Haleon (HLN) Falls 7.7% on Revenue Miss

We recently published 10 Stocks Left Behind in a Roaring Market. Haleon plc (NYSE:HLN) was one of the worst performers on Wednesday.

Haleon dropped its share prices by as much as 7.67 percent on Wednesday to close at $10.43 apiece after missing its revenue growth guidance last year.

In an updated report, Haleon plc (NYSE:HLN) said that it incurred an organic revenue growth of 3 percent, missing its previous outlook of 3.5 percent, primarily dampened by a weakening US consumer environment, coupled with a lower level of cold and flu incidence, which impacted performance particularly in the fourth quarter.

“A normal cold and flu season would have resulted in 40bps higher organic revenue growth for FY 2025,” Haleon plc (NYSE:HLN) said.

Net income attributable to shareholders jumped by 15.6 percent to 1.667 billion pounds from 1.442 billion pounds in 2024, while reported revenues stood at 11.03 billion pounds, lower by 1.8 percent than the 11.2 billion pounds registered a year earlier.

For this year, Haleon plc (NYSE:HLN) is targeting an organic revenue growth of 3 to 5 percent, as well as a high single-digit growth in adjusted operating profit.

It also allocated 500 million pounds in share buybacks this year.

“Looking ahead, we remain confident in our medium-term guidance underpinned by the implementation of our new operating model to drive growth and agility. While the consumer environment remains challenging near-term, we are even more focused on driving category growth and increasing our market outperformance,” CEO Brian McNamara said.

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