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:
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:
Today we will be taking a look at the past and expected performance of a few of our government agencies.
Here's a #SOTRSummary:
-The OUR
-NHT
-HEART
-FSC
-JDIC
-SLB
-Petrojam
-JUTC
and a few more.
Public Bodies (PB) in Jamaica have been
established to develop strategic sectors in
Jamaica. 146 active entities is perform regulatory, advisory, supervisory, research, technical, administrative or quasi-judicial functions of a governmental nature.
Self-Financed Public Bodies have a projected total gross assets of J$1.3T employing an expected 14,296 people. The Group should realise revenues of approximately J$460B and transfer J$21B in financial distributions and programme support, as well as remit taxes of J$45B.
$CCC.ja reported their full year 2021 earnings. Here's a #SOTRSummary:
- Sales ⬆️ 18%
-Net Income ⬆️ 34%
This performance seems to have been largely driven by lower finance expenses and lower losses on foreign exchange.
Please see the director's statement below.
Of note, the company's leverage position has materially improved. Financial obligations in general have fallen since 2020, positioning the balance sheet well for future growth.
Operating cashflows were robust. It was used to buy more fixed assets and to pay various forms of debt