Miller Industries reports Q4 EPS $1.45 vs. 81c last year

Reports Q4 revenue $296.2M vs. $225.8M last year. “2023 was a year of tremendous growth at Miller Industries,” said William G. Miller, II, CEI. “Over the past few years, we’ve remained committed to our strategy of investing in our capacity, productivity and our people. Those investments and the execution of our long-term strategy, coupled with the improvements to our supply chain and ability to cope with the immense demand we have seen for our products over the last three years, are starting to reflect in our financial results, demonstrating the underlying strength of our company and our end-markets. Looking to 2024, we are acutely focused on enhancing our flexibility and reducing our working capital. Over the past two years, we increased our inventories to meet market demand and to increase manufacturing flexibility. Going forward, the investments we made will allow us to be more efficient in our manufacturing processes and should result in our inventory balance decreasing throughout the balance of the year. In 2024, we believe our working capital spend should more closely reflect our pre-COVID levels as a percentage of revenue. In addition, we’re pleased to report that we’ve increased our quarterly dividend to $0.19 per share and paid down $5 million of our debt balance in the first quarter of 2024. As I said in our preliminary earnings announcement, we believe our record 2023 is only the beginning of what is achievable at Miller Industries. Our backlog remains near record levels, we have seen no change in our strong order trends, and internally we are well positioned to continue our efficient execution. Based on these trends, we look forward to another record year on both the top and bottom line in 2024.”