Tesco will be looking for sales momentum to pick up.
Tesco, Half Year Results, Thursday 8 October Aarin Chiekrie, equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Tesco heads into next week’s half-year results on the back of a soft first quarter. Like-for-like sales growth of 1.0% came in a touch below market forecasts, largely due to a tough comparable period and unfavourable weather. But with these challenges easing over the period, sales growth should have picked up, with markets forecasting first-half revenue to rise 3.1% to £37.2bn.
Expect recent market share gains to have continued over the first half, with initiatives such as ALDI Price Match and the expanded Finest range allowing Tesco to compete across a broad range of price points. The group’s enormous scale is a key tool for negotiating hard with suppliers, helping Tesco remain competitive on price while also protecting margins. As a result, investors aren’t expecting any change to its full-year adjusted operating profit guidance of £3.0–3.3bn next week.”
Among those currently scheduled to release results next week:
28 September |
|---|
No FTSE 350 reporters |
29 September | |
|---|---|
A.G. Barr | Half Year Results |
Carnival* | Q3 Results |
Close Brothers Group | Full Year Results |
30 September | |
|---|---|
Greggs | Q3 Trading Statement |
1 October |
|---|
No FTSE 350 reporters |
2 October | |
|---|---|
JD Wetherspoon | Full Year Results |
* Events on which we will be updating investors
Notes to Editors
HL is the UK’s largest investment and savings platform for private investors and more than 2.2 million clients trust us with £205 billion (as of June 2026).
We help Britain build wealth, with confidence. Our promise is simple: to provide the best products, the best support and the best value. Founded in 1981, we’ve been helping people save and invest for a better financial future for more than four decades. We offer a lifelong, secure home for our clients’ investments and savings, combining great value with outstanding service, to make managing your money easier at every stage of life.
Our award-winning Savings & Resilience Barometer measures the nation’s financial resilience across our 5 to Thrive pillars, equipping people with the tools they need to strengthen their financial futures.
Saving and investing is for the whole family, and to support intergenerational wealth transfer, we’ve removed all platform charges and share dealing fees on our Junior ISA, meaning kids go free, and we’ve reduced the platform fee on our Lifetime ISA to 0.25%, supporting those savings for their first home or for retirement.
Regular saving into all funds, FTSE 350 shares, and selected investment trusts and ETFs is free.
Our clients also have access to the most comprehensive pension and retirement solution, including SIPP accounts, SIPP Income Drawdown, UFPLS payments and annuities, as well as over 14,000 investment options across funds, shares, ETFs, investment trusts, bonds and gilts.
HL Active Savings is the UK's largest retail cash savings platform that lets savers easily make more of their money and the HL Cash ISA allows savers to manage their Cash ISA portfolio across multiple banks, all within one account.