The Hut Group, Games Workshop and Vistry offer insight into UK festive spending on Tuesday
There will also be updates from the likes of Auto Trader,. Ferrexpo, Robert Walters and Rathbone Bros
Company
LON:GAW
Games Workshop Group designs and manufactures miniature figures and games and distribute these through its own network of hobby stores, through independent retailers and direct via the Internet and mail order. Games Workshop is traded in the NEX Exchange HERE
109 stories · page 4 of 6
There will also be updates from the likes of Auto Trader,. Ferrexpo, Robert Walters and Rathbone Bros
The maker of Warhammer figurines is planning to pay a dividend of 60p per share
The Warhammer maker said it now expects pre-tax profit for the six months to November 29 to be “not less than £80mln” compared to £58.6mln in 2019
The Warhammer maker said sales for the three months to August 30 are estimated at around £90mln, up from £78mln in the prior year, while operating profit before royalty income is estimated to be at £45mln compared to £28mln in 2019
The table-top hobby specialist reported an annual pre-tax profit of £89.4mln on revenues of £269.7mln
The Warhammer maker said its warehouses and factory were now operational and it had reopened 306 of its 532 stores in 20 countries
The maker of Warhammer figurines said a small number of its stores have reopened in China, the Netherlands and Scandinavia in line with local social distancing measures
All of the Warhammer makers stores and warehouses in the UK and US have been closed following official guidance in both countries
The maker of Warhammer figurines declared a dividend of 45p per share, taking its total payout for the half year to 100p compared to 68p for the same period in 2018
It said its preliminary estimates for the six months to 1 December 2019 are for sales of not less than £140mln and profit before tax of not less than £55mln
"Our goal is to generate great returns for our investors and bring much-needed capital to the industry,” said Ian Livingstone
Generating £88.8mln of cash over the year, the group declared a final payout of 30p, making for a bumper 155p of dividends per share declared during the year, up 23% on a year earlier
Investments and investor services
The FTSE 100 index closed 39.84 points lower on the day at 7,646, while the midcap FTSE 250 index plunged almost 112 points to close at 19,774
Archive
Greggs, Reckitt Benckiser and Provident Financial are among the companies reporting results on Tuesday
Archive
It will be a busy week for markets with a barrage of corporate earnings and interest rates decisions from the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve.
Games Workshop said it had enjoyed sales growth across all sales channels
Investments and investor services
A look at the day's major movers, including Alien Metals, Smart Metering Systems, Tasty, Metals Exploration and Nu-Oil
The FTSE 250 maker of Warhammer said trading had “continued well” since its half-year results in January and as a result expected pre-tax profits for the year ended 2 June 2019 to be around £80mln, up from £74.5mln last year
Investments and investor services
"Equities have been relentlessly positive all day, with the session having started off on the front foot thanks to Chinese credit growth, which rose 10.7% over the year to hit a sum equivalent to 9% of the country’s GDP," said Chris Beaucha
The numbers aligned closely with an update issued at the start of December, although cheer came in the form of yet another dividend