SYDNEY, June 29, 2026, 01:03 AEST
- Aristocrat closed at A$58.69 on Friday. TradingView showed shares gained 8.2% for the week. ASX’s weekly wrap had the S&P/ASX 200 off 0.7%.
- Aristocrat Leisure Limited’s latest filings show the company bought back 24.56 million shares for A$1.38 billion so far. That leaves about A$1.12 billion left in its A$2.5 billion buyback program.
- Aristocrat is set for its 2026 investor briefing on July 1, when it will also pay out its 50-cent interim dividend.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited ASX:ALL opens trading Monday after its shares jumped more than 8% last week. Investors are watching to see what’s left in the tank for its buy-back.
ASX cash equities were yet to open at the dateline. Regular trading is set between 09:59:45 and 16:00:00 Sydney. ASX’s 2026 calendar shows no closure for June 29 following the King’s Birthday holiday on June 8.
The shares dropped 1.16% Friday, closing at A$58.69. They traded between A$57.72 and A$59.31 during the day, with 2.09 million shares moving. The stock is down around 20% from its 52-week high at A$73.29 and remains up about 33% from the 52-week low at A$44.18, according to Google Finance.
S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) closed at 8,764.20 on Friday, rising 0.18%. But the benchmark lost 0.7% for the week according to ASX’s weekly wrap. The backdrop stayed weak.
Aristocrat’s latest buy-back notice reports 56,312 shares bought on June 25, costing A$3.29 million. That brings the total to 24.56 million shares repurchased for A$1.379 billion by close on June 25, using the “before previous day” tally in the same filing. Aristocrat Leisure Limited
Aristocrat has spent about 55% of its A$2.5 billion buyback plan from May, so there’s around A$1.12 billion left. At Friday’s close of A$58.69, that would buy about 19.1 million shares, or about 3.1% of its 625.5 million shares reported in the buyback notice. The number measures the value at the current price, not actual plans for repurchases.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited filings last week showed mixed buying. The June 22 filing reported 461,948 shares picked up on June 19 for A$25.3 million. On June 25, another filing disclosed 176,128 shares bought June 24 for A$10.2 million. June 26 brought a filing for 56,312 shares bought the previous day for A$3.3 million. All up, those filings showed 694,388 shares bought for A$38.8 million.
The reported buyback price ranges climbed as the shares climbed. The June 19 purchase came in between A$53.75 and A$54.95. The June 25 buy ran between A$57.90 and A$58.86. For investors, the leftover buyback funds matter: after shares rally, each A$1 of support picks up fewer shares.
Sell-side targets now look tighter after the recent move. On Investing.com, the average 12-month price target is A$63.335. That figure comes from 17 analysts rating the stock at buy, with no sells. The highest target is A$69.40 and the lowest is A$59.10. The average points to a 7.91% gain from Friday’s close. The low target is under 1% above where shares last traded.
Aristocrat’s buy-back isn’t the whole story. In its May half-year numbers, the company reported normalised NPATA of A$794.0 million, up 8.4%. EPSA rose 19.1% in constant currency. Interim dividend is 50 cents per share. CEO Trevor Croker said it was a “strong first half” and that Aristocrat was “well-positioned for the full-year”.
Aristocrat’s July 1 briefing is set to update investors on how its land-based gaming business stacks up against the Interactive division, which needs more reinvestment. For the half-year, Aristocrat Gaming’s revenue was A$1.96 billion, up 4.9%. Aristocrat Interactive brought in $230.3 million, a 6.5% rise, but profit there dropped 10.6% to $64.3 million. At Product Madness, social casino revenue climbed 4.7% to $541.7 million. Direct-to-consumer made up 24% of social casino sales, up from 13% last year.
Aristocrat is guiding for NPATA growth on a constant-currency basis in fiscal 2026. The outlook reflects gaming operations net unit growth at the high end of its 4,000 to 5,000 range, more share gains for Product Madness, and continued push toward a $1 billion Interactive revenue goal by fiscal 2029.
