Henry Boot HY26 turns to £6.3 million pretax loss; revenue falls 18.8% to £80.7 million
Bitget2026/09/22 06:11- Henry Boot posted a first-half pretax loss of GBP 6.3 million, swinging from a GBP 9.8 million profit a year earlier.
- Revenue fell 18.81% to GBP 80.7 million, while ROCE dropped 3.7 percentage points to -0.9%.
- NAV per share excluding the defined benefit scheme slipped 4.49% to 298p, while net debt rose 23.06% to GBP 132.9 million.
- Completed and exchanged land and property sales totaled GBP 104.8 million, while Hallam Land completed 556 plot sales and exchanged 465 more.
- Ed Hutchinson said the group will prioritize unlocking embedded value and expects 2026 performance to be heavily second-half weighted.
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