Graco Inc. · NYSE:GGG

Graco — Q2 2015 Earnings Presentation

20 slides from Graco's earnings presentation, Jul 23, 2015

  1. Slide 1: 2nd Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call

    2nd Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2015

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    Safe Harbor Today’s presentation includes forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current expectations about the Company’s future business and financial performance. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from anticipate

  3. Slide 3: Conference Call Logistics

    Conference Call Logistics The release, accompanying slides and replay web cast are available online at www.graco.com/ir Telephone replay will be available after 2 p.m. ET, July 23, 2015. The replay by telephone will be available through July 27, 2015 • 888-203-1112 – Conference ID #7932377 • 719-457

  4. Slide 4: Financial Results

    Financial Results $ millions except EPS Second Quarter Year-to-Date 2015 2014 Change 2015 2014 Change Sales $ 335.5 $ 322.5 4% $ 641.9 $ 612.5 5% Gross Profit 180.6 176.9 2% 342.8 336.2 2% % of Sales 53.8 % 54.8 % (1.0) pts 53.4 % 54.9 % (1.5) pts Operating Earnings 83.9 85.8 (2)% 149.1 160.6 (7)% %

  5. Slide 5: Divestiture of Held Separate Business Assets

    Divestiture of Held Separate Business Assets • April 1, 2015, pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission final order, the Company sold the Liquid Finishing business assets acquired in 2012 • The sale price was $590 million. The transaction is subject to customary working capital and other post-closing

  6. Slide 6: Tax Items

    Tax Items • The effective tax rate was 28% for the quarter, consistent with the comparable period last year, and 26% for the year-to-date down 3 percentage points compared to last year – During the second quarter, the Company asserted that it will indefinitely reinvest earnings of foreign subsidiari

  7. Slide 7: Financial Results: Components of Net Sales Change

    Financial Results Components of Net Sales Change Second Quarter June 2015 Segment Region Industrial Process Contractor Americas EMEA Asia Pacific Consolidated Volume and Price 3% 4% 3% 3% 1% 5% 3% Acquisitions 1% 32 % — 5% 9% 8% 6% Currency (6)% (5)% (4)% (1)% (15)% (5)% (5)% Total (2)% 31 % (1)% 7%

  8. Slide 8: Second Quarter 2015 Results

    Second Quarter 2015 Results Sales Operating Earnings 27% 25% Q2 15 $197 M $76 M $63 M $86 M $84 M Q2 14 $185 M $80 M $58 M Q2 14 Q2 15 Americas EMEA Asia Pacific $M % of Sales • Sales increase of 4% (9% at consistent • Operating earnings down $2 million, 2 percentage points lower than second quarter

  9. Slide 9: June 2015 Year-to-Date Results

    June 2015 Year-to-Date Results Sales Operating Earnings 26% 2015 $382 M $144 M $115 M 23% $161 M $149 M 2014 $344 M $153 M $116 M 2014 2015 Americas EMEA Asia Pacific $M % of Sales • Sales increase of 5% (10% at consistent • Operating earnings down $11 million, 3 currency translation rates) percenta

  10. Slide 10: Operating Earnings

    Operating Earnings Change in Operating Earnings Second Quarter Year-to-Date 2014 Q2 Operating Earnings ($M and % of sales) $ 86 27 % $ 161 26 % Translation effect (9) (2) (16) (1) Mix, pricing and product cost 7 1 14 — Effect of acquired businesses on operating earnings leverage 2 (1) 4 (1) Effect o

  11. Slide 11: Cash Flow and Liquidity

    Cash Flow and Liquidity Net Earnings and Cash from Operations $173M $86M $81M $66M $71M $69M $58M $61M $56M $62M $56M $60M $45M $51M $49M $47M $49M $28M Q2 13 Q3 13 Q4 13 Q1 14 Q2 14 Q3 14 Q4 14 Q1 15 Q2 15 Net Earnings Gain Cash Flow from Operations 2015 Significant Uses of Cash • 2015 net earnings

  12. Slide 12: Other Discussion Items

    Other Discussion Items • Capital expenditures expected to be approximately $40 million in 2015 • During the quarter, we met our goal of less than 60 million diluted shares outstanding. Share repurchases will continue via open market transactions and/or short-dated accelerated share repurchase progra

  13. Slide 13: Industrial Segment Results

    Industrial Segment Results Second Quarter Year-to-Date Sales ($M) 2015 2014 Change 2015 2014 Change Americas $ 72 $ 69 3% $ 139 $ 135 3% EMEA 41 50 (16) 83 97 (15) Asia Pacific 41 38 7 75 77 (2) Total $ 154 $ 157 (2)% $ 297 $ 309 (4)% Operating $ 51 $ 51 (0)% $ 94 $ 100 (6)% Earnings % of sales 33 %

  14. Slide 14: Operating Margins: Industrial Segment Results

    Industrial Segment Results Change in % of sales Second Quarter Year-to-Date 2014 Q2 Operating Earnings (percentage of sales) 33 % 32 % Translation effect (1) (1) Mix, price, cost 1 1 Effect of acquired businesses on operating leverage (1) — Expense leverage 1 — 2015 Q2 Operating Earnings (percentage

  15. Slide 15: Process Segment Results

    Process Segment Results Second Quarter Year-to-Date Sales ($M) 2015 2014 Change 2015 2014 Change Americas $ 44 $ 36 22 % $ 87 $ 71 23 % EMEA 15 9 65 29 18 56 Asia Pacific 13 10 33 24 19 26 Total $ 72 $ 55 31 % $ 140 $ 108 29 % Operating $ 14 $ 14 3% $ 24 $ 26 (7)% Earnings % of sales 19 % 25 % 18 %

  16. Slide 16: Operating Margins: Process Segment Results

    Process Segment Results Change in % of sales Second Quarter Year-to-Date 2014 Q2 Operating Earnings (percentage of sales) 25 % 24 % Translation effect (1) (1) Effect of acquired businesses on operating earnings leverage (2) (1) Effect of inventory step-up and acquisition costs, net of 2014 costs — (

  17. Slide 17: Contractor Segment Results

    Contractor Segment Results Second Quarter Year-to-Date Sales ($M) 2015 2014 Change 2015 2014 Change Americas $ 81 $ 79 3% $ 156 $ 138 13 % EMEA 19 21 (9) 33 38 (12) Asia Pacific 10 11 (12) 17 20 (18) Total $ 110 $ 111 (1)% $ 206 $ 196 5% Operating $ 27 $ 28 (4)% $ 46 $ 47 (0)% Earnings % of sales 25

  18. Slide 18: Operating Margins: Contractor Segment Results

    Contractor Segment Results Change in % of sales Second Quarter Year-to-Date 2014 Q2 Operating Earnings (percentage of sales) 25 % 24 % Translation effect (1) (1) New product launch — (1) Expense/volume leverage 1 1 2015 Q2 Operating Earnings (percentage of sales) 25 % 23 % Contractor Segment Sales a

  19. Slide 19: Change in Segment Reporting

    Change in Segment Reporting • During Q1, the Company revised the presentation of its financial reporting segments into the following three segments: – Industrial includes Industrial Products and Applied Fluid Technologies divisions – Process includes Process, Oil and Natural Gas, and Lubrication div

  20. Slide 20: Worldwide Leaders in Fluid Handling

    move measure mix control dispense spray Worldwide Leaders in Fluid Handling www.graco.com

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