NYSE$HNI
HNI Corporation · Q1 2024 earnings
Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Reported strong earnings growth driven by Workplace Furnishings profit transformation and solid profit in Residential Building Products despite a soft housing market.
HNI Corporation reported a strong start to 2024, with first-quarter earnings per share up considerably on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis versus the prior year, despite an 8.1% year-over-year organic revenue decline. Profit transformation actions in Workplace Furnishings and solid accretion from Kimball International drove the positive results.
- EPS of $0.37 increased 825% on a GAAP basis and 185% on a non-GAAP basis YoY.
- Workplace Furnishings operating margin expanded 730 bps GAAP and 720 bps non-GAAP YoY.
- Kimball International generated an operating profit margin of 9.3 percent and added an estimated $0.10 to non-GAAP EPS.
- Gross leverage was 1.9x, unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2023
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
HNI · Revenue · Quarterly
$588M
Revenue by segment
HNI · $712M total across 2 segments · Q3 2023
- Workplace Furnishings$537M+43.1%75.4%
- Residential Building$175M-21.8%24.6%
Forward guidance
Second quarter non-GAAP earnings per share is expected to increase solidly year-over-year driven by the benefit of KII and continued profit transformation in Legacy Workplace Furnishings despite increasingly difficult year-ago comps.
Tailwinds
- Second quarter non-GAAP earnings per share is expected to increase solidly year-over-year driven by the benefit of KII
- Continued profit transformation in Legacy Workplace Furnishings is expected
- KII is expected to add $75 to $80 million of incremental revenue to second quarter results.
- Annual cost synergies resulting from the combination with KII to total $35 million when mature.
- Year-over-year growth returning in the second half for Residential Building Products
Headwinds
- Increasingly difficult year-ago comps
- Workplace Furnishings organic segment revenue to be down slightly compared to the same quarter of 2023.
- Residential Building Products, the Corporation expects year-over-year declines to moderate with second quarter revenue down at a low-single digit rate versus the year-ago period.
- Softer conditions in the R&R space
- Slower start in new construction
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024
+0.4%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.3%
Avg return
5 days after
-0.3%
Avg return
30 days after
45%
29 / 65 earnings
Positive
+13.8%
Q2 2023
Best reaction
-19.8%
Q3 2017
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -8.1% | -10.6% | -14.5% | |
| Q4 2025 | -5.0% | -7.9% | -29.2% | |
| Q3 2025 | -0.4% | -9.0% | -8.5% | |
| Q2 2025 | +3.3% | +1.8% | +6.6% | |
| Q1 2025 | +1.1% | +12.6% | +7.5% | |
| Q4 2024 | +0.3% | -3.0% | -11.5% | |
| Q3 2024 | -4.2% | -4.1% | +8.6% | |
| Q2 2024 | +11.5% | +12.1% | +8.4% | |
| Q1 2024 | -1.3% | +4.0% | +4.6% | |
| Q4 2023 | +0.5% | +2.2% | +3.7% | |
| Q3 2023 | +9.6% | +15.5% | +17.1% | |
| Q2 2023 | +13.8% | +14.7% | +10.0% | |
| Q1 2023 | +8.6% | +9.9% | +9.3% | |
| Q4 2022 | -0.6% | -0.6% | -14.2% | |
| Q3 2022 | +1.8% | +2.8% | +5.0% | |
| Q2 2022 | -2.4% | -7.0% | -7.2% | |
| Q1 2022 | -0.4% | -4.5% | +7.9% | |
| Q4 2021 | -8.1% | -6.1% | -9.8% | |
| Q3 2021 | -7.3% | -6.4% | +6.5% | |
| Q2 2021 | -4.9% | -2.4% | -1.7% | |
| Q1 2021 | +1.8% | +3.9% | +10.3% | |
| Q3 2020 | +1.3% | +1.0% | +4.2% | |
| Q2 2020 | +6.0% | -1.1% | +4.4% | |
| Q1 2020 | -0.0% | +1.7% | +6.9% | |
| Q4 2019 | +7.1% | -2.2% | -42.6% | |
| Q3 2019 | +0.8% | +1.0% | +2.5% | |
| Q2 2019 | -1.3% | +0.4% | -10.9% | |
| Q1 2019 | -6.9% | -3.7% | -7.3% | |
| Q4 2018 | -11.2% | -8.1% | -12.2% | |
| Q3 2018 | +2.1% | -1.6% | -2.0% | |
| Q2 2018 | +11.7% | +7.5% | +10.6% | |
| Q1 2018 | -1.1% | +2.0% | +10.9% | |
| Q4 2017 | +4.1% | +3.0% | +9.4% | |
| Q3 2017 | -19.8% | -16.4% | -21.5% | |
| Q2 2017 | -6.0% | -5.3% | -7.1% | |
| Q1 2017 | -1.4% | -1.7% | -8.5% | |
| Q4 2016 | -0.0% | -1.7% | -2.3% | |
| Q3 2016 | +11.8% | +13.2% | +37.3% | |
| Q2 2016 | +5.8% | +5.2% | +7.8% | |
| Q1 2016 | +4.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | -1.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | -7.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -9.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | -4.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +10.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -1.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -2.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | +8.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | +8.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -2.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | -4.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -1.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +4.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +12.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -3.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +4.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.7% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | +3.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -2.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -2.0% | — | — |
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