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Boskalis posts record 2025 EBITDA but flags weaker 2026 outlook

Boskalis posts record 2025 EBITDA but flags weaker 2026 outlook

Boskalis reported a record €1,336 million in EBITDA for fiscal year 2025, a 3% rise year-on-year and a 16% increase when excluding a prior exceptional gain. Revenue grew 2%, driven by Offshore Energy and a sharp improvement in Towage that offset a decline in Dredging & Infra. The company cautioned it does not expect to match the 2025 performance in…

Hunting Keeps 2026 Targets Intact as Order Book Shrinks

Hunting Keeps 2026 Targets Intact as Order Book Shrinks

Hunting PLC delivered fiscal 2025 results aligned with prior guidance, including EBITDA that matched expectations, while revealing a marked reduction in its order book. Management kept fiscal 2026 EBITDA guidance unchanged, approved a fresh $40 million share buyback and outlined additional cost cuts even as certain divisional margins softened.

Babcock Posts Small Earnings Beat and Unveils £75 Million Buyback

Babcock Posts Small Earnings Beat and Unveils £75 Million Buyback

Babcock International reported fiscal 2025 results that modestly outperformed consensus on earnings per share and adjusted EBITA, while matching revenue expectations. The defence-focused engineering group recorded stronger-than-expected free cash flow, expanded its order book and announced a £75 million share buyback that prompted an update to year…

European Shares Slip as Middle East Conflict Pressures Markets

European Shares Slip as Middle East Conflict Pressures Markets

European equities opened lower as the widening conflict in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment, lifting oil prices and raising concerns about inflation and growth. Markets also parsed a string of corporate results, with several companies posting resilient sales and profits amid geopolitical uncertainty. Eurozone retail sales and central b…

Admiral posts record FY EPS, outlines plan to lift earnings growth

Admiral posts record FY EPS, outlines plan to lift earnings growth

Admiral Group reported record full-year earnings per share of 115.5 pence for 2025, narrowly ahead of analyst forecasts, and revealed a strategy aimed at accelerating earnings growth beyond the 7.6% CAGR it delivered from 2020 to 2025. The insurer declared a final dividend marginally above expectations and flagged continued premium growth in UK mot…

OSB Group trims capital target, releases over £100m for shareholder returns

OSB Group trims capital target, releases over £100m for shareholder returns

OSB Group lowered its common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio target to 13-13.5% from 14%, freeing more than £100m of capital over a glide path and announcing a £100m buyback after reporting FY25 results in line with management expectations. The lender provided profitability guidance through 2029 and reiterated near-term margin and growth assumpt…

Morgan Stanley Revisions Shift Focus to GigaDevice and Sinopec on China List

Morgan Stanley Revisions Shift Focus to GigaDevice and Sinopec on China List

Morgan Stanley has revised its China/Hong Kong Focus List by adding GigaDevice and Sinopec and removing Espressif Systems and Sunny Optical. The changes reflect the bank's expectations for NOR and DDR4 supply deficits in 2026 and its view that Sinopec's capacity profile and margins could support recovery in the petrochemical sector. GigaDevice also…

Tokyo Stocks Climb as Real Estate, Banking and Textile Names Lead Gains

Tokyo Stocks Climb as Real Estate, Banking and Textile Names Lead Gains

Tokyo's market closed higher Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 1.72% as Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors provided upward momentum. Inpex Corp. hit a record intraday closing price, several other heavyweight names recorded notable gains, and marketwide implied volatility climbed to a six-month peak. Commodity and currency moves accompanied…

Coloplast Taps Gavin Wood as President and CEO, Effective May 1, 2026

Coloplast Taps Gavin Wood as President and CEO, Effective May 1, 2026

Coloplast has appointed Gavin Wood as its next President and CEO, effective May 1, 2026, concluding a year-long transition after the departure of Kristian Villumsen in May 2025. Wood, a Canadian executive currently based in Switzerland, brings roughly two decades of senior medical technology leadership, including roles at Johnson & Johnson and Möln…