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Market Cap
$8.66B
Shares
362.35M
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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Primo Brands Corp Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Primo Brands Corp Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026 29 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Primo Brands returned to comparable net sales growth of 1.7% in Q1 2026 at $1.63B, led by retail/premium brands, but adjusted EBITDA fell 10.4% to $306M on integration, weather, and freight costs, prompting a raise to full-year net sales guidance and a widening of EBITDA guidance.

Direct delivery improvement 25 Premium brands (Saratoga, Mountain Valley) 23 Revenue growth management and pricing 15 Retail growth and share gains 9 Brand marketing and partnerships 7 Weather and operational disruption 5

Management tone

Positive

Net tone +42 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “First quarter net sales of $1.63 billion were up 1.7% on a comparable basis versus prior year. Marking a return to growth for Primo Brands.”
  • “We feel very encouraged to have taken on a difficult comp and still delivered balanced, broad-based growth.”
  • “given recent geopolitical events and the dynamic cost landscape, while we believe we're well equipped with multiple levers to help mitigate oil-related commodities inflation, we are prudently widening our adjusted EBITDA range.”

Forward guidance

6 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

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Revenue $1.63B +0.8% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.07 -12.5% YoY
Gross margin 28.6% -3.7 pp YoY
Net income $27.30M -4.9% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Comparable net sales grew 1.7% YoY, ending a period of decline, with broad-based price/mix and volume growth.
  • Premium brands Saratoga and Mountain Valley grew 43% in Q1, with Saratoga's Texas capacity now operational and Mountain Valley's new greenfield facility expected mid-summer.
  • Retail gained both dollar and volume share in branded bottled water; Pure Life grew mid-single digits and all six regional spring water brands grew.
  • On-time-in-full metric exceeded 90% in March; customer nets approached breakeven in March and customer call volume declined.
  • Raised 2026 comparable organic net sales growth guidance to 1%–3% from flat to 1% previously.
  • Regional spring waters launched on Amazon Grocery in April; new MLB and Disney Toy Story 5 marketing campaigns planned for summer.

Risks & pressure points

  • Adjusted EBITDA fell 10.4% to $306M and adjusted EBITDA margin contracted 240 bps to 18.8% from 21.2%.
  • Net income from continuing operations declined to $27.3M from $34.7M; adjusted net income per diluted share fell to $0.23 from $0.29.
  • Gross margin compressed to 28.6% from 32.3% on higher transportation, integration, and D&A costs.
  • Winter storm impacts and incremental freight and logistics costs pressured profitability.
  • Widened 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $1.465B–$1.515B (low end cut from prior range) amid geopolitical events and dynamic commodity costs.
  • GAAP free cash flow was $(14.3) million despite adjusted free cash flow of $128.6M, signaling elevated capex/intangibles spend of $118.1M.

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“First quarter net sales of $1.63 billion were up 1.7% on a comparable basis versus prior year. Marking a return to growth for Primo Brands. Top line performance was broad-based, driven by both price mix and volume.” Eric Foss, CEO
“Based on our strong first quarter top line growth, we're raising our 2026 comparable organic net sales growth guidance to 1% to 3% from flat to 1% previously. At the same time, given recent geopolitical events and the dynamic cost landscape, while we believe we're well equipped with multiple levers to help mitigate oil-related commodities inflation, we are prudently widening our adjusted EBITDA range.” Eric Foss, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed May 7, 2026.

Metric Guided
Organic Net Sales Growth table
2026 Full Year
1% – 3%
Adj. EBITDA table
2026 Full Year
$1.47B – $1.52B
Base CAPEX table
2026 Full Year
4%
Adj. Free Cash Flow table
2026 Full Year
$790M – $810M

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Comparable organic net sales growth
2026
0.01% – 0.03%
Adjusted EBITDA
2026
$1.47B – $1.52B

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · products & services

Regional Spring Water$801.20M +0.9% YoY
Purified Water$511.20M -0.6% YoY
Product And Service Other$177.70M -9.6% YoY
Premium Water$105.50M +42.8% YoY
Other Water$30.50M -12.4% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$32.20M
Shares repurchased
1.54M
Dividend / share
$0.12
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