UK Listed Company Profit Warnings & Trading Updates Tracker
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May 2026
Markets & Equities
Tracks profit warnings, trading updates, and earnings guidance revisions issued by UK-listed companies. Each record includes the company, listing venue, announcement type, affected financial metric, fiscal period covered, the direction of the guidance change, and the stated reason.
A UK-listed company issued a profit warning, trading update, or earnings guidance revision in May
CatchAll searches for formal financial announcements by companies listed on UK exchanges including the LSE, AIM, and FTSE indices. Validators confirm the company is UK-listed, that the article covers a profit warning, trading update, or guidance revision, and that the announcement falls within the target period. Enrichments extract the announcement type, affected metric, guidance direction, fiscal period, and management's stated rationale.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:160px">Company</th><th style="min-width:100px">Exchange</th><th style="min-width:140px">Type</th><th style="min-width:150px">Affected Metric</th><th style="min-width:100px">Direction</th><th style="min-width:100px">Period</th><th style="min-width:190px">Reason</th><th style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Vistry Group</td><td style="min-width:100px">FTSE 250</td><td style="min-width:140px">Profit warning</td><td style="min-width:150px">Profits</td><td style="min-width:100px">Downward</td><td style="min-width:100px">H1 2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Higher incentives and Iran war cost inflation</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-13</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Future PLC</td><td style="min-width:100px">LSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Guidance revision</td><td style="min-width:150px">Adjusted EBITDA</td><td style="min-width:100px">Downward</td><td style="min-width:100px">FY2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Declining programmatic ad revenue; Google search changes</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-14</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Watches of Switzerland</td><td style="min-width:100px">LSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Guidance revision</td><td style="min-width:150px">Adjusted EBIT</td><td style="min-width:100px">Upward</td><td style="min-width:100px">FY2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Strong US market sales</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-14</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Kainos Group</td><td style="min-width:100px">LSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Trading update</td><td style="min-width:150px">Revenue</td><td style="min-width:100px">Upward</td><td style="min-width:100px">FY2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Strong contract wins and increased demand</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-18</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Auto Trader Group</td><td style="min-width:100px">LSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Guidance revision</td><td style="min-width:150px">Revenue</td><td style="min-width:100px">Downward</td><td style="min-width:100px">FY2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Deal Builder rollout issues and dealer churn</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-14</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:160px">Kingfisher</td><td style="min-width:100px">LSE</td><td style="min-width:140px">Trading update</td><td style="min-width:150px">Revenue</td><td style="min-width:100px">Downward</td><td style="min-width:100px">FY2026</td><td style="min-width:190px">Geopolitical uncertainty</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">2026-05-21</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td style="min-width:160px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:140px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:150px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:190px">████████████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">██████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td style="min-width:160px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:140px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:150px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:190px">████████████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">██████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td style="min-width:160px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:140px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:150px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:190px">████████████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">██████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td style="min-width:160px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:140px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:150px">████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:100px">████████</td><td style="min-width:190px">████████████████████</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">██████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Which stock exchanges are covered?</h3><p>The dataset covers companies listed on UK exchanges including the London Stock Exchange (LSE), AIM, and companies within the FTSE 100, FTSE 250, and FTSE SmallCap indices.</p><h3>What is the difference between a profit warning and a trading update?</h3><p>A profit warning is a specific signal that earnings will fall below prior guidance or market expectations. A trading update is a broader operational announcement that may or may not include a guidance revision. Both are captured here.</p><h3>Are ad hoc announcements included, or only scheduled results?</h3><p>Both are included. The dataset captures any formal company announcement adjusting financial expectations, whether scheduled (e.g. quarterly trading statements) or unscheduled (e.g. an unexpected profit warning mid-quarter).</p>