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Zotefoams H1 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.H1 2026 earnings summary5 Aug, 2026
Executive summary
Revenue grew 23% year-over-year to £95.2m, driven by diversification, strong growth in Transport & Smart Technologies, and the OKC acquisition.
Adjusted operating profit rose 34% to £16.3m, with margin up 130bps to 17.1%.
Strategic investments in Vietnam, South Korea, and the UK Innovation Hub are progressing on schedule, supporting future growth and innovation.
Proposed restructuring of UK operations aims to optimize manufacturing, focus on innovation and non-footwear, and deliver £4m annualized savings, affecting over 100 roles.
The business is more balanced, with non-footwear markets and the OKC acquisition offsetting planned normalization in footwear.
Financial highlights
Group revenue up 23% to £95.2m; organic revenue up 4% (6% at constant currency).
Adjusted operating profit up 34% to £16.3m; adjusted EPS up 29% to 25.7p; gross profit up 26% to £33.9m; gross margin up 100bps to 35.6%.
Adjusted profit before tax rose 34% to £15.3m; statutory profit before tax up 23% to £14.0m.
Interim dividend increased by 5% to 2.63p per share.
Net debt increased to £39.1m due to strategic investments and OKC deferred consideration; leverage at 0.98x.
Outlook and guidance
Full-year expectations unchanged; momentum supports delivery in line with market expectations.
Medium-term ambition: revenue above £230m and operating profit above £40m by FY2029.
Footwear revenue expected to be lower through H2 2026 and 2027, recovering from 2028 as Vietnam ramps up.
Strategic investments and restructuring expected to drive stronger value creation from 2028 onwards.
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Zotefoams Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells polyolefin block foams in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through Polyolefin Foams, High-Performance Products, and MuCell Extrusion LLC segments. Zotefoams Plc offers AZOTE, a polyolefin foam under the Plastazote, Evazote and Supazote brands; and various high-performance foams manufactured from fluoropolymers, engineering polymers and specialty elastomers under the ZOTEK brand. The company also provides T FIT which is used as clean insulation system in pharmaceutical biotech semiconductor cleanroom industries. In addition Zotefoams owns MuCell microcellular foam technology for industrial applications including insulation for electronic components