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Carpenter Expertise Company (NYSE:CRS)
Q1 2023 Earnings Convention Name
October 27, 2022, 10:00 AM ET
Firm Individuals
Tony Thene – President and CEO
Timothy Lain – SVP and CFO
Brad Edwards – IR
Convention Name Individuals
Michael Leshock – KeyBanc Capital Markets
Joshua Sullivan – The Benchmark Firm
Phil Gibbs – KeyBanc Capital Markets
Operator
Good morning, and welcome to the Carpenter Expertise Company’s First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Convention Name. All members will likely be in a listen-only mode right this moment. [Operator Instructions]. After right this moment’s presentation, there will likely be a chance to ask questions. [Operator Instructions]. Please be aware this occasion is being recorded right this moment.
I’d now like to show the convention over to Brad Edwards, Investor Relations. Please go forward.
Brad Edwards
Thanks, operator. Good morning everybody and welcome to the Carpenter Expertise earnings convention name for the fiscal 2023 first quarter ended September 30, 2022. This name can be being broadcast over the Web together with presentation slides. Please be aware, for these of you listening by cellphone, it’s possible you’ll expertise a time delay in slide motion. Audio system on the decision right this moment are Tony Thene, President and Chief Government Officer; and Tim Lain, Senior Vice President and Chief Monetary Officer.
Statements made by administration throughout this earnings presentation which might be forward-looking statements are based mostly on present expectations. Danger components that would trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these forward-looking statements will be present in Carpenter Expertise’s most up-to-date SEC filings, together with the corporate’s report on Kind 10-Ok for the 12 months ended June 30, 2022 and the displays connected to that submitting.
Please additionally be aware that within the following dialogue, except in any other case famous, when administration discusses gross sales or income, that reference excludes surcharge. When referring to working margins, that’s based mostly on adjusted working revenue excluding particular objects and gross sales excluding surcharge.
I’ll now flip the decision over to Tony.
Tony Thene
Thanks, Brad, and good morning to everybody on the decision right this moment. Let’s start on Slide 4, and a evaluate of our security efficiency. For first quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023, our complete case incident price was 1.7. Whereas that is lower than half of the metallic manufacturing business common price, this efficiency is less than the requirements to which we maintain ourselves. Happily, regardless of the rising price, the severity of accidents continues to say no. The speed enhance is essentially as a result of elevated staff endeavor new duties, both as new hires or transfers into new roles.
To deal with this, we now have enhanced and expanded coaching procedures for any worker new to a job or activity with frequent monitoring and observe up. Additional, we proceed to drive our STOP program, which permits staff to cease work each time there’s a potential concern or concern. Our final aim continues to be a zero harm office. We consider it’s potential and we are going to proceed to work in direction of that aim.
Now let’s flip to Slide 5, and a evaluate of the primary quarter. We proceed to see robust demand situations in every of our end-use markets. Most notably, we see the aerospace and protection end-use market ramp accelerating. On account of a powerful demand setting throughout our end-use market, we proceed to understand value positive factors in contract negotiations and see our backlogs enhance. Notably, our backlog elevated 10% sequentially and 155% year-over-year. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of backlog development.
In an effort to fulfill this aggressive demand, we’re targeted on rising productiveness throughout our operations. And we’re working intently with our clients as most are requesting further quantity with accelerated supply dates. For the quarter, the SAO section carried out on the higher finish of our expectations pushed by the rising market demand and continued operational enhancements.
Our PEP section was on tempo to satisfy our expectations till Hurricane Ian delayed shipments for our Dynamet facility in Florida on the finish of the quarter. Happily, no staff have been injured and we have been capable of return safely to full operations shortly after the required evacuation orders have been lifted. Lastly, our liquidity stays wholesome. We completed the quarter with 351 million in complete liquidity.
Now let’s transfer to Slide 6, and the end-use market replace. Most of our end-use markets have been up year-over-year, reflecting the robust demand setting and the continued restoration. And as you’ll hear all through my feedback, our near-term and long-term outlook for every of the end-use markets stays constructive. Sequentially, nonetheless, we have been down throughout most of our end-use markets aside from aerospace and protection. The first issue was the sharp ramp in aerospace, pushing out manufacturing of fabric in different end-use markets. As well as, Hurricane Ian delayed shipments from our Dynamet facility in Florida.
Now let’s evaluate every of the end-use markets. Our aerospace and protection end-use market, gross sales have been up 3% sequentially and 36% year-over-year. World aerospace site visitors continues its restoration driving up anticipated construct charges. As clients throughout every of the aerospace submarkets work to satisfy construct charges, demand for our supplies is accelerating. The protection submarket is down sequentially, primarily pushed by the mixture of unsure authorities price range horizon, and prolonged lead time. We see this as a short-term concern, as there’s continued curiosity in our superior alloys for subsequent technology platforms.
Excluding protection, aerospace gross sales have been up 7% sequentially and 40% year-over-year. Extra particularly, gross sales within the aero engine submarket have been up 24% sequentially and up 45% year-over-year. On account of the continued will increase in demand, lead occasions throughout the business have prolonged and our backlog continues to rise. Particularly, our aerospace and protection end-use market backlog is up 11% sequentially and 190% year-over-year. Notably, the backlog worth now stands at almost 2x pre-pandemic ranges, reflecting value will increase and buyer urgency to safe materials.
Within the medical end-use market, gross sales have been down 7% sequentially and up 34% in comparison with final 12 months. The year-over-year outcomes mirror ongoing restoration in elective surgical procedures with hospital staffing ranges enhancing. Clients are rising manufacturing exercise and required stocking ranges to satisfy demand. The general outlook continues to be constructive as medical procedures are anticipated to rise to pre-pandemic ranges by the top of calendar 12 months 2022. We’re seeing replenishment within the provide chain to help the anticipated development as our medical end-use market backlog is up 13% sequentially and 211% year-over-year.
Within the transportation end-use market, gross sales have been down 28% sequentially and down 25% in comparison with final 12 months. Gentle responsibility car demand stays excessive, with shoppers persevering with to purchase at the same time as inventories are at historic lows. With robust demand and low stock, construct charges are anticipated to extend all through calendar 12 months 2023.
Within the power end-use market, gross sales have been down 13% sequentially and up 13% in comparison with final 12 months. Within the oil and fuel submarket, demand continues to outpace provide driving development in capital investments. The provision scarcity has been additional challenged by current geopolitical disruptions. As well as, we see rising demand for superior premium alloy options for drilling actions in harsh environments.
Within the industrial and client end-use market, gross sales have been down 17% sequentially and up 3% year-over-year. We proceed to see wholesome demand within the electronics submarket, largely pushed by buyer engagement for supplies from our scorching strip mill in Studying, which was commissioned simply over a 12 months in the past.
Now, I’ll flip it over to Tim for the monetary abstract.
Timothy Lain
Thanks, Tony. Good morning, everybody. I am going to begin on Slide 8, the revenue assertion abstract. Web gross sales within the first quarter have been 522.9 million and gross sales excluding surcharge totaled 375.7 million. Gross sales, excluding surcharge, elevated 20% from the identical interval a 12 months in the past on 3% greater quantity. Sequentially, gross sales have been down 7% on 13% decrease quantity. Gross revenue was 54.8 million within the present quarter in comparison with 25.2 million in the identical quarter of final 12 months, and 72 million within the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2022.
As we identified on final quarter’s name, the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2022 gross revenue outcomes included a advantage of 11.9 million associated to worker retention credit that have been recorded and referred to as out as a particular merchandise throughout that quarter. Sequentially, adjusting for the roughly 12 million of nonrecurring advantages, gross revenue is down barely as a result of decrease gross sales from This fall to Q1. The numerous enchancment in gross revenue year-over-year is primarily pushed by the upper gross sales and enhancing product combine and elevated promoting costs to offset inflationary price will increase.
SG&A bills have been 46.5 million within the first quarter, up about 2 million from the identical interval a 12 months in the past. When adjusting for the particular objects that we referred to as out within the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2022, SG&A bills have been up roughly 1 million sequentially. Be aware that the SG&A line contains company prices, which totaled 17.1 million within the current first quarter.
The reported company prices elevated about 3 million from the identical quarter final 12 months and about 4 million sequentially when contemplating the particular objects included within the fourth quarter. As we stay up for the stability of fiscal 12 months 2023, we proceed to anticipate company prices to run between 18 million to twenty million per quarter.
Working revenue was 8.3 million within the present quarter. When excluding the affect of particular objects in prior quarters, adjusted working loss was 17.5 million in the identical quarter final 12 months and adjusted working revenue was 14.9 million in our current fourth quarter.
Our efficient tax price for the primary quarter was 11.5%. The primary quarter price is decrease than the statutory price largely as a result of outsized affect that sure non-taxable earnings and everlasting objects have on the speed given our pre-tax loss within the current quarter.
As pre-tax ranges enhance all through the fiscal 12 months, we anticipate that the complete 12 months efficient tax price will likely be roughly 22% to 24% for the complete fiscal 12 months 2023 however will proceed to have variability on a quarterly foundation. Earnings per share for the quarter was a lack of $0.14 per share.
Now turning to Slide 9 and our SAO section outcomes. Web gross sales for the primary quarter have been 447.3 million or 305.7 million excluding surcharge. In comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, web gross sales excluding surcharge elevated 18% on 4% greater volumes. Sequentially gross sales decreased 7% on 14% decrease volumes. The year-over-year enchancment in web gross sales was pushed by elevated quantity in addition to an enhancing product combine throughout most of our key end-use markets, as Tony reviewed in the marketplace provide.
Transferring to working outcomes, SAO reported working revenue of 19.9 million in our current first quarter. The identical quarter a 12 months in the past, SAO’s adjusted working loss was 4.6 million. And within the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2022, SAO reported adjusted working revenue of 20 million. The 24.5 million enchancment in adjusted working efficiency on a year-over-year foundation was largely on account of greater gross sales, coupled with an enhancing combine, and elevated promoting costs.
Wanting forward, our backlog stays robust and grew sequentially once more this quarter as order charges throughout all of our key end-use markets remained robust. As we have highlighted, we proceed to see elevated exercise throughout the aerospace provide chain to satisfy anticipated will increase in construct charges by the OEMs. Our groups stay targeted on making certain that we speed up exercise ranges and manufacturing stream to satisfy the wants of our clients for the foreseeable future. Based mostly on present expectations, we anticipate SAO will generate working revenue within the vary of 30 million to 32 million within the upcoming second quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023.
Now turning to Slide 10 and our PEP section outcomes. Web gross sales within the first quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023 have been 93.2 million or 87.7 million excluding surcharge. Web gross sales excluding surcharge elevated 19% in the identical quarter final 12 months and have been down 6% sequentially. The year-over-year development in web gross sales displays elevated calls for throughout all enterprise models. In our Dynamet titanium enterprise, web gross sales elevated in each the aerospace and protection and medical end-use markets from the identical quarter a 12 months in the past.
We have additionally seen vital enchancment in year-over-year gross sales in our additive and distribution companies. The sequential lower in web gross sales was influenced by the affect of missed shipments from our Dynamet Florida facility because of the hurricane in late September. Within the present quarter, PEP reported working revenue of 6.3 million. This compares to adjusted working revenue of 0.9 million in the identical quarter a 12 months in the past and adjusted working revenue of 8.2 million within the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2022.
The working revenue enchancment year-over-year is primarily the results of elevated web gross sales throughout every of the enterprise models, pushed by the continued enhancing market demand situations. Sequentially, working revenue was down barely due once more primarily to the hurricane affect on shipments for the quarter. As we glance forward, we stay assured that general demand situations will stay robust within the coming quarters. We at the moment anticipate that the PEP section will ship working revenue within the vary of 8 million to 10 million for the upcoming second quarter.
Now turning to Slide 11, and a evaluate of free money stream. Within the present quarter, we used 78 million of money for working actions. The money used for operations within the present quarter was pushed by rising stock. Through the quarter, we elevated stock by 121 million. The elevated stock is the results of ramping up manufacturing actions to fulfill the rising demand, particularly the focused shipments for the second half of fiscal 12 months 2023.
We proceed to actively handle our provide chain to attenuate potential disruptions. We preserve common contact with key suppliers to make sure we now have a gradual provide of our crucial uncooked supplies and different working provides for the foreseeable future. Within the first quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023, we spent $13 million on capital expenditures. We proceed to focus on about 100 million of capital expenditures for fiscal 12 months 2023.
I may even spotlight, we proceed to fund a relentless dividend to our shareholders which we think about as a part of our free money stream. With these particulars in thoughts, we used 101 million of free money stream within the first quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023. Our liquidity stays wholesome, and we ended the present quarter with complete liquidity of 351 million, together with 53 million of money and 298 million of obtainable borrowings beneath our credit score facility.
With that, I am going to flip the decision again to Tony.
Tony Thene
Thanks, Tim. Now to recap our first quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023. We’re effectively positioned to attain our goal of delivering working revenue on the fiscal 12 months 2019 run price by the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023. We’re working in a powerful demand setting with a constructive outlook in every of our end-use markets. Notably, the aerospace and medical markets proceed to speed up the restoration. Consequently, our backlog continues to develop, and we anticipate it to stay robust for the foreseeable future.
We proceed to ramp our operations with an ongoing concentrate on maximizing throughput and productiveness in key stream paths. Via a uncooked materials surcharge mechanism and our capacity to extend costs on our contractual and transactional enterprise, we have been capable of mitigate a big proportion of the current inflationary pressures. We proceed to work intently with key clients, navigating the restoration and provide chain challenges and partnering to unravel their crucial wants. On account of these efforts, we consider we are going to proceed to keep up a wholesome liquidity place.
Now let’s take a more in-depth take a look at our full fiscal 12 months 2023 outlook. Final quarter, I spoke a couple of projection that by the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023, we may obtain an working revenue run price equal to our fiscal 12 months 2019 efficiency. To be particular, which means that we anticipate to achieve quarterly working revenue of no less than $60 million by the fourth quarter of fiscal 12 months 2023. Our present view of productiveness, throughput, inflation, provide chain constraints and labor availability are constructed into this projection.
I’ll spend a couple of minutes now to supply extra element on how we plan to get there. First, we undertaking gross sales, excluding surcharge, to develop at a 13% to fifteen% compound development price over the following three quarters. As talked about within the earlier slide, we now have a powerful outlook throughout every of our end-use markets for each near-term and long-term development.
Regardless of considerations of a possible recession, our supplies are required in industries the place demand exceeds provide. We see these dynamics in aerospace, medical, power, and lightweight responsibility car industries, amongst others. The energy of the demand for our supplies is confirmed by the continued development in our backlog. Backlogs are up 10% sequentially and 155% year-over-year.
Second, with the rise in income and related volumes, we are going to notice improved margins. And whereas inflationary pressures have elevated our price, value will increase on each transactional and contract companies over the past 12 months will assist offset these pressures. Specifically, the SAO section could have a significant enchancment in working margin. With the return to pre-pandemic gross sales, we anticipate to method pre-pandemic working margins within the SAO section.
Lastly, we now have positioned ourselves operationally to seize the expansion and notice our targets as we proceed to concentrate on enhancing our productiveness throughout services. And as famous earlier, we construct some stock within the first quarter to verify we now have the mandatory assets to attain our aim.
The underside line is that Carpenter Expertise is poised to return to pre-pandemic ranges and considerably enhance earnings over the long run as a result of robust markets we take part in, our progressive options, stable buyer relationships and our development alternatives.
Thanks in your time. And now I’ll flip it over to the operator to take your questions.
Query-and-Reply Session
Operator
We’ll now start the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. And our first query right here will come from Gautam Khanna with Cowen. Please go forward. Gautam Khanna, your line is open. All righty. We’ll take our subsequent query from Michael Leshock with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go forward.
Michael Leshock
Hello. Good morning, guys. I needed to ask on scrap availability. It looks like that is enhancing. And do you see that as an enabler to margin upside because the 12 months progresses inside SAO?
Tony Thene
Effectively, it is a good query. And that is one thing that may be cyclical so far as availability. Proper now, that is not a difficulty for us. And we’re being selective about what we do out out there. So not a difficulty for us proper now. And as you effectively know, scrap utilization may be very excessive proportion for us in our course of.
Michael Leshock
After which simply trying on the steering you gave for the stability of the 12 months, what sort of contribution are we seeing from delicate magazine? And is there any view on simply what we needs to be pondering inside that enterprise?
Tony Thene
Smooth magazine is materials over the following couple of quarters. In reality, we’re finalizing a really enticing contract for us with a significant buyer at very good margins, good contract for each of us. So over the following couple of quarters, it is going to be materials. After which as you get into FY ’24 and past, it turns into even an even bigger a part of our enterprise.
Michael Leshock
After which simply lastly for me on stock ranges right here, you talked in regards to the enhance quarter-over-quarter to type of meet the ramp wants. Are you comfy with the degrees right here? Or because the ramp progresses, do you see the necessity to enhance additional?
Tony Thene
We’ll construct stock once more within the second quarter. By the top of the 12 months, our plan is to flush that out. So you will in all probability be about the identical year-over-year. You will finish — what I am saying is in you may be in FY ’23 about the identical place you’re in FY ’22. However proper now, while you’ve bought a market state of affairs like we now have the place the demand is considerably above the availability ranges, we’re attempting to do all we will to maximise our output. And what which means proper now’s constructing a few of that stock, as a result of our manufacturing charges throughout key facilities aren’t 100% aligned. So we’ll construct that stock once we get the prospect, for probably the most half within the upstream, and be capable of ship that out to our clients within the second a part of the 12 months.
Michael Leshock
Nice, thanks.
Tony Thene
Thanks.
Operator
[Operator Instructions]. Our subsequent query right here will come from Josh Sullivan from The Benchmark Firm. Please go forward.
Joshua Sullivan
Hello. Good morning.
Tony Thene
Good morning.
Joshua Sullivan
The dynamic you talked about within the ready remarks and markets exterior of aerospace have been dislocated by the robust aerospace demand. Simply given aerospace goes to be rising but it surely’s a extra complicated purified product, is there any timing hole the place it takes extra time to fabricate the aerospace grade supplies to the varied furnaces than the decrease grade supplies that we’re changing?
Tony Thene
Sure, I alluded to that, that at occasions based mostly on the merchandise we’re operating, that the aerospace supplies may have an extended manufacturing cycle. Once more, I wish to ensure that I am clear on this. I believe that is quick time period. We’re at all times shifting our manufacturing schedule round. However within the first quarter, that was a bit extra excessive as we’re attempting to satisfy the demand from our aerospace clients. I believe over the following couple of quarters, that’ll even out a bit of bit.
Joshua Sullivan
Acquired it. And I do know it is exhausting to measure aerospace aftermarket demand, however should you take a look at the variety of engines delivered by Pratt, GE, Rolls, Williams versus materials you delivered by Carpenter, does it counsel aftermarket wants are accelerating quicker than passenger site visitors? Or do you suppose OEMs are stocking stock simply to PEP manufacturing dangers, given among the points with the broader provide chain?
Tony Thene
After we discuss to clients, each one among them say they do not have sufficient stock proper now. They usually all need it quicker than what the present lead occasions are. So I do not see a mismatch there. And I believe, perhaps, Josh, it is a good time, that query type of results in an even bigger piece. And I believe it is actually essential to notice that from an aerospace standpoint, or actually for an general market standpoint, there’s not a market demand drawback. In reality, our demand, it is there, it is robust, it is accelerating. And also you at all times hear this information, such as you’ve talked about about aftermarket stock ranges, construct charges for the airplane framers, whether or not they’re reducing or pushing out. And I can inform you the underside line is that no, that is going to have a damaging affect for the remainder of this fiscal 12 months and into the following 12 months and past. And the primary concern is that proper now, demand considerably outpaces present provide. And that is not going to vary anytime quickly. So it is why we’re very assured in our fourth quarter goal, after which saying we’ll double that by FY ’26. These sorts of information objects within the business it is simply not going to vary, as a result of we now have greater than sufficient demand proper now.
Joshua Sullivan
Acquired it. After which the Russian titanium provide chain realignment, did you see any quantifiable strikes this quarter?
Tony Thene
Josh, I did not hear the final piece of that.
Joshua Sullivan
Russian titanium provide chain realignment, did Carpenter see any significant new relationships because of that?
Tony Thene
Sure, I believe it is a good — that is come up a few occasions. And perhaps I can provide you simply a few items the place we might play and perhaps make it extra clear for everybody. In aerospace, in fact, the U.S. entities that gives the massive titanium forgings, they might choose up some share due to this, and in flip we may take part by way of conversion providers that we now have for these firms. On the medical aspect, we compete with the SAO by Dynamet. And there are some factors there the place we’re working with clients, we’re there assessing their danger, nonetheless making some sourcing selections there. When it comes to how this stacks up for Carpenter Expertise, it is actually not going to be a significant sport changer in comparison with what we now have going for us on this large demand on aerospace, medical, electrification. So there will be some alternatives for us. However not as massive perhaps for among the firms that truly soften titanium. As , we’re not a melter of titanium. So hopefully that offers you a bit of bit extra perception to what we do in that space.
Joshua Sullivan
Thanks for the time.
Tony Thene
Thanks.
Operator
Our subsequent query will come from Phil Gibbs with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go forward.
Phil Gibbs
Hello. Thanks very a lot. Query was simply on web working capital. You talked about the seasonality of the construct and clearly you’ve got bought very robust quantity aspirations because the 12 months progresses. How ought to we take into consideration web working capital this quarter after which over the stability of the 12 months?
Tony Thene
Sure, I am going to let Tim take that one.
Timothy Lain
Sure, Phil, good morning. Tony lined the element on stock. That is clearly our largest element. The remaining will observe. Payables will observe stock to a sure extent. It is all based mostly on timing. After which receivables, clearly a gross sales ramp assuming we preserve the comparatively constant DSO, we should always see some enhance in AR as gross sales ramp. And the remainder of the online working capital needs to be pretty in line to these actions.
Phil Gibbs
Okay. After which concerning aerospace particularly, are you guys seeing any materials differentiation between engine and non-engine, which for you I do know contains structural and touchdown gear, avionics and whatnot? Is there a distinction between the place the polls are stronger?
Tony Thene
Phil, that is Tony. All of our submarkets throughout aerospace are robust proper now. There may very well be 1 / 4 that you just see a bit of dip perhaps in distribution, or one of many smaller ones. However in terms of engines, and much more so now fasteners, that demand is extraordinarily robust. And once more, each one among our clients are asking for extra and sooner. There isn’t a deviation from that. We’d like extra and we want it sooner. And that is throughout all of our aero submarkets.
Phil Gibbs
After which final query for me, and I recognize it, is simply on labor and labor productiveness, clearly a giant speaking level for the OEMs and the suppliers alike. The place do you all discover you’re on that labor and productiveness curve? Do you want extra headcount and/or the place do you suppose you’re on the productiveness curve because the cycle progresses? Thanks.
Tony Thene
Sure, it is a good query, Phil. Thanks for asking that. Throughout our places, there’s nonetheless a few places the place we’re nonetheless actively hiring, normally as a result of we’re bringing on one other line or we all know that we have demand coming sooner or later. For our bigger places, we’re in fairly good condition so far as the quantity. The true key for us is on the coaching piece, as a result of over the past couple of years, as you said, we have had — the business have had a reasonably good turnover of the workforce, whether or not that be by retirements or different actions. And we have to practice that workforce. As , we now have a really complicated, sophisticated manufacturing system. We have now by no means failed merchandise. We have now to keep up that high quality. So from a price standpoint, we’re operating full, however we’re not operating on the price that we ran in 2019. And that is why you see it is developing over the following couple of quarters. We have to do this in a really structured, very deliberate course of to verify all of our staff are skilled correctly, and so they can function that tools on the very highest high quality requirements.
Phil Gibbs
Thanks.
Operator
This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to show the convention again over to Brad Edwards for any closing remarks.
Brad Edwards
Thanks, Joe. Thanks everybody for becoming a member of us right this moment for our fiscal first quarter 2023 earnings name. We recognize you spending the time, and have an awesome remainder of your day. Take care.
Operator
The convention has now concluded. Thanks very a lot for attending right this moment’s presentation. You might now disconnect your traces.
