Byggmax Group AB (publ) (BMAX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining the Big Max Group interim report at Q2. My name is Lucy, and I'll be coordinating your call today. During the presentation, you can register a question by pressing star followed by 1 on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind, please press star followed by 2 to remove yourself from the question queue. It is now my pleasure to hand over to Carl Sandland, CEO, to begin. Please go ahead when you're ready. Thank you. Thank you very much and welcome to today's conference call where we will present Big Max Group's interim report for the second quarter of 2026. And as you heard, I'm Carl Sandlund, CEO, and with me is Helena Nahlkos, our CFO. As usual, the presentation is available on our website and we will refer to the relevant pages during this call. I will start with a short business update and then Lena will review the financials and after the presentations there will be a Q&A session as usual. So let's start and move into the presentation and please go to slide number two. Well, the second quarter marks the beginning of our high season. Our sales follow a three-hour seasonal pattern as you know. And this means that sales in the second and third quarters are significantly higher than in the first and fourth. And after a string of preparations across the entire BrickMax Group, the transition from low to high season was well executed, and our operation performance during the quarter has been strong. We improved our profitability compared to last year, with an EBITDA margin in the quarter of 12%, up from 10.8% last year, and we continue to have a very strong financial position. There continues to be a market with large variations, high demand for categories related to smaller projects, while larger projects and renovations ...