Mark Newman
Analyst · BMO Capital Markets. Your line is now open
Hey, John. Thanks. And good morning. Let me start first with the quarter and then I will get into TSS. And then I'll ask Sameer to reflect on how he sees the numbers for the rest of the year in keeping with our guidance. The quarter was -- as you saw, was strong. It showed Chemours wide improvements with momentum in all three businesses, despite the all limitations which are affecting TT. And I think are really the beginning of evidence of long-term secular trends, which are going to benefit all three business, but in particular, will benefit TSS on low global warming refrigerants and propellant and foaming agents. And obviously, APM, as it relates to the mega trends, which are unfolding today on Semicon, hydrogen coming, EVs here. So there's a lot going on in the company that to me is showing the importance of our TSS and APM in the quarter. And in the year, they're increasing contributions to Chemours earnings, which gives us confidence despite the all limitations on the guide that we've provided for the year. As it relates to your question. I think there's a couple of things going on in the quarter and in the year that I'd like to highlight. First of all, demand -- refrigerant demand remains very strong. As you can imagine, folks are coming back to offices, they're going to restaurants, they're are going to hotels. So lots of demand here on stationary that we like. Clearly, demand on auto OEM is impacted by the ongoing Semicon shortage. Q1 was particularly weak as you'll see from the earnings reports by OEM customers. But full-year is looking as a year-over-year improvement from a volume perspective based on IHS. Obviously, where the market, there's some structural shifts having in the market. Here in the U.S. obviously the implementation of the Aim Act is taking effect at a time when demand is strong. Clearly there's some supply issues as it relates to China that are also affecting availability. So, Q1 is particularly strong. But as we look out to the year, our view is demand remains very strong on the institutional stationary side. And the AMAK framework is working. We're also encouraged by ongoing developments in Europe to make F-Gas better. So maybe I'll ask Sameer to see if there's any other commentary on full year, but this is a great business, long-term secular growth, multiyear secular growth, and EBITDA margins north of 30%.