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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Parkson Retail Asia's earnings up 21.1% y-o-y to $14.7 mil due to higher sales
The group has declared a dividend of 4 cents per ordinary share. Parkson Retail Asia has reported earnings of $14.7 million for 1QFY2025 ended March 31, 2025, up 21.1% y-o-y. Earnings per share for the reporting period came in at 2.18 cents up from the 1.80 cents reported in the previous year. The group's revenue for the reporting period came in 8.3% y-o-y higher at $67.2 million, and profit before tax came in higher at $19.9 million mainly due to higher sales during the period. The group's net cash inflow from operating activities came in at $42.3 million for 1QFY2025. The group's cash and cash equivalents came in at $28.6 million, generally in line with the cash collections during the Hari Raya festive season. The group has declared a dividend of 4 cents per ordinary share. Shares in Parkson Retail Asia O9e closed flat 6.7 cents on May 14. 05 mil for 1QFY2025 Offshore support vessel provider Nam Cheong earnings up 20% y-o-y to RM31.1 mil for 1QFY2025 Geo Energy's earnings grew 63% to US$14.1 mil for 1QFY2025 due to improved coal access Read more stories about where the money flows, and analysis of the biggest market stories from Singapore and around the World Get in-depth insights from our expert contributors, and dive into financial and economic trends Follow the market issue situation with our daily updates Or want more Lifestyle and Passion stories? Click here
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Under The Bonnet, Parkson Retail Asia's (SGX:O9E) Returns Look Impressive
If you're not sure where to start when looking for the next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends you should keep an eye out for. In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Parkson Retail Asia's (SGX:O9E) returns on capital, so let's have a look. The end of cancer? These 15 emerging AI stocks are developing tech that will allow early identification of life changing diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's. For those that aren't sure what ROCE is, it measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Parkson Retail Asia: Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities) 0.28 = S$44m ÷ (S$324m - S$167m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2024). Thus, Parkson Retail Asia has an ROCE of 28%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Multiline Retail industry average of 7.0%. See our latest analysis for Parkson Retail Asia While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you want to delve into the historical earnings , check out these free graphs detailing revenue and cash flow performance of Parkson Retail Asia. We're delighted to see that Parkson Retail Asia is reaping rewards from its investments and has now broken into profitability. Historically the company was generating losses but as we can see from the latest figures referenced above, they're now earning 28% on their capital employed. At first glance, it seems the business is getting more proficient at generating returns, because over the same period, the amount of capital employed has reduced by 64%. The reduction could indicate that the company is selling some assets, and considering returns are up, they appear to be selling the right ones. For the record though, there was a noticeable increase in the company's current liabilities over the period, so we would attribute some of the ROCE growth to that. The current liabilities has increased to 52% of total assets, so the business is now more funded by the likes of its suppliers or short-term creditors. Given it's pretty high ratio, we'd remind investors that having current liabilities at those levels can bring about some risks in certain businesses. In the end, Parkson Retail Asia has proven it's capital allocation skills are good with those higher returns from less amount of capital. And a remarkable 1,280% total return over the last five years tells us that investors are expecting more good things to come in the future. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue. Parkson Retail Asia does have some risks though, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Parkson Retail Asia that you might be interested in. High returns are a key ingredient to strong performance, so check out our free list ofstocks earning high returns on equity with solid balance sheets. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.
