{"id":11147,"date":"2025-08-13T14:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:16:58","slug":"gul-ahmed-gatm-april-june-2025-earnings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/gul-ahmed-gatm-april-june-2025-earnings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Gul Ahmed (GATM) April\u2013June 2025: Earnings Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (<a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/gatm\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GATM<\/a>)<\/strong>, a well-known name in Pakistan\u2019s textile industry, is set to report its financial results for April\u2013June 2025 (4QFY25). The company is expected to show stronger profits compared to the previous quarter, but still lower than last year\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expected financial results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Profit After Tax (PAT)<\/strong>: PKR <strong>1.4 billion<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Earnings Per Share (EPS)<\/strong>: PKR <strong>1.91<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is <strong>46% lower<\/strong> than the same quarter last year, mainly because of <strong>higher tax expenses<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compared to the previous quarter, profits are expected to be <strong>8% higher<\/strong>, thanks to reduced borrowing costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revenue growth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GATM\u2019s revenue is expected to be <strong>PKR 46.6 billion<\/strong>, which is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Up 3%<\/strong> from last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Up 3%<\/strong> from last quarter<br>The growth is driven mainly by selling more goods (higher volumes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Margins &amp; costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gross Margin<\/strong>: Expected at <strong>18.7%<\/strong>, unchanged from last year and last quarter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Finance Cost<\/strong>: Projected at <strong>PKR 1.7 billion<\/strong>, down <strong>16% YoY<\/strong> and <strong>10% QoQ<\/strong>, due to lower interest rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taxes are eating into profits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest drags on earnings this quarter is the <strong>Effective Tax Rate (ETR)<\/strong>, expected to be <strong>39%<\/strong>, much higher than last year\u2019s 12%. This has significantly reduced net profits despite higher sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Insight Securities <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (GATM), a well-known name in Pakistan\u2019s textile industry, is set to report its financial results for April\u2013June 2025 (4QFY25). The company is expected to show stronger profits compared to the previous quarter, but still lower than last year\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,138],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-financials","tag-gatm"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GATM-STOCK-PSX-1140x445.png",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GATM-STOCK-PSX-463x348.png",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GATM-STOCK-PSX-300x188.png",300,188,true],"full":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GATM-STOCK-PSX.png",1920,1200,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11148,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions\/11148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}