Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Eagle Materials first quarter of fiscal 2026 earnings conference call. This call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Eagle's president and chief executive officer, Mr. Michael Hack. Mr. Hack, please go ahead, sir. Thank you, Chuck. Good morning. Welcome to Eagle Materials conference call for our first quarter of fiscal year 2026. This is Michael Hack. Joining me today are Craig Kessler, our Chief Financial Officer, and Alex Haddock, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Strategy, and Corporate Development. There will be a slide presentation made in connection with this call. To access it, please go to eaglematerials.com and click on the link to the webcast. While you're accessing the slides, please note that the first slide covers our cautionary disclosure regarding forward-looking statements made during this call. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ for those discussed during the call. For further information, please refer to this disclosure, which is also included at the end of our press release. Thank you for joining us today. I'm pleased to report that we had a solid start to our fiscal year 2026. We generated record first quarter revenue of $634.7 million in diluted net earnings per share of $3.76, despite challenging weather conditions across many of our cement, concrete, and aggregate markets. Throughout our history, our low-cost producer position and operational focus has helped us weather tougher periods in the cycle and capture the benefits of stronger conditions. Regardless of specific near-term conditions, our operations maintain the same discipline focus every quarter and every year. Improving our operational metrics is ...