Bloomsbury Publishing 公布中期业绩：上半年营收 1.516 亿英镑

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY, “Bloomsbury” or “the Company”), the leading independent publisher, today announces unaudited results for the six months ended 31 August 2026.

Commenting on the results, Nigel Newton, Executive Chairman, said:

“Bloomsbury is celebrating its 40th anniversary since we founded the company in September 1986.  Bloomsbury has published over 200,000 titles, eight Nobel Prize winners, four Booker Prize winners and four winners of the Women’s Prize.  

Bloomsbury is pleased to report first half revenue of £151.6m with profit¹ of £16.8m and a strong start to the second half of the year, underpinning the Board’s confidence in delivering record results for the full year.

The Consumer Division growth is weighted to the second half with scheduled releases from many of our bestselling authors. September started with bestsellers from Gillian Anderson with More and Stephen Graham with Letters to Our Sons. We are excited to be launching two hugely anticipated new novels from Sarah J. Maas and HBO Max will launch J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series on Christmas Day, introducing the series to an expanded readership.

In the Academic & Professional Division, we are seeing good underlying growth in all territories and in both print and digital. Bloomsbury continues to benefit from ongoing AI licensing revenue in 2026/27.

In September 2026, we announced a five-year leadership succession plan providing long-term continuity and stability for Bloomsbury’s shareholders, authors and colleagues.

In recognition of the strong net cash position and our confidence in the outlook, the Board declares an interim dividend up 5% year on year to 4.28 pence.

Bloomsbury has an unbroken 31-year track record of dividend growth every year since flotation in 1994. £10,000 invested in Bloomsbury at flotation in 1994 would be worth £624,000 with dividends reinvested.

The Board looks to the current year with confidence in delivering record results in 2026/27, in line with expectations.”

Financial Highlights

• Group revenue of £151.6m (H1 2025/26: £159.5m)
• Group Adjusted Profit (before taxation and highlighted items1) of £16.8m (H1 2025/26: £24.0m)
• Additional $10m repayment of Rowman & Littlefield acquisition loan in H1 2026/27
• Net cash is £22.8m; capital allocation priorities are organic growth, dividends and acquisitions
• Interim dividend increased by 5% year on year to 4.28p per share (H1 2025/26: 4.08p per share)
• Bloomsbury will be a beneficiary of the Anthropic settlement – we are continuing to work through the outcome of the settlement and will provide a further update in due course

Operational Highlights

• Five-year leadership succession plan announced with a new Chief Executive in two years’ time and Nigel Newton retained as Executive Chairman to ensure continuity
• Good progress with new streamlined and simplified organisational structure operating effectively
• Internal AI usage increased; rolled out Gemini Enterprise and agentic workflows
• Working capital improvement has been driven by good progress on stock decreases

Consumer Division Highlights

• Consumer revenue of £102.8m (H1 2025/26: £113.4m), with growth weighted to the second half
• Adjusted Profit1 of £9.8m (H1 2025/26: £13.4m) with margin of 9.5% (H1 2025/26: 11.8%)
• Margin 11.6% excl. Special Interest; sale processes of Who’s Who and Osprey Board Games begun
• Bestsellers included Alex Aster’s Starside and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s High Fibre Heroes
• Gillian Anderson’s More and Stephen Graham’s Letters to Our Sons were Sunday Times bestsellers
• Sarah J. Maas new novels A Court of Splintered Harmony and A Court of Forgotten Melody will be released on 27 October 2026 and 12 January 2027, respectively
• HBO’s Christmas Day launch of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series will have a new TV tie-in edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, reaching a new generation of readers

Academic & Professional (“A&P”) Division Highlights

• A&P revenue is up 5.9% to £48.8m (H1 2025/26: £46.1m), showing encouraging signs of recovery
• Underlying growth in all territories and in both print and digital formats (excluding AI licensing)
• Continuation of our non-exclusive AI licensing agreement, though to a lesser quantum leading to a reduced margin
• Adjusted Profit¹ of £6.8m (H1 2025/26: £11.0m) with margin of 13.9% (H1 2025/26: 23.9%)

Notes

¹                                  Adjusted Profit is profit before taxation and highlighted items. Highlighted items comprise amortisation of acquired intangible assets and legal and other professional costs relating to ongoing and completed acquisitions, integration and restructuring costs. 

²                                Net cash is cash and cash equivalents less borrowings.

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