Summit Materials, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results

Record Full Year 2021 Net Revenue of $2.2 billion, an increase of 4.6%

Record Full Year 2021 Net income attributable to Summit Inc. of $152.2 million, an increase of 10.3%

Record Full Year 2021 Adjusted EBITDA of $520.1 million, an increase of 7.8%

Net Leverage ratio improved to an all-time low

Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE: SUM) (“Summit,” “Summit Materials,” "Summit Inc." or the “Company”), a leading vertically integrated construction materials company, today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 1, 2022 (“fourth quarter” or "full year"). All comparisons are versus the quarter or year ended January 2, 2021 unless noted otherwise.

"Our fourth quarter and full year 2021 results are evidence that our Elevate Summit strategy is driving improved execution and financial performance," said Summit Materials CEO Anne Noonan. "Today we are setting new annual records for Net Revenue, Net Income, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA. With these results, we are either on track or have already achieved our Horizon One targets. That momentum continues into 2022 as we continue to optimize our portfolio, pursue self-help initiatives to improve performance, and drive market leadership to #1 or #2 positions in targeted exurban, higher growth communities underpinned by strong demand fundamentals."

Brian Harris, CFO of Summit Materials added, "We continue to advance each of our strategic priorities, including our market leadership and asset light model with eight strategic divestitures already closed and more in progress. These divestitures, together with continued organic growth and a stronger balance sheet as evidenced by a Summit-best net leverage ratio, provides us the financial flexibility to support further greenfield investments and pursue attractive opportunities to further optimize our portfolio."

During 2021, Summit received $128.3 million in proceeds from a total of eight divestitures as part of its Elevate Summit strategy.

2022 Guidance

For the full year 2022, Summit is currently projecting Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $535 million to $565 million and expects 2022 capital expenditure of approximately $270 million to $290 million including greenfield projects.

Full Year 2021 | Total Company Results

Net Revenue increased $97.9 million, or 4.6% in 2021 to $2.2 billion, despite one fewer reporting week in 2021 and reflects revenue growth in aggregates, cement, and ready-mix underpinned by strong demand conditions in most markets.

Operating income increased $27.9 million, or 12.4% in 2021 to $253.1 million, primarily due to higher revenue that more than offset higher cost of revenue and general and administrative expenses primarily associated with optimizing organizational efficiencies and implementing the Elevate Summit strategy. Summit's operating margin percentage for 2021 increased to 11.3% from 10.5% in 2020, due to the factors noted above.

Net income attributable to Summit Inc. increased to $152.2 million, or $1.29 per basic share, compared to $138.0 million, or $1.21 per basic share in the comparable prior year period. Summit reported adjusted diluted net income of $133.5 million, or $1.12 per adjusted diluted share as compared to $95.3 million, or $0.81 per adjusted diluted share in the prior year period.

Adjusted EBITDA increased $37.8 million, or 7.8% to $520.1 million reflecting strong operating results.

Fourth Quarter 2021 | Total Company Results

Net Revenue decreased $18.4 million, or 3.2% in the fourth quarter to $553.4 million.

Operating income decreased $9.0 million, or 13.6% in the fourth quarter to $57.2 million, as our costs of revenue increased. This was partially offset by lower depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion expenses. Summit's operating margin percentage for the three months ended January 1, 2022 decreased to 10.3% from 11.6%, from the comparable period a year ago.

Net income attributable to Summit Inc. increased to $43.8 million, or $0.37 per basic share, compared to $35.2 million, or $0.31 per basic share in the comparable prior year period. Summit reported adjusted diluted net income of $32.9 million, or $0.27 per adjusted diluted share as compared to $28.8 million, or $0.25 per adjusted diluted share in the prior year period.

Adjusted EBITDA decreased $5.1 million, or 4.0% to $124.3 million.

Full Year 2021 | Results by Line of Business

Aggregates Business: Aggregates net revenues increased by $75.2 million to $573.2 million in 2021. Aggregates adjusted cash gross profit margin increased to 51.7% in 2021 as compared to 51.4% in 2020. Aggregates sales volume increased 8.6% in 2021 with organic growth in both the East and West segments. By market, volume growth in the Intermountain West, Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, and British Columbia were partially offset by lower volumes in Kentucky. Average selling prices for aggregates increased 3.6% in 2021 with strong growth across both the East and West segments.

Cement Business: Cement segment net revenues increased 10.2% to $298.2 million in 2021. Cement segment adjusted cash gross profit margin increased to 39.9% in 2021, compared to 39.6% in 2020. The Green America Recycling facility is operational and continues to ramp up production after completing repair and commissioning activities late in the third quarter 2021 after its prolonged shutdown due to an explosion in April 2020. Sales volume of cement increased 6.3% and average selling prices increased 2.9% in 2021.

Products Business: Products net revenues of $1.1 billion in 2021 were relatively unchanged versus 2020. Products adjusted cash gross profit margin decreased to 18.3% in 2021, down from 19.2% in 2020. Ready-mix concrete average selling prices increased 3.4% and sales volumes increased 1.6% primarily reflecting a strong demand environment in the Intermountain West market that more than offset wet conditions in Texas. Average selling prices for asphalt increased 2.2%, with pricing growth across both reporting segments. Asphalt volume decreased 13.2% due to the divestiture of a paving business in 2021.

Fourth Quarter 2021 | Results by Line of Business

Aggregates Business: Aggregates net revenues increased by $6.5 million to $142.0 million in the fourth quarter. Aggregates adjusted cash gross profit margin decreased to 45.7% in the fourth quarter as compared to 49.9% in the fourth quarter 2020. Aggregates sales volume decreased 5.5% in the fourth quarter, due to the negative impact from comparisons to a 53rd week in 2020. Excluding this impact, volume growth was primarily driven by the East Segment, led by growth in Virginia and Missouri. Average selling prices for aggregates increased 8.6% in the fourth quarter with strong growth across both reporting segments.

Cement Business: Cement segment net revenues increased 9.8% to $79.2 million in the fourth quarter. Cement segment adjusted cash gross profit margin decreased to 42.7% in the fourth quarter, compared to 47.4% in the prior year period. Sales volume of cement increased 5.8% and average selling prices increased 2.7% in the fourth quarter.

Products Business: Products net revenues were $263.2 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $286.0 million in the prior year period. Products adjusted cash gross profit margin decreased to 18.3% in the fourth quarter, versus 19.6% in the prior year period. Average sales price for ready-mix concrete increased 3.5% driven primarily by pricing growth in the Intermountain West market. Sales volumes of ready-mix concrete decreased 4.8%, despite strong demand and favorable weather conditions, particularly in Houston. Average selling prices for asphalt increased 4.2%, driven by strong pricing growth across the East Segment markets that was partially offset by lower pricing in North Texas and Salt Lake City. Asphalt volume decreased 25.7% due largely to a paving business divestiture earlier in the year.

Full Year 2021 | Results By Reporting Segment

West Segment: The West Segment operating income decreased 3.0% to $171.2 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased 0.2% to $271.6 million in 2021. Aggregates revenue in 2021 increased 16.9% as volumes and average sales prices increased 13.8% and 2.7%, respectively. Ready-mix concrete revenue in 2021 increased 9.0% with volume growth of 5.4% and average sales prices growth of 3.5% on favorable demand and weather conditions in Salt Lake City. Asphalt revenue decreased by 25.8% as volumes decreased 24.4% due to a divestiture in the second quarter 2021 that was only partially offset by 2.5% growth in average selling prices in 2021.

East Segment: The East Segment operating income increased 29.5% to $90.4 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased 11.8% to $181.5 million in 2021. Aggregates revenue increased 9.1%, on volume growth of 3.8% and 5.1% growth in average selling prices with higher pricing across all markets. Ready-mix concrete revenue decreased 6.4% as volumes decreased by 9.2%, partially offset by average selling price growth of 3.1%. Lower ready-mix concrete volumes were primarily due to Kansas wind farm projects in the 2020 period that were not fully replaced in 2021. Asphalt revenue increased 27.7% as volumes increased 17.0% on volume growth in Kentucky, Kansas, and Virginia. Asphalt average selling prices increased 4.4% on higher liquid asphalt index prices across several markets.

Cement Segment: The Cement Segment operating income increased 19.5% to $66.1 million. Adjusted EBITDA increased 26.0% to $117.2 million in 2021 on volume and pricing growth. The segment reported growth in sales volumes and average selling prices of 6.3% and 2.9%, respectively in 2021.

Fourth Quarter 2021 | Results By Reporting Segment

West Segment: The West Segment operating income decreased 24.9% to $35.5 million and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 19.3% to $59.8 million in the fourth quarter. Lower operating income and Adjusted EBITDA were primarily due to the impact from a divestiture. Aggregates revenue in the fourth quarter decreased 4.9% as volumes declined 10.2% more than offsetting average sales price growth of 5.8%. Ready-mix concrete revenue in the fourth quarter decreased 0.3% with volumes down 4.3%, which was mostly offset by 4.2% pricing growth. Asphalt revenue decreased 39.1% in the fourth quarter as volumes decreased 37.0%, due to a divestiture in the second quarter. Asphalt sales prices increased 3.3% in the period.

East Segment: The East Segment operating income increased 1.8% to $21.2 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased 2.3% to $43.4 million in the fourth quarter. Despite unfavorable comparisons with an extra week in 2020, operating income and Adjusted EBITDA growth reflects strong pricing gains across all lines of business. Aggregates revenue increased 9.7%, as volumes decreased 0.4% and average selling prices increased 10.1%. Ready-mix concrete revenue decreased 4.7% as volumes decreased by 6.2%, partially offset by average selling price growth of 1.7%. Asphalt revenue increased 15.1% as volumes increased 1.1% on strong volume growth in Kentucky that more than offset volume declines elsewhere. Asphalt average selling prices increased 9.4% on higher liquid asphalt index prices across our markets.

Cement Segment: The Cement Segment operating income decreased 1.9% to $20.4 million in the fourth quarter. Adjusted EBITDA increased 17.1% to $34.9 million on higher volumes and pricing growth. In fourth quarter, the Cement Segment reported volume growth of 5.8% and average selling price growth of 2.7%.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of January 1, 2022, the Company had $381.0 million in cash and $1.6 billion in debt outstanding. The Company's $345 million revolving credit facility has $327.1 million available after outstanding letters of credit. For the year ended January 1, 2022, cash flow provided by operations was $361.9 million and cash paid for capital expenditures was $212.0 million.

On September 27, 2021, Summit redeemed all $300.0 million of the 5.125% senior notes due June 1, 2025 using existing cash on hand. As a result of the redemption, charges of $6.0 million were recognized in the quarter ended October 2, 2021, which included charges of $3.9 million for the applicable redemption premium and $2.1 million for the write-off of the deferred financing fees.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Summit Materials will conduct a conference call on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time (9:00 a.m. mountain time) to review the Company’s fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results, discuss recent events and conduct a question-and-answer session.

A webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials will be available in the Investors section of Summit’s website at investors.summit-materials.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.

To participate in the live teleconference for fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results:

Domestic Live: 1-877-823-8690

International Live: 1-825-312-2236

Conference ID: 1944867

Password: Summit

To listen to a replay of the teleconference, which will be available through March 3, 2022:

Domestic Replay: 1-800-585-8367

International Replay: 1-416-621-4642

Conference ID: 1944867

About Summit Materials

Summit Materials is a leading vertically integrated materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete and asphalt in the United States and British Columbia, Canada. Summit is a geographically diverse, materials-based business of scale that offers customers a single-source provider of construction materials and related downstream products in the public infrastructure, residential and nonresidential end markets. Summit has a strong track record of successful acquisitions since its founding and continues to pursue growth opportunities in new and existing markets. For more information about Summit Materials, please visit www.summit-materials.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, and other non-GAAP measures have important limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA are that these measures do not reflect: (i) our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; (ii) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; (iii) interest expense or cash requirements necessary to service interest and principal payments on our debt; and (iv) income tax payments we are required to make. Because of these limitations, we rely primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and other non-GAAP measures on a supplemental basis.

Adjusted EBITDA, Further Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit, Adjusted Cash Gross Profit Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Diluted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, Free Cash Flow, Net Leverage and Net Debt reflect additional ways of viewing aspects of our business that, when viewed with our GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to U.S. GAAP financial measures included in the tables attached to this press release, may provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. We strongly encourage investors to review our consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not rely on any single financial measure. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures used in this press release are included in the attached tables. Because GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis are not accessible, and reconciling information is not available without unreasonable effort, we have not provided reconciliations for forward-looking non-GAAP measures. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “trends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “projects” or “anticipates” or similar expressions that concern our strategy, plans, expectations or intentions. All statements made relating to our estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the effect of known factors, and, of course, it is impossible to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be realized. Important factors could affect our results and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Summit Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2021, as filed with the SEC, and any factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in any of our subsequently filed SEC filings.

• the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and responses to it, including vaccine mandates, or any similar crisis, on our business;
• our dependence on the construction industry and the strength of the local economies in which we operate;
• the cyclical nature of our business;
• risks related to weather and seasonality;
• risks associated with our capital-intensive business;
• competition within our local markets;
• our ability to execute on our acquisition strategy, successfully integrate acquisitions with our existing operations and retain key employees of acquired businesses;
• our dependence on securing and permitting aggregate reserves in strategically located areas;
• declines in public infrastructure construction and delays or reductions in governmental funding, including the funding by transportation authorities and other state agencies;
• our reliance on private investment in infrastructure, which may be adversely affected by periods of economic stagnation and recession;
• environmental, health, safety and climate change laws or governmental requirements or policies concerning zoning and land use;
• costs associated with pending and future litigation;
• rising prices for, or more limited availability of, commodities, labor and other production and delivery inputs as a result of inflation, supply chain challenges or otherwise;
• conditions in the credit markets;
• our ability to accurately estimate the overall risks, requirements or costs when we bid on or negotiate contracts that are ultimately awarded to us;
• material costs and losses as a result of claims that our products do not meet regulatory requirements or contractual specifications;
• cancellation of a significant number of contracts or our disqualification from bidding for new contracts;
• special hazards related to our operations that may cause personal injury or property damage not covered by insurance;
• unexpected factors affecting self-insurance claims and reserve estimates;
• our substantial current level of indebtedness, including our exposure to variable interest rate risk;
• our dependence on senior management and other key personnel, and our ability to retain and attract qualified personnel;
• supply constraints or significant price fluctuations in the electricity and petroleum-based resources that we use, including diesel and liquid asphalt;
• climate change and climate change legislation or regulations;
• unexpected operational difficulties;
• interruptions in our information technology systems and infrastructure; including cybersecurity and data leakage risks; and
• potential labor disputes, strikes, other forms of work stoppage or other union activities.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Any forward-looking statement that we make herein speaks only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.