Phibro Animal Health FY2026 Earnings Call - Record Sales Drive Margin Expansion Amidst MFA Integration

Regina, Conference Operator: Thank you for standing by. My name is Regina, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Phibro Animal Health Corporation fourth quarter 2026 conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker’s remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star then the number one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I would now like to turn the conference over to Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thank you, Regina. Good day, and welcome to the Phibro Animal Health Corporation earnings call for our fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended June 30, 2026. My name is Glenn David, and I am the Chief Financial Officer of Phibro Animal Health Corporation. I am joined on today’s call by Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Larry Miller, Chief Operating Officer. Today, we will cover financial performance for our fourth quarter and full year 2026, and provide financial guidance for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. At the conclusion of our remarks, we will open the lines for your questions. I would like to remind you that we are providing a simultaneous webcast of this call on our website, pahc.com.

Also, on the investor section of our website, you will find copies of the earnings press release and annual form 10-K, as well as the transcript and slides discussed and presented on this call. Our remarks today will include forward-looking statements, and actual results could differ materially from those projections. For a list and description of certain factors that could cause results to differ, I refer you to the Forward-Looking Statements section in our earnings press release. Our remarks include references to certain financial measures which were not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or U.S. GAAP. I refer you to the non-GAAP financial information section in our earnings press release for a discussion of these measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures are included in the financial tables that accompany the earnings press release.

We present our results on a GAAP basis and on an adjusted basis. Our adjusted results exclude acquisition-related items, unusual non-operational or non-recurring items, including stock-based compensation, other income expense as separately reported in the consolidated statement of operations, including foreign currency losses, gains net, and income taxes related to pre-tax income adjustments and unusual or non-recurring income tax items. Now, let me introduce our President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Bendheim, to share his opening remarks.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thanks, Glenn, and good morning, everyone. Fiscal 2026 was a strong year for Phibro. We delivered record net sales of more than $1.5 billion and increased adjusted EBITDA by 39% to $255 million. In the fourth quarter, sales grew 5% and adjusted EBITDA grew 29%. More importantly, these results reflect a company that is executing better, operating more efficiently, and positioning itself for long-term growth. Let me spend a few minutes discussing the key themes behind those results. We experienced continuous sales momentum throughout the year. Our total legacy business grew 10% in the fourth quarter and 7% for the full year. Mineral Nutrition delivered particularly strong performance, with sales increasing 20% in the quarter and 11% for the year. Growth came from multiple parts of the portfolio and reflects the benefits of serving a diverse set of customers, species, and end markets.

Animal Health, our core business, remained the primary growth engine. Our legacy Animal Health business grew 8% in the quarter and 7% for the full year. Legacy MFAs increased 11% during the quarter, while Nutritional Specialties and vaccines grew 5% and 4%, respectively. For the full year, legacy MFA increased 4%, Nutritional Specialties increased 9%, and vaccines increased 14%. Sales from the acquired Zoetis MFA portfolio were down 11% in the quarter, largely reflecting a difficult comparison against a strong prior year period. The result was in line with our expectations and internal planning. For the full year, the portfolio grew 70%, and beyond the strong sales of the acquired products themselves, we are extremely pleased with both the integration and the strategic benefit the acquisition is bringing to the company, which we believe will continue to play out across our entire portfolio in the years to come.

Now that we have completed a full fiscal year with the integrated business, we do not expect to continue reporting the acquired portfolio separately. Before turning to fiscal 2027 guidance, let me touch on two important business updates. First, June marked the formal conclusion of Phibro Forward, our three-year transformation program. While the program has for the most part ended, the capabilities it created remain embedded throughout the organization. The stronger execution, accountability, and discipline developed through Phibro Forward continues to shape how we run the company today. Based on our current outlook, the expected cumulative EBITDA contributions from the program reaches approximately $50 million in fiscal 2027 compared with our fiscal 2024 baseline. Second, we announced yesterday the planned closure of our Chicago Heights manufacturing facility following a comprehensive review of the manufacturing network added through the MFA acquisition.

This was a difficult decision, particularly because of the impact on our employees, and is certainly not a reflection of their dedication or performance. I believe leadership requires balancing multiple responsibilities. We have a responsibility to our employees to treat them with honesty, respect, and fairness. We also have a responsibility to our customers, shareholders, and the long-term health of the business. Those responsibilities occasionally require difficult decisions, and this is one of them. This action better aligns our manufacturing footprint with the future needs and supports stronger long-term returns. Our focus now is on supporting employees, maintaining customer service, and managing the transition responsibly. One of the key uncertainties we considered developing our fiscal 2027 outlook is the regulatory status of virginiamycin in Brazil. We continue to work constructively with Brazilian regulatory authorities and remain very optimistic regarding the long-term outcome.

However, we have assumed only a minimal contribution from virginiamycin sales in Brazil in our planning for this fiscal year. As a result, a favorable outcome will represent upside to our expectations rather than something required to achieve our outlook. With that context, our fiscal 2027 guidance reflects confidence in the underlying business while taking a prudent view of known uncertainties. We expect net sales of $1.55 billion to $1.6 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $258 million to $258 million, and adjusted diluted EPS of $3.41 to $3.59. In closing, as I begin my tenure as CEO, my priorities are straightforward: serve our customers, advance innovation, improve operating performance, allocate capital with discipline, and create long-term value for all stakeholders. We enter fiscal 2027 with a broader portfolio, a more profitable animal health business, and a stronger operating model.

I believe the actions we are taking today are setting the stage for us to exit fiscal 2027 in an even stronger position, with a more competitive company, a more efficient asset base, and an additional opportunity to create value. We’ve made significant progress over the last several years, but I believe our best opportunities remain ahead of us. With that, let me turn the call back to Glenn.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thanks, Tony. Starting with our Q4 performance on Slide 4, consolidated net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, were $396.7 million, reflecting an increase of $18.1 million or a 5% increase over the same quarter one year ago. The animal health segment grew 2%, while mineral nutrition grew 20%, and the performance products segment grew by 1%. GAAP net income and diluted EPS increased 26%, driven by the successful integration of the new MFA business, increases in demand, improved gross margin due to favorable mix and lower input costs, and the net impact of tariff recoveries, partially offset by increased SG&A due to higher employee-related costs. After making our standard adjustments to GAAP results, including acquisition-related items, foreign currency losses, and certain one-off items, the fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA increased $14.3 million or 29% versus prior year.

Adjusted net income increased 37%, and adjusted diluted EPS increased 35%. Increased gross profit, driven by sales growth and an improved adjusted tax rate, was partially offset by higher adjusted SG&A and higher adjusted interest expense. Moving to the full year, consolidated net sales for the year ended June 30, 2026, were $1.518 billion, reflecting an increase of $221.9 million, or a 17% increase over the prior year. The animal health segment grew 21%, while mineral nutrition grew 11%, and performance products decreased by 8%. GAAP net income and diluted EPS increased significantly, driven by the successful integration of the new MFA business, the positive impact of our Phibro Forward initiative, and favorable gross profit due to higher product demand in the animal health segment, which were partially offset with increased SG&A due to higher employee-related costs and higher interest expense.

After making our standard adjustments to GAAP results, including acquisition-related items, foreign currency losses, and certain one-off items, full-year adjusted EBITDA increased $71.3 million or 39%. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS both significantly increased as well. Increased gross profit, driven by sales growth, was partially offset by higher adjusted SG&A and higher adjusted interest expense. Moving to segment-level financial performance. The Animal Health segment posted $297.6 million net sales for the quarter, an increase of $5.1 million or 2% versus the same quarter prior year. Within the Animal Health segment, we reported legacy MFA net sales increase of $11.7 million, or an increase of 11%, primarily due to increased demand for certain antimicrobials sold by our Ethanol Performance business. The new MFA business had sales of $83.9 million in the quarter, a decrease of $10.6 million or 11%, driven by a strong comparator quarter in Q4 2025.

Nutritional Specialties net sales increased $2.5 million or 5% due to increased dairy demand in North America. Vaccine net sales growth of $1.5 million or 4%, primarily due to continued growth of poultry products in Latin America and higher international demand, particularly in Israel. Animal Health adjusted EBITDA was $75.4 million, a 25% increase driven by the new MFA business, high gross profit from improved mix in the legacy business, a one-time tariff recovery in the quarter, partially offset by higher SG&A. Moving to full-year performance for Animal Health on slide 7. The Animal Health segment posted $1,162,000,000 of net sales for the year, an increase of $199.4 million, or 21% versus the prior year.

Within the Animal Health segment, we reported legacy MFA and other net sales growth of $18.2 million or 4%, due to demand for certain MFAs in Mexico and Southeast Asia, and for products sold by our ethanol performance business, including antimicrobials and processing agents used in the fermentation industry. The new MFA business contributed $354.3 million in sales, growing 70% versus the prior year. Nutritional Specialties net sales increased $15.8 million or 9%, due to increased worldwide demand, particularly in North America and South America, and higher companion animal sales. Vaccine net sales growth of $19.3 million, a 14% increase, driven by continued growth of poultry products in Latin America and an increase in domestic and international demand in Israel and Southeast Asia.

Animal Health adjusted EBITDA was $303.6 million, a 37% increase driven by the new MFA business, high gross profit from improved mix in the legacy business, partially offset by higher SG&A. Moving on to fourth quarter financial performance for our other business segments on slide 8. Starting with Mineral Nutrition, net sales for the quarter were $77 million, an increase of $12.8 million or 20%, due to a combination of demand for premixes and an increased cost of underlying commodities like zinc and copper. Looking at our Performance Product segment, net sales of $22.2 million, an increase of $0.1 million, or 1%, primarily as a result of increase in demand for copper-based products, offset by lower demand for the ingredients used in personal care products. Mineral Nutrition adjusted EBITDA increased 1% versus prior year, with revenue growth offset by higher input costs, while Performance Products adjusted EBITDA was up 12%.

Corporate expenses increased $1 million, driven by higher employee-related costs and strategic investments. Moving on to the full year financial performance of our other business segments. Starting with Mineral Nutrition, net sales for the year were $282.3 million, an increase of $29.1 million, or 11%, due to increases in demand for copper, zinc, and trace minerals. Mineral Nutrition adjusted EBITDA was $21.7 million, reflecting a year-on-year increase of $0.8 million, or 4%. Looking at our Performance Product segment, net sales of $73.5 million for the year reflects a decrease of $6.6 million, or a decrease of 8%, as a result of lower demand for the ingredients used in personal care products. Adjusted EBITDA was $8.1 million, a decrease of $2.5 million versus the prior year. Corporate expenses increased $8.4 million due to higher employee-related costs and strategic investments. Turning to key capitalization-related metrics on slide 10.

We generated $10 million of positive free cash flow for the 12 months ended June 30, 2026. We generated $69 million of operating cash flow and invested $59 million in capital expenditures. Cash flow was negatively impacted by inventory growing $86.3 million in fiscal year 2026, primarily in the newly acquired MFA portfolio. Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were $82 million at the end of the year. Our gross leverage ratio was 2.9 times at the end of the fourth quarter, based on $738 million of total debt and $255 million of trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA. Our net leverage ratio was 2.6 times at the end of the fourth quarter, based on $656 million of net debt and $255 million of trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA. Turning to dividends.

Consistent with our history, we paid a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share or $4.9 million in aggregate. Let’s turn to slide 11, which lays out our guidance for fiscal year 2027. As Dani Bendheim mentioned, included in this guidance are benefits related to our Phibro Forward income growth initiative that will help drive additional EBITDA and margin growth, and this guidance reflects a prudent view of known uncertainties, most notably the regulatory status of virginiamycin in Brazil. Minimal sales of virginiamycin in Brazil negatively impacts revenue growth in the year and has a much greater impact on EBITDA growth due to the higher margin profile of the product and unabsorbed overhead.

In addition, the closure of our Chicago Heights facility will have a small benefit to adjusted EBITDA in fiscal year 2027, with the majority of the benefit in fiscal year 2028 and beyond, estimated to be between $15 million to $20 million on an annual basis. Please note that during the transition period in fiscal year 2027, we will be building some additional inventory at the site, but inventory growth in fiscal year 2027 for the company will be significantly less than fiscal year 2026. Our guidance for fiscal year 2027 is as follows. Net sales of $1.55 billion to $1.6 billion. This represents a growth range of 2% to 5% and a midpoint of approximately 4%. Total adjusted EBITDA of $258 million to $268 million. This represents a growth range of 1% to 5% and a midpoint of approximately 3%. An adjusted effective income tax rate of approximately 20%.

The improvement versus FY 2026 is driven by an anticipated favorable mix of earnings. Adjusted net income of $140 million to $147 million. This represents growth of 6% to 11% with a midpoint of approximately 9%. GAAP net income and EPS assumes constant currency and no gains or losses from FX moves. In addition, GAAP net income and EPS does not currently reflect any one-time costs related to the Chicago Heights plant closure. While we don’t provide quarterly guidance, I do want to remind everybody that Q1 tends to be a low quarter in terms of absolute revenue dollars. As we were building the infrastructure to support the newly acquired business in FY 2026, we ended the year at a higher SG&A base that will carry forward into FY 2027.

Due to this dynamic, we expect Q1 EBIT growth to be negative and then positive for the rest of the year. In closing, we’re excited about the strong performance we saw throughout FY 2026 and the momentum we are carrying forward into FY 2027. With that, Regina, could you please open the lines for questions?

Regina, Conference Operator: Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, press star, then the number 1 on your telephone keypad. Our first question will come from the line of Erin Wright with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Erin Wright, Analyst, Morgan Stanley: Great. Thanks for taking my question. The first one I guess is, how do you think about that underlying new MFA business? It dropped down kind of in the quarter, but you’ve been doing really well with that before. Is there anything to call out in terms of timing? I know you’ve mentioned the tough comp, but was there anything timing last year to call out on that front? What are you expecting then in terms of that growth across that business into 2027? I know you won’t be breaking that out, but just conceptually, how should we think about it? Thanks.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thanks for the question, Erin. The Q4 decline in the Zoetis MFA portfolio was something we always anticipated and expected as part of our forecasting, and really is driven by the difficult comparator to Q4 in last year versus any negative underlying growth trends. We really continue to believe this portfolio will outpace the overall revenue growth for Phibro in fiscal year 2027, and some of the positive drivers are continued strong momentum in North America, and we also do expect some positive growth drivers in international as well. In addition, I also want to remind, we did have a negative impact on revenue in Q2 of fiscal year 2026 due to returns related to the Tier 3 market transitions, which will help revenue growth in fiscal year 2027, though it won’t have any impact on gross profit or EBITDA.

Maybe Larry can add some more color to some of the commercial drivers.

Larry Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Sure. Thanks. In poultry, a key part of the acquisition was a very strong anticoccidial MFA portfolio that really complements our legacy products and gives Phibro a broad set of molecules across several compound classes for strategic rotation programs. Our team has integrated these MFAs well and is promoting combined MFA nutrition specialty product and vaccine solutions for prevention, control, and treatment of disease. In the beef segment, we are repositioning the key acquired cattle products in feedlots as our Start Strong package. Bovatec is a platform supporting higher feed intake, complemented by Deccox for coccidiosis prevention, and Aureomycin for treatment and control of bacterial pneumonia or respiratory disease. Our team is re-educating customers on how these products can help cattle start strong and protect their investments.

Erin Wright, Analyst, Morgan Stanley: Okay. That’s helpful. Can you speak to just broadly underlying demand trends kind of by species group, I guess? How would you characterize that in terms of overall animal health, and what do you expect in terms of animal health performance into 2027 on that front? If you back out kind of obviously the virginiamycin Brazil headwind, on an underlying basis, what are those key drivers fundamentally speaking into 2027?

Larry Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Again, we’re investing in this portfolio. The medicated feed additives and complemented with the Nutritional Specialties and vaccines. As you know, the market demand and the meat sector and the dairy sector continue to be in good state with good underlying demand. Animals in all species are at an all-time record high in value. Our customers are very motivated and interested in investing to protect the health and well-being of their animals. Those animals obviously that are healthy are going to perform better. We think it’s still a really good opportunity and a good market environment.

Erin Wright, Analyst, Morgan Stanley: Okay. And sorry, one quick last one from me. Just the virginiamycin exposure, I guess anything else to call out from a regulatory perspective that we should be paying attention to, or is this just really isolated to Brazil at the moment, and can you remind us of your overall exposure to virginiamycin?

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. The exposure to virginiamycin is isolated to Brazil, related to the therapeutic claims. In fiscal year 2026, we had about $27 million in sales related to virginiamycin in Brazil. We are assuming very minimal sales in fiscal year 2027. Essentially, we had some sales in the first couple of months of the year, but we don’t expect any sales post that once the therapeutic period ends. We do believe there is a chance we may get approval within that period, but to be conservative, we haven’t included any sales post Q1.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: We don’t break out VM sales overall for the company.

Erin Wright, Analyst, Morgan Stanley: Yep. Just thought I’d try. Thank you so much.

Regina, Conference Operator: Our next question will come from the line of Ekaterina Knyazkova with JP Morgan. Please go ahead.

Ekaterina Knyazkova, Analyst, JP Morgan: Thanks, and congrats on the quarter. First, just on margins, can you elaborate a bit on what you’re assuming for both gross margins and SG&A, and just what’s a good way to think about gross margins given the virginiamycin dynamic? Second question is just around business development, just latest thoughts on your appetite as well as the type of assets you could be interested in. Then a third question is just to follow up on the Brazil discussion. Just any updates on the regulatory kind of review process? Has there been any interactions with the regulators, and have any other kind of competitors potentially gotten their labels already? Just any kind of snippets you can share there. Thanks.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thanks, Ekaterina. I’ll take the first question and let Daniel Bendheim address the BD and regulatory developments in Brazil. Related to margins, moving into next year, we expect gross margins to be essentially flat. Obviously, the impact of virginiamycin is negative to margins as we move into next year. But we will offset that with other efficiencies that we look to get through our Phibro Forward initiative, as well as some of the gains that we do expect related to the Chicago Heights closure that will materialize into fiscal year 2027. Related to SG&A, because of the run rate that we left fiscal year 2026 with, we do expect SG&A to be a little above that of revenue growth, but not materially above.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: As far as business development is concerned, I think we have a lot of opportunities internally, and definitely there is a lot that we are doing in support of those. But if there are business development opportunities that complement our internal targets, we are obviously looking and we are active. Just a reminder, vaccines and Nutritional Specialties are the two areas that we most focus on. And we have also obviously identified pets and companion animal as an area as well as climate. I think those are the key areas that we are pursuing. And I think we will do it prudently as we have done in the past and continue to invest both internally and external opportunities. Let me pass it to Larry actually to deal with the Brazil question.

Larry Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. As Donnie mentioned in his opening comments, we continue to work constructively with the Brazilian regulatory authorities. We remain optimistic about receiving therapeutic use approvals, very similar indications to what we have in other leading livestock markets. And we hope and expect to have those within the 180-day transition period, which ends at the end of October. Virginiamycin is a very unique and important therapeutic product in helping our customers keep their cattle and poultry flocks healthy and protecting their investment.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. I think the issue that Brazil is facing with, just particularly is the EU put in some new regulations as far as the ability of countries to sell to the EU, and some of them deal with hormones, some of them deal with antibiotics. There are many other countries that have permission to sell and continue to sell into the EU that have virginiamycin for therapeutic claims. And Brazil is aware of that and understands that is putting them at a competitive disadvantage if they do not do that. However, this is a very big political football right now in Brazil. There are local elections or federal elections, I guess, in the next couple of weeks, which the first round and second round will be a couple of weeks after that.

While we are, again, cautiously optimistic that we can get this done within the period of the 180 days, I think prudently we are saying, "Hey, this might slip post-elections," because of the noise around it, and therefore, as we have discussed, we have taken it out of our fiscal 2027 guidance. We do believe, though, very strongly that we will get the therapeutic claim eventually.

Ekaterina Knyazkova, Analyst, JP Morgan: Thanks. Appreciate all the color.

Regina, Conference Operator: Our next question will come from the line of Daniel Grosslight with Citi. Please go ahead.

Daniel Grosslight, Analyst, Citi: Hi, guys. Thanks for taking the question. I want to focus a little bit on free cash flow and working capital dynamics in 2027. Obviously, you mentioned you had that big inventory build in fiscal 2026 due to the Zoetis MFA acquisition. I think you mentioned that you will still need to build some inventory in 2027, but not nearly as much as you did in 2026. Can you just talk to us a little bit about the working capital investment needed in fiscal 2027 and what your expectations for CapEx and free cash flow conversion are into fiscal 2027? Thanks.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah, thanks for the question, Daniel, and agree that free cash flow was limited in 2026 with about $10 million in free cash flow. As you mentioned, this was greatly impacted by the inventory build due to the Zoetis product portfolio of about $86 million. The good news is that inventory build did stabilize in Q4. For fiscal year 2027, we really do expect any inventory build to be limited to the Chicago Heights transition. We expect to be that in the range of $25 million-$30 million. Also, as part of our Phibro Forward initiative, we have enhanced our focus on inventory as a company and begun implementing more robust S&OP processes across the organization. Related to CapEx, we spent about $59 million in CapEx in fiscal year 2026.

We do expect this number to be higher in fiscal year 2027 and 2028 as we continue to invest to grow our vaccine capacity to support the building demand in our manufacturing sites in both Ireland and Israel. There will also be some other small capital investments required to ship some of the Chicago Heights production to other internal sites. But net net, we expect significantly greater free cash flow in fiscal year 2027 than fiscal year 2026.

Daniel Grosslight, Analyst, Citi: Got it. That’s helpful. On the closing of the Chicago Heights facility, are you able to quantify the expected one-time cash charges related to that? It sounds like much of the anticipated benefit is going to come through starting in the second half of the year. Is that right? When will the benefits of that closure be fully realized here?

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. In terms of the overall one-time cost, Dan, it’s a little difficult to estimate the exact amount based on what the ultimate end will be for the site in terms of whether it’s purchases an ongoing consideration or not. In terms of some of the cash costs, we do expect cash costs related to the site closure to be around $10 million, and then about another $10 million in CapEx. But some of the other non-cash costs, asset write-offs, things of that nature, they’re still unknown as well as the ultimate purchase of value of the site as well. But cash costs relatively smaller in terms of around $10 million cash one-time costs, and then CapEx around $10 million as well.

Daniel Grosslight, Analyst, Citi: Then you asked about the impact.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah, in terms of the impact between fiscal year 2027 and fiscal year 2028, as we’re beginning the process right now, as we mentioned in the prepared remarks, the impact in fiscal year 2027 will be relatively minimal to adjusted EBITDA, but a small positive contribution. As we said in the prepared remarks, the ongoing impact we expect to be about $15 million-$20 million, of which we expect that to materialize in fiscal year 2028 and beyond.

Daniel Grosslight, Analyst, Citi: Yeah. Last one for me, just sticking with the cash theme here. Gross leverage is now down to under three times. Seems like most of the major integration work with Zoetis is complete. How are you thinking about capital deployment, and in particular, returns to shareholders, maybe liquidity limits, what you can do on the share buyback side of things? But how are you thinking about further debt paydown, perhaps a buyback or dividend? You already touched on the M&A front, but maybe a little bit more detail on how you’re thinking about organic versus inorganic growth too. Thanks.

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Sure, Daniel. I’ll start, and then I’ll let Tony add some additional color. A, we continue to see organic growth opportunities within the business, and that’s going to continue to be our first priority. We mentioned a little bit about the elevated CapEx in fiscal year 2027 and 2028 regarding building capacity at our vaccine manufacturing sites in Ireland and Israel. Also, some greater funding in R&D to support combination products, some market expansion, as well as supporting our companion animal business. Second priority continues to be business development and looking to expand in areas of higher growth and margins such as vaccines, environmental, companion animal. Then in terms of returning capital to shareholders, we’ll continue to support our dividend. We’ll continue to look to pay down debt as well. Then beyond fiscal year 2027, we’ll continue to evaluate other options.

Tony, I don’t know if you have any additional color.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: I mean, I’ll just echo what Glenn said. I think we’re pretty excited about the opportunities, as I mentioned earlier, within our portfolio. But some of that does require investment, either capital or OpEx, and that is going to be our first priority. And we think that that’s the prudent way to go here as there’s a lot to do within what we have.

Daniel Grosslight, Analyst, Citi: Makes sense. Thanks, guys.

Regina, Conference Operator: Our next question will come from the line of Michael Ryskin with Bank of America. Please go ahead.

Michael Ryskin, Analyst, Bank of America: Great. Thanks for squeezing me in. Maybe first I’ll ask on mineral nutrition. Excuse me. That’s done better the last couple of quarters. I know you guys always talk about that being a pretty much pass-through business, so reflecting underlying commodity pricing. But still there’s been 11% growth in 2026 and 20% in the fourth quarter. Just how much visibility do you have into trends there into 2027? I guess my question is how quickly can those prices swing, and what are your assumptions there for at least the first half of the year? Do you expect this strength to continue, these elevated prices to persist?

Glenn David, Chief Financial Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. I’ll start, Mike. Thanks for the question. In terms of mineral nutrition, as you mentioned, we did have very strong revenue growth in both the quarter and the year.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: However, when you look at our EBITDA growth, it was much lower, right? Growing 1% in quarter and 4% for the year. That’s really due to the fact that prices of some of these materials have increased significantly, so the cost to us has increased significantly, and our ability to pass that price all the way to the customer wasn’t at 100% in this year. So the EBITDA growth didn’t necessarily follow. We do expect actually stronger EBITDA growth next year with potentially lower revenue growth, not necessarily in that call it 11% range that we see year to date. Somewhat slower revenue growth, but more EBITDA growth following forward.

Michael Ryskin, Analyst, Bank of America: Okay. That’s fair. Then, maybe on Phibro Forward, as you called out, you’re sort of like, wrapping that up, in terms of the actions. But the $50 million EBITDA is a pretty impressive number for fiscal year 2027 versus the 2024 baseline. So congrats on that. Just thoughts on sort of like the next leg or the next opportunity there. Is there a Phibro Forward 2.0? So what do you see going forward now that you’ve taken those first initial steps?

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. I’ll take that. Thank you. I think the company has really changed within Phibro Forward and basically how we operate, is really the legacy. So there’s not a transformation 2.0, but there definitely is a forward plan, for a three-year planning cycle, which includes a lot of the learnings and the implementation aspects within Phibro Forward, and we’ve set ourselves some fairly lofty goals and we expect to deliver on it because we’ve seen that we can. So, there’s not going to be a formal transformation program, but there is the learnings and the way that we operate will continue, and we put together what we call a transformation office. Might change to kind of more of a strategy implementation office, but we do expect to continue to reap the benefit of the way that we operate now.

Michael Ryskin, Analyst, Bank of America: Okay. And then last one, if I could squeeze in. I did not hear too much in the prepared remarks on the companion animal, Rejensa, Restoris. Just would be great to get an update on that, how that is trended in the quarter and just sort of expectations for 2027 at a high level. Thanks.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Yeah. So I will take that for the last time actually, because Glenn is taking over this business. But actually it was called out in Nutritional Specialties as far as why it was up was partly because of companion animal. So we continue to see growth, especially with Rejensa, as we have broadened from initially we had one distributor, now we have broadened that to multiple distributors and we are seeing a nice uptick with that. With Restoris, frankly, it is growing obviously. It has a zero base. It is growing. We are seeing a lot of reorders now, which is very strong, but we have not had the success that we had anticipated. We are starting to see a snowball effect, so early days on that. But the longer we are out there and the more kind of evidence we are able to show from real use cases, the stronger our proposition.

The product really does what we say it does. While disappointed with our performance last fiscal year and in this fiscal year, we have tempered our expectations within our guidance. We do believe that this is something that really could do very well for us as we move forward.

Michael Ryskin, Analyst, Bank of America: Excellent. Thank you.

Regina, Conference Operator: Our next question will come from the line of Nevin T. with BNP Paribas. Please go ahead.

Nevin T., Analyst, BNP Paribas: Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I just have one left. Do you have early thoughts on the impact of the phased Mexican border reopening for the cattle herd and for Phibro? Thank you.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thanks for the question. This will initially have very modest impact on U.S. beef production in 2026 by increasing number of cattle available to fill some of the excess feedlot capacity. It is unlikely to have any material impact on lowering consumer prices for beef in the near future. This is being implemented in a controlled phased approach, with veterinary inspection of each animal. The first port of entry opened last week for cattle coming across in Arizona, and a second will open near Chihuahua with total imports in the next year to be projected about 12,000 cattle per month or less than 150,000 head by mid 2027. That equates to about one half of 1% of the 27 million head of annual beef feedlot production.

Assuming that the Mexican cattle imports resumes to what had been normal historic averages of about 1.2 million head per year, that equals about 3% of the U.S. feedlot production. So it does have potential to have impact. It should be noted that the beef-on-dairy market development and growth is having a much more significant impact on feeder cattle availability, currently supplying about 5.5 million or 20% of the 27 million head fed for slaughter in the United States. The consistency of supply uniformity and quality is adding significant value to the U.S. beef industry.

Nevin T., Analyst, BNP Paribas: Thank you. That’s very exhaustive and helpful. Thank you.

Regina, Conference Operator: To ask a question, press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. This will conclude our question and answer session. I will hand the call back over to Glenn David for any closing comments.

Daniel Bendheim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Phibro Animal Health Corporation: Thank you, Regina, and thank you everyone for listening on today’s call. We appreciate your attention, interest, and support of Phibro Animal Health Corporation. Have a great day.

Regina, Conference Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today’s call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.