Clarus (CLAR) 10 May 222022 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for participating in today's conference call to discuss Clarus Corporation's Financial Results for the First Quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Joining us today are Clarus Corporation's President, John Walbrecht; Executive Vice President and COO, Aaron Kuehne; CFO, Mike Yates; and the company's External Director of Investor Relations, Cody Slach.

Following their remarks, we'll open the call for your questions.

Before we go further, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Slach as he reads the company's safe harbor statement within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that provides important cautions regarding forward-looking statements. ahead. go please Cody,

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Cody, you, afternoon, good and Thank everyone.

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in XXXX. the of were in $XX.X First Outdoor quarter segment roughly sales million, QX million $XX.X flat the versus

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business XX% nearly traction. Precision we in in grew are the quarter our starting business million sales the to e-commerce as gain direct-to-consumer $XX.X increased to quarter, Our XX% first Sport see the with significant up our and The growth for business the in high result year. XX% to Sierra quarter. is largely demand ammo increase prior first compared of continued OEM the during

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inventory we decrease debt defined debt leverage that trailing right a In is clear less seek we will million, we our plan targeted always million of of a cash basis, investments Net was bit cash us activities our XX, net to the year. The compared previously may compared million XX-month by negative leverage goals connection Xx leverage million. have expect the a of XXXX, position do, at was the is $XX.X XXXX, million period. future and in range million cash we debt capital which were for low EBITDA a shared XX, may extend But we XX-month a over total with flow, quarter that may in targeted X.Xx within a to primarily to a at M&A, to noted. of quarter. bring of and it back this we when As cash last At to adjusted $XX.X end the course on expenditures, $XX.X experience of provided XXXX, Xx $XXX.X December how higher. March due was negative in XX, putting $XXX.X net equivalents to the same $X.X XXXX.Free as March first operating

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our Let me for move XXXX. outlook to on

to grow segment We is to Outdoor By XXXX the million. compared XXXX. segment, consolidated $XXX.X for expect approximately $XXX.X for to we our to growth sales XXXX to digits expected single-digits million million in increase expect to sales Sport and approximately sales to XX% segment $XXX high-single Precision low

We expect XXXX. segment contribute our in also approximately sales from to Adventure $XXX million

of expect quarter second $XXX consolidated the million. for XXXX, of Specifically we approximately sales

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Jefferies. [Operator first question Konik with our Instructions]. come from Randy And will

there, is Aaron guess, I right?

Yes.

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Yes, you bet.

things course, things, they're are to the normalize starting of say stabilize. wouldn't us, or So starting normalized, on side enough for of cost to I

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As Mike of inventory find a where warehouse. water, bit its mentioned, we the had to quite the that way on inventory into is now starting

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Super question of segment helpful. is, or about Mike growth talked last guess the my brought Outdoor the apparel. you up nice And within then I

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Yes.

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the Matt line of come question with will ROTH next Koranda And our from Capital.

if I prepared in in X% about pricing increases quarter. remarks, think, I contribution So, average, the guys from you mentioned correctly, heard the on

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next Our Smith Mark will with from Lake question Capital. Street come

mix each just I want segments deeper quarter? at versus kind Precision talk the of of any Can more trended look how about to bullet those the little during of ammo a you and here.

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Europe main in think, international. segment What function ever or the able of driver just to that in business, quarter, your what's to And some really, best be we that Was that Okay. look in was a capacity ship markets? I international as coming the you international, -- having into at had back there?

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think million million. a up $X from a like you're number to $X.X probably seeing I over

of there's space. So, and OEM growth all the million of it's side in $X.X over

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