OLIN Corp

Overview

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 was $48.6 million and $156.3 million, respectively, a decrease of $107.7 million, or 69%. The decrease in net income from the comparable prior year period was primarily due to lower operating results across our chemicals business segments partially offset by improved operating results from our Winchester segment. Diluted net income per share was $0.40 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $1.16 for 2023, a decrease of $0.76 per share, or 66%.

Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls reported segment income was $76.6 million and $245.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls segment results decreased from the comparable prior year period due to lower pricing, primarily caustic soda, and lower volumes.

Epoxy reported a segment loss of $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to segment income of $21.4 million during the comparable prior year period in 2023. Epoxy segment results were lower than in the comparable prior year period primarily due to lower product pricing partially offset by increased volumes.

Epoxy segment results in 2024 continue to be impacted by significant exports out of Asia into the European and North American markets, negatively impacting pricing and volumes. On April 3, 2024, we announced the filing of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission relating to certain epoxy resins, as part of the U.S. Epoxy Resin Producers Ad Hoc Coalition. The petitions were filed in response to large volumes of low-priced imports of epoxy resins into the U.S. from the subject countries over the past three years that have injured the U.S. domestic epoxy resin producers.

Winchester reported segment income of $72.2 million and $61.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Winchester segment results were higher than the comparable prior year period due to higher sales volumes, which includes White Flyer, partially offset by lower product pricing.

During 2024, the U.S. Army awarded Winchester a contract for the construction of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) manufacturing facility at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. The project will be the first new manufacturing facility built at the Lake City facility in decades. The new manufacturing facility will provide safe, reliable, and advanced NGSW to the joint warfighter. Winchester will manage all aspects of the construction process, which is projected to start in the second quarter of 2024.

Liquidity and Share Repurchases

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we repurchased and retired 2.0 million shares of common stock at a total value of $105.4 million. As of March 31, 2024, we had $892.0 million of remaining authorized common stock to be purchased under our 2022 Repurchase Authorization Program.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had net borrowings of $94.7 million with $93.0 million borrowed under our Senior Revolving Credit Facility and $3.9 million under our Receivables Financing Agreement.