earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.70
LCI Industries prelim Q4: net sales $890-900M, loss per share $0.62-$0.73
LCI INDUSTRIES
2022-FY EPS reported
$15.48
revenue$5,207,143,000
- Preliminary Q4 net sales range $890M-$900M; loss per diluted share $0.62-$0.73.
- RV OEMs took a collective month of production downtime to normalize inventories, causing adverse impact.
- Company incurred severance-related and inventory reserve costs in Q4 to align costs with market conditions.
- Management believes RV dealer inventories declining; expects OEM production to return to 2019-like run rates in H2 2023.
- Non-RV segments and aftermarket expected to be more resilient; full results on Feb 14, 2023.