Lego profit jumps 31% as video game Dimensions lifts market share

Lego continues to outpace the two largest US toymakers, Mattel and Hasbro

Lego profit rose by 31% Pic: Getty Images

Lego said net income jumped 31 per cent last year as a new video game helped Europe’s biggest toymaker gain market share in all its regions.

Net income rose to 9.2 billion Danish krone (€1.23 billion) in 2015 from seven billion kroner a year earlier, the Danish company said. Profit grew faster than sales, which expanded 25 per cent to 35.8 billion krone.

Lego said sales grew by a “double-digit” percentage rate in ...