Marks & Spencer (#MKS) – FY adj. EPS down to 23.8p, DPS up to 4.2p
- 2026-05-20 06:59:59
UK 00:01 Thursday, 8 October 2026
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I cannot say that we give Marks & Spencer (MKS) much of our custom but as of now this family is giving it no business at all. And the reason is the comedienne Dawn French. Earlier this year she posted an obscene video mocking the evil Jews for complaining about the October 7 pogrom, the biggest one day slaughter of Jews since World War Two.
If you roll back a few years I have held shares in both Marks & Spencer (MKS) and ITV plc (ITV), but I have not in either for quite a while. From a 2023 perspective, what that has meant is that I have missed out on a near doubling of M&S shares, but I have been fortunate enough to miss out on an over 20% fall (and much more over the last five years) in ITV. As for the world into 2024, do I consider getting involved in either?
The Christmas advert season has started and the competition is on to find out which retailer can win the Sharon White award for pissing off your core customers with the most offensively woke offering. An early leader is Marks & Spencer which released to a tease, an out-take, showing red, white and green Christmas hats being thrown in the fire. This has now been withdrawn following a backlash. From Christians? Don’t be so silly old son!.
I read today Marks and Spencer (MKS) observe that it has seen strong trading. Or to be more specific, “the first 19 weeks of the year has seen continued market share growth in both the Clothing & Home and Food businesses, and good progress on the programme to reshape M&S”. That is a lot better than many UK retailers…but how and why?
The last time I wrote about the shares of Marks and Spencer (MKS) was just before the world of Covid-19 kicked in globally. Back then I concluded that “at least the incoming Marks & Spencer CFO knows how to admit a wrong strategy”, and over the last 27 months or so M&S shares have gone down and up. This morning’s rise, after full year numbers publication, of about 11% has taken the shares back to the level of just over 180p of when I last wrote about them. Is the turnaround actually working?
Hello Share Chewers. Many years ago now Marks & Spencer (MKS) was an alluring share. Decent dividends and a steadily rising price graph. I sold my holding when the shares attained about 340p. Good job I did because nowadays the company’s shares have struggled for years and are currently at only 141p. But a few happy recent trips to M&S move me to consider buying back in.
I am sure there are some people who are still very hopeful about their Marks & Spencer (MKS) shares but I dumped mine so long ago that I guess even a pair of its expensive boxers would have worn out by now. Forget though the 60% fall in the company’s share price over the last five years or the 40% fall year-to-date, or even the decision of the CEO to exit stage left after six years in charge, is there any interest in the shares over the next year or not?
