secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NIQ)
CIK:        0002054696
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-10T20:05:49+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-055207
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NIQ Q2 revenue $1.12B (+8%), adj EPS $0.27, EBITDA margin 23.3%; FY26 guidance raised
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- Q2 revenue $1,124.2M, +8.0% YoY; OCC growth 5.8%; Adjusted EBITDA $261.9M, +21.9%, margin 23.3% (up 270 bps).
- Adjusted net income $78.7M; Adjusted EPS $0.27 (vs -$0.01); reported net loss attributable to NIQ $30.5M.
- FY26 guidance raised: 5.2-5.6% OCC revenue growth, 23.5-23.9% EBITDA margin, $245-255M levered FCF.
- Levered FCF improved $137.3M to $74.1M; S&P upgraded credit rating to B+ from B on improved cash generation.
- Annualized Intelligence Subscription revenue $3,017.6M (+5.8%); acquired YiMian data & insights business in China/SE Asia.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2054696/000162828026055207/0001628280-26-055207-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2054696/000162828026055207/niq-20260810.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-055207

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