Jost Werke Se (JSTWF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to the Joost Werke SE Earnings Call H1 Q2 2026. I'm Moritz, the course call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in a listen-only mode and the conference has been recorded. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question from the webinar, you may click the Q&A button on the left side of your screen and then click the raise your hand button. If you are connected via phone, please press star followed by one. For operator assistance, please press the operator assistance button on the bottom left side of your screen or star one, star zero on your telephone keypad. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Joachim Dürr, CEO. Please go ahead, sir. Yes, good morning, everybody from Norwegenburg and a warm welcome to our earnings conference for the first half year and the second quarter of 2026. I'm very happy to report that we have a record First half year in 2026, our sales grew 12% to 857 million and our adjusted EBIT grew 21% to 88 million, which calculates to a margin of 10.3%. I'm very happy with the strong quality of our growth. Organic sales went up around 9% driven by all three regions and all our business lines. The hybrid integration is fully on track. We are creating the cross-selling synergies and they are ramping up. And with our profitability, we are back into our strategic corridor between 10 and 12% in terms of adjusted EBIT margin. And we're winning new customers worldwide. Our market share is growing across business lines consistently and we are executing our Ambition 2030 strategy. So let's look at the financial numbers a bit more in detail. It shows our strength and our resilience for the Q2. So sales were up 13% to $440 million in the second quarter of 202...