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Nestle Nigeria Ends Q1 On Loss Margine As Net Assets Wipe Out In One Fell Swoop

<h4>Nestle Nigeria Ends Q1 On Loss Margine As Net Assets Wipe Out In One Fell Swoop<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nestle Nigeria Plc reported a pre-tax loss of N86&period;5 billion in the second quarter of the year ended June 30&comma; 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The losses contributed to wiping our Q1 profits taking its half-year profits to N61&period;6 billion one of the worst performance in years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nestle Nigeria’s losses are mainly due to a forex loss of N123&period;7 billion which impacted its profits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Key highlights for Q2 2023<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> Revenue N123&period;79 billion &plus;19&period;2&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Gross profit N55&period;6 billion &plus;50&period;6&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Operating profit N32&period;1 billion &plus;62&period;5&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Finance cost N121&period;6 billion &plus;2547&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Pre-tax losses of N86&period;5 billion -644&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Total debts N299&period;7 billion vs N172&period;7 billion &lpar;2023 Q1&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Working capital N61&period;9 billion vs N97&period;9 billion &lpar;2023 Q1&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Gross profit margin 41&percnt; vs 32&period;9&percnt; YoY<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Operating profit margin 24&percnt; vs 17&period;6&percnt;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Retained earnings -N49 billion<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Net assets wiped out now -N48&period;6 billion<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Insights<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nestle Nigeria’s result was mostly impacted by foreign exchange losses which printed at a whopping N123&period;7 billion during the quarter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">The impact of the losses essentially wiped out Nestle’s retained earnings which could impact its ability to pay dividends this year if it is not able to address the issues&period;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Its net assets are also wiped out in one fell swoop as a result of the forex losses&period; Nestle had a net asset of N46&period;4 billion as of the first quarter of the year<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Nestle has an intra-group loan of &dollar;454 million which may have contributed to the forex losses the company experienced&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong> Nestle might at this rate either raise capital to close the negative equity or convert some of the loans to equity or expect succor from forex appreciation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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