Catalist-listed coal trader and coal shipping company, Resources Global QSD 0.00% , has reported earnings of $12.0 million for the 2HFY2022 ended Dec 31, 2022, 34.6% higher y-o-y.

 

The earnings growth is attributable to the higher revenue, interest income and other income for the period, offset by currency translation losses.

 

Earnings for the FY2022 stood at $20.1 million, 35.8% higher y-o-y, thanks to the higher revenue, interest income and other income. This was also offset by currency translation losses compared to gains in the year before.

 

Earnings per share (EPS) for the 2HFY2022 and FY2022 stood at 13.3 cents and 22.4 cents respectively.

 

FY2022 revenue grew by 34.3% y-o-y to $179.0 million as revenue from the company&rsquo s segments grew. Revenue from its coal trading business rose by 25.6% y-o-y to $142.2 million mainly due to a 39.5% y-o-y growth in the average selling price (ASP) of $108.5 per metric tonne (MT) in FY2022. Revenue from the coal shipping services segment grew by 82.8% y-o-y to $36.8 million as shipping volume increased by 45.5% y-o-y to 5.6 million MT in FY2022. The higher revenue for the segment was also due to higher freight rates during the year.

 

Gross profit grew by 43.9% y-o-y to $36.5 million while gross profit margin (GPM) increased by 1.4 percentage points to 20.4% in FY2022.

 

Interest income rose by 47.4% y-o-y to $302,274 due to higher cash amounts placed with financial institutions for time deposits during the FY2022.

 

Other income surged by 2.7 times to $121,828, from $44,414 previously. This was mainly contributed by the jobs growth incentive (JGI) grant, short-term rental income from the company&rsquo s newly-purchase office unit in Singapore and the reversal of over-accrual of the post employee benefits liability based on actuarial report.

 

As at Dec 31, 2022, cash and cash equivalents stood at $20.0 million.

A final cash dividend of 3 cents per share has been recommended. No dividend was recommended for the year before.