Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc Posts N34.6bn Profit Before Tax, Smuggling of cheap Sugar hurts topline

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc Posts N34.6bn Profit Before Tax, Smuggling of cheap Sugar hurts topline

In Dangote Sugar Refinery (Dangsugar) released its full-year 2018 result wherein it reported weaker earnings (-45% to N22 billion), 5% deviation from our earnings estimate – mainly due to higher than the expected tax paid during the period. For clarity, effective taxes over the period printed at 36.5% (5-year average: 28% and ARM Estimate: 30%). […]