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Mike of now performance As we provide our EBITDA, measure adjusted compared a to in will insight noted, operating flows to are stack. the approximation disclosing operating our light better of non-GAAP also provide additional cash This into income. financial a
reconciled $XXX.X is quarter, measure comparable first earnings million the XX%. in to adjusted release. For net EBITDA the Adjusted income our most declined press EBITDA of of GAAP
cash Now sheet turning and to flow. our balance
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was our net million, was position net of capitalized finance costs Our million. and approximately $XXX.X debt debt $XXX balance
credit. borrowing for on We our primary available have of line $XXX remaining million
position inventory element our advantage to balance March competitive $X.X management million, our on-time remains a XX, slightly as XXXX, of our inventory to compared Effective to higher ensure million core service which was on December of and strategy down delivery XX, Our exceptional of was pounds. customers. and $XXX.X XXXX, as
expenditures, generated the million cash facility million million $X first $XX.X investments, million. our to operations dividends in quarter, approximately and stockholders. capital from We of our including During we to compared invested $X.X paid $XX.X flow for
repurchase While shares expect our common being continue we did of to opportunistic. not stock, we
our committed quarterly remain to also dividend. We
XX, the full outlook. as today, financial XX, trends business ending our and December is guidance turning XXXX as follows. XXXX, year Based our for April conditions Next, to on of
slightly continued margin growth million sales. expenses and as level believe and range our cost increase the gross to a to a net in to initiatives Operating the $X percentage of growth to make $X total we the to of necessary gains at our be and tooling overall in new assumptions Key in labor factory on above in lower and moderate are synergies to position XX% Europe. addition operating expected market, warehouses based share a pursue and million company meaningful XX.X%. the continue include modest in margin expect to markets expected We of housing
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first furthered our as the strategy continued marked core summary, against the start solid we and our In year a growth traction quarter to ambitions.
remains market by business continued we performance model. were our with pleased the strong challenged, our While enabled
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