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On the Beach - Well on track for TTR of £2.5bn and EPS of 40p by 2028-9

October 2025

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  • Epic Code:
  • OTB
  • Price:
  • 218p
Ahead of reporting its full year results in December, OTB’s pre-close update said TTV was up 11% to £1.23bn. This was driven by the continued expansion of its City Breaks offer, now live in 155 destinations - and to focus on this it is now withdrawing from its lossmaking B2B Classic Collection activity. It also said Summer ‘25 was 12% ahead and that it is confident Summer ‘26 will continue to build. What spooked the market was OTB saying it expects to deliver a pretax profit in the range of £34.5m-to £35.5m, a figure that is £2-3m below the level anticipated at H1. This was down to later booking patterns: a cohort of customers had booked their holidays later in the season causing a revenue delay - a trend seen by most operators th ...

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