Company: OC
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001370946-25-000077
Chunk: 178

Company: Owens Corning
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 178
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ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS

In an enterprise as diverse as ours, a wide range of factors could affect future performance. We discuss in this section some of the risk factors that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, value and results of operations. You should not interpret the disclosure of any risk factor to imply that the risk has not already materialized. You should consider these risk factors in connection with evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K because these risk factors could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements.

The Company maintains processes that aim to manage enterprise risks through identification and mitigation of those risks. Despite our efforts, we may fail to identify or mitigate certain risks, which could have a material and adverse impact on our business, financial condition, value and results of operations in future periods.

MACROECONOMIC, MARKET AND OPERATIONAL RISKS

Low levels of residential, commercial or industrial construction activity can have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

A large portion of our products are used in the markets for residential and commercial construction and repair and remodeling. Demand for certain of our products is affected in part by the level of new residential construction in the United States and elsewhere, although typically not until a number of months after the change in the level of construction. Lower demand in the regions and markets where our products are sold could result in lower revenues and lower profitability. Historically, construction activity has been cyclical and is influenced by prevailing economic conditions, including the level of interest rates and availability of financing, inflation, employment levels, consumer spending habits, consumer confidence and other macroeconomic factors outside our control. Interest rates increased substantially in the past few years, remained elevated in 2024, and are currently expected to decrease slightly but stay relatively high in 2025. The combination of high interest rates and high levels of inflation reduces the affordability of mortgages and other financing options, and increases the cost of home improvement projects. These trends have likely resulted in reduced levels of repair and remodel as well as new construction activity and demand for our products. Additionally, market reactions to the new U.S. federal administration's trade policies, deregulation efforts, and stance towards the Federal Reserve could create economic uncertainty, potentially leading to fluctuations in inflation and interest rates. Due to this uncertainty, we cannot predict if or when interest rates or inflation levels will stabilize or the impact that this uncertainty may have on repair and remodel activity