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| With more than 8,500 Cat G3600 units in the field, the Gen 2 engine is designed to build upon the platform's robust performance, to provide a 10% increase in power, and lower emissions compared to the previous model |
| We continue to believe the energy transition will support increased commodity demand over time, expanding our total addressable market, and providing further opportunities for long-term profitable growth |
| So again, the market conditions would lead us to believe that we'll have another good year next year |
| This included double-digit top line growth, strong adjusted operating profit margin, and robust ME&T free cash flow |
| Our results continue to reflect healthy demand across most of our end markets for our products and services |
| And that reflects continuing healthy customer demand and our strong operating performance |
| Moving to quarterly results, it was another strong quarter |
| We generated strong adjusted operating profit margin, with a 430 basis point increase to 20.8% |
| Adjusted operating profit margin improved to 20.8%, up significantly year-over-year |
| Sales were generally in line with our expectations, while both adjusted operating profit margin, and ME&T free cash flow in the third quarter were better than we expected |
| So, I do believe there's still an opportunity for us moving forward to operate more efficiently in our manufacturing operations, and also to find ways to reduce structural costs |
| As I've mentioned, demand remains healthy in most of our end markets |
| Due to improving supply chain conditions, product availability and lead times have improved for many products |
| As I mentioned, supply chain improvements enabled stronger-than-expected shipments in North America, which supported some dealer restocking |
| In the third quarter of 2023, sales and revenues increased by 12% to $16.8 billion, driven primarily by favorable price realization, as well as volume growth |
| As I mentioned earlier, due to our strong results in the third quarter, we now do believe that 2023 will be even better than we had previously anticipated during our last call, and that includes higher full year expectations for adjusted operating profit margin and ME&T free cash flow |
| Our backlog should come down, so that's a positive thing |
| So again, we do feel good about market conditions, and we expect that as we improve lead times that backlog as a percentage of revenue would come down to more normal levels |
| Also, the slightly better-than-expected price helped margins |
| This was better than we had anticipated, primarily due to favorable manufacturing costs, of which freight was the largest contributor |
| The adjusted operating profit margin of 20.8% improved by 430 basis points |
| We do believe we have the best solution in the industry because our trucks move faster, and we're able to allow our customers to produce more commodity in a 24-hour period |
| There, we had stronger-than-expected shipments in North America, particularly in building construction products, and earthmoving |
| But in mining we do feel good about where we are in terms of the progress we've made around lead times |
| Price realization was slightly better than we had anticipated for the quarter |
| We do feel good about where we are in that process |
| Price should remain favorable |
| Oil and gas sales to users benefited from strong sales of turbines, and turbine-related services |
| We also saw continued strength in sales of reciprocating engines into oil and gas applications such as Tier 4 dynamic gas blending, repowering well servicing fleets and gas compression |
| Power generation sales to users continued to remain positive, due to favorable market conditions, including strong data center growth |
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| Compared with the third quarter of 2022, overall sales to users increased 13%, which was below our expectations |
| Margin was lower than we had anticipated, primarily due to lower-than-expected sales volume, impacted by supply chain challenges for large engines, and delivery delays for solar turbines |
| Volume was slightly below our expectations |
| Our largest headwinds to operating profit were higher SG&A and R&D expenses, and higher manufacturing costs |
| Specific to the fourth quarter, we anticipate the adjusted operating profit margin to be lower than the third quarter |
| We also expect lower sales versus the prior year, driven by changes in dealer inventory |
| Similarly, we also saw some excavator orders decline in anticipation of dealers reducing their inventory levels as well |
| As Jim mentioned, sales to users were lower than we had anticipated, principally in Energy & Transportation |
| However, keep in mind that we continue to work through supply chain challenges, primarily impacting large engines |
| As we have mentioned during previous earnings calls, we anticipate continued weakness in China, and expect it to remain well below our typical range of 5% to 10% of enterprise sales |
| Sales in Asia Pacific decreased by 8%, primarily due to lower sales volume, driven by lower sales of equipment to end users |
| Energy & Transportation sales to users increased 34%, but was lower than expected due to some supply chain challenges for large engines, and the timing of gas turbine in international locomotive deliveries |
| This will be a headwind for year-over-year operating margins |
| Order rates are slightly lower than we expected at this time, reflecting continued capital discipline by our customers |
| Segment profit decreased by 8% to $203 million |
| Within North America, these products remain constrained, and are near the bottom end of the typical dealer inventory range of three to four months of sales |
| We anticipate lower-than-normal volume leverage, particularly impacting Construction Industries, for the reasons I mentioned previously |
| Manufacturing cost increases included higher material costs, and unfavorable cost absorption, as we reduced our inventories compared to a corresponding increase in the third quarter of 2022 |
| We also anticipate a negative segment mix impact to impact operating margins, as Construction Industries sales would be a lower proportion of total sales, as compared to the third quarter |
| Sales in Latin America decreased by 31%, primarily due to lower sales volume, partially offset by favorable price |
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