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Thursday, August 06, 2009
By our correspondent
KARACHI: Lucky Cement has announced on Wednesday its fiscal year 2009 (FY09) results. It has booked profits of Rs4.6 billion, earning per share (EPS) of Rs14.21 versus Rs2.7 billion (diluted EPS of Rs8.28) in FY08 showed a handsome growth of 72 per cent.
The company has announced a final cash dividend of 40 per cent.
Net sales jumped by 55 per cent year on year (YoY) at the back of higher retention prices as well as high rupee based export sales amid rupee depreciation. Thanks to robust export growth of 28 per cent, total dispatches were up six per cent YoY. This propelled gross profit to Rs9.8 billion, up by a handsome 125 per cent YoY.
The gross profit margins of the company in FY09 went up to 37 per cent from 26 per cent last year.
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