COMPANY ALSO ANNOUNCES CHAIR, PRESIDENT AND CEO
SHELLY IBACH TO RETIRE
- Reported third quarter net sales of $427 million; delivered
adjusted EBITDA of $28 million for the quarter which was consistent
with expectations
- Achieved gross margin rate of 60.8% for the third quarter,
up 340 basis points versus last year, ahead of expectations and the
highest quarterly gross margin rate since the third quarter of
2021
- Reduced operating expenses by $17 million for the third
quarter and $60 million year-to-date (before restructuring
costs)
- Increased year-to-date free cash flow by $50 million
compared with the same period last year
- Updated full-year 2024 adjusted EBITDA outlook to a revised
range of $115 million to $125 million
Sleep Number Corporation (Nasdaq: SNBR) today reported results
for the quarter ended September 28, 2024.
“Our actions throughout the business over the past year are
driving sustainable operating model improvements and contributing
to our increased financial flexibility and durability. Our
initiatives drove broad cost efficiencies and a gross margin rate
improvement to 60.8%, resulting in third quarter adjusted EBITDA of
$28 million, which was in-line with expectations even with
persistent consumer demand weakness,” said Shelly Ibach, Chair,
President and CEO. “At the same time, we continue to leverage our
innovation superiority to provide customers with life-changing
sleep solutions, like our new ClimateCool™ smart bed.”
“Throughout my tenure, I have been inspired by our team’s
commitment to our purpose, beloved brand, and pioneering smart beds
that deliver proven quality sleep,” added Ibach. “As I transition
to retirement, our talented team and strong competitive advantages,
combined with our increased financial resilience, give me
confidence in Sleep Number’s continued market leadership and its
ability to accelerate profitable growth and value creation for all
stakeholders when industry demand recovers.”
Third Quarter Overview
- Net sales of $427 million were down 10% versus the prior
year, including approximately two percentage points of pressure
from year-over-year order backlog changes and one-point of pressure
from lower store count versus the prior year
- Gross margin of 60.8% was up 340 basis points versus the
prior year, driven by year-over-year product cost reductions
through value engineering and ongoing supplier negotiations,
favorable product mix, and efficiency gains in our home delivery
and logistics operations
- Operating expenses of $249 million (before restructuring
charges) were down $17 million versus the prior year’s third
quarter, with year-to-date operating expenses down $60 million
(before restructuring charges)
- Adjusted EBITDA of $28 million was up 11% compared to
the prior year, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 6.5%, up 120 bp
versus the prior year
Cash Flow Review
- Net cash provided by operating activities of $51 million
for the first nine months of the year, up $19 million, or 60%,
versus the same period last year
- Free cash flow of $34 million for the first nine months
of the year, up $50 million versus the same period last year
- Leverage ratio of 4.2x EBITDAR at the end of the third
quarter versus covenant maximum of 5.0x for the quarter
Financial Outlook
With ongoing weakness in the bedding industry, the company has
updated its full-year 2024 adjusted EBITDA outlook to a revised
range of $115 million to $125 million. The company expects 2024
full-year net sales to be down approximately 10%, consistent with
year-to-date net sales performance. The company’s outlook includes
at least 150 basis points of gross margin rate improvement for the
year. The company expects to generate $10 million to $20 million of
free cash flow for the year with capital expenditures of
approximately $25 million.
CEO Retirement and Board and Governance Changes
In a separate release today, the company announced the
following:
- Ibach to retire no later than the 2025 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”), following a comprehensive
search to identify her successor conducted by an independent
executive search firm
- Ibach will not stand for reelection to the Board at the 2025
Annual Meeting, at which time, the Board intends to appoint Michael
J. Harrison as independent Chair of the Board
- The Board intends to reduce its size, with two longer serving
directors to retire at or before the 2026 Annual Meeting
- The Board intends to amend the company’s governing documents,
requesting shareholder approval at the 2025 Annual Meeting to begin
a process to declassify the Board and adopt a majority voting
standard for approval of mergers and amendments to the company’s
Articles of Incorporation
The full announcement is available here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/54144842/en
Conference Call Information
Management will host its regularly scheduled conference call to
discuss the company’s results at 5 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. CDT; 2 p.m.
PDT) today. To access the webcast, please visit the investor
relations area of the Sleep Number website at
https://ir.sleepnumber.com. The webcast replay will remain
available for approximately 60 days. We have also posted an updated
investor presentation to the investor relations area of the Sleep
Number website.
About Sleep Number Corporation
Sleep Number is a wellness technology company. We are guided by
our purpose to improve the health and wellbeing of society through
higher quality sleep; to date, our innovations have improved nearly
16 million lives. Our wellness technology platform helps solve
sleep problems, whether it’s providing individualized temperature
control for each sleeper through our Climate360® smart bed or
applying our more than 29 billion hours of longitudinal sleep data
and expertise to research with global institutions.
Our smart bed ecosystem drives best-in-class engagement through
dynamic, adjustable, and effortless sleep with personalized digital
sleep and health insights; our millions of Smart Sleepers are loyal
brand advocates. And our 3,700 mission-driven team members
passionately innovate to drive value creation through our
vertically integrated business model, including our exclusive
direct-to-consumer selling in nearly 650 stores and online.
To learn more about life-changing, individualized sleep, visit a
Sleep Number® store near you, our newsroom and investor relations
sites, or SleepNumber.com
Forward-looking Statements
Statements used in this news release relating to future plans,
events, financial results or performance, such as the statements
that the company is driving sustainable operating model
improvements and contributing to its increased financial
flexibility and durability, continues to leverage its innovation
superiority to provide customers with life-changing sleep
solutions, and is positioned for continued market leadership and to
accelerate profitable growth and value creation for all
stakeholders when demand recovers; statements about the company’s
financial outlook, including the company’s expected 2024 adjusted
EBITDA and future net sales, demand, gross margin, and free cash
flow expectations; and statements about its CEO and Board
retirements and governance changes are forward-looking statements
subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause the
company’s results to differ materially. The most important risks
and uncertainties are described in the company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including in Item 1A of the
company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made,
and the company does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statement.
SLEEP NUMBER
CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of
Operations
(unaudited – in thousands,
except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
September 28,
2024
% of
Net Sales
September 30,
2023
% of
Net Sales
Net sales
$
426,617
100.0
%
$
472,648
100.0
%
Cost of sales
167,089
39.2
%
201,537
42.6
%
Gross profit
259,528
60.8
%
271,111
57.4
%
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
205,480
48.2
%
221,143
46.8
%
General and administrative
33,070
7.8
%
31,948
6.8
%
Research and development
10,583
2.5
%
12,633
2.7
%
Restructuring costs
1,963
0.5
%
—
0.0
%
Total operating expenses
251,096
58.9
%
265,724
56.2
%
Operating income
8,432
2.0
%
5,387
1.1
%
Interest expense, net
12,057
2.8
%
10,958
2.3
%
Loss before income taxes
(3,625
)
(0.8
%)
(5,571
)
(1.2
%)
Income tax benefit
(489
)
(0.1
%)
(3,253
)
(0.7
%)
Net loss
$
(3,136
)
(0.7
%)
$
(2,318
)
(0.5
%)
Net loss per share – basic
$
(0.14
)
$
(0.10
)
Net loss per share – diluted
$
(0.14
)
$
(0.10
)
Reconciliation of weighted-average
shares outstanding:
Basic weighted-average shares
outstanding
22,643
22,479
Dilutive effect of stock-based awards
—
—
Diluted weighted-average shares
outstanding
22,643
22,479
For the three months ended September 28,
2024 and September 30,2023, potentially dilutive stock-based awards
have been excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted-average
shares outstanding, as their inclusion would have had an
anti-dilutive effect on our net loss per diluted share.
SLEEP NUMBER
CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of
Operations
(unaudited – in thousands,
except per share amounts)
Nine Months Ended
September 28,
2024
% of
Net Sales
September 30,
2023
% of
Net Sales
Net sales
$
1,305,479
100.0
%
$
1,457,964
100.0
%
Cost of sales
528,287
40.5
%
612,343
42.0
%
Gross profit
777,192
59.5
%
845,621
58.0
%
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
596,392
45.7
%
649,410
44.5
%
General and administrative
111,722
8.6
%
111,144
7.6
%
Research and development
34,602
2.7
%
42,521
2.9
%
Restructuring costs
14,382
1.1
%
—
0.0
%
Total operating expenses
757,098
58.0
%
803,075
55.1
%
Operating income
20,094
1.5
%
42,546
2.9
%
Interest expense, net
36,626
2.8
%
30,008
2.1
%
(Loss) income before income taxes
(16,532
)
(1.3
%)
12,538
0.9
%
Income tax (benefit) expense
(863
)
(0.1
%)
2,637
0.2
%
Net (loss) income
$
(15,669
)
(1.2
%)
$
9,901
0.7
%
Net (loss) income per share – basic
$
(0.69
)
$
0.44
Net (loss) income per share – diluted
$
(0.69
)
$
0.44
Reconciliation of weighted-average
shares outstanding:
Basic weighted-average shares
outstanding
22,588
22,412
Dilutive effect of stock-based awards
—
146
Diluted weighted-average shares
outstanding
22,588
22,558
For the nine months ended September 28,
2024, potentially dilutive stock-based awards have been excluded
from the calculation of diluted weighted-average shares
outstanding, as their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive
effect on our net loss per diluted share.
SLEEP NUMBER
CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance
Sheets
(unaudited – in thousands,
except per share amounts)
subject to
reclassification
September 28,
2024
December 30,
2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,592
$
2,539
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of
$1,134 and $1,437, respectively
17,026
26,859
Inventories
93,039
115,433
Prepaid expenses
17,827
16,660
Other current assets
40,784
44,637
Total current assets
170,268
206,128
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net
140,406
179,503
Operating lease right-of-use assets
367,133
395,411
Goodwill and intangible assets, net
66,468
66,634
Deferred income taxes
27,267
20,253
Other non-current assets
93,109
82,951
Total assets
$
864,651
$
950,880
Liabilities and Shareholders’
Deficit
Current liabilities:
Borrowings under revolving credit
facility
$
516,500
$
539,500
Accounts payable
127,990
135,901
Customer prepayments
43,514
49,143
Accrued sales returns
19,688
22,402
Compensation and benefits
28,909
28,273
Taxes and withholding
17,685
17,134
Operating lease liabilities
82,488
81,760
Other current liabilities
57,268
61,958
Total current liabilities
894,042
936,071
Non-current liabilities:
Operating lease liabilities
318,665
351,394
Other non-current liabilities
100,728
105,343
Total non-current liabilities
419,393
456,737
Total liabilities
1,313,435
1,392,808
Shareholders’ deficit:
Undesignated preferred stock; 5,000 shares
authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
—
—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 142,500
shares authorized, 22,371 and 22,235 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively
224
222
Additional paid-in capital
25,527
16,716
Accumulated deficit
(474,535
)
(458,866
)
Total shareholders’ deficit
(448,784
)
(441,928
)
Total liabilities and shareholders’
deficit
$
864,651
$
950,880
SLEEP NUMBER
CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows
(unaudited – in
thousands)
subject to
reclassification
Nine Months Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income
$
(15,669
)
$
9,901
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income
to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
50,379
55,196
Stock-based compensation
9,541
10,872
Net loss on disposals and impairments of
assets
2,457
464
Deferred income taxes
(7,014
)
(13,433
)
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable
9,833
7,374
Inventories
22,394
(2,190
)
Income taxes
1,708
3,571
Prepaid expenses and other assets
(8,012
)
(5,903
)
Accounts payable
4,980
5,199
Customer prepayments
(5,629
)
(27,279
)
Accrued compensation and benefits
788
(6,923
)
Other taxes and withholding
(1,157
)
5
Other accruals and liabilities
(13,775
)
(5,038
)
Net cash provided by operating
activities
50,824
31,816
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(17,218
)
(48,022
)
Proceeds from sales of property and
equipment
156
10
Issuance of notes receivable
(2,942
)
(1,317
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(20,004
)
(49,329
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net (decrease) increase in short-term
borrowings
(31,039
)
20,334
Repurchases of common stock
(728
)
(3,711
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
—
428
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
activities
(31,767
)
16,627
Net decrease in cash and cash
equivalents
(947
)
(886
)
Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of
period
2,539
1,792
Cash and cash equivalents, at end of
period
$
1,592
$
906
SLEEP NUMBER
CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Supplemental Financial
Information
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Percent of sales:
Retail stores
87.8
%
86.6
%
87.9
%
87.1
%
Online, phone, chat and other
12.2
%
13.4
%
12.1
%
12.9
%
Total Company
100.0
%
100.0
%
100.0
%
100.0
%
Sales change rates:
Retail comparable-store sales
(7
%)
(14
%)
(9
%)
(11
%)
Online, phone and chat
(18
%)
(14
%)
(17
%)
(13
%)
Total Retail comparable sales change
(9
%)
(14
%)
(10
%)
(11
%)
Net opened/closed stores and other
(1
%)
1
%
0
%
1
%
Total Company
(10
%)
(13
%)
(10
%)
(10
%)
Stores open:
Beginning of period
646
672
672
670
Opened
1
8
11
27
Closed
(4
)
(2
)
(40
)
(19
)
End of period
643
678
643
678
Other metrics:
Average sales per store ($ in 000's) 1
$
2,670
$
2,952
Average sales per square foot 1
$
863
$
963
Stores > $2 million net sales 2
60
%
67
%
Stores > $3 million net sales 2
20
%
27
%
Average revenue per smart bed unit 3
$
5,771
$
5,640
$
5,778
$
5,822
1
Trailing twelve months Total Retail
comparable sales per store open at least one year.
2
Trailing twelve months for stores open at
least one year (excludes online, phone and chat sales).
3
Represents Total Retail (stores, online,
phone and chat) net sales divided by Total Retail smart bed
units.
SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Earnings before Interest,
Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)
(in thousands)
We define earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) as net income plus:
income tax expense, interest expense, depreciation and
amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring costs and
asset impairments. Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is a useful
indicator of our financial performance and our ability to generate
cash from operating activities. Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA
may not be comparable to similarly titled definitions used by other
companies. The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA, which is a
non-GAAP financial measure, to the comparable GAAP financial
measure:
Three Months Ended
Trailing Twelve Months
Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Net (loss) income
$
(3,136
)
$
(2,318
)
$
(40,857
)
$
4,471
Income tax (benefit) expense
(489
)
(3,253
)
(7,966
)
1,346
Interest expense
12,057
10,958
49,313
37,641
Depreciation and amortization
15,859
18,200
67,335
72,338
Stock-based compensation
1,432
982
13,523
15,511
Restructuring costs 1
1,963
—
30,110
—
Asset impairments
—
292
198
491
Adjusted EBITDA
$
27,686
$
24,861
$
111,656
$
131,798
1
Represents costs related to business
restructuring actions initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal
2023.
Free Cash Flow
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended
Trailing Twelve Months
Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities
$
50,824
$
31,816
$
9,980
$
(12,168
)
Subtract: Purchases of property and
equipment
17,218
48,022
26,252
64,668
Free cash flow
$
33,606
$
(16,206
)
$
(16,272
)
$
(76,836
)
Note - Our Adjusted EBITDA calculations
and Free Cash Flow data are considered non-GAAP financial measures
and are not in accordance with, or preferable to, "as reported," or
GAAP financial data. However, we are providing this information as
we believe it facilitates analysis of the Company's financial
performance by investors and financial analysts.
GAAP - generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S.
SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Calculation of Net Leverage
Ratio under Revolving Credit Facility
(in thousands)
Our calculation of Net Leverage Ratio
under Revolving Credit Facility was changed effective with the
amendment of our credit facility on November 2, 2023. Prior to the
amendment, the calculation included capitalized operating lease
obligations based on a multiple of six times annual rent expense.
The amendment replaced this line item with operating lease
liabilities included in our financial statements under ASC 842. The
calculations in accordance with the November 2, 2023 amendment are
presented below. The prior year is presented in conformity with the
November 2, 2023 amendment.
Trailing Twelve Months
Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Borrowings under revolving credit
facility
$
516,500
$
488,000
Outstanding letters of credit
7,147
7,147
Finance lease obligations
261
338
Consolidated funded indebtedness
$
523,908
$
495,485
Operating lease liabilities 1
401,153
439,722
Total debt including operating lease
liabilities (a)
$
925,061
$
935,207
Adjusted EBITDA (see above)
$
111,656
$
131,798
Consolidated rent expense
108,863
113,204
Consolidated EBITDAR (b)
$
220,519
$
245,002
Net Leverage Ratio under revolving credit
facility (a divided by b)
4.2 to 1.0
3.8 to 1.0
1
Reflects operating lease liabilities
included in our financial statements under ASC 842. The prior
period has been updated to reflect this calculation.
Note - Our Net Leverage Ratio under Revolving Credit Facility,
Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDAR calculations are considered non-GAAP
financial measures and are not in accordance with, or preferable
to, "as reported," or GAAP financial data. However, we are
providing this information as we believe it facilitates analysis of
the Company's financial performance by investors and financial
analysts.
GAAP - generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.
SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Calculation of Return on
Invested Capital (Adjusted ROIC)
(in thousands)
Adjusted ROIC is a financial measure we
use to determine how efficiently we deploy our capital. It
quantifies the return we earn on our adjusted invested capital.
Management believes Adjusted ROIC is also a useful metric for
investors and financial analysts. We compute Adjusted ROIC as
outlined below. Our definition and calculation of Adjusted ROIC may
not be comparable to similarly titled definitions and calculations
used by other companies. The tables below reconcile adjusted net
operating profit after taxes (Adjusted NOPAT) and total adjusted
invested capital, which are non-GAAP financial measures, to the
comparable GAAP financial measures:
Trailing Twelve Months
Ended
September 28,
2024
September 30,
2023
Adjusted net
operating profit after taxes (Adjusted NOPAT)
Operating income
$
490
$
43,458
Add: Operating lease interest 1
27,371
27,497
Less: Income taxes 2
(5,474
)
(1,168
)
Adjusted NOPAT
$
22,387
$
69,787
Average adjusted
invested capital
Total deficit
$
(448,784
)
$
(420,687
)
Add: Long-term debt 3
516,761
488,338
Add: Operating lease liabilities 4
401,153
439,722
Total adjusted invested capital at end of
period
$
469,130
$
507,373
Average adjusted invested capital 5
$
502,494
$
469,782
Adjusted ROIC 6
4.5
%
14.9
%
1
Represents the interest expense component
of lease expense included in our financial statements under ASC
842, Leases.
2
Reflects annual effective income tax
rates, before discrete adjustments, of 19.6% and 1.6% for September
28, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.
3
Long-term debt includes existing finance
lease liabilities.
4
Reflects operating lease liabilities
included in our financial statements under ASC 842.
5
Average adjusted invested capital
represents the average of the last five fiscal quarters' ending
adjusted invested capital balances.
6
Adjusted ROIC equals Adjusted NOPAT
divided by average adjusted invested capital.
Note - The Company's Adjusted ROIC
calculation and data are considered non-GAAP financial measures and
are not in accordance with, or preferable to, GAAP financial data.
However, we are providing this information as we believe it
facilitates analysis of the Company's financial performance by
investors and financial analysts. The Company updated its Adjusted
ROIC calculation effective beginning with the reporting period
ended December 31, 2022, to reflect adjustments consistent with ASC
842.
GAAP - generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S.
SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Reported to Adjusted
Statements of Operations Data Reconciliation
(in thousands, except per
share amounts)
Three Months Ended
September 28, 2024
September 30, 2023
As
Reported
Restructuring Costs
1,2
As
Adjusted
As
Reported
Operating income
$
8,432
$
1,963
$
10,395
$
5,387
Interest expense, net
12,057
—
12,057
10,958
Loss before income taxes
(3,625
)
1,963
(1,662
)
(5,571
)
Income tax (benefit) expense
(489
)
465
(24
)
(3,253
)
Net loss
$
(3,136
)
$
1,498
$
(1,638
)
$
(2,318
)
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic
$
(0.14
)
$
0.07
$
(0.07
)
$
(0.10
)
Diluted
$
(0.14
)
$
0.07
$
(0.07
)
$
(0.10
)
Basic Shares
22,643
22,643
22,643
22,479
Diluted Shares
22,643
22,643
22,643
22,479
Nine Months Ended
September 28, 2024
September 30, 2023
As
Reported
Restructuring Costs
1,2
As
Adjusted
As
Reported
Operating income
$
20,094
$
14,382
$
34,476
$
42,546
Interest expense, net
36,626
—
36,626
30,008
(Loss) income before income taxes
(16,532
)
14,382
(2,150
)
12,538
Income tax (benefit) expense
(863
)
3,409
2,546
2,637
Net (loss) income
$
(15,669
)
$
10,973
$
(4,696
)
$
9,901
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic
$
(0.69
)
$
0.49
$
(0.20
)
$
0.44
Diluted
$
(0.69
)
$
0.49
$
(0.20
)
$
0.44
Basic Shares
22,588
22,588
22,588
22,412
Diluted Shares
22,588
22,588
22,588
22,558
1
Represents costs related to business
restructuring actions initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal
2023.
2
The income tax expense is calculated using
the estimated U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of
23.7%.
Note - Our "as adjusted" data is
considered a non-GAAP financial measure and is not in accordance
with, or preferable to, "as reported," or GAAP financial data.
However, we are providing this information as we believe it
facilitates year-over-year comparisons for investors and financial
analysts.
GAAP - generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S.
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