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Computershare Reaffirms FY26 EPS Guidance and Lifts Margin Income Outlook

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  • Computershare reaffirmed higher FY26 EPS guidance, driven by solid performance and structural growth in its core issuer, employee share plan and corporate trust businesses.
  • Stronger client balances have led Computershare to upgrade FY26 margin income to about $740 million, reinforcing earnings momentum and supporting expectations for sustained high shareholder returns.
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Computershare Reaffirms FY26 EPS Guidance and Lifts Margin Income Outlook

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Computershare Limited ( (AU:CPU) ) has issued an announcement.

Computershare has reaffirmed its upgraded FY26 guidance for management earnings per share at around 144 cents, implying about 6% growth on the prior year, underpinned by stable performance in register maintenance, rising corporate action pipelines and solid demand across its core service lines. The group highlighted continued structural growth, recurring revenue strength and operating leverage as positioning it to sustain high returns into FY27.

Issuer Services is performing in line with expectations, with corporate action volumes and an expanding pipeline leaving the company well placed for new equity market structure developments such as tokenization. Employee Share Plans are benefiting from growing use of equity in compensation and increased trading activity, particularly among energy sector clients.

Corporate Trust has seen higher issuance volumes and fee revenues in the second half, while securing Ginnie Mae document custodian approval in March 2026 to support further growth in that segment. Client balances in Corporate Trust remain broadly stable compared with the first half of the year.

Margin income is set to outperform earlier expectations as client balances rise, driven mainly by corporate actions, lifting forecast average balances by about $0.5 billion versus prior assumptions. With the weighted average yield for FY26 unchanged at 2.37%, Computershare has upgraded its margin income guidance to around $740 million, reinforcing its earnings trajectory.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:CPU) stock is a Buy with a A$34.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Computershare Limited stock, see the AU:CPU Stock Forecast page.

More about Computershare Limited

Computershare Limited is a global financial services and technology company that provides issuer services, employee share plans administration and corporate trust solutions to listed companies and other institutional clients. Its businesses generate high levels of recurring revenue and are leveraged to structural growth trends such as increasing use of equity in remuneration and evolving equity market structures, including potential tokenization.

Average Trading Volume: 1,490,271

Technical Sentiment Signal: Hold

Current Market Cap: A$17.77B

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