Launch of The Baron cabinet drives sales
Strong operating performance saw Australian slot giant Aristocrat Leisure post profit of $1.6bn for the year, up 12 per cent with the inclusion of NeoGames for the full 12 month period, partially offset by
increased corporate costs including higher legal expenses, lower interest income and a higher
effective tax rate.
Growth in Aristocrat Gaming was driven by an outstanding second half for Outright Sales across all market segments, with significant share gains in North America and ANZ. Gaming Operations delivered further installed base growth and market share gains, with a sequential improvement in fee per day in the second half.
This was fuelled by an outstanding performance and strong share gains in North American and Australian outright sales in the second half of the year. The company’s gaming operations installed base grew by 4,100 net units over the year to 75,225 units with market share increasing to 43 per cent. Aristocrat maintained market-leading fee per day of US$53.23 across the expanded footprint, demonstrating two per cent sequential growth in 2H25.
Sales revenue increased 11 per cent due to strong unit growth, underpinned by ship share gains in the second half, enabled by the launch of the Baron in key markets. Strong game performance was led by the successful debut of Spooky Link, which achieved the fastest ramp-up of any game sales in Aristocrat history.
Aristocrat’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Trevor Croker, said “We delivered on our second half performance commitments, and achieved a strong Group result for the full year, with double digit growth across most key metrics. This illustrates the quality of Aristocrat’s portfolio and ability to grow through different operating environments while also investing for the future.
“The Group delivered strong revenue and EBITDA growth over the year, again benefitting from strong organic growth and an outstanding portfolio of content across the Group. This result once again highlights our market leadership and scale as fundamental strengths of the business, supported by a focus on efficiency and extracting operating leverage as we grow.
“This year was a period of positive transition for Aristocrat as the business aligned its portfolio to refreshed priorities while maintaining a proven approach that has delivered high-quality operational performance and superior profit growth over a sustained period. Consistent with our strategy, we completed the divestiture of Plarium during the year, generating a significant gain on sale, and subsequent to year end, we divested Big Fish Games. From FY26 onwards, our Product Madness mobile operations will therefore be focused purely on social casino.
“We also invested significantly in technology and product, and took foundational steps that will set up Aristocrat Interactive to accelerate performance, and allow us to fully utilise our content, scale and capabilities. Our three complementary business segments are united by a common core of great gaming content and technology, each offering exciting growth prospects. We also continue to actively pursue strategic M&A opportunities, in a disciplined and consistent manner.
“We advanced our sustainability agenda over the year by driving improvements and further lifting maturity across our most important priorities. Empowering Safer Play remains our most important sustainability matter, directly supporting our ability to deliver financial results over the long term, to benefit our people, customers and shareholders. We remain focused on building the capabilities and processes required to meet mandatory sustainability reporting requirements globally and to deliver on our public climate targets.
“$1.4bn of cash was returned to shareholders through dividends and on-market share buy-backs, in line with the Group’s capital allocation framework. Looking ahead, we continue to see strong momentum in our business as we align our portfolio to capture the significant strategic opportunities in front of us. We remain committed to our capital management strategy and our ongoing on-market share buy-back program,” Mr Croker concluded.
Product Madness’ Social Casino franchises continued to outperform the Social Slots market. This was achieved as the business continued to focus on operational efficiency and saw an uplift in Direct to Consumer (DTC) sales. Aristocrat Interactive reflects the inclusion of NeoGames for the full year, with organic growth in iLottery and the continued scaling of Content. The Group maintained high levels of organic investment in product and technology, driving innovation across the portfolio and continued share growth in key markets and genres. D&D investment was a market-leading 12.7 per cent of revenues, and UA investment remained focused and disciplined.
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