Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (HENOY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.55K Followers Follow Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ( HENOY ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 6, 2026 3:00 AM EDT Company Participants Leslie Iltgen - Head of Investor Relations Carsten Knobel - CEO & Chairman of the Management Board - Henkel Management AG Marco Swoboda - CFO, EVP of Fin, Purchasing, Global Bus Solutions & Digital/IT and Member of Mgmt. Board Conference Call Participants Guillaume Gerard Delmas - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Jean-Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Christian Faitz - Kepler Cheuvreux, Research Division Nicolas Jerome Ceron - BofA Securities, Research Division Callum Elliott - Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, Research Division David Hayes - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Warren Ackerman - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Juan Rios Peris - Banco Santander, S.A., Research Division Mikheil Omanadze - BNP Paribas, Research Division Presentation Operator Good morning, and welcome to Henkel conference call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Leslie Iltgen, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, madam. Leslie Iltgen Head of Investor Relations Thank you. Good morning, and a warm welcome to everyone joining Henkel's Half Year 2026 Results Conference Call today. I'm Leslie Iltgen, Head of Investor Relations at Henkel. Today, I'm joined by our CEO, Carsten Knobel; and our CFO, Marco Swoboda. Carsten will begin with an overview of the key developments in the first half. Marco will then follow with a more detailed review of the company's financial performance. As always, following the presentation, we will open up the lines, and Carsten and Marco will be happy to take your questions. Before handing over to Carsten, please let me remind you that this call will be recorded, and a replay will be made available on our Investor Relations website shortly after this call. By asking a question during the Q&A session, you agree to both the live broadcasting as well as