Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2024 5:00 PM ET
Company Participants
David Zbojniewicz - Head, Investor Relations
Ynon Kreiz - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Anthony DiSilvestro - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Stephen Laszczyk - Goldman Sachs
Christian Carlino - JPMorgan
Megan Alexander - Morgan Stanley
Eric Handler - Roth Capital
Linda Bolton-Weiser - D.A. Davidson
Arpine Kocharyan - UBS
Alexander Perry - Bank of America
Kylie Cohu - Jefferies
Fred Wightman - Wolfe Research
Jim Chartier - Monness Crespi Hardt
Operator
Good afternoon. My name is Brianna, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Mattel's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.
I will now turn the call over to David Zbojniewicz, Head of Investor Relations. You may begin your conference.
David Zbojniewicz
Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone.
Joining me today are Ynon Kreiz, Mattel's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Anthony DiSilvestro, Mattel's Chief Financial Officer.
As you know, this afternoon, we reported Mattel's second quarter 2024 financial results. We will begin today's call with Ynon and Anthony providing commentary on our results, after which we will provide some time for questions. To help supplement our discussion today, we have provided you with a slide presentation.
Our discussion, slide presentation and earnings release may reference non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin, adjusted other selling and administrative expenses, adjusted operating income or loss and adjusted operating income or loss margin, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted tax rate, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, free cash flow conversion, leverage ratio, net debt and constant currency.
In addition, we present changes in gross billings, a key performance indicator. Please note that we may refer to gross billings as billings in our presentation and that gross billings figures referenced on this call will be stated in constant currency, unless stated otherwise.
Our slide presentation can be viewed in sync with today's call when you access it through our Investors section of our corporate website, corporate.mattel.com.
The information required by Regulation G regarding non-GAAP financial measures, as well as information regarding our key performance indicator is included in our earnings release and slide presentation, and both documents are also available in the Investors section of our corporate website.