Vistry (#VTY) – “Social and Affordable Homes Programme Funding Award”
- 2026-08-25 06:57:42
UK 12:50 Friday, 18 September 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
Most recently on ‘partnerships strategy’ housebuilding group Vistry (VTY), in May with the shares falling below 300p I wrote ‘argues some “excellent progress”, but is full-year “adjusted” profit now really likely to even be “towards the middle of the range of analysts' forecasts”?’. The shares most recently closed at 252.4p and what about further announcements from the group today?
I previously wrote on ‘partnerships strategy’ housebuilding group Vistry (VTY) ‘red flags on Christmas Eve; another profit warning despite having issued one as recently as last month!’ in 2024, concluding then its continuing uncertainty and lack of profit visibility suggested still avoid as the shares fell to around 550p. The shares most recently closed at just above 325p and what of they now falling below 300p on the back of an “AGM Trading update”?
Large cap FTSE companies are usually better-run than to be on the Red Flags At Christmas list, but today a “Trading Update” from FTSE 250 “UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure homes” Vistry Group (VTY). With the, Christmas Eve, no one watching o’clock of the update together with it following I concluding on the group in October, with the shares then falling below 950p, that the uncertainty suggested to avoid, it’s quelle surprise that it now…
Following the first half of 2024, emphasising “a strong half year performance” including its “Partnerships model significantly outperforming the traditional housebuilding market”, shares in Vistry Group (VTY) responded higher and most recently closed at 1273p. A “Trading update” today though commences including noting that the group “has recently become aware” that within its South division the total full-life cost projections to complete 9 developments “have been understated by c. 10% of the total build costs”, though also including “it is important to note that the group as a whole has around 300 developments”, so what of a current more than 25% lower share price response to below 950p?
