Q2 2026 Dixie Group Inc Earnings Call

August 6, 2026

Speaker #1: Good day, and welcome to the Dixie Group 2026 second quarter earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Chief Operating Officer Kennedy Frierson.

Operator: Good day, and welcome to The Dixie Group, Inc. 2026 Q2 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Chief Operating Officer, Kennedy Frierson. Please go ahead.

Speaker #1: Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: Thank you, Maria. And welcome, everyone, to our 2026 second quarter conference call. As reported last month by FloorDaily.net, my father, Dan Frierson, Chairman and CEO of The Dixie Group, had a bad fall on July 5th, which required surgery the following day to the pelvis and hip area.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Thank you, Maria, and welcome everyone to our 2026 Q2 conference call. As reported last month by FloorDaily.net, my father, Dan Frierson, Chairman and CEO of The Dixie Group, had a bad fall on 5 July, which required surgery the following day to the pelvis and hip area. He is continuing to recover extremely well at home and will be back in short order when his recovery is complete. I will be sitting in for him today for the conference call. With me, I have Allen Danzey, our Chief Financial Officer. Our safe harbor statement is included by reference both to our website and press release. For the Q2 2026, the company's net sales were flat with last year at $68.6 million.

Kennedy Frierson: Thank you, Maria, and welcome everyone to our 2026 Q2 conference call. As reported last month by FloorDaily.net, my father, Dan Frierson, Chairman and CEO of The Dixie Group, had a bad fall on 5 July, which required surgery the following day to the pelvis and hip area. He is continuing to recover extremely well at home and will be back in short order when his recovery is complete. I will be sitting in for him today for the conference call. With me, I have Allen Danzey, our Chief Financial Officer. Our safe harbor statement is included by reference both to our website and press release. For the Q2 2026, the company's net sales were flat with last year at $68.6 million.

Speaker #3: He is continuing to recover extremely well at home, and will be back in short order when his recovery is complete. I will be sitting in for him today for the conference call.

Speaker #3: With me, I have Alan Danzy, our Chief Financial Officer, our Safe Harbor Statement is included by reference both to our website and press release.

Speaker #3: For the second quarter of 2026, the company's net sales were flat with last year at $68.6 million. The company had an operating income of $3,093,000 in the second quarter of 2026, compared to an operating income of $3,189,000 in the second quarter of the previous year.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: The company had an operating income of $3,093,000 in the Q2 2026, compared to an operating income of $3,189,000 in the Q2 of the previous year. The net income from continuing operations in the Q2 2026 was $1,130,000 or $0.07 per diluted share, versus net income of $1,254,000 or $0.08 per diluted share in the Q2 2025. At this time, Allen will review our financial results, after which I will have additional comments regarding these results.

Kennedy Frierson: The company had an operating income of $3,093,000 in the Q2 2026, compared to an operating income of $3,189,000 in the Q2 of the previous year. The net income from continuing operations in the Q2 2026 was $1,130,000 or $0.07 per diluted share, versus net income of $1,254,000 or $0.08 per diluted share in the Q2 2025. At this time, Allen will review our financial results, after which I will have additional comments regarding these results.

Speaker #3: The net income from continuing operations in the second quarter of 2026 was $1,130,000 or 7 cents per diluted share, versus net income of $1,254,000 or 8 cents per diluted share in the second quarter of 2025.

Speaker #3: At this time, Alan will review our financial results after which I will have additional comments regarding these results.

Speaker #4: Thank you, Kennedy. As Kennedy said, our second quarter net sales at $68.6 million were closely in line with the same quarter in the prior year, but we were able to report a higher gross profit margin at for 2026 at 29.5% compared to 29.2% in 2025.

Allen Danzey: Thank you, Kennedy. As Kennedy said, our Q2 net sales at $68.6 million were closely in line with the same quarter in the prior year. We were able to report a higher gross profit margin for 2026 at 29.5% compared to 29.2% in 2025. On the year-to-date, net sales were $128 million compared to $132 million in the prior year. The 2026 year-to-date gross profit margin was 30.9% or 2.8% higher than prior year. This did include the favorable impact of recording the IEEPA tariff refund in the first quarter. Adjusted for that refund, the 2026 year-to-date gross profit margin would be 29.1% compared to the 28.1% margin in the prior year. The improved margins in 2026, despite the lower year-over-year net sales, was the result of cost reductions and profit improvement initiatives implemented in 2025 and the early part of this year.

Speaker #4: On the year-to-date, net sales were $128 million compared to $132 million in the prior year. The 2026 year-to-date gross profit margin was 30.9% or 2.8% higher than prior year, but this did include the favorable impact of recording the IEPA tariff refund in the first quarter.

Speaker #4: Adjusted for that refund, the 2026 year-to-date gross profit margin would be 29.1% compared to the 28.1% margin in the prior year. The improved margins in 2026, despite the lower year-over-year net sales, was the result of cost reductions and profit improvement initiatives implemented in 2025 in the early part of this year.

Speaker #4: Selling and administrative expenses were relatively flat year-over-year in the second quarter, but are 3% lower on the year-to-date. Our facility costs excuse me, our facility consolidation expense in the second quarter of 2026 included $389,000 for a cost-saving initiative to consolidate a portion of our West Coast yarn processing to our existing plant in Roanoke, Alabama.

Allen Danzey: Selling and administrative expenses were relatively flat year-over-year in Q2. They are 3% lower on the year-to-date. Our facility consolidation expense in Q2 of 2026 included $389,000 for a cost-saving initiative to consolidate a portion of our West Coast yarn processing to our existing plant in Roanoke, Alabama. Our interest expense on Q2 was $2 million, compared to $1.9 million in the prior year. On the year, interest expense was $3.9 million, compared to $3.4 million in the prior year. For Q2 of 2026, we had a net income of $1.1 million and $2.2 million on the year-to-date. The prior year net income was $1.2 million on Q2 and a loss of $537,000 for the six-month period.

Speaker #4: Our interest expense on the quarter was $2 million compared to $1.9 million in the prior year. On the year interest expense was $3.9 million compared to $3.4 million in the prior year.

Speaker #4: For the second quarter of 2026, we had a net income of $1.1 million and $2.2 million on the year-to-date. The prior year net income was $1.2 million on the quarter and a loss of $537,000 for the six-month period.

Speaker #4: On our balance sheet, our quarter-end net receivable balance is excluding the IEPA tariff receivable was $27.8 million. Compared to the prior year-end balance of $23 million.

Allen Danzey: On our balance sheet, our quarter-end net receivable balance, excluding the IEEPA tariff receivable, was $27.8 million, compared to the prior year-end balance of $23 million. This increase was driven by higher sales activity in the final month of Q2 compared to year-end. Our net inventory balance was also up slightly over year-end at $67 million in Q2 compared to $66.4 million at year-end 2025. Accounts payable and accrued expenses were $42.2 million compared to $38.8 million at the end of the previous year as a result of the higher volume compared to the seasonally low year-end. Net property plant and equipment decreased by $2.2 million from prior year, which included $2.3 million in depreciation. Capital expenditure was $175,000. The debt on our balance sheet increased by $1 million from year-end.

Speaker #4: This increase was driven by higher sales activity in the final month of the second quarter compared to year-end. Our net inventory balance was also up slightly over year-end at $67 million and quarter two compared to $66.4 million at year-end 2025.

Speaker #4: Accounts payable and accrued expenses were $42.2 million compared to $38.8 million at the end of the previous year as a result of the higher volume compared to the seasonally low year-end.

Speaker #4: Net property, plant, and equipment decreased by $2.2 million from the prior year, which included $2.3 million in depreciation. Capital expenditures were $175,000. The debt on our balance sheet increased by $1 million from year-end.

Speaker #4: Our availability to borrow today under our senior credit facility is estimated to be approximately $13.3 million which is subject to a $6 million excess availability requirement.

Allen Danzey: Our availability to borrow today under our senior credit facility is estimated to be approximately $13.3 million, which is subject to a $6 million excess availability requirement. Our investor presentation is available on our website at thedixiegroup.com. Kennedy?

Speaker #4: Our investor presentation is available on our website at DixieGroup.com. Kennedy?

Speaker #3: Thank you, Alan. We were encouraged by our slightly higher gross margins of 29.5% for the second quarter versus 29.2% in the prior year on flat sales but slightly lower unit volumes.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Thank you, Allen. We were encouraged by our slightly higher gross margins of 29.5% for Q2 versus 29.2% in the prior year on flat sales but slightly lower unit volumes. Although we saw raw material increases in Q2, the results of our profit improvement initiatives drove this improvement. As mentioned last quarter, we did increase prices in Q2 to offset some of these raw material increases. We expect that our profit improvement plan will contribute approximately $17 million in year-over-year cost reductions and profit enhancements. The downsizing of our Porterville, California, yarn processing operation is substantially complete, and we should begin to see benefits in H2 of this year from this action. The restructuring costs recognized in Q2 for this downsizing were nearly $400,000, with another approximate $100,000 to be recognized in Q3.

Kennedy Frierson: Thank you, Allen. We were encouraged by our slightly higher gross margins of 29.5% for Q2 versus 29.2% in the prior year on flat sales but slightly lower unit volumes. Although we saw raw material increases in Q2, the results of our profit improvement initiatives drove this improvement. As mentioned last quarter, we did increase prices in Q2 to offset some of these raw material increases. We expect that our profit improvement plan will contribute approximately $17 million in year-over-year cost reductions and profit enhancements. The downsizing of our Porterville, California, yarn processing operation is substantially complete, and we should begin to see benefits in H2 of this year from this action. The restructuring costs recognized in Q2 for this downsizing were nearly $400,000, with another approximate $100,000 to be recognized in Q3.

Speaker #3: Although we saw raw material increases in the second quarter, the results of our profit improvement initiatives drove this improvement. As mentioned last quarter, we had a we did increase prices in the second quarter to offset some of these raw material increases.

Speaker #3: We expect that our profit improvement plan will contribute approximately $17 million in year-over-year cost reductions and profit enhancements. The downsizing of our Porterville, California yarn processing operation is substantially complete, and we should begin to see benefits in the second half of this year from this action.

Speaker #3: The restructuring costs recognized in the second quarter for this downsizing were nearly $400,000, with another approximate $100,000 to be recognized in the third quarter.

Speaker #3: These restructuring costs for the quarter explain the lower net income from continuing operations in second quarter 2026 versus prior year even with the slightly higher gross margin on flat sales and flat SG&A spending year-over-year.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: These restructuring costs for the quarter explain the lower net income from continuing operations in Q2 2026 versus prior year, even with the slightly higher gross margin on flat sales and flat SG&A spending year-over-year. As mentioned previously, our net sales were flat with slight improvement in our soft surface business, similar to the residential carpet industry results. However, we do not believe that the slight improvement that was seen in residential soft surface during Q2 means that we are in the recovery phase yet. Our Fabrica wood continued to show significant growth during the period. The tariff transition from Section 232 to Section 301 tariffs on 24 July was pretty much a non-event, as some countries moved from 10% to 12.5% tariff rates.

Kennedy Frierson: These restructuring costs for the quarter explain the lower net income from continuing operations in Q2 2026 versus prior year, even with the slightly higher gross margin on flat sales and flat SG&A spending year-over-year. As mentioned previously, our net sales were flat with slight improvement in our soft surface business, similar to the residential carpet industry results. However, we do not believe that the slight improvement that was seen in residential soft surface during Q2 means that we are in the recovery phase yet. Our Fabrica wood continued to show significant growth during the period. The tariff transition from Section 232 to Section 301 tariffs on 24 July was pretty much a non-event, as some countries moved from 10% to 12.5% tariff rates.

Speaker #3: As mentioned previously, our net sales were flat with slight improvement in our soft surface business similar to the residential carpet industry results. However, we do not believe that the slight improvement that was seen in residential soft surface during the second quarter means that we are in the recovery phase yet.

Speaker #3: Our Fabricawood continued to show significant growth during the period. The tariff transition from Section 122 to Section 301 tariffs on July 24th was pretty much a non-event, as some countries moved from 10% to 12.5% tariff rates this was a welcome relief in terms of the magnitude of volatility that we have seen in this area since Liberation Day in April 2025.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: This was a welcome relief in terms of the magnitude of volatility that we have seen in this area since Liberation Day in April 2025. Our order activity for the first five weeks of Q3 has been higher than prior year in the mid-single-digit range with greater strength in soft surfaces. However, market conditions remain extremely challenging. Historically low existing home sales, high mortgage interest rates, and economic uncertainty from Middle East conflicts have dampened the benefit of record stock market highs. We are still unsure when existing home sales will improve from the current level of 4 million units per year, a 30-year low where we have been stuck for over three and a half years. Our focus continues to be the creation of differentiated styles for the mid to high-end consumer, with an emphasis on color pattern and textural visuals.

Kennedy Frierson: This was a welcome relief in terms of the magnitude of volatility that we have seen in this area since Liberation Day in April 2025. Our order activity for the first five weeks of Q3 has been higher than prior year in the mid-single-digit range with greater strength in soft surfaces. However, market conditions remain extremely challenging. Historically low existing home sales, high mortgage interest rates, and economic uncertainty from Middle East conflicts have dampened the benefit of record stock market highs. We are still unsure when existing home sales will improve from the current level of 4 million units per year, a 30-year low where we have been stuck for over three and a half years. Our focus continues to be the creation of differentiated styles for the mid to high-end consumer, with an emphasis on color pattern and textural visuals.

Speaker #3: Our order activity for the first five weeks of the third quarter has been higher than prior year in the mid-single-digit range with greater strength in soft surfaces.

Speaker #3: However, market conditions remain extremely challenging. Historically low existing home sales, high mortgage interest rates, and economic uncertainty from Middle East conflicts have dampened the benefit of record stock market highs.

Speaker #3: We are still unsure when existing home sales will improve from the current level of 4 million units per year a 30-year low where we have been stuck for over three and a half years.

Speaker #3: Our focus continues to be the creation of differentiated styles for the mid to high-end consumer with an emphasis on color pattern and textural visuals.

Speaker #3: In our soft surface offerings, we remain committed to our step-into-color campaign and believe that our ability to provide more extensive and on-trend color palettes remains a key differentiator in our offerings.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: In our soft surface offerings, we remain committed to our Step into Color campaign and believe that our ability to provide more extensive and on-trend color palettes remains a key differentiator in our offerings. We will remain focused on reducing expenses, improving our profitability during this challenging period of economic uncertainty and housing market struggles. We are encouraged by recent initiatives and legislation at the federal level to drive improvement in the housing market. Resolution to current Middle East conflicts and improvement in the housing market will be the key components to the recovery of the flooring market. At this time, we will open the meeting to questions.

Kennedy Frierson: In our soft surface offerings, we remain committed to our Step into Color campaign and believe that our ability to provide more extensive and on-trend color palettes remains a key differentiator in our offerings. We will remain focused on reducing expenses, improving our profitability during this challenging period of economic uncertainty and housing market struggles. We are encouraged by recent initiatives and legislation at the federal level to drive improvement in the housing market. Resolution to current Middle East conflicts and improvement in the housing market will be the key components to the recovery of the flooring market. At this time, we will open the meeting to questions.

Speaker #3: We will remain focused on reducing expenses, improving our profitability during this challenging period of economic uncertainty, and housing market struggles. We are encouraged by recent initiatives in legislation at the federal level to drive improvement in the housing market.

Speaker #3: Resolution to current Middle East conflicts and improvement in the housing market will be the key components to the recovery of the flooring market. At this time, we will open the meeting to questions.

Operator 2: Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment please while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from Barry Blank with J.H. Darbie & Co. Please proceed with your question.

Operator: Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment please while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from Barry Blank with J.H. Darbie & Co. Please proceed with your question.

Speaker #1: Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad.

Speaker #1: A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you would like to remove your question from the queue.

Speaker #1: For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment, please, while we poll for questions.

Speaker #1: Our first question comes from Barry Blank with JH Darby & Co. Please proceed with your question.

Speaker #5: Yes. Good morning. First question is, are you seeing more consolidation in the industry, or has that slowed down any?

Barry Blank: Yes, good morning. First question is, are you seeing more consolidation in the industry, or has that slowed down any?

Speaker #3: Well, Barry, good to hear from you. I'm glad you were able to, make the call. we have not really seen much more consolidation on the certainly on the soft surface side as, most of that consolidation has occurred over the last 10 to 20 years.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Well, Barry, good to hear from you. I'm glad you were able to make the call. We have not really seen much more consolidation, certainly on the soft surface side, as most of that consolidation has occurred over the last 10 to 20 years. Also on the hard surface side, there continue to be a large number of suppliers of a lot of imported flooring. In general, we have not seen a significant consolidation at this point in terms of the suppliers of flooring products to the industry.

Kennedy Frierson: Well, Barry, good to hear from you. I'm glad you were able to make the call. We have not really seen much more consolidation, certainly on the soft surface side, as most of that consolidation has occurred over the last 10 to 20 years. Also on the hard surface side, there continue to be a large number of suppliers of a lot of imported flooring. In general, we have not seen a significant consolidation at this point in terms of the suppliers of flooring products to the industry.

Speaker #3: and also on the hard surface side, there continue to be, a large number of, suppliers, of a lot of imported flooring. So in general, we have not seen, a significant consolidation at this point in terms of the, suppliers of flooring products to the industry.

Speaker #5: what is your feeling on the progress that you're making on the hard surface?

Barry Blank: What is your feeling on the progress that you're making on the hard surface?

Speaker #3: Well, it's, a, a little bit of a tale of two cities. We feel extremely good about the progress we're making with our Fabricawood wood program.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Well, it's a little bit of a tale of two cities. We feel extremely good about the progress we're making with our Fabrica wood program. We have not performed as well with our hard surface in the resilient category and our TRUCOR brand. We are doing several things this year to improve that and are starting to see some progress in that area. We have not performed as well as the industry in the resilient category over the last 18 months or so. We do expect to be able to get that going again, it has not been as strong a part for us as our wood program and our soft surface.

Kennedy Frierson: Well, it's a little bit of a tale of two cities. We feel extremely good about the progress we're making with our Fabrica wood program. We have not performed as well with our hard surface in the resilient category and our TRUCOR brand. We are doing several things this year to improve that and are starting to see some progress in that area. We have not performed as well as the industry in the resilient category over the last 18 months or so. We do expect to be able to get that going again, it has not been as strong a part for us as our wood program and our soft surface.

Speaker #3: We have, not performed as well with our hard surface in the resilient category and our TrueCore brand. We are doing several things this year, to, improve that and, and, are starting that area.

Speaker #3: But we have we have not performed as well as the industry in the resilient category over the last, 18 months or so. We do expect to be able to, get that, going again, but, it has not been as, as, a strong apart for us as our, our wood program and, and our soft surface.

Speaker #5: One more quick question. What is your feeling on when this, the housing downturn that we had will stop and turn around? I know it depends on interest rates, but are you seeing are you seeing any movement in that area, or is it still pretty flat?

Barry Blank: One more quick question. What is your feeling on when the housing downturn that we had will stop and turn around? I know it depends on interest rates, are you seeing any movement in that area, or is it still pretty flat?

Speaker #3: It's, it's still very tough, Barry. you know, unfortunately, as soon as we start to see, momentum, you know, interest rates, 30-year mortgage interest rates dip below 6% at the end of February, and a few days after that, we entered the conflict, with Iran.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: It's still very tough, Barry. Unfortunately, as soon as we start to see momentum, 30-year mortgage interest rates dip below 6% at the end of February, a few days after that, we entered the conflict with Iran. At this point, we've continued to see interest rates go up, and I think that disrupted some of that activity. The medium long-term is very positive, we have yet to see those short-term indicators that that tide has turned. We are encouraged. I think JPMorgan has pledged a significant amount of money to help in terms of affordable housing and supporting the housing market. Congress certainly has gotten involved, and there are a lot of people that understand that's an important part of the American economy and really the American dream for the people in this country.

Kennedy Frierson: It's still very tough, Barry. Unfortunately, as soon as we start to see momentum, 30-year mortgage interest rates dip below 6% at the end of February, a few days after that, we entered the conflict with Iran. At this point, we've continued to see interest rates go up, and I think that disrupted some of that activity. The medium long-term is very positive, we have yet to see those short-term indicators that that tide has turned. We are encouraged. I think JPMorgan has pledged a significant amount of money to help in terms of affordable housing and supporting the housing market. Congress certainly has gotten involved, and there are a lot of people that understand that's an important part of the American economy and really the American dream for the people in this country.

Speaker #3: And, at this point, we've continued to see interest rates go up, and, and I think that disrupted some of that activity. the, the, the medium-long term, you know, is very positive, but we have yet to see, those short-term indicators that, you know, that tide has turned.

Speaker #3: We are encouraged. There was—I think JPMorgan has pledged a significant amount of money to help in terms of affordable housing and supporting the housing market.

Speaker #3: Congress certainly has, has gotten involved, and there are a lot of people that understand that's an important, part of, the American economy and, and, and really, the American dream for, for, for the people in this country.

Speaker #3: But we have yet to see, really that, you know, that trigger or, or, anything to, to help make that happen and, and really start the turn.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: We have yet to see really that trigger or anything to help make that happen and really start the turn. We know it's going to, we know when it does, it will be a significant recovery in terms of magnitude and duration. Unfortunately, we're still waiting until that happens and doing everything we can to operate as effectively, as lean, as well as we can until we're able to capitalize on that opportunity.

Kennedy Frierson: We have yet to see really that trigger or anything to help make that happen and really start the turn. We know it's going to, we know when it does, it will be a significant recovery in terms of magnitude and duration. Unfortunately, we're still waiting until that happens and doing everything we can to operate as effectively, as lean, as well as we can until we're able to capitalize on that opportunity.

Speaker #3: We know it's going to, and we know when it does, it will be a significant, significant, recovery in terms of, magnitude and duration. But, unfortunately, we're still waiting until that happens and doing everything we can to operate, as effectively as lean, a-as well as we can, un-until we're able to capitalize on that opportunity.

Speaker #5: Thank you very much.

Barry Blank: Thank you very much.

Speaker #3: Thank you, Barry.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Thank you, Barry.

Kennedy Frierson: Thank you, Barry.

Speaker #1: Our next question comes from Mike Hughes with go ahead, please proceed with your question.

Operator 2: Our next question comes from Mike Hughes with Go ahead. Please proceed with your question.

Operator: Our next question comes from Mike Hughes with Go ahead. Please proceed with your question.

Speaker #6: Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I, I, I think you took pricing in April. I wa I was just curious, how much of the, volume in the quarter was covered, by that, that pricing, increase?

Mike Hughes: Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I think you took pricing in April. I was just curious, how much of the volume in the quarter was covered by that pricing increase?

[Analyst]: Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I think you took pricing in April. I was just curious, how much of the volume in the quarter was covered by that pricing increase?

Speaker #3: That's a great I don't have a, specific number, Mike. That's a that's an excellent question. that would I would say probably a quarter to a third would be my my rough estimate in terms of, when that bec you know, once that gets implemented, you know, in-including the, you know, the timing of that and then the delay from, from order to shipment cycle and so forth.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: I don't have a specific number, Mike. That's an excellent question. I would say probably a quarter to a third would be my rough estimate in terms of once that gets implemented, including the timing of that and then the delay from order to shipment cycle and so forth. Maybe a little bit more than a third, actually. That would probably be the best estimate I could provide for you.

Kennedy Frierson: I don't have a specific number, Mike. That's an excellent question. I would say probably a quarter to a third would be my rough estimate in terms of once that gets implemented, including the timing of that and then the delay from order to shipment cycle and so forth. Maybe a little bit more than a third, actually. That would probably be the best estimate I could provide for you.

Speaker #3: May you know, maybe, maybe a little bit more than a third, actually. That would probably be, the best estimate I can provide, for you.

Speaker #6: Okay. Alan, so, so in, in very rough terms, I understand you're, you're saying we co an-another two-thirds of the price increase is still in front of us as far as flowing through the income statement for the third quarter and beyond.

Mike Hughes: Okay, Alan. In very rough terms, I understand you're saying another two-thirds of the price increase is still in front of us as far as flowing through the income statement for Q3 and beyond. Is that correct?

[Analyst]: Okay, Alan. In very rough terms, I understand you're saying another two-thirds of the price increase is still in front of us as far as flowing through the income statement for Q3 and beyond. Is that correct?

Speaker #6: Is that is that correct? Okay. That's good. And then one of your, large peers, when, when talking about pricing the other day, they indicated that maybe additional pricing might be necessary given, where costs stand now.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Yes.

Kennedy Frierson: Yes.

Mike Hughes: Okay. That's good. One of your large peers, when talking about pricing the other day, they indicated that maybe additional pricing might be necessary given where costs stand now. Do you have any thoughts on where your pricing stands and whether you might need to take additional increases?

[Analyst]: Okay. That's good. One of your large peers, when talking about pricing the other day, they indicated that maybe additional pricing might be necessary given where costs stand now. Do you have any thoughts on where your pricing stands and whether you might need to take additional increases?

Speaker #6: D-do you do you have any thoughts on, on where your pricing stands and whether you might need to take additional, increases?

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: It's hard for us to project forward, but I will let you know that we were making very quick decisions. Raw materials started to escalate quickly in March after the Middle East conflict. The decisions we were making in terms of the magnitude of our increases did not capture all of the increases that we have experienced through Q2 and to date. We did the best we could in terms of estimating what the magnitude of those increases were going to be. It's been uneven, too. We started to see oil prices in June and raw materials in early July looked more encouraging, I think as the memorandum of understanding was signed. Unfortunately, it appeared that there was a misunderstanding for the memorandum, and we've asked the American Historical Association to have that renamed the memorandum of misunderstanding.

Kennedy Frierson: It's hard for us to project forward, but I will let you know that we were making very quick decisions. Raw materials started to escalate quickly in March after the Middle East conflict. The decisions we were making in terms of the magnitude of our increases did not capture all of the increases that we have experienced through Q2 and to date. We did the best we could in terms of estimating what the magnitude of those increases were going to be. It's been uneven, too. We started to see oil prices in June and raw materials in early July looked more encouraging, I think as the memorandum of understanding was signed. Unfortunately, it appeared that there was a misunderstanding for the memorandum, and we've asked the American Historical Association to have that renamed the memorandum of misunderstanding.

Speaker #3: it's, it's hard for us to project forward, but I will let you know that, y-you know, we were making very, quick decisions, raw materials started to escalate quickly in March, after the Middle East conflict.

Speaker #3: And so the decisions we were making, in terms of the magnitude of our increases, did not capture all of the increases that we, have experienced, through the second quarter and to date.

Speaker #3: we did the best we could in terms of estimating what the magnitude of those increases, were going to be, but, and it's been uneven too.

Speaker #3: We started to see, you know, oil prices in June and, and, and, raw materials in early July looked more encouraging. I think is the, memor memorandum of understanding was, signed.

Speaker #3: unfortunately, it appeared the memorandum, and we've asked the American Historical Society to have that, rename the memor-memorandum misunderstanding. We'll let you know when that, gets decided.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: We'll let you know when that gets decided. Overall, we did not recover all of our raw material increases with the amount we went up in Q2.

Kennedy Frierson: We'll let you know when that gets decided. Overall, we did not recover all of our raw material increases with the amount we went up in Q2.

Speaker #3: But, overall, we did not recover all of our raw material increases with the amount we went up in the, second quarter.

Speaker #6: Okay. so I assume you were relatively happy with the gross margin results given you had all of the price increase in the quarter and still a good portion of the price increase in front of you.

Mike Hughes: Okay. I assume you were relatively happy with the gross margin results given you had all of the price increase in the quarter and still a good portion of the price increase in front of you.

[Analyst]: Okay. I assume you were relatively happy with the gross margin results given you had all of the price increase in the quarter and still a good portion of the price increase in front of you.

Speaker #3: I'm sorry, Mike. I think you said price both times. We had most of the raw material cost increase in the second quarter, but only some of the price increase.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: I'm sorry, Mike, I think you said price both times. We had most of the raw material cost increase in Q2, but only some of the price increase. Yes.

Kennedy Frierson: I'm sorry, Mike, I think you said price both times. We had most of the raw material cost increase in Q2, but only some of the price increase. Yes.

Speaker #3: Yes.

Speaker #6: Excuse me. Yes. Yes. Okay. And then was there a life or reserve in the quarter?

Mike Hughes: Excuse me. Yes. Okay. Was there a LIFO reserve in the quarter?

[Analyst]: Excuse me. Yes. Okay. Was there a LIFO reserve in the quarter?

Speaker #3: there was no adjustment to the life or reserve, Mike. you know, we record any cost changes, to our inventory and do adjust that into the life or reserve.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: There was no adjustment to the LIFO reserve, Mike. We record any cost changes to our inventory and to adjust that into the LIFO reserve. It just flows through on our cost of sales. The only significant adjustment we would have to the LIFO reserve in concept would be if we had a tier liquidation. Otherwise, we roll it through, adjusting in line with any raw material increases.

Allen Danzey: There was no adjustment to the LIFO reserve, Mike. We record any cost changes to our inventory and to adjust that into the LIFO reserve. It just flows through on our cost of sales. The only significant adjustment we would have to the LIFO reserve in concept would be if we had a tier liquidation. Otherwise, we roll it through, adjusting in line with any raw material increases.

Speaker #3: so it just flows through on our cost of sales. the only, you know, significant adjustment we would have to the life or reserve, in, you know, in concept would be if we had a tier liquidation.

Speaker #3: Otherwise, we roll it through, adjusting in line with any raw material increases.

Speaker #6: Okay, and then last question for you. The $17 million in cost reductions, how much of that has been recognized through the second quarter?

Mike Hughes: Okay. Last question for you. The $17 million in cost reductions, how much of that has been recognized through Q2?

[Analyst]: Okay. Last question for you. The $17 million in cost reductions, how much of that has been recognized through Q2?

Speaker #3: Approximately 9 million.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Approximately $9 million.

Kennedy Frierson: Approximately $9 million.

Speaker #1: Okay. With no further questions in the queue, I would now like to turn the call back over to Kenny D. Frierson for any additional or closing remarks.

Operator 2: Okay, with no further questions in the queue, I would now like to turn the call back over to Kenny V. Frierson for any additional or closing remarks.

Operator: Okay, with no further questions in the queue, I would now like to turn the call back over to Kenny V. Frierson for any additional or closing remarks.

Speaker #3: Thank you, Maria. And thank you all for joining us for our quarterly conference call. We look forward to visiting, with you again at the end of our third quarter.

D. Kennedy Frierson Jr.: Thank you, Maria. Thank you all for joining us for our quarterly conference call. We look forward to visiting with you again at the end of our Q3. Thank you.

Kennedy Frierson: Thank you, Maria. Thank you all for joining us for our quarterly conference call. We look forward to visiting with you again at the end of our Q3. Thank you.

Speaker #3: Thank you.

Operator 2: Ladies and gentlemen, that will conclude today's conference. Thank you again for your participation.

Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, that will conclude today's conference. Thank you again for your participation.

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