GYP Properties, formerly known as Global Yellow Pages, has reported earnings of $4.1 million for the 1HFY2021 ended December, over four times higher than earnings of $892,000 a year ago.
Earnings per share (EPS) for the period stood at 1.481 cents on a fully diluted basis, compared to EPS of 0.324 cents the year before.
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Revenue for the period surged nearly 10 times to $42.4 million from $4.5 million previously.
Other income saw a 27.6% y-o-y growth to $1.6 million, while other gains stood at $2.6 million from $66,000 the year before.
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The higher revenue was due mainly to recognition of completion of sales of townhouses in stage one of the group’s Remarkables Residences project in New Zealand.
Other income of $1.6 million was mainly attributable to rental income generated from Braddell House, as well as income from government grants and interest.
Other gains of $2.6 million comprise unrealised foreign exchange gain of $2.5 million due to a stronger New Zealand dollar (NZD) exchange rate.
Cash and cash equivalents as at Dec 31, 2020, increased to $18.8 million from $1.2 million the year before.
Shares in GYP Properties closed flat at 10.1 cents on Feb 10.
