Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us and welcome to Bluebird's fiscal 2026 second quarter earnings call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the conference over to Mark Benfield, Bluebird's head of investor relations. Mark, please go ahead. Thank you and welcome to Bluebird's fiscal 2026 second quarter earnings conference call. The audio for our call is webcast live on blue-bird.com under the investor relations tab. You can access the supporting slides on our website by clicking on the presentations box on the IR landing page. Our comments today include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks that could cause actual results to be materially different. Those risks include, among others, matters we have noted on the following two slides and in our filings with SEC. Bluebird disclaims any obligation to update the information in this call. This afternoon, you will hear from Bluebird's president and CEO, John Weiskill, and CFO, Razvan Radulescu. Then we'll take some questions. Let's get started. John? Thanks, Mark, and good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. It's an exciting day today, and we're going to share our strong fiscal 2026 second quarter financial results and the significant progress we've made with our long-term strategy. Results for Q2 were once again very strong and the Bluebird team delivered outstanding sales that adjusted EBITDA, beating guidance for the 14th consecutive quarter. Razvan will take you through the details of our financial results shortly, but let's turn to slide six where I will talk to some of the key takeaways for the qua...