Global Industrial GIC Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript

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Wed, May 6, 2026 astatine 10:36 AM CDT 17 min read

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DATE

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 astatine 5 p.m. ET

CALL PARTICIPANTS

• Chief Executive Officer — Anesa Chaibi

• Chief Financial Officer — Thomas Clark

Full Conference Call Transcript

Anesa Chaibi: Thank you, Mike. Good afternoon, everyone, and convey you for joining us. I was precise pleased with our archetypal 4th performance. We delivered a beardown commencement to 2026 arsenic we benefited from coagulated execution and continued momentum crossed the business. First 4th gross improved 9.2% with an mean regular income maturation of 7.6% and operating income improving 13.2%. We generated maturation each period during the play and person seen this apical enactment momentum transportation into the 2nd quarter. Our results benefited from terms and measurement with gains crossed some assigned accounts and e-commerce channels, portion our largest strategical accounts proceed to turn astatine an accelerated pace. Canada erstwhile again delivered beardown results.

Revenue accrued 24% successful section currency with continued maturation crossed the business. This marks the 3rd consecutive 4th of double-digit apical enactment growth, highlighting the exceptional enactment of our squad successful Canada and reinforcing the important imaginable we spot successful that market. From a strategical standpoint, we are making advancement and are encouraged by the actions we person taken to refine our worth proposition and reposition the concern for growth. This includes aligning the concern astir the lawsuit to amended service their needs and being much intentional and focused successful our go-to-market approach. Our income realignment into lawsuit verticals is progressing well, allowing america to amended conscionable our customers' needs done deeper specialization and tailored experiences.

As we person antecedently shared, this volition let america to amended and thrust much targeted engagement and broaden lawsuit relationships. We are besides pleased with the rollout of our extracurricular income initiative, wherever the squad is actively processing a pipeline and uncovering caller opportunities. While inactive successful the aboriginal stages, the archetypal effect from customers has been affirmative and we're encouraged by the imaginable opportunities ahead. We are besides continuing to grow our e-procurement and integrated e-commerce capabilities, which are helping america to deepen relationships, amended retention and presumption america to seizure greater stock of wallet implicit time. Our absorption connected continuously enhancing our integer acquisition has improved our lawsuit engagement and satisfaction.

It has enabled america to item our wide solutions offering and has allowed america to physique nonstop sticky relationships with our customers' procurement teams. This is an country wherever Global Industrial has a beardown offering and we person seen important maturation successful the fig of e-procurement level customers successful the past year. In merchandising, we are advancing our MRO and consumables enlargement arsenic we broaden our assortment to amended service lawsuit needs and enactment incremental gross opportunities. We stay focused connected providing the close solutions and products that assistance customers lick their problems and support their operations running. This remains a meaningful accidental for america and an important constituent of our semipermanent maturation strategy.