Gerdau S.A. (NYSE:GGB) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 6, 2024 10:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Mariana Dutra – Head, IR
Gustavo Werneck – CEO
Rafael Japur – CFO
Conference Call Participants
Daniel Sasson – Itau BBA
Leonardo Correa – BTG Pactual
Marcio Farid – Goldman Sachs
Rafael Barcellos – Bradesco BBI
Caio Ribeiro – Bank of America
Ricardo Monegaglia – Safra Bank
Igor Guedes – Genial
Mariana Dutra
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us at Gerdau’s Third Quarter Earnings Release. I’m Mariana Dutra, Head of IR. Here, we have with us our CEO, Gustavo Werneck; and Rafael Japur, Gerdau’s CFO. This webcast has simultaneous translation into English, and you can choose the language of your choice by clicking in the globe icon in the bottom part of your screen.
During this presentation, all participants will be in listen-only mode and right after that we will initiate the Q&A session. Analysts and investors should also be on the queue by using the raise hand icon. All of the forward-look statements are beliefs from the company based on information currently available. Forward-looking statements do not — are not guarantee of performance and depend on circumstances that may and may not occur.
Now I would like to turn the floor over to Gustavo to begin the presentation. Gustavo, you may proceed.
Gustavo Werneck
Thank you, Marie. Good morning, everyone, and I hope you are well, and thank you very much for joining us for another earnings release call. We will briefly comment on the highlights of the quarter. And also, we will talk about the outlook for our operations. But this time, we will allow more time for the Q&A session.
First of all, I would like to point out that we ended the third quarter of 2024 with an