Turners & Growers more than doubles 1H profit, says annual earnings profit will beat 2012
Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Turners & Growers, the fruit marketer controlled by Germany’s BayWa, more than doubled first-half profit as its export business
reaped bigger sales from North America.
Net profit gained to $17.8 million, or 14.2 cents per share, in the six months ended June 30, from $7.1 million, or 4.7
cents, a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. Sales rose 9.4 percent to $369 million, led by a
15 percent gain in export sales to $213.6 million.
“The 2013 New Zealand apple season has had a strong start with increased volumes and favourable market pricing compared
to last year,” the company said in a statement.
“ENZA’s global apple programme has delivered increased returns to the group, particularly from the North American market
which has seen price and volume increases on 2012 levels, even after a severe hail storm affected the crop harvest,” it
said.
The company said it was on track to “exceed the profitability of 2012” when it reported a net loss of $15.3 million due
to write-downs in the value of its kiwifruit orchards.
The board didn’t declare an interim dividend.
The shares, of which BayWa owns about 73 percent, were unchanged at $1.61, valuing the company at $186.7 million. BayWa
offered $1.85 a share when it made its takeover bid in 2011.
(BusinessDesk)