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(Sharecast News) - Plus500 said on Monday that it its FY 2026 performance was set to be ahead of market expectations following a better-than-expected performance in 2025, as it announced "significant" shareholder returns.
In preliminary results for the year to the end of December 2025, the company said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation ticked up 2% to $348.1m, while revenue rose 3% to $792.4m.
This was above market expectations for EBITDA of $345.8m and revenue of $757.7m, supported by an increasingly diversified revenue base and disciplined cost management, Plus500 said.
In addition, the company said it has approved total shareholder returns of $187.5m, comprising share buyback programmes of $100m and total dividends of $87.5m. "These new shareholder returns reflect the group's strong financial performance, highly cash-generative business model and robust, debt-free balance sheet," it said.
Plus500 also said on Monday that the non-OTC business generated record revenue of more than $100m in FY 2025.
Looking to 2026 and it now expects results to be ahead of current market expectations for EBITDA of $348.4m and revenue of $749.3m.
Chief executive David Zruia said: "2025 marked a year of accelerated strategic progress for Plus500. We successfully scaled our non-OTC business into a key growth driver, bolstered our position as a trusted provider of institutional market infrastructure, and continued to deliver a strong financial performance with significant shareholder returns.
"Reflecting this, we have started FY 2026 with the group's trading being supported by positive momentum across global financial markets, as well as with strong operational results including launching prediction markets products for B2C customers and completing the acquisition of Mehta Equities in India."
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