UK’s Rightmove stock tumbles over 28% as AI investments expected to weigh on 2026 profit

Share in British real estate listing company Rightmove plummeted as much as 28% on Friday after it warned of lower profit growth on the back of accelerated investments in artificial intelligence.

Rightmove projected a operating profit growth of 3% to 5% in 2026, coming in lower than its forecast of 9% growth this year. The firm put the shrinking down to its AI investments as it upgrades internal systems and its consumer-facing app and search tools. It’s also looking at newer applications of AI, such as agents.

The share move marks a new 52-week low for the firm, though it pared some losses and was last trading 12% lower.

UBS analysts said the “strategic pivot poses important questions that the market will not yet have answers to” and moved its price target and rating for Rightmove to under review.

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