Flutter shares plummet on earnings miss and another key leadership change

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 05, 2026 · 631 words · By Contessa Brewer

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What to know about Flutter shares plummet on earnings miss and another key leadership change

Flutter shares faltered Wednesday after the company slashed its full-year U.S.

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What happened

Flutter shares faltered Wednesday after the company slashed its full-year U.S.

Why it matters

profit guidance by 22% and announced the departure of CEO Peter Jackson at the end of the quarter.

Common ground

The current CEO of Flutter's international business, Dan Taylor, will take the reins, effective Oct.

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Claim 1: “Wall Street expectations of 60 cents per share, according to LSEG”

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The claim states expectations were 60 cents per share according to LSEG, but multiple sources report the consensus estimate was actually 54 cents per share.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The STOXX Europe 600, also called STOXX 600, SXXP, is a stock index of European stocks designed by STOXX Ltd. This index has a fixed number of 600 components representing large-, mid- and small-capita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOXX_Europe_600

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web search NEUTRAL — For the fourth quarter, Flutter reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $832 million, below the $893 million that Wall Street was expecting, according to St…
https://businesspressdaily.com/fanduel-parent-flutter-report…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share topped analysts’ forecasts of 57 cents per share. However, revenue of $30.21 billion fell short of the consensus estimate for $30.44 billion. Coca-Cola — Shares…
https://londonwallet.co.uk/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-p…

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Claim 2: “Flutter expects about $50 million in market-making revenue this year.”

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Claim 3: “Revenue narrowly beat analysts' estimates, at $4.33 billion versus the $4.26 billion expected by LSEG.”

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Multiple sources confirm revenue was $4.33 billion, beating estimates (though some sources cite the estimate as $4.23 billion rather than $4.26 billion, the beat and the actual figure are corroborated).

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web search NEUTRAL — Sees revenue $44 billion to $45 billion, estimate $35.06 billion. Sees AI Server revenue about $15.5 billion. Sees adjusted EPS $4.70 to $4.90, estimate $3.05. First-quarter results crushed the analys…
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/significantly-exceeding-ex…

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover company data spanning fundamentals, filings, ownership, estimates, events, transcripts and ESG content to support research and analysis.
https://www.lseg.com/en/data-catalogue/company-data

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web search NEUTRAL — estimated 470 million smallholder farms globally under two hectares in size.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X1…

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Claim 4: “Shares of Flutter fell more than 11% Wednesday.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the Flutter software framework and installation guides, which are irrelevant to the stock price of Flutter Entertainment.

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter is an open-source UI software development kit created by Google. It can be used to develop cross platform applications from a single codebase for the web, [4] Fuchsia, Android, iOS, Linux, mac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutter_(software)

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter is an open-source framework for building beautiful, natively compiled, multi-platform applications from a single codebase. Flutter code compiles to ARM or Intel machine code as well as JavaScr…
https://flutter.dev/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · Ready to build beautiful, multiplatform apps from a single codebase? Choose from the following two options to get started setting up your Flutter development environment.
https://docs.flutter.dev/install

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Claim 5: “The company reported earnings per share of 49 cents for its second quarter”

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Multiple sources report that Flutter's second-quarter adjusted earnings per share were 49 cents.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flutter Entertainment plc is an Irish-American multinational sports betting and gambling company. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutter_Entertainment

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — My Little Pony is an American animated series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and animated by Toei Animation and AKOM based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony_(TV_series)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wow and Flutter is an EP by the post-rock band Stereolab, which served as the second single from their 1994 album Mars Audiac Quintet. A limited edition of 3,000 7" copies was released with hand-paint…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_and_Flutter

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Claim 6: “The current CEO of Flutter's international business, Dan Taylor, will take the reins, effective Oct. 1.”

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Multiple sources confirm Dan Taylor, current CEO of the international division, will take over as Group CEO effective October 1, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gemini (also known as Google Gemini and formerly known as Bard) is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot and virtual assistant developed by Google. It is powered by the family of large language…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Bo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. He…
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Claim 7: “Jackson spent nine years leading Flutter”

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Claim 8: “the sportsbook recently posted its biggest-ever MLB week.”

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Claim 9: “announced the departure of CEO Peter Jackson at the end of the quarter”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Peter Jackson is stepping down as CEO at the end of September (the end of the quarter).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Breon Thomas Corcoran (born July 1971) is an Irish businessman, the CEO of IG Group and a non-executive director of Tilney Investment Management Services and Bestinvest, both part of the Tilney Group.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeremy Peter Jackson (born 14 October 1975) is a British businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Flutter Entertainment since January 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson_(British_busines…

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Claim 10: “The company is putting roughly $270 million of additional EBITDA investment into its U.S. business in the second half of 2026”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this specific investment figure for H2 2026.

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Claim 11: “roughly one third of FanDuel's 2.3 million World Cup customers were reactivated”

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Claim 12: “In May, Taylor was tasked with oversight of FanDuel after that business's CEO, Amy Howe, was ousted.”

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Claim 13: “promotional spending will move closer to 6% of handle”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding promotional spending moving closer to 6% of handle.

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Claim 14: “For its full-year, Flutter now expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for its U.S. business of $760 million”

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Both The Motley Fool and iGaming Express confirm the revised full-year U.S. adjusted EBITDA guidance is $760 million.

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web search NEUTRAL — The revised full-year US EBITDA guidance of $760 million now requires more than a double-up in profitability across the second half of 2026 compared to Q1+Q2’s combined $238 million.
https://www.kavout.com/market-lens/flutter-s-plunge-a-us-pro…

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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Adjusted EBITDA Guidance -- $760 million, lowered from previous forecasts to prioritize proactive customer acquisition and retention. U.S. Promotional Spend -- 5.4% of handle, compared to 4% in t…
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/08/12/fl…

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web search NEUTRAL — What Flutter Gave Up. The company cut its full-year US adjusted EBITDA guidance by $210m to $760m at the midpoint, a 22% reduction, and its US revenue guidance by $395m to $7.4bn.
https://igamingexpress.com/flutter-is-handing-back-270m-of-p…

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Claim 15: “CME will continue to provide financial market contracts”

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Claim 16: “The company's sports and novelty contracts are moving from CME to Crypto.com”

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Claim 17: “FanDuel's loyalty program reached 70% of customers during the quarter”

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Claim 18: “the company slashed its full-year U.S. profit guidance by 22%”

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Multiple sources confirm the reduction in U.S. profit guidance. iGaming Express specifically mentions a 22% reduction to $760 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Atrial flutter (AFL) is a common abnormal heart rhythm that starts in the atrial chambers of the heart. When it first occurs, it is usually associated with a fast heart rate and is classified as a ty…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_flutter

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FanDuel Group is an American gambling company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino services. The company is headquartered in Manhattan, New York City and opera…
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Claim 19: “NBA Finals actives increased 26% per game”

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