Vector lifts full-year guidance after 27% first half profit jump 22 Feb, 2021 09:30 PM 2 minutes to read NZ Herald Auckland lines company Vector has posted a net profit of $102.1 million for the six months to December, up 27 per cent from $80.5m in the previous corresponding period. Vector, 75.1 per cent owned by central Auckland community trust Entrust, declared an unchanged interim dividend of 8.25c a share, 10.5 per cent imputed. The company lifted its full-year adjusted ebitda guidance from $380m to $500m to $500m to $520m, provisional on no further Covid-19 disruption. "Despite the uncertainties that have arisen due to Covid-19, the group has delivered a pleasing start to the 2021 financial year," chairman Jonathan Mason said.