Overview
- NIQ reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $0.27 on $1.12 billion of sales, with total revenue up 8% year over year and organic constant‑currency revenue rising 5.8%.
- Adjusted EBITDA rose 21.9% to $261.9 million and the adjusted EBITDA margin expanded by 270 basis points to 23.3%, driven largely by stronger performance in the Americas.
- The company raised full‑year guidance to overall sales growth of 7.1–7.4%, OCC revenue growth of 5.2–5.6%, an adjusted EBITDA margin of 23.5–23.9%, and adjusted EPS of $1.08–$1.12.
- Management said it expects to reduce net‑debt‑to‑EBITDA to below 3 by year‑end, a deleveraging goal investors cited as central to the stock’s re‑rating.
- Investors reacted with a large intraday rally, lifting the share price sharply, while the stock remains modestly down year‑to‑date and analysts have raised price targets in response.