William Hill Losing Market Share in Australia
"The growth in Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and CrownBet over the last three years has intensified competition in the Australian online sportsbetting market, driving William Hill's market share from 34% to just 12% (of the digital market), and net revenue flat in 2015 versus 2013 despite the market growing at around 15% per year," said UBS analyst Chris Stevens in a statement issued Wednesday.
UBS left its target price 290p unchanged.
William Hill says it expected operating profit for this year to fall between £260m and £280m, from £291m last year.
Much of this poor showing is related to unfavorable results at this year’s Cheltenham and football results going the way of punters.
William Hill shares dipped 0.06% to 305.23p at 1049 BST.
- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com