PBT down 33% on a 1.2% revenue dip as inventories balloon 37%
Colonial Motor held the 15cps interim but earnings, cash and leverage all weakened against a flagged "very strong" prior comparator.
Published 22 April 2026
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Colonial Motor held the 15cps interim but earnings, cash and leverage all weakened against a flagged "very strong" prior comparator.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingApollo-boosted revenue of NZ$449.2m drove headline profit, but working-capital absorption and a NZ$100m jump in net debt reset the balance-sheet...
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingAcquisition-driven scale lifted the top line past NZ$1b while earnings, dividend cover and leverage all moved the wrong way.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingCore UK & Ireland franchise segment profit rose 36%, but a discontinued-operation write-down and a 34% headline revenue decline leave the balance...
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingTopline scale and a capex normalisation turned free cash flow positive, yet cash conversion versus EBITDA weakened and leverage remains elevated.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingPBT grew 12.8% on stronger non-operating income, yet NPAT advanced only 5.2% after the effective tax rate stepped up from 26% to 31%.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingCustomer and Bargain Box volume growth did not prevent sharp operating de-leverage, and the balance sheet absorbed the shortfall through higher...
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingActive customers and Bargain Box volumes grew, but gross margin compression and negative operating leverage more than halved H1 NPAT versus H1 FY23.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingHeadline growth looks strong and cash conversion is excellent, yet the second half visibly decelerated and gross margin slipped 26bps.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingSlower cash burn improved the P&L trajectory but the balance sheet is close to exhausted, with equity halved and all three segments still...
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingTop-line growth masked a sharp H2 reversal, with cash down NZ$75.0m and inventory days stretching further.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingEBITDA jumped 71% and leverage halved to 2.0x, but reported NPAT of just $8.0m, an 85% effective tax rate and a deepening Adelaide loss undercut...
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingFlat revenue and a modest PBT decline mask a sharp balance-sheet shift, with inventory days up 25 and the final dividend cut 10.6%.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingRevenue mix swung hard toward hotels (79% of group), but lost Residential Land Development earnings drove the headline decline and turned free...
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingRevenue rose 18.4% and PBT 68.3%, but HY23 delivered 61% of full-year NPAT, implying a materially softer H2 on profit.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingSavor's hospitality transition delivered a genuine operating turnaround, but equity fell 83% and the group moved into net debt of $11.4m.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingRevenue fell 9.4% but operating cash flow collapsed 67% and the FY22 final dividend was not repeated, with a first-half-weighted earnings shape.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingOperating leverage drove earnings well above the 30.9% revenue lift, even as gross margin eased 137bps and inventory rose 27.3%.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingStrong operating cash recovery masks a 174bp gross margin decline that absorbed all revenue gains at the profit line.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingA 3.2% revenue decline tipped PBT into negative territory while a sharp inventory build drained $8.1m of cash despite minimal capex step-up.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingHoney-led top-line recovery has not yet defrayed the cost base, while NZ$15.6m of inventory still ties up the balance sheet.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingTop-line momentum and a higher dividend sit against sharply weaker cash conversion, Canadian margin compression, and a higher tax rate squeezing...
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingTrading profit is still the second-highest on record, but a 16% inventory build drove a 34x deterioration in operating cash flow versus HY22.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingHeadline revenue fell 15.4% on capital-revenue timing while operating cash flow swung from a NZ$1.4m inflow to a NZ$0.026m outflow.
Published 21 April 2026
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