<div id="readability-page-1"><div>(Alliance News) - Experian PLC on Wednesday raised its guidance for financial 2026 revenue growth and margin improvement, saying &#34;AI-driven automation and personalisation&#34; is transforming its customer relationships and internal processes.The Dublin-based credit checking firm said pretax profit rose 36% to USD975 million in the six months that ended September 30 from USD718 million a year before, as revenue grew by 12% to USD4.07 billion from USD3.63 billion.Benchmark earnings before interest and tax increased by 14% to USD1.15 billion from USD999 million. Benchmark Ebit margin improved by 50 basis points at constant currency and 30 points at actual rates. Organic revenue growth was 8%, led by demand for data, analytics, and consumer services. Experian provides consumer credit score checking, fraud detection, and credit application processing, among other data services.Chief Executive Officer Brian Cassin said Experian delivered &#34;strong growth in revenue, earnings and cash flow&#34; and remains on track with its cloud migration and AI-driven transformation. &#34;We have enhanced our product platforms, deepened consumer relationships and transformed customer experiences and internal processes through AI-driven automation and personalisation,&#34; he said. The company now expects financial 2026 total revenue growth of 11%, slightly slower than what it achieved in the first half but at the top end of its prior guidance. Organic revenue growth is expected to be 8%, the same as the first-half performance but up from previous guidance of 6% to 8%. Margin accretion is expected to be 30 to 50 basis points, also similar to the first-half performance. Experian declared an interim dividend of 21.25 US cents per share, up 10% from 19.25 US cents a year prior.The stock was down 1.5% to 3,428.50 pence early Wednesday in London.Panmure Liberum said Experian's half-year results were slightly ahead of a tight range of market expectations, which it said will drive small analyst upgrades for the full year.The broker has a 'buy' rating and 4,450p price target on Experian shares.By Tom Waite, Alliance News editorComments and questions to newsroom@alliancenews.comCopyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.</div></div>

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Experian PLC 上調了 2026 年的財務指引，稱受益於人工智能驅動的自動化和個性化。該公司的税前利潤激增 36% 至 9.75 億美元，收入增長 12% 至 40.7 億美元。自主收入增長為 8%，並宣佈每股派發 21.25 美分的中期股息，增加了 10%。儘管股價略有下跌，分析師預計全年會有小幅上調，維持 “買入” 評級，目標價為 4,450 便士

Experian 稱讚人工智能的優勢，上調年度指引並提高股息