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Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
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Springer Nature Q2 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q2 2026 earnings summary5 Aug, 2026
Executive summary
Achieved 6.2% underlying revenue growth and 7.7% adjusted operating profit growth in H1 2026, led by the Research segment, digital innovation, and open access initiatives.
Research accounted for nearly 80% of group revenue and over 90% of AOP, with nearly 100% renewal rate and 13% article publication growth.
Free cash flow rose to €268 million, up €64 million year-over-year, and leverage improved to 1.6x.
Updated 2026 guidance: underlying revenue growth around 6% and AOP margin improvement of at least 30 basis points.
Divestment of consumer media business, including Scientific American and Spektrum, completed to focus on core research.
Financial highlights
H1 2026 revenue reached €939.8 million, with underlying growth of 6.2%.
Adjusted operating profit was €246.2 million, up 7.7% underlying; AOP margin improved by 38 basis points to 26.2%.
Adjusted net income was €141.0 million; adjusted EPS €0.71, down from €0.83 year-over-year due to higher tax rate and absence of prior year one-off benefits.
Free cash flow increased to €267.6 million (H1 2025: €203.8 million).
Financial leverage reduced to 1.6x net debt/EBITDA.
Outlook and guidance
Full-year 2026 underlying revenue growth expected at around 6%, up from prior 5–6% range.
Underlying AOP margin to improve by at least 30 basis points.
FX scenarios could reduce revenue growth by up to 3.2 percentage points and AOP margin by up to 50bps.
Management expects continued resilience despite macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties.
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