Gerdau S.A. (NYSE:GGB) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2024 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Mariana Velho Dutra - Head, IR
Gustavo Werneck - CEO
Rafael Japur - CFO
Conference Call Participants
Daniel Sasson - Itau BBA
Marcio Farid - Goldman Sachs
Leonardo Correa - BTG Pactual
Rafael Barcellos - Bradesco BBI
Rodolfo De Angele - JPMorgan
Carlos de Alba - Morgan Stanley
Caio Ribeiro - Bank of America
Ricardo Monegaglia - Safra Bank
Lucas Laghi - XP
Yuri Pereira - Santander
Igor Guedes - Genial
Mariana Velho Dutra
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Gerdau's Video Conference Call for the Second Quarter of ‘24. I am Mariana Dutra, Head of Investor Relations, and participating in our video conference today are Gustavo Werneck, the CEO of Gerdau, and Rafael Japur, the CFO. We would like to remind you that the broadcast of this video conference is being done with simultaneous translation, and to choose your preferred language, simply click in the interpretation button via the globe icon at the bottom of the screen.
For those of you listening to the video conference in English, there is the option to mute your regional audio in Portuguese by clicking on mute original audio. During the company's presentation, all participants will have their microphones disabled. Later on, we will begin the Q&A session.
Analysts and investors may be able to join the queue via the Q&A button and can open their microphone and camera if they so prefer. The business prospects, projections, and targets contained in this presentation are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the company's management, as well as on information currently available. Forward-looking statements are no guarantees of performance and dependent circumstances that may or may not occur.
Investors could understand that general economic and market conditions and other operating factors may impact the company's future results, and the actual performance may differ from the outlook presented. I will now turn the floor to Gustavo Werneck to initiate the presentation. Gustavo, you may proceed.
Gustavo Werneck
Hello, everyone. I hope you are well. And thank you for the opportunity to meet with you during this video conference to announce Gerdau’s results for the second quarter of 2024. I am joined by our CFO, Rafael Japur, and it is always a pleasure for both of us to talk to you about our performance and also to answer questions that may arise during our presentation.