• NIQ Global Intelligence’s fiscal Q1 2026 earnings webcast drew CEO and Chairman James Michael Peck, CFO Michael J. Burwell, Chief Product Officer Troy Treangen, Senior VP and Head of Investor Relations William Lyons, with analysts from Barclays, UBS, Needham, William Blair, Baird, and Stifel.
• Organic constant-currency revenue rose 5.1% to USD 1.1 billion; adjusted EBITDA climbed 19.1% to USD 224.8 million, lifting margin 150 basis points to 21%, with management citing pricing, retention, cross-sell, operating leverage, and early AI-driven productivity benefits.
• Burwell raised full-year reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance on FX, kept organic constant-currency growth at 5%-5.3%, guided to adjusted EBITDA margin of 23.5%-23.8%, adjusted EPS of USD 0.95-0.99, levered free cash flow of USD 235 million-250 million, and net leverage below 3x by year-end.
• Peck framed AI as a growth and margin catalyst, pointing to 17 seven-figure wins averaging three years, net dollar retention of 104%, gross retention of 99%, eCommerce growth of 33%, and an example of a consulting renewal at a 50% price increase.
• Management highlighted “agentic commerce” as a major emerging channel, cited NIQ research showing 74% of shoppers already use AI for product discovery, outlined a three-part approach spanning product discovery and availability, channel and media measurement, and transaction integration, with beta launches of Arthur AI Analyst and Arthur Chat positioned to support usage-based monetization.

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