Compass Group Earnings Boosted by Strong North America Performance

By Adam Whittaker

Compass Group said its fiscal-year earnings were boosted by revenue growth across its North American and international units.

The U.K. catering contractor reported a pretax profit of $2.58 billion for the year through Sept. 30 compared with $2.06 billion a year earlier.

Revenue was $46.07 billion compared with a company-compiled consensus of $45.4 billion, representing organic growth of 8.7% on net new business growth and higher prices. A year earlier, Compass reported revenue of $42 billion.

The company reported net new business growth of 4.5%, which was particularly strong in North America, it said Tuesday.

Underlying operating profit--a company-preferred metric, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items--rose by 12% on a constant-currency basis to $3.335 billion. Analysts had expected $3.31 billion.

For 2026, Compass expects underlying operating profit growth of around 10%, driven by organic revenue growth of around 7%, around 2% profit growth from mergers and acquisitions, and margin progression.

The board declared a final dividend of 43.3 cents, taking the full-year dividend to 65.9 cents compared with 59.8 cents a year earlier.

Write to Adam Whittaker at adam.whittaker@wsj.com

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November 25, 2025 02:45 ET (07:45 GMT)