BOISE CASCADE Co

Company Background

Boise Cascade is a large, integrated building materials distributor and wood products manufacturer with widespread operations throughout the United States (U.S.) and one manufacturing facility in Canada. We completed an initial public offering of our common stock on February 11, 2013. We have two reportable segments: (i) Building Materials Distribution (BMD), which is a wholesale distributor of building materials; and (ii) Wood Products, which primarily manufactures engineered wood products (EWP) and plywood. For more information, see Note 3, Revenues, and Note 15, Segment Information, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" and "Item 1. Business" of this Form 10-K. Our products are used in the construction of new residential housing, including single-family, multi-family, and manufactured homes, the repair-and-remodeling of existing housing, the construction of light industrial and commercial buildings, and other industrial applications. We have a broad base of customers, which includes a diverse mix of dealers, home improvement centers, leading wholesalers, specialty distributors, and industrial converters. During 2025, approximately 71% of our Wood Products segment sales, or approximately 75% and 51% of our Wood Products segment's EWP and plywood sales volumes, respectively, were to our BMD segment.

Executive Summary

We recorded income from operations of $183.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared with $490.0 million during the same period in the prior year. In our BMD segment, income decreased $81.2 million to $222.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, from $303.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decline in segment income was driven by a gross margin decrease of $48.8 million, resulting primarily from lower gross margins on commodity and EWP products, offset partially by improved gross margins on general line products. In addition, selling and distribution expenses and depreciation and amortization expense increased $21.8 million and $9.2 million, respectively. In our Wood Products segment, income decreased by $225.6 million to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, from $231.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in segment income was due primarily to lower EWP and plywood sales prices and sales volumes, as well as higher per-unit conversion costs, which were impacted, in part, by planned downtime to complete significant mill modernization capital projects at our Oakdale plywood mill. These decreases in segment income were offset partially by a $3.9 million gain on the sale of a non-operating property. These changes are discussed further in "Our Operating Results" below.

We ended 2025 with $477.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and $450.0 million of debt. At December 31, 2025, we had $395.1 million of unused committed bank line availability. We used $236.0 million of cash during the year ended December 31, 2025, as cash provided by operations was offset by capital spending, treasury stock purchases, dividends paid on our common stock, and funding of an acquisition. A further description of our cash sources and uses for the comparative periods are discussed in "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below.

Demand for the products we purchase and distribute, as well as the products we manufacture, is closely tied to new residential construction, residential repair-and-remodeling activity, and light commercial construction. Residential construction, particularly new single-family construction, remains a key demand driver for the products we distribute and manufacture. In 2025, single-family starts fell short of 2024 levels by approximately 7% and are expected to be flat or modestly down in 2026. Home builders moderated their starts in 2025 to avoid further buildup of finished home inventory as affordability remains a persistent challenge for prospective homebuyers. Throughout 2025 builders bridged the supply-demand gap with increased incentives and high single-digit declines in new home prices. Multi-family experienced growth in 2025 but starts are expected to level off in 2026 due to prohibitive capital costs for developers combined with low rent growth and a decrease in permit activity. Industry experts expect flat home improvement spending in 2026 as high costs of borrowing and historically low home turnover continue to constrain demand. Near term demand will continue to be influenced by factors such as mortgage rates, home affordability, home equity levels, home sizes, new and existing home inventory levels, unemployment rates, and consumer confidence. Long-term demand drivers for residential construction, including generational tailwinds and an undersupply of housing units, remain strong, while elevated levels of homeowner equity and an aging U.S. housing stock support robust repair-and-remodel spending and reinforce the industry’s solid fundamentals.

Our distribution business, which purchases and resells a diverse range of products, experiences opportunities for increased sales and margins during periods of rising prices, while periods of declining prices may present challenges. Future product pricing, particularly for commodity products we distribute and manufacture, is expected to remain dynamic, influenced by economic conditions, industry operating rates, supply disruptions, duties, tariffs, transportation constraints, inventory levels, and seasonal demand patterns. We will continue to monitor end market demand signals and align production rates and inventory stocking positions accordingly.