The money machine is still humming
MONY Group’s 2025 preliminary results read like a company that knows exactly how to use its cash. Revenue came in at £446.3m, up 2% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA nudged up 2% to £145.1m. Not exactly a fireworks show, but in a market that loves drama, steady profits can be the boring superpower.
Shareholders get the encore
The bigger headline for investors is capital returns. MONY completed a £30m share buyback in 2025 — which took 15 million shares out of circulation — and then followed that up with a fresh £25m buyback for 2026. It also proposed a final dividend of 9.30p, bringing the full-year payout to 12.63p, up 1%.
That means 2025 shareholder returns totaled £96m. Translation: management isn’t hoarding the cash under the mattress. It’s sending a meaningful chunk back to owners while still keeping enough flexibility for acquisitions if the right deal comes along.
Where the growth is coming from
The company said Money and Home Services did the heavy lifting, while car insurance continued to throw a few elbows. Even so, MONY said it expects 2026 adjusted EBITDA to land in line with consensus at about £146m.
Big picture: this is one of those updates that won’t make your heart race, but it does suggest the business is still doing the unglamorous work investors actually like — earning money, buying back stock, and nudging the dividend higher without sounding panicked.