Year Ended 30 June 2026<\/p>\n
Reported\u00a0resultsAdjusted\u00a0results(1)F26vs\u00a0F25F26vs\u00a0F25Net\u00a0sales$19,643m(3.0)%Organic net sales\u00a0movement$(386)m(2.0)%(2)Operating\u00a0
profit$3,156m(27.2)%Operating profit before exceptional\u00a0
items$5,683m2.0%(2)Operating profit\u00a0margin16.1%(535)bpsOperating profit margin before exceptional\u00a0
items28.9%116bps(2)Net\u00a0profit$1,958m(22.9)%Basic earnings per\u00a0share78.1c(26.3)%Basic earnings per share before exceptional\u00a0items165.3c0.7%Net cash flow from operating\u00a0
activities$4,392m$95mFree cash\u00a0flow$3,211m$463m<\/p>\n
Growth in Europe, LAC and Africa offset by weakness in North America and Asia\u00a0Pacific<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Organic net sales declined 2.0%. Volume down 0.4% and unfavourable price\/mix\u00a01.6%.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Negative price\/mix primarily as a result of adverse mix due to US Spirits performance and weaker results in\u00a0CWS.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Excluding CWS, organic net sales for the group would have been c.1.5%\u00a0higher.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Reported net sales of $19.6 billion declined 3.0% mainly due to organic net sales decline and the impact of\u00a0disposals.<\/p>\n
Operating profit\u00a0growth<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Organic operating profit increased by 2.0%, with organic operating profit margin up 116bps, mainly due to the benefit of cost savings, partly offset by adverse mix and tariffs.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Reported operating profit declined 27.2%, with organic operating profit growth offset mostly by exceptional restructuring costs and impairment charges. Reported operating profit margin declined 535bps.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Eps pre-exceptionals was 165.3 cents, up\u00a00.7%.<\/p>\n
Continued cash focus delivering lower\u00a0leverage<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Free cash flow increased by $463 million to $3.2\u00a0billion.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Net\u00a0debt\u00a0as\u00a0at\u00a030\u00a0June\u00a02026\u00a0was\u00a0$20.5\u00a0billion,\u00a0with\u00a0net\u00a0debt3\u00a0to\u00a0adjusted\u00a0EBITDA\u00a0of\u00a03.1x.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0The sale of East Africa Breweries PLC (EABL) remains on track to complete in calendar H2 2026. The disposal of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cricket team by United Spirits Limited is progressing as planned.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Recommended full year dividend of 50 cents per share,\u00a0in line with the new dividend policy announced on 25 February\u00a02026.<\/p>\n
2 year restructuring programme\u00a0underway<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Restructuring charges in fiscal 26 of $0.9 billion included c.$752 million costs for the implementation of our new operating framework (representing c.70% of the total cost) with the balance related to supply chain agility and Accelerate costs.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0The new operating framework will deliver c.$850 million savings over 2 years, starting in fiscal\u00a027.<\/p>\n
Impairment\u00a0charges<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Impairment charges of $1.5 billion related largely to T\u00fcrkiye due to the impact of hyperinflationary accounting and change in pricing in market, as well as the write down of the Don Papa brand and certain other smaller brands.<\/p>\n
Sir Dave Lewis, Chief Executive Officer\u00a0commented:<\/p>\n
We are pleased with our progress in LAC, Europe and Africa. We are focused on recovering our competitiveness in NAM and we are working through the consequences of Government policy in Chinese white spirits.<\/p>\n
The three priorities set out at the half year: i) Relevant brands in competitive category strategies ii) Customer, Customer, Customer and iii) A more agile and competitive operating framework, are serving us well and lay the foundation for the Capital Markets Day today.<\/p>\n
The revised operating framework is being rolled out across Diageo and the changes are significant. In 2026 this change incurs a cost of $0.8 billion (c.70% of the total cost of the two year programme) with savings realised over 2 years starting in fiscal 27. These savings will allow us to invest in the turnaround without needing to reduce operating profit4.<\/p>\n
As we close out the year I would like to put on record our appreciation for all Diageo colleagues and the way they have engaged with this change\u00a0programme.<\/p>\n
(1)\u00a0See pages 34-41 for an explanation and reconciliation of non-GAAP\u00a0measures.<\/p>\n
(2)\u00a0Represents organic\u00a0movement.<\/p>\n
(3)\u00a0Leverage ratio calculated using adjusted net debt which is the equivalent to adjusted net borrowings (net borrowings plus post-employment benefit liabilities before\u00a0tax).<\/p>\n
(4)\u00a0Operating\u00a0profit\u00a0pre-exceptional\u00a0items<\/p>\n
Outlook<\/p>\n
Outlook for fiscal 27<\/p>\n
Guidance is shared in the Capital Markets Day press release and presentations also published today.<\/p>\n
Strategic priorities<\/p>\n
More detail on our strategy and progress to date is shared with the CMD content published\u00a0today.<\/p>\n
Spirit of Progress<\/p>\n
We continued to deliver against our \u2018Spirit of Progress\u2019 ESG plan, which sets out the actions we are taking against our three core priorities. In fiscal 26, we made progress on the following:<\/p>\n
Promoting positive\u00a0drinking<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0On Drink Driving, we reached our 2030 target ahead of schedule, having delivered a total of 5.1 million educational experiences through our programmes, marking a critical milestone in our commitment to help prevent drink driving.<\/p>\n
Championing inclusion and\u00a0diversity<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0At the end of fiscal 26, our global leadership cohort comprised 44% women and 46% individuals identifying as ethnically\u00a0diverse.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0We provided 31,000 people in fiscal 26 with business and hospitality skills training through our Learning for Life programme, supporting and improving livelihoods all over the world.<\/p>\n
Pioneering\u00a0grain-to-glass\u00a0sustainability<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0We published our Climate Transition Plan, outlining the steps we are taking to adapt our business to the impacts of climate change, enabling us to mitigate business risk in a rapidly evolving and volatile world.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0We became one of the first CPG companies to achieve a target of replenishing more water than we use in all of our water-stressed sites, partially mitigating our most material physical climate risk. We achieved this by collaborating with national and local governments, and are progressing this work across our broader supply chain.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0We continued to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in fiscal 26. However, external factors, including availability of energy infrastructure, supportive policy frameworks and effective blended finance models are making the transition challenging, impacting our ability to deliver our Scope 3 carbon targets at the pace we had intended.<\/p>\n
Dividend<\/p>\n
The recommended final dividend to be proposed to shareholders for approval at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 5 November 2026 is 30\u00a0cents per share (fiscal 25 \u2013 62.98 cents per share), bringing the recommended full year dividend to 50 cents per share (fiscal 25 \u2013 103.48 cents per share). Subject to approval by shareholders, this will be paid to holders of ordinary shares and US ADRs on register as of 16 October 2026. The ex-dividend date is 15 October 2026 for holders of ordinary shares and 16 October 2026 for holders of US ADRs. Holders of ordinary shares will receive their dividends in sterling unless they elect to receive their dividends in US dollars by 6 November 2026. The dividend per share in pence to be paid to ordinary shareholders will be announced on 19 November 2026 and will be determined by the actual foreign exchange rates achieved by Diageo buying forward contracts for sterling currency, entered into during the three trading days preceding the sterling equivalent announcement of the final dividend. The final dividend will be paid to both holders of ordinary shares and US ADRs on 3 December 2026. A dividend reinvestment plan is available to holders of ordinary shares in respect of the final dividend and the plan notice date is 6 November 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Year Ended 30 June 2026 Reported\u00a0resultsAdjusted\u00a0results(1)F26vs\u00a0F25F26vs\u00a0F25Net\u00a0sales$19,643m(3.0)%Organic net sales\u00a0movement$(386)m(2.0)%(2)Operating\u00a0profit$3,156m(27.2)%Operating profit before exceptional\u00a0items$5,683m2.0%(2)Operating profit\u00a0margin16.1%(535)bpsOperating profit margin before exceptional\u00a0items28.9%116bps(2)Net\u00a0profit$1,958m(22.9)%Basic earnings per\u00a0share78.1c(26.3)%Basic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21250],"tags":[27479,4110,18,41990,372],"class_list":["post-99428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diageo","tag-dge","tag-diageo","tag-news","tag-preliminary-results","tag-update"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117055967916116938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}