Why Woolworths, Domino’s and DroneShield shares are turning heads on Wednesday

Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW), Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP), and DroneShield Ltd (ASX: DRO) shares are creating a stir today.

In late-morning trade on Wednesday, one of the high-profile S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) stocks is racing ahead of the benchmark’s 0.5% gains, while two are falling hard.

Here’s what’s grabbing investor interest.

DroneShield shares tumble on half-year loss

DroneShield shares are getting hammered today, down 12.1% at $1.72 apiece.

This follows the release of the ASX 200 drone defence stock’s half-year results (H1 2026).

On the positive side of the ledger, the company announced record first-half revenue of $125.8 million, up 74% year on year.

But investors look to be selling down DroneShield shares with the company reporting an underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) loss of $12.4 million, down from an $8 million in positive earnings in H1 2025.

Management said the loss came amid “a period of planned investment in production capacity, product development, organisational systems and management capability to support larger global operations”.

On the bottom line, DroneShield reported a statutory net loss after tax of $32.2 million, down from a $2.1 million profit in the first half of 2025.

Woolworths shares lift on earnings growth

Unlike DroneShield shares, Woolworths shares are taking off today after the ASX 200 supermarket giant released its full-year FY 2026 results.

At the time of writing, Woolworths shares are changing hands for $40.59 each, up 4.5%.

Investors are favouring their buy buttons after Woolies reported a 3.6% year-on-year boost in sales to $71.54 billion. And EBITDA (before significant items) increased by 6.7% to $6.09 billion.

On the bottom line, Woolworths achieved a NPAT (before significant items) of $1.60 billion, up 15.4%.

This saw management increase the final fully-franked dividend by 15.6% from last year’s final payout of 52 cents per share.

Which brings us to…

Domino’s shares slump on $134 million loss

Joining Woolworths and DroneShield shares in creating a buzz today, we find Domino’s Pizza.

Shares in the ASX 200 fast-food pizza retailer are down 10.7% at the time of writing, trading for $17.94 apiece.

This follows the release of Domino’s own FY 2026 results.

Investors are pressuring the stock after Domino’s reported an 11.2% year-on-year decline in revenue to $2.05 billion.

While FY 2026 underlying NPAT of $121.6 million was up 4.0% from FY 2025, statutory NPAT came in at a loss of $134.2 million, impacted by significant non-cash items.

On the passive income front, management declared a final unfranked dividend of 32.5 cents per share. That’s up 51.2% from last year’s final payout. But Domino’s full-year dividend payments of 57.5 cents per share are down 25.3% from FY 2025.

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Motley Fool contributor Bernd Struben has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Domino’s Pizza Enterprises and DroneShield. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Domino’s Pizza Enterprises. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.