secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NIQ)
CIK:        0002054696
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T11:01:11+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-034786
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NIQ Q1 beats guidance with 11.1% revenue growth; Adj. EBITDA margin expands to 21.0%
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- Revenue $1,072.7M, +11.1% reported / +5.1% OCC; Americas OCC +9.3%
- Adj. EBITDA $224.8M, +19.1% YoY; Adj. net income positive $43.4M vs -$4.5M prior year
- Net loss attributable to NIQ $90.1M, improved 24.8% YoY; diluted loss per share $0.31 vs $0.49
- Reaffirmed FY2026 guidance: 5.0%-5.3% OCC growth, 23.5%-23.8% Adj. EBITDA margin, $235M-$250M levered FCF
- Expanded 2026 Restructuring Program; expects additional annualized cost savings of ~$70M-$80M

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2054696/000162828026034786/0001628280-26-034786-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2054696/000162828026034786/niq-20260514.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-034786

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