BUA Cement’s Profit before Tax (PBT) for the period rose 69.1% (y/y) from N39.17 billion in 2018 to N66.23 billion.
Lagos, Nigeria ~ BUA Cement Plc, Nigeria’s second-largest cement company, has recorded a 47.5% increase in revenues of N175.52 billion in its just-released Full-year results for the 2019 Financial Year on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company’s Profits also increased by 69.1% from N39.17 billion in 2018 to N66.24 billion in 2019. BUA Cement Plc in its current form is a business combination between CCNN Plc (Sokoto Cement) and BUA Cement Manufacturing Company’s Obu Cement Company which was completed in January 2020 and is currently listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), with a market capitalisation of N1.18 trillion ($3.3 billion), making it the third most capitalised company on the floor of the Exchange.
Financial Highlights
Lagos, Nigeria ~ BUA Cement Plc, Nigeria’s second-largest cement company, has recorded a 47.5% increase in revenues of N175.52 billion in its just-released Full-year results for the 2019 Financial Year on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company’s Profits also increased by 69.1% from N39.17 billion in 2018 to N66.24 billion in 2019. BUA Cement Plc in its current form is a business combination between CCNN Plc (Sokoto Cement) and BUA Cement Manufacturing Company’s Obu Cement Company which was completed in January 2020 and is currently listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), with a market capitalisation of N1.18 trillion ($3.3 billion), making it the third most capitalised company on the floor of the Exchange.
Financial Highlights
- Revenue increases by 47.5% from N119.01 billion in 2018 to N175.52 billion in 2019
- EBITDA rises 47.2% from N55.70 billion in 2018 to N81.99 billion in 2019
- EBITDA margin flat at 47.0%, arising from entry into ‘new markets’
- Operating margin (EBIT) is up 4.71% points from 36.0% in 2018 to 40.7% in 2019
- Profit before Tax (PBT), up 69.1% from N39.17 billion in 2018 to N66.24 billion in 2019
- Profit after Tax (PAT), down 5.40% from N64.07 billion in 2018 to N60.61 billion in 2019, due to a tax credit of N26.76 billion in 2018 from pioneer status incentive( 3 years) granted on Obu line-1 in 2019, reversing previous tax provision for the years