EARNINGS: Blackbird loss narrows, Reach "on track" for 2025

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on ...

Alliance News 4 March, 2025 | 2:26PM
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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Alternative Income REIT PLC - London-based investor in commercial property assets - NAV as of December 31 is 81.94p per share, up from 80.90p at June 30. Says its NAV total return for the half year ended is positive 5.21%, compared with 0.96% the year before. Company has declared interim dividends totalling 3.1p, up 8.8% on-year from 2.85p. Pretax profit totals GBP3.4 million, up from around GBP600,000, with EPRA earnings per share rising to 3.28p from 2.75p. Operating profit rises 14% to GBP3.3 million from GBP2.9 million, and the firm's property portfolio had a fair value of GBP106.2 million across 20 properties as of December 31. Six months prior, it had 19 properties worth GBP102.7 million. Looking ahead, says it is on track to deliver on its annual dividend target of 6.2p, up from 5.9p in the year ended June 30, 2024. "The board remains confident that the company is well-positioned for the future, with a resilient portfolio well-placed to continue to provide secure, index-linked income with the potential for capital growth," comments Chair Simon Bennett.

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Blackbird PLC- London-based cloud video editing platform licensor, developer and seller - Reports a pretax loss of GBP2.4 million for 2024, compared with the prior year's loss of GBP2.6 million. Revenue decreased 17% to GBP1.6 million from GBP1.9 million, which Blackbird said was mainly due to "the loss of the A+E Network deal in 2023 and some smaller customer churn". Total adjusted loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation narrowed to GBP2.1 million from GBP2.3 million, as lower revenue was "partially more than offset by lower operating costs". Net cash outflow fell to GBP3.7 million from GBP3.8 million "as improved performance in the Blackbird division offset higher costs on developing [collaborative video editing and content creation platform] elevate.io". CEO Ian McDonough says: "I am incredibly excited about 2025 and growing elevate.io's user base and revenue. The size of the addressable market is significant and I look forward to working with our talented team to realise the value in our proven and patented technology."

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Origin Enterprises PLC - Dublin-based agronomy services firm - Says revenue down 2.7%, "driven mainly by lower global feed and fertiliser prices", to EUR831.7 million in 2024, from EUR854.9 million the year before. Operating profit, however, rises 17% to EUR14.9 million from EUR12.7 million, and pretax profit rises 32% to EUR7.0 million from EUR5.3 million. Declares unchanged interim dividend of 3.15 euro cents per share. CEO Sean Coyle says Origin "delivered a good H1 2025 performance underpinned by a recovery in Agriculture volumes and strong growth in Living Landscapes, resulting in Operating Profit growth of 17% and EPS growth of 38% in the period...Consistent with our strategy, we are pleased to report strong organic growth in Living Landscapes and welcome four new businesses which strengthen our environmental expertise and further complement our existing services." Coyle says "it is too early to issue guidance for the full year" although recently lower prices have seen "strong demand" for its animal and soil nutrition businesses. Origin will issue 2025 guidance with its third-quarter trading update in June.

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Reach PLC - London-based newspaper, magazine and digital publisher, which owns the Mirror and Express brands - Revenue for 2024 totals GBP538.6 million, down 5.3% from GBP568.6 million with print revenue decreasing 7.3% to GBP406.7 million from GBP438.8 million. Digital revenue however returns to growth, up 2.1% to GBP130.0 million from GBP127.4 million. Pretax profit rises 71% to GBP62.8 million from GBP36.7 million. Total dividend for the year is 7.34p per share, unchanged on-year. Looking ahead, Reach believes it is "on track" to deliver on market expectations for 2025, saying: "We remain alive to the uncertain macro environment and dynamic media backdrop. Despite this we continue to expect digital growth, along with a reduction on adjusted operating costs of 4-5%." Adds that trading "has been encouraging" so far in 2025, "supported by growing audience numbers".

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By Emma Curzon, Alliance News reporter

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Securities Mentioned in Article

Security Name Price Change (%) Morningstar
Rating
Alternative Income REIT Ord 69.90 GBX 1.45 -
Reach PLC 85.10 GBX -1.73 -
Blackbird PLC 5.04 GBX -16.07 -
Origin Enterprises PLC 2.98 EUR 0.85 -
Origin Enterprises PLC 2.98 EUR 0.51 -

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