Caribbean Cement Company Limited, $CCC.ja, recently released its Q2 earnings. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-Revenues ⬆️5.7%
- Operating Earnings 🔻8.6%
-Net Income 🔻7.2%
The reduction in income was due to an increase in overall expenses.
The report included the following director's statements and more details. Please read it.
Lower net profits were driven largely by an increase in the cost of raw materials, fuel, and electricity. This increase is due to gas prices being much higher for this quarter than they were for the same quarter last year. Same for the hard inputs for cement.
Note the royalty and service fees that have started to accrue. This likely consist mostly of the well-discussed fee that is now being charged by CEMEX.
CCC's balance sheet continues to grow well and remains strong. Liabilities are falling while assets are growing alongside its retained income.
Debt to Equity is now below 10% as most of its liabilities are from payables and deferred taxes.
Operating Cashflows fell by 43% to 986M due to higher working capital and tax cash payments.
At a price of 63.02, the stock is now trading at a
PE of 12.5x.
$CCC.ja has traded down from a high 118+ late last year, a 47% drop.
Let's continue this discussion in our open and inclusive community here:
Regency Petroleum Limited (RGL) has released its IPO prospectus. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-looking to raise up to 287M
-Opens November 24, Closes December 8
-Each share will cost 1.00
-Brokered by GK Capital
-Selling Agents (JMMB & VMWM)
Overview of Regency
-100% Jamaican owned
-incorporated (May 30 2019)[**2018 seen in report]
-sells cooking gas (bulk and retail) and automotive gas (1 service station and 1 on the way for Q1 2023)
See details below.
This message from the CEO gives a better synopsis of the business, changes made prior to IPO, and the strategic initiatives in play.
ICreate Limited, $ICREATE.ja, has released its Q3 report. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-Revenue ⬆️231% 🔥🔥
-Net Profits of 6.9M made versus a loss in the same quarter last year.
More details in the next tweet 👇🏾
The Board has provided a report with a lot more details. Please read it.
The CEO of ICreate had previously stated that a rights issue would be used to fund the acquisition of Visual Vibe. The report above and a recent notice seem to indicate that has changed and that the funds have been secured for the acquisition. jamaicaobserver.com/business/icrea…
Management attributed this performance to higher sales and a shift in the sales mix to higher margin items.
Please read the Director's report for more details.
The net margin did in fact increase to 5.36% from about 4.7% for the same quarter last year. We note that this quarter would include back to school shopping.
We've been having an ongoing discussion in the group about how to spend less on groceries. Someone mentioned that there is a website that allows you to compare food prices at different supermarkets across Jamaica: