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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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WildBrain Q1 2027 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q1 2027 earnings summary12 Nov, 2026
Executive summary
Q1 continuing-operations revenue rose 1% YoY to $58.338M; Adjusted EBITDA attributable to shareholders was $2.0M versus $4.1M.
Continuing-operations net loss narrowed to $6.663M from $39.611M, largely reflecting lower finance costs and no prior-year debt-modification loss.
Financial highlights
Gross margin was $24.492M, or 42% of revenue, versus $26.125M and 45%; production-heavy content mix and franchise marketing investment weighed on margin.
Net loss attributable to shareholders from continuing operations was $6.630M versus $39.5M; loss per share was $0.03 versus $0.19.
Net finance costs fell to $0.541M from $31.421M; prior-year costs included a $16.019M debt-modification loss.
Operating cash flow used $13.937M versus $14.051M provided; revised-definition Free Cash Flow was negative $13.6M.
Outlook and guidance
FY2027 guidance reaffirmed: revenue $270M–$295M and Adjusted EBITDA $28M–$32M, implying ~15% and ~44% YoY growth at the respective midpoints.
Licensing and advertising activity is weighted toward Q2; Content revenue recognition may vary with production schedules.
FY2027 Free Cash Flow is expected to be negative with ~$30M of planned investment; positive Free Cash Flow is expected before those investments. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to approximately double from the FY2027 guidance midpoint by FY2029.
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WildBrain Ltd. develops, produces, and distributes films and television programs worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Content Business and Canadian Television Broadcasting. The Content Business segment produces popular kids' entertainment brands, including Thomas & Friends™ and Mike the Knight™, which are distributed directly to consumers on DVD and digital platforms, TV broadcast stations, and mass market retailers. As of March 31, 2015, the company operated 20 production companies in 5 territories; owned a library consisting of over 2200 episodes of original animation; owned a significant interest in a separate entity that produced live action children's programming; owned rights to well-known brands such as Thomas & Friends™, Bob the Builder™ and Pingu™; marshaled a global sales force with established relationships with the world's leading retailers; and operated its website under the new Thomas & Friends™: Official Website banner. The Canadian Television Broadcasting segment operates conventional television stations in Ontario (including its capital city Toronto), British Columbia (including its capital city Vancouver), and Alberta (including its capital city Edmonton). This segment broadcasts approximately 50 hours per week of programming throughout Canada, including news and local community events airing mainly between 4 pm to 6 am each day; sports programming during season play for professional teams including NHL.