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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

PERRIGO Co plc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

PERRIGO Co plc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 26, 2026
Feb 26, 2026 28 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Perrigo delivered full-year 2025 EPS of $2.75 in line with revised guidance, with CORE operating income up 7% and CORE EPS up 14%, but issued 2026 CORE EPS guidance of $2.25 to $2.55 and organic net sales guidance of negative 3.5% to positive 0.5%, citing soft OTC consumption, plant under-absorption of ~$0.60, and continued infant formula headwinds.

Market share gains and retailer partnerships 37 Infant Formula challenges and recovery 27 Portfolio reshaping and divestitures 18 Three-S Plan execution and transformation 18 Soft OTC market and consumption headwinds 17 Innovation pipeline and brand building 13

Management tone

Positive

Net tone +15 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “Despite a soft market environment, we delivered EPS in line with our revised guidance, a solid improvement versus the prior year.”
  • “We view 2026 as a transition year as we work through near-term headwinds and impacts from temporary under-absorption and market softness.”
  • “This is a tough market environment, and we have to lead what we control and manage with excellence what we can't control.”

Forward guidance

4 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $1.11B -2.5% YoY
Gross margin · derived Q4 32.6% -1.3 pp YoY
Net income · derived Q4 -$1.42B

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Gained over $100 million in new distribution and competitive takeaways with key U.S. retailers, with share gains accelerating through 2025
  • Three-S Plan initiatives including Project Energize and supply chain reinvention delivered $320 million in benefits
  • Full-year CORE Perrigo operating income grew 7% and CORE EPS grew 14%; All-In operating income grew 2% and EPS grew 7% to $2.75
  • Announced sale of Dermacosmetics business expected to close in Q2 2026, expected to close in Q2 2026
  • Net leverage reduced from 5.5x to 4x and OI margin expanded by 230 basis points over the past 2.5 years
  • Infant Formula service levels recovered above 90% and innovation pipeline tripled in value versus prior year

Risks & pressure points

  • Q4 CORE Organic net sales declined 2% and CORE operating income declined $4 million (2%); CORE EPS of $0.76 was down $0.02 year-over-year
  • U.S. OTC market consumption down 5.1% over last 13 weeks versus 4.3% decline in Q4 and 1.2% for full year 2025, with further weakening into 2026
  • 2026 CORE organic net sales guided to negative 3.5% to positive 0.5% and CORE EPS guided to $2.25–$2.55, below the $2.75 delivered in 2025
  • Plant under-absorption from lower 2025 volumes expected to create an unfavorable EPS impact of ~$0.60 to CORE Perrigo in 2026
  • Infant Formula business continues to face structural challenges including government intervention and imported products that delayed share recovery and built higher inventory
  • Retailers adjusting inventory levels to current demand will notably pressure Q1 2026 results

Key moments

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“Despite a soft market environment, we delivered EPS in line with our revised guidance, a solid improvement versus the prior year. And we made strong progress on our Three-S Plan to simplify, streamline and strengthen the business even as the infant formula business continued to face structural challenges that affected both our financials and our outlook.” Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, CEO
“For CORE Perrigo, we expect organic net sales growth in 2026 to range from negative 3.5% to positive 0.5% compared to 2025, with CORE EPS in the range of $2.25 to $2.55. We view 2026 as a transition year as we work through near-term headwinds and impacts from temporary under-absorption and market softness.” Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Feb 26, 2026.

Metric Guided
CORE organic net sales outlook
Fiscal Year 2026
-3.5% – 0.5%
Gross pre-tax annualized run rate cost savings
by the end of FY2027
$80M – $100M
Adjusted effective tax rate
FY2026
20%

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
CORE Perrigo organic net sales growth
2026
-3.5% – 0.5%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Dividend / share
$0.29
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