Société BIC SA (BICEY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.34K Followers Follow Société BIC SA ( BICEY ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 30, 2026 2:30 AM EDT Company Participants Brice Paris - Vice President of Investor Relations Rob Versloot - CEO & Director Gregory Lambertie - Chief Financial & Digital Officer Conference Call Participants Christophe Chaput - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division Marie-Line Fort - Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, Research Division Geoffrey d'Halluin - BNP Paribas, Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and welcome to BIC's 2026 First Half Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] And now I would like to hand the call to your host, Brice Paris, Vice President, Investor Relations. Brice Paris Vice President of Investor Relations Good morning, and welcome to BIC's First Half 2026 Results Call. I'm Brice Paris, Vice President, Investor Relations. We're in Clichy today with Rob Versloot, our CEO; and Gregory Lambertie, our CFO. This call is being recorded, and the replay will be available on our website with the presentation and press release. We'll start with the usual results presentation, followed by a Q&A session. First, please take the time to read the disclaimer at the beginning of the presentation. With that, I give the floor to Rob. Rob Versloot CEO & Director Thank you, Brice. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Let me start with 4 key messages from our first half performance. First, we delivered a good set of results in the second quarter, resulting in H1 organic growth of plus 1.7% -- this performance gives us increasing confidence that the actions we launched are beginning to deliver tangible results. While there is still a lot to do, these encouraging early signs allow us to raise our full year outlook today. Second, our Q2 growth of plus 1.8% was well balanced across our categories and geographies. We saw continued