UK homebuilder Barratt sees return to profit growth by 2026
FY adj PBT 385 mln stg vs market view of 365 mln stg
July 1-Aug. 25 reservation rate 0.58 units vs 0.42 year ago
Shares in FTSE 100 builder down 2.3% in morning trade
Rewrites through, adds CEO comment in paragraphs 1, 2 and 5, sector context in paragraphs 3 and 4, analysts' comment in paragraph 8
By Aby Jose Koilparambil
Sept 4 (Reuters) - British homebuilder Barratt BDEV.L posted a smaller-than-expected decline in annual profit on Wednesday, but said the recovery in the UK housing market is in its "early days" and it doesn't see profit growth until fiscal 2026.
The UK housing market outlook has turned more optimistic than it was three or six months ago, but demand continues to be sensitive to mortgage affordability, CEO David Thomas told Reuters.
The first UK interest rate cut last month, in over fouryears was seen as a near-term boost for the housing sector, where affordability concerns have forced builders to slash homebuild targets and warn on profits.
Homebuilders could also benefit from the new Labour government's push for aggressive planning reforms .
"We have seen a significant uplift in terms of reservation trends, but we are also flagging that we do not expect outlet numbers to recover until the autumn of 2025," Thomas said.
Barratt said its average weekly net private reservations per outlet for July 1-Aug. 25 were 0.58 units, versus 0.42 homes in the year-ago period.
Its shares were down 2.3% in morning trade amid a broader market dip .FTSE. .L
With fewer homes being sold at lower prices, less cash has come through the front door, and the outlook for the new financial year was disappointing too, said Aarin Chiekrie, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Barratt is set to complete its proposed 2.52 billion pound acquisition of smaller rival Redrow RDW.L after the UK's competition regulator last monthsaid remedial measures offered by the parties may be accepted.
The homebuilder saidits adjusted pre-tax profit fell more than 56% to 385 million pounds ($504.7 million) for the year ended June 30, and this was higher than the LSEG average analysts' estimate of 365 million pounds.
Its FTSE 100 .FTSE peers Persimmon PSN.L and Taylor Wimpey TW.L forecast annual housebuilding numbers towards the upper end of their guidance range.
($1 = 0.7628 pounds)
Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Sharon Singleton
Aloqador aktivlar
Eng oxirgi yangiliklar
Javobgarlikdan voz kechish: XM Group korxonalari har biri faqat ijro xizmatlarini koʻrsatadi va onlayn savdo platformamizdan foydalanish huquqini beradi, bu odamga veb-saytda yoki veb-sayt orqali mavjud boʻlgan kontentni koʻrish va/yoki undan foydalanishga ruxsat beradi hamda uni oʻzgartirishga moʻljallanmagan va uni oʻzgartirmaydi yoki kengaytirmaydi. Bunday kirish va foydalanish huquqi doimo quyidagilarga boʻysunadi: (i) Shartlar va qoidalar; (ii) Risklar haqida ogohlantirish; va (iii) Javobgarlikni toʻliq rad etish. Shuning uchun bunday kontent umumiy maʼlumot sifatida taqdim etiladi. Xususan, shuni esda tutingki, bizning onlayn savdo platformamiz mazmuni moliyaviy bozorlarda biror bitimni amalga oshirishga oid maslahat yoki taklif emas. Har qanday moliyaviy bozorda savdo qilish sizning kapitalingiz uchun jiddiy risk darajasini oʻz ichiga oladi.
Onlayn savdo platformamizda chop etilgan barcha materiallar faqat taʼlim/axborot maqsadlari uchun moʻljallangan va unda moliyaviy, investitsiya soligʻi yoki savdo maslahatlari va tavsiyalar; yoki bizning savdo narxlarimizning qaydlari; yoki har qanday moliyaviy vositalar bilan bitim tuzish maslahati yoki taklifi; yoki sizga kerak boʻlmagan moliyaviy reklama aksiyalari hisoblanmaydi
Har qanday uchinchi tomon kontenti, shuningdek XM tomonidan tayyorlangan kontent, masalan: fikrlar, yangiliklar, tadqiqotlar, tahlillar, narxlar va boshqa maʼlumotlar yoki bu veb-saytda joylashgan uchinchi tomon saytlariga havolalar umumiy bozor sharhi sifatida "boricha" taqdim etiladi va investitsiya maslahatini tashkil etmaydi. Har qanday kontent investitsiya tadqiqoti sifatida talqin qilinsa, siz bunday kontentni investitsiya tadqiqotlarining mustaqilligini ragʻbatlantirish uchun moʻljallangan qonun talablariga muvofiq moʻljallanmagan va tayyorlanmaganligini eʼtiborga olishingiz va qabul qilishingiz kerak, shuning uchun unga tegishli qonunlar va qoidalarga muvofiq marketing kommunikatsiyasi sifatida qaraladi. Mustaqil boʻlmagan investitsiya tadqiqoti va yuqoridagi maʼlumotlarga oid risk haqida ogohlantirishimizni oʻqib chiqqaningizga va tushunganingizga ishonch hosil qiling, unga bu yerdan kirish mumkin.
