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Carthage Cement’s Q3 2017 results are still declining despite the rebound in sales in Q3 2017 compared to Q2 2017. Sales decreased by 11% to TND132.5m. This decline is due mainly to the -77% deterioration in exports compared to a year earlier. On the other hand, sales on the local market stabilised at TND95m. Capex fell by 40%, from TND15m to TND9m. On the other hand, the cement maker’s debt increased to TND517m on 30/09/2017 against TND514m on 31/12/2016, an increase of 0.6%.
Carthage Cement’s H1 2017 results continue their bearish trend. Q2 2017 sales decreased by 22.5% to TND44m against TND56m in the same quarter in 2016. This decline in revenues is explained by the collapse of the export sales by more than 85%, and the decrease in cement production by 20.4%. In addition, the production of clinker increased by 12.3% to 412,484 tonnes in Q2 2017. On the other hand, the production of the Ready Mix was limited to 49,213 m3, a decrease of 9.2%.
Q1 2017 results for Carthage Cement are in decline. Q1 2017 sales decreased by 13.3% due to a 74.4% decline in exports and a slowdown in local demand. In addition, production of clinker is limited to only 156,033 tonnes, a decrease of 62.5% in Q1 2017. Cement production is diminishing by 4.8%. On the other hand, the production of the Ready Mix increased by 9.6% to reach 49,297 tonnes. Regarding the investment spending, Carthage Cement reduced its capex by 35.5% (TND2,376m vs.
Carthage Cement disclosed its Q4 2016 trading statements: it is the worst quarter in 2016. Carthage Cement’s Q4 2016 sales decreased by 15%, compared to Q4 2015, to reach TND48.41m. The revenues generated from CC’s exporting activities dropped by 49% during Q4 2016, representing a negative growth rate of -14% over 2016 to reach TND22.17m. The annual sales of Clinker increased by 26% to TND5.44m. As for the ready mix, it continued its downward trend and dropped by 13%, yoy, pulling down the...
During our last call with the management of Carthage Cement (CC), we discussed the export contract with an Ivorian customer. According to the management: “The contract with the Ivorian customer is signed and it was about the sale of 6.720 MT over 7 years (an average 0.96 MT/year). The start of this partnership is scheduled for January 2017, but nothing is yet certain, despite the signing of this contract â€.
CC’s Q3 2016 sales were up by 6.6% to TND39.304m. This is the worst quarter in 2016. The current 17% sales growth rate was largely due an exceptional H1 2016 (+21.0%), especially in Q1 when revenue growth reached 42.7%. CC’s market share was stable at around 19% on 3% volume decline for local market in 2016. Q3 2016 export activity decreased by 16.0% to TND3.808m. For the whole year, export sales showed a slight decrease of 1.6% to TND18.765m.
A good start to the year for Carthage Cement: Q1 2016 sales increased by 42.7% to TND53.472m, backed by both the local market (+33.4% to TND31.365M), as well as export sales (+51.1% to TND8.605m). Moreover, Aggregates and Ready-Mix businesses posted solid growth (+26.3% to TND10.441m global sales). CC announced a 17.97% market share, a slight improvement of 97 bps compared to that displayed in 2015 (17% announced as of 31/12/2015). CC’s market strengthening resulted from a volume increase by a...
In line with our forecasts, Carthage Cement posted positive Q4 2015 figures. The 2015 cement production jumped by 46.9% thanks to a good Q4 2015 (+91.3% yoy and + 65.8% qoq). Carthage Cement's sales increased by 8.7% to TND184.271M, of which TND140.527M for the Cement segment (+23.4%). However, 2015 export sales declined, due to the dramatic drop in prices on the Algerian market. The Ready Mix sales also rose 8.8% to TND20.293M.
Carthage Cement's shareholders are experiencing a difficult period. With the collapse of the stock price (-38% since early 2015, and -63.5% over the last three years), the recent figures released by Carthage Cement put the final nail in the coffin. Q2 2015 revenues decreased by 11.2% to TND53.181 pulled down by lower cement sales (-14.3% to TND42.432M). The Ready-Mix business performed well, posting a 5.4% growth to TND6.068M in Q2 2015.
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