Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA (SPGDF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.51K Followers Follow Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA ( SPGDF ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 5, 2026 8:00 AM EDT Company Participants Tom Waldron - Head of Investor Relations Franciscus Peeters - CEO & Chairman of the Management Board Alexandra Dambeck - CFO & Deputy Chair of Management Board Conference Call Participants Nick Dempsey - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Steven Craig Liechti - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Conor O'Shea - Kepler Cheuvreux, Research Division James Tate - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division David Nolan - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Konrad Zomer - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division William Packer - BNP Paribas, Research Division Presentation Operator Welcome to the Springer Nature Investor Conference Call for the First Half of 2026. The conference will be recorded. [Operator Instructions] Let me now turn the floor over to your host, Tom Waldron, Head of Investor Relations. Tom Waldron Head of Investor Relations Thank you, Karissa. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Springer Nature H1 2026 Results Call. I'm Tom Waldron, Head of Investor Relations. Today's presentation will have the following structure. Frank will start with a business update, followed by Alexandra with a review of our H1 2026 financials, before we move to Q&A. Before handing over, let me briefly remind you, for revenues and adjusted operating profit, we present figures based on actual currency rates and portfolio composition and underlying growth rates, which exclude currency and portfolio effects to ensure for a like-for-like comparison. Our financial guidance for 2026 is based on the expected underlying performance of the business, excluding FX and portfolio changes. When growth rates are mentioned in this presentation, they are underlying unless otherwise specified. With that, I will now hand over to Frank. Franciscus Peeters CEO & Chairman of the Management Board Yes. Thank you, Tom, and a warm welcome from my side. Let's start with