Yahoo Finance Beacon's (BECN) Texas & Washington Openings Expand Business
In a bid to continue providing services to residential and commercial roofers, Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN opened a new location in Terrell, TX. Also, it has opened new locations in Everett and Spokane, WA, to support specialty waterproofing contractors.
The Terrell branch serves the Eastern Dallas-Fort Worth market. On the other hand, the Everett and Spokane branches offer a complete catalog of waterproofing, glass and glazing products in demand by specialty contractors.
Shares of Beacon — the largest distributor of residential and non-residential roofing materials in the United States and Canada — rallied 17.5% against the Building Products - Retail industry’s 3.1% decline so far this year.
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Ambition 2025 Initiative: A Boon for BECN
Beacon has undertaken several strategic initiatives to drive its long-term ambition of growing and enhancing customer experience. One of the primary initiatives includes footprint expansion and increasing its market reach. Beacon is targeting business expansion through bolt-on acquisitions, divestitures and new branch openings.
The company has been focusing on its Ambition 2025 targets (announced on Feb 24, 2022), which emphasize operational excellence, an above-market growth trajectory and accelerated stockholder value creation. The financial targets of Ambition 2025 assume that sales will reach $9 billion (8% CAGR) and $1 billion of EBITDA (10% CAGR), which would translate into an 11% EBITDA margin (up 100 basis points from 2021).
Impressively, the company exceeded its Ambition 2025 revenue and shareholder return targets for 2023. BECN continues to achieve its further Ambition 2025 growth targets and plans to open 25 branches in 2024.
Since the announcement of the Ambition 2025 strategic plan, Beacon acquired 16 companies, which added 50 branches to its portfolio until 2023. The company expanded its footprint by completing four acquisitions, adding 23 branches and opened 10 new locations this year so far.
A solid residential backdrop, exceptional operating cost management and cash flow, a focus on the e-commerce platform, a new On-Time and Complete Delivery Network and a newly designed website are likely to help BECN gain further.
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
Beacon currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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