JD Sports Fashion Logs Lower Fiscal H1 Sales; FY27 Profit Outlook Cut

MT Newswires · 3d ago
02:31 AM EDT, 08/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- JD Sports Fashion (JD.L) on Thursday reported lower year-over-year fiscal first-half total sales. The London-listed sports retailer's total sales for the 26 weeks ended Aug. 1 were 5.9 billion pounds sterling, down 0.7% on an organic basis from a year earlier and 2.8% lower on a like-for-like basis. Looking ahead, the group now expects fiscal 2027 profit before tax and adjusting items between 700 million pounds and 800 million pounds, compared with the previous guidance of 750 million pounds to 850 million pounds.