Sharecast Strong set30 Jul 2024 07:44
Fresnillo reported a strong set of interim results on Tuesday, with adjusted revenue increasing 9% to $1,560.2m and gross profit rising 38.8% to $392.4m, driven by higher prices and volumes of silver, zinc, and lead despite a drop in gold volume. EBITDA surged 55.1% to $544.2m, and profit before tax rocketed 480.4% to $277.8m, while free cash flow improved significantly to $187.4m from $18.7m in the same period last year. Adjusted earnings per share, however, were down 57.7% at 4.4 cents. Despite higher production costs and decreased gold production, the company maintained a strong balance sheet with net debt-to-EBITDA reduced to 0.17x, and declared an interim dividend of 6.4 cents per share.