Australia's Woolworths eyes best day in nearly 6 years on interim profit beat

Woolworths

25/02/2026 24:29

** Shares of Woolworths WOW.AX rise as much as 10.6% to A$34.87, the highest level since September 20, 2024

** Stock set for strongest intraday trading session since March 17, 2020

** Australia's largest grocer posted underlying net profit after tax of A$859 million ($606.11 million), beating Visible Alpha consensus estimates of A$813.5 million

** Co posts sales growth of 5.8% in the first seven weeks of H2 FY26 for Australian Food

** Declared an interim dividend of 45 Australian cents per share

** YTD, stock up 17.2%, including the day's moves

($1 = 1.4172 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)

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