Despite an 88.6 percent jump in provision for bad loans and infighting within the board, Access Financial Services reported impressive increase in profit for the March quarter with revenues climbing 46 percent to $253 million and profits of $80 million versus $61.5 in 2013. Wages grew by 30 percent to $65 million and other operating expenses climbed by 33 percent both at a slower pace than revenues.
No provision has been made for taxation but the company should be subject to tax on profit in the last quarter at 50 percent of the tax rate for that quarter’s profit.
At the end of the quarter, the balance sheet shows assets of $1.298 billion slightly higher than the $1.27 billion at the end of December last year. In the past the figures at the end of the March quarter usually show a contraction as much of the increased lending ahead of the Christmas period is repaid. Loans outstanding are up strongly by 48 percent to $1.12 billion, almost the same amount at the end of December.
Access should, if they are able to overcome the directorship and management issues, end up with earnings per share around the $1.50 level for the current year. Investors, who would buy into it now, would need to have a long term view of it based on where the price is now — unless of course, there is a hostile takeover that could well push the price up.
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