我是 LongbridgeAI，我可以總結文章信息。Ashtead Group 計劃在明年進行 15 億美元的股票回購，恰逢其主要上市遷移至紐約證券交易所。由於成本上升，該公司的 2024 財年第二季度税前利潤下降至 5.71 億美元，而收入則上升至 29.6 億美元。公司提議每股派發 37.5 美分的中期股息。Ashtead 重申了其 2026 財年的指導預期，預計租賃收入增長將在 0% 到 4% 之間，並對非住宅建築活動的積極指標表示樂觀
By Anthony O. Goriainoff
Ashtead Group said it would launch a share buyback next year as it reported a fall in fiscal second quarter pretax profit on higher costs.
The equipment rental company on Tuesday said it would launch a $1.5 billion share buyback on March 2, coinciding with the move of its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange.
For the three months ended Oct. 31, pretax profit fell to $571 million from $652.6 million in the year-earlier period. On an adjusted basis--which strips out exceptional and other on-off items--it fell 4% to $656 million.
Revenue rose to $2.96 billion from $2.94 billion, with rental revenue rising to $2.76 billion from $2.725 billion.
The board proposed an interim dividend of 37.5 cents a share, up from 36 cents last year.
Ashtead reiterated its guidance for fiscal 2026, expectingrental revenue growth in a 0% to 4% range, gross capital expenditure in a $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion range, and free cash flow in a $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion range.
"We continue to see positive leading indicators for local nonresidential construction activity," Chief Executive Brendan Horgan said.
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December 09, 2025 02:49 ET (07:49 GMT)
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