Results & Dividends

Lafarge Africa Plc. – Earnings Update Margins Break Historical Bounds

Culled—Proshare July 31, 2017/ARM Sustaining the trend from the first quarter of the year, Lafarge recorded another strong topline growth in Q2 17 (+34% YoY to N74 billion) with its PAT of N14.6 billion (vs. N28 billion loss in Q2 16) exciting equity investors (company share price: +48% YTD at […]

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc: FX Improvement Lifts H1 Results

Culled—-Proshare July 31, 2017/Vetiva Research ·         Topline comes in 4% higher q/q ·         Operating margin contracts from 3.2% in Q1 to 0.6% in Q2 ·         Naira appreciation drives lower FX acquisition losses ·         TP revised to ₦24.79 (Previous: ₦25.92) Strong Q2 numbers lifted by deceleration in FX losses JBERGER reported […]

Flour Mills of Nigeria Reports Q1 2018 Results – Gross Margin Contracted to 11.6%

Culled—-Proshare July 31, 2017/FBN Capital Research Event:                       Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) reports Q1 2018 (end-June) results Implications:        Likely upward revisions to consensus 2018 PBT forecast Positives:                Sales and PBT grew by 25% y/y and 6% y/y respectively Negatives:               Gross margin contracted by -124bp to 11.6%. […]