Nu Skin Enterprises Reports First Quarter Results
Executive Summary
Q1 2026 vs.
|
Revenue |
• +1.1% FX impact or |
|
Earnings Per Share (EPS) |
|
|
Customers |
669,535; (14)% |
|
Paid Affiliates |
120,850; (8)% |
|
Sales Leaders |
26,915; (13)% |
“We delivered first quarter revenue in line with our expectations and made further progress in our strategic priorities while operating in a volatile environment,” said
“We are encouraged by early signs of improving paid affiliates and new sales leader development in several markets as our leaders begin integrating Prysm iO into their businesses and continue to build upon our leading anti-aging Tru Face® brand. We are focused on partnering with our sales force on leveraging the proprietary nutritional health biomarker tracking from Prysm iO to expand the channel as we prepare to drive customer subscriptions for our wellness products. While these initiatives will take time to develop, we remain confident that they will increase sales leader engagement and expand our global reach over time to drive the next phase of growth for Nu Skin.”
Q1 2026 Year-over-year Operating Results
|
Revenue |
• +1.1% FX impact or |
|
Gross Margin |
66.9% or 67.9% excluding certain charges compared to 67.8%
• |
|
Selling Expenses |
34.3% compared to 32.5%
• |
|
G&A Expenses |
30.7% or 29.9% excluding certain charges compared to 31.1% or 28.9% excluding certain charges |
|
Impairment Expenses |
|
|
Operating Margin |
1.3% or 3.6% excluding certain charges compared to (2.7)% or 6.4% excluding impairment and other charges |
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Interest Expense |
|
|
Other Income (Expense) |
• Prior year reflects |
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Income Tax Rate |
29.4% compared to 20.1% |
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EPS |
|
Stockholder Value
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Dividend Payments |
|
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Stock Repurchases |
• |
Q2 and Full-year 2026 Outlook
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Q2 2026 Revenue |
• Approximately 0% FX impact |
|
Q2 2026 EPS |
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|
2026 Revenue |
• Approximately (1)% FX impact |
|
2026 EPS |
|
“In addition to delivering on revenue and adjusted earnings, we returned
Conference Call
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Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that represent the company’s current expectations and beliefs. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal and state securities laws and include, but are not limited to, statements of management’s expectations regarding the company’s performance, growth, initiatives, plans, areas of focus, sales force and customers, shareholder value, Prysm launch and its timing and potential benefits to the business, and emerging market expansion and its timing; projections regarding revenue, expenses, margins, tax rates, earnings per share, foreign currency fluctuations, uses of cash, financial position and other financial items; statements of belief; and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,” “expect,” “become,” “continue,” “project,” “outlook,” “guidance,” “focus,” “expand,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “may,” “might,” the negative of these words and other similar words.
The forward-looking statements and related assumptions involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- any failure of current or planned initiatives or products to generate interest among the company’s sales force and customers and generate sponsoring and selling activities on a sustained basis;
-
risk that direct selling laws and regulations in any of the company’s markets, including
the United States and Mainland China, may be modified, interpreted or enforced in a manner that results in negative changes to the company’s business model or negatively impacts its revenue, sales force or business, including through the interruption of sales activities, loss of licenses, increased scrutiny of sales force actions, imposition of fines, or any other adverse actions or events; - economic conditions and events globally;
- the company’s future tax-planning initiatives, any prospective or retrospective increases in duties or tariffs on the company’s products imported into the company’s markets, and any adverse results of tax audits or unfavorable changes to tax laws in the company’s various markets;
- competitive pressures in the company’s markets;
- risk that epidemics or other crises, as well as any related disruptions, could negatively impact our business;
- adverse publicity related to the company’s business, products, industry or any legal actions or complaints by the company’s sales force or others;
- political, legal, tax and regulatory uncertainties, including trade policies, associated with operating in Mainland China and other international markets;
- uncertainty regarding meeting restrictions and other government scrutiny in Mainland China, as well as negative media and consumer sentiment in Mainland China on our business operations and results;
- risk of foreign-currency fluctuations and the currency translation impact on the company’s business associated with these fluctuations;
- uncertainties regarding the future financial performance of the businesses the company has acquired;
- risks related to accurately predicting, delivering or maintaining sufficient quantities of products to support planned initiatives or launch strategies, and increased risk of inventory write-offs if the company over-forecasts demand for a product or changes its planned initiatives or launch strategies; and
- regulatory risks associated with the company’s products, which could require the company to modify its claims or inhibit its ability to import or continue selling a product in a market if the product is determined to be a medical device or if the company is unable to register the product in a timely manner under applicable regulatory requirements.
The company’s financial performance and the forward-looking statements contained herein are further qualified by a detailed discussion of associated risks set forth in the documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements set forth the company’s beliefs as of the date that such information was first provided, and the company assumes no duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect any change except as required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures: Constant-currency revenue change is a non-GAAP financial measure that removes the impact of fluctuations in foreign-currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of the company’s performance. It is calculated by translating the current period’s revenue at the same average exchange rates in effect during the applicable prior-year period and then comparing that amount to the prior-year period’s revenue. The company believes that constant-currency revenue change is useful to investors, lenders and analysts because such information enables them to gauge the impact of foreign-currency fluctuations on the company’s revenue from period to period.
Earnings per share, gross margin, general and administrative expenses, and operating margin, each excluding inventory write-off charges, impairment expense, the gain from the Mavely sale, unrealized investment loss, and/or other charges, also are non-GAAP financial measures.
- Inventory write-off charges, impairment expense, and unrealized investment loss are not part of the ongoing operations of our underlying business; and
- the gain from the Mavely sale, and the other charges incurred in connection with this sale and other corporate actions, are not part of our ongoing operations.
The company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors, lenders and analysts because removing the impact of these items facilitates period-to-period comparisons of the company’s performance. Please see the reconciliations of these items to our earnings per share, gross margin, operating margin, income tax rate and revenue growth rate calculated under GAAP, below.
The following table sets forth revenue for the three-month periods ended
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Three Months Ended |
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Constant- |
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Currency |
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2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
57,818 |
|
|
$ |
69,058 |
|
|
|
(16.3 |
)% |
|
|
(12.6 |
)% |
|
|
|
45,474 |
|
|
|
52,172 |
|
|
|
(12.8 |
)% |
|
|
(16.6 |
)% |
|
Mainland |
|
45,148 |
|
|
|
47,775 |
|
|
|
(5.5 |
)% |
|
|
(10.0 |
)% |
|
|
|
39,739 |
|
|
|
42,765 |
|
|
|
(7.1 |
)% |
|
|
(4.3 |
)% |
|
|
|
31,218 |
|
|
|
33,021 |
|
|
|
(5.5 |
)% |
|
|
(14.8 |
)% |
|
|
|
27,457 |
|
|
|
28,447 |
|
|
|
(3.5 |
)% |
|
|
(5.9 |
)% |
|
|
|
25,329 |
|
|
|
32,515 |
|
|
|
(22.1 |
)% |
|
|
(21.4 |
)% |
|
Nu Skin Other |
|
(234 |
) |
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
(144.2 |
)% |
|
|
(144.4 |
)% |
|
Total |
|
271,949 |
|
|
|
306,282 |
|
|
|
(11.2 |
)% |
|
|
(12.5 |
)% |
|
Rhyz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Manufacturing |
|
44,925 |
|
|
|
55,290 |
|
|
|
(18.7 |
)% |
|
|
(18.7 |
)% |
|
Rhyz Other |
|
3,734 |
|
|
|
2,918 |
|
|
|
28.0 |
% |
|
|
28.0 |
% |
|
Total Rhyz |
|
48,659 |
|
|
|
58,208 |
|
|
|
(16.4 |
)% |
|
|
(16.4 |
)% |
|
Total |
$ |
320,608 |
|
|
$ |
364,490 |
|
|
|
(12.0 |
)% |
|
|
(13.1 |
)% |
The following table provides information concerning the number of Customers, Paid Affiliates and Sales Leaders in our core
|
|
Three Months Ended |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Change |
|
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Customers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
186,448 |
|
|
|
227,514 |
|
|
|
(18 |
)% |
|
|
|
67,461 |
|
|
|
74,584 |
|
|
|
(10 |
)% |
|
Mainland |
|
104,721 |
|
|
|
122,474 |
|
|
|
(14 |
)% |
|
|
|
102,392 |
|
|
|
107,742 |
|
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
|
|
115,343 |
|
|
|
130,154 |
|
|
|
(11 |
)% |
|
|
|
35,899 |
|
|
|
42,523 |
|
|
|
(16 |
)% |
|
|
|
57,271 |
|
|
|
71,721 |
|
|
|
(20 |
)% |
|
Total Customers |
|
669,535 |
|
|
|
776,712 |
|
|
|
(14 |
)% |
|
Paid Affiliates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,039 |
|
|
|
26,936 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
|
18,163 |
|
|
|
22,296 |
|
|
|
(19 |
)% |
|
Mainland |
|
18,064 |
|
|
|
19,859 |
|
|
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
|
19,224 |
|
|
|
21,073 |
|
|
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
|
13,607 |
|
|
|
15,184 |
|
|
|
(10 |
)% |
|
|
|
9,541 |
|
|
|
9,622 |
|
|
|
(1 |
)% |
|
|
|
15,212 |
|
|
|
16,548 |
|
|
|
(8 |
)% |
|
Total Paid Affiliates |
|
120,850 |
|
|
|
131,518 |
|
|
|
(8 |
)% |
|
Sales Leaders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,930 |
|
|
|
6,174 |
|
|
|
(20 |
)% |
|
|
|
3,769 |
|
|
|
4,542 |
|
|
|
(17 |
)% |
|
Mainland |
|
5,489 |
|
|
|
6,214 |
|
|
|
(12 |
)% |
|
|
|
5,943 |
|
|
|
6,210 |
|
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
2,314 |
|
|
|
2,839 |
|
|
|
(19 |
)% |
|
|
|
2,123 |
|
|
|
2,207 |
|
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
2,347 |
|
|
|
2,850 |
|
|
|
(18 |
)% |
|
Total Sales Leaders |
|
26,915 |
|
|
|
31,036 |
|
|
|
(13 |
)% |
- “Customers” are persons who have purchased directly from the Company during the three months ended as of the date indicated. Our Customer numbers include members of our sales force who made such a purchase, including Paid Affiliates and those who qualify as Sales Leaders, but they do not include consumers who purchase directly from members of our sales force.
- “Paid Affiliates” are any Brand Affiliates, as well as members of our sales force in Mainland China, who earned sales compensation during the three-month period. In all of our markets besides Mainland China, we refer to members of our independent sales force as “Brand Affiliates” because their primary role is to promote our brand and products through their personal social networks.
- “Sales Leaders” are the three-month average of our monthly Brand Affiliates, as well as sales employees and independent marketers in Mainland China, who achieved certain qualification requirements as of the end of each month of the quarter.
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Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
Revenue |
$ |
320,608 |
|
|
$ |
364,490 |
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
106,145 |
|
|
|
117,529 |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
214,463 |
|
|
|
246,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling expenses |
|
110,054 |
|
|
|
118,546 |
|
|
General and administrative expenses |
|
98,544 |
|
|
|
113,204 |
|
|
Impairment expenses |
|
1,839 |
|
|
|
25,114 |
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
210,437 |
|
|
|
256,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) |
|
4,026 |
|
|
|
(9,903 |
) |
|
Interest expense |
|
4,250 |
|
|
|
3,283 |
|
|
Gain on sale of business |
|
- |
|
|
|
176,162 |
|
|
Other income (expense), net |
|
2,823 |
|
|
|
(28,375 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before provision for income taxes |
|
2,599 |
|
|
|
134,601 |
|
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
763 |
|
|
|
27,086 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
1,836 |
|
|
$ |
107,515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
$ |
2.16 |
|
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
$ |
2.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (000s): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
48,202 |
|
|
|
49,764 |
|
|
Diluted |
|
49,422 |
|
|
|
50,328 |
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
( |
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|
2026 |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
198,654 |
|
|
$ |
238,630 |
|
|
Current investments |
|
1,751 |
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
45,013 |
|
|
|
39,544 |
|
|
Inventories, net |
|
178,600 |
|
|
|
178,643 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
|
98,870 |
|
|
|
89,670 |
|
|
Total current assets |
|
522,888 |
|
|
|
547,698 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
381,610 |
|
|
|
377,168 |
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
70,350 |
|
|
|
74,021 |
|
|
|
|
83,625 |
|
|
|
83,625 |
|
|
Other intangible assets, net |
|
39,290 |
|
|
|
42,614 |
|
|
Other assets |
|
279,035 |
|
|
|
280,187 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
1,376,798 |
|
|
|
1,405,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
28,815 |
|
|
$ |
26,183 |
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
208,182 |
|
|
|
217,551 |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
256,997 |
|
|
|
263,734 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
54,017 |
|
|
|
57,640 |
|
|
Long-term debt |
|
203,593 |
|
|
|
204,187 |
|
|
Other liabilities |
|
68,104 |
|
|
|
74,512 |
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
582,711 |
|
|
|
600,073 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A common stock – 500 million shares authorized, |
|
91 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
613,890 |
|
|
|
635,994 |
|
|
|
|
(1,560,799 |
) |
|
|
(1,575,059 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(118,377 |
) |
|
|
(116,105 |
) |
|
Retained earnings |
|
1,859,282 |
|
|
|
1,860,319 |
|
|
Total stockholders' equity |
|
794,087 |
|
|
|
805,240 |
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
1,376,798 |
|
|
$ |
1,405,313 |
|
|
|
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|
Three months ended
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|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
||
|
Gross profit |
|
$ |
214,463 |
|
|
$ |
246,961 |
|
|
|
Impact of inventory write-off |
|
|
3,116 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
Adjusted gross profit |
|
$ |
217,579 |
|
|
$ |
246,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
||
|
Gross margin |
|
|
66.9 |
% |
|
|
67.8 |
% |
|
|
Gross margin, excluding inventory write-off impact |
|
|
67.9 |
% |
|
|
67.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
320,608 |
|
|
$ |
364,490 |
|
|
|
|
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|
Three months ended
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|
||||||
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
||
|
General and administrative expenses |
|
$ |
98,544 |
|
|
$ |
113,204 |
|
|
|
Impact of other charges(1) |
|
|
(2,643 |
) |
|
|
(7,966 |
) |
|
|
Adjusted general and administrative expenses |
|
$ |
95,901 |
|
|
$ |
105,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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||
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|
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||
|
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue |
|
|
30.7 |
% |
|
|
31.1 |
% |
|
|
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue, excluding certain charges |
|
|
29.9 |
% |
|
|
28.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
320,608 |
|
|
$ |
364,490 |
|
|
|
(1) Other charges for the first quarter of 2026 consist of |
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
||
|
Operating income (loss) |
|
$ |
4,026 |
|
|
$ |
(9,903 |
) |
|
|
Impact of inventory write-off |
|
|
3,116 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
Impact of other charges(1) |
|
|
2,643 |
|
|
|
7,966 |
|
|
|
Impact of impairment |
|
|
1,839 |
|
|
|
25,114 |
|
|
|
Adjusted operating income |
|
$ |
11,624 |
|
|
$ |
23,177 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Operating margin |
|
|
1.3 |
% |
|
|
(2.7 |
)% |
|
|
Operating margin, excluding certain charges |
|
|
3.6 |
% |
|
|
6.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
320,608 |
|
|
$ |
364,490 |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
||
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,836 |
|
|
$ |
107,515 |
|
|
|
Impact of inventory write-off |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Inventory write-off |
|
|
3,116 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(1,065 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
Impact of other charges: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Other charges(1) |
|
|
2,643 |
|
|
|
7,966 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(903 |
) |
|
|
(725 |
) |
|
|
Impact of impairment expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Impairment |
|
|
1,839 |
|
|
|
25,114 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(629 |
) |
|
|
(5,433 |
) |
|
|
Impact of Mavely sale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Gain from Mavely sale |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(176,162 |
) |
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
31,104 |
|
|
|
Impact of unrealized investment loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Unrealized investment loss |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
28,077 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,074 |
) |
|
|
Adjusted net income |
|
$ |
6,837 |
|
|
$ |
11,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
$ |
2.14 |
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share, excluding restructuring impact |
|
$ |
0.14 |
|
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (000) |
|
|
49,422 |
|
|
|
50,328 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
Year ended |
|
||||||
|
|
|
2026 -
|
|
2026 -
|
|
||||
|
Earnings Per Share |
|
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
$ |
1.10 |
|
|
|
Impact of inventory write-off |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Inventory write-off |
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
Impact of other charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Other charges(1) |
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
Impact impairment expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Impairment |
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
Tax impact |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
Adjusted EPS |
|
$ |
0.80 |
|
|
$ |
1.20 |
|
|
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