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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Wednesday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- McBride PLC, up 6.8% at 114.51 pence, 12-month range 93.17p-163.86p. The private label cleaning and hygiene products manufacturer McBride reports an increase in annual profit and the reinstatement of its dividend. The owner of brands including Oven Pride and Actiff suspended its payout in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. McBride announces a 3.0p per share final dividend for the year ended June 30. ‘The reinstatement of dividends reflects our confidence in the business’ trajectory and our commitment to delivering long-term shareholder value,’ CEO Chris Smith says. McBride’s full-year pretax profit rises to £49.0 million from £46.5 million, though revenue edges down to £926.5 million from £934.8 million. ‘McBride has delivered another year of strong operational and financial results, marking five consecutive half years of these materially improved profitability levels. This sustained performance reflects the effectiveness of our strategy and the dedication of our teams across the group, further strengthening our industry leadership across Europe,’ Smith says. McBride says the early months of the new year are seeing ‘volumes in line with expectations’. ---------- Galliford Try Holdings PLC, up 5.7% at 456.00p, 12-month range 264.00p-480.00p. The construction firm hails a ‘confident outlook’ and says it is trading ahead of expectations so far in its new financial year. For the year just ended June 30, Galliford reports revenue growth of 6.3% to £1.88 billion from £1.76 billion, helping pretax profit more than double to £44.1 million from £19.2 million. ‘Galliford Try has continued its progress, achieving a fifth consecutive year of strong financial and operational performance, with an increase in revenue, profit, margin and cash,’ CEO Bill Hocking says. ‘With 92% of projected revenue of the current financial year and 75% of FY27 already secured, the government’s future spending plans and our aligned sector focus, particularly in AMP8, we are confident in the outlook for the group, in our strategy to 2030 and in our ability to continue to deliver long-term sustainable value for all our stakeholders.’ Galliford says its order book stands at £4.1 billion, up from £3.8 billion a year prior. It adds: ‘Trading momentum has continued into the new financial year, trading slightly ahead of expectations.’ Galliford ups its final dividend to 13.5p per share from 11.5p. Its total dividend is higher at 19.0p from 15.5p. The firm also announces a new £10 million share buyback. ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- SolGold PLC, down 4.8% at 16.41p, 12-month range 5.54p-17.94p. SolGold shares hit this 12-month high on Tuesday, amid a rip-roaring rise in the gold price to above $3,700 an ounce. Shares return some gains on Wednesday despite a promising update from its Tandayama America asset in northern Ecuador. ‘The Tandayama porphyry system is proving to be more extensive than initially thought, with discrete higher-grade zones enveloped in a system of lower-grade mineralisation,’ SolGold says. CEO Dan Vujcic says mineralisation is ‘expanding with more high-grade zones’. ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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