WESCO International, Inc. (WCC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, and welcome to WESCO's 2026 Second Quarter Earnings Call. I would like to remind you that all lines are in a listen-only mode throughout the presentation. If you would like to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad. Please note this event is being recorded. I will now hand the call over to Scott Gaffner, SVP, Investor Relations, to begin. Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Before we get started, I want to remind you that certain statements made on this call contain forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and by their nature are subject to uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Please see our webcast slides and the company's SEC filings for additional risk factors and disclosures. Any forward-looking information speaks only as of this date and the company undertakes no obligation to update the information to reflect changed circumstances. Additionally, today we will use certain non-GAAP financial measures. Required information about these measures is available on our webcast slides and in our press release, both of which you can find on our website at Wesco.com. On this call this morning, we have John Engel, Wesco's chairman, president, and CEO, and Neil Dev, executive vice president and CFO. Now I'll turn over the call to John. Thank you, Scott. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining our call today. We delivered exceptional results in the second quarter, and it reflects continuing strong execution, market outperformance, and accelerating momentum across our entire business. We achieved record sales, record backlog, record adjusted EBITDA, and record adjusted earnings per share, all of which exceeded our plan. Free cash flow generation was also positiv...