Paramount rolls along with more profits

Paramount office

Paramount office

Junior market listed, Paramount Trading reported another quarter of increased revenues and profit with growth of 17 percent in sales to end at $238 million and profit of $42.6 million, an increase of 25 percent for the August quarter over that of 2014. Cost of sales increased by 12 percent much slower than the growth in revenues, leading to an upward movement in gross profit margin, from 32 percent to 34 percent. Distribution cost jumped 70 percent but from a small base, to reach $710 million while administrative cost excluding depreciation, rose 36 percent to $38 million. Finance cost fell from $1.8 million to $1.3 million.
“Year over year, operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue increased 16.9 percent versus 14.9 percent as the company continued to strengthen its team and streamline operations. Paramount has a positive outlook for the rest of the year as it continues to aggressively pursue growth opportunities,” Hugh Graham, CEO & Managing Director stated in a report to shareholders accompanying the financials.
During the quarter the company generated $44 million in cash from operations and ended up with new cash funds of $69 million after reducing the level of receivables by $20 million, payables grew by $33 and Inventory rose by $15 million, putting cash and equivalent at $164 million at the end of the August.
Some of the products the company handles

Some of the products the company handles

The principal activity of the Company is importation and distribution of chemicals and other related products including “SIKA” branded hardware products, whose line of products include anchoring adhesives and sealants principally distributed to the commercial hardware market.
Earnings per share for the quarter ended at 28 cents compared with 22 cents, in the August 2014 quarter and 95 cents for the 2015 year that ended in May. IC Insider forecast $1.45 per share for the full year. The stock trades at $6.10 on the Junior market, placing the PE ratio at 4 with much room for growth in the stock price with nearly half of the junior stocks valued at an average of 8.6 times current year’s earnings with all of those above 7.7 times.
The company will be considering a dividend at a directors’ meeting to be held on Thursday, October 29. The last dividend paid, was 15.1 cents per share on December 12, last year and in December 2013, 13.5 cents. With the 2015 full year profit being up by 57 percent over 2014, investors should see an increase to about 23.5 cents per share being paid this time around.

Paramount on a role profit jumps 79%

Sika one of the brands  Paramount handles

Sika one of the brands Paramount handles

Profit after tax at Paramount Trading jumped 108 percent in the May quarter, on a pretax basis, and was up 73 percent after corporation tax in 2013 and has now jumped 79 percent to $34 million, for the August quarter, from $19 million for the similar period last year.
The improved results for the latest quarter, came from a 19 percent climb in revenues over the similar period in 2013, with revenues of $207 million versus $173 million in 2013. The latest quarter’s revenues are the highest the company has had, since listing in 2013. Gross profit margin was maintained at 46 percent the same as in the 2013 August quarter but slightly down on the full 2014 fiscal year’s 48 percent. Of import, is a new line of lubricants launched during the quarter but sales are in their infancy. According to a company executive, the increased sales is mostly from new customers added as well as increased sales of a product to an existing customer, who was not supplied with that product last year.
Administrative, selling and distribution cost, fell from $32 million last year to $31 million in this year’s August quarter. Profit is projected to by IC Insider to come in around $152 million in 2014/15 year or around $1.15 per share. At the current price of $2.50 the stock would be priced at a PE of only 2.2 making it a very good buy, bearing in mind that that many junior listings have been valued around 8 times earnings in the recent past, and around 6 times now.
Financials| The profit for the August quarter provided a strong 39 percent annualized return on the equity, based on $345 million at the end of May. Borrowed funds amounted to only $40 million, compared to the level of equity. Cash is up from $56 million at May to $90 million, while receivables climbed to $178 million from $172 million at May, this year. But the figures include more than just trade receivables, with the latter being under $150 million. Still high but one of the company’s executive stated that they are actively managing this area and have put in place measures to mitigate losses. Inventory at $203 million is flat with the amount at the end of May, this year, but payables moved up to $137 million from $128 million at May. With a new level of stability in the value for the Jamaican dollar, inventory levels may be reduced going forward as there would be little need to hedge against the devaluation of the local dollar.
The performance of the company during the quarter, and for the 2014 year would normally elevate the stock to BUY RATED status but the high level of receivables of more than two months, is a concern, especially in an economy, as tight and difficult as the Jamaican one at this time.

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