Sydney, June 12, 2026, 08:01 AEST
- Aristocrat Leisure finished the session at A$53.38 on June 11, up 1.06%.
- The stock beat the S&P/ASX 200, which finished Thursday off 0.23%.
- Aristocrat’s most recent filing showed the company kept up its on-market buy-back.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited shares pushed higher again Thursday, with ASX:ALL closing at A$53.38, gaining A$0.56, or 1.06%. Investors pointed to the ongoing buy-back and positive first-half results. About 1.37 million shares changed hands. Market data after the June 11 close put the company’s value near A$32.19 billion.
The gain was notable as the Australian market slipped. The S&P/ASX 200 finished June 11 at 8,633.20, down 20.10 points, or 0.23%. The index moved between 8,555.30 and 8,670.20 during the day. Investing ASX 200 futures were up 1.7% at 7 a.m. Sydney, according to Stockhead, citing a strong Wall Street close overnight.
Aristocrat’s latest daily buy-back filing, published June 10, showed the company bought back 23,409,364 ordinary shares before the prior session and added 160,412 shares on June 9 as part of its on-market buy-back. Aristocrat Leisure Limited Aristocrat paid A$8.28 million for shares on June 9, lifting total spend on the program to roughly A$1.325 billion, including the previous day’s trades.
Aristocrat’s buy-back is still front and center in its capital management plans. The company in May said it would extend its on-market buy-back out to May 12, 2027, and could lift the total buy-back to A$2.5 billion. Company Announcements Aristocrat’s investor site shows the June 10 buy-back notice as its most recent ASX filing, with more buy-back notices on June 5, June 4 and June 1.
Investors are looking at Aristocrat’s half-year numbers from May. The company posted normalised NPATA of A$794 million for the six months to March 31, a rise of 8.4% in reported currency and 16.3% in constant terms. EPSA increased 10.9% to 129.0 cents, or 19.1% higher on a constant currency basis. Revenue came in at A$3.03 billion—little changed in reported terms, but 6.4% higher in constant currency.
Aristocrat CEO and Managing Director Trevor Croker said the company had a “strong first half” and saw market share gains in key areas. Aristocrat also declared an interim unfranked dividend of 50.0 cents per share, with a record date of May 26 and payment on July 1.
Aristocrat Gaming turned in A$1.96 billion in revenue and A$1.06 billion in profit for the half, staying the company’s main earnings driver. Product Madness lifted social casino revenue, and Aristocrat Interactive posted gains in iLottery and content revenue. The next investor event is the Aristocrat 2026 Investor Briefing set for July 1, which is also the date for the interim dividend payment.
