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StocksMedium•11 November 2026•
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Record Motorpoint sales lift shares 3.57% as revenue grows 6%

Key Facts

1Retail sales rose to 35,430 vehicles, up 7.6% from the previous first half.
2Revenue increased 6.0% to £686.7 million, from £647.7 million.
3The metal margin reached a record £1,266 per vehicle, compared with £1,063.
4Motorpoint shares rose 3.57% to 145.00 pence at 10:13 on 11 November 2026.

Motorpoint shares rose 3.57% to 145.00 pence at 10:13 on 11 November 2026, after the company reported first-half results for financial year 2027. The results showed growth in revenue and retail sales during the six months ended 30 September 2026. Revenue was £686.7 million, up 6.0% from £647.7 million in the corresponding period. The company also recorded a record for retail sales, while its metal margin rose to a record level. By 10:17 GMT, the shares were up 1.5% at 142.16 pence, according to Sharecast.

Retail sales totalled 35,430 vehicles, up 7.6% from 32,940 vehicles in the first half of the previous financial year. Total vehicles sold, including wholesale sales, rose 8.2% to 51,270. Chief Executive Mark Carpenter said growth of 7.6% in retail sales and 11.9% in gross profit reflected "our continued outperformance of the used-car market." UK market figures for the third quarter show slower growth, with used-car transactions rising 0.5% to 2,030,619. Since the start of 2026, transactions have increased 0.3% to 6,056,169, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

The metal margin improved to a record £1,266 per vehicle, compared with £1,063 in the first half of financial year 2026. Retail gross profit per vehicle also rose to £1,431 from £1,349 in the corresponding period. Return on capital employed climbed to 81.0%, compared with 58.8% a year earlier. Motorpoint declared an interim dividend of 2.0 pence per share, against 1.0 pence in the previous first half. These indicators add to revenue and sales-volume growth, while the results describe only retail sales and the metal margin as record levels.

In October 2026, the company's retail sales volumes rose 9.7%, according to Sharecast. Motorpoint kept its forecast for the financial year ending in March 2027 unchanged. This followed an upgrade to market expectations in September, according to the same coverage. These figures place October's performance and the full-year outlook in the context of the first-half results, but do not change the company's stated forecast for the financial year. The forecast's stated deadline remains the end of the financial year in March 2027.