MILLER INDUSTRIES REPORTS 2025 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

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Miller Industries (NYSE: MLR) reported third-quarter 2025 results for the period ended September 30, 2025. Net sales were $178.7 million, down 43.1% year-over-year. Gross profit was $25.3 million (14.2% margin) and net income was $3.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, an 80.0% decline from the prior year. Management cited lower chassis shipments and production adjustments to reduce field inventory. The Board declared a quarterly $0.20 cash dividend payable December 9, 2025. The company reaffirmed 2025 revenue guidance of $750–$800 million, repurchased ~$1.2 million of shares, returned ~$3.5 million to shareholders in the quarter, and reduced debt by $10 million during the quarter (plus an additional $10 million in October 2025).

Positive

• Reaffirmed 2025 revenue guidance of $750–$800 million
• Declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable Dec 9, 2025
• Gross margin improved to 14.2% in Q3 2025
• Reduced debt by $10 million in Q3 2025 and another $10 million in October 2025
• Returned approximately $3.5 million to shareholders in Q3 2025

Negative

• Net sales declined 43.1% year-over-year in Q3 2025
• Net income fell 80.0% year-over-year to $3.1 million in Q3 2025
• Diluted EPS declined to $0.27 in Q3 2025 from $1.33 a year earlier
• SG&A expense rose to 11.9% of net sales in Q3 2025, up from 7.1% prior year

Insights

Equity Analyst

Sharp revenue and net income declines; margin mix, cost actions, and capital returns limit downsides.

Revenue fell to $178.7 million in Q3, down 43.1% year-over-year, driving net income down to $3.1 million (diluted $0.27 per share). Gross margin expanded to 14.2%, reflecting a product mix shift away from chassis toward higher-margin units, while SG&A declined in absolute terms and benefited from cost-savings.

Results depend on stabilization of chassis shipments and the company’s cost actions. Management recognized a $0.9 million charge this quarter for an enhanced retirement program, with a total expected program impact of $2.7 million, the balance to be recorded in the fourth quarter. The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable December 9, 2025, and the company executed ~$1.2 million in repurchases while reducing debt by $10 million in the quarter and another $10 million in October.

Watch near-term indicators: the remaining retirement-program charge in Q4 2025, whether OEM chassis deliveries normalize, and execution against inventory and cost-reduction plans over the next two quarters. Re-affirmed full-year revenue guidance of $750 to $800 million remains the explicit metric to monitor through the year-end results and the upcoming conference call on November 6, 2025.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Miller Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MLR) ("Miller Industries" or the "Company") today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

For the third quarter of 2025, net sales were $178.7 million, a decrease of 43.1%, compared to $314.3 million for the third quarter of 2024. Similar to the previous quarter, the decrease was driven primarily by a decline in chassis shipments, which were elevated in the prior year period as original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") recovered from supply chain disruptions.

Gross profit for the third quarter of 2025 was $25.3 million, or 14.2% of net sales, compared to $42.0 million, or 13.4% of net sales, for the third quarter of 2024. The year-over-year increase in gross margin percentage was driven largely by product mix, which shifted from a higher percentage of chassis in the prior year period, to a higher percentage of units in the current quarter.

For the third quarter of 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses were $21.2 million, or 11.9% of net sales, compared to $22.3 million, or 7.1% of net sales, in the prior year period. The year-over-year decrease was driven primarily by cost savings initiatives and lower executive compensation expenses. This was partially offset by one-time costs related to an enhanced retirement program the Company offered to all U.S. employees aged 65 and above during the third quarter of 2025. The Company recognized a $0.9 million expense in the third quarter of 2025 related to the retirement program. The total net financial impact of the program was $2.7 million, the remainder of which the Company expects to recognize in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Net income in the third quarter of 2025 was $3.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, decreases of 80.0% compared to net income of $15.4 million, or $1.33 per diluted share, in the prior year period.

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share, payable December 9, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2025, the sixtieth consecutive quarter that the Company has paid a dividend.

"Third-quarter revenue was in-line with our expectations, as industry-wide demand headwinds continued to weigh on results," said William G. Miller II, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. "We took decisive action in the third quarter to support our bottom line, including strategically decreasing production to reduce field inventory, right-sizing our costs for the current environment, and securing our supply chain to mitigate the long-term impacts of tariffs. This included the incredibly difficult decision we made to implement a reduction in workforce, which was announced in August as part of our comprehensive cost reduction plan. With the proactive steps we are taking, we are confident that we will be well positioned to capitalize on opportunities as the market environment improves."

Mr. Miller II, concluded, "We are focused on the aspects of our business that we can control and will continue to prioritize disciplined and balanced capital allocation as our cash conversion improves. We executed approximately $1.2 million in share repurchases, which, when combined with our dividend, resulted in approximately $3.5 million returned to shareholders during the quarter. In addition, we also reduced our debt balance by $10 million during the quarter, and an additional $10 million in October. With strong interest in the global military market, field inventory that is returning toward more normalized levels, and an improved cost-structure, we continue to believe we will enter 2026 from a position of strength."

2025 Guidance

The Company is re-affirming its previously issued revenue guidance of $750 to $800 million for the 2025 fiscal year.

The statements in the 2025 guidance provided above are forward looking. Actual results may differ materially. See our cautionary note regarding "forward-looking statements" below.

The Company will host a conference call, which will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet. The call is scheduled for tomorrow, November 6, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET. Listeners can access the conference call live and archived over the Internet through the following link:

https://app.webinar.net/qb6LAMVzyxX

Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the site, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay of this call will be available approximately one hour after the live call ends through Thursday, November 13, 2025. The replay number is 1-844-512-2921, Passcode 1178343

About Miller Industries, Inc.

Miller Industries is The World's Largest Manufacturer of Towing and Recovery Equipment®, and markets its towing and recovery equipment under a number of well-recognized brands, including Century®, Vulcan®, Chevron™, Holmes®, Challenger®, Champion®, Jige™, Boniface™, Titan® and Eagle®.

Certain statements in this news release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "should", "could", "continue", "future", "potential", "believe", "project", "plan", "intend", "seek", "estimate", "predict", "expect", "anticipate" and similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology and include, without limitation, any statements relating our 2025 guidance (including under the heading "2025 Guidance"), our ability to effectively monitor and adjust production levels to meet current demand and accelerate the reduction of channel inventory, the success of steps we may take to improve our costs, our ability to secure our supply chain to mitigate the long-term risks of tariffs, the growth and effect of the drivers of our long-term business performance, the potential improvement of our market environment and recovery of the commercial market, our future production capacity expansion plans, our priorities for the remainder of 2025 relating to operational efficiency and capital allocation, and any potential upside from pending military contracts and their potential effect on revenue and earnings growth. However, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements also include the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on our management's beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Our actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to, among other things: our dependence upon outside suppliers for component parts, chassis and raw materials, including aluminum, steel, and petroleum-related products leaves us subject to changes in price and availability, the cadence and quantity of deliveries from our suppliers, and delays in receiving supplies of such materials, component parts or chassis; our customers' and towing operators' access to capital and credit to fund purchases; the implementation of new or increased tariffs and any resulting trade wars and any resulting macroeconomic uncertainty; the rising costs of equipment ownership, including continuing increases in insurance premiums and elevated interest rates that have added cost pressures to our end users, and fluctuations in the value of used trucks; macroeconomic trends, availability of financing, and changing interest rates; our customers' ability to fund purchases of our products increases in the cost of skilled labor; the cyclical nature of our industry and changes in consumer confidence and in economic conditions in general; special risks from our sales to U.S. and other governmental entities through prime contractors; changes in fuel and other transportation costs, insurance costs and weather conditions; changes in government regulations, including environmental and health and safety regulations; failure to comply with domestic and foreign anti-corruption laws; competition in our industry and our ability to attract or retain customers; our ability to develop or acquire proprietary products and technology; assertions against us relating to intellectual property rights; changes in the tax regimes and related government policies and regulations in the countries in which we operate; the effects of regulations relating to conflict minerals; the catastrophic loss of one of our manufacturing facilities; environmental and health and safety liabilities and requirements; loss of the services of our key executives; product warranty or product liability claims in excess of our insurance coverage; potential recalls of components or parts manufactured for us by suppliers or potential recalls of defective products; an inability to acquire insurance at commercially reasonable rates; a disruption in, or breach in security of, our information technology systems or any violation of data protection laws; and those other risks discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those risks discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which discussion is incorporated herein by this reference. Such factors are not exclusive. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by, or on behalf of, the Company.

 

MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (In thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30								September 30
							%								%
		2025			2024		Change			2025			2024		Change
NET SALES	$	178,670		$	314,271		(43.1) %		$	618,353		$	1,035,593		(40.3) %
COSTS OF OPERATIONS		153,338			272,245		(43.7) %			524,491			898,246		(41.6) %
GROSS PROFIT		25,332			42,026		(39.7) %			93,862			137,347		(31.7) %
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses		21,247			22,326		(4.8) %			67,912			66,642		1.9 %
NON-OPERATING (INCOME) EXPENSES:
Interest Expense, Net		93			251		(63.0) %			482			3,544		(86.4) %
Other (Income) Expense, Net		(312)			(321)		2.7 %			(994)			(341)		(191.5) %
Total Expense, Net		21,028			22,256		(5.5) %			67,400			69,845		(3.5) %
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES		4,304			19,770		(78.2) %			26,462			67,502		(60.8) %
INCOME TAX PROVISION		1,222			4,345		(71.9) %			6,857			14,540		(52.8) %
NET INCOME	$	3,082		$	15,425		(80.0) %		$	19,605		$	52,962		(63.0) %
BASIC INCOME PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK	$	0.27		$	1.35		(80.1) %		$	1.71		$	4.62		(62.9) %
DILUTED INCOME PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK	$	0.27		$	1.33		(80.0) %		$	1.68		$	4.57		(63.1) %
CASH DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK	$	0.20		$	0.19		5.3 %		$	0.60		$	0.57		5.3 %
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic		11,446			11,447		0.0 %			11,451			11,453		0.0 %
Diluted		11,595			11,596		0.0 %			11,640			11,593		0.4 %

 

MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands)
	September 30,
	2025			December 31,
	(Unaudited)			2024
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and temporary investments	$	38,401		$	24,337
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $2,018 and $1,850 as of September 30, 2025 and      December 31, 2024, respectively		232,617			313,413
Inventories, net		180,715			186,169
Prepaid expenses		17,733			5,847
Total current assets		469,466			529,766
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Property, plant and equipment, net		113,516			115,979
Right-of-use assets - operating leases		363			545
Goodwill		19,998			19,998
Other assets		1,000			727
TOTAL ASSETS	$	604,343		$	667,015
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	82,238		$	145,853
Accrued liabilities		52,110			50,620
Income taxes payable		1,186			1,082
Current portion of operating lease obligation		242			318
Total current liabilities		135,776			197,873
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Long-term obligations		45,000			65,000
Non-current portion of operating lease obligation		121			227
Deferred income tax liabilities		2,791			2,885
Total liabilities		183,688			265,985
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share:
Authorized – 5,000,000 shares, Issued – none		—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share:
Authorized – 100,000,000 shares, Issued – 11,431,416 and 11,439,292 shares as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively		114			114
Additional paid-in capital		154,143			153,704
Retained earnings		267,675			254,938
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(1,277)			(7,726)
Total shareholders' equity		420,655			401,030
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$	604,343		$	667,015

 

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FAQ

What were Miller Industries (MLR) Q3 2025 net sales and how did they change year-over-year?

MLR reported Q3 2025 net sales of $178.7 million, a 43.1% decline versus Q3 2024.

How much did Miller Industries (MLR) earn in Q3 2025 per share?

MLR reported net income of $3.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share for Q3 2025.

What dividend did Miller Industries (MLR) declare in November 2025 and when is it payable?

The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share, payable on December 9, 2025 to shareholders of record on December 2, 2025.

Did Miller Industries (MLR) change its 2025 revenue guidance after Q3 results?

MLR reaffirmed its 2025 revenue guidance at $750 to $800 million following Q3 2025 results.

How did Miller Industries (MLR) manage balance sheet and shareholder returns in Q3 2025?

During Q3 2025 MLR repurchased approximately $1.2 million of shares, returned about $3.5 million to shareholders including dividends, and reduced debt by $10 million (plus another $10 million in October 2025).

What drove Miller Industries' (MLR) Q3 2025 revenue decline?

The company attributed the decline primarily to lower chassis shipments after elevated prior-year shipments as OEMs recovered from supply chain disruptions.