Lovisa Holdings (ASX:LOV) reported Thursday fiscal first-half 2026 earnings of AU$0.5271 per share, up from AU$0.5159 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of AU$0.61.
Revenue for the six months ended Dec. 28, 2025, was AU$500.7 million, compared with AU$405.9 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected AU$487.9 million.
The company said in the first seven weeks of the fiscal second half, its total sales rose 21.5% year on year, with comparable store sales up 1.6%.
The board declared an interim dividend of AU$0.53 per share, up from AU$0.50 a year earlier, payable March 26 to shareholders on record as of March 6.