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• Net sales was below street consensus at $5.1B ($5.2B est.), was +43% YoY in constant currency and +1% YoY organically.
• EBITDA missed street estimates by 5% and grew by 43% YoY. Margins expanded by 6ppts to 22%.
• FCF was $599M compared to $629M in the prior year quarter, and share repurchases were modest.
• Gross and net leverage ended the quarter at 6.4x and 6.1x, respectively.
• Reiterated previously announced total synergy of the Berry acquisition of $650M by the end of fiscal 2028. $260M expected in fiscal 2026. Berry’s North America Beverage business identified for potential sale.
• FY26 FCF guidance was above estimates at $1.85B ($1.6B est.).
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It's North American inflation day, with the US and Canada reporting CPI at 0830ET:
In the US, consensus sees core CPI inflation at a seasonally adjusted 0.3% M/M in June on a rounded basis, but with sizeable risk of undershooting at 0.2% (MNI median unrounded estimate at 0.24% M/M /average 0.25%). This would mark an acceleration from 0.13% M/M in May, with core services ticking up and core goods
more than reversing May’s unexpected M/M deflation. Y/Y core is seen up to 2.9% from 2.8%.
In Canada, Headline CPI is seen rising to 1.9% Y/Y in June, up from 1.73% (unrounded) in May, which would mark a 3-month high. On a M/M non-seasonally adjusted basis, CPI is seen pulling back to 0.1% from 0.6% (0.55% unrounded) prior. MNI's summary of analyst consensus is below.


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SEK is once again underperforming the G10 basket, with EURSEK up 0.45% and narrowing the gap to resistance at 11.2784 (Jul 7 high). Clearance of this level would see the cross fully unwind the June flash CPI-induced fall, suggesting markets do not consider the print a serious impediment to future Riksbank easing. We wrote yesterday that an August Riksbank cut still can’t be fully ruled out, with another inflation report still due on August 7 (flash print, final on 14th) and growth data printing softly in recent months.