UK's Bloomsbury Publishing climbs on forecasting profit ahead of market view

Bloomsbury Publishing

05/03/2026 08:47

** Shares of Harry Potter books publisher Bloomsbury Publishing BLPU.L up 16% at 549p, highest since May 2025

** Top gainer on the FTSE Small Cap .FTSC index, which is up 0.1%

** Co sees FY26-27 profit materially ahead of market consensus of 44.5 million pounds ($59.31 million)

** YTD, stock up ~15%

($1 = 0.7502 pounds)

 (Reporting by Neeshita Beura in Bengaluru)

 ((Neeshita.Beura@thomsonreuters.com))