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Games Workshop Group PLC reported an 11% year-on-year increase in core revenue for its full fiscal year, alongside a 15.7% rise in core operating profit. The company said record group revenue and profit before tax were driven by its miniatures business across channels and regions, while licensing income eased after a prior-year one-off benefit.
NWF Group recorded a 1.9% rise in revenue to £920.30 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026. Headline operating profit increased by 3.1% to £16.80 million, while headline earnings per share fell 3.2% to £0.18. Pretax profit was reported at £12.5 million and net debt stood at £60.50 million. Management proposed a 3.6% dividend increase, exte…
The S&P/ASX 200 closed higher on Tuesday, gaining 0.60% to record a one-month high, led by advances in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors. Wisetech Global, Guzman Y Gomez and Viva Energy were among the session's top performers, while DroneShield, Stanmore Coal and Megaport posted the steepest declines. Broader mark…
Coats Group reported first-half revenue of $837 million, a 19% increase on a reported basis and 1% organic growth. The company held adjusted EBIT margin at 19.8% while adjusted basic EPS fell 6% to $0.04 due to higher investment in growth initiatives and technology. Adjusted operating profit was $166 million and adjusted net debt totaled $842 milli…
Unite Group reported a 2% year-on-year decline in adjusted net income for the first half of 2026 to £142 million, as rising interest expenses, disposals completed in 2025 and softer occupancy weighed on results. The group recorded an IFRS pretax loss of £417.10 million following a 6.4% reduction in property valuations, but reiterated full-year adju…
Swedish audiobook and publishing company Storytel reported a 12% rise in second-quarter net sales, margin expansion, and a higher full-year adjusted EBITDA target for 2026. Strong performance in the publishing segment, aided by the May closing of the Overamstel acquisition, contributed to top-line gains and improved gross margins.
Novacyt reported first-half 2026 revenue of
Finland-based environmental solutions provider Lamor reported second-quarter revenue of EUR 20.02 million, with adjusted operating profit and EBITDA remaining in positive territory despite weaker demand. Order intake of EUR 19.02 million fell short of the prior year. Management completed commissioning at the Kilpilahti facility, put new financing i…
Creo Medical reported H1 2026 revenue of £3.2 million, a 45% rise year-over-year, while trimming operating costs by 15% and cutting its operating loss by more than 25%. Growth was led by increased use of its Speedboat, SpydrBlade Flex and MicroBlate Fine products and expansion into new markets, notably Latin America. Management kept full-year reven…
Essentra reported first-half 2026 revenue of
Dotdigital reported £90.9 million in revenue for fiscal 2026, an 8% increase year-over-year. The company said the performance matched market expectations, with acquisitions and AI-enabled product expansion supporting recurring revenue growth and a shift toward higher-margin offerings. Management expects to meet market forecasts for fiscal 2027 desp…
Restore Plc reported a 21% increase in first-half 2026 revenue to £175.40 million, driven equally by organic growth and acquisitions. Adjusted earnings per share rose 24% year-on-year to £0.04. Adjusted pretax profit reached £22.30 million, with statutory pretax profit at £7.40 million. The Information Management division grew revenue by 26%, and t…
Inchcape reported a 9% year-on-year increase in first-half revenue to £4.7 billion, while adjusted operating profit held steady at £248 million and adjusted pretax profit reached £188 million. The company has expanded its share buyback to £250 million and anticipates full-year adjusted EPS growth exceeding 10% for 2026, aligned with its medium-term…
Croda reported 4.6% organic sales growth for the first half of 2026, led by strength in its Consumer Care division. Group sales reached £880.50 million, marginally ahead of the £879.42 million consensus from two analysts. Adjusted operating profit rose 6.7% organically to £155.80 million, lifting the adjusted operating margin to 17.7%, though preta…
Taiwan equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Taiwan Weighted index down 0.05%. Gains in a handful of mid-cap names were offset by double-digit declines in several stocks, while commodity and currency moves showed modest shifts during the session. Market breadth data reported an atypical 0 to 0 figure for advancing versus declining issues on th…
Albert reported a 4% year-on-year decrease in second-quarter net revenue from continuing operations, with top-line revenue of 35 million Swedish kronor and a net loss of 7.87 million kronor. The company narrowed its EBITDA loss, reported modest positive EBITA, and said the revenue decline reflected lower customer acquisition in late 2025 and the de…
Citigroup has hired three seasoned options traders to its Singapore-based foreign exchange options desk to strengthen regional market-making and risk management capabilities. The appointments coincide with a quarterly rise in markets revenue, including gains in Fixed Income driven by higher FX volumes.
Morgan Stanley published updated ratings for a set of Japanese space-related equities, separating companies by business model, capital requirements and expected time to profitability. QPS Holdings tops the list on an asset-light synthetic aperture radar satellite model with a ¥2,700 price target, while Synspective, SKY Perfect JSAT and ispace recei…
Shandong Zhongji Electrical Equipment Co Ltd, known as Zhongji Innolight, completed a HK$53.4 billion ($6.81 billion) initial public offering in Hong Kong, the city's biggest equity sale since 2019. The company sold 54.5 million H shares at HK$980 apiece, below the top of its marketed range, with trading set to start on July 30. Zhongji manufacture…
Europe's enforcement of Big Tech rules has moved into a costly new phase after regulators used the Digital Markets Act to fine Google €1 billion for favouring its own services. That ruling, together with earlier EU antitrust penalties, has prompted a series of private lawsuits across several countries seeking billions in damages, with plaintiffs an…
LEM reported a 12.4% year-on-year increase in fiscal first-quarter sales to CHF 85.10 million, driven by demand tied to data center cooling, power supply and infrastructure. Operating profit margin widened to 14.6% from 5.5% a year earlier, a gain the company attributed to operational improvements and reduced selling, general and administrative exp…
Apple’s hardware chief John Ternus, set to become CEO in September, said he plans to build on the company’s recent gains in original programming and sports coverage. Executives highlighted Apple TV’s catalogue, exclusive U.S. rights to Formula 1 coverage and bespoke production work on the Brad Pitt film F1 as examples of where the company is concen…
The U.S. Education Department has warned two public school districts - Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan - that they face potential cuts to federal funding over policies related to transgender students. The department says the districts likely ran afoul of the Family Educational Rights and Priva…
Asian equities fell sharply on July 28, with semiconductor names at the forefront of declines after reports of enormous funding needs tied to AI projects. A drop in oil prices and a modest fall in U.S. Treasury yields did little to soothe investors, who remain focused on the prospect of U.S. interest-rate increases as soon as this week.
Market Technology Acquisition Corp closed an initial public offering of 20,500,000 units at $10.00 each, generating $205.0 million in gross proceeds. Units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker MTAKU on July 24, 2026. The company intends to deploy net proceeds and concurrent private placement funds toward an initial business co…
