{
  "id": 1662517,
  "title": "Multiconsult Q2 2026 slides: margins improve, organic growth lags",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/multiconsult-q2-2026-slides-margins-improve-organic-growth-lags",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T07:34:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/multiconsult-q2-2026-slides-margins-improve-organic-growth-lags-93CH-4864422"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Multiconsult Group, a Norwegian engineering and consulting firm, reported its Q2 2026 financial results on August 18, 2026, showing improved profitability but lagging organic growth. The company's shares fell 3.7% to $145.6, trading near the bottom of its 52-week range. CEO Karsten Warloe and CFO Ove B. Haupberg attributed the quarter's strong earnings growth to calendar effects and a favorable court ruling, but acknowledged that core operational metrics remained under pressure. Despite a 7.8% year-over-year increase in net operating revenues to NOK 1,527.1 million, organic revenue growth excluding calendar effects was only 0.7%. The company's EBITA reached NOK 108.2 million with a 7.1% margin, a significant improvement from NOK 67.4 million in the previous year, driven by a NOK 49.7 million positive calendar effect and a NOK 14.9 million benefit from a court decision.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Multiconsult Q2 2026 slides: margins rise but organic growth stalls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/multiconsult-q2-2026-slides-margins-rise-but-organic-growth-stalls",
        "published": "2026-08-18T07:33:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}