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TRADING UPDATES: Ocean Wilsons annual profit slips; dividend unchanged
Mon, 15th Mar 2021 19:07
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd - Bermuda-based investment company operating a maritime services company in Brazil - Posts pretax profit for 2020 of USD74.6 million, slipping 9.6% from USD82.5 million the year prior. Revenue decreases 13% to USD352.8 million from USD406.1 million. Proposed dividend of 70 US cents per share, unchanged from year prior. Says 2021 is looking more optimistic as the vaccine roll-out programme starts in earnest, and the blend of better growth together with still abundant liquidity should serve to underpin risk assets. Says it sees little reason to deviate from its positive stance on equities and more cautious view on bonds.
Britain s housing market has been booming throughout the pandemic, but that didn t help Berkeley Group s shares yesterday.
The housebuilder was the biggest faller on the FTSE100 after flagging delays in procuring materials since the end of the Brexit transition arrangement, and changing sales times on some of its developments due to the pandemic.
Covid appears to have had little impact on Berkeley so far. For the financial year, ending in April, the company expects to generate a similar profit to the £504million it made a year earlier.
And forward sales are expected to be above £1.7billion by then, taking the firm into next year in a strong position.
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