NASDAQ:MPAA Motorcar Parts of America Q1 2025 Earnings Report $9.28 +0.20 (+2.20%) As of 02:37 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Earnings HistoryForecast Motorcar Parts of America EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.37Consensus EPS $0.02Beat/MissMissed by -$0.39One Year Ago EPSN/AMotorcar Parts of America Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$169.89 millionExpected Revenue$172.50 millionBeat/MissMissed by -$2.61 millionYoY Revenue GrowthN/AMotorcar Parts of America Announcement DetailsQuarterQ1 2025Date8/8/2024TimeN/AConference Call DateThursday, August 8, 2024Conference Call Time1:00PM ETUpcoming EarningsMotorcar Parts of America's Q4 2025 earnings is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, 2025, with a conference call scheduled on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Motorcar Parts of America Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrAugust 8, 2024 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 6 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Thank you for standing by. My name is Kayla, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. Operator00:00:16After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Gary Meyer, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. You may begin. Speaker 100:00:39Thank you, Kayla, and thanks, everyone, for joining us for our call. Before I turn the call over to Selwyn Joffe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David Lee, the company's Chief Financial Officer, I'd like to remind everyone of the Safe Harbor statement included in today's press release. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a Safe Harbor for certain forward looking statements made during today's call. These forward looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the company will be those anticipated by Motorcar Parts of America. Speaker 100:01:23Actual results may differ from those projected in the forward looking statements. These forward looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the control of the company and are subject to change based upon various factors. In particular, expectations about anticipated future growth and opportunities with customers may not be achieved. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a more detailed discussion of some of the ongoing risks and uncertainties of the company's business, I refer you to the various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Speaker 100:02:07I would now like to turn the call over to Selwyn and begin today's call. Speaker 200:02:12Thank you, Gary. I appreciate everyone joining us today. We were encouraged by our record sales performance for the quarter and remain optimistic about the quarters ahead and achieving our full year targets. For the quarter, our gross profit and gross margin metrics improved, which David will discuss in more detail, and we expect to realize further improvements through solid sales performance combined with ongoing strategic initiatives to further enhance operations. Unfortunately, our results for the fiscal Q1 were impacted by sharply unfavorable non cash mark to market foreign exchange laws from the lease liabilities and forward contracts due to a strong dollar versus the peso. Speaker 200:02:53From an operational standpoint, results were impacted by one time severance expenses related to strategic cost reductions. This initiative will generate expected annualized savings of approximately $7,000,000 Approximately 90% of the savings will reduce cost of goods sold and the remainder will reduce operating expenses. This action was part of a multiyear relocation process to reduce costs, utilizing our new low cost global footprint and facilitate further operating efficiencies. We are actively exploring additional initiatives to further reduce cost of goods sold. I should note our results for the quarter reflected some industry choppiness with the month of June regaining some momentum. Speaker 200:03:41This bodes well for the current fiscal Q2, which historically is stronger than the Q1. We are off to an excellent start for the Q2 with a strong July. We operate in a market where deferring repairs is not a viable option for too long, other than rotating electrical, which you can't defer at all. Hot weather will certainly hasten the failure of all parts that we offer. Let me take a moment to highlight a few key near term strategic initiatives that support our favorable outlook. Speaker 200:04:11As I noted during our year end call, volume increases in our break program will help absorb overhead, which in turn will result in accretion to overall margins. We expect accelerating brake related product sales will lead to more opportunities to take advantage of efficiencies from both purchasing and production. As many of you know, we started our brake caliper business as a greenfield operation in August of 2019. And today, we are one of the leading suppliers in this category. As our newer brake product lines gain traction, we expect more efficient inventory turns to further support initiatives to neutralize working capital. Speaker 200:04:522nd, with respect to generating cash from working capital on a year over year basis, we are focused on inventory and accounts payable, which David will expand upon shortly. We have implemented processes to extend days outstanding on accounts payable and to enhance inventory efficiencies. These processes are still in their early stages. However, we are recognizing meaningful benefits, in particular with our supply chain finance program. We continue to evaluate allocation of capital to maximize shareholder value. Speaker 200:05:25The Q1 working capital ratios was somewhat negative, but we are confident that working capital ratios will move in the right direction, as David will discuss further. Another positive ongoing initiative is the acceleration of our new part number introductions, targeting at least 800 per year as supported by the introduction of more than 150 new part numbers last month, covering an additional 49,000,000 vehicles on the road. This maintains our leadership position in the categories we supply, meets a consumer need and adds organic growth to our sales base. Not only are we growing organically, but we have secured meaningful new business commitments across all of our product lines. With respect to our diagnostic business, as I've previously mentioned, we expect to sell more than $100,000,000 of diagnostic equipment within the next 3 years with further opportunities pending. Speaker 200:06:22We expect additional service revenue as more testers are deployed. We expect more opportunities outside North America as the business evolves. With regard to our heavy duty business, we continue to leverage our reputation and industry position in this market, particularly with regard to supplying alternators and starters to our channel partners who are leaders in the heavy duty aftermarket segment. Our growth opportunities continue to gain momentum across multiple platforms such as agriculture, Class 8 trucks, refrigeration, construction, material handling and transitmotor coaches. Dixie is also evolving as an important supplier to the heavy duty original equipment manufacturers. Speaker 200:07:12As the new fiscal year evolves, we remain focused on sales, profitability and neutralizing working capital. We are confident that our sales and profitability will grow organically and with our strong new business commitments, as I mentioned earlier. This along with numerous efficiency initiatives will enhance profitability and improve cash flow generation. From a strategic standpoint, we are continuing to leverage our strengths, including great products manufactured at state of the art facilities, solid customer relationships, industry leading SKU coverage, not to mention our value added merchandising and marketing support. I should mention that we opened a new facility in 2024 in Malaysia to support manufacturing of wheel hubs for direct shipment to our customers, which is expected to enhance our competitive position. Speaker 200:08:07Our hard part sales in Mexico continue to gain momentum as we experienced increased demand for our aftermarket parts. The rate of growth in this market is exciting and we are well positioned to utilize our footprint to meet the growing demand. We are focused on increasing share in this region. We continue to benefit and grow sales via relationships with U. S.-based retailers who are gaining a presence in this emerging market. Speaker 200:08:33Favorable long term industry dynamics continue to bode well for the company, and we are extremely well positioned for sustainable top and bottom line growth in our hard parts business, as well as our testing solutions business. We are focused on growth across all product lines, including our quality built brand, which is gaining market share within the professional installer market. This includes our most recent additions to our portfolio of brake calipers, brake pads and brake rotors. I reiterate as we grow these product lines, we expect overall gross margin accretion. In short, we have the capacity and capabilities to support our customers increasing demand across multiple lines. Speaker 200:09:17Our expected positive cash flow on an annualized basis will enable us the flexibility to further pay down debt and pursue other related opportunities to enhance shareholder value. In conclusion, non discretionary aftermarket parts for the internal combustion engine will be here for decades, an outlook supported by recently updated industry data showing that the average age of vehicles is now 12.8 units. It is worth highlighting that 98.8 percent of the U. S. Car park is comprised of hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Speaker 200:09:52One of our key competitive advantages is our ability to offer a broad range of applications for all makes and models. We remain focused on newer model applications and our ability to meet expected demand as these vehicles enter the replacement market. Finally, before I turn the call over to David, I'd like to comment on our recent announcements regarding Jack Lebo and Aneel Sreedevasta who are standing for election to our Board at the company's Annual Meeting next month. Their impressive backgrounds and qualifications are detailed in the press releases and proxy statements. Let me just say both of these candidates offer unique perspectives and insights that will complement our commitment to driving shareholder value at a particularly exciting point in the company's history. Speaker 200:10:40These 2 fine candidates are indicative of our commitment to our Board refreshment program. I encourage everyone to read their biographies and support their nominees. I'll now turn the call over to David to review our results in greater detail. Speaker 300:10:56Thank you, Selwyn, and good morning, everyone. I encourage everyone to read the earnings press release issued this morning, as well as the 10 Q that will be filed later today. Let me first reiterate key financial performance metrics for our fiscal 2025 Q1 that we highlighted in this morning's news release. Net sales increased 6.4% to a 1st quarter record of $169,900,000 Gross profit increased 9.8 percent to 29,200,000 dollars Gross margin increased modestly to 17.2 percent. Operating results impacted by an unfavorable non cash $11,100,000 foreign exchange loss from lease liabilities and forward contracts. Speaker 300:11:46Implemented cost reduction initiatives to provide expected annualized savings of approximately $7,000,000 Net sales for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased 6.4% to a 1st quarter record $169,900,000 from $159,700,000 in the prior year. Gross profit for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased 9.8 percent to $29,200,000 from $26,600,000 a year earlier. I should mention that gross profit for the quarter was impacted by non cash items. The non cash items reflect core and finished good premium amortization and revaluation of cores on customer shelves, which are unique to certain of our products required by GAAP. The total for these non cash items in the quarter was approximately 2,700,000 A more detailed explanation of core accounting is available in a video posted on the company's website. Speaker 300:12:49Gross margin for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased to 17.2% from 16.6% a year earlier. Gross margin for the fiscal Q1 was negatively impacted by higher returns as a percentage of sales, but we expect to return to normalized return levels going forward. Additional prices and increases in effect and operating efficiencies will enhance gross margin. Due primarily to a $15,300,000 increased non cash mark to market foreign exchange loss compared with the prior year and a $1,900,000 increased expense resulting from currency exchange rates compared with the prior year, as well as $2,900,000 severance expenses, operating expenses were $35,600,000 compared with $16,100,000 last year. I should note that excluding these items above, operating expenses decreased by $644,000 to $20,700,000 compared with $21,300,000 a year earlier. Speaker 300:13:56Non cash loss for the foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts was $11,100,000 compared with a non cash gain of $4,300,000 a year earlier. In addition, the company incurred a $2,900,000 severance expenses due to headcount reductions in connection with our strategy to utilize our global footprint to enhance operating efficiencies with expected annualized cost reductions of approximately $7,000,000 which includes salary, infrastructure and other related operating expenses. Results for the fiscal Q1 were impacted by $2,700,000 of higher interest expenses, primarily due to increased collection of receivables utilizing accounts receivable discount programs on higher sales, partially offset by lower average outstanding balances under the company's credit facility. Interest expense was $14,400,000 compared with $11,700,000 for last year, which is primarily related to accounts receivable discount programs. Interest expense related to accounts receivable discount programs was $9,500,000 compared with $6,300,000 for the prior year. Speaker 300:15:11We are working diligently to address the higher interest environment, particularly areas that we can control. In addition, we continue to work with our customers to mitigate higher interest rates. For the Q1, income tax benefit was $178,000 compared with $9,000 income tax benefit for the prior year. The low effective tax rate benefit for the fiscal Q1 was due in part to the inability to recognize the benefit of losses at specific jurisdictions. However, we expect these losses will be utilized against future profits, which will benefit future tax rates. Speaker 300:15:51Obviously, there are various factors impacting the tax effect. As a result of the items discussed above, net loss for the fiscal 2025 Q1 was $18,100,000 compared with a net loss of $1,400,000 a year ago. With higher expected sales volume moving forward and the full impact of certain price increases already in effect as well as operating efficiencies, results are expected to further improve. Due primarily to the items I discussed previously, EBITDA for the fiscal Q1 was negative $1,100,000 reflecting the negative $12,600,000 impact of non cash items and $2,900,000 in cash items in Exhibit 3 of this morning's earnings press release. EBITDA before the impact of non cash and cash items mentioned above was $14,400,000 for the Q1. Speaker 300:16:47Now, we will move on to cash flow and key corporate items. The company used cash of approximately $20,800,000 in operating activities during the fiscal 2025 Q1, impacted by a reduction of accounts payable related to the seasonal inventory growth during the second half of fiscal year twenty twenty four to support expected business increases for fiscal year 2025. We anticipate an increase in operating profit on a year over year basis for fiscal 2025 and the generation of positive cash flow for the year, supported by organic growth from customer demand and operating efficiencies from our global footprint expansion. In addition to our goal of generating increased operating profits, we're diligently focused on opportunities to neutralize working capital, including customer demand planning, enhanced inventory management and further extending our vendor payment terms. We expect increasing financial performance from both new and existing product lines, including our emerging gray categories. Speaker 300:17:55Net bank debt was $136,300,000 at the end of the quarter, compared with $114,000,000 as of March 31, 2024. However, net debt was lower compared with $168,100,000 at prior year June 30, 2023. Total cash and availability was approximately $90,000,000 As previously provided, our expectation for fiscal 2025 is to achieve sales in the range of $746,000,000 $766,000,000 representing between 3.9% and 6.7% increase 6% year over year growth, respectively. We expect to see margin accretion from efficiencies related to higher volume, price increases and cost cutting initiatives. With respect to cash flow, our expectation is to generate positive cash flow for the full fiscal year as I previously highlighted. Speaker 300:18:55Operating income is expected to be between $62,000,000 $67,000,000 before the non cash foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts and the non cash impact of revaluation of cores and customer shells and also before one time severance expenses. The company estimates other non cash items will be approximately CAD 17,000,000 dollars including core and finished good premium amortization and share based compensation. The company estimates depreciation and amortization will be approximately $11,000,000 In summary, operating income before the impact of the non cash and cash items mentioned previously and before depreciation and amortization is expected to be between $90,000,000 $95,000,000 For further explanation the reconciliation of items that impacted results and non GAAP financial measures, please refer to Exhibits 1 through 3 in this morning's earnings press release. I would now like to open the line for questions. Operator00:20:06Our first question comes from the line of Matt Koranda with ROTH Capital Partners. Your line is open. Speaker 400:20:14Good afternoon. This is Joseph on for Matt today. Speaker 200:20:18Hi, Joseph. And we Speaker 400:20:22wanted to ask if you guys could provide a breakdown of revenue by product line in 1Q. And if you guys can comment on inventory at retail customers and sell through versus sell in dynamic in your key product categories during 1Q and through quarter to date? Okay, I Speaker 300:20:42can start. For the Q1, the product mix was 65% rotating electrical, wheel hubs was 7%, brakes were 24% and others was 4%. Speaker 200:20:55Yes. And in terms of just moving forward and talking about the retailers and inventory levels, I mean, I think in general, what we're seeing is that there's a pickup in the business. I mean, I think we've had some softness. I think that there's been wherever there's been a possibility for the consumer to defer maintenance, they've had that deferral. But I think the hot weather and we're seeing we're certainly our sales in July, quite frankly, was the highest July we've ever had in the history of the company. Speaker 200:21:28So we're seeing customers bring in inventory and with the expectation of some pickup. I mean, I don't think we're totally there yet, but as an industry, but due to, again, disposable income of the consumer. But certainly, I think we were on our way, and we're extremely encouraged by our progress right now. I think that in conjunction, by the way, with the significant cost savings initiatives, one we've completed, others that are still in process. We're excited about where we're moving to. Speaker 400:22:09And if I can just squeeze one more in there. We wanted to see what your latest thinking on interest expense given rates are coming down. How should we think about the cash interest savings potentially to come for the rest of the year? Speaker 200:22:21Well, I mean every point in interest reduction just on the supply chain factoring is worth $7,000,000 to us. So we're encouraged by the reduction in interest. I mean that's certainly been a tremendous headwind for us. We're encouraged that the rates are coming down, and we're excited about that. And but we're not stopping at that. Speaker 200:22:46I mean, we're taking every bit of waste or what when we use the concept of lean manufacturing, lean operations, waste has to be eliminated. And with volumes that we're getting now in our new some of our new product lines, we can take and it's not I hate to use the word waste a little bit, but we can take our efficiencies up pretty dramatically. But that is a sort of term of art for the manufacturer. So we're excited. I mean, we think that there's a lot of tailwinds for us on the earnings side moving forward. Speaker 400:23:24All right. Thank you for taking my question guys. I'll hop back in the queue. Speaker 300:23:28Thank you very much. Thank you. Operator00:23:32And your next question comes from the line of Bill Dezellem with Tieton Capital. Your line is open. Speaker 500:23:38Thank you. Would you please start with inventory and discuss kind of why you saw that increase versus a year ago level? Speaker 300:23:50So the inventory, there was small growth in the Q1, primarily for the update upcoming sales increase we're expecting. So we are ramping up. Our guidance again is strong growth for the full fiscal year. So we need the inventory to supply our demand. Speaker 200:24:07Yes. And I think you'll see that moderate pretty dramatically. I mean, as we're coming into our season, our Q2 is much stronger than our Q1. So you'll see significant progress in working capital as we get through this quarter. Speaker 500:24:25Thank you. And then on that note, when does the next tranche of brake business come into your revenues? Speaker 200:24:39Let me try and the biggest piece starts in January, but we have other new business that's starting between now and then. We have new business in wheel hubs that's starting now, and we have additional rotating electrical business that's starting in the next few 2 to 3 months and then additional brake business starting and significant new business in our diagnostic business and some additional hard parts categories. And again, we don't want to get ahead of our skis. I mean, we've got this in our guidance, but the amount of opportunities that we're getting and seeing at the correct pricing with the correct operating efficiencies certainly are driving to see better profit metrics as we get through this year. Speaker 500:25:42Thank you. And I think in the opening remarks, David, you had mentioned that returns were higher than normal. Would you walk through the dynamics behind that? And what aspect of that is unique versus something that may naturally happen again? Speaker 200:26:02Yes. So it happens every now and again, Bill. And I'm not going to call out customers. We have one customer, a very large customer whose purchases were at a lower level. But returns are there's a general right of return. Speaker 200:26:19And so you get the same returns back regardless of the purchases. So the returns as a percentage of purchases for this particular customer were higher. Now that has changed. It has already reversed out in this quarter. So again, a little early in the quarter, but so far very, very, very strong and those return levels should come back to normalized levels. Speaker 200:26:45They are at normalized levels now. Hopefully, they will maintain itself. And then we had one other and it's not that we won't come back, but we had one other large incentive program that was taken early as a result of renewal of the contract. So and that's it's one time for that particular event, but I mean that affected us a little bit as well. But we again, those are both behind us and again, we've seen significantly more positive energy sales right now. Speaker 500:27:25Thank you. What was the I missed in the opening remarks the dollar impact of that to income? Speaker 300:27:36We did not disclose the dollar amount, but it did have a small impact on the gross margin percentage as well as sales. Speaker 500:27:44Great. Thank you. And then one additional question relative to the quality built brand. Are you seeing any spillover from that brand success in the professional market on the brake side for the rotating electrical side of the business? Or are those different enough that there really is not an opportunity for a benefit? Speaker 200:28:10Yes. You open I'm going to give you a little more of some background, some great feedback that we're getting and then I'm going to try and open and answer your question. On the brake side, I've had very unique calls from customers that particular one large customer that is saying that the acceptance rate and the renewal rate of installers that are using our product is extraordinarily good. And unusual call from a particular customer saying how they think we've got something extremely special. And when you hear that from the field, I mean, that's pretty exciting. Speaker 200:28:52So when the installer sees that name and has a great experience on it, it will spill over and is spilling over. And so we'll continue, I think, to see strong sales. I think we're going to see strong sales clearly from quality built across the professional installer market, across all of our product lines. And certainly will help all of them. And depending on which one leads, we have a portfolio of excellent products. Speaker 200:29:23So any experience with the quality built brand should add to experience in other product lines for the quality built brand. And I also want to say, while I got you, Bill, and I appreciate you just giving me the floor here a little bit, but the growth in the Mexican opportunity for us is proven to be significant. And we'll get more granular later as we go into the year, but the growth there continues to be very, very exciting. And we think there's a big opportunity for us there. And then not last, but a couple more things is diagnostic business has now pretty much been embraced by every major chain out there. Speaker 200:30:13And so we can see further growth and high margin out of that diagnostic business. And then our heavy duty rotating electrical business, I mean, it's just the amount of momentum that's coming in and the outlook and the opportunity on that is also embrace is really we're embracing that and that's really I mean, it's really positive. So those are all tailwinds that we see going through the through our system and whatever. On the negative side, and it's just that's pretty small, but the electric vehicle testing business, we are going to look at what to do strategically with that business, but that's a little bit slower for us. Very, very small part of our business, but a lot slow. Speaker 200:31:13The electric and this is the good news and the bad news. The electric vehicle space is not unfolding the way I think many people thought it would just be an instant immediate, everything is electric vehicle well. You start reading, I think, Car Magazine and The Wall Street Journal had articles this week about how these major automotive companies are now rethinking and scrapping their combustion engine lines and actually trying to revamp them and put them back in place. And so the combustion engine hybrid technology arena seems to be gaining far more momentum than the electric vehicle seems to be losing a lot of momentum. And so that bodes well for us at the end of the day. Speaker 200:32:03Sorry for a bit of a run on answer. I hope I hit all your things, but it gave me an opportunity to express myself with some of these items. Speaker 500:32:11Those did hit my questions, but did create 2 others. Relative to the calls call that you've received that the renewal rate with the installers and the quality built brand is very high. Was that specific to the brake pad and rotors or was it broader than that or on a different product line? Speaker 200:32:38Specifically to the pad and rotor program. So very, very encouraging there. I will say one of the things that's happening in the industry around pads and rotors is that there's a general significant softness in the tire industry. I'm hearing that it's getting a little bit better, but still very soft. And what happens in when that happens is that the installer usually, they get the opportunity to replace all 4 tires on the vehicle, will cross sell the brake program. Speaker 200:33:11What's happening is the consumers just electing to go with the least expensive repair and only repair the one tire or whatever they need. And so the cross selling opportunity on these brake jobs is much slower than the past been in a while. And that's providing some headwind in those categories. Having said that, we're coming off a very small base and we expect that to continue to grow despite that. But that will change as well, whereas ties don't last forever and consumers are going to need to replace them. Speaker 500:33:45Great. And second question I'm sorry, Solon, go ahead. Speaker 200:33:48No, but the pads, as you had mentioned, I just summarizing back, that's where extreme satisfaction on the pad rotor program. Speaker 500:33:56Great. And then relative to the opportunity in Mexico, I've been a little unclear how to think about that opportunity because the installed base of vehicles is much smaller than the U. S. My impression, this is not I don't know this to be factually correct, but my impression is that the average age of the vehicles in Mexico would be older than the U. S. Speaker 500:34:28So how are you thinking about this, if my perception is correct that the fleet is smaller, but the age is higher, which would lead to more repairs. What's the right way to be thinking about Mexico? Speaker 200:34:49Yes. So you're correct. I mean the fleet is definitely smaller than the United States. It's still pretty significant fleet. And the average age continues to get older there. Speaker 200:34:59But disposable income, I mean, and this is a bad thing for us, minimum wages in Mexico keep going up. Disposable income in Mexico keeps going up and the market is evolving then. So historically, you've had what I would classify as an R and R market where something that went wrong with the car, if an alternator went bad, they pull it off and the mechanic would rebuild it or they would replace componentry in it. Today, you're seeing the order zones in the O'Reilly's of the world who are leading the U. S. Speaker 200:35:28Charger to Mexico selling finished goods. And so the average price point of the repair for these vehicles is going up. People are spending more money and they're more concerned about how they repair that vehicle. And the amount of penetration, formal penetration that the market there is defined as other. There's so many small players that have been in that market. Speaker 200:35:50Now you've got big consolidators that are rolling into that market and opening up significant stores. I'd encourage you just to listen to both O'Reilly and AutoZone's public announcements on Mexico. And we're playing and not only that, I mean, we're playing we have a great product lineup for the Mexican market. We're in Mexico. We have state of the art capabilities right there. Speaker 200:36:16And we're doing well and we're going to do a lot better in Mexico. It's going to turn out to be a great business. I mean, I do think it's a north of $100,000,000 opportunity for us. Speaker 500:36:31Great. Thank you for taking all my questions. Speaker 200:36:34Thank you. Operator00:36:36And there are no further questions at this time. Selwyn Jossy, I'll turn the call back over to you. Speaker 200:36:42Okay. Thank you so much. So just to summarize, we are bullish as I've just spoken as we begin our new fiscal year. We're laser focused on further efficiencies and I accentuate that. We're laser focused on further efficiencies and fully benefiting from a not easily duplicated global platform, where we can meet demand for non discretionary products as well as from our diagnostic testing capabilities. Speaker 200:37:08We are leveraging our expertise in solid customer and supplier partnerships. These include our recently launched supply chain vendor finance program and that benefits our supplier significantly. Our liquidity is strong. We have an excess of $90,000,000 and we have the resources, capacity and professional expertise to capitalize on significant market opportunities in all of our product lines, particularly air brake related businesses, which are gaining solid momentum. In closing, I've got to recognize the contributions of all of our team members who are continuously focused on providing the highest level of service. Speaker 200:37:49They are outstanding. We are all committed to being the industry leader for parts and solutions that move our world today and in the future. I would also like to extend best wishes to Rudy and Jamie who are retiring from our Board. We significantly appreciate the great contributions of the U. S. Speaker 200:38:07We also appreciate the continued support of our shareholders and thank everyone again for joining us on the call. We look forward to speaking with you when we host our fiscal 2025 Q2 call, which is in November and at various investor conferences and meetings this quarter. Thank you very much. Operator00:38:26And this concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallMotorcar Parts of America Q1 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K)Quarterly report(10-Q) Motorcar Parts of America Earnings HeadlinesWe Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At Motorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA)March 30, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comMotorcar Parts adopts 10b5-1 share repurchase programMarch 28, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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Sign up for Earnings360's daily newsletter to receive timely earnings updates on Motorcar Parts of America and other key companies, straight to your email. Email Address About Motorcar Parts of AmericaMotorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) manufactures, remanufactures, and distributes heavy-duty truck, industrial, marine, and agricultural application replacement parts in the United States. The company offers rotating electrical products, including alternators and starters; wheel hub assemblies and bearings; and brake-related products comprising brake calipers, brake boosters, brake rotors, brake pads, and brake master cylinders. It also offers turbochargers; test solutions and diagnostic equipment for the pre- and post-production of electric vehicles; combustion engine vehicles; and software emulation of power systems applications for the electrification of forms of transportation. In addition, it offers heavy duty parts, including non-discretionary automotive aftermarket replacement hard parts for heavy-duty truck, industrial, marine, and agricultural applications. It sells its products to automotive retail chain stores and warehouse distributors, as well as various automobile manufacturers for their aftermarket programs and warranty replacement programs in North America. 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There are 6 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Thank you for standing by. My name is Kayla, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. Operator00:00:16After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Gary Meyer, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. You may begin. Speaker 100:00:39Thank you, Kayla, and thanks, everyone, for joining us for our call. Before I turn the call over to Selwyn Joffe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David Lee, the company's Chief Financial Officer, I'd like to remind everyone of the Safe Harbor statement included in today's press release. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a Safe Harbor for certain forward looking statements made during today's call. These forward looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the company will be those anticipated by Motorcar Parts of America. Speaker 100:01:23Actual results may differ from those projected in the forward looking statements. These forward looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the control of the company and are subject to change based upon various factors. In particular, expectations about anticipated future growth and opportunities with customers may not be achieved. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a more detailed discussion of some of the ongoing risks and uncertainties of the company's business, I refer you to the various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Speaker 100:02:07I would now like to turn the call over to Selwyn and begin today's call. Speaker 200:02:12Thank you, Gary. I appreciate everyone joining us today. We were encouraged by our record sales performance for the quarter and remain optimistic about the quarters ahead and achieving our full year targets. For the quarter, our gross profit and gross margin metrics improved, which David will discuss in more detail, and we expect to realize further improvements through solid sales performance combined with ongoing strategic initiatives to further enhance operations. Unfortunately, our results for the fiscal Q1 were impacted by sharply unfavorable non cash mark to market foreign exchange laws from the lease liabilities and forward contracts due to a strong dollar versus the peso. Speaker 200:02:53From an operational standpoint, results were impacted by one time severance expenses related to strategic cost reductions. This initiative will generate expected annualized savings of approximately $7,000,000 Approximately 90% of the savings will reduce cost of goods sold and the remainder will reduce operating expenses. This action was part of a multiyear relocation process to reduce costs, utilizing our new low cost global footprint and facilitate further operating efficiencies. We are actively exploring additional initiatives to further reduce cost of goods sold. I should note our results for the quarter reflected some industry choppiness with the month of June regaining some momentum. Speaker 200:03:41This bodes well for the current fiscal Q2, which historically is stronger than the Q1. We are off to an excellent start for the Q2 with a strong July. We operate in a market where deferring repairs is not a viable option for too long, other than rotating electrical, which you can't defer at all. Hot weather will certainly hasten the failure of all parts that we offer. Let me take a moment to highlight a few key near term strategic initiatives that support our favorable outlook. Speaker 200:04:11As I noted during our year end call, volume increases in our break program will help absorb overhead, which in turn will result in accretion to overall margins. We expect accelerating brake related product sales will lead to more opportunities to take advantage of efficiencies from both purchasing and production. As many of you know, we started our brake caliper business as a greenfield operation in August of 2019. And today, we are one of the leading suppliers in this category. As our newer brake product lines gain traction, we expect more efficient inventory turns to further support initiatives to neutralize working capital. Speaker 200:04:522nd, with respect to generating cash from working capital on a year over year basis, we are focused on inventory and accounts payable, which David will expand upon shortly. We have implemented processes to extend days outstanding on accounts payable and to enhance inventory efficiencies. These processes are still in their early stages. However, we are recognizing meaningful benefits, in particular with our supply chain finance program. We continue to evaluate allocation of capital to maximize shareholder value. Speaker 200:05:25The Q1 working capital ratios was somewhat negative, but we are confident that working capital ratios will move in the right direction, as David will discuss further. Another positive ongoing initiative is the acceleration of our new part number introductions, targeting at least 800 per year as supported by the introduction of more than 150 new part numbers last month, covering an additional 49,000,000 vehicles on the road. This maintains our leadership position in the categories we supply, meets a consumer need and adds organic growth to our sales base. Not only are we growing organically, but we have secured meaningful new business commitments across all of our product lines. With respect to our diagnostic business, as I've previously mentioned, we expect to sell more than $100,000,000 of diagnostic equipment within the next 3 years with further opportunities pending. Speaker 200:06:22We expect additional service revenue as more testers are deployed. We expect more opportunities outside North America as the business evolves. With regard to our heavy duty business, we continue to leverage our reputation and industry position in this market, particularly with regard to supplying alternators and starters to our channel partners who are leaders in the heavy duty aftermarket segment. Our growth opportunities continue to gain momentum across multiple platforms such as agriculture, Class 8 trucks, refrigeration, construction, material handling and transitmotor coaches. Dixie is also evolving as an important supplier to the heavy duty original equipment manufacturers. Speaker 200:07:12As the new fiscal year evolves, we remain focused on sales, profitability and neutralizing working capital. We are confident that our sales and profitability will grow organically and with our strong new business commitments, as I mentioned earlier. This along with numerous efficiency initiatives will enhance profitability and improve cash flow generation. From a strategic standpoint, we are continuing to leverage our strengths, including great products manufactured at state of the art facilities, solid customer relationships, industry leading SKU coverage, not to mention our value added merchandising and marketing support. I should mention that we opened a new facility in 2024 in Malaysia to support manufacturing of wheel hubs for direct shipment to our customers, which is expected to enhance our competitive position. Speaker 200:08:07Our hard part sales in Mexico continue to gain momentum as we experienced increased demand for our aftermarket parts. The rate of growth in this market is exciting and we are well positioned to utilize our footprint to meet the growing demand. We are focused on increasing share in this region. We continue to benefit and grow sales via relationships with U. S.-based retailers who are gaining a presence in this emerging market. Speaker 200:08:33Favorable long term industry dynamics continue to bode well for the company, and we are extremely well positioned for sustainable top and bottom line growth in our hard parts business, as well as our testing solutions business. We are focused on growth across all product lines, including our quality built brand, which is gaining market share within the professional installer market. This includes our most recent additions to our portfolio of brake calipers, brake pads and brake rotors. I reiterate as we grow these product lines, we expect overall gross margin accretion. In short, we have the capacity and capabilities to support our customers increasing demand across multiple lines. Speaker 200:09:17Our expected positive cash flow on an annualized basis will enable us the flexibility to further pay down debt and pursue other related opportunities to enhance shareholder value. In conclusion, non discretionary aftermarket parts for the internal combustion engine will be here for decades, an outlook supported by recently updated industry data showing that the average age of vehicles is now 12.8 units. It is worth highlighting that 98.8 percent of the U. S. Car park is comprised of hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Speaker 200:09:52One of our key competitive advantages is our ability to offer a broad range of applications for all makes and models. We remain focused on newer model applications and our ability to meet expected demand as these vehicles enter the replacement market. Finally, before I turn the call over to David, I'd like to comment on our recent announcements regarding Jack Lebo and Aneel Sreedevasta who are standing for election to our Board at the company's Annual Meeting next month. Their impressive backgrounds and qualifications are detailed in the press releases and proxy statements. Let me just say both of these candidates offer unique perspectives and insights that will complement our commitment to driving shareholder value at a particularly exciting point in the company's history. Speaker 200:10:40These 2 fine candidates are indicative of our commitment to our Board refreshment program. I encourage everyone to read their biographies and support their nominees. I'll now turn the call over to David to review our results in greater detail. Speaker 300:10:56Thank you, Selwyn, and good morning, everyone. I encourage everyone to read the earnings press release issued this morning, as well as the 10 Q that will be filed later today. Let me first reiterate key financial performance metrics for our fiscal 2025 Q1 that we highlighted in this morning's news release. Net sales increased 6.4% to a 1st quarter record of $169,900,000 Gross profit increased 9.8 percent to 29,200,000 dollars Gross margin increased modestly to 17.2 percent. Operating results impacted by an unfavorable non cash $11,100,000 foreign exchange loss from lease liabilities and forward contracts. Speaker 300:11:46Implemented cost reduction initiatives to provide expected annualized savings of approximately $7,000,000 Net sales for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased 6.4% to a 1st quarter record $169,900,000 from $159,700,000 in the prior year. Gross profit for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased 9.8 percent to $29,200,000 from $26,600,000 a year earlier. I should mention that gross profit for the quarter was impacted by non cash items. The non cash items reflect core and finished good premium amortization and revaluation of cores on customer shelves, which are unique to certain of our products required by GAAP. The total for these non cash items in the quarter was approximately 2,700,000 A more detailed explanation of core accounting is available in a video posted on the company's website. Speaker 300:12:49Gross margin for the fiscal 2025 Q1 increased to 17.2% from 16.6% a year earlier. Gross margin for the fiscal Q1 was negatively impacted by higher returns as a percentage of sales, but we expect to return to normalized return levels going forward. Additional prices and increases in effect and operating efficiencies will enhance gross margin. Due primarily to a $15,300,000 increased non cash mark to market foreign exchange loss compared with the prior year and a $1,900,000 increased expense resulting from currency exchange rates compared with the prior year, as well as $2,900,000 severance expenses, operating expenses were $35,600,000 compared with $16,100,000 last year. I should note that excluding these items above, operating expenses decreased by $644,000 to $20,700,000 compared with $21,300,000 a year earlier. Speaker 300:13:56Non cash loss for the foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts was $11,100,000 compared with a non cash gain of $4,300,000 a year earlier. In addition, the company incurred a $2,900,000 severance expenses due to headcount reductions in connection with our strategy to utilize our global footprint to enhance operating efficiencies with expected annualized cost reductions of approximately $7,000,000 which includes salary, infrastructure and other related operating expenses. Results for the fiscal Q1 were impacted by $2,700,000 of higher interest expenses, primarily due to increased collection of receivables utilizing accounts receivable discount programs on higher sales, partially offset by lower average outstanding balances under the company's credit facility. Interest expense was $14,400,000 compared with $11,700,000 for last year, which is primarily related to accounts receivable discount programs. Interest expense related to accounts receivable discount programs was $9,500,000 compared with $6,300,000 for the prior year. Speaker 300:15:11We are working diligently to address the higher interest environment, particularly areas that we can control. In addition, we continue to work with our customers to mitigate higher interest rates. For the Q1, income tax benefit was $178,000 compared with $9,000 income tax benefit for the prior year. The low effective tax rate benefit for the fiscal Q1 was due in part to the inability to recognize the benefit of losses at specific jurisdictions. However, we expect these losses will be utilized against future profits, which will benefit future tax rates. Speaker 300:15:51Obviously, there are various factors impacting the tax effect. As a result of the items discussed above, net loss for the fiscal 2025 Q1 was $18,100,000 compared with a net loss of $1,400,000 a year ago. With higher expected sales volume moving forward and the full impact of certain price increases already in effect as well as operating efficiencies, results are expected to further improve. Due primarily to the items I discussed previously, EBITDA for the fiscal Q1 was negative $1,100,000 reflecting the negative $12,600,000 impact of non cash items and $2,900,000 in cash items in Exhibit 3 of this morning's earnings press release. EBITDA before the impact of non cash and cash items mentioned above was $14,400,000 for the Q1. Speaker 300:16:47Now, we will move on to cash flow and key corporate items. The company used cash of approximately $20,800,000 in operating activities during the fiscal 2025 Q1, impacted by a reduction of accounts payable related to the seasonal inventory growth during the second half of fiscal year twenty twenty four to support expected business increases for fiscal year 2025. We anticipate an increase in operating profit on a year over year basis for fiscal 2025 and the generation of positive cash flow for the year, supported by organic growth from customer demand and operating efficiencies from our global footprint expansion. In addition to our goal of generating increased operating profits, we're diligently focused on opportunities to neutralize working capital, including customer demand planning, enhanced inventory management and further extending our vendor payment terms. We expect increasing financial performance from both new and existing product lines, including our emerging gray categories. Speaker 300:17:55Net bank debt was $136,300,000 at the end of the quarter, compared with $114,000,000 as of March 31, 2024. However, net debt was lower compared with $168,100,000 at prior year June 30, 2023. Total cash and availability was approximately $90,000,000 As previously provided, our expectation for fiscal 2025 is to achieve sales in the range of $746,000,000 $766,000,000 representing between 3.9% and 6.7% increase 6% year over year growth, respectively. We expect to see margin accretion from efficiencies related to higher volume, price increases and cost cutting initiatives. With respect to cash flow, our expectation is to generate positive cash flow for the full fiscal year as I previously highlighted. Speaker 300:18:55Operating income is expected to be between $62,000,000 $67,000,000 before the non cash foreign exchange impact of lease liabilities and forward contracts and the non cash impact of revaluation of cores and customer shells and also before one time severance expenses. The company estimates other non cash items will be approximately CAD 17,000,000 dollars including core and finished good premium amortization and share based compensation. The company estimates depreciation and amortization will be approximately $11,000,000 In summary, operating income before the impact of the non cash and cash items mentioned previously and before depreciation and amortization is expected to be between $90,000,000 $95,000,000 For further explanation the reconciliation of items that impacted results and non GAAP financial measures, please refer to Exhibits 1 through 3 in this morning's earnings press release. I would now like to open the line for questions. Operator00:20:06Our first question comes from the line of Matt Koranda with ROTH Capital Partners. Your line is open. Speaker 400:20:14Good afternoon. This is Joseph on for Matt today. Speaker 200:20:18Hi, Joseph. And we Speaker 400:20:22wanted to ask if you guys could provide a breakdown of revenue by product line in 1Q. And if you guys can comment on inventory at retail customers and sell through versus sell in dynamic in your key product categories during 1Q and through quarter to date? Okay, I Speaker 300:20:42can start. For the Q1, the product mix was 65% rotating electrical, wheel hubs was 7%, brakes were 24% and others was 4%. Speaker 200:20:55Yes. And in terms of just moving forward and talking about the retailers and inventory levels, I mean, I think in general, what we're seeing is that there's a pickup in the business. I mean, I think we've had some softness. I think that there's been wherever there's been a possibility for the consumer to defer maintenance, they've had that deferral. But I think the hot weather and we're seeing we're certainly our sales in July, quite frankly, was the highest July we've ever had in the history of the company. Speaker 200:21:28So we're seeing customers bring in inventory and with the expectation of some pickup. I mean, I don't think we're totally there yet, but as an industry, but due to, again, disposable income of the consumer. But certainly, I think we were on our way, and we're extremely encouraged by our progress right now. I think that in conjunction, by the way, with the significant cost savings initiatives, one we've completed, others that are still in process. We're excited about where we're moving to. Speaker 400:22:09And if I can just squeeze one more in there. We wanted to see what your latest thinking on interest expense given rates are coming down. How should we think about the cash interest savings potentially to come for the rest of the year? Speaker 200:22:21Well, I mean every point in interest reduction just on the supply chain factoring is worth $7,000,000 to us. So we're encouraged by the reduction in interest. I mean that's certainly been a tremendous headwind for us. We're encouraged that the rates are coming down, and we're excited about that. And but we're not stopping at that. Speaker 200:22:46I mean, we're taking every bit of waste or what when we use the concept of lean manufacturing, lean operations, waste has to be eliminated. And with volumes that we're getting now in our new some of our new product lines, we can take and it's not I hate to use the word waste a little bit, but we can take our efficiencies up pretty dramatically. But that is a sort of term of art for the manufacturer. So we're excited. I mean, we think that there's a lot of tailwinds for us on the earnings side moving forward. Speaker 400:23:24All right. Thank you for taking my question guys. I'll hop back in the queue. Speaker 300:23:28Thank you very much. Thank you. Operator00:23:32And your next question comes from the line of Bill Dezellem with Tieton Capital. Your line is open. Speaker 500:23:38Thank you. Would you please start with inventory and discuss kind of why you saw that increase versus a year ago level? Speaker 300:23:50So the inventory, there was small growth in the Q1, primarily for the update upcoming sales increase we're expecting. So we are ramping up. Our guidance again is strong growth for the full fiscal year. So we need the inventory to supply our demand. Speaker 200:24:07Yes. And I think you'll see that moderate pretty dramatically. I mean, as we're coming into our season, our Q2 is much stronger than our Q1. So you'll see significant progress in working capital as we get through this quarter. Speaker 500:24:25Thank you. And then on that note, when does the next tranche of brake business come into your revenues? Speaker 200:24:39Let me try and the biggest piece starts in January, but we have other new business that's starting between now and then. We have new business in wheel hubs that's starting now, and we have additional rotating electrical business that's starting in the next few 2 to 3 months and then additional brake business starting and significant new business in our diagnostic business and some additional hard parts categories. And again, we don't want to get ahead of our skis. I mean, we've got this in our guidance, but the amount of opportunities that we're getting and seeing at the correct pricing with the correct operating efficiencies certainly are driving to see better profit metrics as we get through this year. Speaker 500:25:42Thank you. And I think in the opening remarks, David, you had mentioned that returns were higher than normal. Would you walk through the dynamics behind that? And what aspect of that is unique versus something that may naturally happen again? Speaker 200:26:02Yes. So it happens every now and again, Bill. And I'm not going to call out customers. We have one customer, a very large customer whose purchases were at a lower level. But returns are there's a general right of return. Speaker 200:26:19And so you get the same returns back regardless of the purchases. So the returns as a percentage of purchases for this particular customer were higher. Now that has changed. It has already reversed out in this quarter. So again, a little early in the quarter, but so far very, very, very strong and those return levels should come back to normalized levels. Speaker 200:26:45They are at normalized levels now. Hopefully, they will maintain itself. And then we had one other and it's not that we won't come back, but we had one other large incentive program that was taken early as a result of renewal of the contract. So and that's it's one time for that particular event, but I mean that affected us a little bit as well. But we again, those are both behind us and again, we've seen significantly more positive energy sales right now. Speaker 500:27:25Thank you. What was the I missed in the opening remarks the dollar impact of that to income? Speaker 300:27:36We did not disclose the dollar amount, but it did have a small impact on the gross margin percentage as well as sales. Speaker 500:27:44Great. Thank you. And then one additional question relative to the quality built brand. Are you seeing any spillover from that brand success in the professional market on the brake side for the rotating electrical side of the business? Or are those different enough that there really is not an opportunity for a benefit? Speaker 200:28:10Yes. You open I'm going to give you a little more of some background, some great feedback that we're getting and then I'm going to try and open and answer your question. On the brake side, I've had very unique calls from customers that particular one large customer that is saying that the acceptance rate and the renewal rate of installers that are using our product is extraordinarily good. And unusual call from a particular customer saying how they think we've got something extremely special. And when you hear that from the field, I mean, that's pretty exciting. Speaker 200:28:52So when the installer sees that name and has a great experience on it, it will spill over and is spilling over. And so we'll continue, I think, to see strong sales. I think we're going to see strong sales clearly from quality built across the professional installer market, across all of our product lines. And certainly will help all of them. And depending on which one leads, we have a portfolio of excellent products. Speaker 200:29:23So any experience with the quality built brand should add to experience in other product lines for the quality built brand. And I also want to say, while I got you, Bill, and I appreciate you just giving me the floor here a little bit, but the growth in the Mexican opportunity for us is proven to be significant. And we'll get more granular later as we go into the year, but the growth there continues to be very, very exciting. And we think there's a big opportunity for us there. And then not last, but a couple more things is diagnostic business has now pretty much been embraced by every major chain out there. Speaker 200:30:13And so we can see further growth and high margin out of that diagnostic business. And then our heavy duty rotating electrical business, I mean, it's just the amount of momentum that's coming in and the outlook and the opportunity on that is also embrace is really we're embracing that and that's really I mean, it's really positive. So those are all tailwinds that we see going through the through our system and whatever. On the negative side, and it's just that's pretty small, but the electric vehicle testing business, we are going to look at what to do strategically with that business, but that's a little bit slower for us. Very, very small part of our business, but a lot slow. Speaker 200:31:13The electric and this is the good news and the bad news. The electric vehicle space is not unfolding the way I think many people thought it would just be an instant immediate, everything is electric vehicle well. You start reading, I think, Car Magazine and The Wall Street Journal had articles this week about how these major automotive companies are now rethinking and scrapping their combustion engine lines and actually trying to revamp them and put them back in place. And so the combustion engine hybrid technology arena seems to be gaining far more momentum than the electric vehicle seems to be losing a lot of momentum. And so that bodes well for us at the end of the day. Speaker 200:32:03Sorry for a bit of a run on answer. I hope I hit all your things, but it gave me an opportunity to express myself with some of these items. Speaker 500:32:11Those did hit my questions, but did create 2 others. Relative to the calls call that you've received that the renewal rate with the installers and the quality built brand is very high. Was that specific to the brake pad and rotors or was it broader than that or on a different product line? Speaker 200:32:38Specifically to the pad and rotor program. So very, very encouraging there. I will say one of the things that's happening in the industry around pads and rotors is that there's a general significant softness in the tire industry. I'm hearing that it's getting a little bit better, but still very soft. And what happens in when that happens is that the installer usually, they get the opportunity to replace all 4 tires on the vehicle, will cross sell the brake program. Speaker 200:33:11What's happening is the consumers just electing to go with the least expensive repair and only repair the one tire or whatever they need. And so the cross selling opportunity on these brake jobs is much slower than the past been in a while. And that's providing some headwind in those categories. Having said that, we're coming off a very small base and we expect that to continue to grow despite that. But that will change as well, whereas ties don't last forever and consumers are going to need to replace them. Speaker 500:33:45Great. And second question I'm sorry, Solon, go ahead. Speaker 200:33:48No, but the pads, as you had mentioned, I just summarizing back, that's where extreme satisfaction on the pad rotor program. Speaker 500:33:56Great. And then relative to the opportunity in Mexico, I've been a little unclear how to think about that opportunity because the installed base of vehicles is much smaller than the U. S. My impression, this is not I don't know this to be factually correct, but my impression is that the average age of the vehicles in Mexico would be older than the U. S. Speaker 500:34:28So how are you thinking about this, if my perception is correct that the fleet is smaller, but the age is higher, which would lead to more repairs. What's the right way to be thinking about Mexico? Speaker 200:34:49Yes. So you're correct. I mean the fleet is definitely smaller than the United States. It's still pretty significant fleet. And the average age continues to get older there. Speaker 200:34:59But disposable income, I mean, and this is a bad thing for us, minimum wages in Mexico keep going up. Disposable income in Mexico keeps going up and the market is evolving then. So historically, you've had what I would classify as an R and R market where something that went wrong with the car, if an alternator went bad, they pull it off and the mechanic would rebuild it or they would replace componentry in it. Today, you're seeing the order zones in the O'Reilly's of the world who are leading the U. S. Speaker 200:35:28Charger to Mexico selling finished goods. And so the average price point of the repair for these vehicles is going up. People are spending more money and they're more concerned about how they repair that vehicle. And the amount of penetration, formal penetration that the market there is defined as other. There's so many small players that have been in that market. Speaker 200:35:50Now you've got big consolidators that are rolling into that market and opening up significant stores. I'd encourage you just to listen to both O'Reilly and AutoZone's public announcements on Mexico. And we're playing and not only that, I mean, we're playing we have a great product lineup for the Mexican market. We're in Mexico. We have state of the art capabilities right there. Speaker 200:36:16And we're doing well and we're going to do a lot better in Mexico. It's going to turn out to be a great business. I mean, I do think it's a north of $100,000,000 opportunity for us. Speaker 500:36:31Great. Thank you for taking all my questions. Speaker 200:36:34Thank you. Operator00:36:36And there are no further questions at this time. Selwyn Jossy, I'll turn the call back over to you. Speaker 200:36:42Okay. Thank you so much. So just to summarize, we are bullish as I've just spoken as we begin our new fiscal year. We're laser focused on further efficiencies and I accentuate that. We're laser focused on further efficiencies and fully benefiting from a not easily duplicated global platform, where we can meet demand for non discretionary products as well as from our diagnostic testing capabilities. Speaker 200:37:08We are leveraging our expertise in solid customer and supplier partnerships. These include our recently launched supply chain vendor finance program and that benefits our supplier significantly. Our liquidity is strong. We have an excess of $90,000,000 and we have the resources, capacity and professional expertise to capitalize on significant market opportunities in all of our product lines, particularly air brake related businesses, which are gaining solid momentum. In closing, I've got to recognize the contributions of all of our team members who are continuously focused on providing the highest level of service. Speaker 200:37:49They are outstanding. We are all committed to being the industry leader for parts and solutions that move our world today and in the future. I would also like to extend best wishes to Rudy and Jamie who are retiring from our Board. We significantly appreciate the great contributions of the U. S. Speaker 200:38:07We also appreciate the continued support of our shareholders and thank everyone again for joining us on the call. We look forward to speaking with you when we host our fiscal 2025 Q2 call, which is in November and at various investor conferences and meetings this quarter. Thank you very much. Operator00:38:26And this concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by