Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) 6 Aug 242024 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to the Molson Coors Beverage Company Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. With that, I'll hand it over to Traci Mangini, Vice President, Investor Relations.

Thank you, operator, and hello, everyone.

Following prepared remarks today, we look forward to taking your questions. In an effort to address as many questions as possible, we ask that you limit yourself to 1 question. financial metrics. detailed provide Instructions] And and operational [Operator Today's forward-looking statements. discussion includes trends Actual from could our or forecast. materially differ results

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per share, currency U.S. earnings sourced financial metrics changes With the Canada, constant of the in period. and are all are in Canada in data unless when from the exception Beer from Sircana references percentage otherwise referencing from Also, indicated. prior year share

income, and underlying before earnings over diluted in Further, Gavin.. in our release. earnings remarks underlying earnings defined that, today, equates pretax equates income per income which we to taxes, our share, With underlying will which per as underlying you, share to to reference

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[Operator from comes Instructions] from Herzog Stack. Our first question Goldman Bonnie

the maintain certainly deceleration I half, in second on highlighted. you did guess a in which metrics, I terms had a which guidance, all full you your of implies year on question as

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about impact should impact to the we provide offsets mitigate back a this. possibly think on think volume the you on half? color you any do deleverage instance, touched in on more have margins? And For little how I the

the then in be just in half. expect spend marketing of to spending lower you the think Tracey, And that versus terms first half levels, you second I mentioned levels

on about really some that gains color think more forward your to hoping hold for these since and little your ability I to of So XXXX. moving we about how as on to should share a continue your think just strategy levels with spending

thanks for question. the yes, Bonnie,

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with The next JPMorgan. Andrea question Teixeira comes from

is on for Drew Levine This Andrea.

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context, And you're rest U.S. just the the the in the Tracey, in then quarter, the the year? holiday impact. volume brand for performance secondly, of for to about industry that how the And maybe, contextualize way performance thinking load-in on timing any

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with MKM Bill ROTH Partners. from comes Kirk question next Our

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Rob with from The next question comes Evercore. Ottenstein

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from comes Moskow Cowen. question next TD with Our Robert

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with Our comes America. from Bank question of Bryan Spillane

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questions Just for X housekeeping quick me.

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