JBM (Healthcare) (HKG:2161) recorded a 20% rise in attributable profit in six months ended Sept. 30 to HK$115 million from HK$95.9 million in the year-ago period, a Monday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
Shares of the drug company were up nearly 5% in Tuesday afternoon trading.
Earnings per share were HK$0.1412 in the half year, up from HK$0.1163 in the corresponding period of the last year.
Revenue rose 7.7% to HK$429.6 million in the interim period from HK$399 million a year prior, driven by a strong performance in the branded medicine and proprietary Chinese medicine segments.
The firm attributed the higher profit to a rise in profit from operations.
The company declared an interim dividend of HK$0.0975 per ordinary share, payable Dec. 17 to shareholders of record on Dec. 3.
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