Australia's Aristocrat Leisure rises on upbeat HY results, buy-back increase

Aristocrat Leisure

13/05/2026 01:48

** Shares of Aristocrat Leisure ALL.AX rise as much as 5.6% to A$48.410, hitting their highest level since May 4

** Gaming content creation firm logs 8.4% rise in half-year net profit to A$794 million ($574.54 million)

** Co also increases its buy-back by A$1 billion, to A$2.5 billion in total

** Also announces interim dividend of 50 AU cents per share

** Stock down 17% this year, including the day's move

($1 = 1.3820 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru)

((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com))