I will discuss this acquisition in more detail momentarily, but we are excited about this margin accretive transaction and its growth potential. And as you saw in last night's release, we just completed our latest and largest acquisition in this product category, AMES, the nation's foremost provider of automatic taping tools. This quarter sales grew 24.8% marking the sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth for this category. Second, we are growing our complementary products to continue to diversify and profitably expand our offerings. While many home builders pulled back their activity levels during the quarter due to supply chain concerns, our channel checks with suppliers provide confidence that we are maintaining or growing share in each of our key product categories with notable growth in steel framing. We remain focused on expanding share in our core products as our sales force works diligently to earn a greater share of our customers' business. Within the context of high product inflation, supply chain constraints, and strength in residential demand our focus on serving the needs of our customers and executing on our strategic priorities were instrumental in our ability to deliver this level of performance. SG&A and adjusted SG&A as a percentage of sales improved year-over-year for the sixth quarter in a row.Īnd finally, adjusted EBITDA margin improved 280 basis points to 13% for the quarter compared with 10.2% a year ago.
Gross margin was 32.3%, which was slightly higher than expected. All core product line sales were up at least 25% with steel remaining a standout with a greater than 140% increase for the quarter. A few specific highlights from the quarter include record levels of net sales, net income, and adjusted EBITDA with sales growth in each of our four reporting product categories. An inflationary pricing environment and continued strength in the residential market coupled with our focus on customer service and execution drove another quarter of strong performance in profitability. We are pleased to share with you today results from another record setting quarter with net sales of $1.15 billion, net income of $74.4 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $149.5 million. Good morning and thank you all for joining us today. Turner - President & Chief Executive Officer With that, I'll turn the call over to John Turner. Finally, once we begin the question-and-answer session of the call, in the interest of time, we kindly request that you limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. Please note that references on this call for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 relate to the quarter ended October 31, 2021. The definitions and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures are provided in the press release and presentation slides.
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On today's call, management's prepared remarks and answers to your questions may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition to the press release issued this morning, we have posted PowerPoint slides to accompany this call in the Investors section of our website at Turning to Slide 2. I am joined today by John Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer and Scott Deakin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Good morning and thank you for joining us for the GMS earnings conference call for the second quarter of fiscal 2022.