Earnings call transcript: LCI Industries beats Q3 2025 forecasts, stock rises

LCI Industries (LCII) reported a strong performance for the third quarter of 2025, significantly surpassing earnings and revenue forecasts. The company achieved an adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.97, exceeding the projected $1.44. This 36.81% surprise sent the stock up 3.23% in pre-market trading. Revenue also outperformed expectations, reaching $1.04 billion against a forecast of $963.75 million, marking a 7.91% surprise.

Key Takeaways

• LCI Industries’ Q3 2025 earnings and revenue surpassed forecasts.
• Stock rose 3.23% in pre-market trading following the earnings release.
• The company reported a 13% year-over-year increase in net sales.
• Adjusted EBITDA grew by 24%.
• New innovations and acquisitions contributed to financial growth.

Company Performance

LCI Industries demonstrated robust performance in Q3 2025, with a 13% increase in consolidated net sales compared to the previous year. The company’s operating profit reached $75 million, reflecting a 7.3% margin and a 140 basis point expansion. This growth was supported by strategic innovations and acquisitions, such as the launch of new products and expansion into new markets.

Financial Highlights

• Revenue: $1.04 billion, up 13% year-over-year
• Earnings per share: $1.97, exceeding forecasts by 36.81%
• Operating profit: $75 million, with a 7.3% margin
• Adjusted EBITDA: $106 million, a 24% increase

Earnings vs. Forecast

LCI Industries delivered an EPS of $1.97, significantly surpassing the forecast of $1.44, resulting in a 36.81% earnings surprise. Revenue also exceeded expectations, coming in at $1.04 billion compared to the anticipated $963.75 million, a 7.91% surprise. This performance marks a strong quarter for the company, building on its historical trend of exceeding market expectations.

Market Reaction

Following the earnings announcement, LCI Industries’ stock rose by 3.23% in pre-market trading, reflecting investor confidence in the company’s performance. The stock’s movement is notable against its 52-week range, with a high of $129.38 and a low of $72.31. The positive market reaction aligns with broader trends in the sector, where innovation and strategic growth are rewarded.

Outlook & Guidance

Looking ahead, LCI Industries aims to achieve an operating margin of 7-8% in 2026 and plans to continue its focus on innovation and market diversification. The company is exploring revenue divestiture opportunities worth $75 million and expects to consolidate 8-10 additional facilities. Future projections include steady growth in the RV and adjacent markets.

Executive Commentary

CEO Jason Lippert stated, "We delivered an exceptionally strong quarter with sales growth of 13%," highlighting the company’s robust performance. He further noted, "Our total content has grown an impressive 60% since 2020," emphasizing the success of LCI Industries’ strategic initiatives and market positioning.

Risks and Challenges

• Supply chain disruptions could impact production and delivery schedules.
• Market saturation in the RV industry may limit growth opportunities.
• Macroeconomic pressures, such as inflation and interest rate fluctuations, could affect consumer spending.
• Potential tariff impacts, although expected to stabilize, remain a concern.
• Dependence on a few key markets could pose a risk if demand shifts.

Q&A

During the earnings call, analysts focused on inventory levels and restocking strategies, as dealers anticipate low inventory. Questions also addressed the impact of tariffs and the company’s product mix improvements, with positive sentiment expressed regarding the continued strength in RV and adjacent markets.

Full transcript - LCI Industries (LCII) Q3 2025:

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Hello everyone and thank you for joining us today for the LCI Industries third quarter earnings call. My name is Lucy and I’ll be coordinating your call today. During the presentation you can register a question by pressing STAR followed by one on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind, please press STAR followed by two. It is now my pleasure to hand over to your host, Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, to begin. Please go ahead. Good morning everyone and welcome to the LCI Industries third quarter 2025 conference call. I am joined on the call today by Jason Lippert, President and CEO, along with Kip Emenhiser, VP of Finance and Treasurer.

We will discuss the results for the quarter in just a moment, but first I would like to inform you that certain statements made in today’s conference call regarding LCI Industries and its operations may be considered forward-looking statements under the securities laws and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. As a result, the company cautions you that there are a number of factors, many of which are beyond the company’s control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors are discussed in our earnings release and in our Form 10-K and in other filings with the SEC. The company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made, except as required by law.

In addition, during today’s conference call we will refer to certain non-GAAP or adjusted financial measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are available in our earnings release and investor presentation, which have been posted on the investor relations section of our website and are also available in our Form 8-K filed this morning with the SEC. With that I would like to turn the call over to Jason.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Thank you Lillian and good morning everyone. Welcome to LCI Industries third quarter 2025 earnings call. This quarter we continued to build on our ongoing and successful efforts to drive efficiency and drive benefits from our years of diversification and a relentless focus on growth. To that point, we delivered an exceptionally strong quarter with sales growth of 13% to more than $1 billion, along with solid margin improvement driven by double-digit gains across our RV and adjacent businesses. This demonstrates the continued benefit of our innovation strategy and successful integration of our recent acquisitions. Our entire organization continues to work diligently to optimize productivity, footprint, and resources, positioning the company for outperformance as the industry begins to recover from this prolonged cycle.

Operating margins improved 140 basis points year over year to 7.3%, a direct result of our disciplined cost management, sustainable improvements in overhead and G&A, more favorable mix, footprint optimization, and ongoing productivity initiatives. Year to date, we successfully completed three facility consolidations with two more expected by year end. Our facility consolidation actions completed in 2025 alone are expected to generate more than $5 million in annualized savings. Collectively, these initiatives position us to deliver our 85 basis point operating margin improvement goal for the year. On the wholesale front, following a strong Elkhart open house, we expect a near-term uptick in units produced. Our chassis orders in October are up roughly 275 to 300 units per week compared to prior months, an encouraging sign of OEM confidence and proactive dealer restocking ahead of the next selling season.

Turning to RV OEM, net sales were approximately $470 million, up 11% year over year. This double-digit growth underscores the effectiveness of our innovation strategy and the strength of our competitive moat. Total content per unit increased 6% year over year to $5,431 as we continue to expand share across our top five product categories: chassis, appliances, axles and suspensions, furniture, and windows. Since 2020, our total content has grown an impressive 60%. Recent innovations like the Furrion Chill Cube air conditioner, anti-lock brakes (ABS), 4K window series, Sun Deck, and Touring Coil Suspension (TCS) systems continue to gain momentum. Together, these platforms have reached a combined $225 million annualized run rate, more than doubling from $100 million just two quarters ago.

The enthusiasm around all our new products at the Elkhart Open House was tremendous, with strong OEM and dealer engagement as these new innovations showed up on many leading brands. Our ability to deliver high impact innovation supported by our customer relationships, our expansive product portfolio, scale, and manufacturing expertise positions us to consistently capture 3% to 5% organic content growth annually. We also saw some easing in product mix pressure this quarter as smaller single axle trailers declined from the mid 20% range earlier this year to about 19%, supporting both content and margin growth. Looking ahead, we expect North American RV wholesale shipments in the 340,000 to 350,000 range for 2025. As demand returns, our focus on innovation and shared growth will continue to drive solid performance. Net sales in our adjacent or diversified businesses were $320 million, up 22% year over year.

This strong performance reflects growth across our building products, utility, trailer transportation, and marine markets. Of the total increase, approximately $39 million came from acquisitions, specifically Freedman Seating and Trans/Air, where synergies are tracking well ahead of schedule. Since our acquisition of Freedman Seating, they have entered the heavy duty bus seating market, a $150 million addressable opportunity where they are already capturing orders, showcasing our ability to scale our furniture manufacturing expertise. At Trans/Air, we’re streamlining operations and achieving early wins consistent with our proven acquisition playbook. Subsequent to the quarter, we also expanded through the acquisition of Bigfoot Leveling in October, which broadens our hydraulic leveling system offerings, and Moss Supply, which enhances our residential window capabilities, complementing our internal window lines. Utility trailer production remains healthy at around 700,000 units per year.

We’re accelerating content growth through innovative new products for this market like anti-lock brakes (ABS), coil spring suspension, and tire pressure monitoring systems, all helping to elevate our offerings in this market. We’re also leveraging our manufacturing expertise to expand into high growth sectors like OEM and aftermarket golf cart seating, an area experiencing strong growth in residential and community living markets. Collectively, LCI Industries’ total addressable market opportunity is approximately $16 billion and strategically aligned with our core manufacturing strengths. Turning to aftermarket, net sales were $246 million, up 7% year over year as our strong OEM content continues to fuel aftermarket growth. The growth in OEM content directly fuels additional revenue streams with increased demand for product enhancement and service in the aftermarket. A great example of this is our Furrion Chill Cube air conditioners.

In 2022, our OEM share was less than 5% with virtually no aftermarket presence. Today, just three years later, we’ve captured over 50% OEM market share and we expect more than $20 million in aftermarket air conditioner sales this year. This formula is clear. OEM success and momentum drive aftermarket growth. To support our continued growth in the service portion of our aftermarket business, we continue to invest in service infrastructure. Year to date, over 28,000 dealer service personnel have completed our technical training programs with thousands of in-person sessions and over 1 million visits to our online tech pages. These training efforts are driving higher quality service and strong dealer partnerships. We’ve also expanded our service footprint, adding three new facility sites in 2025 and doubling our mobile tech staff. These investments have already increased service completions by double digits, improving speed, convenience, and customer satisfaction.

All in all, LCI Industries has a huge right to win in the aftermarket. LCI Industries is one of the only players in the industry that truly touches every RV consumer as our components are present in nearly every unit on the road. That unmatched footprint fuels long-term aftermarket growth and positions us as a trusted partner across the entire lifecycle of RV ownership. We’re also leaning into new opportunities like upfitting solutions, allowing customers to add features like leveling and Touring Coil Suspension (TCS) if it wasn’t included in their OEM packages. We are also partnering with campgrounds and storage centers to enhance service accessibility and convenience for our customers. With roughly 1 million RVs entering the service cycle over the next few years, we are exceptionally well positioned to capture recurring aftermarket demand.

To meet rising demand in the aftermarket, we’ve recently opened a new state-of-the-art 600,000-square-foot distribution center in South Bend, Indiana. This facility further enhances our logistics capabilities, boosting speed, accuracy, and overall capacity while supporting our margin performance. As we transition from our older, less efficient Mishawaka location, we remain disciplined in capital allocation, maintaining our industry-leading dividend yield and executing meaningful share repurchases. Year to date we have returned $215 million to shareholders with a repurchase of $129 million of stock and have paid $86 million in dividends. We have a solid balance sheet, having refinanced our convertible notes and other long-term debt. Earlier this year, in the third quarter, we refreshed and repriced our term loan, reducing annual interest expense by roughly $1 million and improving free cash flow.

CapEx for the year is now expected to land between $45 million and $55 million, better than our prior range of $50 million to $70 million, reflecting disciplined capital project management. Looking ahead, our team’s confidence continues to build given the multitude of innovation and efficiency efforts we have delivered and will continue to deliver that should result in sustained future growth and enhanced financial performance. As we look beyond the end of the year into 2026, we expect continued 3% to 5% organic content growth from innovation and our competitive advantages, driven in part by a $225 million run rate in our top five product innovations, manufacturing optimization including $5 million in annual run rate savings from 2025 consolidations, and 8 to 10 additional consolidations planned for 2026.

Better product mix normalization as single axle trailers decline, RV wholesale shipments to lift to 345,000 to 360,000 units in 2026 with near-term strength already evident, aftermarket tailwinds with approximately 1 million RVs entering the service cycle, and exploring divestiture opportunities of approximately $75 million of revenues that are dilutive to the business in 2026. Together we expect these targeted initiatives to lift operating margins to 7% to 8% in 2026. Most importantly, none of this would be possible without our incredible team. The dedication, resilience, and commitment of our 12,000 team members remain the foundation of our success. Over the past three years, we have navigated through some tremendous challenges and today we’re operating from a position of real strength, solid cash flow and balance sheet, healthy margins, and strong customer sentiment.

I’d also like to recognize the passing of our founder, my grandfather Larry Lippert, whose vision, ingenuity, and perseverance built this company from the ground up. His culture of grit, innovation, and courage continues to define who we are today. To our teams across the globe, thank you for relentlessly serving our customers and community every day. Together we are building a stronger, more resilient, and a truly differentiated LCI Industries. I’ll now turn it over to Lillian, who will provide more detail on our financial results.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Thank you. Jason Lippert’s innovation, competitive strengths, and successful M&A supported double-digit net sales growth this quarter, while sustainable operational improvement initiatives translated into meaningful margin expansion. Our consolidated net sales for the third quarter were $1 billion, an increase of 13% from the third quarter of 2024. OEM net sales for the third quarter of 2025 were $790 million, up 15% from the same period of 2024, driven by RV OEM net sales of $470 million, which were up 11% compared to the prior year period. This increase was a result of market share gains and an increased mix of higher content fifth wheel units. Content per towable RV unit increased 6% year over year to $5,431, and content per motorized unit increased 2% year over year to $3,839. Towable RV organic content grew 3% year over year and 1% sequentially, supported by the share gains.

We delivered in the top product categories we supplied to RV OEMs, specifically appliances, axles and suspensions, chassis, furniture, and windows, as well as the continued adoption of recent innovations like our anti-lock brakes (ABS), Touring Coil Suspension (TCS), appliances, Furrion Chill Cube air conditioner, and the Sun Deck adjacent industries. OEM net sales were $320 million, up 22% year over year, primarily due to acquisitions within the transportation market which represented $39 million in the quarter. This increase was also supported by other markets such as utility trailers where net sales grew 22% and marine where net sales rose 9%. We continue to further expand our presence across numerous diversified markets.

Aftermarket net sales were $246 million, an increase of 7% compared to the same period in 2024, primarily driven by product innovations and the expanding Camping World relationship within the RV aftermarket, partially offset by lower volumes within the automotive aftermarket. Consolidated operating profit during the third quarter was $75 million or 7.3%, a 140 basis point expansion over the prior year period. This growth was primarily driven by reduced costs from material sourcing strategies and increased North American RV sales volume related to market share gains and increased sales mix of higher content fifth wheel units. The operating profit margin of the OEM segment increased significantly to 5.5% in the third quarter compared to 3.2% for the same period of 2024, primarily driven by increases in selling prices for targeted products, reduced cost from material sourcing strategies, improved fixed cost absorption, and production labor efficiencies.

Our aftermarket segment delivered a 12.9% operating profit margin compared to 13.9% in the prior year period. This change was primarily driven by higher material costs related to tariffs and higher steel, aluminum, and freight costs, lower production volumes in the automotive aftermarket as a result of lower retail volumes, and investments in capacity, distribution, and logistics technology to support future growth. These were partially offset by our ability to increase selling prices for targeted products. Adjusted EBITDA grew 24% to $106 million compared to $85 million in the third quarter of 2024. GAAP net income in the third quarter was $62 million or $2.55 earnings per diluted share, up from $36 million or $1.39 earnings per diluted share in the prior year period.

Adjusted net income increased to $48 million, up 35% to $1.97 per diluted share excluding loss on extinguishment of debt and gain on sale of real estate, net of tax effect. Non-cash depreciation and amortization was $90 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, while non-cash stock-based compensation expense was $17 million for the same period. We continue to anticipate depreciation and amortization in the range of $115 million to $125 million during the full year 2025. At September 30, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents balance was $200 million, up from $166 million at December 31, 2024. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, cash provided by operating activities was $252 million. Investing cash flows included $38 million used for capital expenditures and $103 million used for acquisitions. During the quarter, we refinanced and repriced our term loan facility, lowering interest by 25 basis points.

This action strengthens our capital structure and should reduce annualized interest expense by approximately $1 million, supporting continued cash generation and balance sheet flexibility. We also continue to execute on the $300 million share repurchase program that we announced last quarter. During the quarter, we returned $38 million to shareholders through share repurchases and $29 million through our quarterly dividend of $1.15 per share. Year to date we returned $215 million to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases, underscoring our commitment to balanced capital allocation and shareholder returns. As of September 30, 2025, our net inventory balance was $741 million, which was about flat to prior year. At the end of the third quarter, we had outstanding net debt of $748 million or 1.9 times pro forma EBITDA adjusted for the impact of non-cash and other items.

Looking forward, we expect October net sales of approximately $380 million, up 15% from prior year, and we anticipate mid-teens year-over-year growth for the full fourth quarter. As Jason mentioned, we project that North American RV wholesale shipments for 2025 will be in the range of 340,000 to 350,000. Margin expansion continues to run ahead of plan as well. Fourth quarter year-over-year operating margin expansion is expected to match third quarter levels. Efficiency initiatives and infrastructure optimization continue to drive these results. For example, we plan two more facility consolidations by year end for a total of five this year. This translates to $5 million run rate and annual savings. Looking to capital allocation for the full year 2025, capital expenditures are expected to be in the range between $45 million to $55 million.

Focused on business investment and innovation, we continue to use our balance sheet to prudently pursue strategic opportunities that drive profitable growth and deliver shareholder value. Our long-term leverage target remains at 1.5 to 2 times net debt to EBITDA, and we remain committed to returning cash to shareholders. Our preliminary outlook for 2026 calls for North American RV wholesale shipments of approximately 345,000 to 360,000 units, and we continue to target organic towable content growth of 3% to 5% annually. From an efficiency perspective, we expect 8 to 10 additional facility consolidations and are exploring divestiture opportunities of roughly $75 million of revenue from lower margin non-core areas in 2026. These factors, combined with identified operational improvements and further expansion of our presence in diversified markets, are expected to support operating margins in the range of 7% to 8% for 2026.

In closing, we are confident that our operational flexibility, strategic diversification, and effective cost management, along with our strong balance sheet, will enable us to deliver sustainable and measurable shareholder value over time. With that, operator, we’re ready to take questions. If you could please open the line. Thank you. Thank you. To ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind, please press star followed by two. When preparing to ask a question, please ensure your device is unmuted locally. The first question comes from Daniel Moore of CJS Securities. Your line is now open. Please go ahead. Thank you.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Jason.

Lillian, thanks for the color. Congrats on the solid results. Want to maybe just parse out? Good morning. In the quarter, adjusted operating margins rebounded quite a bit faster than expected. Can you maybe bucket or just rank order those improvements between, you know, leverage to higher volumes, options, optimization, mix? I’m wondering if maybe tariffs didn’t have quite as much of an impact as expected as well.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Yeah, with that, Dan.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: I’ll start actually with the end of your question first. I’d say from the tariff perspective, things continue to progress through the year as we had expected. Frankly, as we were foreshadowing previously, the team has done a really solid job of mitigating the tariff impact to the business, both from the source, resourcing, working with our vendors for options there to help drive the cost down. To the extent that we needed to, we’ve been negotiating with our customers to pass along pricing. That definitely helped the results that we were able to effectively mitigate the tariffs. Clearly, we saw the volume uplift. We’ve been seeing the strength in the industries, and I say that broadly, not just the RV, but also strength in other industries as we’ve been moving through the quarter. That definitely helped.

You saw as well on the RV side of the business, the content expansion as our newer products continue to be very well received and as we are going through the model changeover and through open house, we’ve continued to be very successful in penetrating market share with those products.

Dan, productivity was a huge boost too. I’ll just give you a quick example. I think we’re down 50 team members year to date from the beginning of the year. With all the acquisitions, especially the two large ones we did, we’ve added 1,000 people there. To be up 1,000 with acquisitions, but down net 50 for the year kind of shows you the productivity gains we’ve experienced through some of the footprint optimization of the productivity initiatives we’ve been working on.

Really helpful. Wanted to clarify the Q4 outlook. Revenue up mid teens. Can you maybe break that down by end market a little bit? Obviously the little bit better outlook in RV is helpful. On the margin side, you mentioned similar improvements year over year. I’m assuming that’s about 150 basis points adjusted, putting us in the 4% range. Just want to make sure I’m understanding your thoughts on Q4 margin profile, Lillian. Thank you.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Sure.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: I think you’re getting to the right zip code with that in terms of that year over year margin expansion. In terms of more specific market clarity, I guess best way to characterize that without getting into specific numbers, we expect to see continued strength in the RV industry as we’re going.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Through the fourth quarter.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: We’re seeing continued strength as Jason was commenting about in his comments around the mix of product. You know, having less of the single axle units and more of the fifth wheels coming through is definitely beneficial as well from a top line perspective and for the business.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Also keep in mind as we look at the fourth quarter that does tend.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: To be a seasonally low time period for some parts. For business, specifically aftermarket, that’s a light quarter for us and as well for international, tends to be a little bit light too.

It appears that, you know, volume, you know, volume lift and productivity gains will help. As we’ve mentioned, it doesn’t appear that there’s any, you know, downtime that would be more than normal. I mean, everybody’s taking off kind of normal, normal off times during the seasonality holidays. I think those are the biggies.

Really helpful. I appreciate the color on the margin uplift from some of the divestitures and optimization steps that you continue to take. You generated a $20 million gain in the quarter. You’ve got two more facility consolidations this year, 8 to 10 next year. Are there any sense for the potential proceeds and/or gains from those sales? I know they’re one time, but that could be a nice cash benefit.

Some of the facilities are leased there, some of them are owned. To the extent we can, we’re going to pull it out of a facility and not use it for something else, then you know we’ll certainly look.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: To put those on the market.

There will be probably a couple of those, but we don’t have any dollars attached to those yet until we get that done. We definitely have significant momentum in that category as we continue to really drive hard to consolidate and simplify the business.

Absolutely. Last, appreciate the outlook for the RV wholesale shipments. Preliminary look for 2026. Do you have a similar outlook for Marine at this stage?

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: At this stage, Dan, we don’t.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: I think when we come out with.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: the fourth quarter results, we’ll have a more comprehensive outlook for next year.

Our big opportunity is Marine right now.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Is just content growth through some of.

The innovation we’ve launched here in the last couple of quarters.

Got it. All right. Hopefully all of the share gains that you’re seeing come through, put some of that chatter to rest. Appreciate all the color and I’ll circle back when he follows.

Thank you.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Thank you. The next question comes from Joseph Altobello of Raymond James. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Thanks. Good morning. I guess first question on the industry outlook you mentioned.

Wholesale looks to be up modestly next year.

Would you also expect retail to be up next year?

I think we’re kind of expecting the same for them to stay in line as they have, you know, in the last couple of years.

We’re not forecasting any kind.

Of big jump in retail at this point.

Okay, got it.

In terms of the quarter, the 13% revenue growth, could you parse out how much of that was pricing related?

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: We haven’t parsed it out specifically on that, Joe. There is pricing elements to that, but it’s also the overall volume uplift as well and the acquisitions as we identified at the $42 million.

Okay.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Maybe one last one for me. You talked about the mix improving.

I know this time of year with the model year changeover, you usually see a little bit of a.

Of a richer mix of larger units, are you seeing an improvement beyond what?

You would expect normally from a seasonal perspective? I’d say that the trailer, the mix to single axle trailers has changed significantly over the last. It’s been in process for the last eight years or so. I think what we’ve seen is the momentum slow down and start to retreat the other way, you know, in.

A meaningful way, quarter to quarter. It could change next year.

It could go back up a little bit. Our expectation is that it’s going to kind of stick around where it’s at. With all the conversations we’ve had with the dealer, you know, the dealers are driving and seeing a lot of this retail activity. There’s a lot of those units out in the market. I think that is one of the things that’s going to hold that number down. You can only sell so many of those. That’s the short answer, Joe.

Okay, super. Thank you, guys.

Thanks.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: The next question comes from Scott Stember of Roth Capital. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.

Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions, and congrats on the very strong results as well.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Morning. Thanks.

I just want to square something away with what the largest dealer indicated on their conference call yesterday. Pretty much saying that they’re starting to see some elasticity issues, particularly given some of the price increases that have been put in through, I guess, related to tariffs. Have you seen any change or any commentary from your OEM customers of any potential change in behavior, suggesting that maybe they want to pull back a little bit? Is the comments we heard yesterday probably just more episodic or related to that dealer?

Yeah, I think a little bit to the latter. The last comment you made, I think some of that might be, you know, some of that might be there, but there’s definitely overall price sensitivity in the market around how much RVs have gone up. It’s really, you know, there’s a few things going on. I think what’s going to drive volume next year a little bit is the fact that, you know, suppliers, OEMs, they’ve reduced capacity, so there’s less capacity. If dealers want to get to have product in their lots for the spring selling season, they have to think about ordering a little bit differently and a little bit further ahead because some of that capacity is restricted. Camping World, they don’t supply, I guess, every single OEM. I mean, there’s winners and losers out there in terms of the brands.

The good thing about Lippert and our whole strategy, we supply the whole market. When you look at, you know, the Forest Rivers and the Brinkleys and the Alliances, we’re supplying a lot of content to those brands. So, you know, when I look at.

Those types of comments you’re making, I—

Talk to a lot of dealers, not just Camping World, and that’s kind of how we’re coming up with our assumptions for the next year.

are a lot of positives.

Got it. Awesome. Maybe talking about, I guess, one of the bigger components that you had to put price increases through for with steel and aluminum. In the past, there’s usually been a timing delay of when you get those prices through. It seems as if you were pretty successful in getting those through. I just want to see how this time, if it is, you know, different than the last time that we saw steel and aluminum prices running up.

Yeah, nothing’s really changed there.

Those two commodities are the largest components of our BOMs, at least on the RV side. They are all controlled largely by these indexes. Right now, steel is a good guy and aluminum is a bad guy. Aluminum pricing is going to be going up here for the next couple quarters, and steel pricing is starting to come down, so there’ll be a little bit of offset there. There were some tariff announcements this morning that there’ll be some favorability. Hopefully, we don’t have timing on that yet, as it was just announced here in the last 24 hours. I think the big headline for cost next year is the fact that tariffs seem to be at least settled in place where things are predictable and we can start working on costs better.

We’re going to work with our OEMs the best we can, and the discipline that they’ve had to get to real production back to make sure that we’re getting them the best we can for costs. As they redo bill of materials and recontent and decontent, that we’re a bigger part of the solution as possible.

Got it. Last one for me on the aftermarket, very strong results, very resilient. I know you have a lot of traction from previous OEM introductions that you’re working into the aftermarket, just trying to get a sense of a breakdown of the business between Kirk, you know, the automotive side and the RV side. Is there a big difference in growth between the two right now?

The RV aftermarket for us has grown sequentially almost since we’ve started it 10 years ago, a little over 10 years ago. The repair and the replacement service business is growing always for us because we’re always putting more content in the RV. I’ll go back to the example I used in my opening remarks of, you know, we launched air conditioner.

We’ve launched a lot of products.

The last five years, but, you know, we launched air conditioners, you know, a few years ago. I think I said in 2022, we had maybe 5% of the total OEM content, but we had no aftermarket business in ACs. Today, if you fast forward, we’ve got probably 50% market share OEM, which is fantastic. We’re seeing close to, we’ll see close to $20 million AC aftermarket business this year. Again, the point is that when we launch new products, for most of the products we launch, there’s a meaningful aftermarket once we penetrate the OEM business. We expect the aftermarket business to continue to grow, especially with the tsunami of units that were built in 2020-2022 that are going to start hitting the repair and replacement cycle here in the next couple years.

On the auto side, we’ve had a lot of great success against our largest competitor who used to be Horizon Global, went to First Brands, and if you’ve read anything about First Brands in the last month, they’ve got some serious issues. Our largest competitor, we’re already starting to make some huge inroads here recently just because there’s a lot of uncertainty around whether that business is going to continue to exist and who’s going to own it. You look at the brands they have, like Reese and Fulton and Bulldog, I mean, Curt’s their largest competitor. We’ve got some significant upside on.

On that part of our business.

It relates to the auto, you know, hitch and trailering components. Hopefully that’s helpful.

Scott.

That’s great. Thank you so much.

Yep.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Thank you. The next question comes from Tristan Thomas-Martin of BMO. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Hey, good morning. Can I confirm, I think you said $2 million from acquisition in the quarter, and then have you quantified what you.

Expect Bigfoot Leveling to contribute on an annual basis?

We’ve not.

It’s smaller. I mean, Moss Supply and Bigfoot Leveling are less than $25 million combined. For the quarter, for the.

Quarter on acquisitions was 30, 42 total. 42, yep. Okay, great. For next year, how are you thinking about kind of the annualized.

Tariff impact either on a gross or.

Net basis or maybe both?

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: I think as we think about the.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: Tariffs for next year, you know, really in terms of.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: What we would expect.

Lillian Etzkorn, CFO, LCI Industries: Is really a continuation of this year in terms of that mitigation. We’ve got the actions in place so that they’re not impactful. Again, assuming that there’s no changes with the global tariffs and they seem to have stabilized, I’d expect that we continue to have that full mitigation that we do presently going into.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Next year should be a lot easier. Okay, just one last question.

How long do you think it’s going?

To kind of get that.

Single axle versus multi axle and fifth.

Wheel mix kind of back to that, call it 84% range. Thank you.

It’s hard to say. Camping World is doing a great job pushing that product in the market. They’re the single largest producer of that type of trailer. The strategy is to get more first-time buyers in the RV lifestyle because of the price point entry on that of less than $12,000 in a lot of cases. It’s really hard to say, Tristan, but our expectation is that it will normalize. It won’t go back to where it was probably 10 years ago. We think it has a good chance of getting back into that 16% range, especially as all the people that have bought that type of unit over the last five years, whatever portion of them decide to re-up and buy another RV, they’re going to buy a bigger one.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Great.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Thank you. Yep.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad. Now the next question comes from Bret Jordan of Jefferies. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.

Hey, good morning, this is Craig Kennison.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: On for Bret Jordan. Thanks for taking our questions. Wanted to circle back to dealers real quick. Could you just give us any color into dealer sentiment and, you know, any.

Insight into the probable timing of the restocking cycle as we move into the new year?

Yeah, I mean, like I said earlier, we talked to a lot of the big dealers just to try to get a feel for where everybody’s at because all the dealers have a little bit different strategy and they play in different markets. I would just say that, you know, there is a sentiment that inventories are low. The OEMs have had good discipline, like I said earlier, that’s helped keep inventories low. Dealers have been just not ordering a ton of inventory. Again, like I said, you know, it’s not just us that have simplified our footprint and optimized. I mean, a lot of suppliers and OEMs have, so the capacity is less in the industry today. I think that the dealers know that and they’ve got to be a little bit cautious on how.

They look at restocking and not trying.

To get inventories too low because they’re not going to be able to get the product when people need it for spring selling season. I think that’s why we’re seeing a little bit of this. Our forecast is very modest for next year. 345,000 to 360,000 is not a huge lift. Every 5,000 units that get added to the wholesale production is a really big deal for us considering our content at $5,400. The innovation that’s coming.

Okay, great, thank you. Could you just comment on trends in content contenting that you’re seeing more specifically? Just want to see if the decontenting of the RVs has started to stabilize.

I feel it has. I’ve always said that we’re a little immune to that just from the standpoint that we tend to have a lot of the products that customers need to differentiate their products from others. Those would be things like the Furrion Chill Cube air conditioner that we’ve talked about, the 4K window series that we’ve launched in the last year and a half with the different colors on the exteriors, Touring Coil Suspension (TCS) and anti-lock brakes (ABS) and things like that. They tend not to decontent those things. The biggest thing that hurts us is mix when it comes to decontenting. The biggest negative content for us would be a mix shift. Like I said, we’re seeing a shift to the positive at this point in time.

Just another anecdotal thing I was thinking about with the dealers, I was talking to a dealer the other day and they’re a multi-site dealer. Their most popular floor plan they had of what they sell, they had six on the ground, which doesn’t lend itself to good sales for the dealers if they don’t have really popular floor plans in the right geography. I think that’s another reason we’re seeing a little bit of positivity out there from some of the dealers that we’re talking to.

Okay, great. Got it. Thank you, that’s very helpful.

That’s all from us.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: Thank you. We currently have no further questions. I’d like to hand back to Jason for any closing remarks.

The last three years have been tough being at the bottom of the cycle. We’ve figured out how to have peak operating performance here in the trough. We’re really, really proud and happy with the results. The solid results that we put out here in the last quarter, and I look forward to talking about that continued momentum next quarter.

Jason Lippert, President and CEO, LCI Industries: Thanks for the call.

Lucy, Call Coordinator, LCI Industries: This concludes today’s call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect your lines.

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