KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- 2Q26 net profit USD 51 Mn, -6.1% QoQ but +97.3% YoY off a weak 2Q25; 1H26 USD 106 Mn = 43.7% of FY26F consensus, a miss, while revenue sits on pace at 50.4%.
- 2Q26 revenue USD 503 Mn, +15.1% YoY, flat QoQ; 1H26 ASP +3.8% YoY to USD 81/t and sales volume +5.1% to 12.3 Mt, but production fell 4.8% to 9.9 Mt, below ITMG’s own 10.1 Mt target.
- 2Q26 gross margin 24.6%, -2.1pp QoQ, as our estimated cash cost ex-royalty and depreciation rose 9.2% QoQ to USD 60.2/t, double the 4.2% ASP gain; 1H26 strip ratio up a full turn to 10.3x.
- Our read: a decent quarter that still leaves FY26 consensus demanding. 2H26 needs operating profit +28.1% and net profit +36.4% YoY, but volume hinges on 2026 RKAB and DMO allocations management flags as constraining supply, and the stock already trades at 7.1x blended-forward P/E vs a 5.4x five-year mean. Key watch: the 2H26 RKAB allocation and whether unit costs ease.
Regards, Aldiracita Research