{"id":218705,"date":"2025-12-06T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/218705\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:07:15","slug":"ptsb-and-bank-of-ireland-emerge-as-best-share-performers-on-irish-stock-exchange-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/218705\/","title":{"rendered":"PTSB and Bank of Ireland emerge as best share performers on Irish stock exchange this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Shares in PTSB have notched up the biggest gain of any company on the Euronext Dublin\u2019s Iseq 20, having risen 112pc so far in 2025. They were boosted as the bank put itself up for sale in October, with the announcement sending its shares 23pc higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">PTSB, whose chief executive is Eamonn Crowley, has said a new owner would support the bank in its next phase of growth. It would also provide a cash windfall for the Exchequer. The State still owns 57pc of the bank, which currently has a near \u20ac1.7bn market capitalisation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PTSB chief financial officer Barry D'Arcy and chief executive Eamonn Crowley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81fa8388-bd8a-4dc6-bbfe-1e4c5a5516b8.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">PTSB chief financial officer Barry D&#8217;Arcy and chief executive Eamonn Crowley<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Today&#8217;s News in 90 &#8211; Saturday December 6     <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Bank of Ireland is the second-best-performing company on the exchange this year. Its shares have climbed 82pc since January 1. In July, the bank reaffirmed its medium-term guidance but saw its pre-tax profit fall by a third to \u20ac721m in the first half of the year as it was impacted by lower European Central Bank interest rates and a \u20ac137m impairment charge related to a US unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Healthcare services group Uniphar is the third-best performer on the exchange, with its shares 72pc higher this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">AIB is fourth, rising 66pc so far in 2025. The State sold its last remaining stake in AIB during the summer, disposing of 2pc of the bank for \u20ac305m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Shares in Ryanair slip in as the fifth-best performer on the Iseq 20 so far this year, having advanced 44pc. During the year, group chief executive Michael O\u2019Leary saw a more than \u20ac100m bonus crystallise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop5 indo-26838ee5_paddingbottom3 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft7 indo-26838ee5_paddingright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingtop3 indo-b184cee3_openquote\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--color-primary-base);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:0\" data-testid=\"inline-quote\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_medium indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Food group Greencore, listed in London, has advanced 28pc so far this year, while diversified group DCC, listed on the FTSE100, has fallen 1.5pc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He qualified for the payout after Ryanair stock traded above \u20ac21 for a 28th straight day. He stands to eventually receive 10 million shares for \u20ac11.12 apiece, or \u20ac111.2m in total. Based on the \u20ac27.53 closing price on Friday this week, the stock would be worth \u20ac275m, making for a paper profit of \u20ac164m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Although no longer listed in Dublin, shares in Ireland\u2019s biggest company, CRH, have advanced 31pc so far this year in New York. The US is the company\u2019s single biggest market and it moved its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Food group Greencore, listed in London, has advanced 28pc so far this year, while diversified group DCC, listed on the FTSE100, has fallen 1.5pc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Shares in Paddy Power and FanDuel owner Flutter Entertainment, have had a torrid year. It moved its primary listing to New York last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">But the shares have declined more than 18pc this year. Last month, the gambling firm cut its full-year forecasts as customers beat the odds leading to higher payouts by the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The biggest decliner so far this year on the Iseq 20 is Kenmare Resources. The mining firm\u2019s shares have fallen 24pc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It owns the Moma ilmenite mine in Mozambique, one of the largest such mines in the world. Ilmenite is used to make titanium oxide. A takeover approach for Kenmare led by its former boss, Michael Carvill, was rejected by the company\u2019s board in March this year. It valued the group at \u20ac565m. The shares are currently trading at \u20ac2.90 in Dublin and \u00a32.60 in London, compared with the \u00a35.30 that was being tabled in the approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shares in PTSB have notched up the biggest gain of any company on the Euronext Dublin\u2019s Iseq 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17,24512],"class_list":{"0":"post-218705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-john-mulligan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115673251508543479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}