Profit warnings by UK-listed firms up 20% YoY in Q2 2025: EY-Parthenon

Nearly a fifth (19 per cent) of such businesses issued at least one warning in the last 12 months.

A profit warning is a public statement issued by a company to inform its shareholders and the public that its financial performance is expected to be lower than previously anticipated.

UK-listed businesses issued 59 profit warnings in Q2 2025—a 20-per cent rise YoY, an EY-Parthenon report said.
Close to a fifth issued at least one warning in the last 12 months.
Forty-six per cent of those warnings cited policy change and geopolitical uncertainty as a top factor.
Two-fifths of those cited contract and order cancellations or delays, while 34 per cent cited tariff-related impacts.

Profit warnings citing contract and order cancellations or delays remained at a record level in Q2 (40 per cent), while 34 per cent cited tariff-related impacts, including weaker demand, supply chain disruption, and exchange-rate volatility.

Retail was among the sectors with the highest number of profit warnings during the second quarter.

EY-Parthenon is the strategy consulting arm of Ernst & Young (EY), focusing on transformative strategy and transactions.

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