IN BRIEF: Halfords shares cruise higher on "positive" trading update
29th Apr 2026 13:40
Halfords Group PLC - Redditch, England-based motoring and cycling retailer - Reports 4.8% group like for like sales growth for the year ended April 3, with Retail LfL sales increasing by 4.1% and Autocentres LfL sales increasing 5.8%, excluding Halfords' Avayler software platform. With the Retail division, Motoring LfL sales rise 2.9% and Cycling sales rise 6.4%. Halfords says it continues to be cash-generative, and that its balance sheet was in a net cash position at the end of the year. Predicts that underlying pretax profit for the year will be "around the upper end" of the GBP36.0 million to GBP41.2 million consensus range. Read More