“Sequentially, we expect operating profit to follow typical seasonality with similar phasing between the halves while earnings will see an impact from tax timing.”

In context

“lion to $175 million up from $125 million previously. This impact is expected to be fully covered by the price actions we implemented in Q2. Though oil price cost is dollar neutral, it impacts margin rate by 20 basis points which we will mitigate through higher volume and better productivity resulting in operating margin expansion in line with our prior expectations. Given the higher earnings growth, and progress in working capital, we have increased our free cash flow guidance by $100 million to a $4.7 billion to $4.9 billion implying conversion greater than 100%. The updated guidance implies second half organic sales growth of high-3s or better over 2x macro and margin expansion of about 100 basis points from the prior year resulting in EPS growth of approximately $0.30 at the midpoint. Sequentially, we expect operating profit to follow typical seasonality with similar phasing between the halves while earnings will see an impact from tax timing. Turning to Slide 10, I want to take a minute to highlight the progress we have made since our Investor Day last year. We are at the halfway point with the strong 2025 foundation and the updated 2026 guidance, we are tracking ahead of Investor Day commitments across all metrics. Our growth trajectory continues to accelerate from commercial excellence and innovation, and is on track to exceed the $1 billion above macro commitment. Along with growth, we are seeing good operating margin expansion and are tracking ahead of the approximately 25% margin rate by 2027. For earnings, we are trending to a double digit CAGR reflecting strong operational improvements coupled with below the line efficiency. And on cash, we expect to continue the strong trajectory exceeding our cumulative cash commitmen”