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- Adidas stock fell more than 18% in European trading Thursday — a decline that, if it holds, would mark the steepest single-day percentage loss in the company's history since its November 1995 IPO.
- The company raised its full-year revenue guidance, now expecting currency-neutral revenues to grow between 9% and 10%, up from a previous forecast of high-single-digit growth, the company said.
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Adidas Q2 2026 earnings: record sales but profit misses Adidas Q2 2026 earnings: record sales but profit misses · Quartz · Bloomberg / Getty Images Colleen Cabili Thu, July 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM GMT+9 2 min read ADS.DE Adidas posted record second-quarter net sales of €6.7 billion on Thursday, a 14% increase in currency-neutral terms, but operating profit rose just 5% to €574 million as the company spent €212 million more on marketing tied to the FIFA World Cup than it did in the same period last year. The operating profit result fell short of analyst expectations of €623 million, according to the Wall Street Journal . Adidas stock fell more than 18% in European trading Thursday — a decline that, if it holds, would mark the steepest single-day percentage loss in the company's history since its November 1995 IPO.
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