FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Reckitt / 2 October 2026
Reckitt (RKT): news on Friday 2 October 2026
+1.2 neutral
Coverage was mixed: the planned Nutley R&D facility, marketing hires and brand activity were positive. These were offset by a pessimistic Jefferies forecast, a share price pullback and mixed broker views ahead of the third-quarter update.
What drove it
- Nutley R&D facility
- broker views ahead of Q3
- marketing appointments
The 12 stories
- −7.0 Jefferies Financial Group Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) Stock Price
Jefferies issues pessimistic price forecast for the shares. - +6.3 Lysol Manufacturer Reckitt Plans New 145,000-Square-Foot R&D Facility in Nutley
New R&D facility signals investment in innovation. - −5.5 What's behind Reckitt Benckiser's latest stock pullback?
Coverage of a recent share price pullback. - +5.0 How Is Reckitt (LSE:RKT) Backing US Innovation With Its Nutley Campus Plan This Month?
Nutley campus plan seen as backing US innovation. - +3.7 Guntas Randhawa Moves From Unilever to Reckitt to Lead Health Marketing
Hires Unilever marketer for health marketing role. - +3.3 Reckitt appoints Guntas Randhawa as Regional Marketing Director – Health, South Asia
Senior marketing appointment in South Asia health. - +3.3 Guntas Randhawa moves to Reckitt after over 17 years at Unilever
Experienced Unilever marketer joins Reckitt. - +3.0 Dettol Banega Swasth India To Launch Season 13 On Gandhi Jayanti With A Four-Hour National Telethon On NDTV
Dettol brand campaign returns for another season; positive brand visibility. - +2.5 Lysol Air Sanitizer Launches Limited-Edition Apple Cinnamon and Winter Woods Scents for Fall
Lysol limited-edition product launch; minor but positive. - +2.0 Video | Reckitt CEO Kris Licht: Building Daily Habits For Long-Term Societal Impact
CEO interview on brand purpose; mildly positive, no hard news. - +1.3 Reckitt Benckiser faces mixed Q3 sales forecasts but retains buy ratings from UBS and Jefferies.
Mixed Q3 forecasts but buy ratings retained. - −0.8 Reckitt faces mixed broker forecasts ahead of third-quarter update
Brokers split ahead of third-quarter update.
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