Culp, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 Results

June 25, 2025  by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Industry   

Iv Culp, president and CEO, commented, “Fiscal 2025 was a year of heavy lifting across CULP, and we are encouraged by the results of our work to transform our cost structure and better position the company for growth. Given the challenging revenue environment and tariff-related uncertainty that is evident and continues across the industry, we concentrated on what we can control and successfully executed on a variety of aggressive initiatives that should drive better operating leverage, particularly as market conditions improve. We also continued to play to our strength in providing the highest levels of service, product offerings and supply chain optionality to our customers, and we believe that our market share remains strong and continues to expand within certain targeted segments.

“The recent sale of our manufacturing facility in Canada capped the completion of the restructuring plan we announced last year including facility closures and consolidations in our mattress fabrics division, as well as a transition to an asset-light, strategic sourcing model for certain major product lines. We are pleased to see the benefits of that plan reflected in our financial results, with a lower fixed cost base and increased efficiencies in our mattress fabrics division helping to drive improvement during the year and significantly better overall operating results for the quarter despite the pressured macro conditions.

“In light of the continuing market softness, along with heightened tariff uncertainty, we are taking additional action including the integration of our two operating divisions, Culp Upholstery Fabrics and Culp Home Fashions, into a unified CULP-branded business that enhances our ability to anticipate and react to market trends as well as optimize resources across our organization. We expect this more centralized approach to improve scale efficiencies throughout CULP and to generate additional savings as we progress through fiscal 2026. In addition, the related facility consolidation activity should elevate the operating profile of our upholstery fabrics business, which continues to achieve profitability in the face of historically low demand for home furnishings and challenges from high tariff rates on China-produced goods. We also recently extended our credit facility with Wells Fargo for an additional three years, which we believe will provide us with additional flexibility and liquidity as needed to fund and grow our business going forward.

Mr. Culp concluded, “I remain incredibly proud of our team’s ability to respond to the changing needs of our business. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, we move into our new fiscal year with a leaner, more flexible global platform enabling us to quickly respond to market and tariff fluidity, as well as a highly resilient business model well-positioned to seize opportunities and meet the challenges ahead."

Fiscal 2025 Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights
Consolidated net sales of $48.8 million, generally flat to prior-year period net sales of $49.5 million, with mattress fabric sales up 5.3 percent and upholstery fabric sales down 8.9 percent year-over-year.

GAAP consolidated loss from operations of $(2.2) million (including $1.5 million in restructuring and related expenses), compared with GAAP consolidated loss from operations of $(4.2) million (including $204,000 in restructuring expense during the period).

- Non-GAAP operating loss of $(704) thousand, a marked improvement over the prior-year period’s non-GAAP operating loss of $(4.0) million (see reconciliation table on page 16) driven primarily by cost and efficiency benefits from the restructuring plan and also favorably impacted by lower inventory markdowns.

- Continued momentum in mattress fabrics operating performance, including significant improvement in operating loss from the prior-year period and consistent improvement throughout the year.

- Continued profitability in the upholstery fabrics segment despite a low-revenue industry environment and tariff-related challenges.

Net loss of $(2.1) million (including $1.5 million in restructuring and related expenses), or $(.17) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(4.9) million, or $(.39) per diluted share, in the prior-year period.

- Adjusted EBITDA for the period was $559 thousand, compared to negative $(2.2) million in the prior-year period (see reconciliation table on page 20), with the improvement driven primarily by restructuring activities and also favorably impacted by lower inventory markdowns.

Fiscal 2025 Full Year Financial Highlights
Consolidated net sales of $213.2 million, down 5.4 percent from the prior year, with mattress fabric sales down 2.1 percent and upholstery fabric sales down 8.8 percent.

GAAP consolidated loss from operations of $(18.4) million (including $9.4 million in restructuring and related expenses), compared with GAAP consolidated loss from operations of $(11.3) million (including $676,000 in restructuring and related expenses during the period).

- Non-GAAP operating loss of $(9.0) million, an improvement over the prior-year period’s non-GAAP operating loss of $(10.6) million (see reconciliation table on page 17) driven primarily by the same dynamics driving the improvement in non-GAAP operating loss during the fourth quarter.

Net loss of $(19.1) million (including $9.4 million in restructuring and related expenses), or $(1.53) per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $(13.8) million, or $(1.11) per diluted share, for the prior year.

As of April 27, 2025, the Company maintained $5.6 million in total cash and $12.7 million in outstanding debt under its credit facilities.

Restructuring Plan Update
The restructuring plan announced in May of 2024, which was primarily focused within the Company's mattress fabrics business, was completed as planned, with the sale of the Company's manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada, consummated on April 30, 2025. The Company continues to expect the restructuring plan to generate $10.0-$11.0 million in annualized savings and operating improvements, with many of these benefits already beginning to manifest in the Company’s fourth quarter fiscal 2025 results.

The Company incurred total restructuring and restructuring-related expenses of $9.4 million in fiscal 2025, of which $5.6 million consisted of cash expenditures. The Company funded close to $2.3 million of these cash expenditures with proceeds from the sale of excess manufacturing equipment, proceeds from a building lease termination in Haiti, and a small portion of the proceeds from the sale of its Canada facility. In fiscal 2026, the Company expects to realize a total of approximately $3.0 to $3.5 million in cash proceeds, net of all taxes and commissions, on the sale of its Canada facility.

Financial Outlook
Due to macro-economic uncertainty and the fluid tariff environment, the Company is not providing specific financial guidance, but only limited annual guidance at this time.

The Company anticipates year-over-year sales growth in its mattress fabrics business and for the sales pressure on the residential side of its upholstery business to continue.

The cost and efficiency benefits of the recently completed restructuring plan are expected to continue to drive meaningful operating improvement as the year progresses, particularly as the Company moves beyond the tariff-related sales and margin pressure impacting the first quarter. In addition, the fiscal 2026 division integration initiative and related facility consolidation activity, along with tariff-related price increases, should further bolster operating performance, particularly as the Company progresses beyond the first quarter.

While the Company intends to continue utilizing borrowings as necessary under its domestic and foreign credit facilities during fiscal 2026 in connection with funding working capital needs and growth, integration and efficiency initiatives, it will continue to aggressively manage liquidity and capital expenditures and prioritize free cash flow.

The Company’s expectations are based on information available at the time of this press release and reflect certain assumptions by management regarding the Company’s business and industry trends, the projected impact of restructuring and integration initiatives, and ongoing tariff and market headwinds. The Company's expectations also assume no further meaningful impacts from tariffs and trade negotiations.

Conference Call
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