Kerry Group plc (KRYAY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 29, 2026 3:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
William Lynch – Head of Investor Relations
Edmond Scanlon – Group CEO & Executive Director
Marguerite Larkin – CFO & Executive Director
Conference Call Participants
Alexander Sloane – Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Patrick Higgins – Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, Research Division
Edward Hockin – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Ming Tang – BNP Paribas, Research Division
Victoria Nice – Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, Research Division
Cathal Kenny – Davy, Research Division
Presentation
William Lynch
Head of Investor Relations
Good morning, and thank you for joining the Q&A call for our H1 2026 results and our 2030 targets. We released the presentations and management prepared remarks earlier this morning, and both are available on our website under the Investors section. I’m joined on our call by our CEO, Edmond Scanlon; and our CFO, Marguerite Larkin. Edmond will begin with a summary of the highlights from our H1 results and our 2030 targets, and then we’ll open the line for questions. Before we begin, please take note of the disclaimer on our presentation regarding forward-looking statements. I’ll now hand over to Edmond.
Edmond Scanlon
Group CEO & Executive Director
Thanks, William, and good morning, everyone. Beginning with our H1 2026 summary overview. We’re pleased to report a strong performance in the first half, reflecting a step-up in volume growth in the second quarter, combined with continued strong margin expansion, driving high single-digit constant currency EPS growth. We delivered H1 volume growth of 3.3%, well ahead of our markets. Our step-up from 3.1% volume growth in Q1 to 3.5% in Q2 represented a broad-based improvement across all 3 regions and in both the retail and foodservice channels.
Growth was led by foodservice with a range of new menu innovations, seasonal launches and cost
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