Delfi Ltd

Delfi’s Q1 Ebitda slips 0.8% to US$16.8 million despite higher sales

Delfi's board has proposed a final dividend of US$0.0172 for H2 FY2025.

Delfi, with H2 2025 net profit up 46.3%, proposes dividend of US$0.0172 a share

Revenue for H1 fell 0.5 per cent to US$259.6 million, from US$260.8 million the year before. This was primarily due to a softer performance in Indonesia, but largely offset by growth in its regional markets.

Delfi H1 net profit down 37.7% to US$12.2 million on softer performance in Indonesia

Despite the gloomier outlook as Delfi braces for "macroeconomic headwinds”, analysts note that its revenue for the first quarter ended March was largely in line with consensus estimates.
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Growth in regional markets were led by robust own-brands performance in the Philippines, as well as improved agency brands sales in the archipelago and Malaysia, said Delfi.

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The company's Top chocolate bar. On a constant-currency basis, Delfi said its revenue would have been lower by 3.3 per cent instead of by 7.8 per cent.

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Sales in the group's regional markets – Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore – dropped 2.5 per cent to US$47.2 million in the first quarter, from US$48.4 in the previous year.

Delfi Q1 Ebitda falls 8.5% on lower net sales

Analysts say cocoa processors and chocolate makers may have to reduce operating expenditure or raise prices of their products in a bid to try and offset the spike in cocoa prices.

Cocoa price surge from supply crunch leaving bitter taste for chocolate makers and consumers