{"id":10001,"date":"2025-07-18T11:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/?p=10001"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:27:22","slug":"efert-is-set-to-post-big-profit-jump-in-2qcy25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/efert-is-set-to-post-big-profit-jump-in-2qcy25\/","title":{"rendered":"EFERT is set to post big profit jump in 2QCY25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Engro Fertilizers (<a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/efert\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EFERT<\/a>)<\/strong>, one of Pakistan\u2019s top fertilizer companies, is expected to deliver strong results for the second quarter of 2025. The company is likely to report a <strong>profit of PKR 5.8 billion<\/strong>, which means <strong>earnings per share (EPS) of PKR 4.4<\/strong>, that&#8217;s <strong>3.5 times more than the same period last year<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break down what\u2019s driving this big improvement <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More sales = more profit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Urea Sales Jumped<\/strong><br>EFERT sold <strong>431,000 tons of urea<\/strong> in 2QCY25, up <strong>40% from last year<\/strong>, and <strong>66% higher than the previous quarter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DAP Sales Surged Too<\/strong><br>EFERT\u2019s <strong>DAP sales rose by 33% year-on-year<\/strong> and more than <strong>doubled (up 131%) compared to the last quarter<\/strong>, reaching <strong>56,000 tons<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These strong sales numbers helped push the company\u2019s <strong>total revenue to PKR 53.4 billion<\/strong>, up from PKR 39.4 billion in the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Better margins, lower costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gross margins<\/strong> (a measure of how much money is made after production costs) are expected to reach <strong>31%<\/strong>, up from 18% last year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compared to last quarter, margins will be slightly lower due to rising input costs, but still solid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Finance costs<\/strong> (interest payments) are expected to <strong>drop to PKR 0.9 billion<\/strong>, down from PKR 1.1 billion in the previous quarter, thanks to lower debt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expected dividend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EFERT is expected to reward shareholders with a <strong>cash dividend of PKR 4.25 per share<\/strong>, a positive signal for investors looking for steady income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Metric<\/th><th>2QCY25<\/th><th>2QCY24<\/th><th>YoY Change<\/th><th>1QCY25<\/th><th>QoQ Change<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Urea Sales<\/strong><\/td><td>431kt<\/td><td>307kt<\/td><td>+40%<\/td><td>260kt<\/td><td>+66%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>DAP Sales<\/strong><\/td><td>56kt<\/td><td>42kt<\/td><td>+33%<\/td><td>24kt<\/td><td>+131%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Revenue<\/strong><\/td><td>PKR 53.4bn<\/td><td>PKR 39.4bn<\/td><td>+35%<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>EPS (Earnings\/Share)<\/strong><\/td><td>PKR 4.4<\/td><td>PKR 1.25<\/td><td>+3.5x<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Expected Dividend<\/strong><\/td><td>PKR 4.25\/sh<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EFERT is bouncing back strong in 2QCY25 with higher fertilizer sales, better profit margins, and reduced costs. For investors, the outlook is bright, especially with a healthy dividend expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Insight Securities (Private) Limited<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engro Fertilizers (EFERT), one of Pakistan\u2019s top fertilizer companies, is expected to deliver strong results for the second quarter of 2025. The company is likely to report a profit of PKR 5.8 billion, which means earnings per share (EPS) of PKR 4.4, that&#8217;s 3.5 times more than the same period last year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9252,"featured_media":6660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,138],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-10001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-financials","tag-efert"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EFERT-STOCK-PSX-1140x445.png",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EFERT-STOCK-PSX-463x348.png",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EFERT-STOCK-PSX-300x188.png",300,188,true],"full":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EFERT-STOCK-PSX.png",1920,1200,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10002,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001\/revisions\/10002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}