RE: 2025 forecasts25 Mar 2025 19:42
Again, AB adopt a strange accounting approach - the 24/25 losses on onerous contracts were already booked as a provision in 2023 making the position looks worse (no capital call in 2023 was needed despite booking heavy losses)
In 2024 they release the onerous contract provision back as a credit, making it look better - $3.4m profit in 2024 but hardly any increase in cash. In the half year accounts they split the revenue and costs be onerous and non-onerous so you can see the affect
Will be interesting if they renewed those clients on better deals or ditched them - but margins will definitely be better in 2025 but not because of onerous contracts lapsing