Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE:CARR) Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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Patrick Goris: Yes, Steve. So in essence our prior guide assumed $1.5 billion to $2 billion in share repurchases. We are pausing that. With that we lose about $0.04, $0.05 versus our February guide. That’s being offset given Q1 performance, but also some adjustments on interest income, for example, that you see in the back of the slide deck. In terms of timing for the balance of the year, the way we think about this in February, I mentioned that first half adjusted EPS would be a little less than half of the full year. Given our performance in Q1, we think that first half and second half EPS will be very similar at the midpoint of our guidance of $2.55.

Steve Tusa : Okay. And then just any update on price cost and the spread there? What was that in the first quarter? And what do you expect now for the year?

Patrick Goris: So price cost was slightly positive in Q1, and we expect the Q1 price cost to be the most difficult for what we said in February. We expect price cost for the full year to be positive and we expect it also to have a slightly positive impact on margins.

Steve Tusa : And then one last one. How much price do you now expect for the year?

Patrick Goris: We still expect most of the organic growth for this year to be priced. So it’s now in the call it in the $400 million $500 million range Steve.

Steve Tusa : Okay. Great. Thanks all the details and congrats again on the deal. I think everybody covered most of the questions I had. Thanks.

Patrick Goris: Thank you, Steve.

David Gitlin: Thanks, Steve. And I was handed a note by Sam that my mic cut out during Fire & Security. And so I apologize for that. What I was basically saying is, what’s on the slide that for Fire & Security, it’s great businesses, great teams, great leading positions. You all know the brands and how the growth potential. I was clarifying that even though $3.6 billion of sales, we’re going to retain the UTEC business, which makes controls for HVAC and refrigeration. So it’s a natural part to keep in our portfolio. The business we’re exiting therefore is about $3.1 billion and has EBITDA margins in the high teens. It’s split between fire at $2.1 billion, securities around $1 billion. And like I said upfront, it’s — this was a very, very difficult decision.

Jurgen and his team have done a phenomenal job creating a world-class business, that’s highly differentiated, and it’s a true unique asset that I know many, many will be extremely interested. But just because it’s such a phenomenal business doesn’t mean that it belongs in our portfolio. So we had to make a very tough decision to exit those businesses. And we’ll use those proceeds as Patrick said, we’ll pay down some debt. We’ll do a buyback and then we’ll continue to invest in our core business of being the global leader in intelligent, climate and energy solutions. So a tough decision but I think the right decision for the long term of the business. And with that we will leave it there. I do thank all of you for your flexibility moving this up a day.

And I just want to reiterate my thanks to our employees and to the 11,000 Viessmann employees that will become part of our family. This is — I think, this is a once in a generation opportunity to truly bring two world-class phenomenal organizations together to be an unambiguous global leader, and I couldn’t be excited about the days that lay ahead. So, my thanks to all of you.

Operator: This concludes today’s conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.

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