Aristocrat Leisure Limited has announced that it will extend its on-market share buy-back program, allowing a further AU$750 million ($502.35 million) in shares to be bought back over a 12-month period ending March 5th, 2027.
According to a release on Friday, the move is ‘part of its ongoing capital management strategy’. It follows a buy-back initiative that saw AU$701.1 million in shares bought back since February of 2025. The total value of the share buy-back program is expected to reach AU$750 million before it ends.
The group indicated that the extension and increase of the buy-back program will ‘continue to be conducted on an opportunistic basis and Aristocrat reserves the right to vary, suspend or terminate’ the program ‘at any time’.
Aristocrat’s CEO Trevor Croker noted that as the previous buy-back program nears completion and its “consistently strong cash flow generation” allows the group to “continue to pursue a mix of returns to shareholders via dividends and share buy-backs while also investing in strategic acquisitions and organic growth initiatives”.
The group in its fiscal FY25 results noted a 12 percent increase in profit for the year ending September 30th, hitting AU$1.55 billion ($1.01 billion), with revenue rising by 11 percent, to AU$6.29 billion ($4.11 billion).
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