The audited financial statements for Berger Paints Jamaica will be considered at a meeting of the company’s Board of Directors at a meeting scheduled for Friday, April 28.
The board is expected to approve the audited statements for the year ended March 31 and to consider payment of a Dividend.
In 2016 the company made net profit of $122 million compared to $67 million in 2015 and earnings per stock unit 57 cents in 2016 and 31 cents in 2015. A dividend of 20 cents per share amounting to $42.86 million and representing 35 percent of profit for the year ended March 2016 was paid on July 14, 2016 and a dividend of 12 cents per share amounting to $25.7 million or 38.35 percent of 2015 profit was paid in 2015. IC Insider.com forecast is for earnings of $1.30 per share for 2016 and $1.90 for 2018 that should result in dividend of approximately 50 cents per share for 2016 and around 70 cents for 2018.
Dividend consideration for Berger
April 26, 2017 by