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Q2 FY2026 · Earnings Call TranscriptAugust 21, 2026

Rasmus Køjborg

Hi, and good afternoon. On behalf of H.C.

Andersen Capital, I would like to welcome you all to this presentation of the report for Q2 and thus also first half 2026 from SP Group that was published yesterday. My name is Rasmus Køjborg, and I have the pleasure of welcoming CEO Lars Bering and CFO Allan Jeppesen.

They promised to take us through the numbers and recent highlights, a warm welcome to you.

Lars Bering

Thank you.

Rasmus Køjborg

Before I hand over, also a warm welcome to all those of you who signed up for today's presentation. You can, as usual, ask questions in the chat room below, and I'll make sure to publish them, and we will do a Q&A in the end of the presentation.

Should you want to see the presentation again, it will be available afterwards on different platforms. With that, I will turn off my camera, and I'll revert for the Q&A, and for now, I'll leave it to you, Lars and Allan.

Lars Bering

Thank you very much, Rasmus. Welcome to SP Group's presentation of the results of the first half year of 2026.

My name is Lars Bering, and I'm Chief Executive Officer of SP Group.

Allan Jeppesen

I'm Allan Jeppesen, and I'm CFO of SP Group.

Lars Bering

Together with our colleague Søren Ulstrup, we make up the Executive Board of the group. We will start with a short introduction of SP Group for those of you who might be listening in for the first time and then move on to a review of the first half year, where we have set records in several ways.

Allan and I will be sharing the presentation today, and we will complement each other along the way. SP Group develops, manufactures, and sells plastic solutions for a wide range of industries.

Our focus is technical components, typically for single use in the healthcare sector or plastic components that are built into our customers' products and used for many years. In the first half of 2026, 76% of the revenue came from customer-specific sub-supplier tasks, where the remaining 24% came from our own brands.

We have a global setup with 35 factories around the world and more than 3,000 employees. Finally, we are focused on increasing the share of recycled plastics in our production.

We have reached 18% of the raw materials that we are using, and we have a target of reaching 25% by 2030.

Allan Jeppesen

Yes. As you can see on the right of the screen, our sales are spread across several product groups.

35% of the company revenue is generated within the healthcare product group, a product group that includes medical devices packaging as well as ergonomic products. A 29% is cleantech, which is the second largest product group and covers products within renewable energy, energy reduction, and insulation.

Foodtech accounts for 14% and includes livestock housing ventilation and measuring equipment, among other things. The remaining 22% of the products fall under the category of other, which comprises of maritime products, automotive, and products for the defense industry.

We will return to the development within the four categories on the following slides.

Lars Bering

Yes. SP Group is organized into a number of independent units, which own its customers and relationships and its technology.

The light green units on the left-hand side is our own products, including Ergomat, SP Medical, and MedicoPack. On the right are the sub-supplier units from injection molding at SP Moulding and composites and polyurethanes from SP TPI.

The decentralized structure ensures proximity to customers, fast decisions, and a very good day-to-day agility. Then we work deliberately on creating synergies across the group, particularly within procurement, knowledge sharing, and cross-selling.

Allan Jeppesen

With the addition of OGM this week, our global presence has been extended to the UK, and we are now present in 14 countries. Of the 14 countries, we currently have production in 10, production that spreads across 35 factories, as Lars also just mentioned.

As you can see on the world map, the group sales are split with 10% in Asia, 16% in North and South America, 47% in Europe, excluding Denmark, and the remaining part 27% in Denmark. We have created a robust global platform where the international spread provides a good basis for growth and reduces the dependencies on individual markets.

Then

Lars Bering

let's look at the highlights. First, the second quarter, and then the first half.

It has gone really well. The second quarter of 2026 was record strong.

We had a revenue growth of 44.6%, of which the organic growth was 29.4%. We realized an EBITDA margin at 20.3% and an EBIT margin of 12.4%.

For the first half of 2026 as a whole, revenue rose 32.9%, of which organic growth accounted for 19.7%, with an EBITDA margin of 20.3% and an EBIT margin of 12.7%. We have seen good growth coming from both our own products and from our customer-specific supplier tasks.

We have expanded our medical device production in Poland so that we can keep the pace with demand from our customers. The integration of Ide-Pro is proceeding as planned.

It is the first time an acquired company in SP Group has interacted so quickly with virtually all companies in the group, which is very pleasing. Then we have just announced the acquisition of OGM Moulding in UK, which strengthens our position in the British market.

We are proud and pleased of the acquisition and look very much forward to welcoming OGM's management and talented employees into SP Group.

Allan Jeppesen

In connection with the acquisition of OGM, we upgraded our outlook for the full year '26. We now expect revenue growth in the level of 24 to 30%.

We maintain our expectations on EBITDA margin of 19 to 21% and an EBIT margin of 11 to 13%.

Lars Bering

Sales of own products rose 21.6% to 472 million Danish in the first half of 2026, which is a new record. There was a strong progress in sales of components for livestock housing ventilation and in the ergonomics products from Ergomat, while the development were more flat for MedicoPack's packaging products and for our guide wires.

For MedicoPack, it was a significant customer that has chosen to phase out a product and leave the market altogether. The sales of guide wires are characterized by a greater focus on high margin products while the capacity being utilized in full.

For the sub-supplier tasks, we have also seen a good growth. We had a strong growth in the first half of 2026.

The development is of course significantly affected by the addition of Ide-Pro, but there was also a strong underlying growth in SP Group in general. We have sold sub-supplier tasks for 1 billion 478 million, equivalent to a growth of 37%.

Allan Jeppesen

Developments in our product groups are shown on this slide. At the top, you see each of the product groups' share of the revenue in the first half of '26 and examples of products in the individual categories.

Below each product group, you can see the development in revenue, where the first half of '25 is compared with the first half of '26. As the figures show, all four product groups developed positively in first half of '26.

Healthcare grew 18% to 688 million, and as mentioned earlier, accounts for 35% of the revenue. In several respects, the category is project-driven, and timing can affect individual quarters.

We have had a strong intake of customers and projects in the healthcare area, and the pipeline in this area is very strong. The other product categories grew between 37 and 61%: cleantech with 40%, foodtech with 61%, and other with 37%, driven by a good combination of the acquisition of Ide-Pro and strong organic growth within the individual areas.

Lars Bering

Yes. Then we come to OGM.

The acquisition of OGM Moulding in the UK was announced Wednesday, August 19, and OGM has a production in Oxford and in South Wales and with 190 employees that are working with injection molding and assembly. They have a modern production setup serving customers within medical devices, diagnostics, and safety equipment.

The company is characterized by very long-standing customer relationship where they're producing very complex products. Let me briefly go through the strategic rationale for the acquisition.

First and foremost, it strengthens medical devices as a strategic growth area, one of SP's most important growth areas, and it supports also our one-stop shop strategy. Next, we gain box build as a new competence: sourcing, testing, and assembly of electronic and metal components into plastic boxes that are produced at OGM, delivered, tested, fully packaged to the customer as a finished product.

At the same time, OGM gives us a beachhead into the UK, a well-established platform in a market where the group has not previously had production. This means local service for British customers at a time where many want production closer to their markets.

The main factory in Oxford is close to the universities in Oxford, Cambridge, and London, which gives access to a strong technology region with qualified labor and ongoing development projects. Finally, OGM's customers gain access to SP Group's global production setup, OGM can follow the customers outside Great Britain when they're successful.

Allan Jeppesen

Yes. Let me briefly run through the transaction.

The fixed part of the purchase price amounts to £18 million, approximately 158 million Danish kroner on a cash and debt-free basis, and the amount was paid at the completion mid this week. In addition, there's an earn-out of up to £6 million, approximately 53 million Danish kroner.

For the seller to obtain this, OGM must meet certain earning expectation in the calendar year '27 and '28. OGM expects to achieve an EBITDA of 3.5 to 3.7 million in '27.

For its '25/'26 fiscal year, which ended end of May this year, OGM reported an EBITDA of approximately £4.4 million. If the earn-out is realized in full, this corresponds to an enterprise value to EBITDA of approximately 4.8 times.

The acquisition is financed through an acquisition loan, and as a consequence, the net debt to EBITDA ratio, measured as a net interest-bearing debt to EBITDA, has increased by slightly more than 0.1 time.

Lars Bering

Yes. As Allan mentioned, the EBITDA in the most recent financial year of OGM was 4.4 million, and we expect 3.5 to 3.7 in 2027.

This requires some explanation. OGM's major challenge in recent years has been to retain successful projects and tasks.

The customers are large international medical and technology companies that also have large demand outside the UK and would like to have production in areas like Eastern Europe, the United States, or even in India. Some projects are scheduled to move away, and therefore, we expect the activity level to decline slightly.

However, we also know that many exciting new projects are coming into OGM, which has makes us believe in a solid, positive development for the years ahead. Then we come to Poland.

As we previously has mentioned, we are working on an expansion in Poland for the medical device production, and it is very well underway. We are converting a 7,000 square meter building into medical device production with a focus on capacity, efficiency, and a better use of space.

We have finalized a new clean room of 1,700 square meters. It was completed on August 7, and it's already in use.

On the picture on the right side, you can perhaps see some of the machines that are standing in the back, and they are now running production. This investment is very important in order to deliver on agreements already entered, and on the same time strengthens our position within the healthcare, where it enables us to meet a rising demand.

Allan Jeppesen

Yes. Let's look a little bit more at the figures and the financial results for the second quarter of '26, where revenue, EBITDA, EBIT, and EBT all developed positively.

Revenue growth was 44.6% in the second quarter of '26, which equals to a total of 984 million. The growth was both organic, 29.4% in the quarter, and driven by acquisition, which contributed with 15.2%.

It should be noted that the basis for comparison is a weak quarter of '25, which amplifies the growth percentage into Q2 '26. EBITDA rose 59.9% to 200 million, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 20.3%.

EBIT increased 86.4% to 140 million, and EBT increased 91.9% to 122 million Danish kroner. On the next slide, we will look more closely on development in the first half year of '26.

Let's start with the revenue, which in the first half of '26 was 1 billion 950 million Danish kroner and a growth of 32.9%. We touched briefly on the positive development by product areas earlier, a development that for the half year was also driven by organic growth and growth from acquisitions.

We note with great satisfaction that organic growth has driven around two-thirds of the growth of 32.9% achieved in this period, precisely 19.7% organic growth in the first half. Growth from acquisition accounted for 13.2%, which also means that Ide-Pro is largely on plan.

Looking at the development in operating earnings, EBITDA, we still see a positive trend, where growth of 36.2% to 397 million compared with the year before. The EBITDA margin came to 20.3% for this first half, which is within the range announced for the full year and better than the same period last year in '25.

EBIT increased 45.4% to 280 million Danish kroner. Profit before tax increased 50.3% in the first half to 248 million, with an EBT margin of 12.7%.

On this slide, the top of the screen, you see the development in cash flows from operating activities. At the right, you have earnings per share, and at the bottom, you see development in net interest-bearing debt and equity.

The strong results from operation is also reflected in the cash flows from operating activities, which is 291 million in the first half of '26, an improvement of 62 million compared with the same period last year. Earnings per share rose 55.1% to 16.49 Danish kroner.

In '25, our net interest-bearing debt increased as a natural result of the acquisition of Ide-Pro end of '25. When we look at the first half, we reduced the debt, as expected, by 119 million Danish kroner, and end June, we had a debt of 1.341 million.

The net debt to EBITDA ratio, measured as the net interest-bearing debt related to EBITDA, has thereby been reduced to 1.9 times against 2.4 at the end of '25. The equity increased 91 million to 1.9 billion, we continue to have a solid capital base.

Lars Bering

Yes. Then let's look at a little longer period.

SP Group has grown consistently since the financial crisis, both organically and through acquisitions. The average annual growth rate over this period has been 9.1% relative to the past 12 months revenue.

We have completed more than 20 larger or smaller acquisitions, and we have taken an active part in the consolidation of the plastics industry. We are convinced that this approach, a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, will continue to be a central part of our growth strategy.

Over the past 10 years, we have lifted the EBITDA margin from 14% in 2016 to 20.4 for the past 12 months, an improvement on 6.4%. EBITDA growth in the first half of 2026 was 36.2%, and EBITDA now amounts for 701 million measured over the past 12 months.

The margin improvement has been achieved through a focus on four drivers: first, an increased share of own products, which is very important—here we are able to have a higher margin than we are on our sub-supplier tasks; second, we have increased production in Eastern Europe, which strengthens our competitiveness; and third, we have increased the automation in our production; fourth, which is relatively new, we are focused on getting a larger share of the value chain, where we take more processes in-house. As an example, we have now tool production with the acquisition of Ide-Pro, and we have increased opportunities to build finished products with the acquisition of OGM.

We expect that all four drivers will continue to contribute positively to margin development going forward. The same picture applies to the EBIT margin, which has been lifted from 8% in 2016 to 12.5% for the past 12 months, an improvement on 4.5 percentage point.

EBIT growth in the first half of 2026 was 50.3%, even stronger than the EBITDA growth. EBIT amounts now for 428 million measured on a 12 months rolling basis.

The margin improvement was driven by the same four factors: increased share of own products, a larger share of the value chain, increased production in Eastern Europe, and automation. Our ambition is clear: we want to be our customers' preferred supplier with a strong competitiveness and healthy earnings.

That requires a good mix between sub-supplier tasks, where we continuously improve our processes, and our own products, where we create innovation and we have higher margins.

Allan Jeppesen

Here we have a combined overview of the financial ratios and key figures, several of which we have already touched on in the previous slides. As mentioned earlier, cash flow from operation was positive by 291 million in the first half of '26 and contributed significantly to the change in cash, which in the first half of '26 was positive by 54 million against a negative of 25 million last year in the same period, an improvement of 79 million.

Our equity end of June was 1.9 billion, and this equals to a equity ratio of 46% against an equity ratio end '25 of 45.3%. When we look at the outlook for '26, we have upgraded our outlook for the fiscal year '26 twice this summer.

The first time was July 10th. On the basis of the first half development, we lifted and narrowed the expectation for revenue growth to 22 to 28%.

The second time was Wednesday this week, when we upgraded again in connection with the acquisition of OGM. We therefore now expect revenue growth of 24 to 30%, equivalent to a revenue between 3.6 to 3.8 billion.

Of this growth, 16 to 17% comes from acquisitions and the remainder is organic. The margin expectations are unchanged: an EBITDA margin of 19 to 21% and an EBIT margin of 11 to 13%.

The geopolitical tensions and the conflict in the Middle East still plays a role. Our growth in the first half has been strong, very strong, and primarily driven by new projects across a large part of our business.

Our order horizon is not long, and there may be a minor element of stockpiling in Q2. We therefore take a cautious approach to guidance for the year of '26.

Lars Bering

Yes. Then it is time to summarize.

First half year of 2026 was record strong, with revenue growth of 32.9%, of which 19.7% was organic growth. We are seeing a good growth in both for our own products and in our sub-supplier tasks.

With the acquisition of OGM Moulding, we gained access to a new market, and we gained new customers in the United Kingdom. We have upgraded the guidance twice, and now we expect, as Allan just said, a growth in a level of 24 to 30% with unchanged margin expectations.

The underlying business is very strong, and SP Group is ready for continuous growth. Thank you for your attention, and now we are ready for questions.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you very much, Lars and Allan. I will just rejoin here with sound and camera.

Yes, let's jump into some of those questions that came during your presentation. Go a few slides back.

We do have a question on the outlook. It says here: "If we bridge from the H1 revenue of 195 million Danish to the guided full year range, the second half looks materially slower than the first, even with the OGM added.

Is this guidance built on a genuine expectation of lower activity, or is there room in the range?"

Allan Jeppesen

As mentioned, we have chosen a cautious approach due to the geopolitical tensions we have seen in the first half of '26. We strongly believe that 24 to 30% is achievable.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then a question also on the ambitions you have further out.

Actually, I think we have a slide here that could support this if you look at your ambitions for the period to 2030. Let me just find the question here again.

In financial year 2026, you're guiding for this 3.65 to 3.85 billion, while your 2030 target still stands at 4.5 billion. Looking at your current trajectory, it seems like that target will be hit in financial year '27 or latest in financial year '28, while the goal is for 2030.

Will that figure be updated later?

Lars Bering

When we set our targets towards 2030, we believed we could grow the business in the range 6 to 9% annually, and we might be able to do it faster if we were able to complete larger acquisitions. We have done so with both Ide-Pro and with OGM.

Now, yes, as you say, it looks like we are going towards this goal faster than expected. When we get there, then we will, of course, set us some new high-level goals for the future.

That is for sure.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then we'll move a little back here on the slides again to your EBITDA margin here, because there's a question here that goes: "EBITDA margin has come down a little in H1 2026 at a level around 20.3% versus the levels you entered 2025 at.

In Q4 2025, you were around 21.5% in EBITDA margin. Is it mix effects and/or has the Ide-Pro acquisition also been dilutive?"

Lars Bering

It's a mix effect. We are in a situation now where the sub-supplier tasks are having a bigger share of the revenue, and our own products has been reduced in the total volume, and we do have a lower level on the sub-supplier work compared with our own products.

It's completely natural, and we, of course, will work hard to increase the share of our own products again, while we on the same time also work hard to improve the overall business and we improve our margins.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. A further follow-up on the EBITDA margin: "How much operational leverage is there in the coming years?

Can you strengthen your margin even more than the 22% in the future, and which levers are needed then?"

Lars Bering

The margin levels is highly, as I said before, highly affected of the product mix, especially if we were able to increase the share of our own products, then we are also able to increase the margin levels. Very much of our sub-supplier work is very competitive, and here we work really, really hard to become more efficient in all our processes, in our purchasing, every single day.

On the same time, we are also in a world where this business is not something you just are given. This is where we are competing hard against other competitors in the business.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then a couple of questions on the OGM Moulding acquisition.

There's a question here: "What is the earn-out structure tied to? Is that to EBITDA, EBIT, or revenue in '27 and '28?

How ambitious are the targets that would trigger the full payout?"

Allan Jeppesen

It's related to EBITDA, the operating profit. The targets are ambitious, and the team of OGM needs to achieve a level of operating income that they have done in the past and actually also a bit more.

They are ambitious.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then a more general question: "Could you provide a little more insight into the UK market?

Can we take this as a sign that you expect your next acquisitions to be more likely in the UK market, and what percentage of OGM's revenue comes from the outside of the UK?"

Lars Bering

We can start with the last thing first. OGM has a limited sales outside the UK, and the sales that they have outside UK is for their customers in the UK they have factories outside UK.

We think that the UK is a very interesting market where there definitely are possibilities in the future. Don't say that it is automatically becoming the new place for the next acquisition.

We have a good pipeline of interesting targets, and we will now take time and start working with this again for the future.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then a question related to the healthcare segment.

I'll just move back here. The question goes here: "Healthcare grew only 0.6% in Q1, but 18% as we can see here on first half, which implies around 40% growth in Q2 alone.

What has turned out around so markedly, and is that a sustainable level into second half of '26?"

Lars Bering

When you compare with the figures from the different quarters, then we must remember that quarter one last year was actually very, very strong and at the time the best quarter ever, where quarter two was very poor, especially on the healthcare part, where we saw some projects had been postponed. It was the time when we learned for the first time a lot about tariffs and trade wars.

You would say on an overall basis, that the healthcare part has grown as the rest in our organic growth. We have had an organic growth on the first half of 19.7%, and here we have grown in the first half with 18% on the healthcare part.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you. Then a question on geopolitics: "How do geopolitics and the conflict in the Middle East affect you today compared with back in April?"

Lars Bering

To a great extent, today we have, I would say, more certainty that we can get the materials that we need. We have seen a stabilization of prices that has flattened out.

We are certain that we can continue if nothing major happens. We fear that the situation could escalate, and then we'll be in a new situation, for sure.

Rasmus Køjborg

Good. Then a follow-up here on the ambitions, or perhaps more clarifying, because it was here: "Was the 6 to 9% CAGR for FY 2030 goal, was that purely organic?"

Lars Bering

We stated at the time that it was organic growth with minor acquisitions. If we were able to do larger acquisitions, we could do more.

I would characterize both OGM and Ide-Pro as larger acquisitions compared to what we have done in the past in SP Group.

Rasmus Køjborg

Very good. There are no further questions, we are about to end the presentation here.

Thank you very much for listening in, and thank you, Lars and Allan, for joining us here today.

Lars Bering

Thank you very much, Rasmus, and thank you to all of you who has taken time to listen.

Allan Jeppesen

Thank you.

Rasmus Køjborg

Thank you, and have a nice weekend. Thank you.