Haleon posts profit bump on back of power brands August 1, 2024 Consumer healthcare company Haleon has reported mid-single-digit growth amid strong demand for its power brands despite a soft market.
Just Eat: Shares spike, but is there trouble ahead? July 31, 2024 Just Eat beat market expectations in its first-half results and announced a share buyback of up to €150m (£126m). The market responded well: the takeaway giant’s share price rose by over eight per cent on Wednesday. True, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) at the Amsterdam-headquartered company surged 42 per cent, but [...]
Centrica: British Gas gets taste of normality after two years of bumper profits July 25, 2024 The owner of British Gas has blamed "normalising" market conditions after two years of bumper results for its heavy slide in profit in the first half of this year.
Pets at Home launches £25m share buyback programme amid slow sales growth June 24, 2024 Pets at Home's share buyback will be undertaken in two phases, the first of which begins today and ends before September 27, 2024, and follows £100m in completed buybacks over the last two years.
UK dividends jump five per cent in first quarter as airlines bounce back April 25, 2024 UK dividends grew by 4.9 per cent in the first three months of 2024, reaching £15.6bn thanks to one-off special dividends.
Global share buybacks drop despite dividend spike April 24, 2024 Global share buybacks dipped by 14 per cent last year to $1.1 trillion (£880bn) despite record dividend issuance from global companies.
Bumper buybacks and ‘attractive’ dividends boost UK’s world-leading shareholder yield March 25, 2024 UK fund managers are seeing a "material boost" from bumper share buybacks, according to broker Hargreaves Lansdown, as investor returns rebound from a pandemic slump.