Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Matthew and I will be your operator today.
Welcome to Knight Therapeutics' second quarter 2026 results conference call. Before turning the call over to Samira Sakhia, President and CEO of Knight, listeners are reminded that portions of today's discussion may, by their nature, necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.
The company considers the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based to be reasonable at the time they were prepared, but cautions that these assumptions regarding the future events, many of which are beyond the control of the company and its subsidiaries, may ultimately prove to be incorrect. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether a result of new information, future events, except as required by law.
We would also like to remind you questions during today's call will be taken from analysts only. Should there be any further questions, please contact Knight's Investor Relations department via email to [email protected] or via phone at 514-484-4483.
I would now like to remind everyone that this call is being recorded today, August 6th, 2026, and would now like to turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Samira Sakhia. Please go ahead, Ms.
Sakhia.
Samira Sakhia
Thank you, Matthew. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Knight Therapeutics' second quarter 2026 conference call.
I'm joined on today's call with Amal Khouri, our Chief Business Officer, and Arvind Utchanah, our Chief Financial Officer. I'm pleased to announce that Knight has delivered record high performance in the first six months of 2026.
We reported revenues of $293 million, adjusted EBITDA of $52 million, and cash flow from operations of $70 million. During the first six months of the year, our promoted portfolio delivered nearly $200 million in revenues, an increase of over $50 million or 36% on a constant currency basis.
This was mainly the result of our commercial execution on our promoted products, including the contribution from the 17 launches we executed over the last 2 and a half years. We had six launches in Canada and 11 in Latin America.
In Canada, we launched Imvexxy, Bijuva, Jornay PM, Xcopri, Myfembree, and Orgovyx. In Latin America, we have launched Minjuvi for DLBCL in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, and for follicular lymphoma in Brazil.
We also launched Pemazyre in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, Tavalisse in Mexico, and Akynzeo in Paraguay. In addition, we have also launched two branded generic products, Molapeb in Argentina and Bapocil in Colombia.
In the second half of this year, we expect to launch Tavalisse in Brazil, for which we received regulatory approval earlier this Q, as well as Winzora in Canada and certain branded generics in LatAm. In addition, just yesterday, we received a NON, notice of non-compliance, from Health Canada on the new drug submission for Crexont.
We will be working closely with our partner to respond to Health Canada. As a reminder, Crexont was approved in the US in August of 2024 and was launched in September of 2024.
In June of this year, the product received positive CHMP recommendation in Europe with an approval expected in September. On to the NCIB.
In the first half of 2026, we purchased 1.5 million common shares at an average price of $6.33 for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $9.2 million. I will now turn the call over to Arvind to provide an update on our financial results.
Arvind Utchanah
Thank you, Samira. When speaking of our financial results, I will refer to certain non-IFRS measures, including adjusted EBITDA per share, adjusted gross margin, and constant currency results.
Refer to our press release and MD&A and SEDAR+ filings for their definitions. For the second quarter of 2026, we delivered revenues of $144 million, an increase of $37 million or 34% compared to the same period last year.
On a constant currency basis, the increase in revenues was $26 million or 22%, driven by the growth of our promoted portfolio, including our pipeline launches as well as the addition of the mature products from the Paladin and Sumitomo transactions. Our launched pipeline portfolio delivered $18 million in revenues, an increase of $14 million or 297% on a constant currency basis, driven by the 17 launches that Samira mentioned earlier.
I would like to add that according to IQVIA, the sales of the Canadian launched pipeline products grew by 189% in Q2 '26 compared to Q2 '25. As for our promoted strategic products, they delivered $76 million in the second quarter.
Excluding the sales of AmBisome to MOH, the portfolio grew by $9 million or 16% on a constant currency basis, driven by the growth of our promoted brands including Cresemba, Lenvima, Akynzeo, and Exelon. Finally, our mature portfolio delivered $48 million, an increase of $12 million or 32% on a constant currency basis.
The increase was driven by the addition of the mature products from the Paladin and Sumitomo portfolios. Now moving on to gross margin.
We delivered adjusted gross margin of $70 million or 49% of revenues in Q2 '26 compared to $49 million or 46% of revenues in the same period last year. The increase in the gross margin percentage is mainly explained by the higher contribution of the Canadian business, which generates a higher gross margin as a percentage of revenues.
I will now turn to our operating expenses, excluding amortization. For the second quarter, our operating expenses were $47 million, an increase of $9 million or 25% compared to the same period last year.
The increase in operating expenses was mainly driven by the expansion in structure and spend required to support our many launches and larger mature portfolio. Moving on to adjusted EBITDA.
For the second quarter 2026, we reported over $24 million of adjusted EBITDA, an increase of $9 million or 58% compared to the same period last year. Our adjusted EBITDA per share was 25 cents, an increase of 61% compared to the same period last year.
The increase was mainly driven by our higher gross margin, partly offset by higher operating expenses. I will now cover our financial assets, which are valued at $81 million.
In the second quarter, we recorded a net loss of $12 million driven by the mark-to-market revaluations of our strategic fund and equity investments. As a reminder, our funds continue to be a source of cash and have generated $51 million since 2020.
Turning to our liquidity and cash flows. During the second quarter, our business generated operating cash inflows of $30 million and repaid $30 million on our revolving credit facility.
Over the last year, our strong operating cash flows and balance sheet have supported our 17 launches, the acquisition of the Paladin and Sumitomo portfolios, as well as the full repayment of the $60 million loan used to finance the Paladin transaction within one year of closing. We ended the quarter with $110 million in cash and marketable securities, and a net cash position of $87 million.
In addition, with $280 million available under our credit facility, we are well positioned to fund future growth. I will now turn the call back to Samira.
Samira Sakhia
Thank you, Arvind. Now on to our financial outlook for fiscal 2026.
I would like to remind everyone that this guidance is based on the assumption that there is no material adjustment due to hyperinflation accounting in Argentina. In addition, our guidance is based on a number of assumptions which are described in our press release.
Should any of these assumptions differ, the financial outlook and the actual results may vary materially. We are increasing our outlook for 2026 and now expect to generate revenues between $540 million and $600 $560 million, representing top-line growth of at least 20% versus 2025.
We also expect 2026 adjusted EBITDA to be at least 15% of revenues, representing EBITDA growth of at least 10% versus 2025. The increase in our financial outlook is driven primarily by the stronger performance of our promoted products across multiple countries, as well as the benefit of select LatAm currencies performing better versus the Canadian dollar than previously anticipated.
I'm proud of the profitable business that we have built through the disciplined execution of our Pan-American ex-US strategy of in-licensing and acquiring innovative and mature products, obtaining regulatory approval across our territories, and launching and growing these products in each of our markets. The 17 launches over the last 2 and a half years are a clear demonstration of the execution of the strategy and the strength of our platform.
The momentum of our promoted products, the strength of our diversified portfolio, and healthy cash flows from operations position us well to continue executing on our mission of acquiring, in-licensing, developing, and commercializing pharmaceutical products in Latin America and Canada. Thank you for your support and confidence in the Knight team.
This concludes our formal remarks. I would now like to open up the call for questions.
Over to you, Matthew.
Operator
Thank you. Before we begin, may I please remind you, questions during today's call will be taken from analysts only.
Should there be any further questions, please contact Knight's Investor Relations department via email to [email protected] or via phone at 514-484-4483. If you would like to ask a question, please press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad.
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One moment please for your first question. Your first question comes from Douglas Miehm of RBC Capital Markets.
Please go ahead, your line is open.
Douglas Miehm
Good morning, everyone. A few questions for you, Samira.
Number one, on EBITDA margins, obviously stronger than anticipated during the quarter and above the guidance that you provide at 15%. Now you reaffirmed the 15% for fiscal year 2026.
Are there any specific H2 items we have to consider that would hold those margins back or is there really potential upside to that guide that you've provided as we think to the second half of the year? Hello?
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, please stand by as we connect the speaker line. [unclear] You are now back in the conference.
Ms. Samira?
Samira Sakhia
Are we back on?
Operator
Yes, you are back now.
Samira Sakhia
Let me finish answering Doug's question. As I mentioned, we are launching and it will be ramping up in the back half of the year.
The second thing is that there is a significant amount of AmBisome in the first half of the year, which is also bringing up our EBITDA. Okay.
Douglas Miehm
We should expect that to moderate slightly in the second half of the year. Excellent.
Then just to follow up, could you perhaps expand on the Lenvima price controls in Colombia and what the impact of those may be for the remainder of this year and into next year? Then on Crexont, could you maybe elaborate on I know it was just yesterday, but perhaps the reasoning for the NON?
I'll leave it there. Thank you.
Samira Sakhia
Sure. Colombia has a regulated price system.
They review products along the way after launch. Lenvima was picked up most recently.
We do expect the price to decrease materially. With that decrease, we do expect some increase in volume because it will become cheaper for use.
We also announced that we see a generic or a branded generic approved also this quarter, which we expect will be launched either by the end of the year or early next. That too will have an impact on this product.
The generic was expected and it is in our forecast. In the guidance that we've just provided, the pricing impact in Colombia is also included.
As for Crexont and the NON, you're right, it was just yesterday afternoon. We are going to be working with our partner to respond.
What I can say is the product is approved in the US, is going to get approval very shortly in Europe, and we are seeing that Health Canada is issuing more NONs, and we expect that to continue with the way they are.
Douglas Miehm
Thank you.
Samira Sakhia
Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Your next question comes from Michael Freeman of Raymond James.
Please go ahead, your line is open.
Michael Freeman
Hey, good morning Samira, Arvind, Amal, and congratulations on another strong quarter. Excluding the positive impact of AmBisome this quarter, I wonder if you could point to areas of your promoted product portfolio that has driven this significant growth.
This is another significant beat of consensus. I wonder if you could sort of zero in on areas that are growing faster than our expectations and your expectations.
Samira Sakhia
Michael, I didn't really catch all of the question. I'm going to try and rephrase.
You're trying to understand what is driving growth after AmBisome or what drew growth without AmBisome in this Q or in the future?
Michael Freeman
Talking about this quarter, excluding AmBisome.
Samira Sakhia
Excluding AmBisome, we are seeing growth across our portfolio. We saw growth in our oncology portfolio, Lenvima was growing, Orgovyx was growing, Myfembree, Akynzeo, Imvexxy.
All of our launch pipeline is growing, and that's where you really see a significant amount. If you look at the IQVIA Canada data, those products grew by 200%, and in LatAm, you've got Minjuvi, Tavalisse, Lenvima, Cresemba, all of them growing across the board.
Michael Freeman
Okay. Thank you.
Now I'm curious, the balance sheet is looking very strong. I'm curious how you're thinking about capital allocation and how you might prioritize different uses of capital heading into the future.
Samira Sakhia
As we are a licensing and acquiring company. The use of cash is really for the acquisition of new products, and that's really what we're focused on.
If there is an opportunity to continue to acquire our shares, we will also execute on that front.
Michael Freeman
Thank you very much. I'm going to pass it on.
Operator
Thank you. Your next question comes from David Martin of Bloom Burton.
Please go ahead, your line is open.
David Martin
Good morning and congratulations on the quarter. Regarding Exelon, you had mentioned in previous quarters withdrawing the NDS, and it was mentioned again this quarter.
Has anything changed on that front since last quarter?
Samira Sakhia
No, we're working with our partner to prepare the material for resubmission.
David Martin
Okay. Then on Crexont, going a little deeper, again acknowledging you just got that news, does it look like the information that Health Canada wants exists or is there a possibility that another trial would be needed?
Can you talk about that?
Samira Sakhia
Right now, I'm waiting for our team. The product is approved in the US and is getting approval in Europe, the team is just going through it, it's a little early for me to comment on that.
David Martin
Okay. Then last question, how much did AmBisome sales to Brazil MOH contribute to this quarter?
Does your guidance anticipate any more sales to MOH, the Brazilian MOH, for the remainder of the year?
Samira Sakhia
In the case for the back half, we do not anticipate any more AmBisome sales. The the entire contract was shipped this quarter in this first half, and the last component was this quarter.
Arvind, what's the rate? It's about $12 million.
It's about $12 million. $12.5 million in the quarter.
David Martin
Okay. I think in previous years, you've sold to them the contracted amount and then usually they buy more.
Would there be any reason to believe that won't happen this year?
Samira Sakhia
Sometimes they've bought more because they do have the right to buy more. Last year what ended up happening is that we signed the '26 contract, I believe it was sometime in mid-Q4, and they had a small purchase in Q4 in connection with the '26 contract.
We don't have a 2027 contract. Obviously, our team is pursuing that on a constant and aggressive basis.
Until we have a new contract or a new order, let's say if they decide to continue on this one, we can't really comment for the back half or even next year.
David Martin
Has the competitive situation for that contract changed at all recently?
Samira Sakhia
Not at all. Remember that we have provided that there is a branded generic and a generic under review at Anvisa, and those could come out either later this year or early next.
Okay.
David Martin
Okay. Thank you, that's it for me.
Operator
Thank you. Your next question comes from Tania Armstrong of Canaccord Genuity.
Please go ahead, your line is open.
Tania Armstrong
Hi, good morning, everyone. First question, just on the 2026 guidance, can you help me quantify how much of the increase is being driven by underlying promoted portfolio performance versus the changes in FX?
Samira Sakhia
FX, as you saw in the first half, versus last year, in the first half FX contributed about $10 million to top line. A lot of that is already banked.
It's not a significant amount that we're carrying forward into the second half. The majority of this that is coming is really coming from the growth in our products across the board.
Tania Armstrong
Excellent. Thank you.
Then just second question, with the Canadian business, given the growth that we've seen in it, how should we be thinking about the long-term margin profile of those assets as the Paladin and Sumitomo products mature and integration synergies are realized? Hello?
Operator
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience as we are expecting technical difficulties. We will resume the conference momentarily.
Samira Sakhia
Can you hear us?
Tania Armstrong
Yes.
Samira Sakhia
Hi, can you hear us?
Tania Armstrong
I can hear you now, yes.
Operator
Yes, we can hear you now.
Samira Sakhia
Perfect. The gross margins on our Canadian products is better than what we have in LatAm.
Our newer products in LatAm are also better contributors. As we go on and all of these products contribute more, margins will slightly improve.
What I will say is, as all of these launch products start to weigh in higher on the top line, what we will see is EBITDA margin improvement over the next couple of years because we are now almost at a place where infrastructure for what we have is fairly stable. This year we're guiding to 15% of EBITDA margins.
Over the next couple of years, you'll see that EBITDA margin improve across the board.
Tania Armstrong
Okay. Thank you so much, that's all for me.
Operator
Thank you. Your next question comes from Scott McAuley of Paradigm Capital.
Please go ahead, your line is open.
Scott McAuley
Morning, everyone. One last one for me was on the cash flow.
It was great to see two back-to-back quarters of significant cash flow. It's been much more lumpier quarter to quarter.
Is that something that you're expecting going forward, just a little bit more consistent cash generation or should we continue to sort of bank in the next few quarters it can swing materially from quarter to quarter?
Samira Sakhia
Cash flow from operations can be lumpy depending on inventory purchases, especially when we're onboarding a new products or a new asset. What we are seeing with the higher weighting of our Canadian operation, which has faster collection, and our working capital is now at kind of a stable level, we should be seeing healthy cash flows, high level of cash flows from EBITDA to cash conversion.
It may be lumpy on a quarter-to-quarter basis, but for the year, you should be seeing at a very healthy level.
Scott McAuley
That's great. Excellent.
That was all for me. Thanks for taking the questions.
Operator
Thank you. Your next question comes from Mack [Milousky?]
of Stifel. Please go ahead, your line is open.
Good morning team, on for Justin Keywood this morning, Stifel. Congratulations on the quarter.
Like Scott said, a lot of the questions I had lined up were already asked, but maybe any color you can provide on the utilization of your sales force in LatAm amid the string of recent launches and how that reconciles with the need for maybe potential additions to the commercial infrastructure team and the margin profile. Thank you.
Samira Sakhia
Sure. As we've said before, when we look at the majority of our business, we have a pretty solid platform.
When you look at countries like Brazil, which is still our largest market, Argentina, Colombia, and we have presence in even the smaller countries, in the last year in Canada, we really expanded the infrastructure through the acquisition of Paladin. The only place in our business which is small is still Mexico, and in Mexico, we are adding infrastructure as we add products.
That would be really the only place where we have left where we need to continue to build infrastructure, and you've been seeing that over the last couple of years. Last year when we launched Minjuvi, we added people.
This year as we launched Tavalisse, we added a few more. Over the next year, we have more pipeline products that are going to launch in Mexico in a couple of years, including Crexont, [unclear], and we will be adding people as we expand the portfolio.
Given the size of the country and what's needed, you really won't be seeing that big an impact on our EBITDA margins going forward. As I said, the products that we have today will be contributing more that we've launched in '24, '25, '26 will be contributing more into '27, '28, '29, and even as we add small levels of infrastructure, EBITDA margins will rise.
Thank you. This is maybe a longer-tailed question, but with the closing of the acquisition of Crucell, is it within the playbook for Knight to engage in strategic investments of this sort in the future?
To that end, have you considered the prospect of leveraging the IP for new assets in this pocket of the market to grow your own portfolio?
Samira Sakhia
We're always interested in strategic assets, whether it's through a loan or an investment, but and you've seen this over the last few years, we have refined that with products that we actually want to own and launch because otherwise, it's just really putting money away that really doesn't feed into revenues or EBITDA. We have been much more focused on financial transactions in order to get new products.
Helpful. Thank you.
Samira Sakhia
Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. There are no further questions at this time.
I would now like to turn the call back over to Samira Sakhia for closing comments.
Samira Sakhia
Thank you, Matthew. For everyone on the call, I'm really sorry about the technical issues that we've had this morning, but thank you for your confidence in the Knight team and for joining the Q2 2026 conference call.
Have a great morning.
Operator
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