Shares of Christie Group Plc (CTG.L) were gaining around 16 percent on the London Stock Exchange after the UK-based professional business services company reported Monday a higher profit before tax in fiscal 2025, compared to prior year on higher business sales volume. The company also lifted annual dividend.
Looking ahead to fiscal 2026, Christie Group said it is confident of achieving similar business sales volumes in the fiscal 2026 and is well positioned to deliver another positive year.
For the fiscal 2025, profit before tax came in at 4.51 million pounds, compared to 0.462 million pounds last year.
Profit before tax from continuing operations was 6.01 million pounds, higher than 2.57 million pounds last year.
Earnings per share from continuing operations were 19.37 pence, 87.9 percent higher than 10.31 pence last year.
However, total earnings per basic share fell to 5.08 pence per share from 7.77 pence per share a year ago.
Yearly revenue edged up to 71.85 million pounds from 71.52 million in the previous year. Revenue from continuing operations grew 19.2 percent to 70.60 million pounds from 59.24 million pounds a year ago.
The firm sold 1,164 businesses in 2025, totalling nearly 2.0 billion pounds in value, up 45 percent on the prior year, with a 26 percent increase in average brokerage fee.
Further, the Board is recommending a final dividend of 2.75 pence per share, 57 percent higher than 1.75 pence per share in the prior year, to be approved at the AGM on June 16. The dividend is set for payment on July 10 to those shareholders on the register on June 12.
The full-year dividend for 2025 would be 3.50 pence per share, higher than last year's 2.25 pence per share.
CEO Dan Prickett said, "After driving strong growth over the year alongside strategic divestments, the Group is now well positioned to deliver on our strategic objectives in the years ahead as we focus on driving revenue and earnings growth from our continuing operations... While still relatively early in the new financial year, momentum in 2026 has been encouraging. As a result, absent of disruption from the current geopolitical backdrop, we remain confident in delivering another year of positive progress and achieving our third consecutive year of selling over 1,000 businesses."
On the LSE, shares of Christie Group were gaining 16.67 percent, trading at 140.00 pence.
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