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Earnings call · FY2026 Q2

Owens Corning to Announce Second-Quarter Financial Results on August 5

Owens Corning to Announce Second-Quarter Financial Results on August 5

Concluded Aug 5, 2026 Audio replay
Aug 5, 2026 40:03 42 turns
Period
FY2026 Q2
Runtime
40:03
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Owens Corning reported Q2 2026 net sales from continuing operations of $2.8 billion in line with prior year, with adjusted EBITDA margin of 24%, operating cash flow up 22% and free cash flow up 54% year-over-year, while Q3 guidance points to roughly $2.6–$2.7 billion in revenue at a 20–22% adjusted EBITDA margin and a 400 bps sequential decline in roofing EBITDA margin driven by volume deleverage and negative price/cost.

Insulation volume strength and capacity actions 66 Roofing outlook and price/volume dynamics 39 Doors business and divestitures 32 Europe recovery and green shoots 23 Residential market pressure 12 Cost inflation and price-cost spread 10

Management tone

Positive

Net tone +25 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “Our performance in the second quarter continues to demonstrate the durability of our business model in current market conditions.”
  • “Despite current market conditions, we remain focused on delivering on our strategy and leveraging the OC advantages to help our customers win and grow.”
  • “for the third quarter, we expect discretionary remodel activity and new residential construction to remain under some pressure”
  • “ongoing input and transportation inflation is expected to result in negative price costs”

Forward guidance

10 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $2.76B +0.3% YoY
Diluted EPS $2.80 -34.1% YoY
Gross margin 28.8% -2.4 pp YoY
Net income $226.00M -37.7% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q2 net sales of $2.8B were in line with the prior year and adjusted EBITDA margin reached 24%
  • Returned $264M to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases
  • Insulation delivered strong non-residential volume growth, with pockets of strength in data centers and a Europe recovery underway
  • Closed sale of glass reinforcements business, advancing the residential-focused building products strategy

Risks & pressure points

  • Q3 revenue is guided at $2.6–$2.7 billion, slightly below the prior year, with adjusted EBITDA margin of only 20–22%
  • Roofing Q3 revenue is expected to be down mid-to-high single digits and ARMA shipments down high single digits as volumes were pulled forward into Q2
  • Q3 insulation expected to have negative price/cost as ongoing input and transportation inflation outweighs pricing
  • Discretionary remodel and new residential construction expected to remain under pressure in Q3

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Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Aug 5, 2026.

Metric Guided
Incremental costs
third-quarter 2026
$40M
Enterprise adjusted EBITDA margin
third-quarter 2026
20% – 22%
Revenue
third-quarter 2026
$2.6B – $2.7B
General Corporate EBITDA Expenses table
2026
$245M – $255M
Interest Expense table
2026
$255M – $265M
Effective Tax Rate on Adjusted Earnings table
2026
24% – 26%
Depreciation and Amortization table
2026
$680M
Capital Additions table
2026
$800M

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Revenue
third quarter
$2.6B – $2.7B
Adjusted EBITDA margin
third quarter
20% – 22%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · segments

Roofing$1.31B +0.8% YoY
Insulation$971.00M +4% YoY
Doors$513.00M -7.4% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks · derived
$208.00M
Shares repurchased
1.70M
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