Friday, August 12, 2016

DMCI earnings drop in January-June



By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star) | Updated August 12, 2016 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - DMCI Holdings Inc. reported a five percent drop in net income in the six months ending through June to P6.2 billion due to lower contributions from its real estate, nickel mining and water businesses.
Isidro Consunji, chairman and president of DMCI Holdings. said there was a slowdown in earnings for DMCI Homes because of the deferred recognition of revenues from its completed high-rise projects.
DMCI Homes contributed P708 million to group earnings, down 59 percent from the previous year even if sales and reservations increased during the period.
 It realizes sales only when the unit is fully completed and at least 15 percent of the contract price has been collected.
Last year, the company shifted to developing more high-rise projects, which normally takes around three years to complete.
Consunji, however, expects DMCI Homes to start realizing income from these projects by 2018. “This is really just a timing issue for DMCI Homes,” he said.
He said the expiration of Maynilad’s income tax holiday in 2015 also affected DMCI’s bottom line.
Net income contributions from Maynilad fell four percent to P1.1 billion.
Nevertheless, higher billed volume (four percent) and a five percent increase in average effective tariff muted the impact of its income tax holiday expiration.

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