Irish Food Stock News

What the latest results and dividend move signal for Uniphar shareholders Uniphar (ISE:UPR) just paired higher half year sales and net income with a 4.2% uplift in its interim dividend, a combination that can sharpen the focus on income and growth potential. That dividend lift comes at a moment when Uniphar’s share price has been under some pressure in the short term, with the stock falling 6.8% over the past 30 days and 15.6% over 90 days. This is in contrast to the year-to-date share price...

We'd be surprised if FBD Holdings plc ( ISE:EG7 ) shareholders haven't noticed that the Group CFO & Executive Director...

Glenveagh Properties stock has drifted lower in recent weeks, yet today’s earnings story tells you to focus less on the chart and more on the balance sheet strain. Headline profit for H1 2026 was slim at €0.498m on €239.748m of revenue, a sharp contrast with the trailing 12 month net income of €79.754m. The market is reacting to guidance and order book strength, while the real pressure point is rising net debt, which hit €423m at mid year before management’s planned H2 cash conversion. Is...

Glanbia (ISE:GL9) has put its next finance chief in the spotlight by naming current Chief Digital & Transformation Officer Wendy Chang Smith as CFO Designate, as long-serving CFO Mark Garvey prepares to retire. At a share price of €22.6, Glanbia has seen a 2.73% 1 day share price return and a 56.08% share price return year to date. The 1 year total shareholder return of 64.68% and 5 year total shareholder return of 77.71% point to momentum that has been building over a longer horizon, with...

Uniphar walked into these results with a stock that has slipped roughly 14% over the past three months, and another small step down over the past week. That tells you sentiment was already fragile. Then H1 landed with a different story. Gross profit reached €236.5m and EBITDA came in at €61.1m, with adjusted earnings per share at €0.109. The key plot twist is not revenue. It is the pressure on profitability and free cash flow that collides with a healthcare distributor now heavily funding its...

A sudden UK air traffic control fault has turned a routine travel day into a stress test for short haul airlines, with Heathrow and Gatwick at the centre of the disruption. When flights stall, investor expectations often move faster than aircraft. That creates potential openings and risks. This article walks through three UK and European short haul airline stocks most exposed to today’s news and why the market reaction could matter for your portfolio. The stocks covered below are just a...

Greencoat Renewables PLC ( ISE:GRP ) stock is about to trade ex-dividend in 3 days. The ex-dividend date is commonly...

Irish Residential Properties REIT stock closed at €1.108 on Friday, roughly flat over the past month and modestly ahead over three months. The market reaction looks muted. The earnings story is not. The headline is a powerful profit surge built on a one off gain that leaves the shares on a trailing P/E of 7.1x while peers trade much higher. Short term traders might shrug at a quiet price chart. Long term investors are more likely to focus on that mix of strong reported earnings, a discount to...

Kingspan Group plc ( ISE:KRX ) just released its latest interim results and things are looking bullish. The company...

Investors pushed Kingspan Group to €96.10 at Thursday’s close, capping a strong run over the past month. Today’s H1 numbers, however, tell a more nuanced story than the share price alone. Revenue reached €4.86b and trading profit hit €487m, but the real headline is profitability. Kingspan lifted full year trading profit guidance to about €1.125b and is now targeting an 11% margin for 2026. Short term traders may fixate on the recent rally. Long term holders will focus on whether this upgraded...

FBD Holdings walked into this earnings day with a solid recent run, the stock up over 7% in the last three months, yet the real story sits in the profit engine. The headline from H1 is simple. The insurer is converting more of every euro of premium into profit, with net profit margin over the last 12 months at 13.2% compared with 11.1% a year earlier and earnings up 30.6% over that period. For a stock trading on a P/E of 9.1x and sitting well below some analyst fair value estimates, that kind...

Kerry Group (ISE:KRZ) drew investor attention after reporting half year 2026 results that showed lower sales and net income, while at the same time raising its interim dividend and outlining updated 2030 targets. See our latest analysis for Kerry Group. Against this backdrop, Kerry Group’s share price has moved to €83.35, with a 14.65% 90 day share price return and a 6.15% 1 year total shareholder return. This suggests that recent momentum has picked up after weaker multi year returns. If the...

Bank of Ireland Group stock came into this earnings season on a quiet grind higher, with a 90 day gain of about 8%, yet still trading on a relatively rich P/E of 15.4x compared with local and European banking peers. That setup meant expectations were already loaded. The headline from this H1 2026 release is margin pressure. Trailing net profit margin has slipped to 28.2% compared with 33.7% a year earlier, even as earnings forecasts and a discounted cash flow valuation signal a very different...

Last week saw the newest half-year earnings release from Kerry Group plc ( ISE:KRZ ), an important milestone in the...

Bank of Ireland Group has appointed Prag Sharma, formerly Citigroup’s global head of AI and director of emerging technologies, as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, a newly created role that will lead AI delivery and emerging technology direction across the Group from October. This hire brings in a leader who previously built Citigroup’s Global AI Centre of Excellence and ran its Future of Finance think tank, underlining Bank of Ireland’s push to embed advanced AI capabilities...

Let's talk about the popular Kingspan Group plc ( ISE:KRX ). The company's shares received a lot of attention from a...

Amidst a backdrop of fluctuating technology stocks and geopolitical tensions, the European market has shown resilience, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index ending a volatile week largely unchanged. As investors navigate these uncertainties, dividend stocks offer potential stability and income, making them an attractive option for those seeking to balance risk with reliable returns.

Shareholders might have noticed that Ryanair Holdings plc ( ISE:RYA ) filed its first-quarter result this time last...

Bank of Ireland Group (ISE:BIRG) has created a chief artificial intelligence officer role and appointed Prag Sharma, a former senior AI leader at Citigroup, to guide the bank's use of AI and emerging technologies. See our latest analysis for Bank of Ireland Group. The appointment of a chief artificial intelligence officer comes as Bank of Ireland Group trades at €18.29, with a 90-day share price return of 9.75% and a 1-year total shareholder return of 61.99%, indicating strong recent momentum...

Ryanair Holdings (ISE:RYA) opened Q1 2027 reporting Q4 2026 revenue of €2.5 billion and a loss per share of €0.38, with net income for the quarter showing a loss of €395.5 million. Over the last few quarters, the company has seen revenue range from €2.3 billion in Q4 2025 to €5.5 billion in Q2 2026, while quarterly EPS moved between a loss of €0.31 and a profit of €1.62. Together, these figures present a mixed but clearly profitable trailing 12‑month picture overall. For investors, the...

Uniphar plc ( ISE:UPR ), is not the largest company out there, but it led the ISE gainers with a relatively large price...

Readers hoping to buy Origin Enterprises plc ( ISE:OIZ ) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the...

In May 2026, Glenveagh Properties plc reiterated its 2026 earnings guidance of up to €0.21 per share, underpinned by growth in home completions, contributions from its Partnerships segment, and disciplined cost control. The company also announced that Conor Murtagh will replace Stephen Garvey as the Executive member of its Environmental and Social Responsibility Committee after the 2026 AGM, highlighting ongoing board-level attention to sustainability and stakeholder issues. We’ll now...

Investors may be wondering whether Kerry Group at €72.20 is starting to look interesting again, or if the market still thinks it has work to do on value. The shares have moved 6.8% over the last 7 days and 5.6% over the last 30 days, although the return over 1 year sits at a 21.0% decline and the year to date return is a 5.3% decline. Recent attention on Kerry Group has focused on its share price performance and how it compares with the broader food sector, as investors reassess expectations...