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Earnings call · FY2026 Q2

Honest Company, Inc. Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

Honest Company, Inc. Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded Aug 5, 2026 Audio replay
Aug 5, 2026 45:23 30 turns
Period
FY2026 Q2
Runtime
45:23
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Honest Company reported Q2 2026 revenue of $83.3 million (down 10.9% reported, but organic revenue up 6.7%) with record profitability, including underlying adjusted EBITDA margin of 9.8%, and raised its full-year 2026 financial outlook.

Brand maximization and household penetration 30 Personal care and baby care 30 Wipes portfolio momentum 19 Diaper category headwinds 14 Innovation and partnerships (Toy Story/Pixar) 14 Retail and distribution expansion 14

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +78 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We achieved strong organic revenue growth of nearly 7% and our highest profit margins in the history of the Honest Company with underlying adjusted gross margins of 43.8% and underlying adjusted EBITDA margins of 9.8%.”
  • “Given our sound first-half execution and confidence in the path ahead, we are raising our full-year outlook.”
  • “These wipes businesses are all significantly outpacing the growth of their respective categories, and each delivers on the honest standard of clean formulation, strong product performance, and joyful design.”
  • “This quarter, our household penetration of 8.1% improved 100 basis points, with nearly two-thirds of that growth coming from no-kid households.”

Forward guidance

3 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $83.30M -10.9% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.09 +200% YoY
Gross margin 48.4% +8.0 pp YoY
Net income $10.69M +176.1% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Organic revenue grew 6.7% to $80.2 million, driven by wipes and personal care growth.
  • Tracked channel consumption grew 7.7% versus 2.3% for comparative categories.
  • Underlying Adjusted EBITDA margin of 9.8% increased 160 bps, described as highest in company history.
  • Underlying Adjusted Gross Margin of 43.8% increased 340 bps.
  • Wipes portfolio consumption growth of 26% with flushable wipes up more than 200% and sanitizing wipes up 55%.
  • Raised full-year 2026 financial outlook.

Risks & pressure points

  • Reported revenue decreased 10.9% to $83.3 million due to strategic exits under Powering Honest Growth and diaper revenue declines.
  • Diaper business is facing structural headwinds, with most national brands experiencing declines.
  • Powering Honest Growth restructuring costs are largely but not completely through, with some P&L noise remaining.
  • SG&A is expected to step back up in the second half from the Q2 low-water mark as reinvestment accelerates.

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Reported revenue
full year 2026
$319M – $325M
Organic revenue growth
full year 2026
5% – 7%
Adjusted EBITDA
full year 2026
$23M – $25M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · products & services

Wipes$39.47M +37.3% YoY
Personal Care and Other$20.52M -1.1% YoY
Diapers$20.19M -21.2% YoY
Honest.com Apparel and Canada$3.11M -83% YoY
Trade Agreements$0
Royalty$0

Capital returned

Buybacks · derived
$16.06M
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