GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (News release) -- UFP Industries, Inc. a leading manufacturer focused on delivering value-added products across its Retail, Packaging, and Construction segments reported results for the second quarter ended June, 28, 2025, including net sales of $1.84 billion, net earnings attributable to controlling interests of $100.7 million, earnings per diluted share of $1.70, and adjusted EBITDA of $174.1 million. Results for the quarter include impairment charges and one-time tax benefits which each amount to $0.05 per diluted share and offset one another.

"Our second quarter was largely a continuation from our first quarter as visibility remains limited, tariff uncertainty remains a challenge for consumer and business sentiment, and end market demand remains soft but stable. Despite the current environment, we continue to make progress positioning UFP as a leaner and faster growing enterprise for when markets recover," said Will Schwartz UFP Industries CEO. "I want to thank each of our employees for their continued dedication and willingness to make the difficult but necessary business decisions during these uncertain times. We remain on target to realize approximately $60 million of structural cost savings by year-end 2026 and will continue to evaluate all aspects of our business to drive additional margin improvement."

"Looking ahead, we remain focused on driving innovation across the portfolio and making strategic investments to drive growth and profitability. Our long-term capital plans are focused on investing in our most attractive opportunities for growth, margin, and returns. We are also actively pursuing M&A transactions that complement our core capabilities. Our strong balance sheet and free cash flow generation remain competitive advantages, enabling us to pursue strategic investments, along with share repurchases and dividends, while maintaining a conservative capital structure."

Second Quarter 2025 Highlights (comparisons on a year-over-year basis except where noted):

• Net Sales of $1.84 billion decreased by 4 percent due to a 1 percent decrease in price and a 3 percent decline in organic units.
• New product sales of $129.1 million were 7.0 percent of total net sales compared to 6.7 percent in the second quarter of 2024.
• Net Earnings of $100.7 million declined from $126.0 million a year ago.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $174.1 million in the quarter, or 9.5% percent of net sales, compared to $203.9 million, or 10.7 percent of net sales, for the same period a year ago.

Capital Allocation

UFP Industries maintains a strong balance sheet and as of June 28, 2025, had approximately $2.1 billion of liquidity consisting of $841.9 million of cash and remaining availability under its revolving credit facility and a shelf agreement with certain lenders. The company's return-focused approach to capital allocation includes the following:

• Acquisitions and Organic Growth. The company seeks strategic acquisitions and invests in organic growth opportunities when acquisition targets are not available at valuations that will allow us to meet or exceed targeted return rates. In 2024, the company announced up to $1 billion in capital investments through 2028 for automation, technology upgrades, geographic expansion and increased capacity at existing facilities, primarily for its Deckorators and Site Built business units, as well as its Packaging segment. The company expects to invest approximately $300 million to $325 million in capital projects in 2025.
• Dividend payments. On July 23, 2025, the UFP Industries Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.35 per share, which represents a 6 percent year over year increase. This dividend is payable on September 15, 2025, to shareholders of record on September 1, 2025. We continue to consider our payout ratio and yield when determining the appropriate dividend rate and have a long-term objective of increasing our dividend in line with our earnings growth.
• Share repurchases. On July 24, 2024, the UFP Industries Board of Directors authorized the company's repurchase of up to $200 million of shares through July 31, 2025. On April 23, 2025, the Board approved an increase in this repurchase authorization to $300 million. As of July 25, 2025, we have repurchased a total of approximately 2.6 million shares under this authorization for $269.6 million at an average share price of $103.55. On July 23, 2025, the Board approved a new share repurchase authorization totaling $300 million through July 31, 2026, which supersedes and replaces our prior share repurchase authorization.

By business segment, the company reported the following results:

UFP Retail Solutions

Net sales of $788.2 million were down 3 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024. Organic unit sales decreased 7 percent, which was partially offset by a 4 percent increase in selling prices. Organic unit sales decreased 3 percent for Deckorators and 7 percent for ProWood. Within our Deckorators business unit, our sales of railings declined 25 percent, wood-plastic composite decking was flat, and mineral-based Surestone composite decking increased over 45 percent. Railing sales declined due to the loss of placement with a large retail customer, which also impacted our wood-plastic composite decking volumes. However, we gained market share with another major retailer, and initial stocking orders from this retailer for our mineral-based, Surestone decking board, and stronger demand from the pro channel for this product has provided an offset. This shift positions us for a modest net market share gain in 2025 as we add capacity to supply to approximately 1,500 stores by 2026. We expect to realize the full benefit of this share gain in 2026 and remain focused on our long-term goal to double our composite decking and railing market share over the next five years. ProWood volumes declined primarily due to softer demand as result of higher interest rates and weaker consumer sentiment, as well as our ongoing efforts to exit lower-margin product lines.

Gross profit was $113.7 million, or 14.4 percent of net sales, compared to $126.7 million, or 15.7 percent of net sales, over the same period in 2024. Gross profit declined for Deckorators as a result of lower unit sales of railings and an increase in costs due to a customer transition, while gross profit for our ProWood pressure-treated products was largely unchanged as higher material costs were offset by higher pricing. Higher costs contributed to a $4 million decline in gross profit for our Edge products.

UFP Packaging

Net sales of $428.7 million were down 2 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024. The declines in the quarter were driven by a 4 percent decline in selling prices and flat organic sales, which were partially offset by a 2 percent increase from an acquisition. Organic unit sales were flat as a 2 percent decline in Structural Packaging, due to lower demand, was offset by a 5 percent increase in PalletOne and an 8 percent increase in Protective Packaging as these business units continue to gain market share.

Gross profit for the Packaging segment was $70.6 million, or 16.5 percent of net sales, compared to $83.7 million, or 19.2 percent of net sales, in the second quarter last year. Gross profit declined primarily due to softer demand, which resulted in more competitive pricing in our Pallet One and Structural Packaging business units.

UFP Construction

Net sales of $551.6 million were down 4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024 as a 6 percent decrease in selling prices was partially offset by an organic unit sales increase of 2 percent. Organic unit sales increased 8 percent in Factory Built due to higher industry production, market share gains, new products, and expanded capabilities. Organic unit sales increased 6 percent in Commercial and 11 percent in Concrete Forming. Site Built Housing volumes decreased 7 percent due to softer demand.

Gross profit for the Construction segment was $100.2 million, or 18.2 percent of net sales, compared to $125.6 million, or 21.9 percent of net sales, in the second quarter last year. The decrease in gross profit was primarily driven by lower unit sales and more competitive pricing in our Site Built business unit. Favorable volumes in both the Concrete Forming Solutions and Factory Built businesses each supported year over year gross profit growth in the quarter.

Short-Term Outlook

Tariff and duty impacts: We are working closely with our domestic and international suppliers to navigate the recently proposed tariffs on several of our raw materials. If tariffs are enacted, the demand for domestic products would be expected to increase, which will likely increase costs as capacity gets challenged. Although the trade landscape continues to evolve, since we do not own any foreign sawmills and have excellent relationships with our mill partners, we believe we are currently in a strong position to adapt quickly to tariffs without material adverse financial impact after a short adjustment period. The company will continue to monitor the market and intends to make decisions quickly to minimize disruption.

On July 23, 2025, our Board of Directors approved a plan to close our Bonner, Montana manufacturing facilities, which manufacture our Edge siding, pattern, and trim products. We plan to transfer our trim and certain other products to existing facilities and will exit the coated siding business. As part of this restructuring, we expect to incur impairment charges and other one-time costs in a range of $15 million to $17 million in the third quarter of 2025 and expect a minimal impact on revenues. These actions are expected to eliminate future operating losses associated with these facilities of approximately $16 million in 2026. In addition, in July, we completed the sale of a small industrial component manufacturer as well as the sale of real estate associated with previously closed plants. We plan to recognize a one-time gain in July of approximately $13 million associated with these transactions. An additional property is under contract to be sold in the third quarter, which is expected to add approximately $2 million to this gain. These actions are part of our ongoing efforts to improve capacity utilization and reduce our costs by eliminating excess capacity and closing under-performing operations.

End Market Demand: Our 2025 outlook remains unchanged. We continue to anticipate the softer demand and competitive pricing environment will remain through the balance of 2025 and are planning for low single-digit unit declines in each of our segments. We anticipate a more significant decline in Site Built will be partially offset by an increase in Factory Built. We expect initial stocking orders for our new Surestone decking product and expanded manufacturing and distribution capabilities will continue to support momentum in our Deckorators business through the remainder of the year.

Long-Term Goals

The company's long-term goals remain unchanged and include: 1) achieving 7-10 percent unit sales growth annually (including bolt-on acquisitions) with at least 10 percent of all sales coming from new products; 2) achieving 12.5 percent adjusted EBITDA margins; 3) earning an incremental return on new investments over our hurdle rate; and 4) maintaining a conservative capital structure.