Masco Corporation Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
Highlights
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Net sales increased 6 percent to
$1,918 million - Operating profit margin was 16.5 percent; adjusted operating profit margin was 16.9 percent
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Earnings per share were
$1.05 ; adjusted earnings per share grew 20 percent to$1.04 per share -
Repurchased 3.1 million shares for
$202 million -
Maintaining 2026 earnings per share guidance in the range of
$3.91 -$4.11 per share, and on an adjusted basis,$4.10 -$4.30 per share
2026 First Quarter Results
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On a reported basis, compared to the first quarter 2025:
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Net sales increased 6 percent to
$1,918 million ; net sales increased 4 percent in local currency- Plumbing Products’ net sales increased 9 percent; in local currency net sales increased 7 percent
- Decorative Architectural Products’ net sales were in line with prior year
- In local currency, North American sales increased 5 percent and International sales increased 1 percent
- Gross margin was in line with the prior year at 35.8 percent
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Operating profit increased 10 percent to
$316 million from$286 million - Operating margin increased 60 basis points to 16.5 percent from 15.9 percent
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Net income increased 21 percent to
$1.05 per share, compared to$0.87 per share
-
Net sales increased 6 percent to
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Compared to the first quarter 2025, results for key financial measures, as adjusted for certain items (see Exhibit A) and applying a normalized tax rate of 24.5 percent, were as follows:
- Gross margin increased 10 basis points to 36.0 percent from 35.9 percent
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Operating profit increased 13 percent to
$324 million from$288 million - Operating margin increased 90 basis points to 16.9 percent from 16.0 percent
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Net income increased 20 percent to
$1.04 per share, compared to$0.87 per share
-
Liquidity at the end of the first quarter was
$1,261 million (including availability under our revolving credit facility)
“We delivered strong first quarter operating results in an extremely dynamic environment,” said
“We are pleased with our first quarter performance and the team’s strong execution. As we continue to face a dynamic macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, we believe it is prudent to maintain our 2026 adjusted earnings per share guidance in the range of
About Masco
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The 2026 first quarter supplemental material, including a presentation in PDF format, is available on the Company’s website at www.masco.com.
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Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that reflect our views about our future performance and constitute “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “outlook,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “appear,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect,” “assume,” “seek,” “forecast,” and similar references to future periods. Our views about future performance involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in our forward-looking statements. We caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements.
Our future performance may be affected by the levels of residential repair and remodel activity, and to a lesser extent, new home construction, our ability to maintain our strong brands, to develop innovative products and respond to changing consumer purchasing practices and preferences, our ability to maintain our public image and reputation, our ability to maintain our competitive position in our industries, our reliance on key customers, the cost and availability of materials, our dependence on suppliers and service providers, extreme weather events and changes in climate, risks associated with our international operations and global strategies, the impact on demand, pricing and product costs resulting from tariffs, our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of our strategic initiatives, our ability to successfully execute our acquisition strategy and integrate businesses that we have acquired and may in the future acquire, our ability to attract, develop and retain a talented workforce, risks associated with cybersecurity vulnerabilities, threats and attacks and risks associated with our reliance on information systems and technology. These and other factors are discussed in detail in Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement made by us speaks only as of the date on which it was made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited
For the Three Months Ended |
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(in millions, except per common share data) |
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Three Months Ended |
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2026 |
|
2025 |
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Net sales |
$ |
1,918 |
|
|
$ |
1,801 |
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
1,232 |
|
|
|
1,157 |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
686 |
|
|
|
644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
369 |
|
|
|
358 |
|
|
Operating profit |
|
316 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Other income (expense), net: |
|
|
|
||||
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Interest expense |
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
Other, net |
|
1 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
291 |
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Income tax expense |
|
63 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
Net income |
|
228 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
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Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |
|
15 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Net income attributable to |
$ |
213 |
|
|
$ |
186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Income per common share attributable to |
|
|
|
||||
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Net income |
$ |
1.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.87 |
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|
|
|
|
|
||||
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Average diluted common shares outstanding |
|
204 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
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Historical information is available on our website. |
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Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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Exhibit A: Reconciliations - Unaudited
For the Three Months Ended |
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(dollars in millions) |
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|
Three Months Ended |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Gross Profit, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, and Operating Profit Reconciliations |
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|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
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Net sales |
$ |
1,918 |
|
|
$ |
1,801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Gross profit, as reported |
$ |
686 |
|
|
$ |
644 |
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
5 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Gross profit, as adjusted |
$ |
690 |
|
|
$ |
646 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Gross margin, as reported |
|
35.8 |
% |
|
|
35.8 |
% |
|
Gross margin, as adjusted |
|
36.0 |
% |
|
|
35.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses, as reported |
$ |
369 |
|
|
$ |
358 |
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses, as adjusted |
$ |
366 |
|
|
$ |
358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales, as reported |
|
19.2 |
% |
|
|
19.9 |
% |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales, as adjusted |
|
19.1 |
% |
|
|
19.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Operating profit, as reported |
$ |
316 |
|
|
$ |
286 |
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Operating profit, as adjusted |
$ |
324 |
|
|
$ |
288 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Operating margin, as reported |
|
16.5 |
% |
|
|
15.9 |
% |
|
Operating margin, as adjusted |
|
16.9 |
% |
|
|
16.0 |
% |
|
Historical information is available on our website. |
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Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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Exhibit A: Reconciliations - Unaudited
For the Three Months Ended |
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(in millions, except per common share data) |
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|
Three Months Ended |
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|
2026 |
|
2025 |
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Income Per Common Share Reconciliations |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
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Income before income taxes, as reported |
$ |
291 |
|
|
$ |
254 |
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Realized losses from private equity funds, net |
|
— |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Income before income taxes, as adjusted |
|
300 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
Tax at 24.5% rate |
|
(73 |
) |
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |
|
15 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Net income, as adjusted |
$ |
211 |
|
|
$ |
184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Net income per common share, as adjusted |
$ |
1.04 |
|
|
$ |
0.87 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Average diluted common shares outstanding |
|
204 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
Outlook for the Year Ended |
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|
Year Ended |
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|
|
Low End |
|
High End |
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Income Per Common Share Reconciliation |
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income per common share |
$ |
3.91 |
|
$ |
4.11 |
|
Rationalization charges |
|
0.19 |
|
|
0.19 |
|
Net income per common share, as adjusted |
$ |
4.10 |
|
$ |
4.30 |
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Historical information is available on our website. |
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Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Other Financial Data - Unaudited
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(dollars in millions) |
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Balance Sheet |
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|
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Assets |
|
|
|
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Current assets: |
|
|
|
||
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Cash and cash investments |
$ |
388 |
|
$ |
647 |
|
Receivables |
|
1,320 |
|
|
1,028 |
|
Inventories |
|
1,068 |
|
|
1,046 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
|
119 |
|
|
119 |
|
Total current assets |
|
2,895 |
|
|
2,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
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Property and equipment, net |
|
1,183 |
|
|
1,195 |
|
|
|
618 |
|
|
623 |
|
Other intangible assets, net |
|
198 |
|
|
205 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
238 |
|
|
233 |
|
Other assets |
|
100 |
|
|
105 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
5,233 |
|
$ |
5,201 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
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Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
894 |
|
$ |
810 |
|
Notes payable |
|
129 |
|
|
2 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
630 |
|
|
761 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
1,653 |
|
|
1,573 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Long-term debt |
|
2,945 |
|
|
2,945 |
|
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities |
|
228 |
|
|
221 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
380 |
|
|
387 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
5,205 |
|
|
5,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Equity |
|
27 |
|
|
76 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
5,233 |
|
$ |
5,201 |
|
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As of |
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|
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
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Other Financial Data |
|
|
|
||||
|
Working capital days |
|
|
|
||||
|
Receivable days |
|
56 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
Inventory days |
|
83 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
Payable days |
|
68 |
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
Working capital |
$ |
1,494 |
|
|
$ |
1,437 |
|
|
Working capital as a % of sales (LTM) |
|
19.5 |
% |
|
|
18.7 |
% |
|
Historical information is available on our website.
Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Other Financial Data - Unaudited
For the Three Months Ended |
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(dollars in millions) |
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|
Three Months Ended |
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|
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
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Cash Flows From (For) Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
||||
|
Cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
289 |
|
|
$ |
262 |
|
|
Working capital changes |
|
(368 |
) |
|
|
(419 |
) |
|
Net cash for operating activities |
|
(79 |
) |
|
|
(158 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash Flows From (For) Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
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|
Purchase of common stock |
|
(202 |
) |
|
|
(130 |
) |
|
Cash dividends paid |
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(66 |
) |
|
Proceeds from revolving credit borrowings, net |
|
127 |
|
|
|
131 |
|
|
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options |
|
18 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Employee withholding taxes paid on stock-based compensation |
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
Debt financing costs |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net cash for financing activities |
|
(137 |
) |
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash Flows From (For) Investing Activities: |
|
|
|
||||
|
Capital expenditures |
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
Other, net |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net cash for investing activities |
|
(36 |
) |
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash investments |
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Cash and Cash Investments: |
|
|
|
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|
Decrease for the period |
|
(259 |
) |
|
|
(257 |
) |
|
At |
|
647 |
|
|
|
634 |
|
|
At |
$ |
388 |
|
|
$ |
377 |
|
|
|
As of |
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|
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
||
|
Liquidity |
|
|
|
||
|
Cash and cash investments |
$ |
388 |
|
$ |
377 |
|
Revolver availability |
|
873 |
|
|
869 |
|
Total Liquidity |
$ |
1,261 |
|
$ |
1,246 |
|
Historical information is available on our website. Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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Segment Data - Unaudited
For the Three Months Ended |
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(dollars in millions) |
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|
Three Months Ended |
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|
2026 |
|
2025 |
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Change |
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Plumbing Products |
|
|
|
|
|
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Net sales |
$ |
1,364 |
|
|
$ |
1,246 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
Operating profit, as reported |
$ |
243 |
|
|
$ |
225 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as reported |
|
17.8 |
% |
|
|
18.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
7 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit, as adjusted |
|
250 |
|
|
|
227 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as adjusted |
|
18.3 |
% |
|
|
18.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
29 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA, as adjusted |
$ |
279 |
|
|
$ |
253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Decorative Architectural Products |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Net sales |
$ |
554 |
|
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
— |
% |
|
Operating profit, as reported |
$ |
104 |
|
|
$ |
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as reported |
|
18.8 |
% |
|
|
15.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Rationalization charges |
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit, as adjusted |
|
105 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as adjusted |
|
19.0 |
% |
|
|
15.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
7 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA, as adjusted |
$ |
112 |
|
|
$ |
95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net sales |
$ |
1,918 |
|
|
$ |
1,801 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
Operating profit, as reported - segment |
$ |
348 |
|
|
$ |
313 |
|
|
|
|
|
General corporate expense, net |
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Operating profit, as reported |
|
316 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as reported |
|
16.5 |
% |
|
|
15.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Rationalization charges - segment |
|
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit, as adjusted |
|
324 |
|
|
|
288 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin, as adjusted |
|
16.9 |
% |
|
|
16.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization - segment |
|
36 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization - other |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA, as adjusted |
$ |
362 |
|
|
$ |
322 |
|
|
|
|
|
Historical information is available on our website. Amounts may not add due to rounding. |
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