By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s most capitalised quoted company, Dangote Cement Plc said on Tuesday its profit after tax (PAT) for the period ended March 31, 2018 grew 29.1 percent to N72.12 billion from N55.86 billion recorded a year ago.

Similarly, profit before tax (PBT) increased 40.2 percent to N108.40 billion from N77.31 billion posted the same period of 2017.

However, revenue of Dangote Cement grew to N242.11 billion in the Q1 period of 2018 from N208.16 billion declared in Q1 of 2018, the cement producer said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).