Worldline shares soar on Q3 sales growth surprise

** Shares in Worldline WLN.PA jump around 16% after its Q3 sales returned to growth and beat expectations

** The French digital payments firm's Q3 revenue reaches €946 million ($1.05 billion), up 2.5% organically y/y, beating analysts' expectations of a 0.1% drop to €925 million

** J.P. Morgan notes that the performance was better than expected even excluding a one-off in the merchant services and financial services divisions

** Jefferies sees "encouraging" trends with all regions, except Benelux, stabilised or growing

** The broker adds that platform convergence and cost control mean "2026 guidance seems well on track, with the focus likely to shift now to 2027 and cash-generation potential"

** Up to the previous session's close, shares were down about 36%​ YTD; they lost about 82% over the course of 2025

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