Research and Analytics
Research and Analytics
Like any other companies, financial institutions prepare financial statements for regulatory purpose and assist their users in making economic decisions. However, banks’ business models are different from other companies. Thus they attract a unique regulatory focus.
Wealth management centres on multiplying the financial resources of individuals and institutional investors. The process of multiplying wealth is defined by the investment finesse of the wealth manager. In turn, the finesse of the wealth manager will usually be influenced by their ability to spot out suitable financial instruments and the diversification of the wealth […]
The pandemic has clearly redefined how stakeholders (high net worth individuals and private wealth managers) within the value chain of private wealth management see value creation in both the medium and long term. One noticeable event resulting from the global health crisis was the surge in system liquidity, mostly in advanced economies, following the fiscal and monetary support to contain the spread of the virus.
Although revenue declined, we note that the cost of sales surged during the period. Specifically, cost of sales was N103.94 billion compared to N70.65 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. This was due to 95% increase in operational and maintenance expenses (N23.56 billion) and 59.4% increase in depletion, depreciation and amortisation (N33.75 billion).
Gross profit grew by 13.6% compared to the corresponding period of 2019. The gross profit growth is however slow due to the fact that the growth in cost of sales was more than the growth in revenue. While revenue grew by 13.6% y/y, the cost of sales grew by 28.8%. Hence, gross profit printed N71.73 billion.
With profit after tax increasing by 16.7% and earnings per share declining by 30.8%, then we suspect the decline must have been due to the listing of additional shares during the year.
In the first 9 months of 2020, Dangote Cement (DANGCEM) plc was able to grow its revenue by 12% on the basis of solid production volume (+5.6% y/y to 18.40 million tonnes) with an overall effect on sales volume (+6.6% y/y to 19.21 million tonnes).
A simple analysis of the 2019 NNPC Group and NNPC Corporation Financial Performance
This report examines the property market in Nigeria based on the data obtained from the NIESV.
MTN Nigeria increased its subscribers base by adding 6.8m to its network totaling 71.1m mobile subscribers as of June 2020. Total revenue generated was up by 12.5% (y/y) to ₦638.08bn for the first half of the year, compared to ₦566.95bn generated in the same period in 2019. Growth in revenue was largely driven by a 12.6% increase in revenue from Services provided which accounted for 99.8% of total revenue (₦636.99bn).
Service revenue included revenue from its core activities of providing voice calls, data services, digital platforms, fintech (MoMo), and Other services (SMS, USSD, etc.).
