increase in shipments.
Conversion revenue for the fourth quarter 2024 was $358 million, reflecting a 1% decrease compared to the prior year period.
Reported net income for the fourth quarter 2024 was $7 million, or $0.43 income per diluted share, compared to net income and income per diluted share of $8 million and $0.47, respectively, in the prior year period. Excluding the impact of a pre-tax, operating and non-operating non-run-rate gain of $2 million, adjusted net income was $6 million for the fourth quarter 2024, compared to adjusted net income of $10 million in the prior year period. Adjusted net income per diluted share was $0.33 for the fourth quarter 2024, compared to adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.60 for the fourth quarter 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA of $50 million in the fourth quarter 2024 decreased $2 million compared to the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of conversion revenue was 14.0% in the fourth quarter 2024 compared to 14.3% in the prior year period.
Full Year 2024 Financial Results
Net sales for the full year 2024 decreased to $3.0 billion compared to $3.1 billion in the prior year, driven primarily by lower shipments.
Conversion revenue for the full year 2024 was $1.46 billion, relatively consistent with the prior year.
Reported net income for the full year 2024 was $47 million, or $2.87 income per diluted share, compared to net income and income per diluted share of $47 million and $2.92, respectively, in the prior year. Excluding the impact of pre-tax, operating and non-operating non-run-rate net gain of $7 million, adjusted net income was $41 million for the full year 2024, compared to adjusted net income of $44 million in the prior year. Adjusted net income per diluted share was $2.51 for the full year 2024, compared to adjusted net income per diluted share of $2.74 for the full year 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA of $217 million in the full year 2024 increased $7 million compared to the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of conversion revenue was 14.9% in the full year 2024 compared to 14.3% in the prior year.
Cash Flow and Liquidity
Adjusted EBITDA of $217 million reported in the full year 2024 and cash on hand funded $35 million of working capital, $181 million of capital investments, $41 million of interest payments, and $51 million of cash returned to stockholders through quarterly dividends.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $18 million and borrowing availability under the Company's revolving credit facility of $553 million, providing total liquidity of $572 million. There were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2024.
On January 14, 2025, the Company announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.77 per share, which was paid on February 14, 2025 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on January 24, 2025.
2025 Outlook
For the full year 2025, the Company expects consolidated conversion revenue to increase 5% to 10% and adjusted EBITDA margin to improve 50 to 100 basis points compared to 2024 with approximately 60% of the EBITDA contribution projected in the second half of 2025. The outlook reflects the expectation for overall market demand to stabilize and become more favorable throughout 2025.
Conference Call
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation will host a conference call on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 12:00 pm (Eastern Time); 11:00 am (Central Time); 9:00 am (Pacific Time), to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2024 results. To participate, the conference call can be directly accessed from the U.S. and Canada at (877) 423-9813 and accessed internationally at (201) 689-8573. The conference call ID number is 13751173. A link to the simultaneous webcast can be accessed on the Company’s website at https://investors.kaiseraluminum.com. A copy of a presentation will be available for download prior to the call and an audio archive will be available on the Company’s website following the call.
Company Description
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, headquartered in Franklin, Tenn., is a leading producer of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products, serving customers worldwide with highly-engineered solutions for aerospace and high-strength, packaging, general engineering, automotive extrusions, and other industrial applications. The Company’s North American facilities produce value-added plate, sheet, coil, extrusions, rod, bar, tube, and wire products, adhering to traditions of quality, innovation, and service that have been key components of the culture since the Company was founded in 1946. The Company’s stock is included in the Russell 2000® index and the S&P Small Cap 600® index.
Available Information
For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.kaiseraluminum.com. The website includes a section for investor relations under which the Company provides notifications of news or announcements regarding its financial performance, including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, investor events, and earnings and other press releases. In addition, all Company filings submitted to the SEC are available through a link to the section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, which includes: Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Proxy Statements for the Company’s annual stockholders’ meetings, and other information statements as filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company provides a webcast of its quarterly earnings calls and certain events in which management participates or hosts with members of the investment community.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This earnings release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. A “non-GAAP financial measure” is defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statements of income, balance sheets, or statements of cash flow of the Company. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measure in the accompanying tables.
The non-GAAP financial measures used within this earnings release are conversion revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, and adjusted earnings per diluted share which exclude non-run-rate items and ratios related thereto. As more fully described in these reports, “non-run-rate” items are items that, while they may occur from period to period, are particularly material to results, impact costs primarily as a result of external market factors and may not occur in future periods if the same level of underlying performance were to occur. These measures are presented because management uses this information to monitor and evaluate financial results and trends and believes this information to also be useful for investors. Reconciliations of certain forward looking non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures are not provided because certain items required for such reconciliations are outside of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted or provided without unreasonable effort.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements based on management’s current expectations, estimates and projections that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied. These factors include: (a) the effectiveness of management's strategies and decisions, including strategic investments, capital spending strategies, cost reduction initiatives, sourcing strategies, process and countermeasures implemented to address operational and supply chain challenges, and the execution of those strategies; (b) the execution and timing of strategic investments; (c) general economic and business conditions, including the impact of geopolitical factors and governmental and other actions taken in response, tariffs, cyclicality, reshoring, labor challenges, supply interruptions, scrap availability and pricing, customer operation disruptions, customer inventory imbalances and supply chain issues and other conditions that impact demand drivers in the aerospace/high strength, packaging, general engineering, automotive extrusions and other end markets we serve; (d) the Company’s ability to participate in mature and anticipated new automotive programs expected to launch in the future and successfully launch new automotive programs; (e) changes or shifts in defense spending due to competing national priorities; (f) pricing, market conditions and the Company’s ability to effectively execute its commercial and labor strategies, pass through cost increases, including the institution of surcharges, and flex costs in response to inflation, volatile commodity costs and changing economic conditions; (g) developments in technology; (h) the impact of the Company's future earnings, cash flows, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors on its financial strength and flexibility; (i) new or modified statutory or regulatory requirements; (j) the successful integration of the acquired operations and technologies; (k) stakeholder, including regulator and customer, views regarding the Company's sustainability goals and initiatives and the impact of factors outside of the Company's control on such goals and initiatives; and (l) other risk factors summarized in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. All information in this release is as of the date of the release. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.
Investor Relations and Public Relations Contact: |
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Addo Investor Relations |
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Investors@KaiserAluminum.com |
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(949) 614-1769 |
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Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
Statements of Consolidated Income1
(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
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Quarter Ended December 31, |
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Net sales |
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$ |
765.4 |
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$ |
721.7 |
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$ |
3,024.0 |
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$ |
3,087.0 |
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Costs and expenses: |
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Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization |
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685.9 |
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640.2 |
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2,691.1 |
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2,754.9 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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29.6 |
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28.7 |
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116.4 |
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108.6 |
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Selling, general, administrative, research and development |
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27.8 |
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30.3 |
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120.8 |
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122.7 |
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Restructuring costs |
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— |
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0.8 |
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7.6 |
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5.0 |
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Other operating charges, net |
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— |
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— |
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0.4 |
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— |
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Total costs and expenses |
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743.3 |
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700.0 |
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2,936.3 |
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2,991.2 |
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Operating income |
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22.1 |
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21.7 |
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87.7 |
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95.8 |
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Other (expense) income: |
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Interest expense |
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(10.4 |
) |
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(11.5 |
) |
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(43.7 |
) |
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(46.9 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
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0.4 |
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(1.5 |
) |
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19.5 |
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7.4 |
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Income before income taxes |
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12.1 |
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8.7 |
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63.5 |
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56.3 |
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Income tax provision |
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(5.0 |
) |
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(1.1 |
) |
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(16.7 |
) |
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(9.1 |
) |
Net income |
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$ |
7.1 |
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$ |
7.6 |
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$ |
46.8 |
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$ |
47.2 |
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Net income per common share: |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.44 |
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$ |
0.47 |
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$ |
2.91 |
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$ |
2.95 |
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Diluted2 |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.47 |
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$ |
2.87 |
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$ |
2.92 |
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Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands): |
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Basic |
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16,089 |
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16,015 |
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16,069 |
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15,991 |
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Diluted2 |
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16,386 |
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16,164 |
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16,319 |
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16,131 |
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Summary of Cash Flows - Consolidated1
(In millions of dollars)
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Total cash provided by (used in): |
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Operating activities |
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$ |
167.1 |
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$ |
211.9 |
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Investing activities |
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$ |
(174.6 |
) |
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$ |
(128.2 |
) |
Financing activities |
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$ |
(55.3 |
) |
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$ |
(54.3 |
) |
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
Consolidated Balance Sheets1
(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
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As of December 31, 2024 |
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As of December 31, 2023 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
18.4 |
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$ |
82.4 |
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Receivables: |
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Trade receivables, net |
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319.7 |
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325.2 |
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Other |
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22.0 |
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12.4 |
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Contract assets |
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73.4 |
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58.5 |
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Inventories |
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503.9 |
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477.2 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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39.0 |
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34.5 |
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Total current assets |
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976.4 |
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990.2 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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1,161.2 |
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1,052.1 |
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Operating lease assets |
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27.2 |
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32.6 |
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Deferred tax assets, net |
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7.2 |
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6.0 |
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Intangible assets, net |
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45.5 |
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50.0 |
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Goodwill |
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18.8 |
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18.8 |
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Other assets |
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78.6 |
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117.7 |
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Total |
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$ |
2,314.9 |
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$ |
2,267.4 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
266.9 |
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$ |
252.7 |
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Accrued salaries, wages and related expenses |
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54.3 |
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53.0 |
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Other accrued liabilities |
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79.4 |
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64.3 |
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Total current liabilities |
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400.6 |
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370.0 |
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Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities |
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25.2 |
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29.2 |
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Pension and OPEB |
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71.4 |
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76.8 |
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Net liabilities of Salaried VEBA |
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— |
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3.8 |
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Deferred tax liabilities |
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24.1 |
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|
13.9 |
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Long-term liabilities |
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84.0 |
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81.7 |
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Long-term debt, net |
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1,041.6 |
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1,039.8 |
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Total liabilities |
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1,646.9 |
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1,615.2 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders' equity: |
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Preferred stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized at both December 31, 2024 and |
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— |
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— |
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Common stock, par value $0.01, 90,000,000 shares authorized at both |
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0.2 |
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0.2 |
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Additional paid in capital |
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1,117.0 |
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1,104.7 |
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Retained earnings |
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6.2 |
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|
10.1 |
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Treasury stock, at cost, 6,835,286 shares at both December 31, 2024 and |
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(475.9 |
) |
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(475.9 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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20.5 |
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|
13.1 |
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Total stockholders' equity |
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668.0 |
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|
|
652.2 |
|
Total |
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$ |
2,314.9 |
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$ |
2,267.4 |
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - Consolidated
(Unaudited)
(In millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
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Quarter Ended December 31, |
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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GAAP net income |
$ |
7.1 |
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$ |
7.6 |
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$ |
46.8 |
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$ |
47.2 |
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Interest expense |
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10.4 |
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11.5 |
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43.7 |
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46.9 |
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Other (income) expense, net |
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(0.4 |
) |
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1.5 |
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(19.5 |
) |
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(7.4 |
) |
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Income tax provision |
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5.0 |
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|
1.1 |
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16.7 |
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9.1 |
|
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GAAP operating income |
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22.1 |
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|
|
21.7 |
|
|
|
87.7 |
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95.8 |
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Mark-to-market (gain) loss1 |
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(2.2 |
) |
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0.2 |
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— |
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— |
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Restructuring costs |
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— |
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0.8 |
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7.6 |
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5.0 |
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Non-cash asset impairment charge |
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— |
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— |
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0.4 |
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— |
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Other operating NRR loss2,3 |
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0.7 |
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0.2 |
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4.4 |
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0.2 |
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Operating income, excluding operating NRR items |
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20.6 |
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22.9 |
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|
|
100.1 |
|
|
|
101.0 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
29.6 |
|
|
|
28.7 |
|
|
|
116.4 |
|
|
|
108.6 |
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA4 |
$ |
50.2 |
|
|
$ |
51.6 |
|
|
$ |
216.5 |
|
|
$ |
209.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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GAAP net income |
$ |
7.1 |
|
|
$ |
7.6 |
|
|
$ |
46.8 |
|
|
$ |
47.2 |
|
|
Operating NRR items |
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
12.4 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
Non-operating NRR items5 |
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
(19.6 |
) |
|
|
(8.9 |
) |
|
Tax impact of above NRR items |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
Adjusted net income |
$ |
5.6 |
|
|
$ |
9.8 |
|
|
$ |
41.2 |
|
|
$ |
44.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income per share, diluted6 |
$ |
0.43 |
|
|
$ |
0.47 |
|
|
$ |
2.87 |
|
|
$ |
2.92 |
|
|
Adjusted earnings per diluted share6 |
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
$ |
2.51 |
|
|
$ |
2.74 |
|
|
Totals may not sum due to rounding.