Total Nigeria Q4 2018 Results Review: High Business Costs Weighed on Q4 2018 Results

Total Nigeria Q4 2018 Results Review: High Business Costs Weighed on Q4 2018 Results

-11% reduction to our 2019-21E EPS estimates Total Nigeria’s (Total) Q4 2018 earnings of N295m were disappointing. Although sales were up 21% y/y, significantly higher cogs and operating expenses weighed on profitability. The operating environment was tough in 2018 as the landing cost of gasoline was higher than the pump price for most of the […]

Corporate Actions: MEGA LOSSES, and the end of a drought

Corporate Actions: MEGA LOSSES, and the end of a drought

Corporate Actions Corporate actions are decisions taken by companies’ boards of directors or management teams, that could have impacts on the firms themselves or shareholders. Examples of corporate actions include the release of quarterly and full year results, payment of dividends, closing of shareholders’ registers, announcing qualification dates and Annual General Meeting (AGM) dates. Corporate […]

NSE-ASI Marginally Falls By 0.01% W-o-W

The Nigerian equities market closed marginally in negative territory amid sustained profit taking activity as investors continued to patronise fixed income assets. The decline in overall market performance was partly subdued by partial recovery in the share prices of Dangote Cement and Zenith Bank, amid technical marked down for dividend. The benchmark index posted losses […]

CORPORATE ACTIONS: New bosses and 2 become 1

CORPORATE ACTIONS: New bosses and 2 become 1

Corporate Actions Corporate actions are decisions taken by companies’ boards of directors or management teams, that could have impact on the firms themselves or shareholders. Examples of corporate actions include the payment of dividends, closing of shareholders’ registers, announcing qualification dates and Annual General Meeting (AGM) dates. Corporate Actions that took place last week CRe […]