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Jardine Matheson’s 1HFY2024 underlying profit down 33% y-o-y to US$550 mil on weaker Hongkong Land contribution

Khairani Afifi Noordin
Khairani Afifi Noordin • 2 min read
Jardine Matheson’s 1HFY2024 underlying profit down 33% y-o-y to US$550 mil on weaker Hongkong Land contribution
JMH has announced an interim dividend of 60 US cents per share, unchanged from the prior year. Photo: Bloomberg
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Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings(JMH) has reported underlying net profit of US$550 million ($736 million) for 1HFY2024, down 33% y-o-y.

This significant drop principally reflected a weaker contribution from Hongkong Land, mainly due to non-recurring impairments taken against certain development projects on Mainland China.

JMH’s underlying profit before the impairments at Hongkong Land was down 14% y-o-y. This reflected headwinds from lower commodity prices at Astra and lower new car margins on the Chinese mainland; as well as marginally lower underlying profits in most other businesses amid challenging conditions, partially offset by significantly improved performance at DFI Retail.

Underlying earnings per share decreased by 33% y-o-y to US$1.91. 

Revenue was down 5% to US$17.28 billion, compared to US$18.2 billion in the same period last year.

JMH has announced an interim dividend of 60 US cents per share, unchanged from the prior year. 

See also: Fortress Minerals earnings for 1QFY2026 up 7.2% y-o-y to US$2.48 mil

In its outlook, executive chairman Ben Keswick says the company continues to expect its full-year results to be “modestly below” those of 2023.

“The group has a strong balance sheet and under leadership strengthened by new CEOs in four of its portfolio companies, will focus on delivering sustainable long-term value and growth from its growing markets in Asia,” he adds.

Shares in JMH closed 1 cent lower on Aug 1 at US$35.19.

 

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