Additional European Equity News

Air Liquide (AI FP) - H1 2026 (EUR): Revenue 13.8bln (exp. 13.9bln), Operating Result 2.89bln (exp. 2.9bln). Affirms guidance. (Air Liquide)

Barclays (BARC LN) - Q2 2026 (GBP): Revenue 8.34bln (prev. 7.19bln Y/Y), PBT 3.25bln (exp. 3.12bln), FICC Revenue 1.47bln (exp. 1.51bln), Investment Bank Revenue 3.96bln (exp. 3.66bln), CET1 14.3% (guided 13-14%). On track with 2026 and 2028 targets. Performance supports a GBP 1bln buyback and a GBP 0.8bln dividend. (Barclays)

BT (BT/A LN) - Ofcom is proposing to block the new Openreach commercial offer to protect fair competition and keep long-term prices low. (Ofcom)

Croda International (CRDA LN) - H1 2026 (GBP): Sales 880mln (prev. 855mln), adj. EBITDA 207mln (prev. 198mln), adj. Operating Profit 155mln (prev. 146mln), PBT 147mln (prev. 138mln). FY outlook maintained. (Croda)

Exosens (EXENS FP) - H1 2026 (EUR): Revenue 253mln (exp. 253mln), adj. EBITDA 83mln (prev. 71mln). Confirms FY guidance. (GlobeNewswire)

Frasers (FRAS LN) - European Commission approved the deal with Hugo Boss (BOSS GY) this week, offer conditions have been satisfied. (Newswires)

Inchcape (INCH LN) - H1 2026 (GBP): Revenue 4.72bln (prev. 4.32bln), adj. EPS 0.355 (prev. 0.355), adj. PBT 188mln (prev. 200mln). FY guidance in-line with the medium-term view. Proposing an interim dividend of 0.108/shr (prev. 0.095/shr). (Inchcape)

Lottomatica (LTMC IM) - H1 2026 (EUR): Revenue 1.18bln (prev. 1.13bln). FY26 guidance confirmed, with adj. EBITDA seen at the top-end of the guided range of 940-980mln. (Lottomatica)

Man Group (EMG LN) - H1 2026 (USD): Net Inflows 7.1bln (exp. c. 2bln), AUM 253.6bln (prev. 193.3bln), Core Net Revenue 853mln (prev. 604mln), Core PBT 297mln (prev. 146mln). (Man Group)

Stellantis (STLAM IM/STLAP FP) - Co. is to sell its entire shareholding in Free2move to Mutares (MUX GY). (Stellantis)

Unilever (ULVR LN) - Q2 2026 (EUR): Revenue 13.1bln (exp. 12.9bln); Underlying Sales +5.8% (exp. +4.1%); sees modest uplift in FY underlying operating margin; upgraded outlook for 2026. Commentary: "We expect underlying sales growth for full year 2026 to be within our multi-year guidance range of 4% to 6%, with around 3% underlying volume growth."; "We expect underlying sales growth in the second half of 4% to 5%, led by pricing."; "We anticipate a modest improvement in underlying operating margin for full year 2026 versus 20.0% in 2025". (Unilever)

UNITE Group (UTG LN) - H1 2026 (GBP): adj. EPS 0.271 (prev. 0.295), PBT -417mln, Revenue 208mln. FY guidance confirmed. (RNS)

TotalEnergies (TTE FP) - Co. anticipates it will be able to continue selling to clients in Asia from Yamal LNG after EU conceded to Greece's demands in latest Russian sanctions package. (FT)

Fresenius Medical Care (FME GY) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BNP Paribas

28 Jul 2026 - 07:10- ForexEU Research- Source: Newsquawk