Stokes Seven Group Juggles Wins and Losses

Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group Holdings (ASX:SVW) saw its pre-tax profits rise 20% in the year to June, while the effects of two associates, Beach Energy and Seven West Media, collapsed in the same period.

The company’s comments made it clear that it was its products and the mining, structures and housing construction sectors, recently boosted by Boral, that drove revenue and profits.

Revenue rose 10% to $10. 6 billion, a new high, helping shares rise more than 8% shortly after midday Wednesday.

While chief executive Ryan Stokes said infrastructure projects were key drivers of productivity and that increased spending “takes a long time”, the sharp drop in profits reported through Seven West Media (SWM) and the large loss reported through Beach were negative for the company.

Seven Group owns 30% of Beach and 40% of SWM, and weak effects for both corporations in the monetary year that ended in June led to a new circular of asset write-downs on shares and assets.

These impairments were included in pieces totaling $386 million, seven times the $53 million reported in 2022-2023.

This reduced the legal source of income by 23%, to $464 million.

The organization said the decrease in legal benefit is basically similar to the percentage impairment of Seven Group’s production assets in Beach Energy and a deterioration in the market value of Seven West Media’s holdings and several other investments. $134 million similar to SGH price deterioration 40. 2% stake in Seven West Media.

Full-year underlying profit rose 30% to $850 million driven through Westrac (Caterpillar machinery), Coates (services) and Boral (cement/concrete).

The company expects a year with a “high single-digit expansion – less than 10% – in EBIT”.

EBIT for the year ended June rose 20% to $1. 419 billion, driven by a 28% increase in its commercial business.

Seven declared a final dividend of 30 cents per share, revealed last month after Boral’s latest clean-up bid. This represents a 30% increase over last year’s payment and brings the year’s total to 53 cents, up from 46 cents. during the past year.

“Over the past decade, [Seven Group] has achieved a compound annual expansion rate of 18% in EBIT, underscoring the quality and core nature of our commercial business, enhanced through operating field and monetary agility,” Ryan Stokes said in the statement. Publication of results.

“Our investment in people, generation and capacity during the year enabled us to meet growing visitor demand and supports our positive outlook and guidance for FY25 EBIT expansion,” he said.

“We are also excited about the investment opportunities within our existing portfolio to drive expansion in the medium to long term, adding Boral’s proximity in the recycling and real estate sectors. “

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