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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Tuesday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- Funding Circle Holdings PLC, up 15% at 144.76 pence, 12-month range 157.00p-87.10p. The London-based lending platform says it has outperformed expectations for 2025 with revenue of around £204 million, up 28% on-year, with pretax profit around £20 million, compared to £3 million a year ago. This is ahead of current market expectations of £191 million and £17 million respectively. It says outperformance was driven by continued strong demand despite macroeconomic conditions and ‘product innovation opening up new customer segments and use cases’. The firm says its current guidance for 2026 is for revenue of more than £200 million. Having achieved this a year early, it says it will provide updated guidance alongside its results presentation on March 5. ‘I’m delighted with our strong performance this year. We supported more small businesses than ever before, saw record customer engagement, grew [pretax profit] significantly and achieved our medium-term revenue target of more than £200 million a year ahead of schedule,’ says Chief Executive Officer Lisa Jacobs. ---------- DFS Furniture PLC, up 5.5% at 193.08p, 12-month range 204.00p-123.40p. The Doncaster, England-based furniture retailer expects underlying profit before tax and brand amortisation between £30 million and £31 million in the six months to December 28, up between £13 million and £14 million on-year. The firm says its order intake during the period was up 2.3%, with both DFS and Sofology brands achieving growth. Gross sales recognised on delivery of orders to customers are expected to be up 8.7%. DFS says the important winter sale trading period has started in line with its expectations. Due to the ‘strong first half performance’ and its trading through the second half to date, it now expects full-year underlying profit before tax and brand amortisation between £43 million and £50 million, ahead of the current consensus of £41 million. The firm appoints online florist Bloom and Wild Ltd Chief Financial Officer Dominique Highfield as its new CFO from May 2026. ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- Predator Oil & Gas Holdings PLC, down 26% at 3.40p, 12-month range 7.50p-1.80p. The Morocco and Trinidad-focused oil and gas company places 128.6 million new shares at 3.5p each to raise £4.5 million before expenses. The proceeds of the placing will be used on drilling and testing the Snowcap-3 appraisal and development well. ‘Trinidad is a re-emerging oil and gas province for the oil majors again fuelled by successes offshore Guyana and the new strategic importance of nearby Venezuela. We intend to increase further our visibility in Trinidad through advancing the drilling of SC-3,’ says Chief Executive Officer Paul Griffiths. ---------- Aquila European Renewables PLC, down 19% at 26.32p, 12-month range 57.80p-23.60p. The investor in European renewable energy assets goes ex-dividend on Tuesday, meaning new buyers do not qualify for the payout of its 9.0p special dividend per share of disposal proceeds. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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