Australia's Bega Cheese hits four-year high on strong results, outlook

Bega Cheese

19/02/2026 02:22

** Shares of Australia's Bega Cheese BGA.AX rise as much as 4.9% to A$6.37, to their highest level since May 4, 2021

** Dairy products manufacturer logs 20.9% jump in H1 EBITDA to A$133.4 million ($94.27 million)

** Posts interim fully franked dividend of 7.0 AU cents per share

** Upgrades guidance for normalised EBITDA in FY26 to the range of A$222 million to A$227 million, from a previous forecast of A$215 million to A$220 million

** Around 1.3 mln shares change hands, 2.8x the 30-day avg trading volume

** YTD, shares up 3%

($1 = 1.4150 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)

 ((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))