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TE Connectivity plc: Q1 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q1 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 21 January 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 5 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Sales up 22%, 15% organic: Reported net sales were $4,669 million, up from $3,836 million. Translation added $104 million and acquisitions $152 million to the increase. Source
  • Adjusted EPS up 33% to $2.72: GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations was $2.53, up from $1.75. Adjusted EPS was $2.72, up from $2.05 on the basis that excludes amortization. Source
  • Record orders of $5.1 billion: Orders were $5.1 billion, up 28% year over year and 9% sequentially. The company describes the figure as a record. Source
  • Industrial sales up 38% reported: Industrial Solutions sales were $2,202 million, up 38.2% reported and 26.3% organic, from $1,593 million. Energy rose 88.0% and digital data networks 71.2%. Source
  • Broadening growth from data and power: Management said growth is broadening from its data and power connectivity investments into AI, energy grid hardening and next-generation vehicles. Source
  • Adjusted margin up 180 basis points: Adjusted operating income was $1,036 million, a 22.2% margin, against $784 million and a 20.4% margin a year earlier. Source
  • Cash from operations and free cash flow: Operating cash flow was $865 million, against $878 million. Free cash flow was $608 million, against $674 million, with $615 million returned to shareholders. Source

“Our teams delivered strongly against our strategy, resulting in first quarter earnings growth over 30% and sales growth of more than 20%, both of which were above our guidance and driven by growth in both segments”

CEO Terrence Curtin

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Net sales Sourcesecond quarter of fiscal 2026 (quarter ending March 27, 2026)approximately $4.7 billion; up 13% reported and 6% organicNew
Adjusted EPS Sourcesecond quarter of fiscal 2026approximately $2.65, up 20% year over yearNew
GAAP EPS from continuing operations Sourcesecond quarter of fiscal 2026approximately $2.26New
Per-share reconciling items Sourcequarter ending March 27, 2026acquisition-related 0.01; restructuring and other 0.23; amortization 0.15New
Sales and adjusted earnings growth Sourcesecond quarter of fiscal 2026double-digitNew

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: Second-quarter guidance was given for sales, adjusted EPS and GAAP EPS; the October release had given first-quarter guidance. Source
  • New: Adjusted measures now exclude intangible amortization from fiscal 2026, as the October release had said it would. Source

Quarter results and orders

  • Sales up 22%, 15% organic: Reported net sales were $4,669 million, up from $3,836 million. Translation added $104 million and acquisitions $152 million to the increase. Source
  • Adjusted EPS up 33% to $2.72: GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations was $2.53, up from $1.75. Adjusted EPS was $2.72, up from $2.05 on the basis that excludes amortization. Source
  • GAAP operating margin rose 260 basis points: GAAP operating income was $963 million against $690 million a year earlier. The year-earlier GAAP operating margin was 18.0%. Source
  • Record orders of $5.1 billion: Orders were $5.1 billion, up 28% year over year and 9% sequentially. The company describes the figure as a record. Source

Segments and end markets

  • Industrial sales up 38% reported: Industrial Solutions sales were $2,202 million, up 38.2% reported and 26.3% organic, from $1,593 million. Energy rose 88.0% and digital data networks 71.2%. Source
  • Transportation sales up 10%: Transportation Solutions sales were $2,467 million, up 10.0% reported and 7.0% organic, from $2,243 million. Automotive rose 9.5% and commercial transportation 18.6%. Source
  • Automation, aerospace and medical grew: Automation and connected living rose 14.6%, aerospace, defense and marine 14.1%, and medical 5.3%, per the net sales growth reconciliation. Source

“We continue to benefit from a broadening of growth from our investments in data and power connectivity in key applications such as AI, energy grid hardening”

CEO Terrence Curtin

Strategy and customer demand

  • Broadening growth from data and power: Management said growth is broadening from its data and power connectivity investments into AI, energy grid hardening and next-generation vehicles. Source
  • Customer innovation for next-generation technologies: Management said its teams continue to work with customers to bring next-generation technologies to life, including in the second quarter. Source
  • Positioning and execution credited for orders: Management attributed the record orders to its positioning and team execution. Source

Margins, costs and tax

  • Adjusted margin up 180 basis points: Adjusted operating income was $1,036 million, a 22.2% margin, against $784 million and a 20.4% margin a year earlier. Source
  • Segment margins moved in different directions: Transportation adjusted margin was 21.2%, down from 22.1%; GAAP was 20.3%, up from 19.9%. Industrial adjusted margin was 23.3%, up from 18.1%; GAAP was 21.0%, up from 15.3%. Source
  • Effective tax rate 21.9%, down from 25.2%: The GAAP effective tax rate was 21.9%, against 25.2% a year earlier, and the adjusted rate was 21.8%. Non-GAAP tax effects are set by jurisdiction. Source

Cash flow and capital returns

  • Cash from operations and free cash flow: Operating cash flow was $865 million, against $878 million. Free cash flow was $608 million, against $674 million, with $615 million returned to shareholders. Source
  • Capital expenditures up to $258 million: Capital expenditures were $258 million, against $205 million. Net capital expenditures were $257 million, against $204 million. Source
  • Free cash flow definition and exclusions: Free cash flow excludes voluntary pension contributions and special-item cash and subtracts net capital expenditures. The definition does not consider debt payments. Source

Non-GAAP reporting changes

  • Amortization now excluded from adjusted measures: Adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS and related tax effects now exclude intangible amortization, which was $57 million of operating income in the quarter. Source
  • Q1 adjustments to operating income and EPS: Quarter adjustments were $6 million acquisition-related, $10 million restructuring and $57 million amortization at operating income, or $0.02, $0.02 and $0.15 per share. Source
  • Prior-year adjusted EPS restated: Prior-year adjusted EPS for the quarter appears as $2.05 in this release, against $1.95 in the October release, which said recast information was filed separately.

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Orders Source$5.1 billion

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Management said first-quarter sales and earnings growth were above the company's guidance. Source
  • Not stated: The October release expected first-quarter sales and EPS to each rise double digits; this release does not restate that status.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.