Owens Corning Delivers Strong Revenue and Margin Performance from Continuing Operations in the First Quarter

TOLEDO, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a building products leader, today reported first-quarter 2025 results.

• Reported Net Sales from Continuing Operations of $2.5 Billion, a 25% Increase from Prior Year, with Newly Acquired Doors Business Contributing $540 Million in Revenue
• Generated Net Earnings Margin from Continuing Operations of 10% and Adjusted EBITDA Margin from Continuing Operations of 22%
• Delivered Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations of $2.95 and Adjusted Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations of $2.97
• Produced Operating Cash Outflow of $49 Million and Free Cash Outflow of $252 Million
• Returned $159 Million to Shareholders through Dividends and Share Repurchases

“Owens Corning delivered its 19th consecutive quarter of 20% or better adjusted EBITDA margins, demonstrating the durability of our earnings and the power of the enterprise to outperform in any operating environment. The structural changes we have made to the company, combined with the capabilities of our team and the strength of our commercial and operational execution, continue to generate significant value for our customers and shareholders,” said Chair and Chief Executive Officer Brian Chambers. “On May 14, I look forward to hosting our 2025 Investor Day where we will share more about our long-term strategy and financial goals for the new OC.”

Enterprise Strategy Highlights

• In the first quarter, Owens Corning maintained a high level of safety performance with a recordable incident rate (RIR) of 0.54. This includes the Doors segment, which is now integrated into company safety reporting.
• Owens Corning will host its 2025 Investor Day at its world headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 14. Chair and Chief Executive Officer Brian Chambers and Chief Financial Officer Todd Fister will be joined by members of the company’s senior management team to discuss Owens Corning’s long-term strategy, enterprise capabilities, and financial goals through 2028. The event will be live streamed and include a question-and-answer session.
• The previously announced divestiture of Owens Corning’s glass reinforcements business, which primarily services industrial applications, remains on track to close in 2025. This transaction strengthens Owens Corning as a market leader in building products.
• As a result of the definitive agreement to sell glass reinforcements, the business is now reported as discontinued operations. The composition of the company’s reportable segments has been reorganized into Roofing, Insulation, and Doors. 

Cash Returned to Shareholders

• Owens Corning returned $159 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the first quarter. The company paid a quarterly cash dividend of $59 million and repurchased 0.7 million shares of common stock for $100 million. At the end of the quarter, 5.7 million shares were available for repurchase under the current authorization.

“In the first quarter, Owens Corning grew earnings and delivered strong margin performance despite a growing number of external challenges. We have created multiple paths to generate consistently strong results,” said Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Todd Fister. “This year, we will execute on capital-efficient investments to strengthen our market-leading positions and drive long-term growth, while sustaining our structurally improved EBITDA margins, delivering strong cash generation, and continuing to return cash to shareholders.”

Other Notable Highlights

• On April 22, Owens Corning published its 2024 Sustainability Report, Building Better Together, which outlined the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and innovation in support of its business objectives and meeting customer needs. This marks the 19th sustainability report from Owens Corning, which published its first report in 2006.

First-Quarter Business Performance from Continuing Operations

• In the first quarter, the company grew revenue and adjusted EBITDA. Owens Corning delivered sales growth of 25% versus prior year, with adjusted EBITDA margin of 22%. Results were driven by strong commercial and operational execution in mixed markets, including positive price/cost. The first quarter marks the 19th consecutive quarter of the company delivering 20% or better adjusted EBITDA margins.

Second-Quarter 2025 Outlook for Continuing Operations

• The key economic factors that impact the company’s business are residential repair activity, residential remodeling activity, U.S. housing starts, and commercial construction activity.
• Owens Corning expects near-term demand for nondiscretionary repair activity to remain solid through the second quarter, while residential new construction and remodeling is expected to remain soft. Non-residential construction activity in North America is starting to face some headwinds. In Europe, the company expects market conditions to gradually improve throughout the year.
• Owens Corning expects minimal second-quarter impact from tariff exposure as a result of long-term and short-term mitigation efforts. In the second quarter, the company anticipates reducing its approximately $50 million exposure for tariffs in effect to a net impact of $10 million, primarily in the Doors business.
• For the second-quarter 2025, Owens Corning expects to continue delivering strong results in a mixed market environment, based on the structural improvements made to the company and its market-leading positions. It expects revenue from continuing operations to grow high-single-digit percent, compared to prior year’s revenue of $2.5 billion adjusted for glass reinforcements being moved to discontinued operations. The enterprise is expected to generate adjusted EBITDA margin from continuing operations of low-to-mid 20 percent.

Current 2025 Financial Outlook

First-Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Presentation

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

9 a.m. Eastern Time

All Callers

• Live dial-in telephone number: U.S. 1.833.470.1428; Canada 1.833.950.0062; and other international locations +1.404.975.4839.
• Entry number: 993845. (Please dial in 10-15 minutes before conference call start time)
• Live webcast: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/560386840

Telephone and Webcast Replay

• Telephone replay will be available one hour after the end of the call through May 14, 2025. In the U.S., call 1.866.813.9403. In Canada, call 1.226.828.7578. In other international locations, call +1.929.458.6194.
• Conference replay number: 840489.
• Webcast replay will be available for one year using the above link.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

Owens Corning uses non-GAAP measures in its earnings press release that are intended to supplement investors’ understanding of the company’s financial information. These non-GAAP measures include EBITDA from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, adjusted earnings from continuing operations, adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to Owens Corning common stockholders («adjusted EPS») from continuing operations, adjusted pre-tax earnings from continuing operations, free cash flow, free cash flow conversion and net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations. When used to report historical financial information, reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the corresponding GAAP measures are included in the financial tables of this press release. Specifically, see Table 2 for adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, Table 3 for adjusted earnings from continuing operations and adjusted EPS from continuing operations, and Table 8 for free cash flow and free cash flow conversion (annually).

For purposes of internal review of Owens Corning’s year-over-year operational performance, management excludes from net earnings attributable to Owens Corning certain items it believes are not representative of ongoing operations. The non-GAAP financial measures resulting from these adjustments (including adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, adjusted earnings from continuing operations, adjusted EPS from continuing operations, and adjusted pre-tax earnings from continuing operations) are used internally by Owens Corning for various purposes, including reporting results of operations to the Board of Directors, analysis of performance, and related employee compensation measures. Management believes that these adjustments result in a measure that provides a useful representation of its operational performance; however, the adjusted measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net earnings attributable to Owens Corning as prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Free cash flow is a non-GAAP liquidity measure used by investors, financial analysts and management to help evaluate the company’s ability to generate cash to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value. The company defines free cash flow as net cash flow provided by operating activities, less cash paid for property, plant and equipment. Free cash flow is not a measure of residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures due to the company’s mandatory debt service requirements. Free cash flow conversion is a non-GAAP liquidity measure used to measure the company’s efficiency in turning profits into free cash flow from its core operations. The company defines free cash flow conversion as free cash flow divided by adjusted earnings. Free cash flow and free cash flow conversion is used internally by the company for various purposes, including reporting results of operations to the Board of Directors of the company and analysis of performance.

Management believes that these measures provide a useful representation of our operational performance and liquidity; however, the measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net cash flow provided by operating activities or net earnings attributable to Owens Corning as prepared in accordance with GAAP.

When the company provides forward-looking expectations for non-GAAP measures, the most comparable GAAP measures and a reconciliation between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures are generally not available without unreasonable effort due to the variability, complexity and limited visibility of the adjusting items that would be excluded from the non-GAAP measures in future periods. The variability in timing and amount of adjusting items could have significant and unpredictable effect on our future GAAP results.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors and actual results may differ materially from those results projected in the statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: levels of residential and commercial or industrial construction activity; demand for our products; industry and economic conditions including, but not limited to, supply chain disruptions, recessionary conditions, inflationary pressures, and interest rate and financial markets volatility; additional changes to tariff, trade or investment policies or laws by the United States, or similar actions, including reciprocal actions, by foreign governments; availability and cost of energy and raw materials; competitive and pricing factors; relationships with key customers and customer concentration in certain areas; our ability to achieve expected synergies, cost reductions and/or productivity improvements; issues related to acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures or expansions; our ability to complete the announced divestiture of our glass reinforcements business on the expected terms and within the anticipated time period, or at all, which is dependent on the parties’ ability to satisfy certain closing conditions; climate change, weather conditions and storm activity; legislation and related regulations or interpretations in the United States or elsewhere; domestic and international economic and political conditions, policies or other governmental actions, as well as war and civil disturbance; uninsured losses or major manufacturing disruptions, including those from natural disasters, catastrophes, pandemics, theft or sabotage; environmental, product-related or other legal and regulatory liabilities, proceedings or actions; research and development activities and intellectual property protection; issues involving implementation and protection of information technology systems; foreign exchange and commodity price fluctuations; our level of indebtedness; our liquidity and the availability and cost of credit; the level of fixed costs required to run our business; levels of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible assets; loss of key employees and labor disputes or shortages; defined benefit plan funding obligations; and factors detailed from time to time in the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The information in this news release speaks as of May 7, 2025, and is subject to change. The company does not undertake any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements except as required by federal securities laws. Any distribution of this news release after that date is not intended and should not be construed as updating or confirming such information.

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