GGB - Gerdau S.A. (GGB) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-02-21 18:50:04 ET
Gerdau S.A. (GGB)
Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call
February 21, 2024 10:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Renata Oliva Battiferro – Head-Investor Relations
Gustavo Werneck – Chief Executive Officer
Rafael Japur – Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Daniel Sasson – Itaú
Leonardo Correa – BTG Pactual
Marcio Farid – Goldman Sachs
Rafael Barcellos – Bradesco
Guilherme Rosito – Bank of America
Presentation
Renata Oliva Battiferro
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Gerdau's Earnings Release Call for the Fourth Quarter of 2023. My name is Renata, Head of Investor Relations, and participating in our video conference today are CEO of Gerdau, Gustavo Werneck, and CFO, Rafael Japur.
We would like to inform you that this video conference is being recorded and will be available on the company's IR website, where the complete material of the earnings release is available. You can also download the presentation using the chat icon.
We would like to remind you that the broadcast of this video conference is being done with simultaneous translation through the tool available in the platform. To access the feature, just click on the Interpretation button via the globe icon at the bottom of the screen and choose your preferred language, Portuguese or English. For those of you listening to the video conference in English, there is an option to mute the original audio in Portuguese by clicking on Mute original audio.
During the company's presentation, all participants will have their microphones disabled. Following the presentation, we will begin the Q&A session. Analysts and investors can send their questions in advance via chat and can also open their camera if they prefer during the Q&A session.
We wish to emphasize that the information contained in this presentation and any other statements that may be made during the video conference concerning Gerdau's business prospects, projections, and operating and financial goals are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the company's management as well as information currently available.
Forward-looking statements are no guarantee of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions because they relate to future events and therefore, depend on circumstances that may or may not occur.
Investors should understand that general economic conditions, market conditions and other operating factors may affect Gerdau’s future performance and lead to results that differ substantially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements.
I will now turn the floor to Gustavo Werneck to initiate the presentation. Gustavo, you may proceed....
Gerdau S.A. (GGB) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript