02:23 AM EDT, 09/22/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Kingfisher (KGF.L) said Tuesday its profit and sales for the fiscal first half grew year over year. Profit for the six months ended July 31 was 290 million pounds sterling, compared with 237 million pounds a year ago. EPS moved to 0.17 pound from 0.132 pound. The home improvement retailer's sales were 6.86 billion pounds, compared with 6.81 billion pounds earlier. Meanwhile, the board declared an unchanged interim dividend of 0.038 pound per share for the period, payable on Nov. 13 to shareholders on record Oct. 9. For fiscal 2027, the company raised its adjusted profit before tax guidance to between 595 million pounds and 635 million pounds, compared with a previous forecast of between 565 million pounds and 625 million pounds.

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