{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-31/saint-gobain-q3-sales-growth","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-31/saint-gobain-q3-sales-growth.md","title":"Saint-Gobain Q3 Sales Rise 2.5% on Pricing Power","headline":"Saint-Gobain Posts 2.5% Like-for-Like Sales Growth as Construction Chemicals Climb 6.3%","description":"Saint-Gobain's third-quarter like-for-like sales rose 2.5%, led by pricing, while Construction Chemicals grew 6.3% and Poland and the Czech Republic hit double digits.","section":"Earnings & Results","published_at":"2026-10-31T20:46:22+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-31T20:46:22+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Saint-Gobain's like-for-like sales rose 2.5% in the third quarter of 2026, with pricing driving the growth.","Construction Chemicals outperformed with 6.3% growth in the quarter.","Saint-Gobain's broader solutions range drove double-digit growth in Poland and the Czech Republic."],"companies":[{"name":"Saint-Gobain","is_primary":true,"profile_url":null,"website":"http://www.saint-gobain.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Seeking Alpha","title":"Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. (CODYY) Q3 2026 Sales/Trading Call Transcript","url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4960641-compagnie-de-saint-gobain-s-a-codyy-q3-2026-sales-trading-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles"},"other_sources":[{"publisher":"MarketScreener","url":"https://www.marketscreener.com/news/sika-hit-by-difficult-market-conditions-and-missed-targets-ce785cdcdd8cfe20"},{"publisher":"Nzz","url":"https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/bauwirtschaft-iran-krieg-bremst-aufschwung-fuer-sika-holcim-schindler-ld.10042380"},{"publisher":"TradingView","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/urn:summary_document_slides:quartr.com:4268197:0-sekisui-chemical-record-1h-results-lift-fy26-profit-guidance-amid-demand-and-cost-risks/"}],"tags":["Earnings & Results","Saint-Gobain"],"body_markdown":"Saint-Gobain reported like-for-like sales growth of 2.5% for the third quarter of 2026, with pricing driving the increase, on a sales and trading call held October 27, 2026, according to a transcript published by [Seeking Alpha](https://seekingalpha.com/article/4960641-compagnie-de-saint-gobain-s-a-codyy-q3-2026-sales-trading-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles). The French building materials group, which supplies construction chemicals among other products, said Construction Chemicals grew 6.3% in the quarter.\n\n## Saint-Gobain's Pricing-Led Quarter\n\nChairman and CEO B. Bazin told the call that pricing drove the like-for-like result. \"In July, we told you that the longer the war in the Middle East lasted, the more the like-for-like would be driven by price,\" he said. \"And this is indeed what we saw in Q3 with pricing driving the like-for-like, demonstrating our strong pricing power.\"\n\nSaint-Gobain recorded like-for-like growth in all regions, with Construction Chemicals delivering another outperformance at 6.3%. The company said its Lead & Grow strategy continues to roll out, pulling its offer country by country toward more high added value sales, more specified sales and more cross-selling.\n\nA broader range of solutions is driving double-digit growth in Poland and the Czech Republic, Bazin said. The specified project pipeline rose double digit in Brazil. Saint-Gobain also bolstered technical support capabilities, including a new fire testing facility in Northborough, Massachusetts, in the United States.\n\n## Saint-Gobain's Recent Deal Activity\n\nSaint-Gobain completed its acquisition of Xypex North America, a crystalline waterproofing specialist serving customers in over 100 countries with C$110 million in expected 2026 sales, in October 2026, Webdisclosure reported. Earlier in October 2026, [MarketScreener](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/sika-hit-by-difficult-market-conditions-and-missed-targets-ce785cdcdd8cfe20) reported that Saint-Gobain signed a definitive agreement to acquire D.S. Brown Company, a US transportation infrastructure solutions firm, as part of its Lead & Grow plan. In September 2026, Renewablesnow reported that Saint-Gobain signed a 60 GWh/year clean power supply agreement with TotalEnergies for the UK, starting April 2027.\n\n## How Saint-Gobain Compares With Sika and Holcim\n\nSika missed its operating income targets, with revenue stagnant for three years, MarketScreener reported on October 26, 2026. Holcim's CEO said acquisitions drove third-quarter revenue up 16% to 4.7 billion francs, while Sika reported third-quarter organic growth of 4.6% and total revenue of 8.7 billion francs, [Nzz](https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/bauwirtschaft-iran-krieg-bremst-aufschwung-fuer-sika-holcim-schindler-ld.10042380) reported on October 24, 2026. Sekisui Chemical reported record first-half fiscal 2026 sales and raised its fiscal 2026 operating-profit guidance to ¥123.0bn, [TradingView](https://www.tradingview.com/news/urn:summary_document_slides:quartr.com:4268197:0-sekisui-chemical-record-1h-results-lift-fy26-profit-guidance-amid-demand-and-cost-risks/) reported on October 30, 2026.\n\n## Saint-Gobain's D.S. Brown Closing Date\n\nThe D.S. Brown acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to US antitrust approval, MarketScreener reported. Gibraltar Industries agreed to sell the D.S. Brown infrastructure business to Saint-Gobain for $208 million in cash, with the sale expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}