Revenues rose 10 percent, for Berger Paints Jamaica in the June quarter to $387 million, up from $353 million for June 2013. Loss after taxation, fell to only $372,000 from $3.16 million in 2013.
For the full of year to March this year, the company reported profit after corporation tax of $55 million, from revenues of $1.74 billion. IC Insider is forecasting earnings of 43 cents per share earnings, for the current year ending March 2015. Berger paid a dividend of 8 cents per share in July this year, based on the 2014 profit.
Cash and bank balances rose to $68 million at the end of June from $41 million in March and shareholders’ equity was $411 million.
Big improvement in Berger’s Q1 numbers
August 13, 2014 by
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[…] Berger Paints Jamaica enjoyed a 25 percent jump in after tax profit, for the December quarter and 12 percent for the nine months to December, thanks to lower tax rate as profit before tax was up 16 percent and only 4.5 percent respectively. Sales revenues were up 9 percent in the quarter, to $679 million and 6 percent for the nine months to reach $1.496 billion. Profit before tax, amounted to $84 million for the quarter, up from $72.5 million and $95.3 million versus $91 million. After providing $21 million for tax, net profit for the quarter ended at $63 million or 30 cents per share, and for the nine months, earnings ended at $71.5 million or 33 cents per share. At year end, cash ended at $48 million compared $41 million at the end of March, but current assets climbed to $891 million from $674 million at March and $792 million at the end of 2013. Current liabilities rose as well, to $422 million from $390 million at the end of 2013 and $290 at March last year. Going forward, Berger should benefit from the lower price for oil on the world market as a major input into producing paints is oil based products. Profits for the year to March, should end around 34 cents. Investors should be seeing a large portion of the profit being paid out as dividend, with the stock price now at $1.56, the yield could exceed 10 percent. IC Insider forecast 54 cents per share for the 2016 fiscal year. Berger Paints Jamaica is listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. […]