{"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Sharemaestro Newsreel: Finland Consumer Defensive news", "home_page_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/fi/consumer-defensive/", "feed_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/fi/consumer-defensive/feed.json", "description": "Latest Consumer Defensive company headlines from Finland, newest first, with industry sections, source links and company research.", "language": "en", "items": [{"id": "source:e9910ce59642be6aa999514f06aedcc53452cf2fd331fe433b68b6c9c6898454", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/mlp-se-wbo-mlp-q2-230932085.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/mlp-se-wbo-mlp-q2-230932085.html", "title": "MLP SE (WBO:MLP) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue and EBIT Fuel Optimistic Outlook", "content_text": "This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Total Revenue: Increased by 10% to a record EUR583 million in the first half of 2026. EBIT: Reached a new record high of EUR64 million in the first half of 2026. Revenue by Competence Field: Property & Casualty grew 12%, Wealth grew 11%, and Life & Health was slightly above the previous year's levels. Assets Under Management: Increased to a new record level of EUR68.8 billion. Non-life Insurance Premium Volume: Reached a new record high of EUR865 million. Equity: Increased from EUR585 million to EUR589 million compared to the 2025 balance sheet date. 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EBITDA: Down 20% to CZK59 billion, impacted by lower generation prices and reduced trading profits. Net Income: Increased 10% to CZK18.1 billion, driven by the absence of the windfall profit tax, which ended on December 31, 2025. Operating Cash Flow: Increased by CZK26 billion, or 55% year-on-year. Capital Expenditures (CapEx): Increased 30% year-on-year. Net Debt: Approximately 9% higher, approaching CZK200 billion. 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Adjusted EBIT: EUR33 million, up 8% year-over-year, with a margin of 7.1% compared to 6.8% in H1 2025. EBT: EUR24 million, up 26% year-over-year, with the EBT margin improving from 4.3% to 5.2%. Q2 Revenue: EUR233.04 million, a 6% increase versus Q2 2025. Q2 Adjusted EBIT: EUR16.5 million, a 10% increase versus Q2 2025. Order Backlog: Up 18% versus last year. Wynxx Soft Engineering Revenue: EUR24.4 million in actual influenced revenue in H1 2026. 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The period was marked by several successful transactions, including the sale of Gewerbepark Stadlau in Vienna, the forward sale of The Rock and the sale of B&B Hotels in Cloche d'Or. 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(**) Excluding treasury shares, which are deprived of voting rights (the 1,130", "date_published": "2026-08-12T13:37:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Regulatory and legal", "KESKOB", "KESKOA"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Finland", "coverage": "Provider-linked mention", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "KESKOB", "name": "Kesko Oyj", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/3e1de42d-070f-462e-a3bd-6fa395e4fd05/"}, {"symbol": "KESKOA", "name": "Kesko Oyj", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/3ca3fc15-42fc-4088-8555-54c0805700f2/"}]}}, {"id": "source:e36d474eb97ad2c336075d3dfe5a331dd95140d361056163840fbc0c12cb09bc", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/changes-full-guidance-biomar-113300186.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/changes-full-guidance-biomar-113300186.html", "title": "Changes to full-year guidance for BioMar", "content_text": "Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. Today, BioMar has released an announcement with updated guidance for the full year 2026. BioMar now expects revenue in the range of DKK 17-18 billion against previously DKK 16-17 billion and EBIT in the range of DKK 1,200-1,300 million compared to previously DKK 1,100-1,200 million. BioMar constitutes a material part of the portfolio and is fully consolidated into the Schouw & Co. figures, and the information from BioMar will be incorporated into Schouw & Co.'s guidance. Schouw & Co. provides guidance to the market on revenue and EBITDA and will consider its consolidated full-year guidance based on the information from BioMar and the outlook for the other portfolio businesses no later than in connection with the release of the interim report scheduled on 14 August 2026. Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. J\u00f8rgen Wisborg, Chairman of the Board of Directors Jens Bjerg S\u00f8rensen, President & CEO Please direct any questions to President Jens Bjerg S\u00f8rensen, telephone no. +45 86 11 22 22. 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Revenue: EUR113.3 million in H1 2026, down 6% from EUR120.6 million in the prior year. EBIT: EUR8.0 million in H1 2026, compared to EUR8.4 million one year ago. EBIT Margin: Increased to 7.1% from 7.0% in the prior year. Gross Profit: EUR34.2 million, with gross margin improving to 30.2% from 29.8%. EBITDA: EUR11.2 million, compared to EUR11.9 million in the previous year; EBITDA margin rose to 9.9% from 9.8%. Net Profit: EUR4.9 million, down from EUR5.2 million in the prior year. Earnings Per Share: EUR0.71, compared to EUR0.75 in the previous year. 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