PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) Q1 2022 Earnings Convention Name April 22, 2022 8:00 AM ET
Firm Individuals
John Bruno – Investor Relations
Michael McGarry – Chairman and Chief Govt Officer
Tim Knavish – Chief Working Officer
Vince Morales – Senior Vice President and Chief Monetary Officer
Convention Name Individuals
Christopher Parkinson – Mizuho
Ghansham Panjabi – Baird
David Begleiter – Deutsche Financial institution
John McNulty – BMO
Stephen Byrne – Financial institution of America
Vincent Andrews – Morgan Stanley
Josh Spector – UBS
Michael Sison – Wells Fargo
Frank Mitsch – Fermium Analysis
Arun Viswanathan – RBC
Jeff Zekauskas – JPMorgan
Kevin McCarthy – Vertical Analysis Companions
PJ Juvekar – Citi
Mike Harrison – Seaport Analysis Companions
Jaideep Pandya – On Subject Analysis
Operator
Good morning. My title is Sam and I shall be your convention operator at this time. Presently, I want to welcome everybody to the First Quarter PPG Earnings Convention Name. [Operator Instructions] Thanks.
I’d now like to show the convention over to John Bruno. Please go forward, sir.
John Bruno
Thanks, Sam, and good morning, everybody. As soon as once more, that is John Bruno. We recognize your continued curiosity in PPG and welcome you to our first quarter 2022 monetary outcomes convention name.
Becoming a member of me on the decision from PPG are Michael McGarry, Chairman and Chief Govt Officer; Tim Knavish, Chief Working Officer; and Vince Morales, Senior Vice President and Chief Monetary Officer.
Our feedback relate to the monetary data launched after U.S. fairness markets closed on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Now we have posted detailed commentary and accompanying presentation slides on the investor slide of our web site, ppg.com. The slides are additionally accessible on the webcast web site for this name and supply extra assist to the transient opening feedback Michael will make shortly. Following administration’s perspective on the corporate’s outcomes for the quarter, we will transfer to a Q&A session.
Each the ready commentary and dialogue throughout the name might comprise forward-looking statements reflecting the corporate’s present view of future occasions and their potential impact on PPG’s working and monetary efficiency. These statements contain uncertainties and dangers which can trigger precise outcomes to vary. The corporate is underneath no obligation to supply subsequent updates to those forward-looking statements. This presentation additionally incorporates sure non-GAAP monetary measures. The corporate has offered within the appendix of the presentation supplies, which can be found on our web site, reconciliations of those non-GAAP monetary measures to essentially the most immediately comparable GAAP monetary measures. For extra data, please consult with PPG’s filings with the SEC.
Now, let me introduce PPG Chairman and CEO, Michael McGarry.
Michael McGarry
Thanks, John, and good morning, everybody. I’d prefer to welcome everybody to our first quarter 2022 earnings name. I hope you and your family members are remaining secure and wholesome. To say that these have been tough and difficult instances for thus many could be an enormous understatement. For the reason that starting of the battle in Ukraine, now we have been centered on defending the well being and security of our workers and their households from Ukraine in addition to our workers in Russia. PPG and the PPG Basis have additionally dedicated greater than $800,000 to humanitarian aid in addition to longer-term restoration assist.
As well as, PPG workers have additionally been offering direct assist to these in want, together with taking refugee households into their houses. The battle has additionally made it essential to cut back and now wind down our operations in Russia. Because of this, now we have recorded a pre-tax cost of $290 million for impairment of considerably all of our firm property associated to our Russian operations. For context, web gross sales in Russia represented roughly 1% of complete PPG web gross sales for the yr ending December 31, 2021. We are going to proceed to carefully monitor developments within the area.
Earlier than I present the common quarterly overview of our outcomes, I’d like to supply a concise abstract of the important thing points impacting our enterprise within the quarter as we glance forward.
Throughout the first quarter, we had two main occasions: the Ukraine-Russia disaster and elevated COVID-19 restrictions in China, which have created some new uncertainties about total regional demand and doable international carry-on results. You will note because of these elevated uncertainties, now we have widened our earnings steerage vary we offered for the second quarter.
However these two main occasions are different longer standing international impacts which have affected our monetary outcomes for a number of quarters and that are abating or ratably enhancing. Particularly, we proceed to expertise enhancements in our provide chain and our uncooked materials availability. Moreover, outdoors of China, COVID restrictions have continued to lower in lots of components of the world.
As an organization, now we have continued to enhance our pricing realization in each tempo and cadence. This has been essential to battle the persistence and breadth of inflation. Our value seize this cycle is far quicker and we are actually pricing within the second quarter for second quarter inflation impacts, so we’re mainly pricing in actual time.
We proceed to ship good earnings leverage when now we have enhancing volumes. Whereas lots of our companies and areas haven’t absolutely recovered from the pandemic, as a matter of reality, we’re nonetheless down about 5% in mixture. Nevertheless, when a enterprise does ship quantity enchancment, we’re realizing good backside line positive factors. This displays the laborious work from our groups on managing our working prices and SG&A.
Lastly, we had a really stable month of March from a monetary returns perspective. Now we have acknowledged many instances that March is a very powerful month within the first quarter given the seasonality of our companies. Our month of March monetary returns are the perfect return because the second quarter of 2021. I’ll now transfer to supply some feedback to complement the detailed monetary outcomes we launched final night. For the primary quarter, we delivered document web gross sales of $4.3 billion and our adjusted earnings per diluted share from persevering with operations had been $1.37.
To shortly summarize the quarter, our gross sales efficiency was higher than our January steerage regardless of sudden impacts from the disaster in Europe, COVID-related disruption in China and persevering with logistics bottlenecks. Greater than offsetting these sudden macro points was stronger than anticipated demand throughout lots of our companies as regional economies and end-use markets proceed to get well from the pandemic impacts. Above market gross sales volumes had been achieved in a number of of our end-use markets, together with our PPG-Comex enterprise, which throughout the quarter, opened their 5,000th concessionaire location in Mexico.
First quarter gross sales in Latin America had been a document. As well as, our automotive refinish enterprise carried out effectively with robust gross sales volumes within the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, our aerospace enterprise benefited from year-over-year preliminary enhancements out there and we anticipate additional trade demand progress as we’re nonetheless effectively under pre-pandemic ranges.
Our adjusted earnings had been considerably above the higher finish of our January monetary information as we delivered robust earnings leverage on the higher-than-expected gross sales volumes. This leverage was a results of enhancing manufacturing efficiency as COVID-related absenteeism subsided considerably as we progressed by way of the quarter and we skilled rising uncooked materials availability.
As well as, our promoting value will increase elevated 10% year-over-year, marking the twentieth consecutive quarter of upper promoting costs. Our promoting costs are up over 12% on a 2-year stack foundation versus the primary quarter of 2020, reflecting our continued actions to offset generationally excessive inflation. Our current acquisitions additionally carried out effectively, together with the belief of focused synergies. The Tikkurila enterprise delivered year-over-year gross sales progress of greater than 10%, excluding our Russian operations.
Our Visitors Options enterprise additionally achieved larger than 10% gross sales progress and our first quarter gross sales had been a document and the enterprise continued to have a big order backlog as we entered the second quarter.
Throughout the quarter, we additionally launched a big expanded Professional Painter initiative with The Dwelling Depot. And regardless of persevering with uncooked materials constraints proscribing our capacity to totally load stock, we now have our full Professional Paint assortment accessible in about 60% of their shops. We anticipate to have all The Dwelling Depot shops loaded within the coming months. We’re excited concerning the progress alternatives that this initiative gives and have already acknowledged some important new skilled painter enterprise positive factors.
Our earnings and margins proceed to be impacted by elevated ranges of inflation and provide disruptions. Within the first quarter, our promoting costs did offset year-over-year uncooked materials inflation, however didn’t offset inflation from different sources, together with logistics, vitality and labor and we didn’t absolutely get well prior yr inflation. Sequentially, versus the fourth quarter 2021, our total margins improved by greater than 200 foundation factors. We’re focusing on continued quarterly sequential margin enchancment within the second quarter as effectively regardless of additional will increase in uncooked materials and logistics inflation.
Now we have continued to optimize our industrial processes the final 2 years and as talked about are actually nearer to real-time pricing relative to inflation. Attributable to larger crude oil and vitality costs, we’re implementing incremental promoting value will increase within the second quarter and anticipate that we are going to exit the second quarter offsetting all inflation classes on a run charge foundation. This drives our expectations for working margins to sequentially enhance additional because the yr progresses.
In a number of companies, we proceed to face sure uncooked materials shortages leading to our total gross sales backlog rising to about $180 million exiting the quarter. The order backlogs are the very best in our aerospace and automotive refinish companies. Moreover, these are two of our many industries we provide the place stock ranges are extraordinarily low all the best way to the tip shopper.
Now we have continued to regulate our controllables and as soon as once more lowered our SG&A as a proportion of gross sales, reducing by about 40 foundation factors in comparison with the primary quarter 2021. This included supply of a further $15 million in value financial savings from current restructuring packages and acquisition synergies. That is additionally regardless of increasing our multiyear funding in our superior digital capabilities. And we’re experiencing rising digital adoption from our prospects, most notably within the architectural coatings enterprise.
Within the first quarter, our web debt elevated primarily as a result of larger greenback worth of stock reflecting inflationary results. The seasonal working capital improve within the quarter was per pre-pandemic years. We anticipate our money circulate era to match prior yr finish traits, which is to devour money early within the yr and generate robust money circulate as we progress by way of the tip of the yr. Strategically, on April 1, we accomplished the acquisition of Arsonsisi’s Powder Coatings enterprise, persevering with our concentrate on rising our powder coatings manufacturing capabilities. As well as, we divested some architectural coatings companies in Africa as we proceed with our legacy evaluating all regional companies and product traces to make sure that they proceed to have strategic worth and meet our monetary hurdles.
Within the first quarter, we continued to take extra measurable steps to additional advance our ESG program by issuing our inaugural DE&I report. Whereas I’m pleased with what now we have achieved, we all know that there’s extra work to do and extra areas of alternative to concentrate on. You probably have not already completed so, I’d encourage you to learn our report and be taught extra about what now we have completed and our aspirational objectives for the long run that are outlined in our presentation supplies.
Trying forward, whereas our underlying demand continues to be stable in most of our end-use markets and areas, second quarter financial exercise, specifically in Europe, has began to melt as shoppers stay cautious based mostly on the present geopolitical points within the area. As well as, manufacturing provide chains have been just lately impacted in China because of extreme restrictions from rising COVID circumstances. In the previous few weeks, as much as 5 of our smaller manufacturing websites have been mandated to shutdown because of restrictions plus our principal Protecting & Marine Coatings manufacturing facility. We’re working in each of those areas to handle our operations and prices are reflective of those present macro challenges. We’re additionally assessing impacts each constructive and damaging these challenges might have on uncooked materials provide and prices.
As talked about earlier, we anticipate additional sequential inflationary pressures on uncooked supplies, logistics and vitality. Our 2-year stacked uncooked supplies inflation anticipated to exceed 35%, however solely up low to mid single-digit sequentially versus the primary quarter. We’re implementing additional promoting value will increase in all of our companies and anticipate a faster offset versus historic lags. Because of the heightened ranges of uncertainty, our earnings steerage considers a wider vary of outcomes for the second quarter. Extra typically, our steerage assumes that restrictions in China ease considerably in Might and that geopolitical points don’t increase past the present Russia-Ukraine boundaries.
Whereas the present setting stays tough to foretell, I anticipate that as 2022 progresses, we’ll start to expertise an easing in provide chain disruptions, normal stock rebuilding throughout many finish use markets and nonetheless a wholesome shopper prepared to spend, particularly in North America. The longer term PPG earnings catalysts that I referenced on the January earnings name stay intact and we actually see a path to return to prior peak working margins with alternatives to exceed them. This contains continued restoration within the automotive refinish, OEM and aerospace coatings companies; normalization of commodity uncooked materials prices, which ought to average over time given provide dislocations are enhancing and there’s a softening in sure regional economies. As demonstrated this previous quarter and supported by our decrease value construction, robust working leverage on any gross sales volumes progress, accretive earnings progress from our current acquisitions from each their historic base earnings and additional synergy seize; above market natural progress pushed by our benefit and main manufacturers, applied sciences and providers.
In closing, as we glance forward, I stay assured concerning the firm’s future. I strongly imagine in our workforce of fifty,000 workers as we work to do higher at this time than yesterday on a regular basis. The best way our workers have handled the pandemic and our serving to throughout the Ukraine humanitarian disaster and are navigating by way of a really difficult enterprise setting are a chief instance of how the workforce is making it occur. Thanks in your continued confidence in PPG. This concludes our ready remarks.
And now, Sam, would you please open the road for questions?
Query-and-Reply Session
Operator
Completely. [Operator Instructions] Your first query comes from the road of Christopher Parkinson with Mizuho. Christopher, you’ll be able to proceed along with your query.
Christopher Parkinson
Nice. Thanks a lot. Are you able to shortly give us extra granular replace on the varied inputs because it pertains to, I’d say 2Q and the second half inflation outlooks and in addition to the persistence – excuse me, of sure enter shortages on a quarter-to-quarter foundation? Thanks.
Michael McGarry
Chris, what I’d inform you is that our enter shortages stay per what now we have seen beforehand. Motions are usually on the prime of the listing. Now we have had some intermittent, due to manufacturing points with TiO2, these points have all been resolved. Pressure majeures, after we had the final name, they had been over 100. We’re right down to about 50 now. Now we have seen improved reliability in Europe. Now we have seen improved reliability, unique of the Shanghai space, for Asia. And we’re nonetheless seeing some difficult with trucking right here within the U.S. However sequentially, we do see the tempo of inflation coming down. And what’s most necessary is that our pricing is accelerating and is in a way more real-time foundation.
Operator
Your subsequent query comes from the road of Ghansham Panjabi of Baird. Ghansham, please proceed.
Ghansham Panjabi
Thanks. Good morning, all people. Might you simply give us a bit extra colour on a real-time foundation when it comes to what you might be seeing each in Europe and China each from a requirement and provide chain standpoint and specifically, which companies are being most impacted? After which associated to that, simply given all of the complexity on the earth and your robust capital place, how are you now eager about share buybacks at this level in context of, clearly, the strikes within the inventory and your friends this yr, any adjustments to that versus acquisitions? Thanks.
Michael McGarry
Okay. Ghansham, let’s begin with the share buyback query first. We’re all the time going to look to optimize shareholder worth. Our pipeline of acquisitions stays lively. However clearly, on the share value, we’re going to stability what’s most accretive to the shareholders. And so we’re each.
And with reference to China and Europe, what I’d inform you is the automobile scenario in China is being impacted in all probability a bit bit greater than a number of the different markets. We do regard that as transitory. We’re absolutely anticipating as we’ve seen in different cases. Persons are going to be far more eager about driving themselves taking mass transit. So we do anticipate automobile restoration in Europe and is the biggest automobile market on the earth. And they’re additionally shifting from inside combustion engines to electrical autos quicker than a number of the different markets. And naturally, as you realize, now we have extra content material on electrical autos and we do inside combustion engines.
So we really feel optimistic about that. So clearly, we’re involved concerning the rising variety of COVID circumstances. It has plateaued within the final 2 or 3 days. Now we have gotten all, however two of our crops again up and working. And we anticipate to get the opposite two crops up and working within the subsequent 3 to five days, I’d say, if we’re being a bit bit optimistic right here. However total demand in China stays good. I don’t assume the Chinese language economic system can afford to have GDP within the low single digits. That’s not good for them. And I do anticipate the federal government to be aggressive in offering a business-friendly setting popping out of this most up-to-date COVID scenario.
After which in regard to Europe, clearly, essentially the most regarding space for Europe is DIY. We predicted this. That is per what now we have instructed. We proceed to have a powerful Professional Painter backlog. However DIY and site visitors by way of the big-box shops in Europe is the one indicator that we’re watching out.
Vince Morales
Ghansham, that is Vince. I believe if we predict extra broadly as we put collectively our Q2 forecast, we do anticipate China to – a number of the COVID restrictions to ease within the early a part of Might and proceed to ease by way of the stability of the quarter, however they’re actually restrictive proper now. We all know there’ll be some carry-on results with respect to logistics and transportation import availability effectively into Might. In order that’s baked into our steerage.
In Europe, once more, we’re involved about – possibly overly involved, however we’re involved concerning the impact on shopper of vitality costs and simply the general setting. So our forecast has baked a few of that passiveness – shopper passiveness into Q2. We hope we’re being a bit bearish, however that’s what we’ve forecasted and we’ll see how the playing cards fall as we undergo the quarter.
Operator
Thanks, Ghansham. The subsequent query is from the road of David Begleiter of Deutsche Financial institution. David, please proceed.
David Begleiter
Thanks. Good morning, Michael and Vince. Guys, simply on U.S. architectural, are you seeing any discounting by your opponents? And if that’s the case, how are you responding to this extra aggressive pricing setting doubtlessly? Thanks.
Michael McGarry
Okay. David, I’m going to – now we have Tim right here. I’m going to let Tim deal with that query.
Tim Knavish
Hello, David, Tim Knavish right here. Look, in our architectural U.S. enterprise, in truth, our architectural enterprise is world wide. We proceed to get rising sequential pricing. And that pricing, whereas by no means straightforward to get, is being accepted by our prospects. And we – our prospects have to stay aggressive on daily basis. So we are able to assume that we’re seeing that very same type of habits from others out there. So now we have not seen what you name discounting out there. I believe the trade realizes what’s happening upstream of us and performing accordingly.
Operator
Thanks, David. The subsequent query is from John McNulty of BMO. John, please proceed.
John McNulty
Sure. Thanks for taking my query. So on the pricing entrance, Michael, you type of indicated you’re nearly at a degree the place it’s real-time pricing. I suppose what are the mechanisms in place that you just’ve put in order that we are able to truly see that real-time pricing? And I suppose to that additionally, when the uncooked supplies ultimately or hopefully subside, do you give again a few of that pricing in actual time? Or is that one thing the place we might even see the extra conventional lag and even stability in relation to value? I suppose, how ought to we be eager about that?
Michael McGarry
Effectively, John, initially, we’re not going to be giving this pricing again. As you realize, we’re nonetheless lagging. In the event you have a look at this on a 2.5-year stack, so there’s loads of restoration. And the rationale that we’re capable of get extra real-time pricing than ever earlier than is it’s unattainable for our prospects to argue with what’s happening, proper? They absolutely see the identical issues that we’re seeing. They’re seeing vitality costs go up. They see uncooked supplies that we purchase, they will see it in their very own methods going up. They’ll see transportation going up, they’re paying for transportation. And so they additionally can not argue that our opponents usually are not pricing.
So from that standpoint, many of the bullets that they normally attempt to hearth at us, that our salespeople attempt to keep away from, that’s not occurring. And now it’s not a matter of can we take a value improve? Now it’s about how a lot of a value improve are you going to take. And the opposite factor that we’ve completed far more aggressively than we ever have is withhold shipments. So we’re telling folks, that is the brand new value. And in case you don’t prefer it, please don’t place buy orders. And if the acquisition orders are available in with out the brand new value on it, we’re sending these buy orders again. And that has gotten the eye of our prospects they usually perceive that we’d like aid and we’d like aid now. And so you can see that there’s a palpable vitality within the air to get value will increase as we’re doing it. So while you see oil at $107, our prospects are getting priced like that. So I’m actually happy our gross sales groups have gotten significantly better at pricing than ever within the historical past of the corporate.
Operator
Thanks, John. The subsequent query is with Stephen Byrne of Financial institution of America. Stephen, please proceed.
Stephen Byrne
Sure. Thanks. Michael, I’d prefer to drill in a bit extra on this relationship with Dwelling Depot. Michael, you talked about the 60% degree of a selected metric. I didn’t catch what that was. However I’m positive there’s many, many steps concerned within the rollout of that relationship. And a pair I wished to ask you about was what number of of these 2,300 Dwelling Depot shops does PPG even have a distribution middle accessible within the neighborhood to satisfy orders? After which possibly one other one could be what number of of these shops have your reps already began to achieve out to contractors which can be shopping for supplies in The Dwelling Depot, however not paint, as recognized by these respective professional desks at these respective Dwelling Depots?
Michael McGarry
Okay. Stephen, I’m going to only inform you the 60% referred to, we’ve solely been capable of inventory 60% of their 2,300 shops, and I’ll let Tim add extra colour to it.
Tim Knavish
Sure, Stephen. Look, this system is – whereas it’s in 60% of the shops will proceed to ramp up as we transfer all through the subsequent a number of months as provide scenario improves and we proceed to construct stock. We’ve bought our full professional commerce workforce engaged throughout what’s now an omni-channel between our personal community and the THD community. And we’re starting to see buyer conversions already. That can proceed to develop as we be taught, as The Dwelling Depot associates be taught and because the provide continues to construct, and we’ll pivot as crucial. However we anticipate this to proceed to develop all year long by way of a mixture of load-in and conversion of contractors. After which we anticipate this to be a long-term, multiyear progress initiative for each us and The Dwelling Depot within the Professional class.
Vince Morales
And Steve, once more, simply extra broadly, and we talked about this on our January earnings name. We predict this relationship and this prolonged partnership actually provides us a significantly larger market entry. And once more, we’re actually focusing on availability for the skilled painter each day. And as Tim talked about, that omni-channel method that may come to our shops, they will go to our sellers or they will go to Dwelling Depot, and that’s all inside a detailed proximity of their job web site.
Michael McGarry
And Stephen, that is Michael. The very last thing I’d add is, look, originally of the day, each time we go into a brand new market with Dwelling Depot, we get substantial new wins proper out the gate. And what that does is it builds pleasure amongst The Dwelling Depot workforce and their confidence degree grows as a result of what they do is they begin creating these successful tales throughout every of the totally different markets. And that’s essentially the most thrilling factor about it.
Operator
Thanks for the query, Stephen. Your subsequent query is from Vincent Andrews of Morgan Stanley. Vincent, please proceed.
Vincent Andrews
Thanks very a lot. Michael, I’d be curious to get your up to date ideas on kind of the house enchancment market simply given since our final name there’s been an enormous transfer in rates of interest and housing market appears tight nonetheless. So how do you – do you assume the rising rates of interest issues in any respect when it comes to architectural paint demand and renovation? Or how ought to we be eager about the evolving housing market?
Michael McGarry
Okay, Vincent, I’ll let Tim touch upon this.
Tim Knavish
Sure. Look, there’s – proper now, there’s such a powerful backlog, notably on the residential aspect. There’s so many partitions to be painted but, however actually not any near-term concern for ours. And even, clearly, rising rates of interest, there’s going to be some mortgage and affordability affect there, however there’s such a scarcity of total housing in multiunit housing. Multiunit housing continues to climb regardless of the rate of interest rises. Residential permits proceed to climb right here within the U.S. regardless of the rate of interest rises. So completely, it’s one thing that we’re watching. However we’re actually bullish on that for at the least the remainder of this yr, and we’ll see past that.
Michael McGarry
And Vincent, that is Michael. The one factor I’d add to that’s that we do a Professional Painter survey, and that Professional Painter survey continues to point out a really robust backlog of our skilled painters. So we’re very involved about affordability greater than rates of interest. However on the finish of the day, our Professional Painters nonetheless present fairly good backlog.
Tim Knavish
Sure, in truth, our final Professional Painter survey which we simply wrapped up, 75% of the painters had a backlog that was at the least as large or larger than what they’d 90 days and a yr in the past, so actually no affect on the quick to medium time period.
Operator
Thanks, Vincent. Your subsequent query is with Josh Spector of UBS. Josh, please proceed.
Josh Spector
Sure. Hello, guys. Thanks for taking my query. A whole lot of buyers are centered in your remark final name about EPS in 2023 maybe larger than $9 per share. You didn’t essentially reiterate that at this time. Simply curious, based mostly on what you’re seeing from a value value dynamic but additionally a requirement setting, is that one thing that’s nonetheless achievable? And is that achievable in a state of affairs that you just lay out the place China lockdown affect maybe keep over the subsequent couple of quarters, however Europe maybe enters right into a minor recession.
Michael McGarry
Sure. Josh, I’d inform you that the dynamics for $9 stay legitimate, proper? So we’re going to have an enhancing refinish market. That’s a fantastic enterprise for us. Miles pushed, we’re truly nearly again to 2019 ranges within the U.S. We see miles pushed enchancment in Europe as effectively. So from that dynamic, refinishes in stable form. You see the numbers for aerospace. TSA bookings are all up. Aerospaces proceed to get stronger. You in all probability seen yesterday, Boeing mentioned they had been going to begin rebuilding or constructing 787s once more. That’s a constructive. There’s a robust backlog of planes. Our share with Airbus has continued to develop. So I believe that’s glorious. We’re solely producing in all probability about 80 million automobiles this yr. And so when you concentrate on what the run charge of automobile ought to be, we’re nonetheless very bullish that automobile builds within the U.S. have been muted due to lack of chips, lack of components. And so that is going to get higher. So total, I’d inform you that we’re in good condition. Our synergies are going to be persevering with to come back in, productiveness is constant to enhance. So I really feel superb, I really feel very snug round $9. And the value raws, we’re going to be previous that within the second quarter. We’re going to be pricing previous all of it. After which we’re going to be catching up on the early 2021 type of inflation. So we’re heading in the right direction.
Operator
Thanks. Subsequent query is from Michael Sison of Wells Fargo. Michael, please proceed.
Michael Sison
Hello, guys. Good begin to the yr. Traditionally, third quarter tends to kind of seasonally decline from 2Q, but it surely sounds just like the pricing rise goes to get higher as you famous. So is that this yr going to be a bit bit totally different the place you need to proceed to see EPS enchancment? I perceive it’s type of powerful to information past one quarter, however type of given so the potential for enhancing volumes and your kind of pricing mechanism, is that one thing that probably occurs this yr versus historic patterns?
Vince Morales
Sure, Mike, that is Vince. Most likely one of the necessary metrics we’re watching is sequential margin enchancment. And I believe from This fall to Q1, you noticed our margins transfer up 200 to 300 foundation factors, relying on the phase. We predict that’s the true indicator of how effectively we’re doing, how effectively the trade is doing. It’s actually laborious year-over-year at this level to check. So once more, we’re wanting sequentially. And once more, we’re very proud with our efficiency This fall to Q1. We do anticipate – once more, there’s a variety of noise in 2021. There’ll be extra noise this yr. So we do anticipate, as you’ve heard Michael within the opening, some enchancment in demand, as we undergo the yr, particularly as China comes again. We’re seeing refinish, aerospace, etcetera. But it surely’s actually going to be laborious to check versus historic patterns. And once more, we’re simply wanting sequentially. Our margin’s getting higher This fall to Q1, Q1 to Q2 versus historic patterns, and that’s actually our marker.
Operator
The subsequent query is with Frank Mitsch of Fermium Analysis. Frank, please proceed with.
Frank Mitsch
Sure. Good morning. I want to offer props to John on Slide 5. It tells a really useful story as to what you’re going through. Clearly, a variety of questions already on value. Michael, I used to be simply curious what absolutely the quantity you’re anticipating in 2Q could be versus that 10% in 1Q. After which famous within the feedback that your Tikkurila gross sales had been up low teenagers, excluding Russia. I’m curious how a lot of that was quantity?
Michael McGarry
Sure. So Frank, initially, we attempt to offer you a information on that second quarter. So in case you take John’s little dotted line on that chart, you’re going to dot a line as much as round 12%. In order that’s in all probability a fairly good quantity. We actually are internally pushing the workforce for greater than that, however I believe that’s a sensible final result. I believe the Tikkurila quantity was in that low single-digits if I bear in mind appropriately. However the magnificence about what we’re seeing with the Tikkurila workforce is that we’re educating them the best way to value. And that’s one thing that they traditionally haven’t completed a variety of. And so this has been a beautiful factor for us. And we – as now we have talked about earlier than, we predict Tikkurila can look identical to what Comex is. So, we get extra progress within the native markets and we get higher worth for what we’re promoting and that results in an ever-improving return on our funding that we invested in shopping for Tikkurila.
Vince Morales
Since we introduced Tikkurila, one of many different companies that carried out very well in Q1 was our Visitors Options enterprise, the prior Ennis-Flint acquisition. We noticed round 25% natural progress year-over-year in that enterprise and with a seasonally gentle quarter. However once more, we nonetheless ended that – ended the quarter with a really robust backlog and now we’re going into a really robust quarter.
Tim Knavish
Sure. Hey Frank, it’s Tim. Simply so as to add another factor on that different giant acquisition for us. Vince talked about 25% prime line progress, all-time document quarter for that enterprise. And very similar to what Michael described with Tikkurila, the prior Ennis-Flint enterprise pricing self-discipline was very totally different than what we – how we executed PPG. And we additionally achieved double-digit value improve in that enterprise for Q1. So actually, actually happy with each of the massive acquisitions and the way they carry out for us.
Operator
Thanks, Frank. The subsequent query is from Arun Viswanathan of RBC. Arun, please proceed.
Arun Viswanathan
Hello. Thanks for taking my questions. I simply wished to, once more, drill into a number of the drivers of possibly Q3 and This fall, understanding that your visibility is comparatively dynamic. However when you concentrate on the uncooked materials inflation that you just noticed in Q1 and Q2 or seeing now, are your present value will increase ample to hold you into Q3, or will you be elevating costs much more? And in case you do have to boost costs much more, may you additionally touch upon the supply of raws and if that has improved vastly from final yr? Thanks.
Vince Morales
Sure, Arun, that is Vince. Truthfully, our visibilities when it comes to all of the dynamics that play into inflation might be 60 days to 90 days. So, going out to Q3 or This fall is tough. And what we may inform you is we’re seeing higher provide in Europe, actually. Higher provide within the U.S. China is clearly, we’re going by way of a transitory interval as a result of restrictions. However we do anticipate provide to normalize for the stability of the yr. And as we mentioned many instances, we do really feel there’s sufficient structural provider capability to simply fulfill international coatings demand. So, now we have a variety of different noise happening proper now. However in some unspecified time in the future, we’ll normalize throughout provide/demand based mostly on historic patterns, simply too laborious to foretell Q3, This fall proper now. We do have sufficient – we do have good pricing moving into, as Michael mentioned, in Q2, which is sufficient to compensate for the sequential improve in uncooked supplies. If we see extra uncooked supplies within the again half of the yr, we’ll put in that real-time pricing engine once more.
Operator
Thanks, Arun. Subsequent query is with Jeff Zekauskas of JPMorgan. Jeff, please proceed.
Jeff Zekauskas
Thanks very a lot. Evidently your packaging coatings enterprise has slowed down. After we have a look at beverage can demand globally, it appears fairly robust. What’s the dynamic that’s happening there? And in auto refinish, what had been the volumes within the quarter year-over-year?
Michael McGarry
Sure. To start with, let me contact on the packaging. Look, now we have picked up new share at, I’d say, 70% of the brand new beverage can crops. So, we’re in superb form from that going ahead. Second, while you have a look at the packaging numbers, it’s important to bear in mind we had phenomenal comps final yr, and that can make it harder. However our packaging total progress this yr goes to be fairly good. So, I really feel superb about our place in our packaging coatings enterprise. I’d additionally inform you that once I take into consideration that enterprise, it’s not simply the amount, it’s additionally the value that we’re realizing as effectively.
John Bruno
Jeff, that is John. I’ll simply touch upon refinish. In the event you have a look at the U.S. and Europe, on a year-over-year foundation, volumes had been up about mid-single digit, and that’s off of a tricky comp from final first quarter. It was a superb quarter, particularly within the U.S. Asia was off a bit bit, primarily pushed by after we talked concerning the Winter Olympics slowed exercise down and there was clearly some restrictions in March.
Operator
Thanks, Jeff. Your subsequent query is from Kevin McCarthy with Vertical Analysis Companions. Kevin, please proceed.
Kevin McCarthy
Good morning everybody. Two questions on manufacturing variance and CapEx. First, on the manufacturing aspect, again in January, I believe you talked a couple of $0.20 EPS drag within the fourth quarter. And I want to know if that quantity declined within the first quarter, and if that’s the case, how a lot? And what your crystal ball would possibly say for the second quarter? After which on the CapEx aspect, if I learn the numbers proper, it seemed like your first quarter spend was $194 million versus $80 million final yr. And simply was questioning if there’s something uncommon in that when it comes to cadence or any change in your annual vary of $475 million to $525 million for CapEx this yr?
Michael McGarry
Sure. So, we’ll take the simple one first, CapEx. We had CapEx spending in December that we don’t pay for till January. So, the January quantity was in all probability a bit bit inflated, however our total spend for the yr just isn’t going to vary. And we’re nonetheless that 3%, $500 million type of vary. So, we be ok with that. As you realize, some – a bit little bit of that’s catch-up from the under-spending in ‘20 and a bit little bit of early 2021. So, from a producing standpoint, we had about $0.20 in This fall. We in all probability had about half of that in Q1. And the issue is it’s not that we’re having challenges making issues, it’s we’re having challenges scheduling issues due to uncooked supplies predictability, what is available in. And if you’re lacking one merchandise, you’ll be able to’t make the paint. So, that’s a much bigger situation. And naturally, a few of it is usually vitality on the plant. So, as you’ll be able to think about, going into Q1, we had a sure pure gasoline quantity for Europe. And we’re effectively in extra of that after the battle broke out. So, I’d inform you, total, the manufacturing is getting higher. And I’d say for Q2, you need to anticipate one other 50% enchancment in that quantity.
Operator
Thanks, Kevin. Subsequent query PJ Juvekar of Citi. PJ, please proceed.
PJ Juvekar
Sure. Good morning. Michael, I do know you might have been again integrating into resin capability prior to now. Simply type of how did that enable you to throughout this loopy interval of vitality inflation and all that? After which second query for Vince. Vince, you talked about sequential margin enchancment. However given your kind of first quarter that you just reported, the second quarter steerage, first half goes to be down year-over-year. In the event you proceed to enhance margins sequentially, do you assume you’ll be able to develop earnings this yr? Thanks.
Michael McGarry
Okay. So PJ, I’ll take the emulsions query. We, as a part of our Visitors Options or Ennis-Flint acquisition, it got here with a small resin plant. So, we’re making extra emulsions there. We predict we are able to improve the scale of that facility. So, the workforce is working to try this as effectively. So, not solely we’re going to use the asset, it was working 5 days per week, one shift, now it’s working 24 hours a day, seven days per week. And we’re going to enhance the scale of that. So, we’re capable of get Ba and a few of these different uncooked supplies that go into making the emulsion. So, the supply is healthier there. And so we really feel snug that we’re going to proceed to enhance the utilization of that facility.
Vince Morales
Sure. And PJ, on the margins, I’m glad you introduced that situation again up, as a result of I do really feel it’s actually the measurement stick due to all of the noise final yr. Our first quarter final yr was very robust, benefited by – the primary quarter of 2021 benefited by some pandemic restoration. After which as we bought by way of the stability of the yr, our second half of ‘21 was very, very weak. We aren’t going to offer full yr steerage on the decision right here at this time. However once more, the trajectory of margins sequentially for every of those quarters, I believe is the true marker for our trade. We do anticipate, once more, from a number of the causes Michael talked about, abating provide shortages, enchancment in our manufacturing and catch-up on pricing, we do anticipate our margins to enhance sequentially versus historic patterns for the foreseeable future.
Operator
Thanks. Your subsequent query, Laurence Alexander with Jefferies. Laurence, please go forward.
Unidentified Analyst
Hello. Good morning. That is Kevin Asberg on for Laurence Alexander. I simply had a fast query concerning the credit score market. So, I suppose given the strikes and likewise the Fed’s tightening cycle, I suppose I used to be questioning if there was any shift in how you concentrate on monetary leverage and I suppose how a lot you intend or anticipate that you can flex your stability sheet going ahead?
Vince Morales
Sure. We’re – our monetary – our long-term monetary self-discipline hasn’t modified. We’re type of within the mid-2s when it comes to debt to EBITDA. We do have – we do anticipate to pay down some debt this yr. If we see something strategically, we wish to execute on, we’ll act accordingly. However we’re not going to shift our methods. Once more, in case you have a look at our rate of interest and blended rate of interest, it’s the best-in-class of our area or near the best-in-class, so once more, no change in our technique or outlook within the close to time period.
Operator
Thanks. Subsequent query, Mike Harrison of Seaport Analysis Companions. Mike, please go forward.
Mike Harrison
Hello. Good morning. A few questions on the auto OEM enterprise. To start with, you might have been coping with some operational inefficiencies there. Has that improved both when it comes to buyer habits or your capacity to handle what’s happening in that area? After which possibly an replace on electrical car software wins with a few of your progressive choices. Have you ever seen some wins come by way of? And are you involved in any respect about battery shortages impacting EV progress this yr?
Michael McGarry
Okay. Let’s begin with manufacturing. I’d say the– the auto guys have gotten higher at figuring out what chips are coming in and when they’re coming in. So, they’re much higher. They’re having a lot much less scheduled or unscheduled downtime, it ought to be phrased. So, our manufacturing has gotten higher as a result of their predictability of working has gotten higher. And the one query no person requested, so I’m going to throw the reply on the market and be sure to know it’s our automotive workforce has priced larger than firm common. So, I really feel actually good about that, the place we’re in that area. After which from an EV standpoint, we don’t see battery shortages this yr. It’s actually a long run development that we’re going to be paying shut consideration to. However proper now, once I take into consideration the place we’re successful in that area, our protecting coatings that go into the battery has been an enormous win for us. We simply picked up two world-class prospects this quarter. Dielectric powders, is one other space that we’re successful in. And so I really feel very snug about that. So, one of many prime 5 guys, we’re additionally working a long-term cathode binder examine with, that’s extra like a 3-year to 5-year program, however the truth that they got here to us to try this is mostly a good signal about how they see us enjoying on this area long run. So, I’m very snug with the tempo that EVs are rising and our capacity to service that market.
Vince Morales
And Mike, I simply wish to – I’m glad you introduced the query up once more as a result of I do wish to speak a bit bit extra broadly about auto construct. Michael talked about, targets from third-party consultants this yr is round 80 million builds. Once more, we predict the market, on a run charge foundation, is usually over 90. So, there’s at the least, let’s name it, 10% to 12%, 15% catch-up that can happen within the subsequent, you decide the variety of quarters or months, 12 months to 18 months. On prime of that, we predict there’s a fleet rebuild that has to happen for issues like automobile rental fleets. We peg that as one other 3% to 4% of the market. On prime of that, there’s a listing replenishment cycle for – within the U.S., for instance, vendor heaps, so, a really lengthy runway. They’re actually getting higher chip availability and extra consistency. And there’s extra chips to come back within the again half of the yr and early 2023. So, very instrumental in our restoration, and we really feel very robust concerning the underlying demand that helps that.
Operator
Thanks Mike. Subsequent query is from Jaideep Pandya of On Subject Analysis. Jaideep, please go forward.
Jaideep Pandya
Thanks. The primary query actually is round your protecting and marine enterprise. Recognize you guys are larger in China nowadays, however how do you see your backlogs evolving now that oil costs are excessive, gasoline costs are excessive and likewise a number of the marine finish markets are doing extraordinarily effectively when it comes to money era? So, do you assume that subsequent 2 years we must always see a fabric enchancment on this space? After which the second query actually is round auto – the auto enterprise of yours. Recognize, Vince, what you simply mentioned. However like if we go by the speculation that there’s cannibalization the place EVs are consuming into the ICEs, simply wish to perceive your fastened value construction. So, within the sense, within the subsequent 5 years, if now we have 90 million automobiles, however 25 million or 20 million of them are EVs, are you able to truly scale back your fastened prices in your conventional ICE-based auto OEMs? And alternatively, clearly, win in EVs? After which are you any bolt-on acquisitions, as an example in EV-related coatings for batteries, or do you might have already publicity there? Thanks rather a lot.
Michael McGarry
Okay. Jaideep, we’ll begin with the brand new builds. Our marine enterprise is up considerably and it’s going to proceed to develop. New builds are up 20% year-over-year, and it’s up strongest in China, which is the place we’re strongest. So, it is a good marketplace for us. The oil and gasoline property which can be going to be constructed due to the Russia battle on Ukraine are additionally going to extend. So, that’s actually good for us. LNG tankers are actually good for us. That is an space the place pool fires result in a product that we promote which can be best-in-class. So, I’ve excessive hopes for our groups, our Protecting/Marine enterprise over time that’s persevering with to do effectively. If you speak concerning the auto enterprise, fastened prices, we truly paint EV automobiles identical to you paint an inside combustion automobiles. So, we’re going to nonetheless have all that enterprise and fortuitously you promote extra paint for the battery field. So, truly, your fastened – your value construction improves as the amount goes by way of. So, the transition from inside combustion engines to batteries is definitely a superb development for us. And we’re main within the area on this space. So, we’re doing – I’d say, we’re doing higher than our typical market share on inside combustion engines. Now, will we have a look at acquisitions in that area, we’re all the time in search of issues that add shareholder worth. So, I’d inform you that we’re all the time . It’s a extremely aggressive area proper now. There’s quite a lot of folks enjoying in it, whether or not it’s the protecting coatings, whether or not it’s movies, whether or not it’s powders, whether or not it’s thermal hole fillers, there’s a wide range of totally different purposes on the way you win in that area, however we really feel superb about this.
Operator
Thanks, Jaideep. There are not any additional questions ready right now. So, I want to hand the decision again over to John Bruno.
John Bruno
Thanks, Sam. Earlier than we wrap up the decision at this time, I wished to let everybody know that Mary Anne Bendzsuk shall be retiring within the second quarter and this shall be her final quarterly earnings name. I believe lots of people on the decision had handled Mary Anne and she or he has been a valued workforce member right here at PPG for a few years and offered glorious assist to the funding neighborhood, supporting Investor Relations for greater than 20 years. We wish to thank Mary Anne and want her and her household all the perfect in retirement. That concludes at this time’s name. If anyone has every other questions, please give us a name. Thanks very a lot.
Operator
That concludes the PPG Q1 2022 earnings name. Thanks all in your participation. You might now disconnect your traces.
