Culled—Proshare 1/11/2016/FBNQuest Research Event: Lafarge Africa reports Q3 2016 results Implications: Slight reduction to consensus 2016E pre-tax loss forecast likely Positives: No obvious positives Negatives: Lafarge reported a pretax loss of -N11.6bn driven by a gross margin contraction of 2,243bps y/y to 5.5% and a -N3.4bn fx loss. Lafarge Africa’s […]

Culled—Proshare November 1, 2016/FBNQuest Research Event: International Breweries reports Q2 2017 (end-Sep) results Implications: Downward revision to consensus estimates expected Positives: Sales of N6.6bn were up 35% y/y and 12% ahead of our estimates Negatives: Pre-tax and post-tax losses of –N216m Late yesterday, the NSE published International Breweries’ Q2 2017 […]

Culled—Proshare November 1, 2016/FBNQuest Research Event: Ashaka Cement (Ashaka) reports Q3 2016 results Implications: Likely downward revisions to consensus 2016E PBT forecast likely Positives: Slight y/y fall in opex which surprised positively Negatives: Ashaka reported a pre-tax loss of –N648m, driven by elevated COGs and a -16% y/y decline in […]