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Nigerian Breweries Plc Q3 2018: Excise Duties and Rising Competition Push PBT to Negative Region

October 29, 2018/InvestmentOne report ·         Contracted topline performance: down 27.1% q/q, 11.2% y/y. ·         Reduced gross profit margin: down 1395bps q/q, 592bps y/y ·         Higher opex/sales ratio: up 764bps q/q, 410bps y/y. ·         Loss before tax of N5.07billion in Q3 2018 against a Profit before tax of N12.30billion and N369million […]

Unilever Nigeria Plc | Q3-18 EPS Flattered by One-Off Gain; HOLD!

October 29, 2018/Cordros Report Update: Following the 9M-18 result published last week, we have cut our estimates for UNILEVER’s 2019-2020E EPS by 3% and revise TP lower to NGN39.14/s (previously NGN40.94/s). Stripping out the one-off gain of NGN2.24 billion from the disposal of the Spreads business, we estimate that Q3-18 […]

Guinness Nigeria Plc Q1 2019 Results: Lower Finance Cost Supported y/y Improvement in PBT

October 29, 2018/InvestmentOne report  ·         Lower topline performance: down 25.1% q/q, 6.1% y/y. ·         Contracted gross profit margin: down 236bps q/q, 226bps y/yy ·         Mixed opex/sales ratio: down 95bps q/q, up 80bps y/y.. ·         Mixed PBT margin performance: down 110bps q/q, up 424bps y/y.  Guinness Nigeria Plc (GN), last week, […]