PGTI Reports 2019 First Quarter Results

PGT Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: PGTI), a national leader in premium windows and doors, including impact-resistant products and products designed to unify indoor/outdoor living spaces, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 30, 2019.

Financial Highlights for First Quarter 2019 versus First Quarter 2018

• Net sales for the first quarter increased 24 percent, to $174 million, including $32 million from Western Window Systems
• Gross profit grew 37 percent, to $61.3 million
• Net income for the quarter grew 13 percent, to $8.3 million
• Net income per diluted share was flat at $0.14, and adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.16, decreased $0.03 from the prior year; both affected by the higher number of shares outstanding, resulting from the 2018 equity offering
• Adjusted EBITDA grew 30 percent, to $28.3 million

"In the first quarter, PGT Innovations’ significant growth in sales and EBITDA was driven by the inclusion of Western Window Systems and the strength in our new construction channel. In our legacy markets, our corporate builder program grew significantly versus the prior year quarter as adoption of our impact products continues to accelerate,” stated Jeff Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of PGT Innovations.

"First quarter sales for Western Window Systems grew versus the prior-year quarter as its penetration continued to increase in the indoor/outdoor living market. Integration continues to remain on track, as expected cost synergies began to be realized in the first quarter and meaningful progress was achieved in building the infrastructure to begin selling Western products in our legacy markets,” added Jackson.

"Despite the slight decline in the repair and remodel market overlapping significant growth in the prior year period, we were able to deliver solid results in the first quarter of 2019, including the growth of Western Window Systems' sales and EBITDA compared to its pre-acquisition prior year period. As we enter hurricane season, we are reaffirming full year guidance for 2019,” stated Sherri Baker, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PGT Innovations. "Our balance sheet remained strong at the end of the first quarter, with cash of $45 million and a net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio, adjusted for the Western Window Systems acquisition, of 2.2 times,” concluded Baker.

Conference Call

PGT Innovations will host a conference call on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. The conference call will be available at the same time through the Investor Relations section of the PGT Innovations, Inc. website, http://ir.pgtinnovations.com/events.cfm.

To participate in the teleconference, kindly dial into the call a few minutes before the start time: 888-205-6786 (U.S. and Canada) and 786-789-4840 (U.S.). The conference ID is 987008. Please note that these are new dial-in phone numbers. A replay of the call will be available within approximately two hours after the scheduled end of the call on May 2, 2019, through 1:30 p.m. on May 9, 2019. To access the replay, dial 888-203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) and 719-457-0820 (U.S.) and refer to pass code 2132984.

You may also join the conference online by using the following link: https://services.choruscall.com/links/pgti190502D1RN8jkQ.html.

The webcast will also be available through the Investors section of the PGT Innovations, Inc. website: http://ir.pgtinnovations.com/events.cfm.

About PGT Innovations, Inc.

PGT Innovations manufactures and supplies premium windows and doors. Its highly-engineered and technically-advanced products can withstand some of the toughest weather conditions on earth and unify indoor/outdoor living spaces.

PGT Innovations creates value through deep customer relationships, understanding the unstated needs of the markets it serves and a drive to develop category-defining products. PGT Innovations is also the nation’s largest manufacturer of impact-resistant windows and doors, holds the leadership position in its primary markets, and is part of the S&P SmallCap 400 Index.

The PGT Innovations’ family of brands include CGI®, PGT® Custom Windows & Doors, WinDoor®, Western Window Systems®, CGI Commercial® and Eze-Breeze®. The Company’s brands, in their respective markets, are a preferred choice of architects, builders, and homeowners throughout North America and the Caribbean. The Company’s high-quality products are available in custom and standard sizes with multiple dimensions that allow for greater design possibilities in residential, multi-family, and commercial projects. For additional information, visit www.pgtinnovations.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release regarding our business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may,” "expect,” "expectations,” "outlook,” "forecast,” "guidance,” "intend,” "believe,” "could,” "project,” "estimate,” "anticipate,” "should,” "plan" and similar terminology. These risks and uncertainties include factors such as:

• adverse changes in new home starts and home repair and remodeling trends, especially in the state of Florida, where the substantial portion of our sales are currently generated, and in the western United States, where the substantial portion of the sales of Western Window Systems’ operations are generated, and in the U.S. generally;
• macroeconomic conditions in Florida, where the substantial portion of our sales are generated, and in California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, where the substantial portion of the sales of Western Window Systems are currently generated, and in the U.S. generally;
• our level of indebtedness, which increased in connection with our acquisition of Western Window Systems;
• the effects of increased expenses or unanticipated liabilities incurred as a result of, or due to activities related to, the Western Window Systems acquisition;
• the risk that the anticipated cost savings, synergies, revenue enhancement strategies and other benefits expected from the Western Window Systems acquisition may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected or that our actual integration costs may exceed our estimates;
• raw material prices, especially for aluminum, glass and vinyl, including, price increases due to the implementation of tariffs and other trade-related restrictions;
• our dependence on a limited number of suppliers for certain of our key materials;
• sales fluctuations to and changes in our relationships with key customers;
• increases in bad debt owed to us by our customers in the event of a downturn in the home repair and remodeling or new home construction channels in our core markets and our inability to collect such debt;
• in addition to the Western Window Systems acquisition, our ability to successfully integrate businesses we may acquire, or that any business we acquire may not perform as we expected at the time we acquired it;
• increases in transportation costs, including due to increases in fuel prices;
• our dependence on our impact-resistant product lines and contemporary indoor/outdoor window and door systems, and on consumer preferences for those types and styles of products;
• product liability and warranty claims brought against us;
• federal, state and local laws and regulations, including unfavorable changes in local building codes and environmental and energy code regulations;
• our dependence on our limited number of geographically concentrated manufacturing facilities;
• risks associated with our information technology systems, including cybersecurity-related risks, such as unauthorized intrusions into our systems by "hackers” and theft of data and information from our systems, and the risks that our information technology systems do not function as intended or experience temporary or long-term failures to perform as intended; and
• the risks and uncertainties discussed under Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018.

Statements in this press release that are forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our expectations regarding: (1) demand for our products going forward, including the demand for our impact-resistant products and the products of Western Window Systems; (2) our ability to gain market share in 2019 and beyond; (3) the Company’s ability to continue to grow its sales and earnings in 2019 and going forward; (4) our ability to position ourselves as a national leader in the premium window and door market, and our performance in that market; (5) our integration of Western Windows Systems and achievement of synergies related thereto; and (6) our financial and operational performance for our 2019 fiscal year, including our 2019 fiscal year outlook reaffirmed and set forth in this press release. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances from the date of this press release.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release and the financial schedules include financial measures and terms not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We believe that presentation of non-GAAP measures such as adjusted net income, adjusted net income per share, and adjusted EBITDA provides investors and analysts with an alternative method for assessing our operating results in a manner that enables investors and analysts to more thoroughly evaluate our current performance compared to past performance. We also believe these non-GAAP measures provide investors with a better baseline for assessing our future earnings potential. The non-GAAP measures included in this press release are provided to give investors access to types of measures that we use in analyzing our results.

Adjusted net income consists of GAAP net income adjusted for the items included in the accompanying reconciliation. Adjusted net income per share consists of GAAP net income per share adjusted for the items included in the accompanying reconciliation. We believe these measures enable investors and analysts to more thoroughly evaluate our current performance as compared to the past performance and provide a better baseline for assessing the Company's future earnings potential. However, these measures do not provide a complete picture of our operations.

Adjusted EBITDA consists of net income, adjusted for the items included in the accompanying reconciliation. We believe that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and analysts about the Company's performance because they eliminate the effects of period-to-period changes in taxes, costs associated with capital investments and interest expense. Adjusted EBITDA does not give effect to the cash the Company must use to service its debt or pay its income taxes and thus does not reflect the actual funds generated from operations or available for capital investments.

Our calculation of adjusted net income, adjusted net income per share, and adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to calculations performed by other companies and reported as similarly titled measures. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP measures. Schedules that reconcile adjusted net income, adjusted net income per share, and adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income are included in the financial schedules accompanying this release.

Adjusted EBITDA as used in the calculation of the net debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA ratio, consists of our adjusted EBITDA as described above, but for the trailing twelve-month period, adjusted pursuant to the covenants contained in the 2016 Credit Agreement due 2022 for the acquisition of Western Window Systems.

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