Independent research and analysis on UK-listed equities. Not investment advice.

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Every trading morning before the open, the Selfside Premarket Bulletin reads the day's UK results and trading updates against the original filings, past results, guidance and consensus. Each story has tables, historical charts and sources. Sign up: selfside.co.uk/subscribe?lis…
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Elementis PLC $ELM.L's third-quarter trading update lifted full-year adjusted operating-profit guidance to $133m-$135m. Nine-month revenue rose 7% organically, but orders brought forward temper the upgrade, with an implied second-half profit decline of 15.6% to 18.3%. #ELM
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Intertek Group $ITRK.L's trading update showed like-for-like growth accelerating to 6.4% from 4.9% in the first half. Trading supports the reiterated outlook, but the agreed cash acquisition fixes the consideration, leaving the prior share close 80p below the offer. #ITRK
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Standard Chartered $STAN.L's third-quarter results lifted full-year return on tangible equity guidance to around 14%, from more than 12% previously. Operating income of $5,781m rose 14% at constant currency, with $20bn of net new money added by affluent clients. #STAN
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GSK plc $GSK.L's third-quarter results showed turnover up 5% at constant exchange rates, at the top of its unchanged full-year range, but Core EPS rose just 1% to 54.6p as Core net finance expenses of £197m after the acquisitions restrained growth. #GSK
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Unilever PLC $ULVR.L's third-quarter trading update raised the full-year underlying volume-growth floor to at least 3%. Group volume growth was 2.9%, but Foods volumes contracted 1.1%, leaving the divisional split uneven ahead of the McCormick combination. #ULVR
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Banco Santander $BNC.L's 9M 2026 report has no new nine-month accounts, so cannot show trading against Q3 expectations. The republished first-half figures show underlying profit up 14.9% and CET1 at 14.0%; a ~150bps Webster deduction leaves 12.5%, below the 12.8% floor. #BNC
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8.7x sits near the 8.9x long-run median, not the 3.6x trough of 2022. Meeting the October expectation of £41.8m adjusted operating profit implies only about 7.1x a hypothetical 2026 EBITDA, an adjusted construction that assumes pricing recovery and inventory release arrive.
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Risk-reward at 197.5p looks balanced rather than clearly favourable. The central case makes the multiple reasonable, but it depends on a cash recovery that has yet to be reported. For information purposes only. Not investment advice. Independent research published by Selfside.
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Luceco plc $LUCE.L's third-quarter trading update showed adjusted operating profit up 60% year on year, supporting the company-compiled full-year consensus of £41.8m. Meeting it requires £26.0m of second-half profit, with the shift toward Energy Transition aiding the mix. #LUCE
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Metals Exploration Plc $MTL.L's quarterly update reported $157.6m of nine-month gold sales, above the $152.2m mean of brokers' full-year revenue estimates. Runruno's $34.5m pre-tax free cash flow bridges to La India, where first gold has slipped to Q1 2027. #MTL
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RWS Holdings $RWS.L's trading statement points to about £700m of revenue, below the £708.2m consensus, with organic growth back at about 3% after a 0.7% decline last year. The second half lost momentum, down 1.8%, as Generate's AI training demand normalised. #RWS
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Informa $INF.L's nine-month trading update halved underlying revenue growth guidance to about 3% from about 6%, with no further Saudi contribution assumed this year. Nine-month group underlying growth was 6.5% excluding non-recurring data contracts, led by Live events. #INF
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Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC $RKT.L's third-quarter results cut full-year Core growth guidance to 3.5%-4.5% from 4%-5%. Q3 core growth was 3.3%, North America fell 1.3% on supply constraints, and the unchanged margin target needs a stronger second half after 23.6% in H1. #RKT
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